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Top 10 Freelance Side Hustles That Pay $100+ Per Day

Paul Mendes • November 20, 2020

Have you ever wondered what side hustles you can start that make $100+ per day?

Discover 10 PROFITABLE ways you can start a business on the side by providing one of these specific online services that you can do from home.

The Real Way To Side Hustle

Before I go over the top ten side hustles you can do from home, I want to talk about what a side hustle actually is. A side hustle is a business you can start on the side of your main income stream, to give you extra cash-flow. 


There are a lot of gurus on Youtube giving advice on what they think a “side hustle is”, and they are advising people to, for example,
sell their old clothes or furniture on the Facebook marketplace. This is not a real side hustle that anyone should start when they are looking to start a business on the side. A real side hustle is something on the side of your existing source of income that you use to produce a consistent source of cash flow. Selling your old stuff is not considered a real side hustle because once you run out of old stuff to sell, your "side hustle" is over. You need a side hustle that provides recurring cash flow.


Another "easy" side hustle that gurus are promoting is to
fill out surveys and watch advertisement videos. The truth is, this "side hustle" will pay you pennies on the dollar, which means you will have to fill out HOURS worth of surveys and watch countless videos just to make a few bucks. With all the hours you will end up putting in, this "easy" side hustle is simply not worth your time. You and your time are worth more than that.


If you are going to spend hours doing something on the side, put that time into building a
real sustainable side hustle that can bring you anywhere from $1k - $10k in revenue each month. THAT will be worth your time!


Don't listen to the other "gurus" who tell you to
sell your old dirty clothes for cash or fill out surveys for pennies an hour. If you want to learn more about how you can build a real side hustle, keep reading where I will be going over the top 10 side hustles you can do from home, and make $100+ or more per day!


#1 - Virtual Assistant

How to side hustle from home as a virtual assistant

The first out of the top ten side hustles that you can do from home, and make $100 a day is being an online virtual assistant. A virtual assistant is an independent contractor who works from home and works with clients who need administrative services. Being a virtual assistant is a great side hustle that does not require a lot of experience, and does not require you to do advanced tasks. If you are new to the online world, this is a side hustle to start, and you will learn a lot by helping business owners behind the scenes. Virtual Assistants do tasks for business owners such as:


  • Email Management
  • Social media management 
  • Calendar management 
  • Blog writing
  • Coding
  • Scheduling
  • Content creation 
  • Graphic Design
  • Website management


You can choose what virtual assistant services to offer based on what you enjoy the most. By performing one of these skills as a virtual assistant, or performing multiple tasks, you can make great side money.
You are in control of how much you charge your clients. Once you develop your skills and get more specialized you can start to raise your prices, making this side hustle a great way to earn $100+ a day or more! 


#2 - Writing Blogs & Articles


How to side hustle from home writing blogs and articles

The second out of the top ten side hustles is writing blogs and articles. This is an in-demand service that you can start right away since all businesses need writers aka 'copywriters' to help them write content for their content. Including:


  • Articles
  • Blogs
  • Case Studies
  • SEO Content (content optimized for search engines)
  • Product Reviews & Descriptions
  • Social Media Content
  • Newsletters
  • Editorials
  • Press Releases
  • Copywriting
  • Editing


If you are just getting started online, and you want to start a side hustle through copywriting, start by writing articles, and blogs. Writing online is a very flexible side hustle because
there are no set hours and you can do this at home or when you have a little bit of extra time.


You can just sit down and write the article and get paid up to $50, $100, or more a day depending on how much you want to write and how good you can get at copywriting!


You can go on freelancing sites such as Upwork.com to start building a profitable side income or even a full-time income. This is a platform where you can create an account and build up your writing portfolio, and start writing for clients immediately.


There are
thousands of writing jobs posted daily. Writing content that helps businesses attract traffic and make more money is a very lucrative side hustle that you can earn up to $100+ or more a day.


#3 - Editing Videos


How to side hustle from home editing videos

A video editor is someone who works with video to put clips together and add effects to keep the audience hooked from start to finish. If you have ever done any video editing, have an interest in movies, or spend a lot of time on Youtube, then editing videos is a great side hustle for you to begin.


