How To Make Money In Between Jobs?

Did you recently lose your job because of the pandemic? Did your company start laying off people in response to declining revenue and unfortunately you are one of those unlucky people? Did your employer unreasonably fired you? If you are currently unemployed and looking to make money while you look for another job, then this article is perfect for you because I will teach you How to Make Money in Between Jobs!

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Today, my goal is to provide you ideas On How To Make Money in Between Jobs!

Below is the list of things you can do:

1. Become a blogger or vlogger
2. Work as an online freelancer
3. Buy from a flea market and sell on eBay
4. Work for a ride-sharing or food delivery work app
5. Create and sell online courses
6. Start a fulfilled by Amazon Business

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How To Make Money in Between Jobs

1.Become a Blogger or Vlogger

Blogging or vlogging is very lucrative, BUT (and I am not gonna sugarcoat this) it will take a lot of initial effort and/or money to get this gig fly. However, the sky is the limit once this gig lifts off!

There are many successful brands around today that started from a humble 1-person blog, or a small Youtube channel. As a matter of fact, this mode of marketing is so crucial to today’s culture even big well-known companies are getting into the space.

What is blogging/vlogging?

Blogging/vlogging is similar in many ways. For instance, both are involved in providing valuable content in a specific niche that will be consumed by people who are following that niche.

The goal for creating contents is to create brand awareness. By providing a high quality, value-adding contents, people will remember the brand and hopefully turn these strangers into a loyal member part of the brand tribe.

Really, the main difference between blogging and vlogging is the medium they use to convey the content. Bloggers use a combination of writing and images to inform, entertain, educate, and sell to their audience while vloggers mainly use video to accomplish the same purpose.

What do you need to start blogging?

1. Education
2. Domain Name
3. Web Hosting Service Provider
4. Website Builder

How People Make Money on blogging/vlogging?

1. Affiliate Marketing
2. Google Ad Sense
3. Partner with Companies
4. Sell Your Own Merchandise

Who is this for?

• It is for everyone who can write, have communicated to people, able to think and share ideas… well pretty much to every mature human being.  
  
  No English – No Worry. There are many grammar software that you can use. Besides, blogging is more effective if you write as if you are just talking to a person and that doesn’t require perfect grammar.
• This is for anyone who understands that blogging/vlogging is not a quick-rich-scheme. It is for people who are willing to work hard now for a chance to create a passive income source..

Why do it?

• It is very straightforward. You just need to set up a website, understand search engine optimization and other digital marketing tools, consistently write a value-adding article that solves a problem in the niche, and make a clear call to action to each and every article
• You can scale up your business.  The more you write and advertise, the bigger your income will be going to be
•  A mature blog page can become a source of passive income
• You can outsource your blog. You can hire freelance writers to do the writing for you! All you need to do is to edit it to fit your brand and to make sure it meets your SEO standard.

Challenges to expect

• It will take a while before you can create a consistent income (unless you do PPC)
• Your work will not yield anything at the beginning which can become very discouraging.
• Blogging and vlogging are more than writing articles or making a video. You will eventually need to learn and digital marketing

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2. Work as an Online Freelancer

Next in the list is working as an online freelancer. I place this high on the list because I believe it is the easiest and fastest way to make money in between jobs.

All you need to do to start earning money as a freelancer is to register in an online marketplace for freelancers and offer people a gig that you will do for them. Of course, you need to provide good customer service so your reviews go up, and along with it, clients requiring your service. You will also need a laptop, and an internet connection to join online freelancing platforms where you can find or offer a job.

Who is it for?

Freelancing is great especially if you have skills or experience on logo design, website coding/ WordPress, voice-over, video explainer, social media, illustration, translation, data entry, book cover, copywriting, and so much more.

Where to register?

There are many marketplaces for freelancers out there. Some of them are Upwork, Freelancer.com, Envato Studio, PeoplePerHour, and TopTotal. However, the most popular of them all is Fiverr so in this article, allow me to tell you a little bit more about making money on Fiverr!

What is Fiverr?

Fiverr, is an online marketplace where freelancers can offer their services/skills to help people who require their service.

How to Make Money on Fiverr?

Here is a quick overview on how to make money on Fiverr.

