6 Legit Ways to Make Money Online with your Smartphone, No.4 is a Complete Shocker.

By Ogisi Excel – April 8, 2023

Have you been wondering why there is so much content online telling people how to make money quickly, legit or become overnight millionaires? While there are a handful of misleading content promising unrealistic schemes and gimmicks that make people think they can begin printing their own money or drill an internet oil well overnight, which is really unfortunate as there is no such thing as reward without efforts.

However, more and more people flock the internet as an alternative means to gain extra cash to live their dream lives, that is why there will be more content in the form of blog posts, videos and online courses guiding people on how to earn decent income online.

In this article, I’m going to guide you to discovering six easy to do tasks that even a complete beginner can master the ropes in a short while. Let dive right into it;

Will you follow your Passion or Money?

When it comes to finding a gig online there is usually the argument of hey folks just follow what you’re passionate about and then the money will come versus the other gang of ‘to hell’ with passions, go do what will secure the bags.

There is no hard and fast rule to answering this question because every person has their unique strengths and backgrounds, however it is important to define your passion within the old time principles of ‘demand and supply’.
Understanding what people need, want or are willing to reward should guide you on which way the pendulum should fall to with regards to following your passion for making money online.

If your passion can create something (tangible or intangible) of value that people are eager to let their cash go for then why not passion, but if you’re yet to even discover what you’re passionate about then it can become frustrating trying to figure out your passion under a pressure to deliver instant results.

1. CV Writer

Positioning for job opportunities with a nice looking resume is so vital that lots of people do not want to take a risk of absolutely preparing their CV by themselves as such having that eye for details and an ability to study peoples qualifications versus job roles could be a viable freelance gig.

Curriculum vitae writer can access free editable templates online in websites like Canva or prepare it with content apps like Microsoft Word and WPS on their smartphones. Depending on your proficiency as a writer you can charge as little as N2000 and as high as N20,000 (Nigeria Naira) per CV. Also you can be contracted for a retouch of an old CV.

2. Blog Writer
Long interesting and well detailed article writers are often highly sort after, and if you enjoy reading long blog posts then you may just be as good a writer who is yet to stir an untapped pen potential.

There is no straight way to writing blog articles; rather different niches have an unstated pattern of flow. News blogs write differently from fashion blogs, self-care or Tech Blogs. To begin with, one has to identify a suitable niche and set a work plan, let’s say work on one article per week.

How Do I Publish My Stories?
Free Blogging
It is always safe to begin with free publishing using Blogger, WordPress you could create a blog without spending a dime on domain name and web hosting purchase.

Starting with free publishing allows you to leverage your writing skills without risking income. Another advantage with this model is the fact that it can serve as a portfolio you can submit to prospective employers as a track record of excellent writing skills.

Get a Writing Job
With a bunch of interesting articles on your free personal blog to show prospective clients for project based or full time employment, you can send out applications for different writing roles. It is important to note that flexibility is essential when scouting for writing gigs.

For example, although most of your personal writings have been centered on Health, Well-being and Self Care and you stumbled on an opening for a Ghost Writer, you could give it a shot and learn on the job the dynamics that new niche in a shot while.

A good writer is dynamic researcher and interesting story teller; find out what intrigues your audience, their greatest needs, pain or expectations for visiting your blog. Search Engine Optimization software Ahrefs can provide valuable insight about the above data.

Which Niche Should I Focus On?
This is largely a personal decision to make, but it is important that whatsoever niche you prefer should be something you pretty understand or at least are willing to learn about continuously. Secondly, investigate how monetization works for the niche(s) you want to venture into.

Here is a summary of some of the most popular blog niches in 2023 that anyone including complete beginners can give a shot.

News Blog
Entertainment/Gossip Blog
Fashion/Beauty Blog
Make Money Online Blog
Personal Finance
Tech and Gaming Blog
Sports Blog
Home Decoration and DIY (Do it Yourself) Blog
Education Blog
Travel and Leisure Blog

3. Canva Graphics Designer
Visual appeal design will continue to be top priority for brands and individual projects as it plays crucial role in brand identity building. Canva is a visual design website offering simple and already made design templates that designers can customize to suit their needs.

Canva unlike other graphics design software that require advance understanding of design tools, Canva’s interface is highly user friendly, easy to understand and most importantly runs smoothly on Mobiles as well as on PC.

Canva in 2023 hit the 1 Billion Designs Cap and with a user base of 110 million people per month, it is home to incredible design templates. Users can access thousands of templates even in free version and upgrade to any their packages which generally are a fair deal. Check out Canva here.

4. Social Media Manager (SMM -Social Media Management)
Social media’s rapid growth over the past two decades have left so many people in shock, it has forever changed how people interact with each other, as well as Businesses with their publics.

