10 Easy Side Hustles from Home

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Today I’m excited to tell you about 10 easy side hustles from home!

This includes a variety of low-cost ideas falling into the broad categories of:

Content creation
Online services
Digital products

The only thing you need to get started is a laptop and some good ole’ fashioned ambition.

Let’s check them out.

1. Online Tutor or Teacher

You most likely have expertise in a subject. Whether it’s baking, writing, playing an instrument like guitar, or speaking a foreign language, you can teach it online.

The easiest way to start is with an online teaching platform like Outschool, where you design your classes and they connect you with the students.

You can also start your own teaching business from home and use tools like Google Meet or Zoom to teach. You’ll have to find customers on your own, but you’ll earn much more money than you would earn from a marketplace. To get your first clients, post in niche Facebook groups, start a Google Business Profile, and post daily on effective social media platforms like LinkedIn or Instagram.

2. YouTube Channel

YouTube is a great side hustle to start because it doesn’t need to take a ton of time. Simply choose a niche where you are both passionate about and skilled in, and create videos that help or entertain your target audience.

You can earn money on YouTube through affiliate marketing and the YouTube partner program, which places ads on your videos. Some other ways you can monetize include:

Sponsorships
Patreon, a community platfrom
Ko-Fi, a tipping platform

You don’t need much to get started, either. Use:

YouCut for editing videos
Canva for making thumbnails & other graphics
YT Studio for analytics
Your phone or laptop camera to make your videos

3. Podcast

If you love talking about anything that could be helpful or entertaining, start a one-person podcast.

To get started:

Pick a podcast host like Spreaker, Podbean, or YouTube Podcasts
Choose a niche
Name your podcast
Get a cell-phone microphone
Record your show

Monetize with:

Ads
Affiliate marketing
Services
Sponsorships
Digital products

4. Digital Products (Printables, eBooks)

A digital product is amazing because it’s something you can create once and sell again and again. This makes it a time-leveraged asset, and they’re especially lucrative when listed on popular marketplaces like:

Amazon KDP
Etsy
Creative Market
Niche-specific platforms

2 of the most popular digital products to sell are printables and eBooks. You can easily make them using platforms like Canva or Google Docs.

When you become a freelancer, you usually offer B2B services to small businesses, entrepreneurs, and content creators.

Some popular examples of freelance services include:

Website design
Social media marketing
Copywriting
Video editing
Graphic design

You can find clients through LinkedIn, service marketplaces like Upwork & Fiverr, or local methods like networking and using a Google Business Profile.

6. Amazon Influencer

The Amazon Influencer program pays you to create product review videos for their platform. You earn a commission when someone buys a product after watching your video.

This is an especially fun side hustle if you have access to lots of different products you can review.

You’ll need a social media following to get accepted to the program, but it doesn’t need to be too substantial, just engaged.

Starting a newsletter is a smart side hustle idea because everyone has an email address, and a newsletter allows you to solve their problems directly in their inbox. Start by picking a niche worth writing about regularly, like local events, news for a niche industry, or helpful tips for a popular hobby.

Next, you’ll need to pick a newsletter platform. The 3 easiest to start with are:

Just make sure you research the pros and cons of each platform before you pick one.

From here, you’ll need to attract an audience and monetize your newsletter. Pick a platform where your audience already hangs out. Monetize using newsletter ad networks, affiliate marketing, sponsors, paid subscriptions, or online coaching.

8. Online Course

Selling a course is arguably the easiest side hustle to make money online, assuming you can sell the right course to the right audience on the right media channels. Courses are great because you can deliver the content in multiple formats, such as video, text, or slides.

The first thing you’ll want to do is identify a niche, then figure out one or more problems you can solve in that niche. From there, outline a mini-course, record it, and upload it to a course platform or marketplace like:

This works best if you already have an audience or you use a marketplace with a built-in audience.

9. Online Coaching

Lots of people need help with specific skills, software, or other problems requiring an expert. This is where you can help as an online coach or consultant. This is one of the best high-income side hustle ideas, and it can be quite rewarding.

For making money, you can offer 1:1 consulting, group coaching, masterminds, or productized services that solve one specific goal.

Find clients through:

Local channels
YouTube
A podcast
Social media channels

10. Blogging

The last easy side hustle from home is blogging. This is where you’ll attract an audience through writing online. Start by picking a niche you can easily write about, especially a niche with content related to a valuable industry.

Next, pick one blogging platform and one media channel to promote your blog. I recommend using WordPress to host your blog, then promoting it with YouTube, LinkedIn, or Pinterest.

You can monetize your blog with advertisements, affiliate links, digital products, and online services. It will take time and patience to make money with your blog, but it can be an extremely valuable asset if you stick with it and commit to offering tremendous value to your audience.