There are many ways that one can earn a secondary/passive income online. These ways vary from anything as simple as filling out online surveys to earn cash and rewards, to something as complex as starting a blog to earn money by driving traffic and monetizing your content. In this article, I am going to outline not just these two ways to make money, but eight other ways in-between for someone to make money online.
- Take Survey Sites
Survey Sites are great for making money online. However, since there are so many sites out there, you are going to want to make sure you do your research to ensure that you are picking a site that has a rich history in making people rich. Surveyswonk.com is a great resource to find such information, being that on the site there are reviews for over 75 survey sites, ranking them from most profitable and safe, to sites that you should stay clear from.
- Data Entry
Yes, Data Entry is still around. Although computers can do almost anything these days, there is still demand for data entry analysts to transfer anything from data into forms to translating transcripts into foreign languages.
- Cash Back Sites
If you find yourself shopping online, you’re going to want to check this option out. There are sites out there that you can earn money by just doing your shopping online through their site, and affiliated sites. Ebates, and Mr. Rebates, although similar in name, are two separate companies that offer cash-back opportunities for shopping online. On these sites, you can find coupons for products that earn you a percentage of your purchase back. This is a great way to save earn some money by doing something that you probably already be doing, shopping online.
- Investing
One can make a lot of money investing online, keeping an eye on their stocks, trading, selling, and all that wiz. However, if you are someone that is not as up to date on the stock market as you’d like, there are options for you to invest still and make money. For example, a site like Acorns is a great way to introduce yourself to online trading and investing. Acorns is a site that rounds all your purchases up to the dollar and invests those extra cents into low-risk investment opportunities that will yield a profit over time.
- Freelance Writing
Money times, websites are looking for freelance writers to create content for them, and in return, the writers either receive an up-front payment, whether it be per word, or straight up for the article, or a percentage of the money that the website makes from the article. You can look for these opportunities by searching your favorite sites, and looking for a “Write For Us” section.
- More Freelance Work
A site that has taken off recently that can earn you money online is Fiverr. Fiverr is a marketplace for freelance work where you can find postings about job opportunities that you can complete online. These pay anywhere from a few dollars, to upwards of $100 for bigger jobs, and once you find your groove, you can crank out multiple jobs a day, earning yourself a nice little paycheck at the end of the week.
- Start a Website/Blog!
You can make a lot of money online just by sharing your opinion and attracting visitors. The first step to this is finding your niche, and creating content for your site. Once you have a lot of content, you can work on getting your website or blog visible on search pages, which will come with the more visitors that you receive.
- Sell your Stuff!
We have all seen those episodes on TV about Letgo. However, if you are one of those that haven’t, let me tell you a little about it. Letgo is an online marketplace where people sell their used items directly to you. There is no middleman, and Letgo does not even charge a fee. So, if you have an old set of Cd’s laying around that you don’t want or a mini Kegerator that you haven’t used since college, sell it on Letgo, and pocket that money.
- Check Out YouTube
YouTube is a great way that you can earn money online. YouTube? Yes. YouTube. Although you may be thinking that YouTube is just a website that you can find videos on your favorite TV show moments, or searching for new music, there can money made on it. People these days get paid on YouTube to create video tutorials, steam video games, and even advertise products. This process takes a while, being that you have to build up a following first before you can start seeing money, but in the end can be quite profitable.
- Virtual Assistant
Virtual Assistants can work from anywhere, at any time, for anyone. If you are proficient in some technical programs such as PowerPoint, Excel, and have strong communication skills, you can make money being a Virtual Assistant. Although I cannot give you an exact step by step procedure on how to become a virtual assistant, there are sites out there that can help put you in contact with websites and companies that are looking for virtual assistants every day.
