3 stay-at-home parents break down how they make up to $20,000 a month only working 2 days per week with side hustles

* Insider spoke with three stay-at-home parents who started side hustles. * They described how they got started and built up their incomes. * Their advice includes growing customer bases

through Facebook groups and email lists. Stay-at-home parents are finding new ways to make extra income while spending time with their kids. Insider spoke with three stay-at-home parents who

have a side hustle that they work on no more than two days a week. A STAY-AT-HOME MOM MAKES $30,000 A YEAR FROM HER LAUNDRY SIDE HUSTLE Laurie Fulford quit her corporate job to become a

stay-at-home mom in 2017. Now she makes $30,000 a year by working 15 hours a week doing other people's laundry. She came across a Facebook post about earning income on SudShare, a

laundry platform, and she signed up in September 2021. She advertised her service in local Facebook groups and started by taking any order within 25 miles of her home. "I was driving

all over town, but I tried to trust the process — I knew that I'd eventually get to be picky once I'd built up a good clientele," Fulford said. She said she'd fold

clothes neatly, match socks, and tie colorful ribbons around laundry bags to make her customer service top notch. "I also include a thank-you card to new customers saying, 'I hope

I've made your life a little bit easier today. I'd love for you to request me for your next order,'" she added. "I've found that small touches can make a big

difference." _Read more: __My laundry side hustle makes me $30,000 a year and takes only 15 hours a week — here's how I built it as a stay-at-home mom_ A STAY-AT-HOME DAD MAKES

$20,000 A MONTH THROUGH YOUTUBE ADS AND AFFILIATE MARKETING Judd Albring, a stay-at-home dad, shares tips for working a remote job, work-from-home opportunities, and affiliate-marketing

advice on his YouTube channel. By his second year his channel was making only a few dollars a day through Google AdSense. In September 2021 one of his videos went viral. Albring's

channel has since reached 304,000 subscribers. He became eligible for YouTube's Partner Program, which shares revenue from the ads Google places on videos with creators. He made several

hundred dollars a day from ads and from recommending products in his videos. Albring started affiliate marketing, or promoting products in exchange for a commission, for some software and

online-training companies. He uses his email list to land affiliate commissions too. "Facebook or any other social platform can shut you down anytime it wants. They owe you nothing, but

you own your email list, and you can market to your audience at any time," he said. In 2021 Albring hired freelancers to help him create and post content, and now he says he works no

more than 10 hours a week. _Read more: I'm a stay-at-home dad who makes $20,000 a month through YouTube and email marketing. Here's how I scaled up from making pennies the first

year._ A STAY-AT-HOME MOM MADE $135,000 LAST YEAR FROM HER FREELANCE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS Regina Martinez started her freelance business — performing as a clown at kids' birthday

parties — to fit around her childcare schedule. She found customers, who were mostly other moms, in Facebook groups, and she focused on getting five-star reviews on Google. "At the end

of a great party, I'd ask the mom hosting to refer me to other moms in Facebook groups," Martinez said. "My previous clients usually responded and tagged me before I even saw

the post." In 2021 she created a birthday-party package for $300 and started getting 20 to 30 inquiries every weekend. She works about two days a week — and never on Sundays — to give

her more time to spend with her family. _Read more: I made $135,000 as a birthday clown last year — and I only work around 2 days a week_ RECOMMENDED VIDEO