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SIDE HUSTLES ~
20 WAYS TO EARN EXTRA MONEY FROM HOME
Would You Like To Earn Extra Money And Work From Home?
Like so many, you may find yourself struggling financially. There are different reasons and circumstances that have that could have led to this situation. Many are outside our control and some we created ourselves because we just decided to have some fun and deal with it later.
Or, maybe you want to start making extra money so you can buy a new house, take a vacation, start a college fund, retire early…
Whatever your reasons or financial situation, you can create a side hustle (or hustles) to earn more money.
I’ve listed 20 side hustle ideas below. There are a lot of side hustle ideas out there, but I’m focusing on ones that allow you to stay at home, since more and more of us are in family situations that require us to be home.
These side hustles are a great way to turn your spare time into extra income and, quite possibly, become a business that will allow you to leave your 9-5 job.
“Do what you love, and the money will follow.” ~Marsha Sineta
20 Side Hustles
Check these suggestions out with an open mind. Choose to do at least one and, if possible, a few of them so you can create financial stability ASAP!
1. Start a Blog
This one is my personal top choice. The income potential is unlimited. It’s not an over night success. It takes time, focus and commitment, but if done properly, you can earn a nice amount of money. There are many bloggers who earn enough money from their blogs to support themselves and have been able to leave their 9-5 jobs. There are some bloggers who make well over a million dollars a year!
It’s also good to have your own blog because it will tie in with many of the other side hustles listed below.
If you’re one that doesn’t enjoy writing content, you can buy PLR, Private Label Rights, that you can edit and make your own.
Some great PLR sites are:
- Piggy Makes Bank
- Publish for Prosperity
Create your own blog here with my tutorial. You can start it for as low as $3.95 a month and get a free domain if you sign up through my Bluehost link.
2. Answer Online Surveys
This side hustle won’t make you rich, but it has the potential to bring in up to $500/month depending on the survey sites you choose and the amount of time you invest in them. With that being said, not all survey sites are created equal. I’ve heard many people have had great success while other were dissatisfied. I recommend you research to ensure the companies you choose are a good match before you invest the time.
Here are a few suggestions. Sign up for as many as possible to earn the most money!
3. Write an E-Book
Make money by writing your own book and publishing it on Amazon for free. Basically, an eBook is a digital book that can be read on a computer or mobile device. There are a few of ways to earn money by selling your eBook. It’s also great idea for bloggers to turn their content into an eBook and use it as a lead magnet or to sell their information.
If you’ve been dreaming about becoming an author, this is a great way to achieve your dream. Ebooks can be sold through your blog, website, Etsy and Amazon.
A great site to use for transforming your blog posts into an eBook is Designrr
You can also purchase Done For You (PLR) content to edit and turn into your own eBook.
PLR sites to consider:
4. Publish Low Content Books on Amazon KDP
As the name implies, low-content books contain little to no text or images and are generally repetitive in nature. A few examples of books that fall into this category are:
- Journals and diaries
- Notebooks
- Daily planners
- Bullet journals
- Manuscript paper
- Coloring books
If you feel you’re lacking design skills, you can purchase Done For You, PLR templates, fonts and designs to sell as your own. Just make sure you understand their licensing terms completely.
Some good sites include:
- Creative Market
- PLRplanners
- FontBundles
There are a few ways to sell your books.
The easiest, but not the most profitable, is to publish through Amazon KDP. You upload your finished book to Amazon and they publish and ship your product. You will then receive a royalty check.
The other way is to have it printed by Amazon, Lulu or another printing company. The finished product is shipped to you and you sell on your
Website
Etsy shop
Lulu
Amazon
5. Design and Sell Downloadable Graphic and Designs
This side hustle is great because once you design and upload to your site or Etsy, you’re pretty much done. Passive Income!!!
Here again, if you feel you don’t have the best design skills, you can purchase Done For You material, edit and sell as your own. Keep in mind to understand their licensing terms completely.
Sites to checkout include:
- Creative Market
- Fontbundles
If you have a knowledge of Photoshop, Picmonkey and Canva, you can create your own material.
6. Create an Online Course
Explore your strengths, skills and experiences the share what you know. People are willing to pay for your information. You can create educational content around your area of expertise then turn this into an online course and be rewarded for it!
One of THE BEST places for you to create and sell your course is teachable.
They offer a powerful yet simple all-in-one platform with over 7 million students.
Get started now. Click here.
7. Become a Virtual Assistant
A virtual assistant, or VA, provides services to individuals, organizations or companies, but they work online instead of going into an office. There are may tasks that an entrepreneur might need help with.
With more and more people running their own businesses and realizing they can’t do it all, Virtual Assistants are in high demand!
There are so many tasks that a VA might be responsible for. Some of these are:
- Bookkeeping
- Research
- Article and blog post creation
- Designing
- Answering emails
- Organization
- Manage social media
- Content creation
- Website maintenance
- SEO and Digital Marketing
- Scheduling…
Put your strengths to work and become a sought after Virtual Assistant.
