Monetizing / Finding Hobbies

Phyzis · 2016-01-29T03:28:13+00:00

Look to freelancing. English seems to be your native language and you seem to have a decent grasp on grammar and spelling.

Set up a WordPress site and start working on a small writing portfolio. Write articles that are 500-1500 words about any topic you are interested in. Do not write from a red pill perspective - this will be attached to your identity and shown to potential clients. Write articles similar to EliteDaily, HigherPerspective and other popular but kind of click-baity websites because these are the sites that outsource their articles to freelancers the most.

Get your WP site looking sleek and respectful. You can pay someone to do this (using the same freelance sites you'll be working on) or you can figure it out on your own, but your simple portfolio/contact website needs to be 100% complete before showing it to anyone. Also if you speak multiple languages that's a big plus.

Now that you have a small writing portfolio, take some professional photos of yourself. Mostly just a headshot, obviously look cleaned up and proper. You're competing with other freelancers now. In India, minimum wage is something like $0.30c an hour so there are a ton of Indian freelancers that bid on jobs for pennies. Thankfully they do a terrible job a lot and often speak poor English.

Create profiles on Elance.com and Upwork.com. You can do Fiver as well if you want. Your profile needs to stand out and highlight why you should be chosen for jobs over others. Include a link to your portfolio/website. Browse others' profiles to see what stands out and edit yours accordingly.

It's tough to initially build trust because few people want to hire a newbie. Understand that your first 1-5 jobs may be difficult to get. Reward potential clients by offering lower prices, faster turnaround time (completion time) and anything else that makes you stand out. My first job took me 6 hours and I made $18. When you start you don't make the $ you're worth but trust is built quickly so just stick to it. Eventually you're the one that's in high demand if you keep up excellent work.

I suggest making a separate profile as a client and making a fake job. You'll get proposals from everyone and you get to see what your competition is like.

There are many other categories too so if you have technical skills in specific subjects be sure to check those out. Article writing is easy though and in high demand. You should be vying for a steady job - one where you write x articles a week/month and get paid per article or per month. When you get a few of these 'contracts' you can build a nice income stream for a few hours of work a week.

What I really like (other than the money and freedom) is the competition. It's a real marketplace where everyone is your competition and also your potential partners if you know what you're doing. For example... if you know a reliable Indian guy that works for $3/h you can pick up transcription jobs and re-outsource them to the cheaper guy. It's an entertaining and real way of using the 48 laws to your advantage and the reward for winning is complete freedom. You can eventually pair up with several high quality freelancers and create writing firms, translation firms, etc.

This is the future of work. Get ahead before the masses do. Good luck.

50pluspiller · 2016-01-29T01:20:39+00:00

If you think your gadgets is marketable, then do a Kickstarter campaign.

GayLubeOil · 2016-01-29T13:10:42+00:00

You can monetize Lifting. Because a group fitness instructor. You are going to need to buy condoms in bulk.

Johnny10toes · 2016-01-29T00:57:39+00:00

Do what you can on the gadget. Drawings and shit.

Title	Monetizing / Finding Hobbies
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Date	January 29, 2016 12:16 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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