1. Get Paid for Your Opinion with Survey Sites

Plenty of websites out there need your input on products and services, and they’ll pay you in exchange for taking a paid survey, testing products, or watching and rating videos.

You can take surveys through places like Branded Surveys, Swagbucks, and LifePoints, turning your Netflix time into real money-making time.

Branded Surveys

Branded Surveys will pay you for simply completing online surveys and other easy tasks such as polls. Redeem your points as cash through PayPal!

Swagbucks

Swagbucks, one of the biggest platforms available, offers thousands of paid survey opportunities daily. As an added bonus, when you sign-up for Swagbucks, you get a free $20 credit or gift card!

LifePoints

LifePoints is one of the largest influencer communities worldwide and awarded $28 million to its members in the last year alone. The company also offers a welcome bonus of 10 LifePoints for new users.

Compared to other survey sites, qualifying for paid surveys on LifePoints is a bit easier. This is a key factor when signing up for any online survey company. And best of all, most of their surveys can be completed in 10 minutes or less.

2. Freelance on Fiverr

An obvious way to make money is to join the gig economy as a freelancer. You’ll find an ever-growing number of gigs out there, especially now that the pandemic has changed office life for so many companies.

Some jobs have low barriers to entry (when you don’t need training), which are perfect for a college student; others, such as consulting, require a lot of experience and education.

Getting started with a low-barrier-to-entry gig or online business is easy. You could be making extra cash within the hour.

It’s easy to start freelancing right away with Fiverr. Jobs are constantly being added to Steady jobs boards that need workers where there is a genuine hiring need.

3. Sell Jewelry & Other Items Online

Do you have stacks of cash sitting in your attic, closet, or basement? You probably do—in the form of stuff you’ve forgotten about or no longer need. Even worse, if you own a storage locker, you’re probably paying good money for zero value in return.

So why not sell this stuff and make extra cash while cleaning out your place at the same time? Selling unwanted items is a very quick way to make cash with high earning potential.

4. Get Paid to Watch Videos Online

If points are not interesting to you but you’d rather have real money, then InboxDollars may be a better choice. You can earn money for watching videos and taking surveys, which can be used by other companies for making brand decisions. You can also earn cash back for shopping through the site’s shopping links.

5. Promote an affiliate product

Affiliate sales comprise a large chunk of revenue for most big-name bloggers. For instance, Pat Flynn made $53K last month from affiliate sales, compared to “just” $9,500 from book sales. In general, look for affiliate products with higher price points; web hosting companies are a great choice if it makes sense in your niche, with payouts of anywhere from $60-$130+ per signup.

6. Sell ad space

This is the strategy that most bloggers start with when looking to monetize their blog. However, keep in mind you’re not limited to selling banner ad spots (which is generally an ineffective strategy these days). Consider other areas you could rent out: space on your pop-up box, social media headers, the “P.S.” on your email newsletters…think outside the box (quite literally).

7. Offer services

While selling your services may not make you rich (look to passive income to do that!), it’s a great way to make some extra cash and to build up your reputation. Sell services directly related to the topic of your blog (e.g., catering for a food blog), or freelance blogging services like writing or graphic design.

8. Write sponsored posts

As you build up your blog, expect to receive multiple sponsored post requests each day. These native ads can be a highly effective way for businesses to reach your audience in a non-threatening way – and they can be a highly effective way for you to make a lot of money. Just make sure the posts are actually interesting and relevant to your audience, and that you fully disclose the sponsored nature of the post.

9. Host webinars

While many businesses use them to generate leads, hosting paid webinars is also an option. Just make sure you’re providing exceptional value – with so many free webinars out there, you need to be offering something pretty special if you want to charge for it.

10. Host sponsored contests or giveaways

Approach businesses in your niche and offer to host a giveaway or contest on your blog or on social media. This can increase awareness of their business among your followers; and when done right, can also generate a ton of leads for their business.

11. Teach an online course

Want to design and host an online course entirely on your blog? WordPress plugins like LearnDash and Zippy Courses make it easy to get started. Of, if you’d prefer to host your course through an established online education site, look at Udemy or Skillshare.

12. Write an ebook

Have in-depth knowledge in your niche? Package it up into an ebook and sell it on your blog. I’d generally advise against selling it (at least exclusively) on Amazon or Kobo, as you’ll probably be able to charge much less. If you’ve already built up a solid audience, you can probably change anywhere from $5 for a very short one, all the way up to $39+

13. Sponsored social content

Give businesses some airtime on your Facebook page, or post sponsored tweets or Instagram pics. These are ridiculously quick and easy to post, and you can charge anywhere from $25-$500+ per post depending on the size of your audience.

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