As of today, businesses with active and lively social media handles are better estimated by prospective customers/clients than their counterparts. Due to this backdrop it is common place to find businesses of all sizes seeking experts in social media management.

What Doe Social Media Marketing Involve?
A social media manager’s role is primarily to communicate with a brand’s publics on a daily basis ensuring that the organisation fulfills her obligations to clients and customers seamlessly and in the case where there are issues provide support by whatsoever means within their reach to help out.

The goal of all business communication is to increase sales and better user experience and SMM is not an exemption, therefore SMM goals must match organization’s objectives per time.
All the popular social media platforms run smoothly on Mobiles, hereby allowing social media savvy folks to clinch employment even without owning a PC (Laptop).

Why Stay long hours on FB, IG, Twitter and Tiktok for free?
Rather than exhaust hard earned money on data liking, sharing and commenting on posts all day, if social media is really what you enjoy to use, how about you make a gig out it? There are several brands willing to pay as much as N50-N120k per month in Nigeria for social media management and neither a university degree nor coding skills are required just be savvy with how different platforms work and you’re good to go.

Become a Twitter and Discord Community Manager.
This is a fast emerging job role especially among tech circles, where tech start ups hire freelance or full-time time community managers to create buzz among their users base as well as provide support to questions and complaints of users.

Start up community managers roles are mostly available on Twitter, Discord and Telegram, with mouth watering offers which often includes company tokens airdrop (crypto, nfts), equity share, voting rights, networking with top executives, etc.

Content Calendar for SMM?
Thinking of what to post everyday on the spot can be a tedious task as such it is expedient to create a content work plan for each month, and prepare content in advance.

In preparing content, you have to speak the language of your audience; are they a bunch of techies?, then talk in Tech jargons but if your audience are largely civil servants then you’ve to be more moderate with big words.

Also the right choice of graphics is important, both for pictures and videos. It is common place for brands to have a dedicated graphics design team but in the case where there is none, the SMM has to become a pro at essential graphics. Check out the section of this article on Canva Graphics Design.

5. Affiliate Marketer
Can you act as the middle person between a good product and those who need it? How do I do that you are probably asking but the fact is, almost every one capable of reading and speaking must have done the job of an affiliate marketer in the past only that they do so for free.

An affiliate serves as an extension of brands’ marketing team with a pure commission based system. Some brands offer an affiliate reward of up to 10% per each sales recorded from the traffic of an affiliate’s link.

How Do I Become an Affiliate without large Followership on Social Media or Blog?
A good number of brands do not require a certain amount of followers on social or blog audience to require approval as an affiliate as it is your ability to convert traffic to sales that matter to them.

Making Money as an Affiliate Marketer for Complete beginners?
Here is a simple roadmap to follow for complete beginners to affiliate marketing, let’s say all you have got are your social media handles with only a few followers but you want to earn as an affiliate marketer for top brands. Give a guess?

Product/Service Review Writing
Buyers are scouting for the best products and services out there online, consequently people generally want to hear the experiences/testimonials of previous users of a brands products/service they are considering to purchase and quite often the testimonials from the ‘Sellers’ page are not as strong in convincing buyers as from third party review platforms; social media post or blog posts.

What brands have you patronized online before and enjoyed or were not satisfied with? Find out if they’ve got an affiliate program and get registered. Next tell a story about your experience with those brands and their products/services.

Furthermore, research online the experiences of others and compile all into an organized social media post with your link (personal affiliate links) inserted at strategic points throughout the article. Get a responsive website designed where you can share your articles, and in addition you can promote your social media affiliate links with paid ads and build dedicated landing pages for your ads.

6. Skits/Comedy

Laughter is a good medicine to the soul says some wise fellow, little no wonder why making good comedy is good business. Comedy can be in forms of Memes sharing, videos skits, funny tweets, dance drama, etc. it is left for the content creator to carve out a way to express his/her creativity to make humorous content.

Comedy can be monetized in several ways; YouTube Adsense, Sponsorship Deals, Selling Products, Live Events Performance, etc. However, monetization rides largely on the wings of your traffic capabilities which imply that your first bucks might take some time to hit especially if you had no prior large followership online. Nevertheless, don’t get discouraged, start with a step!

Quality pictures, videos and audio will create a beautiful experience for viewers, so take on the starting out with a Smartphone that skit making will require you to learn the ropes of essential video editing, probably get a mini-microphone and some volunteers to assist in the case where the skits are not solo performances.

I hope you found this article interesting and were able to pick a few insights to turning your skills into cash flow. Kindly share this post with your social audience. Goodluck!