The internet has given us the amazing opportunity to start highly fruitful businesses from the comfort of our own homes.
Are you interested in working from home? Or better yet — work while traveling around the world with a steady and stable income. Can you finance your travels while also saving for the future? If this is one of your goals, you should start looking into starting an online career as soon as possible.
With the internet at your fingertips, it is easy to find work in numerous areas. Here are eight jobs that you can start today from your own couch:
1. Online English tutor.
Free video chatting services like Skype has made it is easy to connect face to face with people all around the world. More and more language schools are leveraging this platform to create online tutoring opportunities for native English speakers.
You do not even need to speak another language. Most of these jobs are taught entirely in English. There are many companies competing in this space so it may take a couple of trials to find a good fit for you.
Currently, the European languages, Japanese and Chinese services are paying the highest for tutoring helps. Take a look at those languages and areas of the world as there are many opportunities. Here is a list to get started.
2. Virtual assistant.
Companies are increasingly opting to forgo operating from a physical office location; this has opened many opportunities for remote jobs like virtual assistants. Tasks for these positions include: answering office hotlines, booking services for airlines and hotels, screening emails, handling the office calendars, and even bookkeeping.
There are many virtual assistant staffing agencies that are easy to start off with before branching off to on your solo venture. The freelancers with a lot of experience in the virtual assistant area recommend to you start with a single client to learn the trade. As you gain experience and manage your time, then you can easily increase to multiple clients to broaden your revenue.
3. Social media influencer.
Thanks to the so-called “social media revolution,” this is a real career. For those of you with large followings on social media this is an easy way to earn some side change by promoting products. Depending on the number of people following you on your many social media platforms, you could be earning thousands of dollars per post.
If you do not already have a large…
