7 Remote Jobs You Can Do From Home

I wanted to figure out a way to never have to leave my house or talk to anyone and still make money. Is that just me? So I came up with a list of seven ways to make money in your house. All you need is a laptop and wifi. Steal my homework because I've actually done a bunch of these things and subscribe. If you're also a secret slutty little hermit like me, starting a newsletter is the first one. Back in 2020 I did exactly this. I wrote about shit I liked. I slapped it into a weekly newsletter and I yelled at people to subscribe. Why haven't you just subscribed yet? I really like newsletters because they're one of the most scalable businesses out there. Whether you have like a thousand subscribers or a the work stays the same, but the income potentially grows exponentially. A single email can generate thousands or millions in revenue, making this one of the most efficient ways to turn effort into earnings. Starting a newsletter is a direct line into an audience. No algorithms get in the way, no shadow bans, no zuck, and no fighting with TikTok over why your viral dance only got 27 views. Hashtag no dancing on the Internet. Think about it as like the modern day blog, but better land straight in your inboxes. Higher conversions also like 10x more conversions on email than social media in 2020 I started with a couple subscrib. 4 years later this is now a 7 figure newsletter and an 8 figure business. Every email I send now generates thousands of dollars and the whole business brings in a lot of money per month. I don't want to tell you in case you're the irs, but a lot. So how do you copy my homework? You pick a topic. My formula goes like this. 3C's Curiosity Crowd Cash Curiosity means choose something you actually want to talk about it because you're going to have to talk about it for a long time. If you can nerd out on a dinner party. Good sign. Crowd make sure people actually care about this topic. No offense to your top 10 theories on why Ross was the wor character on Friends. It needs to be something other people care about. Cash. Ideally, people spend money on what you're talking about. Let's give some examples. Personal finance people like to make money. Productivity hacks teach people how to get more done. You know that's atomic habit. Best selling book of all time by the way. Niche hobbies? Succulents for us millennial chicks. Any of those work? So now how do you set up your tools? You don't need much to launch a newsletter? Go to a newsletter platform. My favorite one, Beehive. I also invested in it so I am lightly biased on it, but I think it's the best by far. Then you get an email address. You make it kind of professional you want to that it's really tight. Then you design it. Keep it stupid simple. Next, you're going to create a content plan. Now, content is queen, but consistency is what you need around you. So frequency. If you're going to decide how often you'll send newsletters, I recommend weekly. Daily is too much, monthly is not enough. Next, you're going to launch with a small audience. Roam not built in a day. Neither is the newsletter. So start small. You're going to start by thinking about it like somebody would announce a baby shower. You're going to send it out to all your friends and family, your coworkers who ask for advice. Here's the actual first email that I sent out on here. Then you're going to post it on social in order to get followers free. Word of mouth marketing at its finest. All right. Now how do you get paid? This used to be really hard actually, but now it's super easy. Any of these sites that I told you, they have subscriptions so you can offer premium content and your users pay for it. That means you have to provide real value. I would probably suggest you don't do that in the beginning. You make it free. I would do this sponsorships. So brands will pay you to reach your audience. A bunch of these sites actually let you connect direct to brands Auto connection and have an auto ad placed. This is huge kind of new technology that didn't exist before you could do affiliate marketing, but it was also hard to connect. Now I would do affiliate marketing because you can do it in like one or two clicks. Then finally when you become a pro and you actually find your niche, sell your own courses, ebooks, consulting, et cetera. Now how much money can you make? Sky's the limit here guys. But to give a rough, and I repeat rough numbers, a beginner with a thousand engaged subscribers, you could earn like 500 bucks to a thousand bucks a month. Intermediate. So that's like 10,000. You probably could be making two to probably $7,000. A Babar agrees. Advanced newsletters like Morning Brew or mine, we can rake in six to seven figures monthly. Fun fact, if you don't believe me, Morning brew sold for 75 million and the founders were only 25 years old. These are two of my friends. All I'd leave you guys with is. Mark Twain kind of once said, the secret of getting ahead is getting started. So this is when you need to start building something maybe you like number one. And this one's for you. This is online language tutoring. Remember when duolingo gave you all that anxiety about forgetting Spanish? You could save people from that. The idea is that online language language tutoring connects language learners from all around the globe with tutors who can help make their language dreams come true. So whether it's helping business pros brush up on corporate jargon or coaching kids to ace their English tests, there's kind of a niche for everybody. This is a great case study on it. Her name is Laura Salters. So she's an online English as a second language tutor. She started working for VIPKid, a platform connecting tutors with students in China. She doesn't speak Mandarin, but she turned her spare hours into a serious side hustle. 