Whatever your interests or skills are, one thing’s for sure, with so many ways out there on how to make a living from home out there, and you will surely find your match and succeed.
Let’s admit it, technological advancement and the internet paved the way to make work from home possible.
Today, even stay at home moms like us can make a living without having to worry about leaving our kids in the care of other people. We now have the option to stay at home and work, and at the same time, be present to take care of our little ones.
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In just a quick search on the internet, you will be bombarded with so many ways on how to make a living at home. Sometimes, with so many options available, it can get overwhelming. Nonetheless, as long as you know what you want, that wouldn’t be a problem at all.
In a 2017 report by the US Census, it says that 5.2% of workers in the US are telecommuting or working remotely from home. This number increased from just 3.3% back in the year 2000. With the increasing number of work from home workers, it is not surprising that telecommuting is more popular now than ever.
While the internet, in particular, offers a lot of positive things particularly work from home opportunities, we cannot deny the fact that there are people who exist to take advantage of other people.
While scammers are everywhere, we’d like to believe that they cannot outnumber the many sites or online companies that legitimately offer work from home jobs.
But how to make a living online from home?
Having this question in mind, plus the goal to help fellow stay at home moms grab work from home opportunities, we listed down some of the popular ways on how to make a living from home.
HOW TO MAKE A LIVING FROM HOME
Before moving on to our list of ways on how to make a living from home, you may want to check this video by Gillian Perkins wherein she shares about some of the highest paying work from home jobs in 2018 that are still relevant up to this day. This video will surely encourage you to work from home and succeed in it.
Now, as mentioned, there are so many ways to earn money from home. What we have in here are just a fraction of the various work from home opportunities out there. So, let’s begin.
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Freelance Writing
Do you have excellent writing and communication skills? If your answer is yes, we highly suggest you get into freelance writing. You know, there are so many freelance writing jobs online. It’s actually overwhelming.
Freelance writing is actually one of the best ways to make a living from home. The opportunities are endless. Also, what we like about this job is the fact that it is open to anyone. While having an English or journalism degree is an advantage, it’s not really necessary. Anyone, for as long as he or she is good with writing can work as a freelance writer.
As a freelance writer, you get to earn depending on the kind of work that you do, the project that you will be working on, your years of experience, your expertise, as well as the company or client you are working for. In some companies, your educational background may also be considered in your salary rate.
If you wish to work as a work from home freelance writer (whether as a full-time writer or part-time), you may search form some of the most legit and trustworthy online job listing sites like:
– Upwork (formerly known as oDesk)
– Freelancer
– Indeed
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Technical Freelancing
Whenever we hear the word “freelance” we automatically think of writing. But freelancing is not just about writing. There are other ways that you can earn as a freelancer. You can do freelance work in graphics, design, marketing, web programming, and other technical work.
With regards to how much you can earn as a technical freelancer, it depends on the kind of work that you will need to do. But as far as we know, technical people are paid more compared to freelance writers. Normally though, technical freelancers are paid on a project-based basis.
You can find such jobs in various job listing sites as well like:
– People Per Hour
– Demand Media
– Upwork
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Virtual Assisting
Probably one of the easiest to get into making a living from home is by working as a virtual assistant. Virtual assisting is one of the most popular jobs when it comes to the freelance industry. Needless to say, it’s one of the most stable ones with so many people needing somebody else’s help to get things done.
As a virtual assistant, your job may include but are not limited to email management, social media management, data entry, and customer service, ghostwriting, as well as making travel plans and handling internet research.
Virtual assistants’ salary rate usually depends on the kind and the number of tasks they are required to do, as well as the virtual assistant’s years of experience and expertise. High earners, however, could earn to as much as $50 to $100 per hour. If you wish to earn more, the secret is by providing a specialized virtual assistant job.
Some of the most reputable and definitely legit sites where you can find virtual assisting jobs are:
– Freelancer
– Zirtual
– Upwork
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Online Tutoring/Teaching
If you are passionate about teaching kids, have a background in teaching or simply someone who wants to teach kids and professionals alike, then online tutoring or teaching is the perfect job for you.
