8 ways to make money online, which ones do you know?

Nowadays, using the Internet to make money online has become the most familiar way for us to make money through side hustle. When the term "side hustle is just needed" is quietly becoming popular, more and more people are I hope to catch the express train of traffic and achieve overtaking in corners. We who live in this era should be grateful for the opportunities this era provides us.

As Dickens said in "A Tale of Two Cities", this was the best of times and the worst of times. The good thing about it is that the opportunities to make money can be said to be everywhere. The bad thing about it is that although there are endless ways to make money, which is dazzling, it requires us to have a better ability to distinguish which way is suitable for us, and to be able to pass it. Which methods can truly achieve monetization.

First, let’s sort out some of the current mainstream low-risk ways to make money.

Let’s first talk about the 4 types of channels:

Category 1: Wechat business

Wechat business can be said to be a long-standing way to make money online. model, it is also the core model for making money online. On Baidu, it is defined as: a new business centered on people and connected by social interaction. Depending on the agent level, micro-businesses can get 20% to 50% or even higher profits by promoting products.

Each of us has friends who are micro-businessmen on WeChat. We often block them because of the advertisements they flood the screen with every day. However, after so many years, micro-businessmen still exist, and after During this epidemic, micro-business has gradually grown in size. Why? Because you can indeed make money by doing micro business. If the products you represent are good enough, the company is formal enough, and your personal sales ability is strong, your income can be very considerable.

But you need to pay attention to doing micro-business. If you want to do micro-business, pay attention to the following aspects:

First, pay attention to financial risks. As a micro-business, it is inevitable to stock up on goods, which requires some funds. And some brands do not allow returns, so there are financial risks. This must be consulted in advance and confirmed before investing.

Second, the agent’s products must be good enough. First of all, it must be a product that you have used and benefited from, otherwise don’t choose it easily.

Because micro-business products are usually "three no's" products without brand endorsement, which means you are using your own personality as an endorsement, and customers' trust in you is your most important asset. , if you represent a bad product, you are likely to fall into a personal credit crisis. Once your personal credit is damaged, it will be very difficult to recover, and it will be difficult for you to enter other areas of making money online. The second thing is that the product you represent must be something you like. If you don’t even like it, how can you sell it?

Third, take small steps of trial and error in the initial stage: you can purchase small batches at the beginning and then gradually upgrade based on customer feedback.

Fourth, the micro-business product system is a mixed bag due to the lack of professional management. We must avoid falling into the trap of hoarding goods and attracting people, maintain rational thinking, and stop losses as soon as possible when we find that the momentum is not right.

Category 2: Live-streaming of goods

Live-streaming of goods is a popular method of monetization now, and the first person to sell goods through video is none other than Li Jiaqi. Of course, we ordinary people can also make money through video delivery, and the current bonus period has not passed yet. The key to video delivery lies in the number of fans you have.

Even if you don’t have many fans yet, you can publish some interesting videos to attract fans first, and you can use this time to develop your eloquence and sales skills to prepare for the official launch of goods in the future. For example, you can live broadcast on various platforms such as WeChat Moments and Xiaoetong, slowly accumulate fans, and at the same time hone your expressiveness, expressiveness, and transactional skills.

In fact, live streaming is not just about selling products in a broad sense. We often see many people just posting about their daily life, their travel experiences at home and abroad, some cooking videos, and beauty products. Videos of dressing up, making handbags, singing and dancing videos, etc. It can be said that only you can’t think of it, and no one can do it. The goods these people carry are not commodities in the physical sense, their commodities are themselves. Then make money through fans’ rewards and sharing the platform’s traffic. This is also a good way, but the key is to see whether the content you share is novel and attractive enough, and whether the market will pay for you.

In the 5G era, short videos will become more and more popular, so if you like to express yourself and recommend products, you can go to video platforms such as Douyin and Kuaishou to create your own personal brand. Short videos are definitely a trend in the future.

Category 3: Social e-commerce.

Social e-commerce is an online money-making model that has become particularly popular in recent years. The so-called social e-commerce is an e-commerce that relies on social relationships (trust relationships with acquaintances) to conduct buying and selling transactions.

Why is social e-commerce so popular now? Essentially, it’s because the current traffic of traditional e-commerce Taobao and JD.com is too expensive. Many small and medium-sized businesses cannot afford Taobao's operating expenses and through-train promotion expenses.

There are several models of social e-commerce: 1) Membership system 2) New retail/micro-business 3) Group buying model 4) S2B2C model (micro-distribution model) 5) Community/community group buying.

We may have all encountered the above patterns to one degree or another. One of the more recommended models is the micro-distribution model. How it works is that on a public platform, merchants are responsible for selecting high-quality products to put on the shelves. Consumers can spend a small fee to become a shop owner or agent on the platform and earn commissions by promoting products through social media.

