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Unfortunately, COVID-19 has
globally brought to a halt (temporarily, we hope) majority of life’s
activities. Presenting an alarming health crisis and sadly, in addition to
human impact, there’s also a significant business, economic and commercial
impact which doesn’t sit well with many. But thanks to the internet, there’s now
an extensive collection of to . Yes! a can make that . So with your gadgets and
some level of determination and with the information I’m about to share,
there’s light at the end of the tunnel. You could make a bit of , fill
up your or create a full-time online stream of or a part time
job. It could be as a However you want it, there are lots of opportunities all online to do so,
and from the comfort of your home. Yes! your !
Before we proceed I hope at the
end of reading this, there will be a few ideas in this extensive guide that
will help you from your .
Create And Monetize A
Creating your own can be a
very efficient way of adding to your and for some, it can be a
sole source of . So what are the key to from a ?
1. Google AdSense
Signing up with GoogleAdSense will help you from advertising on your . They will place relevant ads around your
and if your site visitors click on these ads you earn a small amount from it. But
if you are able to generate high traffic to your or page views, it will
amount to a reasonable sum of .
2. Banner of Adverts
Having a space on
your site for banner adverts is another way of generating from adverts.
But this requires you to contact businesses directly and ask them if they would
want to advertise on your site. The good thing here is that you can charge a
set amount or a reoccurring fee to
businesses to promote their services on your site. There are numerous plugins for
effective management of this type of advertising. Using a WordPress
plugin like AdSanity is an efficient way to manage this type of
advertising.
3. Sponsored Posts
Sponsored posts
are similar to guest post but here, posts are by big businesses instead of
individual bloggers so the pay is usually higher as their marketing budget is
obviously higher than that of an individual . Having sponsored posts
from big companies will also help promote your site.
4. Paid Guest Post
If your
is popular and well known you can charge other writers or bloggers to post on
your . This won’t only make you some but will also save you the time
of creating your own and will provide a variety of interesting
content on your .
5. Earning From Paid Reviews
This is achievable if your has large
reader base, this attracts large businesses that may be interested in paying
you to review their product or services on your . Not only will you be
paid, you may benefit from their services or product. This and other paid and
sponsored post can bring in big , so advertise this service on your
contact page to get into business.
6. Earning By With Amazon
A successful way of monetizing your is
through with Amazon. This involves promoting Amazon’s
product on your ’s content by adding links from your site to products on
Amazon. Of course this is after you’ve registered as an affiliate marketer with
Amazon. You earn a little percentage of the sale anytime a visitor clicks
through to Amazon from your site. To get started, sign up with AmazonAffiliates. Note; market products that are related to your niche and of
interest to your visitors.
7. Other Paid Content And Featured Post
Some organizations may be interested
in adding other types of paid content to your website. This could be videos,
audios, or any material that will help a business market itself. Be careful to
first consider the value of this adverts to your visitors than its financial
gains.
Again earning from featured post
requires a lot of popularity and a large reader base. With this, you’ll make
some from showcasing articles as featured posts, this allows businesses
to pay extra to keep their paid article at the top of your page or as a
featured article on your homepage.
8. Using Other Providers
Aside Amazon, Plenty of other businesses
and websites also offer this service. You just have to contact providers who
offer services or products related to your niche to see if they offer affiliate
marketing programs. It could be time consuming contacting various vendors but
there are a lot of plugins out there that could be helpful. E.g. is a WordPress
plugin called ThirstyAffiliates that can help you manage and organize
your affiliate links.
9. Webinars
Running and charging for webinars can be a
great way to attract and gain followers to your . Show that you are an
expert in the niche and make profit. Hosting a webinar can be stressful and
requires hard work. It has to first be promoted, provide valuable information
and include interactive elements so your audience can also engage on the topic.
However, once you’ve built a large follower base, each webinar can be very
profitable. Webinars On Air is a powerful tool that will enable you host
a professional webinars for your viewers. Google hangouts is another all
in one solution for hosting as it takes care of all the technical and payment
aspects of hosting. See this guide on best webinar software.
10. Charge To View Content
Do you have a useful, sought-after
information? You can consider charging your visitors to view this specific
content. WPMU DEV has a pay per view plugin that gives you the ability
to charge visitors a one-off fee to access particular pages, posts or media.
11. Offer Paid Courses
One other successful way of making
online is by creating and selling courses on your . Be careful to offer
courses relevant to your and beneficial to your audience. It could take
time initially but once created, you can repeatedly from the course
each time you sell it.
