Introduction To Side Hustles

Are you looking at expanding your income streams? Do you want to achieve financial independence?

In this digital age, there are many side hustles one can venture in and diversify or get new income stream. In this blog, we look at some of ways you can make money online. Rise in side hustles has opened up endless opportunities for anyone ready to leverage their skills, passion and creativity to make money from comfort of their home. This side hustles can be your main source of income or supplement your other sources of income.

Online side hustles refer to any activity you carry off your main source of income and generates income. Online side hustles require access to internet. You can use your smartphone or a laptop and/or computer if you own one.

You don’t need to possess special skills to start. There are many online courses and more so on YouTube where you can learn and apply them. Udemy is also another source of credible courses as all tutors are approved before a course can be published online. With these skills, you can start working online with ease and start making money.

The beauty of these online hustles is that you can work at your free time and some can be 24hrs money maker. Think of YouTube. Your videos will be there 24/7 earning you revenue. You don’t need to be monitoring and uploading videos daily. You just create your schedule. You can set your own hours and work from anywhere.

What you need to succeed

1. Discipline. Side hustles require a lot of discipline as a small mistake can lead to loss of your account and income. You need to manage your time, your online presence and how you handle your clients.
2. Time. You need to set up the time you will be working. This way you don’t lose a potential client or income. 
3. Skills and interest. You need to be able to perform whatever side hustle you are carting out. In addition, it is important to have interest in the area you have started your side hustle. This will translate to your output and hence your  revenue. Invest in continuous learning to develop new skills. Look for courses that have quality content and that offer practical skills. 

LIST OF ONLINE SIDE HUSTLES

We will go into details of each of below side hustles. You can follow specific side hustle to get more details below. We will dive into practical application of each and highlight skills you need, how to acquire them and how to apply them. In some instances, we will walk through the whole process of making money. YouTube videos are available on my YouTube channel on this link.

• YouTube. One of the underrated fields but has the biggest potential. You only need to create videos or edit videos and upload. Once you reach minimum monetization requirements, you activate various opportunities and start making money. You can also start making money through third party links as you grow your account.
• TikTok. One of social media platform that has huge money-making opportunities. We will walk through the processes in detail. Some are provided by third party companies while others are in-built on TikTok.
• Mobile app development. You can sell your apps on app stores or provide for free but make money using ads. There are also many freelancing opportunities you can apply and start making money developing apps for other users.
• Mobile game development. You can utilize available tools to create games and publish on app stores or sell to other users. Some of tools you can use are unity, godot, android studio, swift and many more.
• E-Commerce. This involve selling products and services online. There are many platform you can build your online store and get your first sale. We will cover different online businesses you can start and what platforms are needed to set up.
• Freelancing. If you have skills you can offer to other people, you can register on different freelancing platforms and start making money. We will cover fiverr, upwork and other platforms where you can offer your skills for money.
• Web development. If you have technical skills on web development or ready to learn those skills then there are many endless opportunities in this wide technical field. We will cover as much as we can and show you opportunities that are available to make money.
• Blogging. You can create blogs like this one and start making money through various ways. Some ways you can make money are ads, affiliate marketing, selling ad spaces, selling digital products and more.
• Affiliate marketing. This involves marketing other people’s product for a commission share. You are given unique link which you share with friends. When they make purchase, you get revenue share from your sale. There are many opportunities in this field. We will cover how you share your link and start making money.
• Graphic design. If you have skills in graphic design then there are many opportunities  there. From freelancing, selling digital product and more. You can learn this skill on YouTube or Udemy and other online training platform.
• Digital marketing. This involve managing social media accounts, running ad campaigns or carrying out SEO. You can make money as freelancer, running ads then charge clients and many more opportunities. This may require you have certain skills in digital marketing which you can learn from YouTube or Udemy or any other online platforms that offer credible training.
• Print on demand. If you have design skills, then you can start print on demand side hustle. You create print on demand account with companies that offer this service, upload your design then the company does print and sales for you. You share revenue.