- When I graduated college in 2013,
I didn't realize that I just spent the first
two and a half decades of my life chasing a dream
I never dreamt for myself.
Thankfully it only took me a few years before I realized
that I was living in a nightmare.
I hated waking up to an alarm.
I hated rushing to shave and get my tie on.
I hated running to work, to clock-in like a robot,
and then having to hop steps to the beck and call
of someone who was making a ton more money than me
off of all my hard work.
Having a job as such a scam.
I wasn't eating or sleeping well,
I was getting fat and I was perpetually stressed out.
That's when I started looking for ways to take control
over my schedule, my income and the work that I was doing.
At times I was making pennies on the dollar,
even less than that.
And the people around me, even my family couldn't understand
why I was working hard for such little money.
But I kept searching.
I kept learning and stayed committed to the idea
that I would never have to clock in again
and then I could build my own income off my own work,
doing what I actually enjoy.
And if I hadn't started doing that in 2016,
then I wouldn't be making this video for you right now.
(bright upbeat music)
What's up everybody.
My name is Nicholas Demski from The Single Dad Nomad
and on this channel,
we talk about the information, the inspiration
and the income you need to live better worldwide.
And today's video we're talking about six ways
that you can make money online,
the pros and cons of each method,
what you can expect to make
and you can even get a personalized recommendation from me
on how to get started with each method.
♪ Cause you know it's only gonna get better ♪
So one of the first ways that I wanna talk
about making money online is through Rev.com.
Now, if you turn on the captions to this video,
you'll actually see what someone at Rev can do for me,
that's creating captions for videos like this.
Essentially it's a transcription and translation service
where people send in their videos or audio
and people like you can transcribe them into written words.
So one of the pros of working on Rev.com is that you get
to pick and choose what you want to work on
and when you want to work.
So for example, you could work on action films
or sporting events,
or you could just do talking head lectures
or simple interviews.
It really depends on your style.
One of the pros of working with Rev.com is that
as you keep working with it, you will get faster
you will get better, you will improve your process,
you can start making more money on that website.
Moreover, as you get faster and as you get better on it,
Rev.com will actually promote you to a top Revver
and you can start making more money per minute worked.
Let's talk about the potential earnings
of Rev.com real quick.
They say on their website that you can make up to $1,500
a month as a Revver.
There must be their very best Revvers on there
who are constantly working.
My best ever was $850 a month, roughly.
So Rev.com is not a perfect platform by any means.
There are some downsides to working there
and one of them is that you have to do a lot of typing.
So if you're going to transcribe entire movie,
you could easily transcribe 10 to 15,000 words.
That's a lot of typing.
Secondly, sometimes there just aren't jobs available at all.
So this isn't a platform that you wanna go on,
if you're looking for a full time income,
it's great, supplementally, it's great when they have jobs
available on there,
but they don't always have jobs available.
And if you really want to get started with Rev.com,
my one recommendation is that you get the same headphones
that I have right here.
These are the Bose QC25 headphones,
they work really well.
I invested in these when I first became a Revver
and they helped me get up to the top revving status.
So it's a great investment
and I will actually link you to a video right here
that talks more about these.
♪ You got somebody to lean on ♪
The second way that I would recommend
that you get started working online
is writing for a content mills.
Now content mills are essentially websites
where companies will place the content they need,
they'll give you the topic and then you can go in
and compete for the prize for that writing assignment.
Let's start with the pros of working
with these content mills.
And two of them that I would mention
are iWrite.com and Textbroker.com.
These are both great ways to get started
building online income.
Just with writing your earnings can grow
as you do more work, as you get better on each platform,
you can apply for jobs that pay better.
There's always lots of work available
in between iWrite and Textbroker so you don't have to worry
about them running out of work for you.
And I think the last part of this that is really important
is that on these content mills,
you will learn how to be a better writer.
So not everything you write is going to get accepted,
and so you're going to learn over time
what works and what doesn't.
This can set you up to make even more money in the future
if you really want to go full on writing all the time.
A few other cons of this type of work,
I mentioned one already is that you don't always get paid
for your work because you might not win the prize
for a certain piece of content.
In the beginning, it feels like low pay
that's a huge con to it.
And these are not meant for full time work.
So when it comes to content mills pay,
they don't pay much you know,
you can get a penny a word or less.
That's not great.
I mean, pretty similar to Rev if you think about it,
but you're not going to get 10 or 15,000 words
on a content mill like this at one time.
I would recommend content mills for learning
how to write for companies and building your portfolio
and skills while making a little bit of money doing so
if you want to get started with the content mills,
I recommend a computer that has a really clicky keyboard.
You'll wanna use like an older Mac
that has no travel on the keys
cause your hands are gonna end up hurting after a while.
Again, I recommend the Dell XPS 15, it's a workhorse for me.
And my second recommendation is just
that you have the patience and the willingness to learn.
So you don't have to worry about making the pennies now,
if you can make big bucks later after you have the skills.
♪ Hennessy straight I'm only chasing money ♪
♪ Smartly mama ain't raised no dummy ♪
Next and the third way you can make money online
while traveling is a step up
from those previous mentioned, content mills
this one is called Verblio.com.
It's the best content mill out there.
They have the best pay scale,
the higher your level on there,
the longer the pieces you can work on
and the more money you can make per word,
there's always a ton of work available there.
And you can choose what you want to write about.
Again, there are in the numerous number of topics
available to you, so you really get to pick
and choose what you're working on.
One of the downsides to Verblio.com is
that probably every one of two posts
that you make in the beginning
are just going to get rejected
and you're not going to make any money for it.
