Year: 2017

eBooks weren’t as widely received as smartphones, but as libraries began offering free books with more formats and electronics becoming available in the market, people started warming up. By the time dedicated eBook readers like Sony Reader and Amazon Kindle were released in 2006, eBook appreciation reached an all-time high. Of course, it helped too that these eBook reader manufacturers partnered with publishers to release digital versions of their books.

Today, eBooks have their own special place online. By 2018, e-book sales are forecast to account for about a quarter of global book sales. Bookworms either love it, or hate it. But one thing’s for sure – you can make money online by selling eBooks.

Make Money with eBooks in 2 Ways

You have two options when it comes to selling eBooks. You either:

Become a self-published author and sell your own book

Amanda Hocking has tried and failed to get traditional publishers to pick up her paranormal fiction books. In 2010, she decided to self-publish “My Blood Approves” via Amazon to raise extra cash. Within six months, she sold 150k copies of her first book and earned $20,000. Two years later, this book has sold 1.5 million copies and raked in $2.5 million. As of 2017, Hocking has published five different series, with a total of 22 titles.

Or become an affiliate

Marketing plays a huge part in determining the success of an eBook. One of the best ways to advertise your eBook is by creating your own affiliate program, which gives you a chance to earn more royalties from the eBook due to more publicity. Non-authors can also earn money by becoming an affiliate (More on this later).

This guide will show you how selling eBooks is feasible, and which method earns you the bigger cash.

Self-Publish Your Book

Let’s assume that you’ve already finished writing a fiction or non-fiction eBook, chose a head-turning title, designed a visually-appealing cover, and formatted the eBook via different digital formats. When you’re ready to share your work to the world, how do you proceed? You can either offer your work directly to eBook retailers or distributors, self-publish by hiring an assisted-publishing service, or working with a hybrid publisher.

Assisted-publishing service

This type of service bundles up every task needed for publishing properly, such as design, PR and marketing. You pay a fee upfront, but keep 100% of the profits from your eBook. The best thing about services like Matador and Scribe Writing is that authors keep rights to their work. Be wary of companies known to take advantage of newbie self-publishing authors and always check their reputation at Mick Rooney’s Independent Publishing Magazine before signing the dotted line.

Hybrid publisher

This type of service combines aspects of a traditional publishing house, and an assisted-publishing service company. Deals differ significantly. Some charge authors to publish with an upfront fee, others may hold off with payment but take a bigger cut on royalties (higher than the industry-standard 50% commission) instead.

If you chose to self-publish without the help of a publishing service, one of the major decisions you’ll face is if you want to publish exclusively on Amazon KDP or go wide with all platforms. Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) is the most popular platform for self-published eBooks and offers the best value to authors (in terms of free promotion) thanks to Amazon-exclusive programs like Kindle Book Lending and KDP Select. You can also check out other platforms, such as Kobo Writing Life, NookPress, and iTunes Producer for iBooks. Authors can also upload their eBooks once, and let modern distributors like Smashwords and Draft2Digital distribute the eBooks to all other platforms.

As an author, you have total control on pricing (preferably somewhere between $2.99 and $9.99). Most eBook stores give authors 35 to 70% royalty, which means you get around $2.09 royalty for every sale of a $2.99 eBook. Authors are also free to create discounted offers and other promotions. Note that most of these stores have country-specific pricing, so it’s best to decide on a fixed price for every major currency, instead of relying on the store’s auto-exchange rate.

Become an eBook Affiliate

Affiliate marketing is an old and simple type of marketing wherein you refer another person to any online product. When that person buys the product as a result of your recommendation, you earn a commission.

When it comes to eBook affiliate marketing, there are three important players – the vendor (the person selling the eBook), the retailer (a platform such as ClickBank, e-junkie, JVZoo, and Gumroad that carries the eBook within its catalog of digital products), and the affiliate (the person promoting the eBook).

The retailer creates a unique affiliate link for promoters in order to track referrals, even if eBook buyers came from Facebook, websites, and other means. Every month, the vendor receives a report of sales generated by affiliates. Either the vendor or the retailer then pays affiliates the commissions based on a particular month’s sales.

• Create an affiliate program – If you’re an eBook author, creating an affiliate program doubles the marketing efforts without spending thousands of dollars. Affiliates do the extra legwork you wouldn’t have the time or money to do, so giving them a cut of your eBook sales is worth it.
• Promote other authors’ eBooks – For those who don’t have eBooks, but want to cash in from the ever-growing eBook industry, you don’t have to write your own eBook to make money. Just sign up to Clickbank or other platforms, find eBooks you’ve want to promote, and share the eBook everywhere.

