5 Side Hustles You Can Start Today

• Do you feel that if you had another option, you could leave your current job and do something you enjoy doing?
• Do you feel underpaid in your current job?
• Do you feel your salary is not enough to meet your needs?

If you said yes to any of the above questions, you need to start a side hustle asap!

Are there things you love and enjoy doing? You can start the following side hustles today with your gifts or talents:

1. Teach Your Gift

You can help people solve problems with the knowledge you have gained over time or from your profession or passion. There are many ways of teaching, from creating an online course, starting a YouTube channel, writing a book, and starting a podcast to starting a coaching service.

2. E-Commerce

You can sell stuff online on the side. You do not need to own a store or stock. You can sell other people's items through drop shipping. In drop shipping, you link your website to a seller like Shopify, and when your customers make orders, they fulfill them. Your main job is to market the items.

3. Affiliate Marketing

You can start a business today with no capital. All you need is marketing and selling skills, and you can leverage people who have products you love and can recommend. This model of business is often automated, and when people buy from your link, the merchant commission credits your account. 

For example, you can sell physical products from Amazon or Jumia. You can also sell digital products such as books, software, coaching programs, etc.

4. Freelancing

You can start offering services today for payment. Some services include content writing, graphics design, website development or design, data entry, administration, accounting, bookkeeping, etc.

You can market your services on your social media pages or register with a forum like Upwork or Fiverr.

5. Consulting

This is a great side hustle for you if you consider yourself an expert in a field like strategic management, digital marketing, publishing, policy development, human resource management, business processes, nutrition, food security, etc.

Corporations can hire your advisory services and pay you handsomely.