Get Paid to Google: 5 Awesome Online Jobs for Students
Finding online jobs as a student can be tricky, since many
companies don’t want to bother hiring and training someone who might not stick
around very long. This doesn’t mean that finding paid work on the Internet
while you study or get your feet wet in the working world isn’t possible,
though; in fact, there are plenty of great opportunities out there if you know
where to look. This guide will show you five of the best ways to land an online
job during your studies and possibly even after you graduate.
1) Become a Mystery Shopper
Mystery shopping is one of those unique gigs that offers a
lot of flexibility and doesn’t feel like work. You can pretty much do it in
your pajamas, and you get paid for it. Basically, a mystery shopper reports on
their experience using a product or service (usually in restaurants) and gets
paid between $10 - $100 per assignment. It may not seem like much money at
first, but if you work on it consistently and treat it as a part-time job, you
could earn over $2000 per month without ever leaving your house! Plus, you can
use our tips on how to increase your pay to learn how to make even more! Click
here now to read more about becoming a mystery shopper!
A big advantage of being a mystery shopper is that you don't
need any prior experience—or any special skills—to do well. All that's required
is an ability to give objective, detailed feedback about services or products.
That said, there are some things you can do to boost your chances of success.
The best thing you can do as a newbie is to build up a profile with several
different agencies so they'll be ready when opportunities arise and you're
ready to jump on them! Start by applying with three different companies from
our top ten list below, then go from there based on which ones come back
positive responses from assignments assigned by them.
2) Take Surveys for Cash
You might not get rich from taking surveys, but you can earn
some extra cash and it’s free money that you can use to pay off student loans
or put toward your next summer vacation. If you have a smartphone, take
advantage of apps like Survey Junkie, Swagbucks Local, Ipsos i-Say, I-Poll and
Moolahspot. You won’t make enough money to quit your day job with these sites
alone—unless you do what they tell you!—but they’re easy ways to make extra
cash. Some pay relatively well and others don’t really pay anything at all. The
key is to sign up for as many as possible so you increase your chances of
getting paid while also making sure you never pay out of pocket. It takes time
to make money through these sites, but if you stick with them long enough, it
will eventually add up.
3) Create YouTube Videos
Make your own tutorial videos on topics you know something
about, like fixing a bike chain or making cupcakes. Or shoot and edit short,
how-to videos around your area of expertise like cooking or repairing things.
Once they’re up on YouTube, post links to them on social media sites, or embed
them in an online resume. You can also add links through paid ad platforms like
Google AdSense. If you have enough traffic coming to your channel, businesses
may even be willing to pay you for product placement in your videos. In
exchange for letting companies use their products as props in their video
tutorials, companies will give you free stuff (and possibly pay you). This is
one way to make money with YouTube without actually posting any videos there
yourself.
4) Write Reviews
If you’re into
writing and good at it, one of the most lucrative side gigs is to review
products. There are a lot of new items released in a day, on sites like Amazon
and Best Buy so being a reviewer can be quite lucrative. Depending on your
level of expertise, people will pay you anything from $50 to $100 or more just
for an honest opinion about their product. Well that’s pretty cool! Apart from
writing reviews online you can also write them offline too. You could go
offline by writing them in newspapers or magazines. And what could be even
cooler than getting paid to write reviews is if you start selling stuff online!
That way you'll get paid twice; once for reviewing and another time for selling
them! But before doing all these things, make sure you know how to build a
website first. It's not that hard actually and I recommend using WordPress as
your CMS (Content Management System). WordPress is free but if you want premium
features then there's always plugins that offer those features for free as
well. After building your website all you have to do is sign up with some
affiliate programs (Adsense) and start blogging/writing reviews about products.
Once visitors find out about your website they'll trust it because they know
its legit since its hosted on a domain name (not .blogspot). So now whenever
someone visits your site they'll click ads which generates revenue for both parties
involved. So now I hope you understand why making money online isn't really
hard at all!
5) Answer questions on Q&A sites
Sites like Guru and JustAnswer can be a great source of side
income. You answer questions from people in exchange for points, which you can
then redeem for cash or gift cards. (I’ve earned hundreds of dollars doing
this.) The sites take a percentage of your earnings, but you don’t have to do
any marketing—the questions come to you. Here are a few sites I recommend
trying out 1) Userlytics - This site allows you to sign up as an expert in just
about anything and receive questions about it. You earn points for answering
questions and get paid through PayPal once you accumulate enough points. It's
free to join, but they charge a fee if you want them to post an ad promoting
your business on their site. They also offer premium accounts ($29/month) that
give you more opportunities to make money by providing answers outside of
Q&A sessions. A premium account definitely isn't necessary, though it does
offer some cool extra features like analytics tracking so that you can see how
much traffic your answers are getting.
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