These are hard times that we are living, times that we never thought could happen and times that are making us change our lives at a fast pace.
One of the big changes that is hitting us squarely is the lack of work and employment. Yes, COVID-19 is causing many people to not be able to work and therefore cannot have the possibility of depositing money.
This situation, of not being able to work and having no income, is causing great stress for many people. In this article I would like to give a hand to these people and make them see how from home and without work, it is possible to work and earn money.
We live in a world that has many very good things. One of these good things is digitization. The world today is global and digital, allowing us to work from home on multiple types of jobs.
In this article I present you some options to quickly start earning money while you go through this confinement. Now, if you like it and the bug bites you, I assure you that there are great and very ambitious projects to join to earn money from home
In addition, for each type of job I will tell you about some of the main platforms or websites where you can start looking for these jobs.
Tricks and tips
- If you decide to start doing work from home, here are some tips that I hope you find useful.
- Use platforms that put you in contact with your potential customers, because if you look for them, you will have to waste a lot of time on it. Platforms like Fiverr, Freelancer or People Per Hour can help you.
- Check that the platforms are reliable and do not enter your bank details on any platform that is not trusted.
- Make a good presentation of what you do and sell your profile so that they hire you.
- At first, lower your prices a bit. The goal is to get customers and they recommend you. Once you have a good reputation on the platforms you use, you can raise the price of your services.
- Focus on offering quality. It is the way that your clients repeat.
Next, let's look at some highly demanded jobs to work from home.
SEO copywriting and writing
The SEO world continues to function whether or not there is COVID-19. It is true that there are certain industries that have been damaged by losing interest on the part of users, such as tourism, but there are many other industries that continue to maintain the same interest or have even more. For example, food, lawyers, insurance, entertainment, etc. are industries that are now in high demand and the websites that play in these leagues continue to need to contribute new content to continue improving their positioning.
For web positioning, one of the main strategies is to write content to position in search engines. Sometimes, the content you want to publish is generic content that you need is good writing and a captivating thread. Instead, other times what is needed is an article written to position one or more keywords.
To be able to do these jobs, you just have to have the desire to want to write and, of course, write with a certain quality that allows your customers to pay for your content. If you have to write for SEO, then it is interesting that you get up to date with the basic principles of SEO writing, to be able to write content that positions.
To get your customers to repeat, write content that engages and engages readers, and please don't make any spelling mistakes. In addition, if you write to position by keywords, what your client will like will not only be that you write, but also that you know how your articles are positioning. This will help you learn and improve your writing.
If you want, here is an article so you can know the position in google of what you write with different tools, some paid and others free.
To find opportunities to write articles, use platforms like GetFluence. Also, of course, at Freelancer.com or Fiverr.com you can find many jobs to write all kinds of articles.
Translations and text corrections
This is a job in high demand on the Internet and you can do it from your home. Here, the idea is to look for companies that have translation needs in the languages you know. As basic requirements, of course, at least know two languages to be able to do the translations.
In addition to the translation, there is also the possibility of checking and correcting texts. That is, a company has made a translation and wants someone to check it to see if there are errors and if there are, they are corrected.
In this type of work, that of correction, I tell you that sometimes it is not as simple as it seems. Many companies use translators such as Google Translate or Deepl that generate non-perfect translations for free, and then send them to be corrected, paying much less for the correction than for the translation. Be attentive to this, because if you receive a text that comes from these tools, the correction and modification will take much longer.
To be successful and get these jobs, it is very important that in your profile or when introducing yourself make it very clear that you have a great knowledge of the languages you want to translate. On the other hand, if you have had previous experience, feel free to mention it.
In addition, it is very important that both in your presentation and in the content you generate, you do not make spelling mistakes and always deliver your content in the agreed time.
To find these types of jobs, I recommend you use the platforms Freelancer.com and Fiverr.com. Also, as specialized platforms you can find Gengo or Tomedes.
Test mobile apps and webs
Perhaps this is one of the types of work that may surprise you the most. Yes, you heard (read) correctly! There are many companies that love to outsource some of the testing work for their technology projects.
The idea of this work is to access the applications or web projects that different brands want to launch on the market and carry out the relevant tests.
In order to carry out these tasks it is important that you have a basic knowledge of English, since most of the applications and websites that you are going to test will be in this language. In addition, to be successful and to be assigned more and more jobs, it is important that you be methodical and like to squeeze products to get the best and worst of them.
What these companies want is people who break their products, not people who say that everything is fine.
If you want to explore these types of jobs, here are some popular platforms:
Tutorials
Isn't there a topic that you are so good at that you can teach classes and help people reinforce their knowledge of the topic? Now, more than ever, is the time for online classes. There are millions of people who have as much time as you and want to continue learning and can only do it online.
The idea of this option is that you register on platforms that put you in contact with potential students. Of course you must first have a course or a structure of what you are going to teach, but I recommend that you register in the online training platforms and while you start to get clients, prepare your structure and course.
Do not try to do a mega course if you still do not know the answer you are going to have. Start with a mini course, which you can do in a short time and that your student gets a lot of value.
To be able to teach as a private teacher you can use advertising platforms such as Milanuncios or similar. This option is the easiest, but it will require you to set up the infrastructure of the classes, that is, how are you going to do the class (skype, hangout, ...), how are you going to make the charges, how are you going to upload the documentation, etc. .
On the other hand, if you only want to dedicate yourself to teaching and not worry about how to manage the classes, then you can use platforms such as Italki (for languages) or Udemy (generalist).
Be careful, keep in mind that in your search for platforms you will see that there are many platforms to create your own website with the possibility of offering classes. This is very powerful and interesting, but I recommend you do it when you see that you start to have clients and want to professionalize your website. Now you want to start, so you are looking for platforms that not only allow you to teach your courses, but also allow you to find clients.
Data editor
This may not be the most exciting job in the world, but there are many companies that are constantly looking for people to help them manipulate data in systems. Be it writing texts, entering leads in databases, transferring data from pdfs to excels and many other options.
The platforms par excellence to find these types of work are once again freelancer.com and fiverr.com
Courage, the Internet is waiting for you
As you can see, there are many opportunities that the digital world offers us to be able to earn money in these delicate times.
This time I have mentioned the most popular jobs, but you can also find jobs such as validating captchas, filling out paid surveys, interacting with posts, videos and social media content to increase the visibility of certain brands, and even see advertising and get paid for it.
In short, the Internet is a great opportunity for opportunities. If you are in that difficult moment in which you cannot work and you need some income, I hope this article can help you.
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