16 Ways for Students to Earn Money Online
Being a student, you must earn money to meet your financial needs and to become ready to step into the practical world.
Online earning has made it easy for students to earn money by managing their studies and enjoying their bachelor's life. You can utilise your skills to earn money through your laptop and mobile.
While travelling to University or waiting for the class to start, you can earn a project and can start working on it.
Sitting in the cafe and waiting for your friends, you can utilize that time to earn money.
While travelling back home, you can work on your project and can earn dollars from it.
Isn't cool?
I know it is cool! That's why I have compiled a list of ways of earning money for you.
This list not only contains the ways of Online Earning for you but will also tell you where to find the clients or projects.
Let's dive into it and find one or more suitable ways for you.
Data Entry:
Data Entry is the easiest skill for students because it involves typing in Word, transcribing images and knowledge of Excel.
Being a student, you must be acquainted with these platforms for submitting your assignments or doing any academic work. So, you can use this knowledge to your benefit.
Data Entry is a vast field and has numerous tasks and projects in it. Some of them are complicated and some are easy to do.
There are six to seven types of data entry tasks which every person can do. So, you can start from them.
Where to Find Data Entry Projects?
You can find its projects in:
Facebook Groups
Freelancing Platforms (Fiverr, Upwork)
These platforms are full of data entry projects so you can easily find your first job.
Social Media Marketing:
Being a bachelor, you must be using different Social Media platforms and will be well acquainted with them. So, you can become a social media marketer.
In it, you have to handle a brand or business social media accounts to expand its reach and audience.
Your tasks can include creating posts, writing captions, and hashtags, scheduling the posts, interacting with the audience, being active on social media platforms and creating ads. Sometimes, a client can ask you to create his account on a specific social media platform.
If you have any social media account, you must know about creating accounts, posting, captions and hashtags.
But, you must learn about creating ads and SEO of captions. You can learn them within a week from YouTube. Utilize your holidays and learn them.
Social media platforms which are popular and in-demand are:
YouTube
If you know any one social media platform, start giving your services. But, do learn other social media platforms too for excelling in this field.
Where to Find Social Media Marketing Projects?
You can find its clients on different social media platforms and Freelancing Platforms.
Just tell about your expertise and you will get your first client.
You can also start your own social media business pages where you will share your expertise and can earn money from them.
Facebook, Instagram and YouTube have their monetization programmes which you can avail yourself on your pages.
Presentation Making:
Being a student, you will be well acquainted with PowerPoint, slides making and presentation points.
You must know how to create a creative and informative presentation so you can use this skill to earn money.
In it, you have to understand your client's requirements, have to search on his topic, have to select a suitable template and start working on it.
For example, for a business presentation, you have to use that PowerPoint template which is for business purposes. You have to make it professional and simple.
If you know about these tricks, you can monetize your skill.
Where to find Presentation creating Projects?
Freelancing platforms (Fiverr, Upwork, Guru, Freelancer) all have such projects on which you can bid and earn clients.
Apart from them, you can find such projects on Writerbay or other similar websites.
Blogging:
Suppose, there is a student of English Literature. He or she has to search for English literature-related information for academic purposes. So, why not start a blog and start sharing information over there?
If you can write unique, well-researched and plagiarism-free content, then you should go for it.
Making your blog will open the door to content writing projects for you. And you can become a content writer freelancer.
Also, you can earn from your blog too. Though it needs some investment in domain and hosting, and it takes some effort and time for monetizing your blog, in the long run, it can benefit you.
You can start your blog on "Blogger" and "WordPress free version".
When you have an audience, you can invest in it.
How to Earn Money from Blogging?
You can earn money from blogging by getting approval from Google Adsense, can start affiliate marketing or can go for guest blogging.
Also, you can give your blogging services on Freelance platforms.
Content Writing:
If your English skills are polished, have strong research skills and have a creative mind, you can go for Content Writing too.
You also need to learn SEO from YouTube which will only take you one week to understand and practice. After that, you can give services as a content writer.
For example, if you are a student of Business, you can give your content writing services related to marketing and business strategies. If you have a hobby of gardening or travelling, you can write content related to these niches. If you love cooking, you can write content related to home.
In short, you can utilize your studies and hobbies to earn money. During the holidays, just polish your English skills, write some articles about your favourite topic and start looking for projects.
Where to Find Content Writing Projects?
You can easily find these projects on Facebook Groups, LinkedIn and Freelancing platforms. You can also dig Twitter and Instagram to get content writing services.
There are various websites such as Wow Women etc which want content writers. You can apply there too.
Online Tutoring:
You can sell your knowledge and information packets online. Being a student, you must have expertise in a subject that you can teach to others.
You can teach Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, English, Urdu or other subjects to those who need them.
For it, you must be acquainted with Zoom and Google Meet. I think in Covid Era, every student has become acquainted with these platforms. You can start teaching on these platforms.
Where to Find Students for Online Teaching?
You can find them on Facebook Groups. Join relevant groups, talk about your expertise and start earning money. You should give the service a free demo too to attract them.
There are various websites too where you can apply and find students. Preply and Tutorbees are some examples of tutoring websites. You can search for them and apply them.
Also, you can start your YouTube channel, and share your knowledge to gain followers. When you will have large and loyal followers, you can monetize your channel or can ask them to join your online courses.
You can also do this on your Facebook page. Though it will take time to earn money, you can do it.
Transcriptionist:
You don't need any skill for it. In it, you just have to listen to the audio carefully and have to write what it is saying.