So you have to produce a ton of work on these websites.
I was writing about 10, 270 to 300 word articles every day
to make about a hundred dollars.
I believe at my best I was making about five cents per word
on Verblio.com so my recommendation
for working on Verbilio.com is that again,
don't worry about the pay so much at first.
What you really want to do is create great content.
So it's really important that you rise in the ranks
before you start focusing on the money
because the money comes in the ranks, not at the beginning.
♪ So what if we hold each other ♪
So the fourth way to make money online
while traveling the world is through client services.
They're so many jobs out there that you could get
into client services and companies are always looking
for people to do those services for them online.
Some of the pros of getting into your own
client service business is that you take control
over your income, so while previously you might
have to rely on the set incomes of a content mill,
once you take over your own client service business,
then you get to set your rates.
So no more penny per word, no more 5 cents per word.
You can start off at 10 and then you can go 15
and then 20, 25, you're showing
that you are a true professional focused on your craft
and people are willing to pay you more for that, I promise
you also get more of a sense of pride
over what you're doing as opposed
to working for a content mill.
That's not a ton of fun, it's not like,
"hey everybody, I'm working for a content mill, yay!"
No, but if you get to say, well, I'm a freelance copywriter
and I run my own business.
That feels a lot better.
However, there is a downside
to building a client service business
and especially a successful one
it's that you might turn your escape of a nine to five
into a 24 seven job and 99.99%
of client service professionals get no glory at all.
You know, Gary Vaynerchuk gets it
because he's the bomb, but for the rest of us,
you know, clients just want their work
and they want us to shut up and get it done.
So if you want to get into the client service business,
that's where I've been most successful.
I really recommend that you build your skills first.
You could use the content mills we're talking about,
for example, but you need a simple web page
to demonstrate what you've been doing.
You could throw up a portfolio
and then I want you to focus on just getting
that one first client, once you have
that one first private client
that can really open up doors all over the place
and just never stop pitching, follow job reports
and just keep it pushing and you can eventually have
a successful client service business
that lets you travel the world and make money on it.
♪ Flexing on the gram, with your paycheck ♪
♪ Stop showing off them bills you ain't paid yet ♪
The fifth way that you could make money online
while Traveling is through social media.
Now, you know, social media
is obviously all your favorite apps.
The big ones today are Instagram, Facebook,
Tik Tok, YouTube, I'm sure there's more out there
LinkedIn is really big these days as well.
One of the pros of this type of work
is that you're getting paid to do social media.
So you probably already enjoy social media any way.
Why not make money while you're doing it.
Now, if you do get into making money on social media,
there are a few downsides to it.
The big one is that it's a lot of work
to stay good on social media, I mean, if you want to be good
on Instagram, you gotta be posting every single day,
multiple times a day, I was on Tik Tok.
I got up to 23,000 followers on there
and it was just a ton of work making six to 10 videos a day.
And I eventually axed it
because I prefer making YouTube videos
like this, instead of constantly working on Tik Tok videos.
Moreover, you have to think about
what if the platform changes, how it pays people.
Now, a lot of people complain about YouTube
because they do algorithms switches
and it messes up their expected revenue every month.
And so I just want you to be aware that you don't want
to be dependent on just one outlet.
If you're interested in social media right now,
my recommendations is that you get onto Tik Tok
it's by far the social media platform
where you can grow the fastest right now,
as long as you're posting quality content,
if you really want to spread your word in blog
or video or written form, try LinkedIn,
it has a lot of great organic reach right now.
And obviously YouTube is my favorite longterm game.
Your subs stick around and you can essentially
build up your own sort of retirement package
in your YouTube channel over 30 or 40 years.
So I don't need to rely on a 401k.
If say after 35 years of this channel,
I have a hundred thousand followers.
I can expect that the ad rev from that
will be equivalent to say like a social security payment.
So I don't have to rely on the government.
I'm building something for myself.
♪ Throw out my paper, I hope you don't drown yet ♪
♪ My nose a ribbon I'm feeling get clowned up ♪
The sixth and last way we're going to talk about
making money online while traveling today
is by teaching online, now most people teach English,
but you can teach other subjects as well.
Now, a lot of people teach English
because there are a lot of people say in China
who sign their kids up for online classes
with international teachers,
they really want them to learn English
and you can make up to about $22 an hour
So that's a pretty good wage for working online,
especially if you want to get started.
This is a great way to get going online
without a lot of technical know-how.
Another pro is that you get to set your own schedule
and meet people from all over the world.
So one of the downsides of working online
and teaching is that you really need a certain temperament.
Now I've been a teacher inside of classrooms before.
It is definitely a little bit different
than teaching them in person where you have like
that tactile sense with them.
But one of the biggest cons for teaching online
in my opinion is that you need a quality internet connection
at all times, which means you are limited
in where you can travel to.
I would say just like anything else,
if you want to build up this skill, just get started.
And even if it feels weird at first,
you know, give it three months, give it six months
and I promise you, you will get better
and you will feel more natural over time.
And again, if you wanna do something like this,
I recommend you have a computer that can actually
handle the load, the Dell XPS 15 really works well for me.
I'll link down to it in the description box
because I don't want you to invest in a crap computer.
That's going to bust on you, so now that you know more
about making money online, while traveling,
there's a video up here that you should watch,
that's going to teach you how to get started
traveling full time and right here is going to be a playlist
that will teach you more about my full time travels
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If you want to know more about living better worldwide,
and I will see you next time.
Peace.