80 Online Non-Phone Jobs to Check Out

If you’ve been on the hunt for an excellent work-from-home job, but your environment cannot support taking calls (probably because you live near a train station, you’ve got kids under 5 years old, or other similar instances), then you should be looking for online non-phone jobs.

What are online non-phone jobs exactly, you ask? Although this can easily encompass ANY job within a wide range of industries that do not require you to take calls, this post focuses only on jobs that even beginners can do and jobs done from the comforts of their own homes.

80 Types of Non Phone Jobs You Can Do From Home

1. Microtasks: Earn real money by doing simple tasks like playing online games, shopping, answering surveys, copy-pasting data, and so on.

2. Data entry: Yes, even if it’s already 2021, there will always be data required to be entered. Here’s a list of companies that offer data entry gigs.

3. Transcription: Get hired as a remote transcriptionist with these 25 resources.

4. Medical transcriptionThis is a sub-niche of transcription, but requires additional experience (in the medical field).

5. Internet researcher: This job is often available in the education and publishing industries, but can sometimes be offered by companies that require continuous research for their service or product launches.

6. Virtual assistant: Think secretary, but the tasks are mostly virtual (web-based). Being a virtual assistant (VA) could mean anything from writing to managing e-commerce stores, and any other tasks a client may require.

7. Professional organizer: How would you like to organize another person’s files, documents, pictures, calendar, life, and so on? Personal organizing is actually a career that you can focus on.

8. Paralegal: Aside from other legal jobs, becoming a paralegal is also possible in a work-from-home setting.

9.  Ad postingYou may think this is simple data entry, but the job involves precision and knowing the rules of each ad platform.

10. Answering Surveys as a Career: Is it still possible to earn from answering surveys enough to match your paycheck? To answer your question, read this guide.

SOCIAL MEDIA ONLINE NON-PHONE JOBS

11. YouTuber: You’d probably take more time to get noticed on YouTube, but it is never too late to try. Here are some ways you can use YouTube to earn a full-time income online.

12. Instagram business: Are you done with the fun and games and want to use your influence to earn a sizeable income for yourself? You can if you use Instagram as a business.

13. Social media manager: The job is exactly what it sounds like: people who manage social media accounts. If you’ve been up-to-date with the features of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and other social media platforms, then this job might be the right fit for you.

14. Twitter expert: Are you on Twitter almost 24/7? Use this expertise to earn money from the platform. Here are 5 ways how.

15. Online moderator: Have you been an admin or moderator of a forum, Facebook group, or any other online community before? If you have and enjoyed your stint, know that you can become an online moderator full-time as well.

16. Pinterest Manager: Do you love everything about Pinterest? If you’ve organized, collected and pinned your way through hundreds of boards in the past, you can do this for companies or other individuals for a fee as well.

17. Livestream: You’ll be your own boss and you can talk about everything and anything under the sun. Here’s how you can make a full-time living from home via Twitch.

18. Facebook as a business: If you’re spending way too much time on Facebook, did you know there are over 10 ways to earn from Facebook? There’s no degree, formal training, or special skills needed to do this – just a TON of time learning about Facebook.

HOBBIES TURNED CAREERS

19. eSports: Whether you’re a gamer or want to become part of this exciting industry, there are plenty of home-based eSports jobs for you.

20. Gardening: Got the green thumb? Do you know that you can be a plant advisor, hydroponics teacher, or entrepreneur in the comforts of your own garden and earn money from the earth?

21. Travel consultant: There are a lot of people who are first-time travelers that would want to receive top-notch recommendations from those who have real-world tips and experience. If you fit the bill, then becoming a travel consultant could be a lucrative gig.

22.  Fitness coach: How cool is it that traditional jobs like fitness coaches can be performed completely online? If you have a love for fitness and teaching, you can be a coach for someone in need of assistance.

23. Woodworking: You’ll see a pattern with these passions-turned-careers in that you need to start with something you love before you transition into earning from it. As a woodworker, you have several ways of earning a full income from the comforts of your own home.

24. Embroidery business: Can’t get enough of embroidery? If you need funds for more threads or just want to level-up your hobby into a business, then consider this career path.

25. Photographer: There are millions of photographers out in the world creating images, but there is always a market for new photographers who can give their vision to a brand or company.

26. Brewing: Remember the time craft beer became a massive hobby? Well, those who stayed with that hobby have actually turned it into brewing beer businesses and so can you.

27. Makeup artist: You don’t need a degree here, but if you’re exceptional at doing makeup, you can actually make money with this skill.

28. BakerIt takes a lot of hit and miss to master breadmaking, so if you’re on a level that friends and families cannot wait to taste your next creation, then you’d probably have success opening an online bakeshop as well.

29. Beekeeping: In this day and age when everything can be bought online, a beekeeping business can be done completely from home. You can even handle the packaging and shipment of honey products from home.

30. ASMR expert: Some people hate the ASMR world, but a lot more people cannot get enough of it. If you’re on the latter group and would love to do ASMR videos to earn money, here’s your guide to do so.

LANGUAGE-RELATED ONLINE NON-PHONE JOBS

31.  Therapist: This general therapy job may require advanced training, but if you’re a therapist by profession and you want to work from home, it’s good to know you have this option, right?

32.  ASL: Utilize your sign language knowledge and turn it into a career. There are various ASL jobs online if you know where to look.

33. Translation: Got a language you speak or write fluently? You can use this to work as a translator from home and translate documents, books, and other types of content.

34. Closed-captioning:  Captions are made for viewers who cannot hear the audio of videos, TV shows, news, and other similar content. If you’re good with accepts and have an above-average typing speed, then this is your chance to turn closed-captioning into a home-based career.

35. Audiobook narrator: If you want to lend your voice to narrate audiobooks or videos, you’d find this kind of work very fulfilling and lucrative.

36. Spiritual therapist: Although not for beginners, a spiritual therapist helps in bringing balance to a client’s mental and emotional health.

IT

37. App developer: Bring your programming skills to use by developing apps either for someone else or for your business.

38. Web developer: Years of programming experience are needed to set up custom payment systems for online stores, build a website from scratch, and so on. But if you’ve been a web developer for years, it’s easy to adapt to a home-based setting.

39. Data scientistCollecting and interpreting data for companies and organizations is in-demand in our present world where data is king, so if this is a career path you’re interested in, know that you can work both online and off.

40. Email marketing specialist: People skilled in email marketing have a combination of copywriting, marketing and SEO knowledge. This specialization can be learned without a degree, which is always a PLUS if you’re trying to switch careers.

42. Web testing: User-testing is actually a big deal with product launches. As a tester, you ensure bugs are fixed before actual consumers land the store or website. And this encompasses different industries as well.

GRAPHICS & VIDEO

43. T-shirt designer: Something as specific as designing a shirt can be lucrative if done the right way. If you’re interested and is looking for a job that could bring out your creative juices front and center, try designing shirts full-time.

44. Illustrator: It doesn’t matter what drawing style you know – there will always be a market that would love your work enough to pay for them. If you don’t know where to start, here’s how you can get paid to draw.

45. Logo designer: Any company, YouTuber, service provider, and any other business selling products or services would at one point need a logo. Imagine how many decide to launch a YouTube channel, blog, company every day, and that’s how much target audience you can get as a logo designer.

46. Font makers: Do you have a love for typography? If so, did you know that you can earn some cash creating custom font?

47. Video editorFrom companies to YouTubers and everyone in between creating videos day in, day out, the need for skilled video editors are high. It’s one of the most in-demand online non-phone jobs around, and it’s never too late to start.

48. Cartoonist: Share your creativity with the world! Become a cartoonist and make money full-time with commissions.

49. Photo editor: For those who are experts in Photoshop, you can simplify your career by focusing just on photo editing. Here’s how you can find photo editing jobs that can earn you up to $80k a year.

50. Drone-related jobs: Obviously, some of the jobs here require you to go out and actually operate the drones. But some drone-related jobs let you use your knowledge of drones to your advantage.

INTERNET MARKETING

51. SEO specialist: Search engine optimization jobs have been around since Google launched, but the demand has not waned even two decades later. If you’re up-to-date with the SEO world, there’s always space for specialists to make web search better.

52. PPC expert: Pay-per-click advertising is a massive industry with the need for experts who know a lot about online ads.

53. Product review writing: Some testimonials are commissioned to review writers. If you’re game to test products/services and write about them, consider this career path.

54. Lead generation specialist: Companies are always looking to attract new customers, but some of them don’t know where to start. If you’re a master of lead generation, this is a very lucrative and high-demand position.

55. SEO jobs: This general term involves numerous types of jobs from data scraping to GMB creation, and so on. You’d have to be the Jack-of-all-trades when you want to get into SEO. And if you’re up for a challenge, then this continuously-growing industry should keep you on your toes.

EDUCATION & CONSULTING

56. Lesson Creation: Books, worksheets, and other educational materials do not get made by themselves. If you can craft lesson plans, consider this path as a good way to make a living from home.

57. Tutoring: You can tutor students with specific subjects, or go with SAT tutoring. Whichever route you wish to go, there will always be students you can help.

58. ESL Teaching: ESL (English as second language) teachers help people learn to speak and write in English. You can do this job as a freelancer for ESL companies, or as an independent service provider on sites like Fiverr.

59. Online Consulting: Are you an expert on something? People are eager to learn new things, so if you have a passion for guiding people with business, finance, or other niches,  you can share your knowledge and earn from it too!

60. Test-grader: If you have some experience with grading test papers, did you know that you can do this for a living? It could take a while to start this gig, but once you do, you’ll discover how easy it can be.

WRITING & EDITING

61. Legal writing: There are technical writing sub-niches in freelance writing that only a small percentage of people focus on. One of these niches is legal writing, which involves combining the knowledge of law and crafting contracts, website terms, and other similar content.

62. Video game writing: If you love playing with words and video games, you can combine both passions and turn it into a very lucrative video game writing career. Here’s how.

63. Poem writing: Got a flair for words fit for a poet? How about as words to melt hearts on a greeting card? You can get a career out of this unique skill.

64. Proofreading: If you’re a perfectionist and have always put extra effort in editing your written work, then proofreading can be a full-time or part-time job you can do from home.

65. Editing: This job is almost similar to proofreading, but follows advanced formatting rules. This is definitely reserved for advanced writers with years of experience.

66. Blogging: I’ve discussed blogging as a business before (check that link if you’re interested). It is similar to consulting: if you have a lot to say that you think people would be interested in, then you’d have a higher chance of finding success as a blogger.

67. Content writing: This involves writing anything under the sun – celebrity gossip, company news, Amazon product reviews, and so on.

68. Resume writing: When I introduced 150+ ways writers can earn money online, one method is resume writing. You’d be surprised how many people fail to get hired simply because of poorly organized resumes and badly written cover letters. You can help them by offering your resume writing services.

69: Online dating writing: As a ghostwriter specifically for the online dating world, you’d be helping people write dating site profiles or communicate more effectively when talking to potential dates.

FINANCE-RELATED ONLINE NON-PHONE JOBS

70. Bookkeeper: If you love balancing spreadsheets and taking down income vs. expenses of companies and individuals, you may have a future in bookkeeping. Check our list of virtual bookkeeping jobs.

71. Tax prep: While preparing taxes may seem like just a seasonal gig, you can juggle multiple clients and prepare their taxes for a bigger and more regular paycheck.

72. Home insurance: Bring your expertise of insurance to the test with these high-paying online insurance jobs.

73. Medical billing: If you’ve had experience billing patients of doctors, dentists and other medical professionals in the past, then these medical billing jobs could be your work-from-home career.

74. Accounting: Those with accounting backgrounds who are either retired or just want to switch to a more flexible set-up, these accounting jobs should help you get started.

75. Financial advisor: Help people get out of debt, invest smartly, build up their portfolio, or simply assist in setting up the financial aspect of a business. There might be advanced requirements needed, depending on what kind of financial advisor you choose to be.

76. FOREX-trading: Not everyone can trade forex, but if you’re good at it, you can either become a trader as a profession or teach trading to other people on the side.

ONLINE NON-PHONE JOBS IN CUSTOMER CARE

In the past, we’ve compiled different types of customer service jobs you can do totally from home. The following customer support jobs only utilize live chats or emails to communicate with clients.

77. Chat agents: E-commerce and corporate websites have a continuous need for live chat agents to man their online properties 24/7.

78. Tech support: Handling the technical support of products and services is a special kind of skill. If you have the IT knowledge and good communication skills, then you can switch to a tech support job.

79. Appointment setter: This job usually includes phone tasks, but some appointment-setting jobs can be done phone-free.

80. Travel agent: Buy, sell and book tours, flights and travel packages for other people. If this feels like something you’d want to do full-time, you can do so on a larger-scale even from home.

