- Good morning, good life.
Welcome back to AmyTV where we come together
to help you go after the life you want.
And this is a new series I'm calling The Freedom 5.
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I have heard so many of you loud and clear.
You want the details about going after the life
that you want, especially when it comes
to taking a part-time passion and turning it
into full-time freedom.
I just love helping people out with this,
so that was the direct motivation
for starting this little segment
of the channel, so I hope you're looking forward to it.
Even more exciting, the very special, mega announcement
that I have at the end of this video.
So stay tuned, yes.
Does anyone else need a manicure as much as I do?
Oh my god.
This episode of The Freedom 5
is dedicated to five side hustles
that you can start while working from home.
So, if you're trying to make money
without actually having to leave the house,
this one's for you.
If you love videos like this
and you would like to see more of The Freedom 5
in the future, make sure you hit the like button
so that I know we are on the right track
and that we need to make more of these.
All right, here are five side hustles
you can do while working from home.
Starting with number one, sell your clothing
and accessories online.
There are literally so many places that you can do this.
You've probably heard of them,
you've probably shopped them before,
and this is just a little reminder that they still exist.
From eBay to Amazon, you can list your stuff
pretty much anywhere.
I prefer, in this particular area,
of apparel and dresses and shoes and jewelry
to go to Poshmark.
So I actually have a Poshmark store
and, whenever I have something that was previously loved,
but no longer fits in the closet anymore,
I send it for a new home
in a listing on Poshmark.
This is not only a great way to make a little bit
of money, but it's amazing for sustainability
and just making sure we are not being wasteful.
You might also like this approach
from one of my team members at Gatluw House.
Megan has a side hustle where she goes
to shop the really cool, secondhand shops locally
so that she can pick out her favorite finds
and put them on her stores
on both the Depop app and Instagram.
This is then about so much more than just your own stuff
and reselling your own stuff,
you're actually able to kind of make this really fun hobby
out of this side hustle where you get
to be the curator of these different looks
on your online store.
The pro-tip for success for this particular side hustle
is to pick a niche or a genre of types of things
that you sell.
Megan specifically shops for things
that are 80s, 90s, vintage so that if people
are interested in that particular type
of clothing or accessory,
she becomes a very easy account to follow
and potentially buy from.
If fashion isn't really your thing,
then maybe you'll like side hustle number two.
And that's to sell your skills on Fiverr.com.
Fiverr is this crazy, awesome, random place
where things cost $5.
But it's actually kinda come a long way
over the years and you can now charge
more than $5 for different things, different services.
While charging $5 to do something doesn't sound
like a great way to make money, you're right.
However, if you're trying to get into a field
and you're not an expert yet
and you don't have any experience, it's an amazing way
to get that experience and build your portfolio
and, ultimately, charge more.
Some of the services that you can sell
on Fiverr include voiceover opportunities,
creating a website, designing a logo,
doing manual translations, and there is so much more.
Pretty much, if you can think of anything
you wish somebody else would do for you,
you can probably do it or charge for it on Fiverr.
The pro-tip here is, if you're gonna start doing things
on Fiverr, really pick a vertical
and do a lot of those things
so that you can get a lot of reviews
from your customers and start to build up
that portfolio so you can continue to charge more
and also actually be found more often
in search for what you do on the site.
Everyone wants to see your ratings,
they wanna know that you do great work,
even if it only costs them $5.
Hey, did your ears perk up
when I said voiceover opportunity?
Then you might like number three,
and that is to record audiobooks.
You can actually be paid to be the narrator.
You don't even have to write a book!
You can be the narrator of an audiobook
through companies like ACX.
ACX actually handles all of the audiobook
publication and production for Audible books.
All you have to do is create a profile
as a narrator and start to practice.
Add some samples of your voice
and see what types of people, different authors,
different projects, find that they like
the way you sound so that you can read for them.
You could end up being credited as the narrator
for a massive best seller.
The pro-tip here is you're definitely going
to want to invest in a little bit of audio equipment
so that your beautiful voice can come through
as effectively and as crisply as possible.
