Azleen
Middle class people like us are slowly diminishing. Instead of three, soon the world will witness only two classes of people around, rich and poor.
This is the reality we have to face whether we like it or not. True enough, we are experiencing the situation ourselves. Except for the rich, everybody in the middle class category is tight financially. Exactly like the poor. Each month as we are expecting our incoming salary on the final week of the month into the bank account, we are feeling rather sad instead of happy.
The ultimate reason is one, there are too many things to pay with that money. We can see that the balance left will be an absolute tragic. Same situation month-in month-out. That alone is telling us that we are slowly but surely heading down to the poor category.
Worry not, as all hope is not lost. There is always a solution to every problem. We are living in the digital era, one of the greatest and exciting time to be alive ever. Opportunities are everywhere in the virtual world and this is the reason why I want to share it with you. In fact, you could be sitting right on top of the gold mine without realising it.
Time and money are the biggest problem to the middle class. In most cases, we have no time and no money. We sell almost our 24 hours for money until there’s no more time to sell. So forget about finding a part-time job. You need a part-time business instead. And that business doesn’t need lots of monitoring too. That’s the top priority you need to do in order to dig yourself out of the hole you’re stuck in right now.
Here are 9 online businesses you must consider to supplement your monthly salary. Your office working hour or any other time-related commitments won’t be affected at all if you opt for any of these. It is time to make your banking account positive again.
Blogging. A lot of bloggers out there are making money by writing articles for other people especially for brands and website owners. And these bloggers are being paid based on per word basis. If you are exceptionally good in native, foreign language specifically English or a combination of these then you may want to consider writing blogs for those potential customers. These brands need regular feed of articles weekly or monthly for their search engine optimisation or SEO purposes. They want to be searchable online, thus making articles a crucial element in their digital marketing journey.
Translation. This part-time stunt is also very much in demand at the moment. Website owners and brands out there aren’t marketing their products in one country only, but many. And they need to personalise their marketing materials through the language. Not every country like to see things in English. These countries are very proud of their own language and they will respond to marketing materials that honour the language. Translation freelancers are also being paid on per word basis.
Copywriting. It involves writing a catchy set of words or short sentences on the marketing materials such as social media captions, video captions, brochures and catalogues, profiles and website. This work isn’t being paid by word, but more towards a project basis. If you’re good in the art of writing and the way you choose your words, consider this lucrative business.
Virtual Assistant. Basically to become somebody else’s assistance without seeing the boss face-to-face can be really tough. Yet, it’s possible. You need these: A person to support you as a runner to run around the city on a motorbike, a laptop with a Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint in it, a mobile phone and internet. Each instruction you’re getting from the boss, you just need to settle the task given quick and efficient. From helping on the office work, booking for hotels, secure airplane tickets, paying bills, calling someone for appointments, everything and anything operational, those will be the daily tasks you need to work on. It sounds too stressful but in reality it is not, especially with the help of the runner, the laptop, mobile phones and internet. This gig, the payment shall be on monthly basis.
Selling Images Online. Unless you want to do this in a big way, you actually do not require a website for this. Take advantage of the social media channels available. As long as those photographs are authentically yours, high resolution and rightfully priced, you will do great. Expect the payment to be based on per piece or by bulk. You decide.
Selling Pre-Owned Items. People are crazy over discounts no matter at whatever level of wealth they’re in, so selling pre-owned items via online can be extremely rewarding too. Similar to selling images online, you need to present those items well so your photography skill is badly needed for this. Then utilise your own social media channels and those e-commerce sites available out there to distribute the content and sell them. To put some extra kick on the picture, the picture of the item must be taken with a white background to enhance the outcome.
Dropshipper or Representative of Brands. You can also do a commission-based online business by becoming dropshipper or representative of some brands. Dropshipper is someone who promotes products to customers, and that is it. The rest will be taken care of by the brand itself, from payment, delivery to inquiries, complaints, shipping and so on. Once the deal is sealed and the payment is made by the customers, you will get a cut out of it as commissions.
Micro-Influencer. Are you popular among your friends? If yes, then this is a perfect gig for you. Being a micro-influencer, you should own at least 7,000 followers or more on your favourite social media channels. Brands are now in the hunt for these micro-influencers to promote their products online. They’re not only going to pay you cash for each post, but also give you products samples for free regularly. In return you just have to to snap a selfie of you ‘using’ the products, post it on your social network and indirectly persuade your followers to consider buying one.
Local Tourist Guide. Lately, travelers prefer to book their hotels and airplane tickets themselves through online portals. It’s convenient. Within a click, everything is done. When they landed at the chosen destination, after checking into the hotel and spent some time relaxing, they will ask themselves, what’s next? You see, travelers are scared of being cheated on by the locals, and it happens all the time.That explains why they always opt for services from the hotel which is normally very expensive. In their mind, this is the only choice they have.
Now, this is where your service will come in. By offering them to become their local buddy, bring them around the city, eat where the locals are eating and go to those hidden gems where only known to the locals, they will love you for helping them out. With you, the price is going to be very reasonable (to them). To start this, all you need to do is to take advantage of your social media play and work your way to let the world to know you better.
