If you’re looking to make money online, you’re in the right place. Here are the top ways to earn money online.
Selling Your Photos Online
Thanks to the rise of digital photography and smartphones, taking and sharing photos has become incredibly easy and accessible for everyone. People are doing it for fun, for educational purposes, or even for profit.
The fact is that you have a massive audience that is only a click away, which means you can make money online from taking and sharing photos.
Sharing photos is free, because you’re likely using a free photo hosting platform like Flickr or Imgur to display and share your work. Whether you’ve got a talented eye or simply want to make some money off your hobby, you can take paid photo missions that will allow you to make money online from your talents.
Selling Your Writing
If you’re a talented writer with a large audience, you can use your blog to earn money. You can post frequently and create engaging content that will attract readers and potentially earn you money from advertisers. If you can drum up enough interest in your blog, you can even set up a shop on a store platform like Shopify to sell and ship products related to your blog content.
Shopify, for example, will pay you and your followers for every purchase you make from their site. It’s a win-win situation, because you’re making money from your blog and expanding your audience.
Blogs like The Verge and Business Insider have become incredibly popular and are continuing to grow, which means more and more opportunities to make money online from your writings.
Start A YouTube Channel
If you’ve got a large audience (over 500,000 subscribers), you can make money online through YouTube. You can create educational or entertaining videos on almost any topic and become a YouTube star. Keep building your audience and creating quality content to attract sponsorships and make money online.
With YouTube Red, you can make money from targeted advertisements, live chats with members, and memberships purchased through YouTube Red.
If you’ve got a sizable audience and want to make money from your writings, you can use YouTube to achieve that goal, too.
Start A Podcast
If you’re looking to make money online, you’re in the right place. Podcasts are incredibly popular and can be found on almost every platform. If you’ve got a niche topic that you’ve covered in great detail or have a fascinating perspective on, let your voice guide you through a series of quick podcasts—no more than 15 minutes in length—that will keep your listeners interested and engaged throughout your entire presentation.
Each episode of your podcast will be roughly between $1.25 and $3.75 per episode. You can put ads on your podcast’s page, or you can use a tool like Rev.com to charge $5 per month for audio ads or $10 per month for video ads.
Podcasts like Blabbermouth, which are often comedic in nature, are popular and regularly make a few thousand dollars per month. If you’ve got a way with words and a niche topic you can piggyback on, you can use podcasts to make money online.
Become A Content Creator For Major Brands
If you can get in good with a major brand—think Coke, Nike, or Starbucks—you can make some serious cash. Simply go through their affiliate program and become a content creator for their websites, apps, or social media platforms. You’ll likely need to undergo training and pass a test to qualify.
As a content creator, you’ll need to come up with blog posts, product reviews, or any other type of content that the major brand might find valuable. You’ll also need to build a following on social media, which you can do with platforms like Twitter and Instagram.
You can make a pretty penny if you can get in good with a major brand and can bring in enough revenue to justify the investment they make in you. If you can become their trusted source for information on your chosen topic, they’ll see value in having you as a part of their team and will happily pay you for your work.
Join A Affiliate Network
This is one route to go if you want to make money online but don’t want to become too dependent on one source of income. Affiliate marketing is a form of revenue sharing in which you’ll promote brands and products in exchange for a commission when someone clicks a product or makes a purchase after being reminded of your blog post or website content.
If you can get in good with a few lucrative affiliate networks, you can build a revenue stream that will allow you to make money even when you’re not actively promoting a product or service.
My own affiliate network, TheBetterOnline, was built to create a destination for individuals who want to learn more about online marketing, establish a presence, and make money online. As a member of the affiliate network, you’ll have the option of promoting products related to social media, marketing, blogging, or ecommerce, among other things.
Monetise Your Lifestyle Blog
If you’re fortunate enough to have a highly trafficked blog that’s slowly turning into a money-making machine, consider exploiting its popularity by monetising it. You can do this through affiliate marketing, which we mentioned above, or through individual adverts sold through Google Adsense.
You don’t need to run ads on your site to make money from them, as there are plenty of ways to make money online without the need to advertise. For example, you can become a travel agent and earn commissions from booking vacation homes for clients or selling luxury products through Amazon affiliate marketing.
Monetising a blog can be a challenging process, but if you can pull it off, you’ll be able to generate serious income. The best thing about this option is you can continue to blog while you’re actively making money.
Start An Online Store
If you’ve got a niche product that you think will be in high demand, you can start a store on a platform like Shopify to sell and ship your product to customers. You’ll need to set up a shopping cart with a payment processor like PayPal or Stripe to accept credit cards.
The beauty of this option is you can scale your business nearly instantly. If you decide to take this route, you will need to consider a few things before you start. First, you’ll need to figure out your target audience. Who are they? What do they want?
Depending on the type of product you decide to sell, you might need to establish a physical presence in the form of a shop or showroom. If your product is consumable (ie. food, drink, or toiletries), you might also need to establish a restaurant or a travel agency to serve customers.
Shopify has a variety of store templates you can choose from when you set up your online store. Once you’ve picked the perfect layout for your shop, you can add products and start selling.
Making money online isn’t quite as difficult as you’d think it would be. With the right approach, the right plan, and the right tools, it’s possible for everyone.