Online Non-Phone Jobs: Freelance vs. Employed

Once you’ve found the niche best fit your passion or profession from the list of online non-phone jobs above, you have two possible routes:

PATH 1: Go Freelance

As a freelancer, you find gigs on a per-need basis. Maybe you can commit to six-month full-time work now, then followed by just part-time the rest of the year.

Income depends on how much you’re willing to work. You may follow flexible work hours if you want (or not).

The good thing about being a freelancer is that you can step up your game and turn your online non-phone jobs into a full-blown business. If you’re a freelance writer, you can become an editor and hire other writers to be part of your team, then offer your content writing services to a wide audience.

Fiverr.com is one of the best sources for freelancing jobs. If you’re still unsure what online non-phone jobs are right for you, check this list of highest-selling Fiverr gigs as inspiration.

PATH 2: Be Employed

Contrary to popular belief, people who work from home can also be employed (with benefits and all) by a real, brick-and-mortar company.

However, work hours are not as flexible compared to freelancing. You will also be bound by a contract, which usually includes clauses that prohibit you from working for the competition or any other employers.

On the upside, your income will be stable and the company usually offers career growth (promotions/increases).

Start Your Online Non-Phone Jobs Today

It is never too late to start a new career or switch to a work-from-home setting. With this many online non-phone jobs available, you don’t need to have to talk your way into a home-based profession.

I hope this list brings you the job that fits you perfectly this year. Let me know if you’re aware of other similar non-phone opportunities…

How to Become a Work-from-Home Spiritual Therapist

What is spiritual therapy? How can one become a work-from-home spiritual therapist? What educational and licensing requirements are needed to practice as one? How much do these therapists earn?

If you’ve always been in touch with your spirituality and wanted a profession that helps people and communities improve mental health based on religious traditions, then pursuing a career as a spiritual counselor, spiritual healer, or spiritual therapist could be something you’d thrive in.

What Does a Spiritual Therapist Do?

Just as there are many types of religions, spiritual therapy can also fall under different types (such as Islamic, Jewish, Christian, or Buddhist counseling, among others). Some therapists are non-denominational; meaning, the focus could go beyond religion and instead incorporate cognitive and philosophic areas of thought.

Whichever focus the counseling might go, spiritual therapy revolves around the idea that a person’s overall well-being is a combination of a healthy mind, body, and soul. And if a person faces a spiritual crisis, the spiritual therapist helps him/her avoid an unhappy or imbalanced life.

Spiritual therapists work in churches, schools, hospitals, the military, in their own clinics, and more. Regardless of what issue the clients have, the goal of a spiritual therapist is to help them achieve spiritual, emotional, and mental wholeness.

Work-from-Home Spiritual Therapist Requirements

Because therapy involves digging deep into a person’s psychology, mental health, and other serious trauma, the training to become one is quite rigorous.

To become a spiritual therapist, one must:

  • Complete any bachelor’s degree and master’s degree. Preferably in psychology, counseling, or religious studies. Many spiritual therapists eventually obtain doctorates in ministry, psychology, or other relevant specializations, but this isn’t a requirement to practice.
  • Get hands-on training – This could mean joining a seminary and interning with a pastoral counselor, serving as a counselor for local communities, or observing traditional therapy sessions under the supervision of a licensed psychiatrist or therapist.
  • Licensing. Internship and clinical experience is a requirement for licensure. Your location and place you want to practice spiritual therapy will determine if you are required to take an exam. Different types of licenses exist (each with the corresponding number of clinical experience hours):
    • First-tier licenses: licensed mental health counselors, licensed professional counselors, or similar professionals need 2000 to 4000 hours of clinical training.
    • Second-tier licenses: Requires up to 5000 hours of clinical experience to become a licensed professional clinical counselor, licensed mental health counselor, or other similar professions.

Note that not all spiritual therapists are required to hold a license, but if you are dealing with people, it is always better to be licensed. Check your state about licensing requirements.

  • Certification. Unlike licensure which is required and granted by state or federal agencies, certifications can be completed voluntarily. This means you can obtain as many certifications relevant to your spiritual therapy career as you wish. Certifications would help since it broadens your study and knowledge, but you can already practice your profession even without them.

As a work-from-home spiritual therapist, you’d need the technology to connect you to your clients. These include a computer, stable internet connection, video chat tools like Zoom, a good webcam/mic (if you’re not using a laptop), and an office that could give your clients privacy and the appropriate vibe.

How Much does a Work-from-Home Spiritual Therapist Make?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that the mean annual wage of a counselor is $47,000 to $50,000 per year. Those with a master’s degree earn up to $64k annually, while those with a doctorate can take home up to $75k per year.

Being licensed, maintaining your own clinic, advancement in education, and freelancing can all contribute to higher salaries.

Where to Find Spiritual Therapist Jobs Online

If you want to become a work-at-home spiritual therapist and you already have your credentials and working experience, you have three options:

1. Join counseling websites and earn as you go.

The freelance world can be very lucrative, as long you know what you’re doing and bring your strengths to the table. You don’t really need to learn almost every skill. Stick to what you know (in this case, spiritual therapy) and the world will reward you for your talent.

The benefit of becoming a spiritual therapist working freelance for these therapy sites is that they do the marketing for you. Patients flock to the sites by themselves and if the site algorithm matches you with a particular client, then you just need to meet the client at his/her respective schedules. Sites like 7 CupsTalkSpace, BetterHelp, and other similar websites take a commission from your hourly fees.

The problem with these sites is that many of them have a flat rate, so you have less control over your hourly fees. There will also be competition among your fellow therapists.

2. Find a remote job and work full-time.

Websites like FlexJobs.com connect you to companies that are open to hiring employees in a remote setting. This is like any traditional job board, except most of the positions listed there allow new hires to completely work-from-home or half remote and half office-based work.

You have to apply to the spiritual therapy jobs, negotiate your salary, and adhere to company guidelines and schedules.

The benefit of this route is that most remote jobs come with traditional benefits (health, dental, 401k plan, etc.). The downside is that you’ll be under contract and couldn’t increase your service fees if you wanted to.

3. Get your “clinic” online and learn how to market your services.

You can help people even if you’re hundreds of miles away. If you’ve been a spiritual therapist for a while now, the best way to bring your practice to the next level is to expand your online presence. Here are some ideas:

  • Build your own website. Create a blog section where you write about your expertise. This will bring people in, especially if you talk about spirituality, healing, trauma, emotional issues, and so much more. Include a service page to show that you’re accepting private clients as well.
  • Join all relevant social media platforms. If you do not have it yet, create a Facebook page, Twitter account, Instagram, Pinterest, Tik-Tok, and LinkedIn with your spiritual consultancy business highlighted. Find a way to bring your knowledge to these modern platforms and in a way new generations can connect to you.
  • Learn how to market yourself. As a work-from-home spiritual therapist, you are in control of everything – from deciding the look of your website, to the hourly counseling fees.

This route is the most work, but it is also the most rewarding because you’ll be turning your profession into your own business on a global scale.

Job Outlook: Spiritual Therapists in 2021 and Beyond

The demand for therapists sky-rocketed in 2020 because of how covid19 and its after-effects brought people all kinds of issues mentally and spiritually. But once everything gets back to normal, how do you think spiritual therapy would fair. Can it still be a lucrative career?

Unlike other specializations in therapy and psychology, spiritual therapy is a fairly new field. It is expected to grow by up to 10% through 2022. That’s good news if you’re trying to break into this profession, right?

But if you’re looking for other jobs you can do completely from home, make sure to check out this BIG list of work-from-home jobs.

How to Find Photo Editor Jobs and Make Up to $80k

Photo editor jobs have been around in the publishing industry for decades, and landing the right job can pay quite handsomely.

You might think that photo editors are involved in the actual photography.

Instead, photo editors are involved in conceptualizing visual boards, selecting the right photos for a layout, and sometimes even hiring the right photographer for a job.

In today’s article, learn what a photo editor job involves, what you need to get started, where to find photo editor jobs, and how much you can expect to earn.

What Does a Photo Editor Do?

At its most basic, photo editing involves tweaking, altering, and enhancing film, print, or digital photographs.

A photo editor examines a photograph and makes adjustments to correct any errors in it, such as red eyes, incorrect color tint, or glare.

Photo editing also involves manipulating and retouching an image to suit the purposes of a specific job or photo campaign. For instance, if a photograph is for an advertising campaign, it would require more editing than if it was an accompanying image for a news article.

Photo editing used to be done by hand on the negatives themselves; editors would scrape, draw, or paint on the negatives, sometimes even pasting multiple negatives together to create a single print.

Nowadays, nearly all photo editing is done using computer software, such as Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop.

Photo editor jobs can also involve creating visual boards or storyboards and determining the photos that are needed for a specific job, as well as scouting for locations, producing and directing photoshoot sessions, and sometimes even hiring photographers.

Photo editors are in demand in the publishing industry, as well as other industries including marketing, advertising, website development, and the arts.

Photo Editor Job Requirements

How to Get Started as a Photo Editor

If being a photo editor sounds interesting to you, here are some of the things and skills you’ll need to get started.

Education. Many employers prefer to hire photo editors who have bachelor’s degrees in photography, photojournalism, visual arts, and similar subjects.

Even though having a college degree is more preferable, it’s possible to become a photo editor with only a high school degree or a GED.

Equipment. You’ll need a computer, monitor, pointing device, and an output device.

You can start with a laptop computer, as long as it has a high-definition display, a high-speed processor, and a huge storage space.

Tablets are also becoming a popular choice, especially for those who prefer working with a stylus with variable pressure that software responds to.

The best equipment is one that will load your photo editing software and enable you to do the functions you need comfortably and without any hassle.

Depending on the job, you’ll need to have a way to print out the image using a high-quality inkjet printer or to export the image onto a portable hard drive.

Software. Employers are usually looking for photo editors who know how to use Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, Illustrator, and Bridge.

It may be worth buying the latest edition of Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite, as it has all the Adobe editing software you’ll need and more.

A good grasp of photography concepts. knowledge of the hardware and software is useless if you don’t have a good grasp of photography concepts, such as contrast, exposure levels, lighting, color correction, retouching, and cropping.

A creative eye. The whole point of a photo editor’s job is to improve on an existing photograph or photographs and make them aesthetically pleasing.

You must also have an eye for the type of photos appropriate for specific industries and jobs. For instance, if the photo is for a travel magazine, you need to know what kind of colors should pop out on a type of scenery and how to select photos that aren’t only gorgeous but inviting to tourists.

Portfolio. Employers would want to look at the portfolio of your previous editing work that showcases your style, range, and skills.

Have both a digital portfolio (on your own website) and a physical portfolio with actual, tangible prints.

A portfolio on iPad is an emerging popular choice for portfolios. It’s a great supplement for your print portfolio, but having a print portfolio is more impactful.

Make sure the first and last photos are striking; you want to make a memorable first and last impression.

Communication skills. You’ll be working with photographers and coordinating with art directors to decide on the look and feel of the photos that you want to achieve, so you’ll need to be able to effectively express your ideas through words.

Organization skills. Part of your responsibilities is putting together a campaign and organizing photoshoots. If you can’t handle the logistics, you’re going to have a difficult time.

Time management skills. You’ll be faced with tight deadlines in projects and jobs that can quickly change. Meeting those deadlines while maintaining the quality of your work is an important requirement for the job.

Passion for photography. This is perhaps the determining factor of whether you’re going to be a successful photo editor. If your heart is just not in it, it will show in your work.

Where Can You Find Photo Editor Jobs?

In the past, photo editors and photographers were the same people. The photographer-slash-photo editor does everything from conceptualizing a photoshoot to the actual picture-taking, then picking from the pile and editing final pieces.

In recent years, the roles of a photo editor and photographer had to be separated because of how quickly information is being gathered and published.

A great example of this is how digital magazines began as monthly subscriptions and have gradually moved to bimonthly, weekly, and even daily.

Nowadays, the specialized expertise and trained eye of photo editors help make the jobs of photographers, digital artists, copywriters, and graphic designers easier, more organized, and more in line with the task at hand.

You can find photo editor jobs in traditional newsrooms, magazines, big or small publishing houses, greeting card companies, advertising agencies, and other media-related companies.

And because almost every company maintains a website, newsletter, and social media accounts, photo editor jobs are also available at non-profit organizations, IT companies, government agencies, and other companies across a wide range of industries.

Stock Photo Sites

The biggest chunk of photo editor jobs can be found in stock photo agencies.

Take for example New York-based company Shutterstock.com, one of the most popular resources for stock photos.

Check out their Career page and click “View all jobs” to find current openings for photo editor jobs.

Shopify

Shopify is an e-commerce platform making it simple for small, medium, and big-time entrepreneurs take their retail business online.

