It seems like everyone is making money online these days. Moonlighting, side gigging or whatever you want to call it is increasing in popularity due to many reasons. Many people are having to turn to the internet to make extra money from home because it is harder these days to find full-time permanent work that pays the bills. Others do it because their day job is what they have to do to make a living while their online gig allows them to do something they really enjoy while making a few bucks along with it. Whatever the reason, almost anyone can find something to do online that will provide them with at least a small supplementary income.
So what are some of these options for making money online? A popular one that has been around for a while is market research. You sign up for a company that conducts surveys to gather information about products and services. When a survey fitting your profile is sent to you, you open it, complete it and earn a few bucks for your time. There are also websites that allow users to click on ads, watch videos and complete small tasks for a few cents for each one.
Another more lucrative way to earn money is to create a blog. Find a niche, write about it, write a lot, add some paid ads to it and share it to a lot of various social media sites. The more people who read it, click it and share it, the more money you can make. When it comes to writing, there are other ways you can make money besides creating a blog. There are a number of sites that hire writers to write about every topic under the sun for search optimization and website content.
A very popular way to earn money online that has been taking off in recent years is the gig economy which allows users to sign up for a website which has an online bank of freelancers doing tasks short contracts and one-time gigs. The way it works is you create a gig, which is something you know how to do, and market it towards the community. When someone is interested in what you are offering, they message you and contract you do to it in a certain amount of time.
Currently, influence marketing is starting to really take off especially among the Instagram generation. This takes a bit more work and it’s much harder to make money but when you do, it can be quite lucrative. You need to have a large following, to post a lot, to be able to draw attention from companies and to have a strong knack for advertising and marketing. Creativity is also definitely a must in this field.