220 lessons per month. That's like two to three hours a day. She averaged $23 hour monthly total, 2,500 extra in her pocket every single month from anywhere around the world. I actually ended up hiring an assistant of mine from starting with a Portuguese tutor. I love this because the gig covered her bills, they helped her increase her savings, and she got to do it for fun even when she was on vacation. Why can't we do the same thing? So how do we get to at least 3k a month? What's the blueprint? First, don't talk about a language you don't know. Let's stick with English or whatever your main language is now. While not required, having a TEFL certification can increase your credibility and earning potential. Not that hard either. 2. Choose an inch. Don't just say I teach English. Be more specific. This is wild. Like, the more specific you are, the more money you make. Conversational language, perfect for travelers, students and expats. Business language. Think legal terminology, medical English or presentation coaches. You're going to make more money. Test prep, you do an SAT or a toefl. These people are always looking for tutors, specialized skills. Take a Paige out of Juan from Brazil who teaches aviation English to pilots, which I love, and he makes like 3x what most other people make because he has this super specific way of teaching people to like, fly a bigger jet. Now you got to select the platform. I used Italki in particular. There's preply, there's lingua talk, there's live lingua, your native teacher. All of these options, each of them is like an online marketplace where Students are actively looking for tutors. What I'd obsess on is the profile. So I want to showcase my expertise, a nice picture, I want to have good language in it and then I want to set up my rates. And I'm probably going to pick slightly cheaper than everybody else, but not too much because you don't want to learn at a discount and sound terrible, right? They typically charge somewhere between 25 and 125 per hour. What's interesting is for these specialized subjects, they're usually 80 and above tutoring rates. For the SAT and test prep, they're more like 45 to 100 per hour on average. So if you're just starting out, you attract a bunch of students, but you want to get reviews. Once you've built up your reputation, bump up those prices and you can also do package deals. I love like 10 lessons a week at 30 per hour, that's 1200amonth. And if you double your hours, you're looking at a solid part time income. Next up. Perfect. If you're super into selfies and massively in need of being like as a resident social media influencer, Gross social media manager. Let's face it, most of us are already spending hours glued to the phone on TikTok, the whole jam. But what if I told you instead that mindless scrolling could be turned into a lot of cash? You guys probably realize this, but maybe you don't realize how much or how to do it yourself. You're going to execute a brand or individual social media strategy. We literally do not know enough people that know how to do this. Even in our company. You're going to do what you do already on your Instagram, which is analyze performance, build online communities, look at metrics and post. You're kind of like the puppet master pulling the strings behind viral videos, creating memes and looking at a bunch of accounts that you'd look at anyway. What they don't tell you is that social media isn't just funny cat videos and thirst trap Thursdays. It's a multi billion dollar industry where creators, brands and businesses are constantly growing and they need people like you to do the growing for them. Growing small creators, this probably makes you the least money. You're helping them craft captions, trends, content, calendars. We've had multiple people do this. They make a couple thousand dollars a month. The second is meme hunters. I love this. People actually get paid money to find viral memes. So if you're already doing this in a group chat, congrats. You're qualified. Derek, One of my social media hires back in the day was perfect. He was a self described TikTok addict. But here's what he did differently. He didn't just consume content, he studied it. So he was like which trends are working? What videos blew up and he turned this into a skill and he pitched himself to me and became part of my team. His main role was TikTok, just finding viral trends that we should do and creating content strategy ideas. Most creators don't realize they need help until they're drowning. So when they're following starts blowing up and the DMs get overwhelming, that's where they start begging for social media managers. I can pretty much guarantee if you look online, you'll see a ton of them. Now how do you find work? Most of these roles are posted right on your nose. Like just go to the creator's website or check their Instagram stories. That's where a lot of it is located. If you come to contrarianthinking.com careers, you'll see what we're hiring for. I would also search terms on Twitter or X like social media manager hire. When you go to apply, make it personal. Go a little bit further than you want. Maybe create a video, create a little one pager, give them some ideas. Spoiler, you can use the same one pager for everybody. Just sub out the people that are inside of them. See in this video, my friend Chris Williamson, you can see what another person did when they tried to slide into my DMs and I eventually hired them to become a writer. This is super common and everywhere I believe in you guys. Here's a couple tools that are cool. This is Social Blade. It tracks creators and accounts, seeing which ones grow faster. So you can see which ones could potentially have enough money to hire you. Ask them for the ability to tell other people that you work with them over, deliver, do an amazing job and then see if you can put their name on your website. They might not always let you, but if they do, word of mouth will get moving like crazy. Listen, the average social media manager makes $59,000 a year. But the outliers, you guys, they make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. The average hourly rate that you're going to start with is about 30 bucks an hour. Again from your room for something that you're already doing. And then as you become more skillful, you make more money. Why I love this bad boy. It's in demand. Everybody needs this. The next time that you are on your phone, you can Just tell people. And doing research. Here's the thing, we