The 4 Best Side Hustles to Make Money Online 💰

About this video

Kate Hayes shares four online side hustles she says can be started with no experience. First, creating digital products: Canva templates (social media, invitations, workbooks, coaching resources, slide presentations), printable wall art, online courses, digital planners, digital paper/seamless patterns, and Lightroom presets; for courses she says you only need to be about 10% more advanced than your buyer. Her steps are to choose a product where profitability meets passion, decide on creation tools and sources for fonts/elements (e.g. Canva, Creative Market, Creative Fabrica), then choose a sales channel such as Etsy or Shopify for products or Kajabi or Kartra for courses. Second, affiliate marketing: promote others’ physical products, digital products/software such as Canva, spreadsheets, courses or summit VIP upgrades via a unique tracking link for commission, only recommending things you use and love, and sharing them inside value-based content. Third, offering client services such as branding, website design, social media management, virtual assistance, copywriting or stock video, promoted via a website, content, direct pitching and word of mouth. Fourth, content monetisation itself through partner programmes such as YouTube’s and through brand deals/sponsored posts, ideally combined with affiliate links and your own products.

Key takeaways

• Digital products: pick where profitability meets passion, then choose your creation tools/sources, then your sales channel (e.g. Etsy/Shopify, or Kajabi/Kartra for courses)
• Profitable digital types named include Canva templates, printable wall art, courses, digital planners, digital paper and Lightroom presets
• Affiliate marketing: list 10-15 products you love, search ‘[product] affiliate program’, apply, get your unique link, and share it inside value-based content
• Client services (branding, web design, social media, VA work, copywriting) are sold via a showcase website, content, direct outreach and referrals
• Monetise content itself via partner programmes and brand deals, and stack it with affiliate links and your own digital products for multiple revenue streams

Episode details: published October 1, 2024 · 18:52 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kate Hayes’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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