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10 Side Hustles that You Can Earn An Income From Home

in Home, Lifestyle on 10/13/16

Recently, a good friend of mine had to resign from a dream job because of a chronic medical condition that renders him unable to stand or walk for long period. He finally decided to call it quits and leave his career which he loved and has built for the past 15 years after a long period of unpaid leave. I have heard of many young parents who had to leave their jobs due to childcare issues and many of them held professional positions previously.

This sets me thinking about side hustles and jobs that you can actually do from home and still make a decent income out of it.

1. Do Online Coaching

For my friend who was already in the training and coaching business for the past 15 years, it was not difficult for him to work from home as a career or life coach through Skype and a fast internet connection at home. He tells me that coaching is best conducted face to face, so he tries to meet his clients near his home if he can.

He is currently taking an online coaching certification with Kingstown College (Ireland) which is accredited by ICF to better his credentials and authority in this field.

2. Be a Virtual Assistant

Side hustles jobs work from homeVirtual assistant (VA) perform administrative tasks that are similar to those of an admin assistant or secretary and if you are a VA with certain expertise, you could charge more. People engaged VAs to help them perform online chores and tasks such as keeping tabs on bills, do online research on trending topics, managing a database for businesses, managing email accounts, writing and sending Thank You & Greeting cards, managing schedules and appointments of clients, social media accounts and the list goes on. On the flip side, clients would need to trust their VAs with their confidential information and passwords in order to eradicate these potential time-wasters and pass the administrative work to them.

3. Be an Online English Teacher

If you are a native English speaker with good grammar skills, you can teach English to international students in countries like Hong Kong and UAE. There are many websites and online tutoring agencies that hire tutors to teach students online. You will need to have a high speed Internet connection, a Skype account for free video or audio conversations with your students and also to share a view of your screen. You can also use Google Hangouts to create a virtual classroom.

4. Be a Travel Consultant or Advisor

Side hustles jobs work from home

Do you love to plan travel itineraries and browse websites for the best hotel and airfare promotions? Do your friends always look to you to plan their travel activities and itineraries? Then you can use your travel knowledge and be a private travel consultant or advisor where people will pay you for advice or plan their itineraries to achieve their travel goals. Try signing up with a site like Plansify which connects you with travelers and as a Plansify Travel advisor, you can start earning when travelers submit questions on the site or through a 1-hour Skype session.

5. Instagram Marketing

I was thrilled to make some good money through Instagram marketing recently and you do not even need to own a blog to make money through Instagram. What you do need is a real and sizable Instagram following which will get you noticed by brands and companies to promote their products/services that your audience might be interested in.

I recommend Narratrs for Instagram marketing campaigns and you can sign up using my referral link (note: both of us will earn US$18 in credits if you sign up using my referral link and after completion of the first 3 campaigns).

I wish to mention that you need to keep the posts on your feed to maintain credibility with the brands you have worked with, even after you have received payment.

6. Be a Blogging Consultant

Side hustles jobs work from homeI know of bloggers who are willing to make an investment on their blogs and do not mind paying a Blogging Consultant to have them review and critique their blogs, to make it even more awesome.

As a blogging consultant, you’ll help to rebrand the blog and help your client find purpose and direction for his/her blog to achieve their blogging goals. Generally, you dissect a blog in these areas to take it to the next level:

  • Blog design
  • Navigation & user experience
  • Content

7. Provide Web Design Solutions & Sell Stock Photography on Etsy

If you are in the creative business, it is so much easier for you to promote and sell your web design, stock photography, branding and logo design services online without the need to keep tabs on physical stocks.

For my own blogging needs, I do visit Etsy to purchase marble and wooden digital images, stock photography and had also engaged a website designer to do my blog header twice through a friend’s recommendation.

If you are good in creating stock photography and have experience running an e-commerce store, you could even write and sell e-books or short courses to teach others how to be a successful creative business owner. How about making podcasts and doing live webinars (sounds scary I know) from home to teach something to your audience?

