Nowadays, more and more people have become interested in how to make money online. If you are reading our post then you are probably among those who want to know the ways to earn online from scratch without investing. Keep reading and you will find out profitable and legal ways to earn online.

Today, everybody who is looking at how to make money online has equal possibilities to do it. This type of earning money previously was very popular among students, fresh graduates, and women on maternity leave. However, now the ways to make extra money from home, which we will discuss today, are used by everybody. Some people were even able to make them a stable source of good profit.

A good thing about earning money online is that you can do some job in your free time and will have some extra cash. Also, you can spend more time and efforts and earn huge sums, and many those who wake up every morning and rush to the workplace located in another part of the city will be far behind you in terms of earnings.

Depending on the way you will choose, and the time you are able to spend on some particular work online, you can earn from several hundred to hundreds of thousands of Naira each month. We will tell you only about legitimate ways to make money online. Below, we have listed top ways of how to make extra money at home.

Earn money as a freelancer

It is the first option on our list and an easy way to work online at home and make money. A freelancer provides services to clients (a person or a company). One good thing about this type of work is that you can choose whether you will work part time or full time from home.

You can perform particular work or do multiple jobs at the same time; it depends on your knowledge and demand. You can provide different services if you have knowledge and skills in the following fields:

•    copywriting;

•    posting;

•    article writing;

•    social media marketing;

•    email marketing;

•    web development and design;

•    graphic design;

•    search engine optimization;

•    data entry works etc.

If you have decided to become a freelancer, you need to find an ordering customer. For this, we advise you to join a freelance marketplace. There you need to register, fill in your details and skills, and even apply for some propositions. You can consider some of these freelance marketplaces:

•    Fiverr;

•    Freelancer;

•    Guru;

•    iWriter;

•    Peopleperhour;

•    Project4hire;

•    Simplyhired;

•    Toptal;

•    Upwork.

Become a content writer

If you have good writing skills and can express your ideas in a creative way, you can try to become a content writer and compose articles for different websites. Some people manage to earn good money in this field.

Writers who have chosen to earn online are paid for the number of characters or words they write. The more you write, the more you can earn. However, you should understand that the companies that use your services will pay only for high-quality text, without mistakes and, of course, unique, you will not be paid for stolen creative work. So, you should be ready that a customer will check your texts in special tools that check uniqueness.

To get such kind of job you can use the procedure and websites we have already listed above. Usually, freelance marketplaces have special categories for copywriters you can apply for. Please note, that there are various types of projects: short-term or long-term, and even one-time.

If you have good writing skills, ready to work hard, and have found a reputable company who will pay you on time and in full, then you can earn pretty much.

Create your blog

This is another proven way to make money online. Successful bloggers who know how to do blogging can earn from several thousand to hundreds of thousands of Naira each month.

If to compare to two previously described ways to make money online, for this job, you will need to have your own site and use it for publishing interesting topics, discussing current issues, and sharing new information. To become a successful blogger you need to post on your site topics that will attract a lot of visitors/readers, this will generate traffic to your website. You can monetize your blog after you have generated enough traffic. The higher traffic, the more money you will get.

At first glance, blogging may seem an easy task, but if you give it a try, you will understand that it is not so. If it would be so easy, we must have hundreds of thousands of successful bloggers in Nigeria.

Try your luck as an affiliate marketer

A person who has decided to try his luck in affiliate marketing is involved in promoting products or services of other companies. An affiliate marketer gets a commission for each sold product/service. This way of making money online is considered as one of the easiest. All you need is to join the affiliate network, find the product/service you can promote on the Internet, and get money when the product is purchased. One of the most popular affiliate marketing sites is Clickbank.

You will get your commission if someone has bought something through your link. You can create reviews of some products at your own website or on social media sites and post the link to the product at the end of your review. You should try your best so that the prospective buyer would use your link and buy the product

Earn money from YouTube (News - Alert)

Many people in Nigeria and all over the world choose to create YouTube videos in order to make money. This large video-sharing community has become a source of good money for many creative people. There is no limit to the topic of your video-works, they can be educative, entertaining, or whatever. The main aim is to get as many views as possible.

To start earning money from YouTube, you need to create your channel, upload your videos there, and enable the channel for monetization through Google (News - Alert) AdSense.

We hope you have found something interesting for you and now have an idea what you can do to earn money from home without investment. All you need are your skills, knowledge, communicative skills, creativity and a bit of luck. We wish you to succeed in any field you will choose.