Starting A Business While On Maternity Leave

byBTremblay

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8 years ago

Having a baby is an exciting time, but along with that excitement comes the responsibility of keeping this new little human happy and healthy. Before I had my son, I was working full time as a retail manager and after he was born I got 12 weeks of maternity leave.

The Moment I saw my son for the first time, I knew I didn’t want to go back to working those crazy hours forever, but we couldn’t afford for me to just quit my job. So what was I supposed to do? Was starting a business while on maternity leave even possible?

I sat down at my computer one day while my son was taking a nap (he was maybe a week old) and I started searching legitimate ways to make money from home. That’s when I came across a review for Wealthy Affiliate.

I didn’t want to pay money for something that may or may not work out for me so I started with the free membership. It took me a little while to come up with my niche and I actually started with something different before realizing that the easiest thing to write about was my new baby boy and all of the new parenting experiences I was having. If I had questions about something, other people must too right?

About a month and a half after getting started, and running through all of the free content on the site, I needed more. I bit the bullet and signed up for the premium membership.

I still have 3 weeks left on my maternity leave and my site is now fully up and running. Even while taking care of a newborn, I’ve been able to add new content almost every day. I’ve also learned an incredible amount about how to use social media efficiently and use keywords to make it easier to rank in Google.

I still have a long way to go before I will be able to quit my job, but if I was able to get my site to the point that its at now while on maternity leave, anyone can do it.