The online video industry is booming, especially on major social media platforms such as Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, and Tik-Tok. These platforms prioritize video-based content. This makes editing videos an in-demand skill that you can start right away because businesses need help with editing their videos and don’t have a lot of time, so they outsource this service to freelancers who can help them! 


“Freelance video editors’ average salary is $20 an hour 

in the U.S.”

(Payscale)


You don’t have to be experienced to get started, and many helpful free sites have tools that you can use as a beginner. You can take courses, and free online classes to get started, and the best way to sharpen this skill is simply through
consistent practicing. You do not need a lot of equipment either to get this side hustle started. 


You can edit videos for:


  • Youtube
  • Upwork
  • Fiverr
  • LinkedIn
  • Small Businesses


The industries listed above are a great place to start. Youtube for example has content creators who need to outsource their videos to a freelance video editor to help them edit their videos that attract audience members. Youtuber’s don’t just film their video and post it, they need someone to spend time editing their content together. 


There is an editing tool I recommend called Camtasia, which is a one-time charge and will give you access to features such as adding text, icons, music, transitions, and more. This will help businesses save time, and be able to post a lot more attractive video content. If you can provide this value to business owners, they will be more than happy to pay you
hundreds of dollars for helping them.


#4 - Voice overs

How to side hustle from home doing voice overs

If you don’t like to particularly be on camera, but you like to speak and you have a good voice, then voice-over work could be a great side hustle for you. The opportunities are expanding as the demand rises for this talent. This ties in with the third side hustle with video editing because businesses are outsourcing their videos to voice-over artists to narrate the tone that matches the video. 


You can go online to either Upwork, or Fiverr, and find clients that are looking for specific roles with voice-over actors such as Male voice, Female voice, or a specific accent. There are many avenues when it comes to making money online through voice-acting depending on which role you play best with your voice. You don’t need fancy equipment to get started either, all you need to get yourself started to be a voice-over artist is to have an affordable microphone like the AT-2020 microphone for example. 


You can find clients to do voice-over work on platforms such as voice.com, Fiverr.com, Upwork.com, your local radio station, or mainly any freelance website. Once you sign up, you can start creating a portfolio and start to build up a recurring client base to work with. 


 
“Voice over actors can make anywhere from $20 to a couple of hundred dollars for just an hour of work.” 

(-The Art Career Project)


Voice-over acting can be a very lucrative side hustle. You can start and earn up to
$100 a day or more on the side through voice-over acting for many different types of businesses, there is no limit, especially with all of the social media platforms favoring video-based content. The great thing about it is you can do it from the comfort of your own home, and just start speaking. If this sounds like something you would be interested in doing, I encourage you to try it out and see if it is a good fit to be your profitable side hustle. 


#5 - Social Media Management

How to side hustle from home as a social media manager

The fifth side hustles that you can earn $100+ per day is social media management. As a social media manager, you manage online businesses' presence through platforms such as Twitter, Youtube, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. If you already use these social media platforms, you enjoy using the tools, the layouts, and you understand the platforms, this may be a great online side hustle for you.


As a social media manager these are the normal tasks you would complete:


  • Manage Brand Pages and Profiles
  • Create Engaging Posts
  • Analyze Posts Performance & Analytics
  • Publish & Schedule Posts
  • Interact With Engagers


Businesses and companies outsource these tasks to social media managers because they don’t have a lot of time to manage this side of their business online. It takes a lot of time to create posts and craft engaging content that ultimately turns into leads for the company. They need someone to help them manage all of that.


#6 - Social Media Ad Management

How to side hustle from home as a social media ad manager

Social media ad management is the process of helping businesses run paid advertisements on social media platforms. 


Businesses need ads to get in front of new users to make the top of line revenue, and the best place to reach online users is through these social media platforms. This side hustle requires a little training and is more advanced than the other side hustles listed, but this is one of the most profitable ones because the earning potential is so substantial.