12. Write And Sell An eBook
Writing and selling an eBook on your
can be a great way of making online. It should be relevant to your ’s
content so you can sell your book to your existing audience. For a food ,
you can create a recipe eBook or a training plan eBook to compliment your
fitness site. This could sell big time. Sqribble.com is a great tool that
generates eBooks for you without the need for you to do any writing whatsoever.
Promotion of an eBook is as important as its content. Use a
conversion/sales tool like Clickfunnels to advertise your eBooks on your
site.
13. Sell Advertising On Your Videos
You could create free videos as an extra content for your but still
from these videos by selling advertising space on them. Once you
have high volumes of traffic visiting your and watching your videos ,
you can charge businesses to advertise
at the beginning of your videos. Websites like Izea can you connect with
companies willing to pay to advertise on your .
14. Creating A Video Series To Sell
Another great seller is creating a video series and selling it as a
digital download on your just like selling an eBook. It could be a video
course teaching viewers specific skills etc. if you’re going down this line
then you need to be as professional as possible, making quality videos.
15. Display A Service Page
What services do you offer? Are you a freelancer? Do you have a physical
business? Then creating a is a must. On your site, you can write about the
services you offer and how they will benefit your clients. You can add a
–service- page, stating the services you provide how they can be obtained and any other important information
potential clients may need. This is an efficient way to promote your services,
generate traffic and increase your revenue.
Work As A Freelancer
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Freelancing
can be a great way to from the comfort of your home. It’s so
flexible that you you can tailor it to suit your needs. You can freelance
whenever you want, a couple of hours a week? Or every evening after work?
Or as a full time job? Just however you want it! You could save up some
for that holiday or travel. Freelancing is becoming more popular out there.
Get
Started As a Freelancer
To get
started, there are a couple of freelancing website out there like People per Hour and Upwork you could check out for jobs. Surfing these sites, you’ll get a get understanding of what freelancing jobs are available.
Irrespective of the low pay on these sites, they are a great place to start.
First, you have to decide what
services you'd offer as a freelancer, once you've done this you can set off,
working and when you've gotten a couple of jobs under your belt you should next
create your own website. This will help you promote your own services and
showcase your testimonials from previous clients. You should advertise your
service on other websites to get your name out there as a professional in your
field. This increases your popularity and when you become well-known you'll be
overwhelmed with the number of Job offers you'll get.
So now that you know a little about
freelancing, let's take a look at examples of Freelancing opportunities out
there:
16. Write For Blogs
With thousands of blogs out there
needing contents for their sites, website owners are in urgent need of writers to provide
interesting, valuable contents on a regular basis. Jobs out there offers pay
ranging from $5 to 250$ for 1000 words. If you're determined on being a
freelance writer, pick a niche and be a professional on that subject.
Some subjects are much better
paid than the other, so irrespective of your love for a particular niche, you
could wisely pick a higher paying topic like finance instead of travels(low
pay). Check out Pro job board for high paid freelance writing jobs. You could
also look up Textbroker. is lucrative.
17. Website Design
If you're good in designing and
have some experience in creating a website then you could offer your services
as a freelance web designer. This will require of you to create your own
stylish websites that you can showcase to your potential clients so they can see what what you've got. You'll have to
initially reach out to businesses to promote your services and get a job. Web
designing is more like a project job but you can offer an ongoing maintenance
service which could be a good way of ensuring a regular pay. So how much can
you make? Web design fee can vary depending. So you'll have to decide whether
to target small businesses or compete for big businesses with big budgets. If
you’re serious about becoming a web designer, then I recommend you purchase the
full Adobe Creative Cloud Suite. At $49.99 per month, this is cheap
considering what you can achieve with this tool.
18. Copywriting
copy for websites is
another big freelancing for those who are good with words.
Copywriting can involve writing professional text for businesses, websites,
promotional offline materials, sales pages and even for press releases.
You could juggle between
copywriting (highly paid) and writing (low pay) as a freelancer who offers
both services as some copy write clients can be anxious to get the highest
quality of jobs for the forefront pages of their website or adverts.
19. Editing
You could make it big time as a
freelance editor if you're fast in reading and have a good grasps of grammar
and language. There are always editing jobs available on freelance websites and
it's a quick way of making online. The exciting thing about this type of
job is that you're paid per word so the quicker you are, the more per
hour.
20. Landing Page Design
As a web designer you could also
offer a landing page creation service. This is competitive as the quality of a
landing page can be the difference between a successful and failing business.
