It is said that human beings are creatures of habit. There are things that we really love doing, and there are also things we always do, that we can’t just seem get enough of. You have some habits, I’m pretty sure you do.
Here are a few of those habits that might just let you rake in some earnings.
Earning While Reading Books
With your book-reading hobby, you can rake in some income. Maybe not a really full-time job, but you can make it as a really good side-hustle gig. You can either be:
An audiobook narrator or a book reviewer
What is a an audiobook narrator? Also known as audiobook reader, it is a person who reads books aloud and records his voice on the process. If you work for such a job, you might be tasked to read an entire book, or a few chapters of that book – depending on what the client requires.
You can apply to these audiobook narration companies:
Audiobook Creation Exchange
Voice Bunny
Voices
Brilliance Audio
During the application process, you could be prompted to submit a sample recording of your voice which will be the basis for the evaluation process – if you’d be a compelling audiobook reader.
Another way to cash in on your love for book-reading. If you love consuming some novels greedily, then maybe you should earn something from that habit too. You may write book reviews and submit it to these online portals:
Reedsy Discovery – payment: $1 to $3 per review
Booklist Publications – payment: $12 to $15 per review
Online Book Club – payment: $5 to $30 per review
Writerful Books – payment: $10 to $50 per review
Instaread – payment: $100 per summary.
Earning While Selling Ebooks.
If you don’t just read books but has the skill of making them, then maybe you should start selling ebooks
Its a highly consumable information commodity so there can be serious money that can be derived from selling ebooks
Here's something that you should know, many writers and publishers are shifting their gears into publishing via the digital avenue, ie, the avenue of ebook publishing.
Here's why:
Reader-friendliness – with the existence of speech-recognition technology, written text can now be read by computers.
Portability – within your phone or tablet, you can carry an entire library with you!
Sharability – you can share copies of your digital books with other interested readers.
Interactivity – you can browse through pages or chapters in a single click.
Environment-friendliness – no trees or plants will ever be harmed again just for the sake of making papers
So the next questions would be, how can you make money by selling ebooks? What are the most popular sites where you can self-publish your novels and writing compilations? The following sites might help you with your goals:
Barnes and Noble
Draft2Digital
Amazon Kindle
Ebookit!
Okay, maybe you hate reading, then how about listening? Here’s the gig for you…
Earning By Listening To Music
The most effective ways to earn while listening to music are typically within the online platform. As such, you can make money by doing any of these:
Write for music-oriented websites and publications – there are lots of them on the net. Some have both publications for online and print.
Make your own blog or vlog about your favorite songs or artists – when you choose to provide web content for such a niche, you can either attain percentages of your work, or have the main income all to yourself.
The lazier course of action would be to apply as reviewer or playlist curator for the following sites:
Hit Predictor
Radio Earn
Playlist Push
You can certainly make money by listening to music and songs! Although to be honest, it will just be a side income sort of gig. Don't expect to make it as a sustainable means of living.
You hate reading, but can’t stand listening to music just to get paid? Maybe earning by doing internet research the habit you want to cash in from.
Working As A Search-Engine Evaluator
The likes of Google, Bing and Yahoo are not actually reliant on AI software and powerful computers alone. To make the search results much more relevant to users, human evaluators are actually working for those companies.
To work as a search-engine evaluator, you have to be equipped with the following in addition to your computer and internet connection:
a smartphone installed with an up-to-date OS
search-engine apps
active social media accounts and e-mail addresses
The good thing about this is that most companies that hire online researchers don’t really require a special educational attainment that even high-school graduates could even qualify given that they’d be
good with their communication skills
good in using research keywords in search engines
familiar with search engine optimization methods and internet-browsing techniques
During the application process, you might go through theses steps:
making your online profile and submitting your resume
having an online test
a phone or video interview
To further understand the work nature of an online researcher, you have to know that there are currently 5 known categories that belong to this job:
Search Engine Analyst – someone who analyzes search results pertaining to a particular search query or keyword usage.
Search Results Rater – someone who gives ratings to a set of search results. This is to make sure that the a particular website is relevant to what users are really looking for.
Internet Safety Evaluator – someone who evaluates web content: is it harmful for children? Does it contain too much violence? Does it marginalize a particular social group or race? Those are the questions that relate to this job.
Online Maps Analyst – someone who uses online maps and location sketches to see if the business establishments listed therein are posted with complete information.
Social Media Assessor – someone who assesses the relevance of social media posts and ads. This is to provide the best possible information that netizens on Facebook, Twitter, and similar sites are getting the content in relevance to their likes and dislikes.
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These are quite interesting. I might try the first option here. As long as I am not required to read the entire book by myself. 😁😁