Help... not convinced you can make $20 a day

These days freelancing can be a nifty way to start an online side hustle.

Can you write code? Write stories? Can you design Kindle books, banners, or cool blog post graphics? Can you write non-fiction content? Or maybe offer some virtual assistance, data-entry, or customer service??

My favorite side hustle is freelance writing! If you love to write, then consider this as an avenue.

It's not the most glorious thing on the planet, however, you can simply begin by creating an outsourcing profile on Upwork, and on Fiverr, and then start hustling to promote your gigs there.

If you don't have any experience writing, then it's as easy as starting a free blog on any of the platforms that allow you to get setup in the next 5 minutes. Tumblr, WordPress, Blogger, Steemit, and Medium are all cool places. You can use this to express your own writing talents, and to also use it as a portfolio for prospective clients.

I've completed a boatload of writing gigs on Fiverr.com myself, and it can be slightly depressing writing oodles of content for someone else, however, can also grant you the confidence required to begin writing content for your own business.

As always, I truly wish you the best, and hope that your dreams may one day come true.

You've never done something like...what? Make money online in general?

There are so many options on how to pusue.

I have personally been promoting PPL(pay per lead...lead generation) offers for a little over 17 years. This is because there is no credit card / purchase is required for a user to complete an offer. All anyone has to do is fill out a form (requesting more info on X). So conversion rates tend to be much higher compared to offers that require a sale to be made.

Some of the niches I have done extremely wee with are: education, insurance, loans, credit, debt, mortgage, discount offers, homeowner offers, dating, etc...

Bottom line, it's far easier to get someone fill out a short form than to get them to pull out their credit card and make a purchase. So why struggle with trying to sell this or that, when you can provide free information that users want/need and get paid well doing it.

Something to think about

boskomarchic

Are you kidding me???

$20 dollars a day??? That's nothing, you could make that on Fiverr if you wanted to. Certainly you can make 100x that a day. There are so many people that are internet millionaires.

So here's a little secret (lean in on this...), as long as you believe you can't make money, then you won't make money. As soon as you change your belief system this will start turning around for you.

Watch this YouTube video every day for the next 30 days...if you miss a day you must start over again. This will totally change your mindset:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAqYaUPMjoU&t=44s

It's not the amount that is the issue. It's the process. It doesn't matter what ... $20 or $200.

What you need to be asking is what marketing skills would I need to learn, how much effort will I need to be putting consistently and how much time should I be devoting in the long term?

The first step is believing you can. If you don't believe it, it will never happen.

There are so many successful people on here I think you should know that if they can do it, you can too.

Just keep reading on here, read blogs and other sites. Once you get enough information then start taking action.

There's a period that ALL successful people go through.

It's called the dip.

It's the point when you feel like giving up. And everyone experiences it.

In order to push through the dip, you need BELEIF.

If you don't have belief to begin with, then you're not going to have it when you really need it during that period.

Hope you find something that works for you.

You first commission is always the toughest, but there are so many opportunities out there to make money that 20 bucks is super doable.

Depending on the model you could make thousands in a day, maybe not every day, but you can scale your business to make that happen.

I completely understand that feeling of earning that first commission, it's what makes this online thing real, the key thing is to learn the systems behind making money online.

Once you do that, it's just a matter of repetition to keep scaling up your income, there's plenty of people in here who could help you with that system, just find one that resonates with you and commit to it until you make it happen.

If you are recommending a good product where it solves people's problem, you will get people buying the product.

Just keep on focusing on the traffic generation activities.

Hey man I'm in the same boat, trying to make my first profit. I sold some merch through a dropshipping store but not nearly enough to cover the overhead and advertising costs. Still, I believe it could be a pretty good way to make money online once you get the hang of it - and way more than $20.

I'm now pivoting to develop an online subscription-based course in something that I already have experience in. I'm pretty excited about it and am confident it will ultimately make a handy chunk of change. I'll keep you posted about it if you're interested to see how it works out.

Thank you guys. Exactly what I wanted. Exactly what I was hoping to see.
This make believe thing is obviously essential, need to work on it a bit more. I'll keep looking, searching, finding my place in it, till the moment where taking action is gonna feel like the next logical step.
I'M IN IT TO WIN IT ANYWAY

And special thanks for not being negative and for supporting me.