So definitely pay attention to the tech requirements space
of ACX, or any audiobook recording company.
Because they will tell you exactly what they need
in order for you to be successful at what you do.
My fourth side hustle you can do from home
is to start a recommendations blog
and start referring people to affiliate sales links.
This all sounds very complicated,
but it is, in fact, really easy.
You get to talk about all the things
that you love, hopefully in a particular area,
so that people will potentially buy or try
or use those things and you get a little kickback for it.
It's really simple if you're already the go-to person
when people are like, "What should I be reading right now?
"What should I be wearing right now?"
Or, "What should I be using for my business right now?"
Probably the easiest barrier of entry
is the Amazon affiliate program.
If you find yourself liking lots of different things
and knick-knacks and tools and books
and lots of stuff and you can signup for their program
and usually, if you like something, and you wanna share it
with someone, there's a way to generate
an Amazon affiliate link for it.
The pro-tip here is, if you don't necessarily want
to start a blog or you wanna start really soon
and you don't know how long it's gonna take for you
to get that website live
because you haven't paid somebody at Fiverr to do it
for you yet (laughs),
you can be just as effective with this
by starting a niche Instagram account.
So, like we've done with shine.squad.secrets,
where I curate all my favorite things,
you can just shop those things and not have
all kinds of other content in the way
by just going straight to that Instagram account.
So if you're curating a list of recommendations
in beauty or in tech or in one particular area,
you can easily just create a social account
to direct people and send them to an Amazon store
that is affiliate linked that will work just as affectively.
I highly recommend both.
You're definitely safer on the affiliate side of things
when you're doing it on your own website,
not from someone else's.
You have to be really careful and follow the rules,
legally, on what you're allowed to do
with affiliate links on social networks.
But still, a very effective way to get awareness.
And my fifth side hustle that you can absolutely do
from home is become a paid expert.
This is the side hustle I'm the most familiar with
because it's my real life.
I did this as a side hustle 10 years ago
and it became my full-time freedom.
Look at me, I'm an expert in my house.
This one does, obviously, take some time
because, in order for somebody to call you
a specialist or an expert, which I still
use those terms very loosely when referring to myself,
you have to put in the time and get the credibility
for it and really prove you know what you're talking about.
But, for those people who are trying
to build a side hustle for the long haul
that could potentially be their full-time gig,
and also be location-independent
and potentially very lucrative, this is a great one.
The most important thing is that you are a generous genius.
Do not keep the things you know
to yourself, share them with the world,
be as helpful as possible.
Make sure you're really clear what your message is
and who you help the best.
The pro-tip here is for you to pick at least one platform
where you plan to be very generous
as the genius you are for free.
Why?
Because, if your YouTube videos are so good,
people love to watch them
or your LinkedIn posts are so helpful
people never miss them,
the ones that wanna level up and really engage
with you to potentially work together
on what you're good at are gonna be very interesting
in paying for what you'll do next.
What we can do in these platforms only goes so far.
The experience as a coach or consultant
is very much more immersive and people will
get more for their money.
So do not be afraid to share a lot of information online,
but do it really well in one space,
so you're not spreading yourself too thin.
All right, those are five side hustles
that you can absolutely do while working from home.
What did you think of them?
Any you wanna try today?
Leave that in the comments below
or let me know if you would like to see more examples
on The Freedom 5.
Speaking of more examples, that leads me
to my big announcement for the day.
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That didn't go as planned.
You know the mission of everything we do here
is to help you go after the life you want.
As a matter of fact, it's the mission
in absolutely everything that I do.
And I do a lot of things and I wanna bring
all of those things into one place
to be your number one source
for success and productive lifestyle advice,
especially as it pertains
to finding financial freedom for yourself.
With that, I would like to introduce you to Gatluw.com,
the home of all things going after the life you want.
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I'll be sharing more details about this very soon.
This is something we've been wanting to do
for so long and, suddenly, with all
of this working from home we've been doing lately,
we found the time.
And it seems a really good time
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That's all for today, thank you so much
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