They offer a Shopify Partners Program wherein merchants and sellers on Shopify can hire freelancers with different specialties to help them grow their businesses.

Freelance photo editors are in demand by sellers whose homepage photos and product photos need work to be more compelling.

Job Boards

If you’re looking for online photo editing jobs, your best bet is to FlexJobs, where you can find flexible, both work-from-home and office-based opportunities.

Sites like Working Nomads or Hubstaff Talent can also be good resources for remote positions.

Other job boards such as Indeed and ZipRecruiter also have various photo editor job openings.

How Much Can You Get Paid to Edit Photos?

Office-based photo editor salaries start at around $30,000 annually, but the average salary is more like $45,000 a year.

Senior-level photo editors can earn up to $80,000 a year.

A huge advantage of working as an employee of stock photo agencies and other corporations is that benefits like health insurance and paid vacation time are included on top of the salary. Plus, they are mostly paid higher than their work-from-home counterparts.

Self-employed photo editors may have flexible work schedules, but they often earn minimum wage (from $10 to $15 an hour) in exchange for the flexibility afforded by this setup.

As you may soon discover, online photo editing is usually exclusive to the editing part of the job. If you do land a work-from-home job, don’t expect to lead a campaign’s photo direction (as with traditional photo editing positions).

Final Thoughts: Are Photo Editor Jobs Right for You?

Of course, like most skill-specific jobs, becoming a photo editor isn’t for everybody. You do need to have the eye to spot a perfect photo composition, pick the best photos from a batch, edit the components of an image, and oversee a bunch of small tasks to arrive at an end-product to match the concepts made at the start of every campaign.

But for those who think photo editing is perfect for them, here’s some good news: the outlook for this job is on the rise for a couple of reasons.

First, photographers are passionate about their craft, so switching their mental gears to a job that doesn’t require them to go behind the lens isn’t very appealing to most photographers. As a result, the percentage of photographers who decide to take the route of a photo editor is very low.

Second, more and more companies are publishing regular content for their products or services on websites, newsletters, social media, phone apps, and other media. Photo editing jobs are no longer exclusive to the print industry, which means you’ll have more opportunities available beyond magazines and newspapers.

Aside from photo editing, here’s how other people make money with photography, and how anybody could use their phones to take photos and sell them for $5 each.

Are you looking for photo editor jobs? Do you think you have what it takes? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

Audiobook Narrator Jobs: How to Read Aloud and Make Money

Voice actors have been around for a long time, but audiobook narrator jobs have become a surprisingly big part of that industry in recent years.

If I had to venture a guess, I’d say it’s thanks to people’s long commute times and the boredom that comes along with that. Whatever the reason, being a narrator is great for anyone who’s been looking for ways to read and make money at the same time.

If eloquence and precise articulation get you excited, then maybe becoming an audiobook narrator is your calling.

It definitely sounds like an incredibly fun career track to pursue.

Before I start telling you all about this profession and how you can land your first gig, there’s something important you need to know first:

In voice acting, your voice is what’s going to get you hired.

It sounds obvious, I know, but think about that for a moment.

You need to have a pleasant voice.

Unfortunately, no amount of training or preparation can give you that. Like with other forms of acting, you either have it or you don’t.

That doesn’t mean audiobook narrating doesn’t require training or preparation, because it certainly does. But those things need to be fueled by natural talent.

If you think you’ve got what it takes to be a narrator, read on to find out what skills and equipment you need, the different types of audiobook narration, and where to look for audiobook narrator jobs

What skills do you need to apply for audiobook narrator jobs?

I’ve marveled at the unbelievable talent some people have for manipulating their own voices.

There’s something wonderfully entertaining about hearing someone tell a vivid story, or seeing a fictional character come to life thanks to the voice behind it.

People don’t always realize the amount of skill and talent that goes into audiobook recordings.

You have to consider the right pacing and tone but keep it entertaining, speak clearly, bring life to the story and the characters, and stay true to the original intent of the text.

All of these are necessary skills that you need to work on.

On top of that, very successful book narrators can modulate their voices to portray different characters (in what is known as solo narration), including ones of different genders and with different accents.

This isn’t a required skill, but it can open up a lot of doors for you.

Narration is a technical art form and requires dedication and stamina.

You have to coordinate with the publisher and other voice actors (if there are any), you have to deliver hours upon hours of reading work, and you have to be your own director.

Reading a book out loud is like directing a story that you’re telling; during every moment of the read-through, a narrator has to stay focused on the rhythm, characters, intonation, and enunciation.

Any mistake means doing it all over again.

Possibly one of the most important skills an audiobook narrator should have, however, is good organizational skills.

Books often have a lot of characters to keep track of and it’s important for continuity that the voices of each and the pronunciations of words stay the same throughout the book or sometimes a series of books.

What Equipment Do You Need to Do Audiobook Narrator Job?

1. Professional quality microphone

If you want to get and keep clients, don’t skimp on your microphone.

No matter how great your voice quality is, your recording can be ruined by a cheap mic that records poor quality audio or too much background noise.

It’s also recommended that the microphone you get connects to your computer via XLR, as opposed to USB or wireless microphones.

Also, a microphone stand is recommended, as you won’t want to hold the microphone for hours on end.

You’ll also want to invest in a pop filter, which is a mesh screen that you position between the mic and your mouth. It’s meant to reduce popping sounds from fast-moving air after saying sounds like p’s and b’s.

2. Professional quality headphones

Another piece of equipment that you can’t skimp on is your headphones.

To get and keep audiobook narrator jobs, you’ll need to hear your recording accurately to assess the quality of your voice and background noise while you’re editing.

3. Audio recording and editing software

You’ll need a stable program to record your audio as cleanly as possible without background noise and as little compression as possible.

It’s better if the program can also do editing, as in removing and stitching together splices, reducing background noise, and enhancing parts of the audio as needed.

4. Quality computer or laptop

Your computer needs to be able to handle all the equipment and software you need for narration.

Consider the ports available, sound card, processor, and memory.

5. Dedicated recording space

If you can’t afford a studio just yet, set up a space in a quiet corner in your house with minimal foot traffic, no outside sounds, and without ambient noises from fans, air conditioners, refrigerators, dishwashers, and other appliances and equipment that might be picked up by your microphone.

Egg crates work surprisingly well as a sound-absorbing material on your walls. You can also look for a desktop mic isolation shield that you can position around your microphone while you record.

5 Different Types of Audiobook Narration

There are three main types of audiobook narration:

1. Solo Narration

This involves just one person reading out all of the lines.

They could be acting out different voices for different characters, or use one tone of voice throughout.

It depends on the publisher’s needs and the type of book.

2. Duet Narration

This is where two people are reading different parts of the book.

It could involve one person as the narrator and another acting out the characters or both acting out different characters.

Sometimes, a book has two different points of view, of which each is then read separately by the two people.

3. Full-Cast Narration

A full cast is a whole production where a group of people is each assigned a different character role to read for.

Sometimes a person can still have more than one role.

As I mentioned earlier, there are also different methods of recording the audio:

4. Punch and Roll

This method of recording involves rolling back the audio a bit to before a mistake was made and then “punching” in a new recording that continues where that part left off.

C.C. Hogan does a great job of explaining this method if you’re interested.

5. Straight Record

The recording keeps rolling until you decide to stop.

This includes mistakes and rereadings to correct those mistakes. You then have to go back later and edit out the parts where mistakes were made.

How Does Audiobook Narration Typically Go?

The exact process varies depending on your employer or whether you work freelance, but in general, here’s how it goes.

You’ll be sent the text to read, often in advance, so that you can prepare.

Familiarize yourself with the book, the characters, any unfamiliar words, accents required, and other elements that can contribute to your narration.

Once you’re ready, start recording your narration with the appropriate cadence, lilt, voices, pronunciations, accents, and everything else required.

When you’re done recording, you can start reviewing and editing your recording to make sure that it’s clean and high-quality.

After editing and processing, you’re ready to deliver to your client and get paid.

How Much Do Audiobook Recording Jobs Pay?

According to established audiobook narrators like Krystal Wascher, someone who’s just starting out in this line of work (even those with no experience) can expect around $80 per recorded hour.

Experienced narrators can get paid up to $250 per finished hour, and sometimes even $500 for the best and most experienced narrators.

There are too many variables and branches of voice acting to get a solid number.

That said, audiobooks can be a great source of both active and passive income, depending on the deal.

Sometimes, a gig pays a flat rate (usually per hour), and other times the narrator will get a percentage of the royalties paid to the writer over a number of months or years.

A ‘finished hour’ does not refer to the number of hours you put in, but the length of the finished audio track.

Some narrators say it takes them about two hours of recording per one finished hour, depending on the number of mistakes, stops, and retakes involved.

Where to Find Audiobook Narrator Jobs

There are dedicated job boards for audiobook narrators, as well as voice actors and talents.

ACX is probably the most specialized and the most popular site to find audiobook narrator jobs.

It works as a marketplace where authors, agents, and publishers can connect with audiobook narrators, sound engineers, recording studios, and other producers of finished audiobooks.

Through ACX, you can find an unlimited number of potential gigs, and the audiobooks you produce will be available on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.

Being on ACX is also great for beginners. There are plenty of knowledge resources on their site. Also, it allows you to build your confidence and skills by auditioning to different jobs, plus you can use your recordings as samples to land clients outside of ACX.

Voices.com is a more general marketplace for voice actors, but you can specifically list your services under “Narrators.”

Other job boards for voice actors include Voice123 and Bunny Studio Voice.

Getting a job directly with an author or a publishing company allows you more flexibility in terms of your pay rate as well as a greater chance that you’re hired for future projects if you do a great job at first.

Your first stop should be FlexJobs. This job board vets companies that list jobs with them so you can rest assured you’re not going to get scammed.

The classic freelancer sites like Fiverr, Upwork, People Per Hour, and Freelancer are also great places to look for narrator gigs.

Tips to Be a Successful Audiobook Narrator

Read the book in advance. You’d think this shouldn’t even be said, but you’d be surprised at how many rookies waste time with imperfect recordings because they think they can wing it but get sidelined by unexpected words or accents from characters.

Develop a system to keep track of the characters and their voices. Some narrators color-code text spoken by different characters. Others list down pages and the lines themselves.

The physical descriptions of characters are also important when planning out voices for them. For instance, an active child may speak a little differently from a sick, frail child.

Learn to control your movements while narrating. Any movement you do creates extraneous noise: your clothes rustling, your desk or chair creaking, your foot tapping. If you’re working with a physical book, the sound of the pages turning can also make noise.

Watch your habits. Audiobook narration can strain your voice, so you’d be wise to change habits that will strain your voice even more.

This is a good time to stop smoking and drinking alcohol, especially before a recording session. It’s also a good idea to avoid eating food and drinking beverages that increase mucus output, such as dairy, eggs, soy products, soda, or coffee.

Another tip from the pros is to always have lip balm handy during a recording session. Otherwise, your lips could be cracked and bleeding at the end of a sessiomn.

The Bottom Line

Audiobook narration is only one branch of an over-arching voice actor industry.

There are plenty of other ways to earn a part-time or full-time gig with your voice, though you have to be dedicated and know where to get started.

This isn’t always an easy industry to get into, but it can be a very rewarding one with plenty of career satisfaction, especially if you love reading and like getting paid to read.

Does audiobook narration interest you? Where do you plan to look for jobs? Share your plans with us in the comments!

8 Social Media Jobs You Can Do From Home

Whether you’re a novice job seeker or you’re already working in social media and want to switch jobs, this list of 8 social media jobs should be useful for you.

People who spend their time online spend 30% of it on social media; even more if you’re a millennial or Gen Z.

Social media has opened up plenty of opportunities for businesses who want to reach this wide and connected audience, speak to their target audience, and convince them to do a specific action, such as read a blog post, answer a survey, or share the post on their social media.

Here’s a rundown of social media jobs you can do from home that only require a computer and an internet connection.

Entry-Level Social Media Jobs

Entry-level positions usually require at least a bachelor’s degree, even without experience, though those who already have at least a year’s experience generally get paid more.

1. Social Media Copywriter

As a social media copywriter, you’ll be in charge of writing and social media posts, day-to-day management of social content, as well as the monitoring, tracking, and analysis of metrics for your client’s social media program.

Your copy needs to work with the graphics on the post, so you’re probably going to be asked to work with the graphics design team to make sure the messaging matches.

You’d also need to understand how your social media content integrates with other digital marketing programs of your client, such as their email marketing, blog, website, and other digital marketing.

It’s preferable to have an undergraduate degree in English, marketing, or communications, though it’s not required.

Also known as: Social media content specialist, social media content creator, social media writer and editor

2. Social Media Graphic Designer

Social media platforms are increasingly prioritizing posts with images.