don't want to chase it too much, right? Because the goal is freedom. Freedom from stress, from debt, from limitations. I think that's what the rich understand. They focus on building assets that can generate income while they sleep. And you know what? Real estate is one of the other best ways to do that. That's where I think the Fundrise Flagship Fund can help you out. It's a platform designed for people who want to create true freedom without needing to own a rental property on their own or deal with the tenants. You can add a few hundred dollars in there in a few minutes and by doing so, invest your money into a fund consisting of private real estate projects. It gives you access to income streams without the headaches. It's not about chasing happiness, it's about building a foundation for freedom. So the flagship fund is a great opportunity to start building the foundation brick by brick. Oh, wait till you see this next one. This one's perfect for anyone who's ever been told, wow, you've got a voice for radio. This is voiceover artist, which maybe sounds wild, but I think now is actually the time to cash in on it without ever leaving your house. And I should know because I just used one for a book. So what does it mean? It means you use your vocal talents for commercials, audiobooks, animations, video games, etc. You don't need to be the next Morgan Freeman. Just a little practice, a quiet corner and some tools. Check out this case study. Keri Olsen went from working in a, as she would describe it, soul crushing corporate job to making 450 bucks for her very first two minute recording. Yes, two minutes. Within four months, she had secured enough voiceover work to quit her 9 to 5 job completely. Fast forward. She's making $10,000 a month from her cozy home studio. Let that sink in for a second. A few hours a day turned into a six figure income stream. What's the blueprint? The good news, it's pretty accessible. You don't need a degree in drama, but you do need to know how to deliver scripts clearly and convincingly. There's tons of YouTube videos on this. You can take some online classes like Skillshare and Udemy, have these beginner courses and then practice makes paychecks. You just start by reading out loud everyday books, add food labels, pay attention to tone, pacing, articulation. If you sound like Siri, probably not gonna work. 2. Set up a home studio. The right tools, like a good quality USB mic. Blue Yeti rode NT1 then you're gonna need over the ear headphones to help you catch small mistakes while editing software. Free tools like Audacity or paid off options like Adobe Audition would help you edit them quickly. Closet is where I recorded a bunch of my first videos. Whatever it takes to kill echoes and noise. Build up a little portfolio. They call it a demo reel as your business card. One to two minutes showcasing range commercials, audiobooks, character voices. Don't stress about big gigs at first. Create your own mock up scripts or volunteer for small projects and then you join the platforms that pay you to talk. Voices.com Great for beginners. The site connects voiceover artists with global clients for ads, animations, audiobooks, bunny studio, great starting point, lots of different projects and voice crafters. More long term projects then traditional marketing. Put it on social, show your viral impression and then if it was me I'd just be cold dming just about anybody that I could think of for personalized demos for like explainer videos for instance. Now how much earnings could we make on this? This is going to vary wildly. I think this is a nice little $50,000 a year annual side salary and then for the top 10% we're talking about six figures and above. I love that there's basically no startup costs, Mike. Little quiet space plus you could use that for 47 other things. If you learn how to do this skill set. It's really just about convincing people of things. So you're kind of learning sales and communication at the same time. All right, let's do it. Oh buddy. This one's perfect for that tea dispenser friend of yours that always has the tea. This is Mystery Shopper. This is kind of fast but a bunch of companies do it including ours. We pay people to go see if our website is glitchy. So you act like a regular customer kind of checking everything out on the website and you get paid to basically around and find out. You do this a lot in SaaS startups and if you want to turn that like inner Karen into a full on career, this is it. Companies pay for this feedback because first impressions matter and also a lot of times they're losing sales and they can't figure out why so they need some random person to tell them. Natalie Coutts success story is pretty incredible. 38 year old mom from England who turned online mystery shopping into a side hustle that made her a bunch of money. So she was working at a part time communications job and she reviews websites. So how much money does she make? A couple dollars to a couple hundred dollars per task. Okay, what's the blueprint to steal her homework and get paid for being a Karen? We want to look up mystery shopping companies. There's lots of these. Market force. They do it for retail stores, restaurants, online businesses. There's also another one I checked out called Serve first. This works more specifically on flexible assignments that you can complete in your own time. Mystery Shoppers limited offers a bunch of assignments, including online evaluations and kind of a straightforward registration process. We've used this one before and there's a ton more. Major tip red flag. Avoid any company that asks you to pay upfront fees. Legitimate platforms are never going to charge you to sign up. Then it's super simple. Create a profile, do a bunch of platforms to increase the number of gigs, start accepting assignments, and then once you receive opportunities, start asking for reviews on them. So eventually, if some of the clients like you, you can go direct to them and skip the entire marketplace in general. You know what's also interesting is many shoppers earn an extra 200 to 500amonth just from completing a few of these assignments. And then if you like this, you