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5. Blogger

As described above, affiliate marketing is a widespread source of income for bloggers. However, you can earn money as a writer using other ways too.

Some other ways to earn as a blogger (besides affiliate marketing):

• Placing ads on your blog, and getting paid every time a visitor clicks on them.
• Writing reviews about other companies’ products or services. Make sure they are relevant to your audience and that they are not your only content.
• Offering additional paid content within your articles (e.g., downloadable e-book, online consultations or related products).
• Doing content marketing for your customers. You can either write articles for your client’s blog or pitch guest posts to reputable platforms including links to your client’s site. Your customer will pay you for spreading the word about their services and improving their ranking in search engines.
• Writing for other blogs and media outlets that pay guest contributors.

The most significant benefit of blogging is that you don’t need any budget to start it – only good writing skills and expertise in a niche topic or some sort of unique experience.

6. Reseller

Reselling means finding low-cost items that you can sell for more. This can be a feasible online work if you have special skills or knowledge that lets you find products that are less accessible to other people. Thus they would be happy to pay more to have these products brought to them by you.

For example, you may be a guru in finding specialty items, great garage sales or antiquities. Or, you may be an intermediary between states or countries – finding something cheap in one place and selling it to another audience.

You can even start by selling the items you have at home and no longer want. For reselling, you can either create your own online store or sell items on sites like eBay.

7. Photographer

If you love taking photos, you can quickly turn this hobby into a source of income. Here are some ways photographers can earn money online:

• Teach photography. Share valuable tips and techniques that aspiring photographers would love to hear about.
• Sell posters or digital artwork. See point No. 1 (Selling your art online).
• Sell your photos on stock websites. ShutterStock, iStock, and BigStock are the most famous photo databases. The quantity paid for each download is generally low, so you should bet on quantity and upload new batches of photos regularly. The key to getting noticed on stock websites is adding many relevant keywords that people would search for.
• Offer your photography and photo editing skills on freelancer platforms (see the following section about Finding online work on freelancer platforms)

8. Website tester

Many websites lose money due to a poor user interface, lousy navigation, unclear copy or bad design. Therefore, companies search for people to test and review their site before launching it.

In most cases, you’ll need to speak your thoughts out loud and record your screen actions as you browse the website. Usually, tests take between 5-25 minutes to complete, and the pay is an average of $10 per test.

Here’s a list of platforms that unite website owners and testers and can offer good online work to do on a side.

Finding online work on freelancer platforms

If you aren’t ready to venture into your own online business, offering your services on freelancer platforms is a good place to start online work. Some of the most popular freelancer platforms include Fiverr, Upwork, and Freelancer.[7]

Generally, Upwork gathers more professional freelancers and has a broader earning potential than Fiverr. But, even if the majority of Fiverr users make under $100 a month,[8] 30% manage to earn between $100 and $499, and above. And why shouldn’t you be among the top earners?

Besides joining these platforms, there are other ways to find your first customers. For example, via your friends and professional contacts; by sharing your portfolio on your social media; or by reaching out to companies directly (e.g., offering a copywriting service to a website with poor copy).

But first, define your skill and make it your profession.

9. Copywriter, translator or proofreader

If writing is your strength, you can easily turn it into a source of income.

You might be taking good writing for granted – everyone can write, right? In fact, many people are not skilled in crafting sales messages, comprehensive descriptions or even social media posts. There’s a large audience happy to outsource such tasks.

Similarly, many entrepreneurs write their own website texts or blog articles that just need editing and proofreading, or translation for other markets. All you need to do to capture that clientele is offer them your skills and experience.

State your areas of expertise in your resume and share examples of your work – this way you’ll stand out from the competition. ....click her to continued