Businesses know this and are prepared to hire graphic designers specializing in creating digital images for social media.

These digital images include illustrations, designs, motion graphics like GIFs and cinemagraphs, and the aim is to create engaging and informative social media content.

The digital images also need to be consistent with your client’s branding and messaging.

Also known as: Social media visual designer, graphic design specialist

3. Customer Support Representative

Bigger businesses have dedicated social media accounts and messaging app accounts solely for answering questions by customers and potential customers.

Customer support representatives answer these inquiries and requests for assistance in a timely manner, all while projecting the desired brand voice and personality.

Social media followers that post anything—a question, feedback, suggestions—expect to be replied to within hours, if not minutes. It’s important to make them feel that what they have to say is important to your company.

Aside from answering them punctually, followers need to have their concerns resolved and all their questions answered in a satisfactory way.

Also known as: Social media customer service representative, social media customer care agent

4. Social Media Analyst

A social media analyst uses social media tools to monitor conversations about the company, current trends in social media and helps inform the overall social media strategy for the brand.

Social Media Analyst

They also determine how effective the current social media strategy is and whether engagement is happening on various social media platforms.

They should be able to analyze complex data from a variety of sources, such as social media listening and monitoring tools.

Also known as: Social media associate, social media strategist, specialist

Managerial-Level Social Media Jobs

Managerial positions often require at least a bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of experience in digital marketing or something related.

5. Social Media Manager

This is perhaps the most common and the most obvious position that you can apply for.

A social media manager creates and executes long-term social media strategies in accordance with objectives set by or approved by the company.

This involves optimizing which social media accounts should be active, planning the content (words and visual elements), scheduling the content, and making sure that everything reflects the brand personality.

Aside from organic social media posts, social media managers are also responsible for planning social media advertising campaigns.

Social Media Manager

They are also the ones who analyze the data from tracking software so they’d know if their strategies are working or not so they can adjust their strategies accordingly.

They may also be asked to delegate actual social media content creation and design to other employees. This is so that social media managers can focus on the overall strategy.

Note: If you want more details, check out our post on this site about being a social media manager.

Also known as: Social media content manager, social media content coordinator, social media coordinator, social media specialist

6. Content Marketing Manager

This is not a purely social media job, but it involves plenty of social media planning, promotion, and content creation.

A content marketing manager is responsible for creating content marketing endeavors that aim to direct traffic and engagement to a website.

The main component of content marketing is blogging and creating articles with calls to action (CTAs) for subscribing to newsletters, purchasing something on their site, or simply commenting on the posts.

Social media comes into play when it comes to promoting these blog posts and articles by posting compelling social media copy aiming to attract readers.

These content marketing initiatives normally includes social media campaigns to promote links and drive users to the site.

The main skills needed to do this job well are SEO writing, organizational skills, and creativity.

Content marketing managers also need to know how to monitor and analyze the results of their campaigns.

Also known as: Content marketing strategist, content marketing coordinator

7. Community Manager

A community manager is someone who is not only in charge of social media messaging but also in charge of engaging with customers.

When you’re merely in charge of social media posts, you can just drop the posts and then leave them to go about composing and scheduling the next posts.

But a community manager doesn’t just post and leave; they monitor each post for follower comments and shares, as well as reply to the comments as a brand representative.

Communities can be in the form of Facebook Groups, but more often than not, replying to audience comments on a post on a business’s social media page increases engagement and makes followers feel that they are seen and heard.

Community Manager

Depending on the company requirements, you can either reply to social media posts using the brand’s social media accounts or using a social media account of a certain persona.

You could, of course, use your personal account to do this, but it’s not advisable, especially if your personal account has been around for years.

Zealous social media followers of the brand are likely to scrutinize social media accounts that reply to them as a brand representative.

All your personal tweets are now subject to close examination, and if there’s even a single tweet that doesn’t match the brand personality, your campaign is going to fail.

Also known as: Engagement manager, social media brand advocate

8. Art Director

An art director is responsible for overseeing the overall aesthetics and imagery of a client’s social media campaigns.

Usually, an art director would be working with a team of graphic and visual designers, so companies would prefer art directors with experience in working with a team.

Also known as: Social media art director, digital art director for social media, senior social media graphic designer

Innate Abilities You Need to Be Successful in Social Media

There are skills that can be learned; using various social media, creating and designing compelling content, or working with social media tools to plan and schedule social media content.

But there are just some skills that can’t be taught.

Here are some of the inherent traits you need to have so you can do your social media job well.

Social skills

Posting on social media is one thing; posting on social media while able to really connect with an audience and building a relationship with them is another thing altogether.

Additionally, you should be able to carry on a conversation with anyone, regardless of age, gender, education level, or political affiliation.

Social Listening

Everyone can read a tweet or a status update, but not everyone can get meaningful insights or draw conclusions from them.

If you have a knack for social listening, you’re able to go through conversations happening around your brand and get a sense of what customers think or feel when they’re talking about your brand.

Do they like your brand or hate it? Are they complaining, or recommending your brand to someone else?

Analytical Skills

Because social media strategies are data-based (or at least, they should be), you’ll be dealing with a lot of data when you formulate these strategies.

Besides being comfortable with looking at numbers and data, you need to be able to analyze that data, formulate a hypothesis, and inform your decisions regarding planning and scheduling social media content.

Curiosity

Social media shifts quickly. What’s trending now may fizzle out tomorrow.

A curious social media worker would be someone who immerses themselves in social media, stays up to date with the trends, and examines them to find out what made them successful.

Adaptability

Adaptability complements curiosity.

When you find out about trends and what makes them work, you need to be able to adapt them to your social media job.

For instance, if you’re working as a social media content writer and you notice that a particular topic is trending, you’ll need to be able to turn around and write more of that topic so you can jump on the trend.

Where To Find Social Media Jobs

To help you find the best jobs, you’ll have to get into the best job seeker websites, starting with FlexJobs.

FlexJobs makes it safe to find legitimate jobs. Every company and employer who posts openings on their site has been thoroughly vetted and verified, so you can rest assured that you get high-quality jobs without being scammed.

Here are the other websites to find social media jobs.

The Bottom Line

Digital marketing, and social media marketing, in particular, is a thriving field offering numerous jobs that people can do with just a laptop, an internet connection, and a space to work.

If these social media jobs don’t pique your interest but you still want to work from home, check out these work from home jobs that you can start right now.

Or if you’d rather start your own online business from home, here are some ways to start an online business.

How attractive are these social media jobs? Were you inspired to find one today? Share your stories in the comments below!

28 Online Jobs for Artists That Pay for Your Creativity

Online jobs for artists are tricky to find.

In this day and age, anyone can get a full-time job in the comforts of their own homes and earn a livable income without the hassles of the daily commute, spending gas money, and so on.

That’s why I took the time to find different freelance art jobs to help you come up with legitimate ways you can get paid for your creativity.

Modern artist

Finding online jobs for artists that would preserve their artistry is harder to find because these gigs must have:

  1. an acceptable compensation and;
  2. an opportunity that would keep their creativity alive.

Artists are a special breed of people—they bring beauty, enlightenment, awareness, and just overall good vibes to the world. When their creativity, artistry, or spirit burns out, their art suffers in the end.

So what kind of online jobs for artists are there?

Types of Online Jobs for Artists

The cool thing about artistic jobs is that you can do as many or as few freelance art jobs as you want.

  • Freelance – You can cater to two or more clients at a time. Dabble in advertising, mixed with other specializations like t-shirt design, animation, and so on.
  • Full-time – As a full-time, but home-based employee, you work exclusively for one company or client. Your tasks are usually described before contract-signing and will continue to be your responsibilities throughout your “employment.”
  • Part-time – Part-time online jobs for artists are a mix of freelance and full-time gigs. You’d have to follow some kind of strict schedule, say 8 am to 12 noon, but you are free to do other gigs after work.

In the past, online jobs for artists were exclusive to work that requires no team effort.

For example, t-shirt design, tattoo design, and graphic design can all be done by a single person and have been known to be a good fit for work-from-home settings.

Meanwhile, animation work and marketing-related jobs such as branding or advertising often require multiple people in a team of artists to complete the work.

The advancement of communication tools and collaboration apps, as well as how companies now embrace the work-from-home culture have made working with a team easier, even if you actually perform your work at home.

This means the majority of the artistic jobs traditionally available in office-based settings are most likely available as work-at-home jobs as well.

10 Online Art Job Ideas

1. Logo Designer

Logo designer

Logo designers are in demand now more than ever. With how easy it is to start a business these days, everyone is looking for creative ways to showcase their new brands.

Fiverr is where most logo designers hang out, but if you’re looking for a steadier gig or even a stable job, go over to Indeed to check what jobs are available for graphic design.

2. T-Shirt Designer

Learn how to design and sell t-shirts, even without equipment or time for customer service.

T-shirts have the possibility to go viral too. The right design + the right ad could become an insane passive stream of income for years.

3. Illustrator

There are quite a few ways to make money as an online illustrator.

You can draw manually, scan your artwork and upload, or use any modern drawing pens and tablets to bring your art directly to the screen.

There are tons of technology to support illustrators these days, allowing you to create anything from stick people to realistic drawings, from line graphs to more complicated charts and diagrams, and a whole lot more.

You don’t even need to have a degree in illustration, but having one can give you an edge over your competition in terms of pay.

4. Font Designer

Designing fonts may seem silly, but you’d be surprised how a handful of graphic designers are still earning real money with fonts they’ve designed years ago.

A font designer can get employed by a company or you can create and sell your own fonts on various marketplaces.

5. Fashion Designer

Fashion Designer

When you think fashion design, the first thing that may come to your mind is the glitz and glamour of runways, magazines, photoshoots, and so on.

But before the clothes get into production and presentation (either by print or the runway), designing the actual lingerie, streetwear, dresses, outerwear, pants, tops and other types of clothing comes first.

And fashion design can be done wherever you are, which means it’s a perfect job for freelancers.

Plus, you’d be able to make at least $60k/year for one client alone.

6. Motion Graphics (3D) Artist

If you’re skilled at both special effects and animation, you’d be awesome as a 3D motion graphics artist.

You’d need advanced computer skills (with proficiency in tools like After Effects and Adobe suite) and several projects in your portfolio to land a job.

7. Industrial Designer

Do you have a flair for designing furniture, cars, or other industrial goods? Your skills can take you places if you explore engineering and industrial design.

You’ll need to have a knack for creating designs that balance visual aesthetics, function, user-friendliness, and cost.

This career path is also a lucrative one. An industrial designer can make at least $70k/year (and more if he/she takes on two or more clients).

8. Creative Jobs in the Tech World

Modern office

This fusion between the arts and the tech industry is an interesting field.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics found out (from surveying 400 marketing and advertising HR managers) that companies are looking for experienced workers with expertise in web production, mobile development, user interface, and interaction design for both mobile and web applications.

There are tons of tech-focused creative jobs available, and more jobs are being invented by the day.

9. Online Art Therapist

Seeing a therapist is not as taboo as it once was, and as jobs migrate to the virtual space, therapists can now hold sessions online.

Yes, even art therapists.

You might need to get a degree and some sort of professional certification and license to officially operate as an art therapist, but if doing art that helps people improve their mental health sounds fulfilling to you, it may well be worth it.

For more information, visit the American Art Therapy Association page.

10. Caricaturist

Art can be funny, too.

If you have a knack for focusing on qualities of a subject and humorously exaggerate it (and not be cruel about it), caricature art may be something to explore.

These days, caricaturists aren’t just hanging out in parks, boardwalks, or events; they can be found online, too.

You can be commissioned to create caricatures from digital photos for printing on heavy board or canvas to be framed or on various merchandise, such as t-shirts, mugs, holiday cards, invitations, etc.

If you’re into political or societal humor, magazines or newsletters may be looking for someone like you.

18 Freelance Art Jobs Available Year-Round

If you’re looking for freelance art jobs you can dip your fingers into, check out these 12 companies that are always in search of creatives like you:

Photographers

Photography Jobs

Those with mad skills behind the lens could join several websites and earn through either direct sales or commissions.

  1. Avanti Press – For photographers interested in designing greeting cards
  2. Nature Friend – Nature-focused magazine accepts submitted photographs for publication
  3. Obeo – You don’t need a portfolio here. You just have to take decent photos of homes listed in the real estate market
  4. The Sun Magazine – Freelance photographers can earn $100 to $500 for a one-time use of their photos
  5. Papyrus (see under How Do I Submit Artwork) – This greeting card company pays photographers and illustrators for their work to be included in their products

In the past, I’ve talked about several sources where photographers can turn their photos into cash.