1. Create a Profile on Fiverr
2. Decide What Service/s Should Your Offer on Fiverr
3. Be Aware of Your Competition
4. Set up Your Gig
5. Price Your Gig
6. Promote Your Gig

Check out the article below for a more detailed explanation

3. Flipping Items (Buying and Selling) Using eBay

Does finding deals your thing? Is shopping for bargain items floods your brain with dopamine? Do you shop for bargain items only for you to get upset after because you know you don’t need the stuff you bought? If so, this side-hustle is for you.

With this business, you can shop bargain items all day and nobody can be mad at you because you need it for your flipping business.

The idea is of this gig is pretty simple. You scour bargain store, dollar store, auction houses, garage sales, etc. to find high value items selling for a really cheap price. Once you have your item, you simply put them on sale on eBay. Wait till a buyer buys it, ship the product and get your money.

What is eBay?

eBay is an e-commerce site like Amazon.com but sellers can sell second-hand, and even broken items on eBay, which are not allowed in Amazon. Another key difference between eBay and Amazon is that you will have to worry about shipping, customer service, and storage with eBay; things you need to account on your operational cost.

Alternative to eBay

There are a lot of eBay alternatives. You can use Kijiji, Facebook Marketplace, or even Craigslist to resell your products. These sites will allow you to re-sell things and the great news is they will not get a commission from your sales.

The principle of buying low and selling at a retail or higher price still stands, but keep in mind that you will still have to take care of your shipping and handling, returns, payment security, etc. if you use another marketplace aside from eBay. In addition, you might have a harder time to scale up your business. 

How to Make Money On eBay?

To make money on eBay, you just need to find high demand items that are selling for less than its retail price then sell it on eBay for a profit.

A word of advice, 

Don’t just buy random bargain items. Make sure there is a demand on the item first and if the selling price will yield a profit after you subtract the shipping fee, your time, and all other costs.

I can assure you if you ignore this truth, you will lose a lot of money and you will gain a lot of trash. I advise you to read my article on How to Price Items on eBay to learn more about how to pick a product.

Who is Selling on eBay for?

• Excellent for people who have lots of unwanted items at home and  need a quick cash
• Great gig for those who are really good at finding bargain items
• Perfect for those who can figure out what items are trending

Why Make Money on eBay?

• eBay constantly tries to improve its marketplace to make it easy for their sellers to sell 
• As of 2017, eBay has 167 million buyers. Selling on eBay means you will have ~ 167 million potential customer 
• eBay will handle your transactions, listing, and possible customer dispute

Challenges to expect

• You need to play around on how to list your product so it will sell 
• Finding the right product is not as straightforward as it seems  
• Shipping and listing fees can eat your profit

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4. Work for a Ride Sharing or Food Delivery App

Feeling lazy to go out and buy your food or don’t feel like cooking? Well, there is now an app that will allow you to order food and get it to deliver to you.

Need to get to somewhere but public transit is to slow or taxis are too expensive? Likewise, there is an app that will give you a ride!

What Is a Ride-Sharing?

Ridesharing companies have apps that can be downloaded on a smartphone. Commuters can use the app to request transportation services. Drivers will be notified by the app if there is a request and they will be compensated if they accept and completed the job.  

List of Ride Sharing App:

Uber, Lyft, Via, and Juno

What is Food Delivery App?

These are apps that can be downloaded on a smartphone. Users can open use the app and find a participating restaurant that is of their liking. and order food then someone will deliver the food. 

List of Food Delivery:

Seamless, Grubhub, Doorsash, Ubereats, and Postmates  

How to Make Money On Ride-Sharing?

1. You need to have a qualified car
2. Submit the required documents
3. Setup your profile
4. Accept trip request
5. Get paid and collect tips

How to Make Money on Food-Delivery

1. You need a mode of transportation
2. Sign up to any food-delivery and wait for a confirmation of acceptance
3. Once confirmed, wait for food delivery orders
4. Get paid and collect tips

Who is this for?

• Perfect side job for those who have a car, free time, and willing to deliver food or provide transportation for people
• It is great for those who want to be their own boss
• Excellent for people who are looking to earn money quickly while in between jobs

Why do it?

