How to make money honestly and safely online – monetization of your knowledge and skills
“Earn €200 a week without leaving my home”, “I only work 2 hours a day”, “If you want to earn a lot, put a plus sign in the comments”… Internet, especially social networks networks are full of such ads. At the same time, the need for an additional source of income among the population increases in direct proportion to the depth of the economic depression.
Realizing that in search of easy money, you can become no less easy prey for scammers, many have a negative attitude towards any way of making money online. Behind the line are both Internet brokerage, home-based activities and the “just download this program” format, as well as reliable, “white hat” tools for generating income on the Internet.
Especially for the Exiterra business blog, to figure out the types of earnings, what to spend time and effort on, how not to get into trouble, and what method of online monetization the PRNEWS.io Internet resource helped to stop.
Monetize your own website or blog
For users who are not directly related to the digital sphere, the idea of creating your own website can be intimidating at first. But do not rush to discount it and catch a pie in the sky in the form of participation in a dubious Internet enterprise.
The site can be monetized through the sale of promotional materials with links to a specific product, the sale of banners, promotional reviews or affiliate programs. To achieve your goals, the content of your site should be as specialized as possible and cover the highest paying topics. You can find many articles and case studies on this topic in the public domain.
Those who find creating a website too complicated or costly an idea can monetize their love of texts and expertise in a particular area with the help of a more comfortable option – a blog.
It can work for you by selling links, banners, advertising materials, affiliate programs (leads.su, aviasales.ru, hostiq.ua, Amazon Associates, etc.) and contextual advertising. At a certain stage, you can earn on paid access or crowdfunding.
Special services will help you monetize your online platform, including advmaker.net, partner.directadvert.ru, blogun.ru, sape.ru, prnews.io, rotaban.ru, etc.
Important! The content of a site or blog must be in demand, relevant and systematically updated. And in order for its value to grow for the audience and advertisers, it must be of interest, first of all, to the author himself.
Info products
According to passive income specialists in the digital sphere, information products are one of the most popular and profitable referrals today.
The format can be anything: video tutorials, video tutorials, online communities, courses, and seminars. The secret to success is simple – use your own talent, expertise in a particular topic and package them as an educational product for sale on the Internet.
There is a buyer for every high-quality online product. These can be courses on facial skin and hair care at home, video lessons on cooking gingerbread, marathons on proper nutrition or writing a book, psychological sessions or special programs for teaching spoken English. Options are many.
In order for an information product to be successfully sold and not lost in a highly competitive environment, it must be of real value. It is unlikely that you will be able to create a successful business reputation and gain a permanent audience by selling a pig in a poke. Therefore, it is worth taking a sober look at your own skills and knowledge, as well as studying the requests of Internet users for information that they are willing to pay for. If you haven’t decided on a topic, ask the audience, you won’t be mistaken.
Instructors
In addition to creating your own online courses, you can become an instructor and share your practical skills and experience with tens of thousands of people who want to learn new technologies.
Many learning platforms provide the opportunity to become an instructor (for example, BitDegree, Udemy, Skillshare, Lynda, etc.) This format of monetizing your own skills is ideal for both representatives of creative professions (photographers, cameramen, designers, musicians, writers, etc.), and specialists in web technologies and programming.
The lockdown that happened in the spring of 2020 gave a tremendous impetus to the development of such educational platforms, which combined thousands of relevant programs and courses.
On the one hand, such popularity is explained by the need of the audience to acquire new skills and expand their own competencies online. On the other hand, quarantine restrictions forced many professionals in their field to look for additional income opportunities. And, we have to admit, some of them hit the real jackpot.
Platforms for creative people
An excellent opportunity to monetize your skills or hobbies is provided by numerous special platforms for creative people: Patreon , Plumfund , Upwork , Twenty20 , Instaprints , Zazzle , Pinkzebra and others.
Representatives of a wide variety of professions (photographers, artists, designers, musicians, journalists, bloggers, etc.), having browsed the Internet, can find one or more services for themselves that allow them to receive, albeit small, but stable passive income.
For example, one of the most popular for authors who want to earn money on their work or knowledge is the Patreon crowdfunding platform today. Its services are used by professionals from various fields, including video bloggers, cosplayers, programmers, game developers, and even authors of erotic photos.
Content creators earn on it thanks to donations, most often in the form of monthly payments. This format is suitable for all authors who have followers who are ready to support their product with a small financial reward.
It is important to remember here that you should not create castles in the air in your imagination. Set realistic goals for cooperation with similar services, regularly post content and take 2-3 platforms into work at once.
Determining the target audience for your content is the first and most important step. In addition to the subject matter of the texts, a lot here also depends on the presentation: style, form of presentation. Content written in easy language, with humor is welcome and arouses interest. This is especially true for “fancy” topics. But at the same time, we must remember that it is impossible to cross certain boundaries, and also not to slide into the “language of the gates”. If the target audience is “uncertain”, which, for example, is typical for news resources, then you need to write in such a way that it is understandable and interesting for the conditional “Aunt Glasha from the next house”.
Dmitry Orlov, Exiterra business blog editor
Other tools
We have only mentioned some of the tools for making money online, but there are more complex ones.
Creating an affiliate site and affiliate programs, reselling hosting, collaborating with advertising platforms, creating sponsored content, publishing books online, freelancing on specialized exchanges, online tutoring, and even a virtual assistant or selling your expert opinion – all this will allow, not spending a lot of time, get income immediately and without financial investments.
These and other sources are suitable for those who are looking for an opportunity to earn extra money, and those who want to start a new career from scratch.
Evaluate skills and opportunities with a cool head, monitor current topics and services. Test various tools, do what you are good at and what is interesting, set goals clearly, be persistent – and then you will get a reliable way to make money online.
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