Illustrators

Illustrator jobs

  1. Avatar Press – Illustrators and colorists can find regular freelance work with this comic book publisher.
  2. Analog Science Fiction – Exclusive for artists specializing in realistic-looking illustrations.
  3. Cricket Magazine – Only digital formats are accepted to their email.
  4. CafePress – Accepts fan designs of t-shirts, mugs, hats, tote bags, and many more.
  5. Cape Shore – If you’ve mastered painting in oil, watercolor, acrylic, or even mixed media and are interested in creating designs for the company’s holiday-themed paper products, then head over to Cape Shore for the opportunity.
  6. crowdspring – This site connects artists to clients in competitive bids for commissioned work, such as logo design, web pages, cover art, clothing, and many more. Currently, there’s a waitlist to join as a creative, but check back as they have open registrations from time to time.
  7. Edge Science Fiction & Fantasy – Exclusively for book cover artists.
  8. Funny Times – Got high-resolution illustrations with humor infused in them? Submit your artwork here.
  9. Oatmeal Studios – Submit funny greeting card designs and modern cartoon ideas. Oatmeal is always on the lookout for real talent.
  10. Photolamus – Create caricatures from submitted digital photos. Jump to “Artists Information” on the footer, leave your email address, and you’ll get contacted back.
  11. Rubber Stamp Madness – Regularly accepts artwork in specific themes.
  12. Viabella – Greeting card company accepts illustration submissions.
  13. Wild Apple – Wild Apple licenses and publishes creative artists throughout the year.

Where Else to Find Online Jobs for Artists

If you can’t find freelance art jobs from the list above, you can hang out in any of these useful resources:

  1. ArtJobs.com – ArtJobs.com is an international job board in the Arts & Creative Industries, so you’ll see some acting and singing job postings right beside visual artist and illustrator job postings.
  2. Arts Thread – Ideal for graphic design artists.
  3. Authentic Jobs – You get a mix of creative, design, and tech jobs on this job board.
  4. Behance – Classic site allowing all types of visual artists to display their portfolios and connect with employers looking for artists online.
  5. Krop – Creative industry job board and portfolio hosting website, allowing you to search for jobs and display your portfolio on this site.

There’s also FlexJobs, Indeed, Glassdoor, Hubstaff Talent, LinkedIn, and other online job boards that are filled to the brim with opportunities for those deep into creative arts.

The Bottom Line: Artists CAN Make Money!

From the moment you knew you were an artist, I bet you can hear the naysayers clicking their tongues and muttering “just another starving artist.”

Well, they’re wrong!

Persist in looking for online jobs for artists that won’t require you to sacrifice your soul.

You’d be surprised at how many online jobs for artists there really are and how the right opportunity can turn your creativity into your main source of income.

Which of these online jobs are you interested in applying to? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

How to Become a Work from Home Financial Advisor

The financial industry had been delayed in embracing the virtual work setting, but gradually, more and more jobs are now being offered with flexible arrangements. Today, I’ll focus on becoming a work-from-home financial advisor – it’s a pretty in-demand job traditionally, but will it work if the clients you normally communicate with face-to-face are no longer in front of you?

This post talks about how much you can earn from a work-from-home financial advisor position, and if being employed with a bank, private firm or other financial institution is better than the freelance route.

But first, let’s talk basics.

What does a Work-from-home Financial Advisor do?

A financial advisor is a general term that encompasses the role of brokers, stockbrokers, account executives, wealth management advisors, or other fancy names financial institutions call their skilled employees who handle customer accounts.

“Handle” here means a lot of things, depending on what the customer’s financial goals are.

This could refer to buying or selling stocks, bonds, and other securities on behalf of clients… or providing general financial advice regarding investments or something more client-specific like retirement plans.

The duties of work-from-home financial advisors are the same as those who work in traditional office settings.

These include:

  • Providing sound financial advice based on client goals. When employed in banks or insurance companies, a financial advisor is a person who would be facilitating the client’s transaction requests such as buying a new insurance policy or transferring funds into another investment.
  • Explaining laws relevant to the client’s financial goals. Financial advisors are up-to-date with laws related to insurance, taxes, investments, and other similar avenues.
  • Guiding clients to available services. It doesn’t matter if the financial advisor works at a bank, investment firm, and an insurance company or he/she works freelance getting new clients to sign up for certain services. This job will involve in-depth explaining (or sometimes up-selling) about products and services you think a client needs.
  • Helping clients build a financial plan. Some financial advisors do not sell any product or services. Instead, they provide consulting services to help clients plan out future expenses such as retirement, education, life insurance, investment, and so on.
  • Researching appropriate investments for clients. When a client has funds for a small home business or a corporation but has no idea what kind of business to put up, this is where a financial advisor steps in. He/she conducts research based on industry markets, client requirements, potential risks, and personal finance knowledge.

The financial advisor may seem like a job anyone can do, but this is actually not true.

The responsibilities of these advisors can be stress-inducing since there is not much room for error.

Poor advice could be costly to clients and lead to the advisor’s job loss, or worse, a major embarrassment to the advisor’s company.

Education, Skills, and Equipment Needed to Become a Virtual Financial Advisor

A work-from-home financial advisor has the same credentials as his/her office-based counterparts.

  • Formal education: A bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, pre-law, or mathematics will help begin a career as a financial advisor. Some colleges also offer financial planning short courses.
  • Training: A work-from-home financial advisor usually begins his/her career under the wing of a senior advisor. This is where entry-level advisors learn the ropes hands-on and build their own investment portfolios and client network.
  • Short courses: Any coursework with in-depth classes in taxes, investments, estate planning, mutual funds, and risk management are helpful as an introduction to this career.
  • Certification: If you completed any finance-related bachelor’s degree and already have at least 3 years of work experience, you can take an exam and (if you pass) become a Certified Financial Planner (CFP).
  • Licenses: Not all financial advisors would need certification. However, if you are providing financial advice and buying/selling stocks and bonds on behalf of other people, you or your company must be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Meanwhile, those who buying/selling insurance policies must obtain a license from state boards. Check with the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) how you can get your license.
  • Required Skills: As someone who will be talking to clients day-in, day out, you need advanced communication and interpersonal skills. You should have natural teaching ability, so you could explain technical and complex financial information to clients. Math and analytical skills are just as important since you’ll be faced with numbers, graphs, charts, and other financial data, which you need to explain to clients. And if you’re selling a product or service, sales skills will come a long way as well.

Financial jobs like this require continuous learning because of the ever-changing state of local and global economies.

How Much do Finance Advisors Make?

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, entry-level financial advisers can earn around $41.5k/year (around $20/hour), while senior advisors could take home up to $208k/year ($100/hour).

Of course, these numbers only consider those who are employed with financial institutions like banks, investment firms, insurance companies, stock market firms, and other similar companies.

A freelance financial advisor can earn on a commission basis if he/she brings in new clients or product orders to investment firms, banks, and other institutions.

Some freelance advisors own their respective companies and could bring in larger revenues.

A work-from-home financial advisor can either work for a firm, start his own financial consultation service, or a mix of both.

Entry-level advisors would likely earn less than their office-based counterparts, but experienced advisors who have impressive portfolios already and recognized names could earn as much as when they worked in an office setting.

Freelance vs. Employed by a Firm

Working from home can be done both as a freelance financial advisor and as someone employed by a firm.

There are pros and cons to both these routes:

Freelance (either solo or with a few home-based office employees)

  • Pros: You can become a financial advisor and earn entirely commission-based from two or more companies. You have can control which product and service to recommend to your own clients. And because you don’t work by-the-clock, you have the freedom to work as much or as little as you want.
  • Cons: Unfortunately, there are no “company benefits” to speak of as a freelancer. Plus eventually, if you’re a good work-from-home financial advisor, your operation has the potential to expand. When this happens, you would need more space (to rent an office, build a home office), and hire assistants to support your business. While expansion is always good, it also comes with additional expenses and/or more government fees, taxes, and licensing requirements.

If you’re looking for inspiration, check out how Bill Harris launched his website Personal Capital in 2011 and provided effective money management for clients with $100,000 to $2,000,000 to invest.

Now, this is a full-fledged firm.

Employed by a financial institution 

  • Pros: You don’t need to invest in office equipment and renting out a suitable office space. You receive company benefits and get paid a salary and sometimes added commissions for extraordinary work. You get to work only 40 hours a week with travel and some fieldwork for meetings sprinkled into your schedule.
  • Cons: You are restricted to the clients your employer assign to you. It is very rare for financial institutions to allow you to work “on the side” for other companies, which means your compensation is quite limited.

Is Work-from-Home Financial Advisor a Good Career Path?

Whichever route you take in your work-from-home journey, the good news is financial advisors as a career is projected to grow 15% until 2026.

According to the BLS, this is because a growing number of baby boomers is off to retirement and would need help with money management moving forward.

A work-from-home financial advisor is a good profession for those who have experience working in the finance industry.

Unfortunately, because of the risks it could potentially cause other people’s life savings, becoming a financial advisor isn’t a profession anyone can just jump right into.

If you’re interested in working in the financial industry, but don’t want a consultant or advisor position, check out how to land virtual bookkeeping or work-from-home insurance jobs. You can even find part-time work helping other people prepare their taxes.

7 Ways to Make Money Gardening for All Seasons

If you’ve always had a green thumb and you’re looking for ways to bring extra income from home, did you know that you can make money gardening?

I’m talking about real cash that you can supplement your income with, or better yet, turn into a full-blown business that you can operate totally from the comforts of your own home. 

Sound interesting?

Here are 7 ways you can make money gardening

The cool thing about the methods below is you can pick and choose which income-generating gardening activity you want to focus on depending on your interests and available garden space. You can start small, or plan big for all the methods below – it’s totally up to you.

1. Sell Fruits and Vegetables

Nothing is more fulfilling than being able to plant and harvest fruits and vegetables. Although some plants take months (or even years) before you are able to harvest, there are many others that are easier to grow and sell. You just need to figure out what kinds of fruits and vegetables your place and climate can cultivate. Here are some examples:

  • Vegetables – Some vegetables grow year-round and are perfect for beginners. These include beetroot, potatoes, garlic, onions, beans, peas, radishes, cucumbers, bell peppers, and leafy greens like lettuce and spinach. You can start in small pots and expand once you’ve gotten the hang of it. If you have limited space, you can even stick to sprouts and microgreens – they’re quick to grow and easy to multiply.
  • Fruits – Fruits are trickier because they take years to grow. (Except if you consider tomatoes and cucumbers a fruit, then that’s a debate we should talk at another day). Planting fruit trees should probably be a long-term plan because your returns wouldn’t be until 5 to 10 years. Examples include lemons, pears, apples, tangerines, avocados, peaches, plums, and various berries (cherries, strawberries, blackberries, and so on).
  • Mushrooms – Mushrooms are technically not plants, but part of the fungi family. Some types of mushrooms, like oyster and shiitake, can be grown indoors. They grow and multiply exceptionally fast even in small spaces (25-pound/square foot) and can be sold at around $5 to $10 a pound.

Once you’ve harvested and have sold to everyone you know, but don’t have the certifications to sell at the farmer’s market, check out sites like Ripe Near Me where you can find people who would love to take the produce off your hands for a fair price.

2. Make Money Gardening Flowers and Decorative Plants

If you haven’t found success in gardening fruits and vegetables, maybe you can try decorative and flowering plants. For example:

  • Succulents – As a favorite housewarming gift or as a new-job gift because they aren’t the hardest to take care of. Jade, aloe vera, cactus, and a whole range of succulent plants are also super easy to propagate. Some even multiply by themselves if you leave them outdoors. Invest in tiny, adorable pots, re-pot these babies, and sell them by-the-pot.
  • Flowers – You can sell flowering plants by the pot, or sell the actual flowers. It totally depends on how much you want to commit to a gardening business. You can even join local wedding sites and offer your flowers to would-be brides. Or better yet, partner up with a local florist and see if they could give you a good deal.
  • Indoor plants – Indoor plants are awesome investments but can be hard for beginners to grow. If you made a jungle for your living room and want to sell some of your beloved plants, you’d surprise how much you can sell snake plants, Photos, spider plant, Dracaena, ZZ plant, Philodendron, Rubber Tree, and Alocasia if you presented them in a cool pot. You can even look for interior designers or real estate agents near you who would be interested in buying your plants.
  • Indoor trees – If you check out housekeeping magazines, I bet you can find a picture or two with gigantic trees near a stylishly staged living room. If you’re able to propagate plants like the Fiddle Leaf Fig tree, Calamondin Orange Tree, Parlor Palm tree, and Umbrella trees (among others), you’re lucky because these sell quite high.

Depending on how much plants you’re able to produce and sell in any given month, you can even start an online shop for your plants.  Start small by opening up a Facebook page, instead of building a website from scratch.

3. Sell Seeds, Seedlings and Cuttings

You don’t even need to let your plants grow full size. You can make money gardening by selling seeds of from your last harvest, planting seedlings for sale, or taking cutting from your grown trees.

