5 Easy and Best Ways to Make Money Online From Home

I was thrown out of my well-paying IT job when covid hit India in March 2020. Today I had a job and then the next day I was jobless. Even though I had a bit of saving, I started worrying about my bills, rent, regular investments, and everything.

I looked for jobs but unfortunately because of the collapse in the economy, getting a new job wasn’t easy. That’s when I started looking for ways to make money online, while sitting at home. I came across this academy called Hustle Post Academy which had several courses on how to build an online business and I really liked the idea. I joined the course and started making money online from the comfort of my home.

As you know, after the COVID, India’s economy is at risk, and job opportunities are decreasing, but one of the industries that’s booming is the online business industry. So, whether you’re a student or a stay-at-home mom, or someone who’s looking for a job, you have a great potential to earn money online.

I have compiled 5 legit and best ways to earn money online, from home, with no investment. You can choose any of these and earn a decent amount just with your laptop and internet connection.

1. Writing

I am not talking about writing a book or being a ‘writer’ here. If you know good English, that is, if your English is to the standard of a 7th standard essay, you can start earning money online by writing, right away.

What can you write?

The easiest thing to start with is to write social media captions. Because the online business industry highly depends on social media for marketing, writing social media captions can help you make good money. You can also write blog posts and articles for business owners.

The next stage in writing is copywriting. You see an ad on youtube or a website and you’d want to click it because the ad was so catchy, that’s copywriting. Copywriting is something that attracts people to websites and converts them into clients. Other than this, you can also write website content, ebooks, youtube, podcast scripts etc.

2. Social media manager and VA

A social media manager is someone who manages social media for businesses, they plan and strategize the content, create content, write captions, post it and also take care of the engagement on social media. A VA or a virtual assistant assists the business owner with tasks like email management and many other thingsto take the extra burden off their shoulders.

Trust me, this had good money. In India, an SMM makes Rs 40,000 to 1 lakh per month and a VA charges an average of 250-1000 Rs per hour. You can also work with global clients and impact their business. If you like spending a lot of time on social media or if you like organizing and doing admin tasks, this is for you.

What can you do?

Make an account on any 1 or 2 social media (instagram, linkedin, youtube, twitter etc) and start creating content there. Then showing your own results you can approach small business owners to manage their social media. Create content for them, take off simple admin tasks from them, and charge money.

3. Graphic Designer

Online business is vastly visual. They need pretty pictures for websites, color coordinated posts on social media, visually appealing brochures, logos and many more. That’s where a graphic designer comes into picture.

If you are ‌interested in art, painting and drawing, if you have a keen eye for colors and symmetry, this is for you.

What can you do?

Start designing simple posts, logos etc using the free simple tools like Canva. In Canva you can design brochures, thumbnails, cover pictures, presentations and many more. Approach online creators and business owners and help them with their design. Meanwhile, to become a pro at graphic design, you can learn from these free courses.

4. Build your brand and sell digital products

Do you have a special recipe from your grandma? Know a lot about psychology that you can put in an ebook? Have some great meal plans or organization templates? You can sell them on social media and make some money.

But before that, you need to build a personal brand on a few social media platforms. This helps you build credibility and also expand your network.

What can you do?

Start by finding your area of expertise and start posting related content on social media. Interact with creators of the same field and build your network. Then launch your product to the right audience and get into social selling!

5. Teach or become a coach

Learning never gets old. People are always leaning something. And they need a teacher or a mentor for that. So, what’s a better way to make money than teaching or coaching someone in your area of expertise?

Coaching industry has been growing like gangbusters and an estimate found that it’s market value will reach 1.34 billion dollars in 2022. This industry has shown an average annual growth rate of 6.7% from 2016 to 2022. So, I say this is the best time to get into coaching.

What can you do?

Recognize your area of expertise. You might be a biology graduate or an economy doctorate. Start teaching it to your neighbor kids or find clients on social media.

Do you think you’re not an expert in anything? No problem. See what interests you the most; do you always read about nutrition or fitness or technology, do you like psychology-related books, do you know a little more about yoga than most people? Take an online course and learn about it. And then start teaching it to others! Simple, isn’t it?

There you have 5 best and legit ways to make money from home without investing any money. And trust me, these are not very difficult skills to learn. But one word of caution you need to keep in mind is, nothing happens overnight. Like everything, getting clients online and making money also takes time and patience. So, what are you waiting for? Go online and start earning!