Hey guys!
So I got an interesting comment on my video the other day asking me to make a video about
online hustles for nursing mothers.
I thought this would be very interesting, especially because in our part of the world,
there are tons of stay-at-home mothers, and -in the spirit of gender equality- fathers.
So buckle up, today we’re going to break down 6 ways to make money online for nursing
mothers and fathers!
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So straight off the bat, the first online side hustle for nursing moms and pops is becoming
a virtual assistant.
Being a virtual assistant is an ideal online side hustle because anyone can do it without
a lot of experience—and it’s a business you can scale very quickly.
A virtual assistant can offer services that include managing emails and customer service
for small businesses, light graphic design, managing schedules, accounting assistance,
and more.
You might be wondering how you can do this from the house.
Sign up to a platform like Fiverr, LinkedIn or Upwork and sell Virtual Assistant gigs.
You can also google virtual assistant jobs and you’ll find several websites you can
sign up to and offer your virtual assistant services.
There are times when I contact a virtual assistant on Fiverr to respond to my client’s orders
or schedule my YouTube uploads and there are so many people in different industries looking
for the same services.
So put yourself out there, and once you’re home just looking after the kids, this will
be an amazing way to earn some extra cash.
And just to get you pumped up for this, you can make 2500 dollars or 20,000 cedis every
single month working from home as a virtual assistant.
The second online side hustle for nursing mums and dads is selling an online course.
But this is only assuming you are very skilled at something.
If you have expertise in an area or specialty, you can create an online course to educate
others—and make money at the same time.
And this is really a smart strategy because it’s something you only need to create once
and keep selling forever.
It’s digital real estate, essentially.
You can start a blog or YouTube channel to give teasers of the skill that you have, and
once people begin to show interest, direct them to your online course to learn the full
thing from you.
You can sell your course on platforms like Udemy, Skillshare, Fiverr, Patreon or private
videos on youtube that only those who pay can have access to.
And see, you can create a course on any skill at all that you have.
I have seen everything from how to make beads, to how to make candles, to how to cook to
how to manage kids at home.
People even reach out to me to teach them how to open a Fiverr account or how to start
forex trading.
Something that might seem like common knowledge to you could be something that another person
is willing to pay for.
And depending on how many people you get to buy your online course, you can make up to
$5000 dollars or 36000 cedis every month – all from the comfort of your home.
Our next online side hustle is to become a freelance writer.
This involves writing articles or essays for blogs or websites on any topic they give you.
And mind you, this is a gig that is in very good demand.
There are a lot of people who have started blogs and news websites that are need of good
writers to grow their blogs.
I personally know someone who makes 2000 cedis writing articles for Opera News.
He has never been to their offices, I’m not even sure he knows what they look like,
all he does is sit at home, browse the internet for trendy topics and write articles on those
topics.
Sometimes he also writes news he sees on other websites, paraphrasing and injecting his own
personality into the write-ups.
You can sell this service on Fiverr, but it’s also a good strategy to go on platforms like
Facebook and LinkedIn and search for professionals who own blogs or news websites.
Pitch your skill to them and get them to hire you.
You can be paid per article you submit or put on a monthly salary where in that case,
you are remotely employed by the blog or website.
The next online side hustle gig to consider is social media management services.
This simply involves managing the social media accounts of companies and individuals who
are too busy to manage them all by themselves.
If you have any experience in social media or you just love the social media world, you
can launch your own social media management company.
Reach out to local companies or influencers and offer packages for things like writing
captions, sourcing and posting images, targeting hashtags to their market, managing a social
media calendar, or strategy consultation.
As I mentioned in the previous side hustle, you can expose yourself to potential clients
by listing a social media management gig on Fiverr or reaching out to brands and influencers
on LinkedIn and Facebook.
If you have no portfolio of work you have done before, offer to perform those services
at a very low cost or for free.
Become incredibly successful at managing the accounts such that your success then becomes
leverage to charge your client or to reach out to more clients and charge them.
So for example, having worked for free with your first client, you can reach out to a
second potential client and say, I worked for smash the like button company and I was
able to get 1000 likes on Joel Sam’s YouTube video.
(ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION?
SMASH MY LIKE BUTTON) I can offer you the same services for 2000 cedis a month and give
your brand more reach.
If you get to a point where you’re working for at least 10 brands or influencers per
month, you’ll be earning 20,000 cedis every single month just managing social media accounts.
This next online side hustle is something you have heard me say over and over again.
Yes, because it is a gold mine.
Start a blog or a YouTube channel.
Just write on topics or create videos on things you’re really interested in.
You could document the things you’re learning as a nursing parent, the difficulties and
struggles, like having a human alarm clock that won’t let you sleep, the joys and accomplishments,
like finally learning how to clean poop and change the diaper, you know, the new things
you’re learning and tips for those coming up.
Once you reach a large audience with your blog or channel, you can earn income by hosting
ads, doing sponsored posts/videos, and offering affiliate marketing (links to products that
earn you a commission like feeding bottles, baby car seats and so many other kids products).
With this side hustle, your success will only be hindered by a lack of creativity and determination.
So get creative.
You will make over $10,000 every month and probably decide never to go back to your 9-5
again.
Coaching/Teaching is the next online side hustle for any nursing parent.
I could do a full video on this but just to pique your interest, did you know there are
websites where you can teach people how to speak and write English for a fee?
All over the world, there are billions of people trying to learn the English language
since it is the de facto language of business and commerce for the entire world.
Some are trying to become better at it so they can study abroad.
Fortunately there are websites and apps that connect you as a tutor to potential clients
so that you can make money teaching them English.
Examples are Skooli, Gogokid and English Hunt.
On some of these sites, you don’t even have to develop a curriculum for teaching.
All you have to do is have one-hour conversations in English with your clients so they can improve
– all for a 20–30-dollar fee.
If you want to see a detailed video about this, type in the comments I am interested.
The ones who comment will have a mention in that video and a lucky winner will walk away
with $50.
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I’ll see you next time!