The Bottom Line

Selling eBooks can be a lucrative way to earn money online. Some people even turn them into full-time careers. And if you’re lucky, you can even be the next success-story after “Fifty Shades of Grey” author E.L James. Mother-of-two and London-based James was 46 years old when she got obsessed with the “Twilight” novels, discovered fan fiction, wrote her very first novel, and released it as a Kindle book under the pen name “Snowqueens Icedragon.” Her success in eBook led to “Fifty Shades of Grey,” a publishing deal, movie deal and about $80 million net worth.

Despite reports that eBook sales continue to fall in 2017, eBooks continue to be a money-making machine no one can stop. Many self-published authors explain that the case study only reported books with ISBNs, and since majority of indie eBook publishers don’t use ISBNs, the data is highly inaccurate.

Still, eBooks have lower risks, smaller investment, and minimal requirements to start. You don’t even need a book deal to succeed in this industry. These reasons make eBook production, selling or marketing a doable option to make money online.

Virtual assistants are the modern-day equivalent of an executive secretary. They should be the jack of all trades, helping their bosses reach important goals, while fulfilling all 101 small, daily tasks that keep most businesses afloat. The VA industry is a competitive work-at-home niche, particularly since most employers are only looking for a single person to fill in the position.

If you’re a virtual assistant and want to get an edge over your competition, here are 5 ways to make your profile irresistible to employers:

1. Be Different, but Learn Everything

The most common tip to stand out from the hundreds of people offering virtual assistance online is to pick a specific skill set, such as SEO. While this is true and an effective technique even today, it shouldn’t keep you from learning new things.

Generally, virtual assistants usually perform duties within a specific category, such as content writing, SEO, digital marketing, social media, audio/video editing, web development, and general assistant tasks that fall under what bosses 1) hate doing, 2) can’t do, and 3) shouldn’t be doing.

If you’re a content writer VA, it’s easy to jump to other categories like social media, admin tasks, SEO, and marketing. After all, most of these categories include some type of research and writing, such as publishing posts on Facebook, hashtag analysis, and off-page SEO (blog commenting, forum posting, responding to posts).

Web developer VAs are a highly tech-savvy bunch. They would be perfect for on-page SEO tasks, graphic design, video/audio editing, e-mail marketing campaigns using advanced tools like Infusionsoft and more.

The best thing about learning new skills as a virtual assistant? With the number of free courses available online, the areas you can specialize in are endless.

2. Portfolio-Building: Document Your Skills

Every work-from-home employee dreams of a stable, long-term employment. Unfortunately, this isn’t the norm for many virtual assistants. As such, you should be prepared to seek another job if and when your current employer decides to let you go. The upside to working with different bosses is that you’ll learn something new, regardless if you had a good experience or not.

Building your portfolio should always be on your mind. It’s best to create a free website from hosts like WordPress.com and turn it into a professional calling card online. Aside from a snippet of your CV, skills offered, and rates, you should also create a portfolio page where you could show off your skills.

For example:

• Web design – logos, avatars, graphics, etc.
• Web content – sample articles, links to published work
• SEO – case studies on link building campaigns, etc.
• E-mail campaigns – A snippet of the campaign made
• Video creation – Embedded video of your work

Some employers include a clause on employment contracts that they own rights to all projects you’ve participated on. Honor this clause. You can still show off the skills you’ve learned by creating your own project.

3. Work On Your Personality

No one is a perfect VA. The earlier you acknowledge that there could be something about your personality or work ethic that you can improve on, the better.

One of the most common problems of working from home is that you literally work alone. If a job requires you to be a team player and work with other VAs and employees, find a way to push forward and learn to provide value as a team member.

Ask yourself these questions as honestly as you can:

• How do you handle criticisms?
• Do you feel threatened with co-employees that do better than you?
• How do you deal with failure?
• Are you willing to leave your comfort zone?
• Can you spot and solve problems without supervision?
• Do you take pride in your work?
• How self-motivated are you?
• Can you easily communicate with people you’ve just met?

