2017-04-05

Ideas for Making Money Online

Want to make some extra money online? Well, there are plenty of ways to make this a reality. Many of them require little to no money to get started and will give you the flexibility to work from anywhere you want.


26. Work as a virtual assistant


Many smaller companies hire online virtual assistants to help them with day-to-day needs. Search local and online want ads for opportunities to work as a virtual assistant.


27. Sell your photos


If you have a high-quality camera and a knack for taking good photos, consider selling your photos to companies like Deposit Photos. They will pay you a percentage of their earnings every time someone pays to download one of your photos or illustrations.


28. Work from home as a call center rep


Many large companies in today's world are hiring call center reps that work as independent contractors right from their own homes. If you have a computer and a quiet office space, consider applying to be a call center rep. Companies such as Alpine Access hire for virtual call center reps.


29. Look for work on freelance sites such as Upwork


Companies such as Upwork post listings from individuals who need help with both short and long-term freelancing tasks. Just to clarify, this isn't just freelance writing. You can do many different tasks from admin work, programming, graphic design, you name it.


30. Provide home staging services


People looking to sell their home often need help with getting their home to look great for showings before they put it on the market. If you've got a knack for making a home look neat and inviting, consider offering home staging services. Not interested in doing the actual staging work yourself? Offer your services as a staging consultant, leaving your clients with a detailed list of what they need to do to get their home market ready, and then provide a follow-up visit to gauge their results.


31. Create art and sell it


Online sales of art and other items on sites such as DeviantArt can be astronomical if your product is desirable and you market yourself well.


32. Create an idea and fund it using Kickstarter


Do you have a great idea? Fund that great idea using Kickstarter which teams up people with a great idea with people who have money in order to get these new and different ideas off the ground.


33. Get paid for testing websites


Companies often hire people to test their websites in order to assess user-friendliness and page link accuracy. If you're interested in website testing, you can make a legitimate side income doing so.


34. Organize homes or offices


If you have a gift for organization, use that gift to offer home and business owners your skills in order to make their homes and offices more inviting places to work and live. Spread the word about your organizational skills by advertising on Craigslist or distributing flyers to local business complexes. you may also want to provide before and after photos of your work.


35. Be a professional resume writer


If you've got a skill for creating a great resume', consider offering your resume' writing services for those looking to update their resumes'. People looking for employment might have skills in their job field, but writing a quality and eye-catching professional resume' takes skill. If you have that skill, offer your services on sites such as the Professional Association of Resume' Writers.


36. Make Youtube videos


Millions of people make money every day by posting informational YouTube videos. Learn the guidelines involved with making money on Youtube and start producing some passive income for yourself.


37. Teach community education online


Got a skill? Have you thought about using it to teach others in a community college classes online? Most colleges have some sort of online program that people sign up for and take at their convenience. The possibilities for teaching a class online are endless: you could teach excel, Photoshop, WordPress or other specialized skill. Make a list of skills that you could teach others, then contact your local college and talk with them about potentially teaching a class online.


38. Give private cooking lessons


If you've got a flare for cooking up tasty meals, consider giving private cooking lessons to clients in their own homes. Simply meet with them to determine their food likes, pick out a menu or two, have the client shop for the ingredients (as part of the learning experience) and set up a day and time to teach them the joys of cooking.


39. Get into website design


If you know how to design websites, you may just have found yourself a lucrative side hustle. Hundreds and thousands of individuals and companies have websites that are sorely in need of a more inviting design. If you are gifted at web design, consider starting your own web design business.


40. Develop an app or software program


If you know how to program software, consider developing an app or software program to fulfill a business or personal need or for entertainment.


41. Get paid for web searches


Certain well-known companies will pay independent contractors to help clean up their search engines. Why not get paid for searching the internet? you probably spend hours doing it already every day.


42. Grow/make items to sell at your local farmers market


Got a green thumb and a little bit of land? Grow your favorite veggie(s) to sell at the local farmer's market. Most farmers markets also welcome other homemade goods such as baked goods, maple syrup, etc. The Department of Agriculture's Farmer's Market Directory can guide you to local farmers markets in your area, and the local markets in your area can tell you if they have a need for the item you want to sell.


43. Flip domain names


If you have a knack for thinking up great domain names, you can make some serious money by buying and then re-selling those names. Sites such as Flippa can help you sell those great domain names at a profit.


44. Take an online data entry job


If you've got a gift for being detail-oriented, then an online data entry job might be just what you're looking for. Sites such as Monster and Indeed post hundreds of available online data entry jobs.


45. Become a Blog Manager


Do you know the ins and outs of how to run a blog but don't necessarily want to own one yourself? If so, a blog management job might be for you. Blog owners often hire blog managers to keep track of and manage every aspect of their blogs while they tend to other responsibilities.


46. Help companies manage their social media outlets


Many companies are looking for marketing experts to help them manage their social media accounts. You don't necessarily need a marketing degree to be a great social media manager; simply a clear understanding of how the social media world thrives.