5 legitimate side hustle ideas you could start today
The internet offers numerous opportunities for you to a legitimate start a side hustles and make money online. Unfortunately, the internet can also be a minefield of scammers. Because of this, many who have dreamed of earning a part-time or full-time income from home have given up. If you’re dreaming of a way to supplement or replace your income at home, you can do so if you know where to look.
1. Freelance your expertise
If your specialty lends itself to freelancing remotely, take advantage of your scheduling flexibility and begin seeking paid work online. Careers that often work well with freelancing include writing and editing, consulting, marketing, transcription, medical coding, web/graphic designing, voiceover work, and programming.
Find clients by optimizing your website for the search engines, contacting local businesses, applying for gigs on Craigslist, and applying for freelance job openings on bidding sites.
Some of the most popular bidding sites for freelancers are Upwork and Fiverr.
2. Affiliate marketing
Affiliate marketing is selling the products of others online for a commission. If you’re inconsistent and sporadic with your efforts, you’ll be lucky to make $100 in a year. But if you’re consistent and diligent with your efforts, the sky’s the limit on your earnings.
Affiliate marketing is all about doing your research before you begin trying to make money and most of your money will come by planting seeds. In this industry, “seeds” are affiliate links. The more affiliate links you have on the net, the more money you’ll make.
It can take months to see serious income as an affiliate marketer. It’s common to earn just $10 for the first few months of your affiliate marketing career, and then all of a sudden to start earning $2,000, $4,000, or more per month.
3. Virtual assistant
A virtual assistant is essentially an office or personal assistant that serves clients from home rather than a traditional office setting. You’ll likely answer emails, set appointments, and spend time making various types of spreadsheets.
Essentially, being a virtual assistant is like being a freelancer. You can have multiple clients at once. Generally, the pay rate ranges from $10 per hour as an entry-level assistant, to about $40 per hour for highly experienced ones.
Like most freelancers, you can also find virtual assistant jobs on freelance websites.
4. Blogging
As a blogger, you’re totally your own boss. But with this freedom also comes great responsibility. You’re in charge of creating daily blog posts, driving traffic to your blog, and sourcing advertisers for your blog. For greater success, you’ll also want to build a list of targeted subscribers.
The income for a blogger varies widely. You’re paid by advertising revenue, rather than on a per-project basis. Plus, you can make money from selling your products or the products of others for a commission through your blog and newsletter. Your income is directly correlated with your skills, efforts, and likeability. You can also incorporate affiliate marketing into blogging and earn money like that.
Keep your day job for at least a year. It takes a while to build up income in a blog. Some blogs can take two years or more to build up revenue that’s equivalent to your current salary.
Check out my blogging page to get ideas on how to start.
5. Selling your own product
The classic method of making money online is selling your own product. Whether you make aprons, clothing, and kitschy décor or you’re selling manufactured cell phone accessories, there’s a place for your business on the internet.
To make money online by selling products as examples of legitimate side hustles, you must market your business diligently. Employ search engine optimization tactics, start a blog for your business, ensure that your website is easy to navigate, and embark on an advertising campaign to attract buyers.
Give the above opportunities a try for a way to start a legitimate side hustles and put more cash in your pocket and more freedom into your schedule!
If you would like to learn how to make printables as a side hustle, check out this blog post.
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