One of the most common things I get asked is, "Jeremiah, what are some ideas for making money on the internet?"
I've always made money and helped people make the most amount of money through a combination of courses, events, and coaching around a specific niche topic that people need help with (usually to make more money).
I've been in this "industry" for 17 years now, so I know exactly what it takes for people to start making more money, especially using the internet.
So here is my list of ways that you can make money on the internet:
1.) Courses, Coaching & Live Training Events
This one is funny because I just mentioned above that that is what I do. When you get some experience making money on the internet, one of the best ways to make even more is to show others how you did it! So yes, this is huge!
You can also coach on teach on a variety of topics, not just how to make money!
A track record is crucial because it lends credibility to you. When you've done something, and it's something others want to do, you can always sell people the opportunity to be mentored by you on how you did it!
Courses, coaching, and events are the model that I like using, a combination of these. This type of business can scale big, especially when you add writing and publishing to it - the sky is the limit. I've seen many people make $10-50MM a year doing this, and then usually, they will take a portion of those funds to pivot into other industries to serve their target customer.
So if you can help others get results with the information you already know, they will pay you cash. You can use my business as a model for that and do what I do (really)!
2.) Freelancing Services
This is probably one of the fastest ways to start making money on the internet. There are always people looking for services; you just have to know how to network and get in front of them. They are everywhere!
You can learn a new skill (take any of my courses, for example) and then start a business doing the skill you learned for other people and charging them for it!
This is the fastest way to make $15,000/month on the internet very quickly. You only need 3-4 full-time clients to create a stable 6-figure income!
Learn a skill, then do it for other people.
The skill ultimately has to be in demand. And that's with anything on this list. If there's market demand for what you offer, your goal will be to find people to pay you for it.
3.) Ecommerce / Sell Physical Products
If there's a market demand for a physical product, and you can find the people who want that product, you can sell physical products that you ship out! You'll want to figure out how to either manufacture (the hard way) or outsource the manufacturing (easier) or dropship (easiest) the product. The less work you have to do and the better margins, the more money you can make. This could also include network marketing products that you believe in as well.
4.) Affiliate Marketing
Some companies want you to help sell their products for them and are willing to offer a commission for doing so! You can earn money by finding as many people as possible who want these products and getting them to buy. I made $750,000 in revenue one-year doing Affiliate Marketing!
This is a great way to sell if you don't have a product or service. This is also similar to commission-based sales and network marketing, except it's a little more straight forward. You get a specific link online that people sign up with, and you get credit for each sale that goes through your link.
5.) Virtual Assistant
This is similar to a freelancing job, but you are assisting someone virtually with specific tasks. You are not on location physically but are assisting either a CEO or a manager with tasks they need to be done! This is very lucrative, and you can get several full-time clients to earn an excellent full-time income doing VA work!
6.) YouTube
You can set up a YouTube channel on a specific topic and talk about what people are interested in watching. As you get viewers, YouTube will pay you, tho you have to get a lot of viewers to make any significant money, which is why endorsements and selling your own products are still the best way to make money online.
7.) Blogging
Blogging is a great way to make money, and you can even run ads on your blog or direct people to other products that you promote from your blog. Ultimately, there are only a few things that you can do to bring in cash online, and then there are hundreds of methods to promote and market those things. You're either selling products or services for yourself or someone else.
8.) App Development
If your app has a paid subscription model and serves a need that people want, you can get thousands of users paying you a small fee and making an excellent income!
Digital apps are a great way to make money, but you do have to innovate.
There's also the challenge of getting users for your app with marketing and advertising (this is ultimately the challenge for all of these ways to make money).
9.) Writing (For Yourself or Other People)!
This is an activity that you can do either for yourself - and sell books or ebooks, or you can write for other people (service-based, freelance or ghostwriting) and make good money that way! If you learn to write sales copy, you can make even more money because you are helping the person you're writing for make a lot of money. Sales copy is specific writing that gets people to buy products and services and is usually measured by the result it brings in, not the hours worked.
10.) Sell Things Around Your House
This is one of the most common ways to make some money online that few people think about.
Selling products around your house on eBay is extremely easy, as well as Facebook marketplace.
If you need some cash fast, selling things you have around the house is a great place to start.
Most people can find $500 worth of stuff to sell in their house (it might not be things you want to get rid of, but you can if you need to) in a pinch!
11.) Social Media Management and Consulting
This goes back to the freelance ideas I mentioned above. Right now, many people need social media, and they need help creating content or even coming up with ideas. A great way to make money is by helping people with their social media online.
12.) Design Work
Again, in the freelance category, you can do design work for other people. Canva.com is a great website to create designs for people. You can customize designs off this site, or places like graphicriver.net, doing work for people's design needs!
13.) Upwork or Fiverr
Again, in the freelance category (you might notice a trend here), you can pick up gigs to do work for other people on these sites with skills. You may have to learn some new skills, but people will pay you money online to do freelance jobs through these sites!
14.) Uber/Lyft
This is sort of online because it uses an app. If you have a 4-door car, you can make money driving people around on these services! I know some people who've supplemented their income doing this, and it's still a viable option for many people on the side to make some extra cash!
15.) Lead Generation (Add Sales Nurture As a Bonus)
If you can help businesses generate leads online, they will pay you for these! As a bonus, you can help warm the leads up and get paid a pretty high price for hot warmed up leads that you talked to and nurtured.
Generate hundreds of these for multiple clients, and you can make a lot of money online doing this!
16.) Online Community
You can create an online community and charge a membership fee to be a part of it. This can be around a variety of topics. If you can help others who all share things in common and provide a valuable resource in the paid community, people will pay money. We're helped build online communities above 4000 monthly members and generated seven figures this way for clients.
As you can see, there are so many ways to make money on the internet, and these just scratch the surface!
If you need help building a business on the internet and getting more sales, check out my brand new course, "Irresistible Offers That Sell" where I show you how to create marketing and sales offers that bring people to buy from you: jeremiahkrakowski.com/irresistible-offers-that-sell