All of your advices were helpful.

Let's take this ride.

The entire notion that someone would need to be
convinced to make money is beyond silly.

Look... this may not be for you... it really isn't for
most people... if you need a bunch of strangers on
an internet forum to convince you I think you need
to do a little self examination into what you really
want to do.

Hi dude, i hope you do have some skills in writing, or something like that, you could use that on a freelancer platform where you could join and make some bucks, not just 20, but even more, just join UP-work, and see what they do offer that you can handle, hope this could be in your league!

I would say be willing to go the micro-job route. You can find a list of such sites by using Google or the search function on this forum. The only issue is you have to work really hard in order to earn that amount. It might not be worth it, but if you really want this small amount micro-job sites are the way to go.

I am not making money at the moment online but I can sure tell you that money isn't your primary issue based on what you are saying. You have to learn and apply skillsets ,without having the skillset it is very unlikely that you will make a dime.

How about this

OK let's take a step back and look at this as a system.

Whether you're doing this online or offline, it doesn't matter: the elements needed are the same. All that changes are the platforms you do the things on.

No matter what, you need Traffic and Conversion.

So let's say you go get a job.

You're a conventional job seeker, so you look at Want Ads. You find these in your local newspaper as well as on the sites like Craigslist and Monster. That's Traffic. Every Want Ad and you applying to it is a lead, which is how we measure traffic.

Now in the job hunting field we actually have two pieces of Conversion. The first is your resume. The employers have to screen your resume and see if they want to meet you in person. That's the first sale, or conversion, that has to happen. The second piece is your performance in the interview: if they like you the most, they hire you. That's the sale here and the ultimate conversion we're looking for.

Traffic and Conversion working together are called a funnel. In the employment arena you only have to make this funnel work one time and it pays off considerably.

In the offline space, you could use direct mail as your platform. Say you're a restaurant owner. So you send postcards to 10,000 people in your local area with a call to action (a discount, a BOGO meal deal, whatever). That's your traffic. Out of those 10K people some are going to show up and you can track that the reason they came was because of the postcard offer. Those are the conversions. Your restaurant makes revenue from those conversions: the guests buy meals and drinks and the average conversion is worth so much.

Online it's not much different. You can get traffic organically (which requires slow, continuous effort on your part) or pay for it. Nothing is guaranteed about the quality of said traffic. Different traffic sources will have different quality levels, by which I mean a match-up between what they want and your offer. Generally speaking, the better the match-up, the more your cost per lead.

So you can pay Google or Bing or Facebook for leads, or rent a spot for an ad in someone's newsletter (sounds pretty targeted, right?), or run a banner ad on a website or a forum. Some people will see that ad and a few of them will click on it. That's your traffic.

When they click they'll be taken to your conversion tool. Could be a sales letter, or a video sales letter (VSL), or an appointment booking app for a discovery call, or even a transfer to a live call center immediately. Then it's up to the conversion tool to make the sale.

Of course this can get more elaborate. You can run ads to an opt-in for a warm-up email series, share some videos with the leads, give them a pdf book or report. You can run a webinar to pre-sell them and then have those still interested book a call, or sell them straight from webinar to buy button. Options are many. But that above is the gist of the thing.

When you think about pricing, think about how much it costs you to get a customer. That's called "cost of customer acquisition." Your sale price has to cover CCA plus a profit or you'll go out of business. Sounds simple...a lot of beginners don't think about it. Set a specific revenue target and build to your activity level. Don't try to "make as much money as I can"--that's a fool's errand. It's no target at all and a mind without a specific target won't perform well.

Start thinking in terms of traffic and conversion. You go to a freelance site and what do you find there? People posting Want Ads for someone to do work for them. But you're not alone: there are many similar service providers there and that has the result of driving prices down. Higher traffic, lower conversion. If in contrast you went and started finding your own clients, you would appear by yourself, a category of one, and you could charge more. Lower traffic, but higher conversion. This is positioning, marketing, and choices of how your funnel works. Behind all the christmas tree ornaments, though, the essence of the thing is the same.

Don't get caught up in trying to find someone to tell you the magic bullet of what to offer. Find a hungry market, and serve it. Traffic and conversion.

