The easiest way to make money online in Nigeria

If you ask me what is the easiest way to make money online in Nigeria?
The answer you will get will actually surprise you!

Maybe, you would be expecting me to tell you to start trading forex or cryptocurrency, start book publishing on amazon, start doing affiliate marketing etc.

But that's not what I'm going to tell you, because I will tell you the truth that will enable you to succeed faster.

The easiest way to make money online in Nigeria is by looking at your strength, what skills or experience  you do have now and what profitable and legit online business will be easier for you to start and grow with the skill you have.

This is a smarter way for you to earn passive and reliable income online especially if you are new to this make money online thing.

Most people who want to make money online, make the greatest mistake of not doing this first exercise of knowing their strength and what will be the easiest way to leverage on their existing strength to make money online.

When I ask people about what skill they have, most used to think it has to be some special skill and give the funny answer of i don't have any skill.

Really?

There is nobody that doesn't have one type of skill or the other. Skill is what you are good at. You might have mastered the skill through constant practice, training or education knowingly and unknowingly.

Take for example, I'm very good at content creation, that is why i blog and create video contents. Creating content and sharing useful information with people is my hobby and I can do it all day long without even feeling like I'm working.

To make it easier for you to come up with the skills you are good at, below is a list of some common skills and online businesses you can easily start with to make money online in Nigeria.

1.0 Writing Skill.

You might like to write or enjoy writing but you might not be aware you can make a living writing. You don't need to write 200 pages of non fiction novels or 400 pages of romance novels to make money.

• Freelance writer on Fiverr and Upwork. You only need to write 400 word to 1000 words articles and you could easily charge $ 5- $20 per gig.
• Copywriting, you will use words to convince people to perform certain actions. You will be writing facebook ads, sales pages, video script, email copy, ecommerce product description etc
• Blogging, you can start your own blog and write about your hobbies and what you enjoy doing, there are lot of people who might have interest in what you do and be inspired by your writing style.
• Ebook publishing, If you are expert in a certain field you can put your expertise in a 25 page book and self publish on platforms like amazon, gumroad, selar etc.

2.0 Video Making SKills

If you don't like to write but you love making videos, there are many content creators making money with amateurish videos even making $1000 per month

•  Start a youtube channel and monetize it
• Start a tiktok account and post videos regularly
•  Start making instagram reels
• Learn video editing and offer it as a Service.

3.0 Vocal Skill

If you have a lovely voice, you might not be aware this might be an easy way for you to make money online.

• Voiceover, businesses might hire you to help them use your beautiful voice to read their script when making their promo videos
• Audiobook Narrator, people prefer to listen to books in audio form now because it allows them to multi-task. Somebody can be driving and still be listening to an audiobook, somebody can be doing house chores and still be able to listen to an audiobook. So if you can narrate a book with your voice and list it on a website like audible, you could be making $100 per day.
• Start a Podcast show, You can start a podcast show if you are a lady you might want to be talking about marriage and relationships. Once you have a large followership, you can recommend affiliate products to them

4.0 Graphic design

If you like to design graphics, you could make $5 to $20 daily as a freelancer.

• Book cover designer,
• Logo creator,
• social media content creator,
• web design

Now you might find yourself having multiple skills like me. I have writing skills, video making skills and graphic design skills. 

In that case, you should go for the one one you know best and you enjoy doing.

Better still, you can go for an online business that will enable you to use multiple skills at the same time to make money.

The easiest way to make money online in Nigeria will differ from person to person. 

Because skills and interests might not be the same.

Don't make the mistake of getting into forex trading because your friend tells you it's the easiest way to make money. 

Look at what skills you have and the easiest and legit online business you can start with the skill.

Let me know in the comment what skills you have been able to identify you have and what online business you think you can easily start with such skill to easily make money online in Nigeria.