They are people who make it big time from creating landing pages, there's
serious in here.
With online software such as
ClickFunnels, Optinmonster, or Sumome, landing page creation is expressly
an easy thing to do which makes this method of making online a possibility.
21. Graphic Design
There are many freelance
opportunities for graphic designers who are seeking to . Tasks
such as designing layouts or graphics for magazines, book covers, promotional
materials, reports are all what businesses online are looking for freelancers
to carry out. Due to its liquidity, jobs range from one-off projects to a
sustainable regular job with a client or clients. Envato Elements is an
amazing site for the job.
22. Create Infographics
This is a growing popular type of
media. An infographic showing a particular information or data in a unique
interesting way can help draw the attention of your audience and help generate
numerous likes and shares. This can be time consuming to create and also the
reason why busy website owners are ready to pay for custom infographics. You
need not worry, infographics can be easily created using a simple design
software such as Canva. You don't need to be too skillful, all you need
is a good creative eye.
23. Create Logos
Logos are very important elements
of any business and a creative graphic designer who can create eye-catching
ones will be struggled for. Find freelancing sites who advertise this service
and camp.
24. App Development
With the increasing need of an
app for various purposes, competent app developers are in demand. So if you
have the skills or experience in developing successful apps then this could be
an for you to earn a stream of by being a freelancer in this
field. Check out adverts for developers on toptal, a higher paying job
site for freelancer freelancers wanting to .
25. Social Marketing Manager
Being available on is key for any business that wants to promote their products, attract
customers, topple on their following. However posting, commenting and liking on
the various can be time consuming and this is where social marketing
managers come in, you are paid to manage their accounts (, instagram, twitter, name them). And to
save , most managers are employed as online freelancers. Tasks you could be
asked to perform are scheduling posts, running competitions, creating ads etc.
And all these can easily be done using managing tools such as Sendible,
Hootsuite, Instagram schedulers etc.
I’d recommend that visit Paid Jobs for a head start. marketing is as easy as you can imagine, once you have the experience running you can begin to advertise yourself as an
expert and get jobs.
26. Online Marketing Consultant
Are you a good marketer? Do you
have the expertise?, the experience?, You could set yourself up as an online
freelance marketing consultant, offering services on strategies, planning or advising on changes and improvements.
27. Fiverr
Fiverr is a great platform to
pick up work. You can advertise your services once you’ve signed up. Fiverr
allows you to create your own gigs on whatever services you provide. You can
choose how much you want to charge and people will contact you if they are
interested in the service you offer. On fiverr, as a freelancer, aside the
you build on your experience also.
28. Online SEO
This is very lucrative as website
owners are very much interested in ranking their sites on the search engine so
if you know how to improve a website’s SEO by doing keyword research and
writing content that can rank in search engines then this could be a line of
work for you.
29. Create Your Own Agency
There’s usually too much work
that you can handle once you’ve made a name for yourself as a successful freelancer in a particular field, this is
where it’s advisable to recruit virtual assistants or employees and turn your one man
business into an agency and start your own .
See my article on 20 best freelance website to find work in 2020 or Top 10 freelance skills that are high in demand.
Digital eCommerce
eBooks, Graphics, design
elements, software, songs, sound effects, videos are just one of the digital
products that are in high demand. Selling digital products can just be as
successful as selling physical products. So if you’re interested in creating
digital products, below is how you can from this .
30. Create And Sell Websites
Good websites can sell for a lot
of . If you’re talented at putting websites together and know how to drive
traffic and build a following base then creating and selling websites might be
an efficient way for you to . Websites like Flippa provides a
platform to display websites to interested buyers. Start your own website in
just 20 mins with this Guide.
31. Design Themes
Are you good at web developing?
Then designing your own themes is an obvious path to follow if you are looking
to . ThemeForest is a place to sell your themes, including
themes for WordPress, Weebly, Shopify and Tumblr, to list a few. Once you’ve
created a theme get it on ThemeForest and each time it sells.
32. Build A Premium Or Free App
With the idea for a good app and the , you
could create a premium app and earn from it. However there are a lot of free
apps out there and convincing people to buy yours may not be easy, so if you
want to go down this path I would advice you set out a free version to
encourage people to download, then when they realize how useful it is, you can then provide an option to upgrade to a premium version.