8. Freelance Writing 

Side hustles jobs work from homeI am not a designer and personally, I think freelance writing would suit me better as the perfect side hustle for people who possess good writing, grammar and research skills. Through blogging, I have also clinched a few freelance writing jobs for web content and press release writing. You could use an online grammar checker called Grammarly  to proofread your content first before sending it to your client.

Many content based sites recruit freelance writers to write quality content for them and pays upfront for articles submitted to them. You can also easily contact website and blog owners to find out if you could write for them.

9. Do Professional PowerPoint Presentation or Video Editing for Businesses

Do you have a knack for creating beautiful, branded PowerPoint and sleek videos? Surprisingly, there is a large market of business people and students who are more than willing to outsource the design of their PowerPoint presentations or video editing work to a professional as these are time-consuming to do.

Businesses also outsource their transcription and translation work. To transcribe is to listen to a recording and type the contents into a document for the client whereas translation work involve conversion of text from one language to another. Fiverr is the ideal marketplace to get creative digital and professional services if the job is not too complex.

10. Be a Freelance Research Writer

Are you good at Excel, pivot tables, VLOOKUP and doing bars, graphs and charts? You could be paid a decent amount of money per project to help businesses analysed research findings and surveys for their clients and present it in a proper report.

Generally, research writers have a specialized set of technical skills and are adept at researching, organizing, analyzing and explaining complex data in layman form.

So I have cracked my brains to think of these 10 side hustles you could do to make some money from home (just kidding). Most importantly, think of the unique skills you possess and your passion in life to determine what job would really work for you in the long run. 🙂

Do you have a side hustle or work from home job to recommend? 🙂

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  1. Chrissa - Physical Kitchness says

    October 13, 2016 at 10:26 pm

    WOW this is a great list. So many ideas I would have never thought of! I’m passing this along to lots of my SAHM friends 🙂

    Reply
    • Miss Chocoholic says

      October 14, 2016 at 3:21 pm

      Thanks so much Chrissa…. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Lexi says

    October 13, 2016 at 10:42 pm

    These are all such smart options! Definitely saving this post for later. 🙂

    Reply
    • Miss Chocoholic says

      October 13, 2016 at 10:52 pm

      Thanks so much Lexi! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Faith says

    October 14, 2016 at 1:51 am

    Hi Vet!
    Great useful post! I think it truly will benefit people looking for side incomes! 🙂

    Btw, I am also looking for a designer to do my blog header – mind passing me your recommendation?

    Reply
    • Miss Chocoholic says

      October 14, 2016 at 9:14 am

      Thanks Faith for dropping by my blog…I send you an email later…. 🙂

      Reply
  4. linda says

    October 14, 2016 at 3:34 am

    Great suggestions! I have suggested being a VA to many of my social media savvy friends!

    Reply
    • Miss Chocoholic says

      October 14, 2016 at 9:06 am

      I had suggested that to my friend mentioned in this article many times too…haha:)

      Reply
  5. Krysten says

    October 14, 2016 at 11:47 am

    These are all such good ideas.
    I never even thought of doing Instagram marketing!
    I’m checking out the site that you mentioned right now! 😀

    Reply
    • Miss Chocoholic says

      October 14, 2016 at 12:07 pm

      Thanks Krysten! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Elizabeth - CrazyBusyHappyLife says

    October 14, 2016 at 7:12 pm

    These are all excellent ideas! Working for yourself is the BEST thing ever.

    Reply
    • Miss Chocoholic says

      October 15, 2016 at 12:11 am

      I totally agree Elizabeth! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Rachel says

    October 14, 2016 at 8:35 pm

    Wow this is such a great list! some of these I knew about it, but will definitely need to check out the instagram marketing thing!

    Reply
    • Miss Chocoholic says

      October 15, 2016 at 12:05 am

      Thanks Rachel….I just joined another campaign today…its a totally cool & fun thing to do just using my phone…. 🙂

      Reply
  8. Lynn says

    October 14, 2016 at 10:26 pm

    I’m doing #2 and #5 but I’m really dreaming of selling my illustrations on Etsy!

    Reply
    • Miss Chocoholic says

      October 15, 2016 at 12:07 am

      Let me know…I would love to check out your illustrations….