While some tutoring companies may require educational attainment or work experience, there are other online tutoring sites that welcome newbies – as long as they have met the requirements for the job.
The pay rate of online tutors/teachers depends on several matters like the years of experience, qualifications, and expertise. How much you make in a month or a week though will depend on you. If you want to make more money, all you have to do is take more classes especially during peak hours when most online tutoring or teaching companies pay more.
If you are interested to get into this kind of home-based job, here are some of the most trusted tutoring sites we know:
– VIPKid
– QKid
– Chegg Tutors
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Blogging
Of all the online work we know, blogging is probably the most fulfilling and most competitive earning-wise. If you want to know the best way on how to make a living from home, we highly suggest getting into blogging.
Unlike before, creating your very own blog these days is easier. In fact, you no longer need anyone else to do it for you! With themes and templates’ availability, all you have to do now is to just choose what you like and it will automatically be applied to your blog. Also, owning a blog is way cheaper now compared to before – because more and more sites are offering blogging services. In as little as $2.95 a month, you can now start blogging!
The most fulfilling of all, I guess, is the fact that blogging has endless earning potentials. In fact, some successful bloggers earn as much as $100,000 a month!
If you want to pursue blogging, there are different tutorials available online. All you have to do is check them out and see for yourself which you think best fits you. Also, when it comes to blogging, you also need to decide what specific topic you are going to deal with. Some of the most common and popular blog topics are:
– Travel
– Cooking
– Technology
– Health
– Personal Finance
– Parenting
– Lifestyle
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Sharing Views
Who would have thought that you will get to earn money when you share your thought or opinions about products (particularly personal care) and everyday services? Well, there are focused group companies that actually pay people to send in their views. Through your views, companies are able to improve their products and/or services, while you, on the other hand, get to earn as much as $50 to $100. One of the most popular sites that pay people for their opinions is the 2020 Panel.
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Taking Part in Surveys
Some people find answering surveys boring or a waste of time, even some of us used to feel that way towards surveys until we hear about making money to as much as $250 per month by simply taking part in surveys!
There are several online survey sites that pay people who take part in answering surveys. While some make you earn cash, others are rewarded through free products, gift vouchers, prize drawings, and many others.
To take part in these surveys is very easy. All you have to do is sign up for free and start answering surveys! Although please take note that some surveys require a specific group of people and that you can only take part if you qualify.
Some of the most common online survey sites are:
– Survey Junkie
– Swagbucks
– Inbox Dollars
– Pinecone Research
– American Consumer Opinion
By the way, if you happen to encounter a survey site that asks you to pay before you can take part in answering surveys, most likely these are scams, and you should definitely avoid them.
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Website Testing
One of the many ways on how to make a living from home is testing websites and sharing your thoughts about it. You can earn as much as $30 per hour by simply doing just that!
There are so many websites built on a day to day basis, and to be honest, most websites, before it even get launched for other people to see, owners would most like have someone else check and go through it first to ensure it gives the perfect user experience that they are aiming to give through their site. No wonder why website testing is an online job that’s growing as time passes.
One of the most popular sites that offer website testing jobs is User Testing, wherein you can earn as much as $30 per hour. And guess what? It works so simply. Here’s how:
– User Testing pays you $10 for every 20-minute video completed. Payment is sent via PayPal.
– User Testing pays you to visit apps and websites, as well as in completing tasks and recording your thoughts about the app or the website. Normally, you will be tasked to record your screen and your voice when visiting a website and checking it.
Just so you know, some of the User Testing clients are companies that below the Fortune 500 companies, which include Adobe, Microsoft, Apple, and many more.
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Data Entry
While data entry can also be part of virtual assisting tasks, there are a lot of companies that specifically look for data entry specialists. To qualify for a data entry job, you must have high-speed typing skills, and you must be efficient and accurate with your work.