You can set up and manage ads on social media platforms such as:


  • Facebook Ads
  • Google Ads
  • Youtube Ads
  • LinkedIn Ads
  • Snapchat Ads
  • Pinterest Ads
  • Twitter Ads
  • Instagram Ads


It only takes a few online clients that pay you anywhere from one to five thousand a month to manage their ads to seriously change your entire life. This side hustle can quickly scale to over six figures a year in income once you become advanced. Learning this skill can open up many lucrative opportunities and can turn into your
full-time career if you want it to.


#7 - Google Ads Management

How to side hustle from home as a google ads management

Google has four different networks:


  • Search Network
  • Display Network
  • Shopping Network
  • YouTube Network 


When you decide to become a Google Ads Manager, you will be working with companies to set up and manage online ad campaigns on one of Google's networks.


By setting up and managing profitable ads for companies, you put yourself in the best position to charge monthly recurring revenue. As you may or may not know, this is the HOLY GRAIL of any business.


So if you can capitalize on delivering effective Google Ads management for clients you can build a sustainable side hustle that will provide significant earning potential. Google provides an online library of free content to help you learn the best practices when it comes to running ads so you can have the most success.



#8 - Designing Websites

How to side hustle from home designing websites

Web design skills are in-demand and anyone who has the desire to design websites can expect to find many clients waiting to make use of their services. Designing websites is overall a great way to make money online, and as a side hustle this skill is in-demand because businesses need help designing their website to attract new customers.


You don’t need to be experienced to get started because there are a lot of tools and helpful drag-and-drop online website builders you can use to design websites. A few popular platforms are:


Providing website design services to clients can easily make you $100 a day or more because the opportunities are endless when it comes to helping other businesses with their online presence. A lot of times even if a client does have a website, that website's design may be outdated and not converting at the rate they’d like.


This is where you can help and make the website more optimized for conversions, making the layout easier for customers to get in touch with the business, or to buy a product or service. It all ties into the way the design is on the website and the way it is built.


#9 - Email Marketing

How to side hustle from home email marketing

Email marketing is where you craft the different messages, offers, and promotions that go out to a companies email subscriber list. There's a lot of different types of emails you can send for different purposes, such as:


  • Broadcast Emails
  • Triggered Emails
  • Targeted Emails


You can provide email marketing services by using platforms like
Active Campaign or Constant Contact and what you can do is you can tap into those lists of people who have already bought from the business and provide them more revenue. You'd be surprised, because a lot of times businesses either aren't doing email marketing at all, or they're not doing it enough, or they don't even have any automations built out. A lot of businesses out there can benefit from Email marketing.


If you know anything about marketing or sales you know it takes on average of five to 12 touch-points before a customer buys something. So that is why email marketing is massive and if you can provide this 

the online side hustle, and you can show companies how much revenue that you're providing them, 

this will keep you on their payroll for months and you can be earning thousands from every single client, which makes email marketing a profitable side hustle that you can earn $100 a day or more from


There are a lot of different areas just within email marketing alone where you can specialize in and focus your skill set around. Ultimately it comes down to this: When you can tie yourself to how much money a business is making, and you can look at that email analytics and show your clients how much business it created, that's when you're going to be able to have the most success with email marketing being your side hustle. If you want to learn more in-depth about email marketing, I made a blog talking about
email marketing, click here to read!


#10 - Graphic Design

How to side hustle from home as a graphic designer

If you're artistic, and you like to edit photos, or you like to draw things or create things online, then this is a great online side hustle for you to provide.


Some of the most common reasons businesses hire a graphic designer is for:


  • New logo and branding package
  • Website design
  • Facebook and Instagram Social Media Posts
  • Pinterest Pins
  • Youtube Thumbnails 


You don’t have to be a professional designer to get started with graphic design. In fact, the best part is that there are free tools to help you along the way! My favorite is Canva, and it allows you to create visually appealing social media graphics, banners, logos, and much more.



In Conclusion

To have freedom in your life is to have multiple streams of income

If you want to have more freedom in your life, and do things such as have more vacations, be able to buy your dream car, or whatever it may be for you, having a side hustle will provide that financial security that everyone deserves to have.


-Paul Mendes | Profitable Freelancer


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