In these days of prices going up on everything, you might be in need to make some extra money to help with you monthly expenses.
There are some great ways that you can make some additional income doing side hustles.
Best Side Hustles
We go through the best side hustles you can do to get yourself some extra money.
1. Virtual Assistant
Some people need to hire a virtual assistant to do office tasks for them such as word-processing tasks and database. Or even to answer telephones to customers.
Some people would like support but do not want to hire permeant staff. These people will often hire virtual assistants to do the work for them. You could find work as a virtual assistant, working from home, on sites like Fiverr or Upwork.
2. Online Surveys, watching videos and playing games
A good way to make money as a side hustle is to do surveys online for companies. You can also get paid to watch videos or play games online. In addition, you can also make cashback when doing your normal shopping.
II this is something that appeals to you, join Swagbucks, Survey Junkie or YouGov.
Swagbucks
If you want to make money by doing surveys, watching movies and playing games online. You should join Swagbucks.
With Swagbucks, you can also get cashback when you do your routine shopping online.
Join, Swagbucks, here: Swagbucks.
Survey Junkie, YouGov
If you want to make money with doing surveys then Survey Junkie and YouGov allow you to do that.
Join, Survey Junkie, here: Survey Junkie.
3. Virtual Administrator
If you like administration work and have good IT skills, you could work as a virtual administrator from home. You can join sites like Fiverr and Upwork and make a profile for an administrator.
People around the world need somebody to do administrative tasks for them and hire virtual administrators from these sites.
Look at sellers doing the same and write a profile taking ideas from them.
4. Childminder /Nanny
Are you good with children? If you can look after children you could become a childminder or a nanny work. However, before you do that, you will have to obtain certain certificate or meet legislations. This will vary depending on your country.
Here are some information regarding this for the UK.
How to be a Childminder/Nanny in England.
Become a childminder in Scotland.
Become a childminder Northern Ireland
5. Cleaning
Working as a cleaner would enable you to make some money on the side. There are always companies looking for cleaners. You could work part time a few a days.
Look at job sites like Indeed or you could put an advertisement at your local store/shop to get customers.
6. Video Editor
If you are good at editing videos then you can sell yourself as a freelancer on sites like Fiverr and Upwork. There are people who need their video edited but cannot do it or do not have the time to do it. They hire out people to do it for them.
If you like editing videos, you could do video editing as a side hustle. You could do this on sites like Fiverr and Upwork. There are people who need their videos edited and are not able to do it themselves because of time or skills. You could work for them.
Or you could advertise yourself locally on stores/shops or local paper to get clients.
You can easily learn to edit video on free available software like Apple iMovie, LIghtworks, Open Shot or Invideo.
7. Dog Walking / Pet Sitting
If you like dogs and can handle them, you can take people’s dogs for walks as a side hustle to make money.
If you have a dog that you take for walk, then you can take somebody’s else along with you and make some money.
Here are some Apps to find dog walking jobs: Pawshake, Borrow My Dog.
Pet Sitting
You can also make some money by pet sitting for people. Some people might need regular pet sitters or occasionally, like when they go on holidays.
Look at this app for work. Pawshake
8. Renting out a spare room
A really good way to make some money is to rent out a spare room, if you have it. Get a lodger in to help with your finance
With the price of property being so expensive to buy, lots of people have to find a room to rent.
But before you do that, depending on your country of residency, you might have to meet some legal requirements.
If you are thinking of renting out a room in the UK read this. Rent a room in your house.
If you are looking to advertise your spare room in the UK, you can advertise in SpareRoom for free.