You’d be surprised that there are passionate hobbyists for every type of produce. Hot-peppers have a huge community and people from all walks of life buy and sell seeds of Habanero, African Devil, Trinidad Scorpion, Ghost Pepper, and Carolina Reaper (among many more). Some of them have no luck growing from seeds, so they begin with seedlings instead.

When it comes to cuttings (or small pieces cut from larger plants), some plants work and some do not. Mulberry is a good example of plant cuttings that can be shipped and survive even up to a week before repotting. If you have a lot of cuttings to sell, go to a nearby nursery and see if they’d be willing to buy.

4. Sell Homemade Products from Your Garden

The potential for products you can sell from your garden is unlimited. Below are just some examples of how you can make money gardening:

  • Herbs, spices and herbed butter – If you are fond of growing herbs, you can try to multiply them and sell them as a set. You can even create your own recipe of dried-herb spice mix and advertise it for steak lovers, pizza lovers, and so on. Herbed butter is a good example of how you can turn herbs into a well-loved product. Experiment and level-up ordinary butter into fancy herbed butter – you’ll be shocked at how many people look for this.
  • Fruit smoothies – For those with an oversupply of strawberries, cherries, other fruits and vegetables, you can turn them into smoothies and offer them at a nearby grocery store. Some people just post these products on Instagram or Facebook and turn neighbors into loyal customers.
  • Dried produce – Invest in a dryer and go crazy drying out apples, peaches, and even vegetables to make dried snacks. People trying to eat healthy would love new things to try.
  • Home décor – Potpourri, acorns, and other things from nature used as home décor can become a business. Even what other people may think of as trash, you can still turn into gold. Check out what Etsy has when it comes to rustic home décor so you could have an idea of what plants can be sold.
  • Candles and soap – Flowers and other plants with fragrance are often mixed with handmade soaps and candles. If you have a lot of flowers to dispose of, why not get into candle making or soap making business as well?
  • Homemade compost and potting soil – Veteran gardeners know how to make their own “black gold” or compost. And how to create potting soil for succulents, vegetables, or any other specific plant.

These are just a few ideas on the top of my head. I bet you can check out your garden now and think of more things you can turn into gold.

5. Sell Canned & Bottled Produce from Your Garden

Once you’ve got your vegetable and fruit garden down to a science, you already know which produce you’ll be able to harvest in the next week or month. Aside from selling the produce outright, another way to bring your goods into the market is to learn bottling and canning fruits and vegetables. This way, you’d be able to make products like:

  • Sauces – From hot sauce to salsas, relishes and other similar concoctions, if you’re able to mix your own blend, you can sell them as well.
  • Pickled Everything – There are tons of fruits and vegetables you can pickle beyond the traditional cucumbers. Carrots, onions, peppers, rhubarb, squash, asparagus, cauliflower, ginger, green beans, peaches, strawberries and many many more. Depending on what fruit or vegetable you pickled, you can sell them by-the-jar for $20 to $50 per quart jar.
  • Oils and vinegar – Did you get a surplus of garlic harvested this year? Turn it into chili garlic oil and bottle it up for sale. Regular vinegar can also be sold when mixed with your spice mix, hot peppers, ginger, or onions for one-of-a-kind, bottled spiced vinegar.
  • Fruit syrups, jams, jellies and marmalade – These products are always a hit at the farmer’s market because homemade tastes much better than their mass-produced, store-bought counterparts.

6. Get into Beekeeping for Honey Products

Not all communities will allow you to keep bees, so better check first. Once you do and you’re interested in making money beekeeping, check out my more in-depth guide about beekeeping as a business.

7. Make Money Gardening by Renting it Out

If your garden has turned out into a garden like the Mad Hatter’s, or a place you can chill and host people, you can hire out your garden for private parties (weddings, birthdays, romantic dinners, and so on), meetings, craft workshops, and other similar events.

If you have a mini farm and would love to host people for apple picking, or other kinds of “picking,” then send invites to your local community. You’ll earn money from the entrance fee you’d be asking per person.

Are you up for sharing your knowledge? You can make money gardening by teaching others how they could grow certain plants, trees and vegetables themselves.

The Bottom Line

Like any kind of business, there are guidelines for every type of produce, plant, or business idea you wish to pursue.

It is guaranteed that you can make money gardening, but not all areas will allow you to do so. Before you prep your soil for planting or buy supplies, make sure you check with your homeowners’ association, zoning regulations, or even city restrictions if you are violating any rules and if you need a license.

For example, in California, if you deliver your own produce to customers or have them pick it up from you, you don’t need any license to sell fruits and vegetables. But if you’re planning to sell on a farmer’s market, you’ll have to apply for state certification. Of course, this will depend on which state or city you live in, where or how much you’re selling, and so on. It’s better to be sure than waste startup money.

Don’t miss this post if you’re interested in more ways to make money from nature.

How to Land the Perfect Remote eSports Job

You heard about the professional gamers who make millions a year, but did you know that there are other office-based and remote eSports jobs available, beyond the superstar, professional video gamer? They’re the people behind-the-scenes working day-in, day-out to bring the pros into the spotlight.

And like other traditional sports organizations like the NBA, NFL, and so on, these eSports events can be a lot of work. There are planning, marketing, negotiating, setting up, and ensuring everything is perfect days, weeks, or even months before the eSports teams arrive to play the game.

So if you’re interested in what’s in store in the eSports industry, read on. This is a special guide for the right person:

Types of Remote eSports Jobs

The following jobs can be independent from the pro player. Meaning, if you decide on a career in any of the following professions, you won’t be a part of any eSports team, but YOU CAN work from home (or remotely).

eSports Reporter & eSports Caster

As the name implies, this gig is perfect for those who are great at commentating. You’ll need a comprehensive knowledge of the industry, the games, and even the histories of the players involved, so this job isn’t for someone new to eSports.

What’s cool about this job though is that you can provide on-the-fly commentary during the tournament live (or for a recorded game anytime after). You can be employed by any media network, or work on your own blog, stream your “report” on Twitch or YouTube channel. The job can be virtually done anywhere, as long as you have the right equipment for the job.

eSports Analyst

An eSports analyst should have the same knowledge of the industry as any eSportscaster or reporter. However, aside from just reporting the blow-by-blow of the tournament, analysts take the information and use it to help a particular player, team, game developer, broadcaster, or other professionals.

Analysts create game strategies by pointing out the strengths/weaknesses of players and analyzing opponents’ performances.

eSports Marketer

Because the world of eSports depends on the fans of gamers, social media is a BIG part of the industry’s success. You can work as an independent marketer or social media manager, who will be responsible for growing an existing fan case for a particular video game, gaming company, or team.

This job is very broad and could include content writing, video creation, community management, and so on.

These remote eSports jobs are also available in traditional office-based settings.

eSports Teams in the Field, Remote and Office

The following jobs make or break a video game star’s career. Because professional eSports players focus only on the game, every other task (promotion, negotiation, scheduling, marketing, brand sponsorship, and other specific tasks) are assigned to other people in the team.

The following eSports jobs can either be done remotely, on the field and office-based. My best bet is that most of these require a mix of all three, so before checking out these jobs, understand what you’re signing up for.

  • eSports Recruiter – A gaming house employs the eSports recruiter to find gaming stars to join their teams.
  • eSports Coach – The eSports coach is like any other coach – he/she works closely with players, ensure that the players perform their 100% at all times, and uphold the rules of their respective gaming houses.
  • eSports Manager – The job of an eSports manager is similar to the coach, except his tasks are more about the business side of eSports and NOT about the games themselves. So expect an eSports manager to be taking care of schedules, sponsorships, branding, communication, and so on.
  • Tournament crew – This entry-level job gets you into the gaming houses’ day-to-day tasks, but the job will vary from secretarial duties that are bound to the office, or roadies, drivers and other crew involved with tour duties.

Jobs Responsible for day-to-day eSports business operations

There are many employment opportunities within the eSports industry that most people had no idea were available for them.

Many people with non-gaming-related professions are also involved in the day-to-day business operations of gaming companies. For example, if you’re an accounting professional or web developer with extensive experience in payment solutions, you have a chance at becoming a part of any gaming company with revenues. Other possible jobs are available in the following fields:

  • IT – For game development companies, the role of coder, game developer and other similar professionals are on the top of the chain. They are very in-demand, so if you’re good at digital drawing, animations, and programming, you’re in the perfect industry.
  • Human Resources and Communications – From recruitment to social media marketing and everything about expanding the presence of a gaming company, this field has plenty of opportunities for the taking.
  • Marketing and Sales – If you have a background in sales and marketing, you’ll be right at home in promoting the game houses, game developers, or any other brands. You may also be assigned to negotiate sponsorships.
  • Content creation – Aside from the video game itself, there is plenty of content required in this industry. Examples of jobs include videographer, photographer, content writer, or meme creator.

eSports Companies Hiring People of all Skills

The office-based and remote eSports jobs I listed here are just a few of the many other employment opportunities in this industry.

Explore others available on specific career pages of gaming companies, eSports teams, and other big guys in the world of competitive video gaming.

  • Blizzard Entertainment – This company launched popular games like Starcraft, Overwatch and World of Warcraft. They are located in California, but sometimes open remote eSports jobs depending on the projects they currently have.
  • Riot Games – If you know the Leagues of Legends, you know this company. Also based in California, Riot Games has positions for its other studios around the world (China, Singapore, Ireland, Korea, Turkey, Brazil, and so on).
  • Electronic Sports League (ESL Gaming) – This is one of the biggest esports company that hosts tournaments each year. Based in Germany, but has multiple locations around the world.
  • Amazon – Yes, the retail giant is also heavily invested in eSports. They have their own game development studio (Amazon Game Studios) and have job openings regularly.

Teams or Game Houses should be your goal company if you want to be closer to the action. Companies like Cloud9, Team SoloMid, Team Liquid, Fnatic, G2 eSports, Immortals, 100 Thieves, and Envy Gaming (among others) hire a wide range of people to support their respective rockstar players.

Twitch, where many video game stars launch their careers, also have job openings that are related to the eSports world. You can also find jobs on eSports-specific job boards such as Hitmarker and Jobs in eSports.

Which eSports Jobs Do you See Yourself in?

eSports has slowly crept into a global industry. Before the start of 2020, the eSports industry generated over $500 million in revenues with more and more eSports teams being scouted, formed, and made to compete in local and international tournaments.

The misconception that you have to be a genius at playing video games to land a job in this industry is a common misconception.

But if you’ve always been interested in eSports and would want a career change, I hope this guide has given you job ideas, from getting front and center with the action on the field, or just supporting the team backstage with remote eSports jobs, and many other career paths this industry can open up for you.

Interested in more info? Check out these posts about making money playing video games, video game writing jobs, and how to get paid playing Fortnite.

How to Start a Successful Life Coaching Business

Do you love helping people get through obstacles to their dreams? Do you always have the right words for anyone who needs encouragement? Have you always wanted to start your own business from home? If you answered yes to all these questions, starting a life coaching business may be for you.

In recent years, people have increasingly been seeking the advice of life coaches as they strive to improve themselves, learn how to deal with the stress of modern life, and overcome adversity to achieve their goals.

But what exactly does becoming a life coach involve, and how can you make a career out of changing other people’s lives?

Today, you’ll learn how to start a life coaching business and make money doing something fulfilling.

What Does A Life Coach Do?

A life coach provides counseling, motivation, and guidance for the purpose of helping their clients achieve their goals for a particular aspect of their life: personal life, relationships, finances, career, business, and many others.

Being a life coach involves listening to clients to find out what they want to achieve, where they are currently, and what hindrances they’re encountering on the way to their goals.

With this knowledge, life coaches can help their clients set realistic goals, create a concrete plan, and learn how to deal with and overcome obstacles to their plans.

These hindrances can be one of the following: crushing debt, unhealthy habits and coping mechanisms, anxiety or any other mental health struggles, toxic relationships, unfulfilled or unacknowledged emotional needs, sudden life changes, such as illness, death, divorce, unemployment, retirement, and many others.

Unlike therapy that examines past behavior through counseling, life coaching focuses on the now and helps whatever a client wishes to achieve in the future. As such, the title of a life coach may change depending on the type of help provided, such as business coach, personal finance coach, health coach, and more.

What does a life coach do

How Much Can You Earn as a Life Coach?

Life coaches can make anywhere between $12.45 to $147.68 an hour (around $25,900 to $307,000 annually).

If this range seems too wide, that’s because a life coach has plenty of job descriptions, tasks, and other potential sources of income.

Life coaches who are full-time employees of a company can expect to make up to $32 per hour.