      Reply
  9. Sarah says

    October 15, 2016 at 2:09 am

    Great post! I am a stay-at-home-mom with a background in PR/marketing. I’ve often dreamed of ways I can use my expertise to make money from home. This is a great list!

    Reply
    • Miss Chocoholic says

      October 15, 2016 at 2:15 am

      Wow…I think you have a good set of skills to work from home, something along social media marketing and branding is right up your alley!

      Reply
  10. Husna Favaz says

    October 16, 2016 at 1:28 pm

    Great post! I seriously had no idea there were so many options available! Narratrs sound amazing!

    Reply
    • Miss Chocoholic says

      October 16, 2016 at 2:08 pm

      Yes it is! Thank you… 🙂

      Reply
  11. Sami | The Classic Brunette says

    October 23, 2016 at 5:29 am

    These are all great options! I just signed up for the Instagram marketing site (although I don’t think the referral link worked!) and am looking into becoming a VA!

    xo
    Sami

    Reply
    • Miss Chocoholic says

      October 23, 2016 at 1:16 pm

      Oops, I am not sure why the link don’t work…thanks for letting me know…

      Reply
  12. diana says

    October 24, 2016 at 10:23 am

    Thank you for sharing all this great ideas on how to earn money!
    I signed to Narrats from your link but didn’t get $18….

    Reply
    • Miss Chocoholic says

      October 25, 2016 at 10:17 am

      I think the both of will only get $18 after completing 3 successful campaigns…I read it somewhere on their website….

      Reply
  13. Miki says

    October 24, 2016 at 12:29 pm

    I love this post! There are tons of options and you highlighted some that I had never really thought of for myself, but would be great. 🙂

    Xo,
    Miki

    Reply
    • Miss Chocoholic says

      October 24, 2016 at 3:33 pm

      Thanks Miki!

      Reply
  14. Sangyay C says

    October 24, 2016 at 2:43 pm

    Wow these are such great suggestions!! Your introduction really hit me hard but it’s true nowadays the job we have didn’t exist 20 years ago and we have so many more options!
    Thanks for sharing this great piece of knowledge!
    Xoxo,
    Sangyay

    Reply
    • Miss Chocoholic says

      October 24, 2016 at 3:32 pm

      You are welcome Sangyay!

      Reply
  15. Alyssa says

    October 24, 2016 at 11:41 pm

    This is really informative. Thanks for sharing babe! Look forward to reading more…

    Reply
    • Miss Chocoholic says

      October 25, 2016 at 9:47 am

      Thanks Alyssa!

      Reply
  16. Maryam says

    October 25, 2016 at 1:03 am

    These are all great options! Thanks for sharing with us.

    xo, Maryam

    Reply
  17. Atsuna says

    October 25, 2016 at 6:36 am

    These are all great ideas for side hustles! Thanks for this post. 🙂

    Reply
  18. Mary says

    December 7, 2016 at 1:40 am

    Thanks for all the great info. Just signed up with Narratrs – Wish me luck! Pinned this post.

    Reply
    • Miss Chocoholic says

      December 10, 2016 at 12:58 am

      Thanks so much Mary!

      Reply
  19. Brigid OHara Koshko says

    December 20, 2016 at 7:11 pm

    Thank you so much for this post. I am a preschool teacher who is looking to help supplement our family’s budget especially now that I have teenagers. This is great advice.

    Reply
  20. Bonnie McConaughy says

    December 23, 2016 at 11:43 am

    Great list of side hustles! I’ve added weight loss coaching to my services, just last week in fact. I also am looking into doing some form of freelance writing. Those two resonated with me the most!

    Reply
  21. Brittany says

    March 11, 2017 at 10:15 am

    Wow these are all fantastic! I’m signing up with Narratrs now!

    Reply
  22. Kathy Brown says

    August 20, 2018 at 12:10 am

    I just wanted you to know I nominated your blog for a Sunshine blog Award.
    https://findingkathybrown.com/what-is-a-sunshine-blogger-award/

    Reply

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