Did you discover something about yourself? Don’t worry much about these weaknesses, but give extra effort to improve them from here on out:

4. Learn How to Market Yourself

Marketing yourself doesn’t just involve showing off relevant work samples and your portfolio. You’ll need a bit of planning if you want to get the attention of the right employers. Here’s what you’d need:

• Target market – Find job boards and forums that would showcase your work to interested employers. For example: web designer virtual assistants can go to the Smashing Magazine job board, writer VAs can lurk at the ProBlogger Job Board, and more.
• Unique Selling Point – Determine your USP and take advantage of it. If you’re offering a very specific skillset, such as creating augmented reality Android app, then focus on this USP when marketing yourself.
• Master the art of copywriting – The best way to show your personality, writing capability and marketing skills in one go is to practice writing copy.
• Be up-to-date with trends – When writing a profile, cover letter, or other methods of marketing yourself to potential employers, drop some bits of knowledge that would show how well you are up-to-date with developments in your industry.

5. Be Loyal

Once you land a job you like, be loyal. The wide range of opportunities available for virtual assistants makes it easy for workers to hop from one company to the next. Even if employers don’t say it, loyalty is a highly-regarded trait. If you go well and beyond what is required of your job as a virtual assistant, your loyalty can be rewarded tenfold.

The Bottom Line

Virtual assistants can provide value to a business without the big investment required in hiring traditional employees. VAs know this. Employers are aware of this. But as a virtual assistant, this shouldn’t stop you from reaching new heights, upgrading your skill set, and improving your weaknesses to be the jack-of-all-trade VA no employer could resist.

Social media is a blessing to many companies. The potential for “free” marketing on social media is limitless, which is why all companies big or small should be taking advantage of platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and more. Behind any successful social media account is a person (or sometimes, group of people) who manages the accounts in behalf of the company.

Choose the right person for this job, and your company can benefit from free press and increase in sales. If you’re looking to hire a social media manager, assign this position to an existing employee, or man the accounts yourselves, here are 10 skills, traits and characteristics you must consider:

Copywriting & Communication Skills

The web is fast-paced and people online lose interest within seconds. The right person for the job must know how to catch the people’s attention. Whether you’re assigned to manage the 140-character-restricted Twitter or Facebook pages, writing is a huge part of the job.

While automation tools like Hootsuite are available to make posting to different networks easier, every social media platform follows specific rules, which means you can’t just re-post something you published on Facebook to Twitter, or Twitter to Instagram.

A person with exceptional copywriting skills would know how to write for the 65+ year-old market (who are mostly active on Facebook), for the college kids and young professionals (LinkedIn), or for the teens to below 30s (Twitter/Instagram). On top of copywriting guidelines, the social media manager should also be familiar with social media etiquette, writing headlines for every platform, and hashtags.

Knowledge in graphic design, video creation, and Web 1.0 to Web 2.0

In 2016, Hubspot conducted a Consumer Behavior Survey and found out that posts with images are received better than text-based posts, and that 43% of consumers want to see more videos in the future. You don’t have to be the best artist in the world as a social media manager, but some skills in graphic design and video editing would give you an edge over the rest.

Outstanding Customer service skills

Sprout Social reported in mid-2016 that about 35% of people choose social media for customer care, beating out those who still prefer live chat (24%) and e-mail (19%). This means that even if your goal is to promote products and services on social media, it is inevitable that you’ll receive inquiries, complaints, and other messages from existing or potential customers.

Humor and empathy

In order to facilitate community engagement, a social media manager must be able to address a wide range of people armed with information and sometimes, empathy. The people who follow your brand’s social media must feel that the one publishing posts is human.

Social media managers with a good sense of humor would go a long way in this field. Many companies have benefited from banters between two brands (Wendy’s vs. Burger King, Taco Bell vs. Old Spice, and more) that have turned viral for days. Many people follow companies on social media for the laughs. It doesn’t mean you should throw in dadjokes every day, but be on the lookout for opportunities to join friendly banter online and enjoy a dramatic increase in followers and free press.

Multi-tasker

As you’d notice by now, a social media manager wears the hat of a writer, graphic designer, customer service rep, and even company mascot. It can be a stressful job for the wrong person, but a fun and challenging position for someone who meets all these requirements.

Meltwater published an interesting “a day in the life of a social media manager” post with an infographic listing down the numerous tasks that this job entails.

Up-to-date with trends and pop culture

Social media managers must work like a journalist – posting timely news that bring value to its audience. Not only do they have to be updated with social media policy changes and trending topics, they should also have an ever-so-growing knowledge of pop culture. People on social media absorb information and relate more to a brand when its social media posts also include what’s happening in the real world than just serious marketing-infused talk.

