'8 Side Hustles You Can Do While Studying'.

'8 Side Hustles You Can Do While Studying'.

1. Writing Content or Copy

Move over Hemingway, because there’s a new type of writer in town. Believe it or not, writers are in high demand, and really good ones can command a lot of money!

If you are solid writer, you might be able to make a living writing content or copy. Your main target will probably be websites, although there are still occasionally gigs for print publications (Lol right?).

But for the purpose of this post, I’m going to assume that most opportunities to make some extra cash writing are going to come online.

2. Local Marketing Consultant

The world is going digital, and local businesses have jumped ahead by leaps and bounds – especially in the pandemic.

But many business owners are still far from savvy when it comes to digital marketing, which is where you might come in. If you already hang out on Twitter or Instagram all day, you have some basic skills. It might be time to add a little bit of knowledge, say in Facebook advertising or search engine optimization.

3. Consulting

I know that Consulting is a notoriously fuzzy word. The truth is, that fuzziness is beautiful.

Because at the heart of it, consulting is just somebody hiring you to help them. It might be for a few hours, or for a few months. You might charge by the hour, by the day, or–whats best IMHO–by the project.

But don’t let this limit you. You can consult on anything a company thinks you might be worth hiring for. I’d keep an open mind.

4. Tutoring

It might seem obvious, but if you are well-educated and have area specialty, and know how to teach, you might make a great tutor. Tutors are in high demand, and since the readers of Roostervane are highly educated and often have teaching experience, y’all might make good tutors.

5. Start a Blog or Channel

In general, I think starting a blog or YouTube channel is definitely the slow lane to wealth. I’m all for it, and I’ve written guides on how to do it. (Ummmmm, it’s also what I’m doing now!) You can make a lot of money. But it usually takes time.

I started Roostervane with BlueHost which is a great blog host for starting out with.

If you want to make some extra money fast from a blog or channel, it probably won’t come from display advertising or affiliate sales. It would probably come from a personal service business you set up around your blog. In the long-term, as your traffic grows, you can make money from advertising or affiliate marketing.

6. Start a Community

One of the biggest opportunities online RIGHT NOW, I believe, is online communities.

People are looking to connect, and that is why I am betting that communities will win out over a lot of other things online. If you are willing to create a community of like-minded people, you can charge access for it and make it your thing. You will have to provide people with some value, but bringing people together around our shared humanity is a worthy cause.

7. Editing

If you write good and stuff and have a good eye for detail, you might make a great editor. I am a terrible editor, which is why there are a ton of typos in these blogs–and I usually find them after thousands of people have seen them. Ya know. That’s how I roll.

But if you’re actually good at this, you can earn coin. By the way, if you’re also fast and accurate, it’s a gift.

8. Research Assistant

Staying in the vein of knowledge acquisition and transmission, why not become a research assistant (RA)? Unlike consultants, who are usually responsible for completing finished projects, RAs usually help out on an existing project, often reporting to a main researcher.

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