You need a brain reprogramming. You can't doubt yourself. Believe in yourself, and use practical knowledge. Get started, throw yourself into woods amongst the wolves, and learn how to survive. If you want an easy way to make money, sell something around your house on ebay. You can make a killing there too - no business degree required. Nor business knowledge.

What is your skill that you are good at? And yes, you can easily make $20 a day and thousands more in the right profession that is needed by people. If it is a skill, product, service that is in demand then it will sell. I generate thousands a month now but i have taken 7+ years to build it up online as a trusted entity nowadays and all online.

If you are in it for a quick fix or one time thing then its not going to work, you need to build a trusted brand online and off.

David.

If you excel in writing you can try to do article writing online. You can earn more than $20 in my opinion.

It is impossible to succeed making 5 cents online if you are full of doubt, and it gets easier and easier to make money online if you have clarity in what you are doing, if you are detached from outcomes, and if you are online mainly to solve a pressing problem with some skill you are passionate about.

With your doubt/skeptical energy, get a job offline that pays $20 or more a day. Then when you boost your savings, you can begin an online business from an intelligent, passionate, more detached, clearer and more effective space.

Try CPA offers, sign up to sites like Peerfly for free and ask your freinds or families to sign up for some of the products on there. That is how i first started over 8 years ago.

If you are unsure, it's better not to start.

I know one program u don't need to invest, Free member also can earn yes min 25 bucks Provided u got lots of leads can push even further.

How about this. Look for restaurants that have online delivery service. Now look on your phone to see if they are using the facebook online ordering service. If not, contact them and offer to get them set up with it. Facebook online ordering can give restaurants a 20% increase in online orders.

Charge something up front plus a monthly maintenance fee.

Basically, if you want to make money online it's about DOING SOMETHING.

Instead of being "skeptical" ... trying taking action. Instead of wondering if you can, take actions so that you can.

Visiting this forum lately makes baby seal bashing out in the Arctic alone seem sort of attractive...

Brent

I would not hurt a seal for anything - but this stuff makes being alone... anywhere...attractive.

It's possible to make $20 a day online and even more. What are your skills and interests?

Freelancing may be one thing to consider if you have a skill or talent you can market. There are lots of other ways to make money online as well.

There are a ton of ways to make 20 a day online,

But, there is only one thing that matters.

What do you like doing?

Like others have said, if you like writing you can try freelancing--people was almost always need this service, so you do need to worry about it going away anytime soon.

If you do like to write, you can also start a blog on your hobby--now you make money off this various ways-adsense is one, sure, it does not pay what it used to, but, it is a start.

You can, and should, recommend products, on the blog--and make commissions off them.

Do not like this idea, then make videos where you review products.

Have some skills as an artist, then, once again as others have said, make banners, kindle covers, etc.

With the above said, do this.

Pick the one method you know will do and stick with it for say one-hundred days.

For this one hundred days, do something to get to 20 a day--everyday.

It does not need to be a lot-but do something everyday,

Be it a blog post, a social media post, or video, etc.

Whatever you do--do not give up!

Hope this Helps.

@boskomarchic :
You are asking the most basic question There is nothing new in this. If you will do a little search on the forum you will Find many have already Asked it, but in different form. Like How I make 20$ in a Day.

To Answer you will have to clarify more about your skill set. As many have answered there are lots of things to do. You need to find the one thing you are in good at.
Go to fiver And look at the categories , Try to fit in any one of them. If you got issues in that post again here. Internet is always there to help you out.
./cheers

Programs, can be affiliate or MLM and yes free member does earn is more than 20bucks

blogging etc have to build , More times to establish it , how to earn? that is from Adsense etc " but now a days is pathetic earning from Adsense " Now you seriously need huge number of visitors , viewers....

Or more complex one is build your own marketing products " Really need mentor , money, to invest etc but the return is massive , next you have army of people promoting for your products due to commissions "

Pssssst hey...

...over here...

...this is how you make $20/day:

You buy leads at say 30 cents each and a total of $20/day. That's 66 leads and you convert just one on an offer (that's 1.5% conversion; you should be able to get to that, right? I mean, you have time to figure out how to get targeted traffic) that has a $40 price tag.

$40 revenue - $20 cost of customer acquisition = $20 margin.

