You don't have to be helpless at home or handicap financially during this period. You can learn new skills to enhance your profession or income.
The skills mentioned in this post are a few out of many ways to make money online during COVID-19 lockdown. Go through them and choose which one is best for you.
10 Skills To Make Money Online During COVID-19
1. Programming
You can learn programming skills at home during the lockdown. As a programmer, you can earn thousands of dollars per job acquired and completed to the satisfaction of your clients.
To be a programmer, you will have to learn one or two programming languages like Python, Java, PHP, C+, C++ and so more.
You can use your programming skills to create apps and Softwares that solve problems for mankind. Learn your skills from sites like www.alison.com and www.realpython.com
2. Freelancing
As a freelancer, you render your services to your clients who need them for a fee over the internet. You can do this at home and make very good money.
To be successful as a freelancer, you must have good skills that will solve clients' problems. Are you good at writing articles, creating logos, drawing avatars, writing Ebooks or books, painting, tutoring, etc? If yes, go to sites like www.upwork.com and www.fiverr.com, register and get job offerings from clients and get paid after completion.
3. Micro Jobs
Micro jobs are tasks given by employers online to be done for a fee. You don't have to be an expert to qualify. Just follow instructions, complete tasks and get paid. You can visit sites like Mechanical Turk and www.ysense.com to get micro-jobs.
4. Blogging
Blogging is one way to make your views, opinions, and experience known to your readers. However, it has grown into a big business venture. Many have made money from blogging, you can too if you start today.
To make money from blogging, your create a website full of quality content that will make your readers come for more. When the website is getting enough traffic, you can monetize the site with direct advertising, online tutoring, Google Adsense and Youtube.
5. Direct Advertising
You can make money from direct advertising on your website if you have huge traffic coming to your site. You charge individuals and corporate firms for placing their ads or adverts on your site.
6. Digital Marketing
You can charge brands for advertising their products on social media and everywhere online through digital marketing.
7. Affiliate Marketing
You can be an affiliate marketer to companies that need their goods and services sold. You register with these companies directly or through affiliate networks like www.cj.com, www.shareasale.com and amazon associates. Get your affiliate links from them and share them on social media and everywhere online where they are relevant.
When your affiliate links are clinked and a purchase is made, you get paid in commissions.
8. Online Tutoring
You can train people on practically any topic or subject matter online and get paid. You can register with Udemy or run the program on your website.
9. Uploading Videos
You can upload videos to Youtube and other video platforms and make money daily. You can monetize your videos with Google Adsense or simply sell products and services with videos created specifically for these products.
10. Web Development
Web development is a special skill you can learn to create web applications that will render special services to customers.
Most big websites today that offer various services like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest are created by web developers for handsome fees.
The skills mentioned above are very useful and rewarding to anyone who acquired them. Try to learn one or two of these skills during this COVID-19 lockdown and start making money from home.
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