TechInAfrica – In this digital age, there are so many people have considered working at home and working flexible hours, especially women with a baby(s). This type of work often referred to as “freelance jobs” or “gig economy”. Believe it or not, you can still earn money by staying at home doing certain of jobs.
If you are looking for a business to stay making income at home, here are some ideas that may work for you:
- Sign Up Your Car on Uber
If you have a car and prefer a stay-at-home-type-of-job, you can sign up your car on Uber and assign a driver to use it. This car-renting Uber service worth you an income of 40,000 Naira weekly. This is a better idea of making money instead of having a car parked in your garage.
- Start a Social Media Management Service
A stay-at-home people mostly spend much of their time on social media like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and more. They check on trending photos and videos posted by others. This can be a potential for you to start a business as a social media management admin and become successful in the business if you take the job seriously.
- Start a Babysitting Service at Home
Since you’re staying at home and need a source of income, you can also start a babysitting service at your home. First of all, you’ll have to love kids and have unlimited patience as you know, sometimes kids can be hard to handle. If you have gained trust from them and their parents, you can make a good income by becoming a regular babysitter.
- Become a Vlogger
If you keen on being on a camera and seen by online viewers that you mostly don’t know about, becoming a vlogger will be the best idea for you to earn money. Firstly, you have to own a good-quality camera then decide what kind of videos you want to post on your YouTube channels.
Think about things you like doing. For example, if like eating, you can start making mukbang videos or make food ASMR videos. There’s a bunch of people out there love to see other people’s eating show. This can be your luck if you are serious about it.
- Write on a blog
Is writing articles your hobby? You can earn money by starting a blog and regularly posting interesting and informative articles. That has to be your cup of tea. For example, if you like movies, you can make a movie review on your blog or anything else that interest you.
- Make and sell handmade accessories
If you are good at making handmade accessories, you can start to put it into a profitable business. While it helps to facilitate your hobby, it also boosts income by working at home. You can start with the most preferable accessories and post it on your social media account or ask your friends for help to share it on their social media accounts. This is how you market your product and optimize your business using the power of social media.
As you prefer to work at home, either because you don’t fit working in the office or you have a baby to take care of, you can still make an income by doing what you can do or love to do. Besides earning money, this also helps you to reduce stress from doing the households work.