Data entry jobs are considered as one of the easiest work from home jobs. Needless to say, it’s very flexible. If you are interested to look for data entry jobs, you may explore the following job listing sites as they sure have lots of data entry job opportunities:
– Craiglist
– Upwork
– Freelancer
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Working for Amazon
If you want to work on micro-tasks, working for Amazon through the Amazon Mechanical Turk or MTurk is perfect for you. However, most of these services often require human interaction. Thus the need for a quiet and free of distraction home office.
Like most of the work from home jobs available these days, Amazon MTurk offers flexible working hours. As with the legitimacy of the job, while Amazon in itself is a reliable site, you better double-check still to be sure.
To give you an idea, here are some of the tasks that you will normally encounter at Amazon MTurk:
– Finding the item number for a certain product
– Categorizing the tone of an article
– Selecting the correct spelling for search terms
– Rating search results for certain keywords
– Translating a paragraph from English to another foreign language (like French)
– Choosing the right category for products
If you think these kinds of tasks are perfect for you, then, head on to Amazon MTurk today.
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Earning from Being Healthy
Surprise! Yes, you can earn by simply choosing to be fit and healthy! There are actually a lot of health apps nowadays that give you points for being healthy and doing certain “healthy” tasks like walking, tracking your food choices, and taking health-related surveys. You earn points that are redeemable for cash or Amazon Gift Cards.
One very popular app that rewards people from choosing to be healthy is AchieveMint. For every 10,000 points, you get to earn $10. What is even nice about it is the fact that it does not limit you from earning!
In addition, AchieveMint connects to certain fitness apps that you may be using already like RunKeeper, MyFitnessPal, Fitbit, and Healthkit. By the way, by simply signing up with AchieveMint and connecting an app to it, you immediately get to earn 10 points.
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Fixing Search Engine Errors
Even search engines need people to help them fix errors. They need people, in fact, to help them find errors. Yes, sites like Google, Yahoo, Bing, and many more pay people to help them fix errors particularly in search results. All you have to do is mend the errors of the search engine results and make them relevant, useful and qualitative.
By doing the job, you can make as much as $12 per hour. We know what you are thinking, by simply doing such kind of task, you get to earn money!
Anyway, if you are interested to get into this kind of work from home job, all you got to do is check the following sites:
– Appen
– Leapforce
– Lionbridge
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Transcription
Another popular way of making a living from home is by doing transcription jobs. This home-based work industry is growing. No wonder why a lot of people are seeking to work as one. What we find nice about getting into transcription is that a lot of transcription companies are open to both having newbies and pros. Also, you do not need a specific educational or professional background to get into this job – unless of course if you want to be a medical or legal transcriptionist.
To be a transcriptionist, you need to have a fast typing speed (most companies require at least 60 words per minute), excellent communication skills, superb listening skills, accurate, and dependable.
How much you earn as a transcriptionist depends on your years of experience, as well as your expertise in this kind of craft. To give you an idea though, professional transcriptionists earn as much as $1.50 to $3 per audio minute.
If you are interested to get into transcription jobs, here are some online companies that offer transcription work from home:
– TranscribeMe
– GMR Transcription
– SpeakWrite
– Casting Words
– Scribie
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Online Selling
If you want to make money, and at the same time be your own boss, then online selling is the perfect way to make a living from home for you! Needless to say, by online selling, you get to handle your time.
There are plenty of ways to get into online selling. You can either choose to sell handmaid products, resell existing products, or you can sell services like writing or social media management.
Specifically, on selling products though, there are several online marketplaces that you can use to sell your products. Some of these are:
– Amazon
– Etsy
– Facebook Marketplace
FINAL THOUGHTS ON HOW TO MAKE A LIVING FROM HOME
As you can see, there really are a lot of ways on how to make a living from home. You can either make money by working for someone, or you can simply work for yourself. You can sell products and goods, or you may opt to make money from selling services.
If you come to think of it, there is no excuse when it comes to not being able to find a work from home job, because honestly, there are just too many options to choose from. It’s really just all up to you.
So, have you found your work from home job option yet? If you haven’t, just look out – with so many choices on how to make a living from home, you will surely find the one that suits you best.
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