The Internet has opened multiple opportunities for people to make money. Working online is no longer a secret; it is a truth.

HOWEVER, this truth has been curtailed by the many cons who scam the people who have minimal/ half baked information on how the Internet can be used to make money.

Save yourself from the cons by learning how each of the jobs actually makes you money. If the opportunity insists that you get money for doing nothing, RUN! Even the most legitimate opportunities that seem easy need lots of groundwork to set-up. For instance, a writer who makes $$$$ for a short article/ post has spent a great deal of time learning how to write for clients.

Here are a list of AUTHENTIC Internet opportunities that can help you make money. You do not have to restrict yourself to one. You can pursue as many as you want. Please have a look before you make your choice. If in doubt, or you require additional information, stalk These Freelancers who have made it Online and they share helpful tips regularly.

Sources of Internet Jobs – You Can Make money On these Platforms

By the way, some of the companies that hire online freelancers for most of the online jobs named below include:

• UpWork
• Freelancer
• Iwriter
• Problogger
• Craiglist
• Text Broker Us, Text Broker UK
• The Content Authority

Watch Video: How to Apply for jobs on UpWork

Read: Requirement to make money using the Internet

Read: How you get paid when you make money Online

16 Internet Jobs: How to Make Money Online

Please note that none of these jobs involve getting money you havent’t worked for. Some need little training (or self-teaching through Google, following the influencers in your chosen niche of online jobs, etc.)

1. Article Writing: Writing Content for the Internet

One thing you can say for sure is that most Internet platforms have lots of articles/ posts. Those articles have been written by people and some of those people make money writing those articles for themselves or for other people.

There are many categories of tasks that fall under Article Writing. However, any of these jobs fall under either of two main categories of online jobs:

• Internet Research and Writing: Under this niche, a person is required to do some online research, from various search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.), and compile the information in a comprehensible way. The articles may be for personal blogs, website content, etc. Tasks can be allocated by clients or picked from any of the Online Companies that post the instructions for each article on their dashboards.
• Creative/ ghost writing: Under this niche, freelancers write stories from their own imagination. The articles can range in length depending on the client’s instructions or the purpose. Fictional stories, novels, etc. fall under this niche. Different clients seek people who can write for them.

Read: Writing for a client and producing excellent work.

NB: Depending on the submission platform for any article/ terms of writing, a submitted article can earn the writer a one-time revenue, or long-term royalties.

2. eBooks:  Writing and or Selling

eBooks are electronic/ soft copies of lengthy content/ stories (books) that focus on one or multiple themes. These Internet-accessible eBooks can be educational, entertaining, informative, etc.

Anyone can focus on writing and marketing their own eBooks to make money. Some people collect other authors’ eBooks and sell them just as you would buy stock of any product and sell as your own. eBooks can be sold on websites/blogs, eBay, Amazon, Amazon Kindle, and other online platforms.

Earnings from eBooks depend on the copyrights that the seller has. If a person owns the copyrights to publishing and selling those books, and sells the same on platforms such as Amazon Kindle, then s/he can make money for a lifetime; royalties are paid as long as the book is selling. People who buy and sell eBooks only earn when they book sells.

3. Website Creation/ Design: Creation of Internet Platforms

More and more people are nowadays creating or buying blogs because blogs provide multiple ways a person can make money. Read more on how to make money blogging on 10.

Now, since not everyone who wants a blog is tech savvy, s/he can seek the services of IT specialists to help them create websites.

READ: HOW to create a WordPress Blog without being an IT specialist – watch the Free, step-by-step tutorial here.

People who have the skills for creating websites and other software/ applications can sell their services to companies/ individuals who need this expertise to design and manage such websites/ applications.

4. Virtual Assistance (VA)

Virtual Assistants run tasks for other people, and they work from anywhere they are as long as they can access the Internet.

There is no limit to the number of tasks a virtual assistant can run at any time; the only limiting factor that influence how they make money (or how much money) are their skills.

Virtual Assistants work from home/ any desired work-station and access their tasks online. These assistants can run tasks for physical companies or other virtual employers.

The tasks range from management of social media accounts, online customer service (Interaction with an employer’s clients on any Internet-based platform), booking appointments, data entry, etc.

Check this FaceBook Group out to see what kind of tasks VAs do.

5. Internet Research – Desk Top Research

Some research organizations and learning institutions back-up/ justify some of their information from desk-top research. Desk-top research requires the researcher to browse through multiple literary resources, and compile/ publish reports. For instance, instead of making claims that ‘mindful eating can improve a person’s well being’ a person can find proof from the different resources on the internet that support this claim and explain  how the different aspects of mindful eating improve a person’s well being.

6. Transcription

Transcribe Me, Rev, SpeechPad, Go Transcript, UpWork, and Scribie comprise some of the companies that have transcription tasks for freelancers.

If you though the Internet is for writing or researching only,  brace yourself. Some people make money by listening to the audios they receive from different Internet-based platforms, and they write down what they hear. Imagine that. And there are multiple tools that can do half the work for you; so you end up just doing minor edits.

Transcription is the art of converting audio into text.

Audios may be received from individuals, companies, etc.

Submission of transcripts is done online via email or specific ‘Submit Task’ platforms.

Transcription tasks can range from lectures, recorded medical findings, research finding, speeches, preaching, etc.

Read More about Transcription, jobs, opportunities, software, hardware, etc.

Earnings from transcription tasks depend on the length of the audio, among other factors. One point to note is that different Transcription Companies/ Individuals have different formatting guidelines/ rules. Whereas some clients require time stamps and an inclusion of every word, sound, speaker, and syllable, other clients are happy with less organized notes.

NB: Join these FaceBook Groups (Awesome Transcribers in Kenya and Remarkable Freelance Writers Writers in Africa) to interact with both newbies and experienced writers and transcribers.

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7. Video Captioning
8. Sale of tangible products
9. Sale of intangible products
10. Blogging – You can start with free blogs and move on to hosted ones or jump right to hosted ones. This videos shows you the step-by-step free tutorial of how to get, set-up and run your own blog without prior IT skills
11. YouTube – Have you not wondered why all of a sudden there are so many people vlogging?
12. Sale of services, e.g consultancy, editing services, etc.
13. Affiliate Marketing: Amazon, Hostgator, Jumia, WordPress, Kilimall… the list of affiliate programs is endless. Read the specific bit on affiliate marketing in the next page; I have shared with you how you can join these programs and make money/ commissions
14. Drop Shipping – You will be brokering between sellers and buyers
15. Selling high quality photos on various virtual platforms
16. Niche Websites – This is an absolute goldmine but first you need to learn the rope (REALLY learn and then IMPLEMENT)

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