We all dream about working from home, being your own boss and making plenty of money. The dream is a motivating factor for some people to launch their own business or start selling services such as content writing or accounting. But not everyone has the right time or skills to do this kind of work while others are nervous about the idea of being self-employed. However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to make money from home – easily in some cases!
Offer your talking skills
This might sound a little sordid at first glance but there are plenty of legitimate and helpful ways to sell your talking skills. What do we mean by this? Companies that offer services similar to those of a call centre often use people working from their own homes to connect the calls to where they need to be. For example, if you use a company such as Phone Them to ring a company such as British Gas, they will use a real person to help find where your call needs to go – and you can be the real person.
What you need:
- A phone line and internet connection (obviously)
- Equipment such as a headset to take the calls and chat to people and a computer
- Good phone skills to chat with people and be personable while directing them
- Somewhere relatively quiet to work
Surveys and video watching
Talk to a top marketing agency and one of the things they most need is people to experiment with. This might mean completing surveys, watching advertising videos or other types of video content or even reading through ads and giving opinions about how they make you feel. Marketing companies need testers of all kinds to see if their strategies are likely to be successful and this makes for a great way to make money at home with almost no outlay for equipment.
What you need:
- A computer or laptop
- A good internet connection
- Time to listen/read the content
- Ability to give feedback on what you hear, read or see
Matching betting
Placing a bet or two can be good fun and if you use schemes such as risk free matched betting from Yesbets, you can make a good amount of money without as much risk as normal betting. The idea is that you get new player bonuses or special promotions where the website matches whatever you bet under certain conditions and this means you can make a few little bets and win twice as much money. Look for low-risk bets and remember to be careful about how much you are betting – if you get carried away you could be losing more than you make!
Conclusion
From selling old books to hiring yourself as a part time bookkeeper, there are lots of ways to make money from home without being a full-time business. You do need to remember to declare any earnings that you make to avoid an unpleasant encounter with the tax man and if you are going to be a little business in some way, you need to register as self-employed with HMRC.