On the other hand, free apps have a higher
chance of being downloaded and can be monetized through selling advertising
space on the app itself. But for businesses to want to pay to advertise on your
app you’ll have to have a high number of downloads. So have at the back of your
mind that you’ll have to put in effort to promote your app.
33. Sell Your Photos Online
Are you a
good photographer? Then selling your photos on other website can be a cool way
of making online. You could do this alongside your photographer site
which will enable your work to be viewed by a wider audience. There are so many
stock image sites to work with but Shutterstock is a high earning site
and will ensure you . Check this out; How to sell your photos online.
34. Create Your Own Digital eCommerce Store
Setting up a digital
download store, charging visitors a fee to download each digital product can be
a great way to . A popular WordPress plugin known as EasyDigital Downloads will enable you to turn your website into a complete
eCommerce platform for selling digital downloads.
35. Selling eBooks And
Audiobooks On Amazon
Amazon is a
perfect platform to sell eBooks on. eBook can be somewhat easy to write. Once
you sign up with Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing scheme you could be looking
at earning your own when you self-publish your books, publishing could
take less than 5 mins. You could hire a freelance writer if your writing doesn't sit well with you. You get to pay the freelancer but once the eBook starts
selling you’re sure to make enough profit.
Selling
audiobooks on Amazon is another way to , you could make an
entirely different audiobook or an audiobook of your eBook to sell on Amazon. With
the Audiobook Creation Exchange on Amazon you can easily create one.
Check out this guide on how to create an audiobook.
36. Create And Sell Design Elements On Envato
Creating
and selling design elements like graphics, fonts, templates etc. on websites
like Envato Elements can be an effective way to and to build
up a portfolio of work which could set you up for freelance graphic design jobs.
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37. Become A Vlogger
Vlogging is another way to . First you need to
decide on what you want to vlog about, then sign up with , create your
own channel and grow your audience by promoting your channel and making
interesting content. After achieving this, you can then make some by
advertising on your videos and you could also be paid by companies to promote
their websites, products and services.
38. Be A Brand Ambassador
Are you a influencer?
Many big companies are looking for influencers to be an ambassador for their brand.
Depending on which, you may need to promote the product and services of the
company you work for. Work with companies whose terms and conditions suits you.
39. Become An Instagram Influencer
Do you have a large following?
Then you could become an Instagram influencer. Businesses of almost all sorts will
pay you to promote their products and services in your photos or short videos. The
larger your followers, the better the . Hype Factory is a
website that will help connect you to businesses ready to pay for your influence. You
could also see this guide on what makes a Instagram story or post go viral
and how you can from being an Instagram influencer.
40. Sponsored Tweets
Do you have a large following on Twitter?
You can from your tweets alone with Sponsored tweets. Companies
and businesses could pay you for tweeting their products or services. Just as
with all sponsored posts on , business will be willing to pay you
if you have an influence, if you have a large following. So do your best to get
a loyal fan base.
41. Be A Promoter Of Your Own Product
is the best platform
to showcase your own products, be it an eCommerce store or a physical business.
Use this platform to share the link of your eCommerce store or advertise your
products. Demonstrate your product in use and convince your followers to see
the need to Patronize your products.
42. Advertise Affiliate Products And Links
This is another way to make and
through . All you have to do is to first, sign up as an affiliate
marketer for any company of your choice, get or create ads or links of on
affiliate product and then advertise through your accounts. And if
viewers click through your to purchase a product, you get a commission.
eCommerce
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The business of selling and buying
on the Internet can be a very profitable path to follow. You can sell your own products
or that of people's on your own eCommerce store or different online platforms.
Below, we'll take a look at the various means you could by selling
online. This is what they call .
43. Selling On Amazon
Did you know that you can send
products to Amazon to sell for you? This is very much possible through AmazonFBA. It could be a very lucrative business if you could source for the
right products to sell on Amazon. Amazon offers a service called Fulfillment byAmazon(FBA), which could be very useful to sellers. If you sign up for this,
Amazon will store, pick, pack and deliver your products. This eases a lot for you.
To really understand the Amazon
FBA business and to get the right information and know-how, then I suggest you
read this guide on – How To Start An Amazon FBA Business.
44. Create Your Own Product
Do you have an idea on a product you'd
want to design and market? This can be the time. Making and getting a product
into the market can be quite a task but once it is out there selling. the
profit can be substantial. You only have to get past the aspect of factory processing,
packaging design and a few others. Remember, Amazon FBA is there to store, pick,
and ship your products.
45. Buy From Alibaba
Have you heard of Alibaba?
