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I believe the mom’s are one of the best things in the world, so i decided to curate this article to help you start an online job while staying at home with less stress and freedom to work when you are free. I am going to discuss the business or job models that moms can start from the comfort or their home with rewarding earning potential.
I’m Even though online job in Nigeria are limited, you are not limited because you can work with decide to work with foreign clients or set up your business targeting potential customers internationally. Nevertheless, this article will give you a starting point for your online journey with some unique job models you probably never heard of, so let get started.
1. Online Local Language Tutor
There are about 15 million Nigerians who live in the diaspora and yawning to learn their native languages which are typically Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo (main languages) but can’t possibly learn due to geographical location. As a nigerian mom you can create an opportunity for them to learn from you online. it can be hausa, igbo, or yoruba and also these languages are not restricted to only Nigerians you have the potential to gain students from other africans living in diaspora also.
If you are proficient enough in the sense that you’ve been speaking that particular language throughout your life, then you are good to teach other and make money from it. All you need to do is additional practice and create a scheme of work that will make it easy for you to teach.
2. SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for Local Nigerian Businesses
If you have knowledge in SEO you can use the skill to make money online by rendering local or international business through freelance platforms like fiverr and Upwork.
SEO basically means search engine optimization. This is the process were website owner optimize the content on their site for search engines to easily pick it up when ever a person “searches” something.
SEO checklists
- Keyword research
- On page SEO (Internal linking and keyword inclusion)
- Off page SEO (backlinks)
Most used search engines are google and bing.
3. Social Media Management
You can manage social media accounts for established companies or brand. This involves creating and scheduling content designed to grow and nurture an audience across social media platforms.You will also be responsible for planning and developing social media campaigns.
Being a social media manager requires skills and knowledge so you might need to check out free courses covering this job model. There are various free and paid courses on social media management
4. Food blog
We all know Mum’s love the idea of cooking so why not make it money making business, you can start a food blog where you share your recipes, ideas and tips to your audience and monetize it through monetization models like Ads, Affiliate Marketing and sponsored post.
Sounds good? Learn how to start a blog right now
5. Sell courses
As a mom you can create a digital product in form of a course to sell to your audience. If you don’t have an audience you can grow your audience or do ads to reach your potential customers.
Digital products that can be sold online are Cooking course, parenting or recipe course.
6. Sell handmade products
If you are good in making handmade products like jewelry, lip balm, tote Bags or Art Prints. You can monetize your skills. All you need is to showcase your products to potential customers which can be done through various social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok.
Open an account for the product you have in mind and start posting with relevant hashtags and description to reach your target market. If you gain traction from your posts you can go ahead and offer your audience the opportunity to buy your product.
7. Become an influencer
social media influencing to get started with. As a social media influence, you are going to leverage platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook promote brands, goods and services in exchange for money.
So all you need to do is to grow your following and foster relationship with your audience in who knows you in a specific category.
8. Start a podcast
You can start a podcast where you talk about Personal development, News, and parental advice and more.
You can also invite influencers particular niche you are in and interview them.
If you decide to do audio podcast, you can start with the platforms Spotify but if you choose video podcast, you can leverage platforms like YouTube rumble also Spotify depending on where your target audience are.
9. Start E-commerce business
E-commerce is one of them fast growing business as it is said that more than half of the world population would be buying product online in the nearest future. eco-is a business model where you sell your product in exchange for money. If you don’t have enough funds to get started with e-commerce you can start with platforms like jumia or Amazon which is free to use.
10. Become a web developer
Web development is a bit technical and needs more attention than other jobs listed here, but you can
The average web developer salary is around $50,900/year. Moreover, the employment of digital designers and web developers is projected to grow by 16% between 2022 and 2032.
11. Content writer
Many websites or blog need high quality content, so if you love writing you can search for opportunities on freelance sites like fiver and Upwork, you will see tons of clients who are will to pay $50 and above per article.
However, writing content for websites or blogs need Seo knowledge and SEO is not that difficult to understand and apply to your content creation.
Tip: Identify topics you are good in, search for potential clients related to that topic and pitch to them for content writing opportunity.
12. Become a graphic designer
As graphic designer you can find clients on freelance platforms. You can help businesses design logos, ads, infographics and other related materials. Graphic designer median payment a year was started to be around $43,275.
Now that you have an idea of what job to start, the next step is to take action and get ahead of people because the online speak is getting competitive day by day, so you need to act fast and not left behind.
Some job listed requires technical knowledge and some don’t so there is surely one for you.