Detail-oriented

It’s not just fun and games for a social media manager. Time management plays a big role in this detail-oriented position. The business side of this job requires you to keep track of a content calendar, where company promotions are often included.

You have to really dig into the details because aside from creating content, you’re also scheduling pre-written posts, responding to messages, answering e-mails, engaging with the company’s audience, and more. Of course, there are office-related tasks as well (such as meetings and reports) that you have to deal with.

Authentic

Knowing your brand’s mission, vision and “voice” is important because the social media manager will become the official representative of a company. You don’t have to use slang to sound cool. What’s great about social media is that you can use a casual tone while being professional. It’s important that the person manning a company’s social media knows exactly who the target audience is in order to make the brand’s voice as authentic as possible.

Analytical

Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms provide users a comprehensive report, which includes metrics (likes, comments, shares, re-tweets, etc.), and useful metrics like traffic and revenue. A social media manager has access to all these information, which he/she can use to improve the social media account’s performance, such as discovering what topics the audience engages to the most, or what time there are more active followers. If a company is using social media to drive traffic to a website, these reports can help achieve this goal.

Budgeting skills

Sometimes, a social media manager will also handle a company’s paid advertising and other expenses (images, graphics, social media management tools, etc.) required in managing a brand’s social media effectively. If this is the case, you’d need basic spreadsheet skills to list down every cent spent on any given month/quarter.

The Bottom Line

The job of a social media manager is relatively new, but it’s becoming a highly in-demand job. For many small businesses, hiring a resourceful, multi-tasking, creative and effective social media manager could be all it takes to drive more sales. For bigger companies, an active social media presence bridges the gap between corporate and customers.

Finding legit work-at-home writing jobs used to be hard, with tons of low-paying, scammy jobs widely-available at the local Craigslist. But with the rise of forums, job listing sites, work-at-home blogs, and various resources that reveal these scams, the online freelancing world has become a lot more writer-friendly.

Today, copywriting, legal or academic writing, blogging, proofreading, eBook writing, editing, technical writing, and various web content writing sub-categories are widely available. But if you’re looking for something different, you’d be amused at how these 7 weird writing jobs are actually legit and can become a lucrative career:

1. Fortune Cookie Writer

If you’re a fan of zodiac signs, astrology, and bringing good vibes to people, this job would be perfect for you. The writer must have strong descriptive writing skills, since you’ll be writing only one- to two-liner fortune-telling sentences.

Writers with a healthy sense of humor would thrive in this field. Freelancers earn either by project or by the hour, while those hired by fortune-cookie manufacturers have salaries ranging from $28,000 to $105,000 depending on skill and experience.

2. Gravestone Quotes Writer

Ideal for writers with exceptional copywriting skills and 100% confidence in their work, crafting epitaphs on gravestones can be an interesting side job. You’ll be honoring a person’s last words to the world by making content that would literally be written in stone. This is a highly specific career path and mostly embraced by obituary writers.

3. Writing Breakup Letters

It may sound weird, but break-up letters have been around since 10 B.C. There’s even a collection of the best written breakup-letters called “Hell Hath No Fury: Women’s Letters from the End of the Affair,” which was edited by Anna Holmes. Today, freelance writers can earn from $10 to $30 per letter (depending on length and experience). Note that you might feel a little bit guilty that you’re contributing to someone’s would-be heartbreak every time you finish an order.

4. Weird and Random Writing

Fiverr is a goldmine when it comes to weird writing gigs. If you’re feeling creative and want to shake up your writing style a bit, take a look at some “inspiration” by fellow writers. For example, for $5, a seller offers to write a cringe-worthy fanfic, an outrageously random paragraph, or a weird true story. What’s amazing about Fiverr is that there’s no limit to creative writing opportunities you could offer.

5. Product Reviews

Companies are willing to shell out big bucks to promote their products in any way possible. This includes gaming the system of ecommerce sites like Amazon with professionally-written, positively-skewed product reviews.

In some cases, companies may also hire prominent bloggers to review these products in exchange for gifts or cash. Writers can take advantage of this need, and turn product review writing into a high-paying career. Rates for reviews range from $0.02 to $0.05 a word.

