7 Best Ways to Make Money Online Now | Could One of Them be Your Dream Job?
Whether you are trying to make a little extra cash or you are looking for your dream job, there are some great ways to make money online now. There are so many amazing opportunities out there right now! Today I am going to help you learn about the top 7.
It can be intimidating for some people to think about trying out online money making strategies. Where do you start? How do you find legitimate opportunities? How do you avoid the scams? You might have asked yourself all of these questions. Honestly though, making money online isn’t as tough as you might think.
I’m going to break down the best ways for you to start earning a living (a very good living) online. These are the 7 top ways people are making money online now. Some of these strategies will get you started making money right away and others take longer but will bring you long term consistent income for years to come.
Let’s get started!
1. Surveys.
I’m sure you have seen ads online about making money taking surveys. You can sign up today to these sites and start taking surveys. You can make some cash right away taking surveys. This is a very active way to make money online, meaning you need to physically take the survey to make money.
The payout for surveys is pretty low. This is a good way to make some extra money every month. If you have computer and a little time to spend you can add some spending money to your wallet without a lot of effort.
I recommend choosing a well-known survey site to ensure you don’t waste your time. Some reputable paid survey sites include:
- InboxDollars
- Swagbucks
- MySurvey
- Prize Rebel
- Cashcrate
By signing up for these sites you will have a good start on your survey taking and online money making goal.
2. Freelance Writing
The best way to break into freelance writing is to join Job Boards for freelance writers. Figuring out how to land your first gig can be tough. There are a lot of people out there giving advice on making money as a freelancer.
It’s easy to get caught up in reading all the information about what you should write about and how to pitch yourself as a freelancer. Beginners can get stuck in analysis paralysis.
The following job boards will help you make the leap forward and find your first gig:
- Freelance Writing
- Contena
- All Indie Writers
Some folks might say that the job boards offer lower quality, lower paying jobs. That is not really true. What you need is an easy way to find some work, get experience and gain confidence. Joining job boards is the quickest and easiest way.
There are of course other ways to find freelance work including Indeed, Craigslist and Glassdoor. Don’t limit yourself to one method but also, don’t get stuck researching endlessly.
3. Blogging
Ah yes, blogging. This is the ultimate make money online idea. It seems as though everyone wants to start a blog right now. And why not? Blogging is one of the easiest and most sustainable ways to produce a long term income on line.
When I say easy, I don’t mean without work. You will need to choose a good niche and produce tons of content targeted to a specific audience.
Once you put in the initial work, you can maintain a blog and see substantial income for decades. And if you are passionate about the niche you chose working on your blog will be fun and exciting and not like work at all.
People start blogs about anything and everything. Just make a list of 10 things you love and choose one that you think you could help people by writing about it. Anything from getting a better nights sleep, raising teenagers, loving coffee… you name it and you can blog about it.
4. Selling Stuff You Make
Selling unique items that you make yourself can be a fun and rewarding way to get a little extra income. I don’t see how you can make huge amounts of money with this unless you get help to make your products or have really big ticket products.
However, if you have a great product that you create, then by all means selling it online could get you some quick money coming in from something you already enjoy doing.
The best places to sell your hand made products is etsy, shopify and pintrest.
I like pintrest the best. It is one of the fastest growing social media platforms today. It is easy to set up an account and get started.
5. Drop-shipping
Drop-shipping is simply promoting and selling someone else’s stuff. You are the middle man in this situation. You don’t have to handle any product, you just have to make the sales. Once you close the deal you contact the seller and they ship the product to your lead.You never actually touch the product that you sell.
The downside here is that although you may get repeat business, you risk your customer cutting you (the middle man) out of the equation. They could just buy direct for less money. Check closely with your drop ship partner to ensure they don’t send packaging with their information or build email lists from your customer base.
6. Webinars and Courses
Teaching people through courses or webinars can be a very lucrative business. If you have knowledge in a particular area and can put some material together you can sell that information for good money.
You need to develop an audience who is interested in what you have to say via social media engagement and a website to promote your information.
Once you have an audience that wants to hear what you have to say, you can keep creating new and better courses or webinars to sell to that audience.
7. Affiliate Marketing
In my opinion this is the best online money maker there is. You choose a niche that you love or are interested in, develop a website and promote a product. When someone buys the product you are promoting, you earn and affiliate commission or percent of the sale price.
There are numerous product sources including:
- Amazon
- ClickBank
- Share-a-Sale
- Commission Junction
- Rakuten Marketing
- All of which have thousands of products you can promote.
Over time, you will become an authority in whichever niche you are promoting and you can earn a massive income for years to come.
Once you learn how easy it is to build a website and start promoting products you can replicate the process and create
any number of websites all earning profits for you with.
Affiliate Marketing is the method I use to make money online now. Click here to see the program I have been using for the past two years. It the best I have found and I promote it with complete confidence that any beginner can find success with this platform.
In Summary
There are a number of ways you can make money online. Not every way will be the right way for you to make money and only you can determine what feels right.
