Making and Saving money is quite hard to do in this kind of economy we have. However, we must go on and think of an alternative way to earn money. Venturing in a small business or getting a part time job is a great alternative to sustain our daily finances.

Here are my Top 5 alternatives to get extra income:

1. Computer Shop- Computer shops are one of the most in trend and progressive business to put up nowadays.

2.  Apply for a Home based online job- There are websites online that hires people who can send articles to them by daily or weekly basis. The payment will depend on how many article you sent. The minimum pay is p300 per article.

3. Join in a Direct Selling Company- This is really works for employees who want to earn an extra income. Direct Selling is not time consuming, you can even sell your products on breaktime or after work.

4. Bake Cakes and Pastries- For those who want to earn while at home, venturing in this business is also great. You don’t have to spend a lot of money to start in this kind of business, all you need to have is a baking skills.

5. Create a Blog- This is the most common way of getting paid nowadays, without exerting too much effort. Just create a blog, make it as creative and well viewed,  and apply to GoogleAdsense, you will get paid from the ads that the google had posted to your blog or site.

After Panasonic and FedEx packed their belongings leaving thousands of workers out of work, another big company bids goodbye. Giant cement business Holcim Philippines announced that they will be shutting down their operations in the country but will come back after six weeks.

However, some of their operations will be permanently closed and the permanent closure of the entire operations in the country will be under observation. Ian Thakwray, CEO of Holcim Philippines says that the fate of company to survive lies on how the economy goes in the coming days.

This means another suffer again to Filipinos. Their previous workers will now be added on the increasing and continuing list of unemployed residence of the Philippines.

Here’s an invitation to attend the 7th Filipino Franchise Show.

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Do you want to go into business?  Whether you want to start a business from scratch or through franchising here’s your chance to examine over 130 small to medium size homegrown franchising and business opportunities at the 7th Filipino Franchise Show on September 19-21, 2008 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.

Presented by the ASSOCIATION OF FILIPINO FRANCHISER, INC, AFFI gathers the biggest and best Filipino Franchise Companies in the Food, Non-Food, and Service Industries.  Successful franchisers along with new and promising brands from the food, retail and service industries shall take center stage.  You will be able to meet with them face to face and learn from their own experiences.  Products, services, systems and technologies from the 80-strong AFFI membership will also be on display for the benefit of the public particularly those on the lookout for business opportunities.

This year’s theme - FRANCHISING EXPO & BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMEs - has been especially chosen to align this event with AFFI’S “KABUHAYANG PINOY MUNA” Advocacy. The three day exhibition is expected to be one of the biggest this year.

Franchising is a win-win situation for a budding, small entrepreneur. The franchisee is assured of a higher success rate compared to starting a business venture on his own. He is given a known brand, a tested business model, systems that are already proven effective and the logistical and marketing support from the franchiser critical in its survival. The franchisee puts in less initial capitalization and yet he avails of much-needed logistical, advertising, marketing and promotional support from the franchiser.  According to the actual statistics of AFFI, franchisees of AFFI-member companies enjoy a 98.6% SUCCESS rate, while that of start-up businesses experience an 85% FAILURE rate.

For just Php 10,000, you can now get high interst yield through LBC’s Royal Earner.

Interest is tax free is you choose the 5 year term.

For inquiries, you may call 1-800-1-888-86-86 (toll free). For Metro Manila, you may call 899-86-86