When you have an interest in working for yourself and owning your own business all you really need is an idea and plenty of motivation. If you’re the out going type that enjoys serving people, you just might consider becoming an even bartender. Becoming an event or mobile bartender can be an exciting career/small business opportunity.

What does a mobile bartender do exactly? Basically an event bartender travels to events and takes the role of serving cocktails/drinks to the guests at the event. The events usually include weddings, birthday parties, family reunions, business events and basically anywhere a bartender is needed.

Busy event bartenders can earn substantial incomes for their efforts and enjoy a fun work experience.

Before you decide that you want to do this as a career you really should know what is involved when you are a bartender. The article mentions that drunk people can be well, drunk. However in most cases when you are serving at events you will encounter a bit less bad behavior from your customers. Generally speaking people at least try to behave themselves at events.

Certain states require an individual to become licensed or certified before becoming a bartender. You’ll need to find out what the regulations are in your state.

Having experience will certainly help you but it’s not essential, however, you will need at least the knowledge of how to mix a variety of drinks and have confidence while serving.

Supplies
The supplies you will need can vary when starting out but there are some essentials that are a must have when starting a mobile bartending business.

You’ll need a serving station or drink cart of some sort, it will make starting out much easier.

Assorted cups and glassware.

Drink mixes.

Some sort of vehicle to get your equipment from point A to point B and back.

A liquor licence can be quite costly, however, without one it is still very possible to become an event or mobile bartender. You will simply let your clients know that they will  supply the alcohol and that your services include serving and providing tools and equipment for the evening.

Rates
It’s been said that you should not charge by the hour, instead you should charge by the evening, selling the experience. Instead of 25.00 per hour you’ll charge 155.00 for five hours of service. And of course you will also receive tips from the patrons.

Establishing Customers
Networking is at the heart of the event bartending business. Advertising is important but referrals are where it’s at. Network with others that serve events, individuals such as photographers, DJ’s, caters and anyone else that serves any type of event that may require drinks to be served.

After some hard work you will have the ability to bring in anywhere from $200-500 dollars per night.

Cheers!

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Work at Home Tech Jobs

If you’re decent with a computer you can go to work right now.

If you’re interested in working online either full time, part time or by project it’s worth taking a look at o’Desk. o’Desk is an online freelance work place that connects you with people looking for you.

I was just looking through the jobs and the hourly wages of some of the developers/designers, etc and was a bit surprised at how much some are earning, up to 60.00 dollars per hour.

It all depends on your experience but, for example, this programmer who has experience in many languages is earning 55+ per hour and is currently at 676 hours at that rate.

Admin with strong programming background

linux-system-administration linux apache python perl zimbra unix-shell ruby postgresql network-administration mysql nginx html javascript ruby-on-rails more…
$55.56/hr Hours: 1050 Russia Last active: Aug. 12 2012 Portfolio: 0 Tests:

That’s pretty impressive, of course he is an in demand and highly skilled programmer.

You don’t have to be a super developer to go to work and start earning. Creative writers are getting anywhere from 5.00 to 40.00 per hour with what looks to be an average of 15.00 to 20.00. Take a look.

What’s interesting is that as I go through each of the profiles of those that are working there, I see that all, at least all I’ve looked at are actively working and earning. What I thought I would see was that they were asking this much per hour but not necessary getting it. In fact  they are getting plenty of work.

Here are the main categories that you can choose from and the number of jobs that are in each category. There are sub-categories to each of these.

• Web Development (4,327)
• Software Development (1,811)
• Networking & Information Systems (618)
• Writing & Translation (784)
• Administrative Support (1,078)
• Design & Multimedia (1,928)
• Customer Service (321)
• Sales & Marketing (1,332)
• Business Services (289)

Take a look at o’Desk 

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NDP Group Online Survey Review

I recently signed up for NDP Group, which is an online survey company that serves the US and Canada exclusively. They have earned a trusted reputation so I decided to give them a try.

After signing up and giving them a chance and reading the reviews post around the Internet, I would say there are mixed reviews.

If you enjoy taking surveys for sweepstakes entries then it’s not a bad service. I’ve read on survey police that some have won LCD tvs and large cash prizes but again, you will only receive entry into prize offerings.

According to Survey Police they have an overall score of 70% which is not bad since the score is given directly from members of the service.

Mixed reviews

The Good

NPD is not for the faint of heart, I won a 46 inch Samsung flat screen HDTV and a Flip video recorder. I had been a member for 2 long years, I was going to unsubscribe when bam!!! I won! Janet is a real person and she hooked me up. I am a true believer.

The Bad

The surveys aren’t bad but the rewards are a joke. If I wanted to spend time on chance, I’d walk to the store and play the lottery. It’s too bad, it could be a decent site if they made it worthwhile.

If you are the type that enjoys taking part in short surveys for opportunities to be entered into sweepstakes then it might be right for you. NDP is not a scam in the sense that people do with and NDP does follow through with the delivery of the prizes.

For me personally I enjoy taking surveys and I like getting paid for my time. I don’t really enjoy sweepstakes entries. If you do, give them a try, but it’s not for me.

Availability US and Canada

Minimum Age
13 US
18 Canada

NDP is Free to Join

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