Click here to learn how to become a Virtual Assistant
Your own blog will be a very useful tool if you are going to start your own VA business. Click here to start your blog
8. Manage Social Media Accounts
If you have great social media skills this can be a fun job and you could be in high demand. Many blogger, entrepreneurs and organizations rely on social media to promote themselves but don’t have the time and/or skills to do the job well.
9. Become a Freelance Writer
A freelance writer is someone who gets paid to write for a number of different clients. They work for themselves and contract out their writing services. These services include blog posts, website content ghostwriting, newsletters, email campaigns, press releases, product descriptions and more. If you love to write, this is perfect for you.
You can go to Upwork to find jobs. You can also create your own freelance business. Start your business by creating your own blog which will allow future clients to see you writing style.
10. Become a Proofreader
You can earn $17+ an hour by becoming a freelance Proofreader! If you've got a keen eye for grammar, punctuation and structure, this would be an ideal a new job or to start a sidehustle for you. Proofreading is going over a piece of content with a fine-tooth comb. The main purpose of proofreading is to make sure there are no spelling, grammatical or typographical errors. Many of the errors are missed by word processing programs such as spell-checkers and grammar-checkers
Bloggers, authors, writers, students, professors, entrepreneurs, businesses, court reporters and anyone else who is writing material to be read by others, will be looking for proof readers.
To learn more and become a Proofreader, checkout Caitlin Pyle at Proofread Anywhere.
Create your own blog and grow your business from there.
11. Make Money on Pinterest
This is another way to earn money from your affiliate links by pinning them onto your Pinterest boards.
Many affiliate programs won’t let you join without a website, so I suggest you create your own blog before you continue. You’ll be able to promote your links from your blog as well as on your boards.
Set up your website’s Pinterest page and add Tailwind to schedule your pins.
Some affiliate networks to check out are:
12. Edit Content
Content editing evaluates the overall formatting, style, and content of a document to enhance visual design and comprehension. Content editing is usually a much more involve process than proof reading. Upwork and Damongo are 2 sites to use to begin to find clients. You can also start your own editing business. Begin by creating your own blog and grow your business from there.
13. Become a Trascriptionist
You can earn $15-$25 an hour by becoming a transcriptionist! You need good listening and typing skills along with experince in the medical and legal fields.
To learn more about becoming a transcriptionist, click here
14. Website Design
If you have web design knowledge and skills, you could earn money creating and/or improving websites for bloggers, entrepreneurs and others. All businesses, large and small, need assistance with their websites but not all have the time and/or knowledge to do it themselves.
If you’re good with WordPress, you can reach out to bloggers who need help setting up their WordPress site or just need help updating and redesigning.
You can start your business by creating your own blog and grow your business from there.
15. Open an Online Store
Whether you are selling a product you have created, purchased from a distributor, flipping from thrift store finds, or from affiliate sales, this can be a rewarding venue.
There are a few platforms available for setting up your online store. I have my jewelry shop, Back To Classic Designs set up on Shopify and my blog set up on WordPress.org. I’m very happy with both platforms.
Explore both and decide which is best for your business.
Checkout Shopify
Checkout Bluehost/Wordpress.org
16. Open an Etsy Shop
Etsy is an e-commerce website focused on handmade or vintage items and supplies, as well as unique factory-manufactured items.
This is a great place for you to get started selling your products. A few tips to help your listing:
- use a lot of pictures per listed item.
- crop the item in the picture.
- have clear sharp, well lite pictures.
- make sure the item POPS!
- Use a lot of tag words in your descriptions.
- Read the sellers handbook to get the best results.
17. Thrift Store Flipper
If you love searching through thrift stores, estate sales and yard sales, this is a great side hustle for you!
You can sell your treasures on sites such as:
Your own blog or website
18. Become a Graphic Designer
So many directions to go in with this talent!!!! There are many ways that you can sell your designs from home.
Graphic Designers Create:
- books, magazines, catalogs, newspapers
- letterhead, business cards, logos
- flyers, brochures, postcards, posters
- product packaging and labels
- apparel designs
- illustrations and clip-art
You can attract clients to work with and/or sell your designs through:
19. Sell Your Photos Online
Do you have the talent of catching just the right scene at just the right time?
Consider selling your photos online through:
Bigstockphoto
Etsy or through your own website.
20. Create Printables
Printables are a great way to earn passive income.
They include items such as:
- Printables (planners, stickers, party supplies, invitations)
- SVG Graphic Files
- Patterns
- Excel Spreadsheets
- Meal Plans
- Services
- Ebooks
- Planners
- Organizers
- Cards
- Lists
Once you design it, you list it on Sendowl, Etsy, your blog or website and you’re done. Your customer just downloads the file and prints it.
Creative Market is great place to find templates and graphics to work into your designs.
Picmonkey and Canva are 2 of the online photo editing sites I work in when creating and editing my printables.
There are so many ways to earn extra money, but, as I mentioned in the beginning of this post, I’ve limited this list to the side hustles that you can do from your home.
Choose one (or more) of these side hustles to start creating money and begin creating financial stability and freedom.
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