That's it. That's all people are doing. Over and over again, increasing the scale.

Yes, they have different CCAs, LTVs, conversion %ages--better learn that marketer lingo!--but that's big secret.

why are you in disbelief?

When you put money into a vending machine do you think it gets sucked into a blackhole?

some one is passively collecting your 80 cents and the 80 cents of dozens of other people everyday.

its the same thing online.

best of luck,
Ike Paz

I wish that if it can be possible to earn money so easily. By the way I always believe that there is no short cut to the success. And you have to bear a lot of hard work, perseverance and real work to gain success in life and to earn good money. I am a forex trader, those who want to earn money via online platform I will say why not you try forex. Forex market has numerous opportunities for all.

I'm not going to say that there are a lot of people who have made over a million dollars from the Internet, but there are enough to keep the fantasy alive.

The trick is, most of the ones I've noticed are the "catching lightning in a bottle" successes that no one could have predicted beforehand. Kind of like setting out to make "viral" videos. Despite what the sellers of tools and courses say, "going viral" seems to be a semi-random thing.

Fortunately, OP, you have more modest goals.

$20/day is reasonable for a pure beginner. There are several ways to get there.

You could go the Fiverr/Upwork/Freelancer route. At Fiverr, you'll net $4 per gig, so you need to complete 5 gigs per day, every day, to meet your goal.

If you learn something like blog installs, you can easily charge $25 per install. If you consider a five day work week, you only need 4 installs per week. Do one a day, and you start building a cushion against the weeks you don't get your four installs.

Find something that someone will pay you $100 to do, and you only need one sale a week. Something someone will pay you $600 for (like a month of social media management and posting), and you only need one customer per month.

Making money, online or off, isn't complicated. You just need to figure out what you have to trade for your customer/client's money. After that, the devil's in the details. But you don't get anywhere starting with sweating the details. Find your offer and your market first.

Not sure if mentioned above...

Learn how to design graphics on youtube for free. Get a free version of photoshop for 30 days, then join Fiverr create a gig selling graphic design. You can easily make $20 a day.

you need a course, on im marketing, then you will know the path to take, if you decide to take that path, only then will you know if this is for you, only one percent of im marketers make money, the rest never even try, they just read stuff, just know this, this is a real business, that is why you have the mind set that it wont work, because someone told you it was easy and now you know it is hard,

I've found a way, but my way may not be for you. I've failed at so many different ways I can't even remember all of them. Just pick a way and hang in there. You can find out my way here

Its seems absurd but people who made money and do make money online or otherwise do not have negative thinking. All of them are positive thinkers and that makes a lot of difference

If you think you can then you will find ways

If you think you cannot then all the ways will be useless to you

There are millions of ways to make money online

people fail to make a cent on fiverr

some guys makes tons of money by selling cheap 5 $ products

Basic foundation must be strong first

Your mindset is the basic foundation

I was a person who was stuck in same boat for years. But Overall i can say nothing is better than starting with complete "Done For You" Kinda system which can help you start earning few quick bucks with you putting in 20% effort rest 80% let the system do what its suppose to do. Once you have enough money then you reinvest in different mentorship programs by knowing what exactly you are passionate about.

Well I am new in this beautiful online marketing industry, literally started this year Jan. I too was beginning to feel like making money online was an illusion that can b performed by the internet gurus.

I have no particular skills like writing (probably you can tell by this comment huh, lol) and stuff or technical software or hardware skills except for average persons ability to surf the net. So, searched for way and means o make money online without spending(or with no money at ALL) and without any special skills.

Well I have made $7 to date and I made it by feeling out surveys. This is a recent thing and man did it re-ignite my belief that I can make money online.

My target is to make $100. I don't know how long will this take me, which makes it interesting and exciting(like solving a mystery) but once done, I intend to turn it into a course and sell it!

Hope this helps.

There is your problem right there. If you don't believe that you can make $20 a day then you probably won't. If that is your daily goal, then you have to change your mindset.

Before you do anything, my biggest suggestion is to start by reading the book THINK AND GROW RICH by Napoleon Hill.

Go right now and grab it in your local area bookstore or online through Amazon.

Read it and don't do anything online yet.

Reading this book will change things for you in a big way.