It's a Chinese eCommerce store that links Chinese suppliers with buyers all
over the world. There's an of large profits as prices of goods are
really cheap. Alibaba provides the possibility of arbitrage or white labeling products
which can be sold on Amazon or elsewhere.
As a seller, you'll have to buy
in bulk and these products are shipped across the world and custom tax needs to
be paid. Considering the distance, little or nothing can be done if the quality of
the product that arrives is less than standard.
46. White Label Products
This involves purchasing a
pre-made product from a supplier and then branding or labeling it yourself. It could be
any product, you could create your own merchandise. There are a number of supplies
of white label products out there, find the right supplier and product and you
could sell on your own eCommerce store or Amazon or eBay.
47. Create Your Own Woocommerce
Store
Have you decided on the product
you want to sell? Whether it's a white label product or your own design or
other people's products, you'll need to decide where to sell them. Amazon,
Alibaba, eBay are not the only platforms for selling, creating your own eCommerce
store can be a way of promoting your own products and generating sales. So you
can set up your own eCommerce store and display your products.
Woocommerce is one of the best WordPress
eCommerce plugins for turning your website into an commerce store. Has exciting
features like, automated online payments, product management and affiliate
marketing support etc.
Note: You could also niche
affiliate Amazon eCommerce store on your website. This could fetch you
48. Sell On
sells a spectrum of
beautiful and original items from independent suppliers so if you're creative
then you can by designing and selling crafty items on .
Items range from Clothes, jewelries, and accessories to even art etc.
49. Create An eCommerce Store With Shopify
Shopify is another great
platform if you want to create your own eCommerce store. It is easier to set up
compared to Woocommerce but will give you less control over your store front
and may have to spend more in the long
run. If you have little to no experience in creating websites or using WordPress
or if you're the busy type then shopify is the best option for you. You could sell
your own products or buy from Alibaba to stock your eCommerce store on
shopify.
50. Dropshipping
This is another great avenue for
a less involving but lucrative selling. All you need to do is to find businesses
that sell products related to your niche that offers drop shipping services
then you create a website, promote and sell their products on your site. When you
make a sale. you take your payment on your site and the manufacturers ship the
goods to the buyer. You make profits from charging a higher rate than the
manufacturers. Check out this guide on how to start a Dropshipping business.
Other you could
51. Buy and sell cryptocurrency
Digital or cryptocurrency has become
the destination in currency trading. It's a digital currency that is used to
pay for assets that are not owned or run by Government or institutions. A popular
cryptocurrency is Bitcoin. In 2013, 1 Bitcoin was valued at $200 but now it's
worth $17k and is expected to be worth over $1m in 2022. There are other
cryptocurrencies that are worth investing in such as Litecoin, Etherium, these have seen
substantial growth in recent years. Other low value coins such as Tron and
Ripple will most likely gain more value in the future.
Binance, Cex.io, and Changelly are online
currency exchanges where you can buy and sell cryptocurrencies. See this guide to the best bitcoin/cryptocurrencyexchanges.
52.
Also known as foreign exchange or currency exchange, is the largest
market in the world. Rather than trading on commodities or stocks, you could
get on Forex to trade in currencies. But if this would be your first time, I’d
advise you get some training and start small. Don’t trade with more than what
you can afford to lose.
For proper training by Forex pros, I recommend you sign up to ForexMentor Pro
They offer good support and can turn you into a profitable trader.
53. Enter Competitions
There are thousands of competitions online on numerous websites
that you could sign up for and stand a chance of winning prizes, holidays,
gifts and much more. So if you are interested, surf the net to find these competitions, compete in as many as you can to stand a better chance of
winning.
see my article on where to find online promos and giveaways in Nigeria.
54. Become A Bank
Do you have spare lying somewhere? You could consider
becoming a bank. Website like Zopa is a platform that can lend out your to
people wanting a loan and you make interest on the lent out when due.
55.Type Up Audios
Are you fast in typing? Then getting paid to type audio tracks
may be your thing. Take Note Typing is always looking for transcribers who can work from home
typing up scripts. You could sign up and get started.
56. Teach Online
Are you skilled in teaching? and have the passion for teaching?
There are lots of sites looking for teachers online. you could make a Sites like Skillshare
are always looking for teachers to help with their s.
Final words on to
As you can see, there’s no doubt as to how
numerous, opportunities are, online for you to . Don’t limit yourself, a lot of on how-to
have been discussed above. Get started. Good luck!!
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