However, if you go your own way and start your own life coaching business, you can make at least $65 to more than a hundred dollars per hour, with business coaches making up to $300.

The more clients you take in, the higher your earnings are, which is true for most consultation type jobs.

Other side cash opportunities for life coaches include group coaching, workshops, speaking engagements, online courses, and other services.

Note that the incomes of those who coach remotely (via phone, e-mail, video conferencing, Skype, or other similar means) are often lower than those who work with clients in person.

What You Need to Have a Successful Life Coaching Business

If you’re going to run your life coaching business from home, the first thing you’ll have to set up is your home office.

Find a space in your house that’s quiet, with minimal background noise and foot traffic. In other words, setting up your home office in between your living room and the kitchen is a bad idea.

At the minimum, your home office needs to have a computer or laptop that can run video conferencing software, a noise-canceling headset, and a high-definition web camera

When you have your home office in place, you can now think about what else you need to actually succeed as a life coach.

Like most jobs that deal with helping other people, you need certain expertise and characteristics to turn your passion into a full-time career. Here are some of the requirements for success:

  • Training and certifications – You don’t have to have a bachelor’s degree to start being a life coach. However, you’ll need to invest time, effort, and a bit of cash for training and certification. If you’re able to get just one certification, get it from the International Coaching Federation (ICF), which is the only globally recognized credentialing program for life coaches and coach practitioners. To get this certification, you’ll have to enroll in an ICF-accredited training program, offered in many different places.
  • Patience – People have different timelines when adapting to change. Some adapt quickly, while others may have a learning curve when it comes to following new routines, accepting new ideas, or adapting new life-changing techniques you may recommend. As a life coach, it is your job to patiently guide a client through their action plan at their own pace.
  • Time management skills – To provide your life coaching services to multiple clients over the course of the day, plus to take care of he day-to-day tasks of a business, you need to be able to manage your time properly.
  • Passion and experience – A life coach must be passionate about what they’re doing. If not, it will be impossible to become interested in another person’s troubles and help them with their challenges. Of course, it is just as important to have enough real-life experience to provide solid advice to clients. Your own personal life experience will be your most important tool to get clients to pay attention to you.
  • Research skills – Every time you take in a new client, you’ll be faced with a unique set of challenges to work on. While you may be an experienced life coach who has helped numerous clients, you’ll still have to do extensive research, additional training, and combine two or more techniques in handling a particular case.
  • Communication and active listening skills – Life coaching always goes two-way. Your clients need to tell you all about them and you need to actively listen. When you know enough to help them, you need to be able to effectively tell them what they need to do to help themselves.
  • Goal-oriented – Most clients have a timeline in mind when signing up for a life coach’s services. While every person’s needs are different, it’s important to be upfront with a realistic timeline and strive to help the client meet their goals within that timeframe.
  • Empathy – Life coaching shouldn’t be all about business. At its core, your role is to help people. You can only do this effectively if you’re in tune with the feelings and emotions of your clients.
  • Authenticity – You don’t have to oversell your skills just to sign a client onto your services. People can see right through this. Always be authentic when doing your job as a life coach. Be honest about what you know, how much experience you have, and how you can expect to help them.
  • Perceptiveness and inquisitiveness – Some people may not be able to communicate their concerns properly or find it hard to open up to you as easily. As such, it is important that you know how to ask the right questions and how to interpret what they’re saying (and what they’re not saying) to learn as much as you can about the client.
  • Willingness to learn – Life coaching isn’t a static field. Every day there is more and more information about the brain, emotions, and our response to both stress and motivation. You must be willing to always be learning so you can improve your coaching styles and be able to adapt to each and every client.

Aside from being a great life coach, you’ll also need to learn how to run your own business. Do your best to learn as much about digital marketing, administration, and financial management to make sure you keep your business afloat.

Pro tip: Even if you believe you have most, if not all, the life coach qualities listed above, one of the best ways to determine if this profession is for you is to hire a life coach for yourself. The experience would help you understand the coaching process and even pave the way to start your life coaching business.

Life Coaching

How To Start a Life Coaching Business

So now that you know what is expected of you, here’s how you can begin to build your life coaching business.

1. Find your life coaching niche.

Life coaching is actually a wide field. If your offer is vague and the results you promise are too generic, finding and retaining clients is going to be a pain.

You need to be able to find your niche so you can use your unique combination of expertise, experience, skills, and personality to be able to solve specific problems and deliver precise, time-bound results to a defined group of clients.

Here are some niches you might consider:

  • Businesses/Organizations
  • Career transitions/Job searches
  • Creatives (e.g., writers, artists, actors, etc.)
  • Executives (e.g., CEOs, presidents, etc.)
  • Academics
  • Health and Fitness
  • Leadership
  • Life vision and enhancement
  • Romantic relationships
  • Family
  • Spirituality
  • Financial
  • Aging/Retirement
  • Mental wellness

As a side note, many life coaches begin their careers as a blogger in a particular niche, and what makes them effective as life coaches is that they’ve already established a niche and built an audience base of people who are interested in what they have to say about that niche.

So if you’re already running a blog with plenty of readers and subscribers, consider offering life coaching services on the side.

2. Work toward your life coach certification and complete a training program (or a few).

As I’ve mentioned, the main certifying organization is the ICF, but there are other professional life coaching groups and associations. To get your credentials, you’ll need to complete a certain number of hours of training, as well as hours of coaching experience and a certain number of clients.

Legally, credentials aren’t required for you to offer life coaching, but having them goes a long way toward building your credibility with your clients, both current and potential. It shows you’re serious about learning more and doing your job better.

Also, networking through these groups gives you an advantage in that you get to learn best practices and know the most recent coaching trends and whether they’re a good fit for you.

The thing is you’ll have to spend for these training programs and credentials, but perhaps thinking of that money as capital for your business.

Here are some professional associations you might want to look into.

3. Practice and hone your life coaching skills.

If you want to get paid coaching experience, you can look for companies that have life coaching job openings so you can apply your training and sharpen your skills.

You may want to search online job boards first, such as FlexJobs, Indeed, or LinkedIn.

Examples of companies that hire remotely include Real Appeal (health niche), Vida (mental and physical health niche), AskMarsVenus (relationships niche), Tony Robbins (business niche), among others.

You can also find work in your local vocational counseling centers, abuse centers, family services facilities, and nursing homes.

Large corporations are also starting to hire in-house life coaches to help their employees set their career goals and achieve them.

Do note that because you’re affiliated with a company, you may not be allowed to coach clients on the side just yet.

You may think that this will delay the start of your life coaching business, but think of it as a worthy one, as you’ll become credentialed plus the experience makes you a better life coach.

3. Register your business.

To protect your private assets in case the business becomes bankrupt or get asked to pay damages or fines, make sure you apply for a business classification, such as a limited liability company (LLC), as well as business insurance.

You may think it’s an unnecessary expense, but actually being registered as a business helps your credibility, entitles you to tax breaks, and as I’ve said, protects your personal savings and assets.

4. Create your core coaching package.

Remember that your clients come to you for solutions to their problems that they cannot find by themselves. It is your job to find out what problems your target customer is having so you can show them solutions.

As you’re only beginning, it is advisable to start your life coaching business by creating one specific package for a specific market and become good at actually delivering results with this package.

The better you get, the more the word goes out, and the more clients you can get. This is the time to branch out and expand your client base.

An example of a package is 10 video call sessions with 50 minutes per session for $1,000, or two in-person sessions plus 8 video call sessions for $1,500.

Part of creating a package is deciding on the price, too, so do your product research and compare your packages with other coaches in the same niche.

5. Establish your online presence.

As I mentioned, marketing is an integral part of your life coaching business.

Plan and implement your marketing techniques continuously, whether it involves simple forum posting, or a more complicated lead generation campaign. The important thing is you work on it relentlessly.

Other examples of online marketing you could try to mix and match are email marketing, Facebook groups, guest blogging, paid advertising, and more.

6. Invest in continuous education and personal development.

Your life coaching business relies mainly on your own skills, you’ll have to include the cost of continuous training and personal development in your business cost.

Fortunately, there are plenty of webinars, online courses, membership sites, and other online resources to gain more knowledge and learn about coaching skills that you can use to change your clients’ lives.

Start Your Life Coaching Business Today!

Life coaching can be the most challenging, and yet fulfilling and life-changing careers one can ever follow.

Imagine having a business where you can earn a better-than-decent income that still gives you plenty of free time while changing and improving other peoples’ lives.

However, this path isn’t for everyone. It takes a certain kind of personality to be able to help clients help themselves by allowing them to be vulnerable and talking about their problems and deepest, darkest secrets.

And if this is you, then you’re all set with a life coaching business.

If it’s not, perhaps your career path is in our massive list of work from home jobs.

Do you have what it takes to start a life coaching business? Or would you rather work for a company as a life coach? Sound out in the comments below!

How To Become A Travel Consultant and Get Paid To Plan Trips

Do you genuinely enjoy organizing trips? Does planning itineraries excite you? Does helping other people plan their trips give you a sense of satisfaction? If so, read on to learn how to become a travel consultant; this career may be for you!

In recent years, the boom of the travel industry and the improvement of technology has created not only more job openings, but also to new online job opportunities.

Aside from travel bloggers who share their personal travel experiences and actually earn through sponsorships and ads, travel-focused professions like booking agents, cruise marketers, and airline customer service jobs (among others) are now being offered as work-from-home opportunities.

That is, being a travel agent is no longer the only way to break into the travel industry and make money.

Today, we look at how to become a travel consultant: what they do, what the job entails, how to start your own travel consultancy business, and where to find travel consultant jobs to benefit from their training and experience.

What Does A Travel Consultant Do?

The main responsibility of a travel consultant is to create an exceptional travel experience for their clients.

To do this, you’ll need to pay close attention to each client’s likes, dislikes, travel background, hobbies, and interests.

Of course, it’s also your job to listen to what your client wants and needs to accomplish for each trip, whether it’s for business or pleasure.

You can then create a proposal with options for transportation, accommodation, tour packages, and other aspects of a particular trip, including the pros and cons of each option.

When your client has decided, it’s then your job to make all the necessary arrangements and reservations.

Plus, you need to be ready to assist your clients with any concerns or questions they would have before, during, and after each trip.

Building strong relationships with your clients is the focus of being a travel consultant, as repeat business and referrals through positive word of mouth are more valuable than one-offs.

While both are legitimate travel jobs, you might think a travel consultant is the same as a travel agent, but they’re different from each other.

Travel consultants offer a more personal service, as they create itineraries and book accommodations, facilities, tours, and experiences based on their clients’ preferences and personality.

They are more involved in decision-making, and they usually go the extra mile to make sure each travel experience is tailored to each individual client.

On the other hand, travel agents are usually tasked to book reservations for a customer who more or less already knows what they want.

Rarely any collaboration happens between a customer and travel agent and rarely is a travel agent asked for input in travel decisions by that customer.

You can also think of it this way: Travel agents book what their software says is available, while travel consultants book whatever would make their clients’ travel a pleasant, memorable one and go beyond expectations.

If you’re already a licensed travel agent, you might want to learn how to become a travel consultant. Not only does being a consultant pay more, but it’s also a more fulfilling, rewarding career choice.

Travel Consultant Job Requirements

Since you’re going to be working from home, you’ll need to set up an office at home, ideally somewhere quiet with minimal background noise.

An up-to-date computer or laptop, high-speed internet, a noise-canceling USB headset (performs better than wireless or Bluetooth ones), and a high-definition web camera for video calls are the basics you need to have in our home office.

Aside from your home office setup, here are the requirements to become a successful travel consultant.

  • A website – It’s always a good idea to set up a website as your portfolio and a means for people to contact you. If your time permits it, posting on the blog would provide you organic traffic from keywords like “travel planning service” or “(place) itinerary.”
  • Extensive knowledge in the travel industry – You need to know the ins and outs of the travel industry, including when to score low-priced airline tickets, a wide range of accommodation options beyond 5-star hotels, and other travel-specific considerations.
  • Real-world travel experience – While the job is mainly conducted online, either through emails or a hosted platform like UpWork.com, you still need to be well-traveled and not just on popular destinations. Having first-hand experience allows you to plan and recommend properly since you know how much expenses are “really” locally, or have been through popular and unpopular destinations.
  • Excellent communication and negotiation skills – Most itinerary planners also negotiate deals with hotels, travel agencies, and other companies. Of course, you’ll have to make sure you profit more from the deal to sustain your business.
  • Connections with the travel industry – This doesn’t just involve big hotel chains, airlines, and cruise companies. You’ll have to expand your connections to be able to bag deals, especially those that require prior booking.
  • Advanced marketing skills – Freelancing is tough, so it’s important to learn marketing techniques in this modern world. Aside from your website, you should also have an online presence on social media networks, forums, and more.
  • Technical skills – If you were born after 1980, you’re likely to be tech-savvy already. Bear in mind that you’re going to be working online and using different types of software, applications, and systems to book travel essentials.
  • Certifications – I know I said being a travel consultant is different from being a travel agent, but for you to be able to book certain accommodations and flights, you’ll need to have some travel agent certifications. Besides, it improves your credibility a lot. Check the programs offered by American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA). Once you have your business set up as a sole proprietor, you can then apply for your International Air Transport Association (IATA) accreditation so you can book flights.