Once you do the due diligence and find out which opportunity gets you excited you should move forward. Every day that you put into your business you will be one day closer to success and financial freedom.
This just may be your opportunity to have your dream job and if you find your dream job, you will never feel as though you are working. Trust me, I know the feeling.
Dream Big!
Awesome ways to make money online.
I have looked into three of them. That is freelance writing, affiliate marketing, and blogging.
My favorite online making money strategy so far is blogging, it truly feels like less work when you are blogging about a topic you could spend all day talking about.
I am gradually incorporating affiliate links into my blog and youtube channel.
It takes time to make any significant income but like you said when you put in the initial work, you will reap the fruits for decades
Sounds like you are doing it the right way. Blog about something you love and then start monetizing your blog.
If you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life!
I’m engaged in three of your top 7. I like affiliate marketing but I also sell my own digital products. I’ve sold my own products but haven’t made much progress in the affiliate marketing space. Which is weird because I would have thought the opposite to be true. Just this past week I’ve been working on my first e-course. It was a good experience for me and required planning it out and putting together some video demonstrations as well. But I’m pretty proud of it. I could definitely see myself doing more in the future. I tried Amazon but they pay so little, it’s hardly worth the trouble.
Great idea to develop an e-course! It’s a ton of work and I hope you see good returns.
Dream Big!
hi friend, i really enjoyed your article it is well detailed and easy to understand, all information are very correct but the Affiliate marketing is still the best with the help of Wealthy Affiliate, i still like Survey too because they can be done at leisure time, drop shipping have a lot of stress compare to others, i really thank you for the vital information to help me to make extra income
I couldn’t agree more. I’ve experienced the stress of drop-shipping. Affiliate marketing is the way to for me as well. I’m glad that you found Wealthy Affiliate. I have been a member that amazing community for a couple of years now.
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Heather
Hi! I have been reading about the different ways one can make money online. It’s really interesting how the Internet has enable us to work in things we would have thought impossible to work in some years ago. For example, those that love sports can open a blog and become sport commentators. Those that like to travel, can choose a niche related to traveling and produce content about traveling and even travel the world while they work. Sounds quite cool!
There are so many possibilities to work in things we enjoy nowadays. So you can choose from all of them and begin to enjoy your job.
Hi Henry,
I agree wholeheartedly! Today you can take any passion, hobby, skill or interest and turn it into a profitable online business. And have fun with it and love what you do!
Thanks for your comment.
Heather
Good evening,
Nice to find a post where earning money online is explained in detail.
Thank you for the list with the top 7 methods.
I had heard that surveys do not pay well so I do not plan to spend my time on that.
Looking at the other 6 options I will stay with blogging and will combine it with Affiliate Marketing
Regards, Taetske.
Thanks for reading. Sounds like you have a good plan!
These seven ways to make money online are the best ways earn income online. I think affiliate marketing and blogging are the number one recommendable ways to make money online. You create a niche of your choice and promote products or blog on your website which it will generate passive cool online money. Thanks for the article am really passionate about these two.
Thanks for your thoughts Chris! I am passionate about them as well.
I like this list. I’ve tried almost all of these, except for webinars. There’s money in all of them, but I do agree that affiliate marketing is the way to go. You can even combine it with a couple others on this list, depending on how you structure your business. I still write freelance, but I’m moving away from that gradually. There’s more money in writing for a website you own that attracts lots of traffic, than there is in writing for someone else. But of course, it doesn’t hurt to get your start in freelancing like I did, either. Great article! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Mark,
I agree that freelancing is a great way to get started online. Blogging and affiliate marketing will produce better income results over time though.
Thanks for reading and commenting!
All the best to you,
Heather
Hi
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Really this is an amazing article. I like this article very much.I was looking for a proper guideline for starting my dream job.After reading this article I have found the perfect guideline for me in this purpose.I have gained all the necessary details of this.You have listed 7 kinds of way of earning money, and I think affiliate marketing with the Wealthy Affiliate is the best way of earning money from online.I will share this great article with my friends and relatives so that they can benefited from this.
Fantastic! Thank you. Good luck to you in your online journey. Do you have a niche at this time?
Wishing you much success!
Hi,
Thank You very much for sharing such an helpful article with all the necessary information about “7 Best Ways to Make Money Online Now | Could One of Them be Your Dream Job?”
Really this is an amazing article.I like this article very much.Nowadays there are lots of easier way to earn money in online from home.But choosing the right one among of them is a difficult task.So.in this regard you did an awesome job.By reading this article one can be choose easily the perfect platform for him to earn money in online.I have looked into two of your top 7.I like the blogging and affiliate marketing.I believe that affiliate marketing is the best platform of these 7 to earn money.I have joined the wealthy affiliate market as a premium member.I will share this article with my friends and relatives so that they can benefited from this.
I’m so happy that you have found WA. I’m sure with their great training you are on the road to affiliate marketing success. Dream Big!