• Time is flexible. It can be done whenever you are free and you can do as much or as little as you want
• Earn as much as you want
• You can start today

Challenges to expect

• Need to worry about owning a car and all of its cost
• There will be times when the competition is tough or the demand is scarce
• You need to deal with people

5. Become an Online Instructor

Ideas are the currency of the twenty-first century. In order to succeed, you need to be able to sell your ideas persuasively. This ability is the single greatest skill that will help you accomplish your dreams.

Talk Like Ted (Book)

Indeed, with the advent of the computer and internet technology, ideas can now be easily packaged and be sold. Another interesting fact is the self-development industry is raking in billions of dollars

What is Selling Online Courses?

In today’s time, people are hungry to learn new skills. Everyone believes that if you want to get an edge against someone then you should never stop learning and you should continue acquiring new and honing existing skills.

Before the age of the internet, you can only do this through enrolling in a school and physically attending lectures, but you can now purchase online lectures and listen to it at your own convenience.

Because of this behavior towards the learning and availability of the technology to share ideas online, becoming an online instructor is becoming more of a trend and selling online courses is becoming a very lucrative industry.

Where to Sell Your Courses?

1. uDemy
2. Coursera
3. Shaw Academy

How to Make Money From Being and Online Instructor?

Making money on selling courses is pretty simple. All you need to do is to create a course then either sell it on your own or sell it through different online course platforms.

The advantage of selling it on your own is you can set the price of your courses any way you want. On the flip side, selling your own courses means you need to worry about marketing it.

The advantage of selling it through an online course platform is they will do the marketing for you, but the disadvantage is you don’t really have control over how much it will be sold.

Who is this for?

• It is for everyone who loves to add value to other people’s lives
• Those who love to develop and grow themselves
• For people who can create creative and innovative lectures

Why do it?

• This is a passive income. Make it once sell it forever.
• You help other people and make money at the same time.
• Personal development. You cannot teach what you don’t know, so you will need to learn new things every time to keep teaching

Challenges to expect

• Course creation can be tedious and resource-demanding
• Marketing your courses can become challenging or competitive
• It can be intimidating to speak in front of a camera

6. Start an Amazon eCommerce Business

Did you know Amazon is the biggest American company based on company valuation? Did you also know Amazon’s biggest revenue source is not from selling things online but by collecting middleman fees from its third-party seller?

How to Make Money on FBA 

FBA is a lot more complicated than the ones that I already mentioned. For instance, you will have to determine what to sell on Amazon then figure out where to source them. After then you need to know how to list your product on Amazon else it will not be found. In addition, you need to know how to market it.

I know, I sound negative, but here is the fun part. Once you overcome the learning curve, you can make a lot from this business. I am not exaggerating this part. Some full-time FBA entrepreneurs can make a 6 digit monthly income!

Who is this for?

• Those who have experience and knowledge in product logistics or willing to learn it
• Those who are ambitious yet action takers. You know the saying: High risk, High Reward. Learning how to do FBA involves a lot of risk but the potential reward is astonishing
• Curious minds. FBA business is both Science and Art. You can improve your sales by checking the numbers and you need to follow your intuition to get the upper hand against your competition.

Why do it?

• You can make a legit 6-digit work from home business
• Once you overcome the initial learning curve, all you need to do is to scale up to increase your revenue
• Be in a retail business without worrying for storage, shipment, and logistic

Challenges to expect

• FBA is quite complex so learning how to do it can be challenging
• Identifying what items to sell and where to source them
• Creating a product listing that converts

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Recap: How To Make Money In Between Jobs

I really hope that this article added value to your life. I pray that you will not lose your job but if it happens, I hope that you will be able to use one or more suggested things you can do to Make Money In Between Jobs.

Again, the things you can do to Make Money In Between Jobs are the following:

1. Work as an online freelancer
2. Buy from a flea market and sell on eBay
3. Work for a ride-sharing or food delivery work app
4. Become a Blogger or Vlogger
5. Create and sell online courses
6. Start a fulfilled by Amazon Business

Let me ask you this. Which one do you think is the easiest for you and the one you will likely do if you happen to lose your job? Also, what do you think is the hardest to do?

Your feedback is important to me so please leave a comment below.

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