5 Small courses and skill development ideas for housewives / Stay at home Moms

Wondering How to earn that extra income at the convenience of your home?

Here are some easy and trendy ways to upskill your talent and start working from home.

1 Blogging: Blogging had gained huge popularity over a period of time

with the advancement of social media and web-based and digital marketing platforms, its imperative to keep up-to-date with the latest trends in the markets. Each small or a big business owns a webpage and needs constant upgrades and trendy articles on their webpages. A blogger facilitates to write such relevant and trending articles for a particular company or a startup, thereby, providing income-generating ways for the blogger. 

Blogging can also be done for your own website or Facebook/Instagram pages. Blogging websites linked to AdSense accounts have a huge potential of earning a good amount. 

All you need to do is, enroll for some free online webinars or online courses with top bloggers and get some insight 

You can also read a few articles on blogging, read a few success stories, go through youtube videos to gain a perspective on blogging.  With a few months of thorough practice and you are all set to become a pro blogger. Do not forget to review your blogs from time to time for valuable feedback.

2. Bakery course - If you are a good baker and love cooking, then this course is the best option for you. 

You can enroll for a two days baking course and start your own baking business from home. All you need is a dedicated kitchen with all the required ingredients and a mind full of creative ideas. I have seen a lot of demand emerging for bakery items that are freshly baked at home in a hygienic atmosphere.  

3. Cue Maths Teacher / ECCED Teacher :

Early Montessori Education training is a 6-month course that gives you an option to start your own playgroup or gives you an opportunity to teach at pre-primary levels in various schools locally. 

You actually save a lot of time traveling for job locations and get yourself a teaching job in your own locality. You can also start with home tuitions for cue Maths, which would require a one-month training. Pre-Primary courses are well designed for beginners, it will give you the basic knowledge on early childhood development, organization and Arts. You can enquire locally for this course. You can also start with handwriting, phoenix, grammar classes. 

4. Digital Marketing: If you have a flair in Internet surfing and have a sound knowledge of social media sites than a digital marketing platform is best for you. All you need is an online course which will bring to you various aspects of digital marketing and thereby make you aware of the various tricks and tips to rank a particular website, or to promote a particular product via digital marketing platforms. Post completion, of course, you can take up digital Marketing jobs, that can be done remotely at the convenience of your home. You can even use this Digital Marketing course knowledge for your own product or website in the future. 

5. Fashion Designer: There is a huge demand for fashion designers locally. If you have a creative mind love innovating and challenging yourself, then, this course is best for you. Fashion designing courses can be for 3- 6 months depending on the levels- beginners or Advance, you will get a good knowledge of designing and stitching clothes. 

During your course, you may experiment on various styles and innovative fashionwear for ladies and kids locally. This will increase your chances of getting noticed and thereby getting more projects for yourself, post successful completion of your course. 

These were a few courses that you may take up and try and restart your career. It seems to be difficult to devote time for these courses, however, once you start with the course, it surely will liberate and give you a sense of achievement and make you self-reliant and independent. 

All the above courses are my suggestions, you may add in comments if you have a better idea. 

I will try and incorporate them in my next blog.