For it, you have to be focused or should have sharp listening skills. You can sit in the library of your university, can listen to the audio in your headphones and can start writing what the audio is saying.
Simple!
Where to find transcribing projects?
You can find them on LinkedIn, Facebook and freelancing platforms.
Also, there are various websites which are specific for such projects. Example, TranscribeMe, Rev, TigerFish, Transcribe Anywhere etc.
Post Designing:
Every business needs attractive social media banners and posts. You can design posts and can give them to your clients.
Visuals appeal to people and attract more audiences. You can also design videos for your client. Instagrammers, Youtubers, Facebook and Twitter influencers require such projects.
For it, you should know Photoshop and Canva. Canva pro version is free for students so you can avail yourself of it.
You can take images, vectors and illustrations from copyright-free websites. Some of them are Unsplash, Canva, Pexels, Pixabay etc.
You can acquaint yourself with these websites and can design images and videos to earn money.
Where to Find Post Designing Projects?
You can find them on freelancing platforms and Facebook and LinkedIn groups.
In Freelancing platforms, Fiverr, People Per Hour and Guru are ideal for such projects.
Keyword Research:
It is a simple job which you can learn easily. It is related to SEO so it can benefit you in Content Writing too.
For it, you have to learn some tricks from YouTube and have to do some practical work.
Don't worry! It will only take you two to three days to learn this skill.
For it, you have to learn about Google Keyword planner, long and short tail keywords and less competitive keywords.
You can learn them easily from YouTube, can make your Google Planner account within ten minutes and can start earning money.
Where to Find clients?
You can find the clients on Fiverr and in social media groups.
Voiceover:
If you have a good voice and any recording equipment, you can go for voiceover.
In it, you have to record your voice for entertaining or informative videos on YouTube or Facebook pages.
They will provide you transcript and you have to read it with emotions and an appropriate tone.
Where to Find Clients for Voice-Over Projects?
You can find projects on Fiverr, Upwork, Freelancer, Facebook Groups and LinkedIn.
LinkedIn Lead Generation:
Brands and Businessmen require freelancers who can provide them with a list of people who will be interested in their products or business.
For it, you should know how to search on LinkedIn and find appropriate clients for your client.
Your client will ask you to compile the list of leads (people) in an excel sheet with their email addresses, LinkedIn profile and other details.
You can find email addresses and Linkedin profiles for free. For emails, you have to use some third-party tools too such as Snovio.
You can learn this skill if you will dedicate one week to it. Go to YouTube and start learning this skill. Utilize your holidays in learning this skill.
How to Earn Money from LinkedIn Lead Generation?
You can find its projects on Freelancing platforms such as Fiverr and Upwork.
You can find projects on LinkedIn, Facebook and other social media accounts.
If you want to start your online or physical business, this skill will help you to expand it.
You can use this skill to find clients for your freelancing projects. You can find clients who will be interested in hiring you.
Online Surveys:
The most simple task requires no skills and expertise from you. Though it is a low-paying task, for students, it is good to start.
In it, you will be given surveys and you have to fill them. You can fill them within minutes and can earn 1 to 3 dollars from them.
How to Earn Money from Online Surveys?
Sign up on any online survey website and fill out the surveys present there.
There are various survey websites, such as Survey Junkie, where you can earn money.
Video Captioning:
A lot of content creators are looking for someone who can write captions for their videos. It is a simple task and you can earn around 1 dollar per minute video captioned.
Being a student, you can easily handle such tasks with your academic tasks.
Where to find Video Captioning Tasks?
You can find them on Facebook groups and different websites.
You can sign up on Rev and Writerbay websites and can find projects over there.
Affiliate Marketing:
You can go to any local business and can offer them that you will help them in selling their products. Or, you can find any business or brand on social media platforms and can offer them to sell their products.
In it, if someone will buy the product from you, you will get a commission. You can also join Amazon, Alibaba, and eBay affiliate programmes.
For it, you have to establish different social media accounts, have to create content about those products with the link of buying those products. Or, you can ask your followers to DM you for product details before placing an order.
This is a simple task and you can do it easily.
Where to find Affiliate projects:
You can contact different social media brands and influencers and can talk to them about your services.
You can use LinkedIn to find such brands.
You can join Amazon or other affiliate programmes and promote them on your social media accounts.
Sell Course Notes:
Being a student, you must have registers, assignments, and projects you have written in classrooms. You can sell all of them and can earn money from them.
Isn't cool?
You have to signup on websites where you can sell your course notes. In it, whenever a student will download your notes, you will get a commission.
How to Earn Money from Course Notes?
Sign up on websites which are for this purpose, such as Nexus Notes, upload your notes there and earn money whenever a student will use them.
Sell your photos:
If you have polished photography skills, and can sell them on different websites and can earn money from them.
For it, search those types of photos which are in demand. Which people are searching for and will love to download. After it, take shots of photos and earn money from it.
How to Earn from Photography Skills?
For it, sign up on websites which are offering these services, such as Abode Stock, sell your photos and earn money from them.
Summary:
So these are sixteen ways through which you can earn money as a student. These will give you a chance to step into practical life and become an entrepreneur.
But, beware of scammers! You can find them everywhere so be wise and careful.
Also, do remember that great things will take time. Online earning needs your patience, time and energy. It can make you rich from the comfort of your home, but you need to be patient.
Ultimately, you will start getting results from it.
So, gear up and start working on any one or a lot of ways to earn money online.
Do share your reviews or experience with me in the comment section!
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