6. Viral/Trending Writer

The rise of social media and the ever-so-shortening attention spans of people have given writers this new type of job. As a trending writer, your job is to create share-worthy articles with clickbait titles. Buzzfeed is the best example of viral writing, and thousands of Buzzfeed copycats have also been taking a slice of the viral-article pie.

To become successful in this field, you’ll need to be good with list-type writing, show off your sense of humor through your words, and be up-to-date with pop culture. This job isn’t for the faint of heart though, because content here is produced on hyper-mode, which means work can be stressful and deadline-oriented. Salary for full-timers begins at $43,000/year.

7. Adult content

The deep, dark world of adult content can be uncomfortable to some writers, but if you’re up for the challenge, you’ll be amazed at the high rates offered to write sex stories, product descriptions, sexual technique advice, sexy/nude image descriptions, blog sex-related posts, adult video script, and more.

This niche isn’t for the shy-types, but for those with an inner Christian Grey who’d want to explore sensual writing for cash. Rates depend largely on the type of project required, but adult content offers higher rates compared to regular copywriting.

The Bottom Line

If you spot writing gigs similar to the ones listed above, don’t just brush them off as a scam or practical joke. Many would agree that some of these writing jobs would question your values. For lucky writers who have built a reputation, connections to clients and a sizable portfolio, skipping these writing jobs may be a no-brainer.

But for those who are strapped for cash and are willing to write for food, these weird work-at-home writing opportunities can be a lucrative niche worth checking out.

Serious freelancers have sometimes overlooked Fiverr as an actual money-making source. It makes sense. The online marketplace was named after $5 or “Fiverr gigs” after all. And once Fiverr takes its 20% cut, freelancers are left with a measly $4 for a gig as varied as writing, animation, graphic design, programming, music, and more.

The “people selling things for $5” concept didn’t appeal to those who seek full-time work online. What many job hunters don’t know is that Fiverr’s services can actually go up to thousands of dollars.

Since its launch in early 2010, Fiverr has become a life-changing platform for members who have initially used it to make extra cash, but have quit their jobs and turned their Fiverr gigs into full-time, annual six-figure-earning careers.

Here are their stories, and tips on how you can replicate their success, even if you’re late to the Fiverr game.

Charmaine Pocek

Fiverr name: boomsa
Main skill offered: Resume writing
Year started on Fiverr: 2011
Earnings: Over $1 million earned

Charmaine Pocek worked as a corporate recruiter for almost 20 years when she discovered Fiverr in 2011. Charmaine offered to jazz up resume for $5 a pop (or higher for executive resumes) and made $10 to $15 per hour throughout her first year.

Armed with tons of feedback, a Level 2 Fiverr status and new certifications, Pocek decided to quit her day job and focus on Fiverr fulltime. By the end of 2012, Charmaine was making $30 to $50 per order from her gig offers like career counseling, setting-up LinkedIn profiles, writing cover letters, job interview training, and resume writing.

Charmaine worked 50-55 hours a week as a Fiverr full-timer and didn’t have real day-offs, but this earned her $180,000 for 2013, over $250k for 2014, $320,000 for 2015, and a whopping $445,000 in 2016.

Lessons You Could Learn from Pocek:

• Provide services that would lead to referrals – Charmaine went above and beyond customer service. She didn’t ask her clients for referrals, but received them anyway because they had positive experience dealing with Pocek.
• Price your skills appropriately – Pocek spent most of her career as a senior recruiter. She knew what she was doing, but still took up new certifications to back her pricing increase. Charmaine has a soft spot for new graduates and teachers (she fixes their resumes for $30 or less), but charges up to $800 for executives (whose job orders would take longer time to complete).
• Diversify – Charmaine didn’t earn over $1 million on Fiverr by simple sprucing up resumes. She learned what her clients needed, and offered gigs based on her market’s needs. Pocek also offered custom orders with flexible pricing dependent on a client’s request.
• Communicate with clients – Pocek takes advantage of Fiverr’s auto-reply feature and uses this to send quick messages to clients and acknowledge their orders (even if most her offers have 7-to-10-day turnaround times.

Redd Horrocks

Fiverr name: reddhorrocks
Main Skill offered: Voice-over acting
Year started on Fiverr: December 2012
Earnings: Over $600k earned

UK-born, US-based Redd Horrocks worked as a stage manager for a Las Vegas circus-production company when she visited Fiverr.com to hire someone to reformat a document. There, she discovered people offering voice-over gigs and got instantly hooked.

