As we celebrate the new year, it is also important to focus on improving upon ourselves for the better in order to increase our finances and make money and learning new skills is one way of achieving that.
These skills have been proven to be beneficial in the long run if practiced well. If you own a good smartphone, Desktop computer or laptop, you can easily combine at least three of these skills and make a profitable business out of it.
As you read this, I will explain each of them and tell which device can be used for each of them. Hence if you own only a smartphone, do not worry, you can get a skill to profit from.
1. Website Development
Website Development is the full description for ‘Web Development’ which involves creating, building and maintaining websites (like edutechab.com) and web applications (like gmail.com) that run online on a browser.
There is an increase demand for web developers not only for creating websites for clients; but to also maintain websites that have already been created.
You can easily create beautiful and professional websites without learning to code with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Creating of websites has now become easier using Content Management Platforms such as WordPress and Wix. You just have to spend some few hours on YouTube and learn how to maintain websites that are created on WordPress.
One of the YouTube channel to learn how to use WordPress is Website Learners Channel.
2. Blogging
Blogging entails creating articles, photos, videos and other forms of contents and publishing them on a website. You can start blogging and write articles just about anything you want to put out.
If you want to venture into blogging, you first need to think about what you want your blog to be about. For instance, edutechab.com as a blog focuses on education, finance and technology news.
Find a nice domain name and a reliable hosting platform your website and you are good to go.
Bear in mind that you need to produce your own unique articles and avoid copying from other websites. This will go a long way to make your website popular.
3. Graphic Designing
Graphic Designing deals with trying to communicate using visual representations and typography. This visual creation is mostly done using a computer and smartphones.
Software such as CorelDraw, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator are mostly used by graphic designing on computers and they are easy to learn. You can learn either CorelDraw or Adobe Illustrator and top it up with the Photoshop.
You can design flyers, banners, certificates and logos easily with this software and make some money.
If you have only a smartphone, do not worry, you can still do graphic designing with one powerful mobile application; Canva. It cans thousands of designs templates which only requires you to edit to your preferences by changing the colour and typography.
4. Content Creation
Content creators are people who write and produce quality articles, social media posts and videos. If you are good at writing essays in general, you are one step away from being a content creator.
You can find trending news and write an article about it and sell it to news media and bloggers for money. Yes, people do it a lot and they are making decent money.
For instance, if you use an android phone and know how to free space on your phone, you can write a simple article on how to free space on android devices and sell it to a news media for publishing. It is that simple.
On that note, if you write and article and you want to publish it, email us at info@edutechab.com for publishing.
5. Digital Marketing
If you know how to use social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok and Twitter, you are one step away from being a digital marketer.
Digital marketing as the name says involves promoting products or services using the internet and other digital platforms. If you have a lot of followers on these social media platforms, you can use your profile for digital marketing.
Approach small businesses like boutiques and hair salons and let them know you will promote their business on your profile at a cool price and since you have a lot of followers, it won’t be difficult getting some cool money out of the advertisement.
Summary
Do not worry if you have a full-time job, you can still learn any of these skills and use it as a side hustle. Who knows, it may even flourish and pave way for you set up your own company and become your own boss and.