Current mainstream social platforms include: Taoxiaopu (distribution on Tmall and Taobao), Yunji (opening stores on Taobao and Pinduoduo), Miya (mainly for mothers and infants), Global Fighter (food life) , Darlingjia (women-related products), Onion (cross-border shopping), Haosheng (distribution on Taobao and JD.com), etc. These platforms have their own main business categories.

Advantages: Social e-commerce is a relatively light investment and low-risk money-making model, and there is no need to stock up on goods. Paid members are both consumers and agents, and they can get commissions after successful sharing. People with no special skills can also get started after learning.

Disadvantages: Making money is relatively slow, but it requires a lot of time and energy to maintain.

Category 4: Course Distribution

Course distribution is also a way to make money with zero risk and zero investment. There are a large number of paid courses on the Internet, and almost all of them will set a certain distribution ratio.

Friends who have purchased online paid courses may have experienced that after you add customer service WeChat, you will almost always be asked to share the course poster or link to the community or circle of friends. They even help you write the plan and let you paste it directly.

If the distribution courses are done well and professionally, many course publishers will come to you and ask you to help distribute them. You can also become a popular big V if you are not careful.

Advantages: Course distribution does not require special skills, is suitable for everyone, and does not require additional investment and after-sales follow-up. Friends who like to learn can use it as a way to make side income.

Disadvantages: Course distribution requires a certain foundation in copywriting, so that the copywriting you write can attract others.

After talking about the channel category, let’s talk about the 4 types of content:

The first is the knowledge education category:

If you are in a certain field If you have expertise, you can build a personal brand and start charging for online education. All online paid courses we see on the market are monetized through this model.

Many people may worry that they are unprofessional and uncompetitive. They feel that there are too many people who are better than them in a certain field and have little confidence in themselves. In fact, this is not the case. Because there are gaps in cognition and information in this world, there may be many people who are better than you, but in your circle, your friends may know that you are the only professional in this field. You must have confidence in this. If you want to take this path, what you need most is to produce professional content in a niche field, clearly find your own positioning, and learn to use a personal brand system for effective commercial realization. So when it comes to knowledge education, the most important thing is that you have to have enough professional content, and you have to believe that there are many more novices than big Vs who are not as good as you in this field.

Category 2: One-to-one consulting

If you are an expert in a certain field, you can start a consulting business. For example, some people do career consulting, some do legal consulting, some do financial investment consulting, some do education consulting, real estate investment consulting, etc. If you have expertise in a certain area, this is your professional advantage. You must make full use of this major advantage of yours. This is one of the easiest ways to realize personal value.

Here I recommend a platform to everyone: "In the Industry". You can register as an expert and then provide paid consulting services. You can also go to Zhihu and Toutiao to answer questions in the professional field, slowly establish your personal influence and personal brand, and then gradually turn to paid consulting services.

Category 3: Writing and Copywriting

Friends who like writing and can reach a certain level can make money through writing. It is recommended to use two main methods, one is the WeChat official account, and the other is Toutiao writing. Of course, other platforms can also do it, but the monetization ability is relatively weak. You can divert the fans accumulated on other platforms to your WeChat official account and Toutiao account.

The way WeChat public accounts are monetized is mainly through other people’s praise, traffic sharing, advertising fees, and promotion of group buying products. You can also submit articles to some large accounts. If the article is adopted, the author fee for an article will be paid. It ranges from a few hundred to a few thousand, or you can become a signed author of a certain official account.

There are many ways to monetize Toutiao. For example, it can be monetized through Wei Toutiao, Toutiao Q&A, and Qingyun rewards. Toutiao now has some official subsidies. Friends who want to monetize their writing should seize the last bonus period as soon as possible.

At the same time, I would like to remind my friends that in addition to having certain writing skills, friends who want to make money through writing must also have a platform operation mindset.

Category 4: Realization of professional knowledge

The so-called realization of professional knowledge is what we usually call using one's professional knowledge to get some "private jobs".

For example, PPT production, architectural designers, graphic designers, home decoration design, poster design, online translation, video editing, online customer service, etc. From the current point of view, outsourcing services in professional fields will be a major trend in the future, so if you can master the skills in a certain field, it is not difficult to make money online.

But the disadvantage of this method is that you still make money by selling time, rather than selling one time multiple times or buying other people's time and then selling it. The advantage of it is that as long as you have a certain professional ability, you only need to find your customers, that is, the platform or people who need your skills, and you can realize monetization.

Whether it is through creating channels or creating content, there is no good or bad distinction between these two types, and they require different abilities. But overall, the second type of content production requires more personal abilities and is also the mainstream of future development.

But we can realize monetization through combination punches instead of just through a single method. For example, we can slowly develop our speech and expression skills while doing live broadcasts, and then we can turn to training in this area later. As we all know, in fact, having one's own core competitiveness and hard skills is the general trend in the future. These abilities can accompany us for life and have great resistance to depreciation. When we have these abilities, whether it is writing ability, communication ability, or transaction ability, we can easily enter any field that creates content rather than channels, thereby achieving the goal of selling multiple times for one time.