With most universities closed for the long holiday this time of the year, here are some side hustles comrades can start and earn money from even when school is back in session:
1. Blogging
A blog is an informational website published online. Starting a blog is pretty easy and there are tones of topics and niches a student can choose to embark on. These include; technology, science, entertainment, and news, could be a personal blog but for the sake of earning choosing a niche that is on-demand would be most profitable. You can create a personal website for free for your blog on Wix or get hosting from sites like Bluehost. Some great blogging sites are blogger.com, medium.com, and WordPress. Earning money is per views or clicks on your website or blog and how many impressions you are getting. You can create an AdSense account for google to run personalized ads on your blog and earn through those ads
2. Vlogging
The second easiest way to make money is through a vlog. This is quite easy because everything is free you just have to create a channel through your google account on youtube and start your money-making journey. Invite your friends and family to subscribe and watch your videos and promote them on your social media. the digital space is growing immensely and so does people's need to consume online content. Like blogging, you can tap into a niche and start getting paid by Google and other sponsors who might want to collaborate with your channel depending on the content you post.
3. Start an Online shop
You can always start an online shop and sell your talent or hobby. By this we mean if you are very good at creating stuff like bead bracelets or DIY Clothes or pottery you could always make money off of that by selling your products on your online store. Create a website for the shop via Wix or Squarespace and other free website makers online. With good promotion and good quality products, you will be making money in a jiffy! Better, if the technicalities of a website are too much for you start on Facebook and Instagram and invite your followers to like and follow your page and buy your products.
4. Freelancing
There is a vast need for freelancers in the market and you could tap into this area and earn money to write for people as you study. Deliver your services to customers at a price through copywriting, transcriber, photographer, proofreader, videographer, transcriptionist web designer, and more.
Pro Tip you can apply for these kinds of jobs on LinkedIn.
5. Food Delivery
If you own a bicycle, motorbike, or even a car you could always sign up to be a delivery boy or girl on Jumia, Uber Eats, Bolt Food, etc. Signing up to be a rider for Jumia for example is easy
Step i Head on to Jumia and create a Jforce account if you lack one.
Step ii click on "register as Jumia agent"
Step iii Fill in your details
Step iv submit details
very easy, you will be notified if accepted.
6. Sell your stuff on Jiji
You could also always sign up to be a seller on Jiji if you have old stuff that you don't need anymore and sell.
N/B Emphasis on your stuff. Selling stolen things is a criminal offense in Kenya and you can serve time for that.
To sell on Jiji you just need to head on over to the Jiji app on Google Play or Appstore for ios and create an account. Have the picture of the items you want to sell and then click on sell. Fill out all the required fields after that and then viola, post, and make money!
N/B you need to check for online messages from customers who want to buy your product so stay online.
7. Online Surveys
A student can also opt to partake in online surveys where they ask you random questions about random things and you get paid for that. Just look up the surveys for pay websites and start answering questions and earn. Some surveys pay as low as $5 per answer. Some apps for selling your data through surveys for cash are Honeygain, DataCoup, Smart Panel, Fusion Cash, etc
8. Become an influencer
Tap into the potential you have on social media and make a brand out of it. You can start growing your following organically on Instagram and Facebook by creating quality content and engaging with your followers. The future is digital. Test out stuff online and get paid by brands to promote on your social media. the trick is in creating a following and good engagement on your posts. You too can rack in big bank like celebrities.
9. Affiliate Marketing
Another way of making money is through affiliate marketing in which online retailers pay a commission to an external website which in this case is yours for traffic or sales generated from the referrals of the seller's products made by your website. All you need for this job is a website of your own that is alluring to the eyes of an affiliate marketer. Keeping your website alluring is accomplished by using SEO tools and joining affiliate networks.
10. Data Entry Jobs
You can always get paid by typing and entering data to services online for rates as low as $ 10
The skills needed for this job are typing efficiently, touch typing in some cases, time management and basic software knowledge as well as verbal and written good communication skills. You can apply for these kinds of jobs online. they are always being posted on myjobsinkenya.com and other sites like LinkedIn as well.
11. Watching Videos
If you have a stable internet connection and a screen to watch then you can get paid to watch videos online. Here are some of the websites that will pay you to watch videos; swagbucks, inboxpounds, weare8, etc. The types of videos you are going to be watching on these sites are ads, answering a few questions here and there, news content, and sometimes viral videos. Of Course,
most of these payments are made to your PayPal account especially if you're a Kenyan Comrade because most of these sites are for the US.
There you have it, comrades, now you have ways to beat being broke during long holidays!
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