Karen Hellier

Freelance Writer, Coupon Lady, eBay Entrepreneur: Helping You Save Money and Work From Home

Monthly Archive: October 2017

Enter the October Drawing on My Blog

It’s time to announce the October, 2017 prize drawing for subscribers to my blog. If you enjoy entering contests, here’s a chance to win a gift card or a gift box. This month I am drawing 2 names for the following prizes: First Prize: A $25.00 gift card to Walmart and Second Prize: An Avon gift box of SKin So Soft Winter Lavender Scented products Here’s what you have to do to be entered into the drawing:   If you are not yet a subscriber to my blog, put your email address in the space on the top right of the front page of my blog, right next to this post where it says, “Subscribe to blog via email.” That’s it…you will be entered into the drawing for October. AND you will be notified each time I post something on this blog about saving money or working from home. If…
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Need Extra Money? Sell Your Junk on eBay

Save money by not letting the grocery stores trick you into spending more money than you need to!

As I read through posts on social media lately, I have run across a lot of people looking for help earning extra money. Some are in need of extra money on an ongoing basis so are looking for a part-time job. Others are in need of extra money fairly quickly to pay an unexpected bill. I always want to shout to them, “Sell your stuff on eBay to earn some extra money.” It makes perfect sense to me and I don’t understand why everyone hasn’t jumped on the eBay bandwagon yet.  My eBay Story   Here’s a little about my own experience so you will see where I’m coming from. I was fortunate to be able to be a stay-at-home mom when my children were growing up. This was in the mid-1990s and people had just started to talk about eBay. I have always been an entrepreneur in my heart and did…
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