This post originally appeared on the FreeMoneyTactics.com blog, where SistaWAHMs (Tiffany & Tamara) regularly share tips, ideas, and news on leveraging entrepreneurship and frugality for an abundance of life.
What exactly is it that we do, you ask?
In its simplest form, we answer questions and give advice on ways to leverage entrepreneurship and frugality in order to obtain abundance in life.
We answer emails, chats, tweets, comments, you name it.
We are wealthy in the sense that we are giving to those in need and providing value all while doing so for free, but, we must also value our time something that is not in abundance.
The answers we provide to the questions we receive are always detailed, resourceful, and down right good.
Do you find yourself freely sharing advice but wishing you could find a way to monetize your efforts?
If so, you’ll want to read on to see what free tool we found to make this happen!
As the old saying goes, “time is money”, and if you don’t want to waste anymore time or money then you’ll want to consider selling advice over the phone.
Consultants, therapists, stay at home moms, and Internet marketers alike can all benefit from a free online service called Ether.
Ether.com allows you to “sell what you say”.
Before now, the only way to get paid for what you said was done by coordinating teleseminars, webinars, and live events.
Now, Ether gives you a way to hold one-on-one sessions and still get paid.
You will want to tell Ether exactly how you wish to be paid – consider now how much your time is worth.
Set your price, what will it be $5? $100? Then set whether you are paid this amount per call, per minute or per hour.
When you sign up to Ether you will receive a unique 8-digit phone number that can be forwarded to the phone line of your choice. If you have a blog or website you can get an Ether button that lets your customers know whether or not you are available to take calls.
For those of us with children or outside the home jobs, just set the hours when you want to take calls or simply turn your Ether phone number off with a click of a mouse.
If you happen to be a stay at home mom with babies or small children and the phone is not a viable option right now, Ether even uses email versus phone which allows you to sell any digital product you possess (i.e. audios, videos, interviews, etc).
The only way a customer can reach you is after they’ve prepaid your rate. So, the one thing with Ether that you can always count on is that you will only receive phone calls that are from paid customers!
To sign up to Ether takes 2 minutes and it’s free to start, no monthly fees, setup fees, or connection fees.
All Ether asks for is a 15% commission fee which you can recoup or include in the fee you specify.
How payment works is:
Ether collects the customers credit or debit card information.
Once the customer has paid, the call is transferred to you and your money is sent to you via direct deposit or check – you are paid at the end of each month.
Now you can sell advice over the phone, set your own schedule and pricing, and receive only paid phone calls!
While it will always pay off to freely give and share advice you also need to understand your worth. You never know just how much someone else is willing to pay you to better themselves in exchange for your expertise.
You can learn more about Ether - like how you can market your services and get paid right on their site. Be sure you come over to FMT after you’re done here and share your experience and earnings with us!