can do what's called qa, quality assurance. And these roles in tech make a ton of money. In fact, we're hiring one of them right now at Biz Gouch. So if you like this job and you don't need the fancy degrees, but you kind of have an eye for detail and things that piss you off, you might like this. And these QA people, they make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Maybe you won't start there, but at least you're gonna have a little bit lighter of a grocery bill to start. All right, this one is perfect for those who want to give advice for a living. This is starting a digital agency. You start small, but with the right clients and systems, you grow them into a powerhouse business that scales far beyond your bedroom. I should know. I've started a bunch of these and I've invested in a bunch. So whether you're managing a handful of clients solo or running a 50 person team from your laptop, this is actually one of those that can be a big, big business. Now what is it? It means you're launching specialized services like a digital marketing or SEO consulting business that needs help growing online case studies. Perfect. Here. Kevin Miller, founder of GR0, is a great example. SEO agency literally started in his bedroom in April 2020. How he grew it from a small startup to a multiple multi million dollar business. Well, he hit 18 million annual revenue this year they helped over 150 clients rank on Google. Now he has like 75, 80 full time employees. And it's kind of this example because it's all remote that with grit, some caffeine probably and a little know how you can grow a big business even from your bedroom. So how do you get started? The build framework gives you a step by step roadmap to turn your skills into a business. Here's how it works. B. Break down your niche. Every agency needs a thing. What's yours? You're going to assess your skills a little bit, lean into what you're great at. So maybe that's SEO, maybe that's social media. Then you're going to find a market demand. Where do people want what you have? And that's going to allow you to figure out your competitive advantage. The U stands for unleash your brand. So this is where you get your house in order. You're going to have your legal structure. But more importantly you want to brand yourself as the agency 4x. The more specialized you can get, the more money that you make. I stands for for initiate portfolio projects. You're going to start small, help a friend's Etsy shop, let's say a cousin's taco truck. You're going to prove your value. Then you're going to showcase those results with a bunch of metrics. Look how much we doubled their sales, how much traffic we got. And you're going to put that all over LinkedIn. L is land clients like a pro. So clients are not going to come to you when you build it. I love LinkedIn for this by the way. We find a ton of agencies on there and you're going to slide into people's DMs and you're also going to post your wins all over social and then lastly deliver and do dominate. So you start with a small team of freelancers that you find on Upwork and 99designs and then you expand your services and as often as you can figuring out where can I put a process instead of a person. There's kind of three ways to make money in this. The first is project based. So hey, for this we charge $2,000 to redo your website. But I actually prefer retainers, which is I get monthly income for ongoing services. The second way is performance based. So hey, if we deliver increased sales, we make this much of those sales. That's where you can make a ton of money long term. It's like skin in the game. The third is subscription models. So you have a Netflix subscription every single month. Can I have a subscription to your design business every single month? You're going to make as a beginner probably somewhere around 1,000 to $5,000 per month. That's where Kevin started. Then as you add your second and third person, 10,000 to 30,000 advanced $50,000 a month plus, that's with quite a few people on your team. You're earning grow as your team and reputation do in your specific industry. Why I love this bad boy. Low overhead again, you don't need much scalability because you can expand into new markets and your employees can be vendors for a long time. So I love a business where you don't have to have full time employees. Because the best part about your business, people, the worst part, people. Okay, you guys, do I have a treat for you for this last one. Think of this as being an extra on Law Order, except you don't have to leave your couch and you actually get paid to do it. I'm talking about virtual jurors. I can't believe this is a thing. So basically what happens is a personal injury lawyer will want to know their chances of winning a case that is taken to court. So they need some way to practice it. If you've always wanted to yell guilty while staring at the Scream and watching True Crime, I have no idea who would be into something like that. This is how you do it. And you might think that this sounds too niche to matter, but apparently the cost of a lawyer winning or losing a case obviously huge. And so allowing them to refine their arguments and improve their chances of winning in court is super valuable. These virtual courtrooms are booming. With the rise of remote trials, lawyers are requiring a lot more individuals to have swings at bat. What's fascinating here is like, how much money could you make to do this? Platforms like online verdict pay $20 to $60 per case. Longer sessions through first court can add up to 150 to 350 bucks. The big league gigs can pay up to a thousand bucks on like Jury Talk. So while I'm not saying this is going to replace your job, it might buy you Taylor Swift tickets like in the nosebleeds or something. The trick is sign up for multiple passwords and maybe you make some money on the side by judging people guilty or not. So with that, me, you, a computer. That's all we need to make some money, baby. Don't listen to the haters. Two types of people. Those who are doing and those who are talking. Which are you going to try drop a comment and let me know which one. Mama's gotcha. Mama's gotcha.