How Much Can You Earn As A Travel Consultant?

Generally, the average travel consultant salary can range between $27,000 to $47,000 per year, with the usual rate at around $30,000 per year. The biggest perk with this job is the number of travel deals you can receive, which you can either use personally or sell for extra income. However, because freelancing is a very fluid thing, this income could either go up or down, depending largely on the effort, time, and capital you plan to invest in this profession.

In some cases, you can charge a fixed amount per itinerary, or base your fees on the travel budget of your clients. The great thing about freelance travel jobs is that you have total control of pricing your services unless, of course, you apply for a full-time home-based travel agent job with a third-party company.

If you’re willing to invest in marketing your services, you can earn more by targeting potential clients through Facebook Ads, Reddit Ads, or even Google search.

How To Become A Travel Consultant

Being a freelance travel consultant can be broken down into the following steps.

1. Gather your requirements.

Setting up your home office and honing your communication, technical, and sales skills are the first steps to being your own boss.

Don’t be afraid to get some training if you think you need it. Whether it’s learning about geography and international travel, or improving your communication skills, you’re likely to find free online courses on sites like Udemy or Coursera.

2. Decide how you can provide the most value.

The most successful travel consultants are those who know exactly where their strengths are and what they can offer their clientele that no other travel consultant can provide.

The travel industry is huge; there are plenty of niches and sub-niches. It’s a matter of finding your own.

Some examples of different types of travel include corporate, leisure, luxury, budget, sports, adventure, sightseeing, foodie, student, backpacker, seniors, singles, couples, small families, etc.

3. Get some experience.

Despite the availability of training courses and programs online, nothing will prepare you for becoming a travel consultant than actually doing it.

Activate your social network and offer your services at a discounted rate to your family, friends, acquaintances.

Even better, apply for a job to companies offering travel consultant jobs. Get paid to train and practice, and you may even get some of your certifications for free. See the next section to find out where to apply.

4. Promote your services

When you feel you’re ready to start your business, build your website where your services are emphasized.

You can also add a blog with articles documenting your previous travels, providing useful travel tips, and listing the top places to visit in a city or country. The goal is for your website to show up on search results of people who are looking for what you’re offering.

You can even set up an appointment system on your contact page, in case casual browsers end up interested in your services and want to set up a conversation over the phone or through a video call.

Your social media should also be active in promoting your services and directing your followers to your appointment page.

Where To Find Travel Consultant Jobs

As I’ve mentioned, having plenty of experience as a travel consultant gives you more of an advantage when you start your own business.

Here are a few companies currently hiring travel consultants.

1. Enchanting Travels

Enchanting Travels is an award-winning tour operator providing customized trips based on their customers’ interests and preferences.

They continually have openings for remote travel sales consultants who talk to clients, find out what their ideal destination and experiences are, and create tailor-made proposals based on their knowledge.

2. Robert Half

Robert Half is a recruitment and consultancy company with plenty of remote job openings.

They are currently recruiting a
remote travel and lifestyle consultant to handle clients that take luxury trips multiple times a year, whether it’s for business or pleasure.

The catch is that while this is a remote position, you’ll need to reside in the San Francisco Bay Area.

If this position is no longer available, try to search for “travel consultant” in their job boards to see what comes up.

3. Travel Placement Service

This site is a job board that specializes in travel and hospitality jobs.

They currently have multiple openings for travel consultants: corporate travel consultants, luxury travel consultants, and travel sales consultants are just some of the openings currently available.

4. ADTRAV

ADTRAV prides itself on developing travel programs for their clients and providing excellent customer service.

They continually open remote full-time travel consultant jobs, especially for those who can work nights and weekends.

5. FlexJobs

If searching in the above companies doesn’t pan out, I highly recommend going on FlexJobs and doing a job search there.

Each and every company that has a job opening posted on FlexJobs has been thoroughly checked and verified, so you can rest assured that you won’t be scammed here.

The Bottom Line

Planning other people’s trips can be a challenging yet fulfilling profession.

What’s interesting about becoming a travel consultant is that since you combine blogging with freelancing for work, you won’t notice that you’ve been building a self-sustaining blog in the long run. And since people can make a full-time income with their blogs, it’s a win-win having both a passive income-generating blog and quick-cash-making freelance job.

Does working as a travel consultant appeal to you? Or do you think being a travel agent is a better fit? Weigh in on the comments below!

10 Work at Home Jobs for Moms with Young Kids

Being a mom to small children at home and earning enough income to support your family at the same time seems far-fetched a generation ago, but thanks to the internet, there are now plenty of work-at-home jobs for moms you can apply to.

You may worry about trying to get a few hours to yourself with a newborn or toddler to take care of in between the feedings, baths, nap times, playtimes, and all the other activities you need to do.

But plenty of these jobs for work-at-home moms are flexible enough to adjust to moms’ hectic schedules.

In today’s article, we run down some legitimate work at home jobs for moms who can put in the hours but still need to be there when their kids need them.

Before that, though, let’s explore the factors that you need to consider when looking for this type of work.

What to Consider When Picking a Work-at-Home Job

Before you start looking for work-at-home jobs, you need to have an honest self-assessment of your current situation, lifestyle, capabilities, and other factors you have to consider.

First, consider your equipment. You’ll need a computer, preferably a laptop, and a high-speed internet connection to be qualified for most work-at-home jobs.

Specific jobs also require particular software or accessories. For instance, writers usually need word processing and spellcheck software, while data entry specialists usually need spreadsheet software.

Next, list down your skills and qualifications, including those that you didn’t necessarily get from school. For instance, you may have a Liberal Arts degree, but you may have a knack for cooking.

You would also need to truthfully figure out how much time and how much mental and physical energy you have you have to work.

How much time you have is determined by many factors, such as your partner’s schedule (if you have a partner), availability of childcare, your children’s feeding times or mealtimes, doctor’s appointments, and many more.

Evaluating your energy level is a bit more subjective and is highly dependent on how much focus and brainpower you have left after you take care of your children and do household chores.

Lastly, it’s important to take a job that will add value to you as a person; that is, find meaningful and interesting work that will hone your existing skills or teach you new ones.

If you can, find a job that can act as an outlet for your creative energy, as you badly need it at this stage of parenting kids.

10 Legitimate Work at Home Jobs For Moms

1. Online Teacher

Becoming an online teacher is a great way to keep your passion for working with kids and teaching others alive while staying close to home.

Another perk of becoming an online teacher is that there are so many options available to you in terms of which subject, age group (even adults!), what times of the day, and how long a class you want to teach.

Make sure you have the right qualifications for the subject and state or country you want to teach in.

Online teaching regulations in the U.S., for example, are still the same as those for a traditional teacher, so you’ll still need a Teacher’s License.

However, if you decide to teach English to students in another country, you likely won’t need a Teacher’s License, but being certified as an instructor for English as a Foreign Language is definitely an advantage.

The TEFL website is a great source for anyone who wants to teach English as a Secondary Language online.

If teaching English online is something you’re interested in, here are some companies to check out.

2. Virtual Assistant

A virtual assistant performs many of the duties a typical assistant would—answering phone calls, managing schedules, answering emails, updating spreadsheets, etc.—but isn’t actually in an office.

The only possible downside to this sort of work-at-home job is that you’ll usually need to have a specific few hours to set aside each day without too many interruptions, and this may be hard to manage if you have really small children.

To find virtual assistant work, look for opportunities on company websites and on freelancing sites like Freelancer. I’ve also written about what you need to get ahead as a virtual assistant.

3. Virtual Bookkeeper

More and more companies, big and small, are turning to virtual bookkeepers to keep track of their financial records and taxes. Online personalities and remote organizations usually hire virtual bookkeepers as well.

If you have bookkeeping experience or are excellent with numbers, then this might be a great job position for you.

If you can get a foothold in this industry with a couple of clients then you can easily grow to make around $60,000 or more a year.

Virtual bookkeeping is a good option for moms who have a few hours a day open to devoting their attention to their clients.

I’ve found some companies currently offering virtual bookkeeper jobs here.

4. Transcriptionist

Plenty of industries have tons of video footage and audio files that need to be converted into written content.

The medical, legal, film, television, and many other industries have a constant need for transcriptionists. They either hire their own transcriptionists or dump their files on a transcription company, who will then hire transcriptionists to work on various files.

Transcriptionists are often assigned to transcribe video or audio content, reviewing reports and transcripts created by other transcriptionists, and proofreading and correcting errors. Most companies will require you to type 75 WPM or more.

The challenge in this type of job is that you’ll have to be able to find ways so you can hear your audio clearly. From noise-canceling headphones to audio editing software, there are various tools you can use to do this and transcribe your assigned audio files.

I’ve compiled a list of transcription jobs you can do from home.

5. Social Media Manager

The great thing about being a social media manager is that it is one of the most flexible jobs out there.

You can truly pick your own hours as scheduling software has made it easy to schedule posts to be published in advance.

Almost every company these days needs a social media manager and many opt to go for a freelancer because it’s much easier than hiring someone for the office. There are plenty of opportunities for this type of work-at-home job for moms.

The easiest way to find work as a social media manager is to look for opportunities on sites like Upwork and Flexjobs as well as apply on company websites.

6. Baker (and Blogger!)

Having a baker for a mom will probably result in some big smiles from the little ones as they get to lick off spoons and act as taste testers.

The big key here is to find clients to bake for.

Become a Food Blogger

It’s a good option to find a bakery to sell your goods to, as well as a few regular clients. You may have to hit a few farmer’s markets, holiday fairs, and bake sales.

The income you can earn as a baker might be small in the beginning, but you can steadily increase it by taking on more orders and regular clients.

Another idea would be to set up a blog and track and photograph the recipes you create. Grow a big enough following and you can turn your baking into a business worth seven figures!

(Any one else is addicted to Sally?)

If you’re really interested in going this route, we did write about how to sell baked goods from home.

7. Start a Homemade Crafts Business

There are plenty of major success stories out there from moms who started their own businesses by creating handmade gifts, products, and art.

Many people, including most parents, are increasingly becoming conscious of how the products they consume are impacting their families as well as the environment.

Online businesses that sell custom jewelry, natural cosmetic products, and homemade toys are seeing the big bucks rolling in.

The kicker: many of these online businesses are run by stay-at-home moms.

Any mom with a knack for creating crafty or gifts or products can definitely consider this as a legitimate work from home job. The beauty of it is you can create whenever you want during the day and leave the business side of it for when things have quieted down in the evenings.

Here are some examples of crafts to make and sell.

8. Life Coach

If you have a knack for helping people with their problems then perhaps you should consider becoming a life coach.

You can run the business from your home and book appointments with clients during the hours you know you have open.

Right now, it’s not necessary to become certified as a life coach – though you certainly can get certified if you want. There are some training opportunities out there as well that can help you get started.

Learn to Become is a great source for everything you might want to know about this potential career.

9. Writer

As content rises in popularity, companies and brands are constantly looking for content writers to help boost their brand awareness and marketing efforts.

If you have a knack for storytelling and have near-perfect grammar, freelance writing can be just the thing for you. Those who hire writers normally set deadlines for your work, and you can schedule your writing around your day so you can submit your articles on time.

Here’s how to find freelance writing jobs as a beginner.

Note that freelance writing is also a great stepping stone toward blogging, which is a great tool for earning passive income.

When you start your blog, you can write about pretty much anything that has an audience. You can write about your interests, your passion, your hobbies, heck, even your parenting journey.

10. Proofreader/Editor

Do you like reading more than writing?

And do you find yourself catching spelling and grammar errors quite easily in the text you’re reading?

If so, you might make a great proofreader or copy editor.

As companies and brands increase the amount of written content that they publish, the demand for proofreaders and editors to double-check that content and correct any errors is also increasing.

A giant list of proofreading jobs can be found here.

The Bottom Line: You CAN Be A Work-At-Home Mom!

Remember: You can chase your own dreams and work toward your financial goals while being a great parent.

Hopefully, this list of jobs for stay-at-home moms convinces you that this is possible and inspires you to get started today.

Looking for even more online work from home opportunities?

I’ve covered EVEN MORE stay-at-home mom jobs here!

Are you an expecting or stay-at-home mom looking for work? Which of these work-at-home jobs for moms on this list interests you? Let us know in the comments!