Horrocks got her first voice-acting order the same month she signed up. Orders slowly and surely arrived, earning Redd about $300 to $1000 monthly throughout 2013. But it was only in March 2014 when she showed off her skills via a new video posted on her Fiverr page when orders dramatically picked up. For that month alone, Horrocks earned $3,500.

When Horrocks’ side gig eventually earned more than her corporate job, she stayed home and went full-time on Fiverr by September 2014. Now, she earns an average $10,000 per month, delivers about 250 to 260 gigs a week and has become one of Fiverr’s Ambassadors.

Lessons You Could Learn from Horrocks:

• Provide samples of your work – Redd’s slow and steady Fiverr orders skyrocketed once she posted a video of an order she made for one Fiverr client. The video proved successful in bagging clients, since she was able to show off her British and American accents (and in turn, expanded her market).
• Treat all buyers as would-be repeat buyers – Redd’s Fiverr income mostly comes from repeat buyers. Horrocks advises to treat buyers wonderfully and be as professional with everyone “because you never know when your next client is going to become your best client.”
• Invest in your craft – When her Fiverr income allowed it, Horrocks built a professional studio in her home. She now offers custom orders for buyers who want to be remotely in the studio with her while recording.
• Leave time for client communication – Although Redd works over 30 hours a week recording her orders, she leaves an average of six hours to respond to buyer inquiries, emails and quote requests.

Ryan Heenan

Fiverr name: customdrumloops
Main Skill offered: Jingles and custom instrumentals
Year started on Fiverr: March 2012
Earnings: Over $200k earned

Berklee School of Music graduate and former Boston preschool teacher Ryan Heenan only joined Fiverr in March 2012. He began by offering drum loops, but quickly shifted to jingles and ukulele when his first gig didn’t attract any buyers. Two months later, Heenan has received the 60-order requirement to move pass Fiverr’s seller Level 2 ranking.

Ryan Heenan has since expanded his offerings to informational videos, animated commercials, PSAs with catchy soundtracks, ukulele jingles, and more. As of 2017, he had completed 8,018 projects with an average of $84 to $213 per order, done business with people from 123 countries, and maintained buyer portfolio with 40% repeat buyers.

What’s more impressive with Heenan’s success story is that he has built several brick-and-mortar businesses with his Fiverr income. He even wrote a book, entitled “The Top Rated Seller Formula: How I Became a Top Rated Seller in 3 Months on Fiverr,” as a guide for freelancers wanting to make it big with Fiverr.

Lessons You Could Learn from Heenan:

• Be time-efficient – Offer high-quality services that can be delivered quickly, preferably within two days.
• Be different – Heenan suggests that “if you can position yourself a little differently you can really standout, and in my case it was adding the video to the music.”
• Target the business world – While Heenan doesn’t discriminate buyers and accepts projects from individuals, all of his gig postings are aimed to capture the attention of corporate execs (who pay higher and tend to become repeat buyers). He has done marketing work for 3 Fortune 100 companies.
• Invest your Fiverr income – By 2017, Heenan has used his Fiverr income to open a gym and fitness business “Redefining Strength with Cori, ” built a freelance web design business, launched artisanal peanut butter company ‘Ingreatients,’ and open his own Analog Music Studios, where he teaches four afternoons a week.

Give Fiverr a Chance

If you’re one of the many people who criticized the 5-dollar-platform in the past, here’s why you should take a second look at Fiverr:

1. Earn $10k per order – Once you’ve built a solid reputation on Fiverr, you can take advantage of the site’s custom-offer tool. This feature allows sellers to make up to $10,000 per order.
2. Get connections from around the world – Fiverr.com is the world’s 429th most popular site globally. It can connect you to individuals and companies (without spending a dime). Fiverr even gives you a fun dashboard called “World Domination,” – a visual map that lets you see where all your buyers come from and how well you’ve “dominated” the world.
3. Join Fiverr’s Affiliate Program – It’s not as popular and highly-publicized as other affiliate programs, but Fiverr does pay $12.75 commissions for every recruit who places an order.

Fiverr isn’t for everyone though. The online graphics design community has been very vocal about its anger towards Fiverr graphic designers bringing prices down dramatically. But it’s a great platform for those who wish to earn consistent side-hustle income. As for a long-term career, Fiverr lets you show off your skills, build a sizeable portfolio with publicly-viewable feedbacks from clients, and eventually take your “gigs” up-market as what these 3 top-earning Fiver members have done.