
While many of us love the daily routine of having a set place of work and defined working hours, for others, having a flexible way to make money is the only way they can work around their family. Obviously, we’d all love to be able to run successful, and more importantly, profitable businesses, but most businesses require some form of investment to get up and running, and that’s not always available. With this in mind, I thought I’d take a look at some ways that you can make money without needing to make a huge investment first.
Personalised Gifts
There are companies which allow you to make custom-made gifts and merchandise to order. Dropshipping is becoming a really popular way for people to make money and basically just allows you to act as the middle-man between customers who want things and companies who make them. You don’t pay for anything until someone has ordered it from you and the potential to make money is pretty decent.
Blogging
A lot of bloggers aren’t that open about how they make money, but it’s simple. When you start a blog, your website starts to gain “authority” from Google. In time, this authority will make you valuable to other websites if you link to them. SEO companies will pay you to post links on your site and sometimes companies will send you items to review and write about, which you can either keep or sell.
Write an eBook/Course
Do you have a particular skill that would be valuable to other people? It could be anything; writing, gardening, baking, parenting, car mechanics – if you’re enough of an expert to teach other people then writing and selling an ebook or online course could be a lucrative way to make money. Some publishers ebooks will tell you that there’s no money to be made without a significant investment, but this isn’t always the case. It’s also what’s known as “passive income” because once it’s done, you just have to sell it and thee things often simmer quietly in the background.
Virtual Assistant
If you have good admin or organisational skills, becoming a Virtual Assistant (VA) will allow you to ue this skills from your own home. A VA does everything that PA or admin assistant does, but virtually. You’ll often have a weekly Skype call with your clients to see what they need you to do that week, and you’ll usually share documnts through something like Google Docs so that everyone has access to the work being done.
Sell Photos
If you’re a decent photographer and already have a good camera, selling stock imagery online could be another good way to make cash. There are number of big sites like Unsplash, ShutterStock, Fotolia, iStockPhoto and Photobucket where you can submit your photos. Whenever a customer wants to purchase your photos, you will get paid as per the price you fix and the best part is, you can get paid multiple time for the same photos.