In our wealth creation journey, we’ll need to supplement our present income and invest more in our wealth-building vehicles. That’s where side hustles come in.
Our ideal side hustle should encourage our creativity. And not become a second job. For instance, the old school side hustle would mean working, for example, as a doctor by the day and delivering pizza by the evening.
There is nothing wrong with that, if you can do it without breaking your back.
We need a side hustle that will eventually replace our full-time income or, even better, be scalable and can function without us.
Here are a few side hustles to boost your earnings this year.
1. Content Creation
As Kiyosaki puts it, we're in the information age and businesses are shifting towards having an online presence.
As a result, there is a need to link them to their consumers in the online space. That’s where you and I come in.
You can write blog posts on their website to help customers familiarize themselves with the brand and services they provide.
In return, you earn a cut for your hard work.
Where do you get these clients from?
Cold pitching
This is approaching the person in charge of the marketing department and making them aware of the services you provide. You can create a free sample for them to see your capabilities. Be sure to have a good portfolio for the services you provide to enhance your credibility.
Warm pitching
Visiting freelance sites such as Fiverr and Upwork to sell your services to clients already in need of them.
While getting started, it can be a little intimidating, but with time, it gets easier and better.
2. Start your Blog
What are you passionate about? Cooking? Start a blog that teaches; How to prepare meals. Provide dietary advice, help mums shop for cheaper groceries, etc.
You can tailor your blog towards informing in a fun and interactive way. How do you earn from your blog?
Google ads: google pays you a commission for ads displayed to your audience.
Affiliates where you earn a commission after visitors purchase products through your affiliate links.
Courses: unlike the first two, you're in control of the pricing plans and earn 100% of the proceeds you sell. Provide courses in your area of expertise and give it a go.
3. Selling Courses.
Offering a course online or coaching. You don’t have to look very far to realize your strengths. What do your friends ask you to help them with?
In your field of expertise, what services can you package as a course to teach others? Voila, there you’ve got it.
4. YouTube Content Creation
YouTube is the video version of blogging. You can film yourself as you travel and inform your audience about places you visit and what to expect on their vacation tour, etc.
Or you can pick a more formal approach like teaching people how to manage their finances. There are infinite possibilities. You just have to get started and exercise your creativity.
5. SEO Services.
SEO means search engine optimization. Most companies would love to rank on Google to drive customers through organic traffic.
You can offer the service by researching words and phrases customers search online using tools such as Ahrefs and incorporating them into their blog posts.
In return, the company’s website receives more traffic and ranks better and you earn your cutting. Win-Win.
However, this shouldn’t alter or dilute the quality of such posts.
6. Copywriting
This is a special type of writing that aims at persuading a potential customer to take a particular action.
This could be to purchase a product or as simple as signing up on a mailing list. To do this successfully, you’ve to become a devoted student of sales copy, persuasion, and psychology.
Good for you, we’re in the 21st century and you can learn all this online or buy books on the topics.
7. Running Ad Campaigns
Companies are driving their business online. But being online doesn’t translate to having customers or increasing sales.
Therefore, they’ll need to bridge this gap by running ad campaigns to increase brand awareness or promote a new service they’ve to offer.
That’s where you come in. You’ll help them package their service in a way that reaches most people. This increases the chance of getting more customers, hence driving more sales. Win-win.
8. Graphic Designer
This is an easy skill to learn. Companies are looking to pass their brand awareness in a way that resonates with their audience in a snapshot.
Either through banners or fliers or memes to promote their product or service.
You’re guaranteed to land your first client pretty fast.
9. Social Media Account Manager
Social media is a force too big to ignore. Business executives need someone to take care of social media content generation and postings.
This helps them free some time to focus on what they do best. Cutting deals and keeping the business running.
You can market your service on content mill platforms, such as Fivver and Upwork, or pitch them directly.
Demonstrate how your service will increase their productivity and how you’ll help engage with their target audience.
10. Agency Service Broker.
Let’s be honest, not everyone is cut for the world that requires grit and consistency.
You’re probably too busy to learn an extra skill even though it could revolutionize your life. I got you. Assemble a team that offers the skills we’ve already discussed.
Find prospecting clients and outsource the work to your team, then get a cut out of the bucks they make. No excuses, right?
11. Virtual assistant
This is a remote side hustle, which involves performing a variety of tasks, which could be as simple as scheduling meetings and responding to direct messages to complex ones, like being a research assistant.
You’ll require having broad know-how in a variety of areas for your tasks could vary from customer care assistant to study assistant.
12. Video or Content Editor
Content creators need help to piece together their scripts into a visual storyline that’s not only educational but also entertaining.
Similarly, blog post writers need editors to check sentence structures, grammatical errors, and the free flow of ideas.
13. Thumbnail Designer
YouTube thumbnails are essential for baiting the audience to get to click and watch your content. You can help your favorite YouTubers design catchy thumbnails at a fee.
14. Voice Over Actor.
Captivating audio is essential for keeping your audience engaged in your vlog career.
If you have great dialogue and monologue skills, you can set up a home studio and offer the service to help YouTubers increase their watch time.
15. Web Design
As businesses push to have an online presence, they need a functional and user-friendly website. Lucky for you, you don’t need to learn to code or programming languages to design websites for your clients.
You can learn how to do it using customizable sites such as WordPress.
In summary, the ideal side hustle should have a low barrier to entry, be scalable, and be easy to set up.
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