Teenage is a golden start of youth when you’re most active, both physically and mentally. You might be learning hard at the moment to land a desired job or achieve dream career during this period but that’s not all you’re limited to.
Don’t confine your skills and talents just because you’re learning when you can make the most of it. It is an ideal age to get some real experience and fill your pockets with your own cash. Yes, you can earn and even can have a small business for a positive and healthy lifestyle.
Don’t confine your skills and talents just because you’re learning when you can make the most of it. It is an ideal age to get some real experience and fill your pockets with your own cash. Yes, you can earn and even can have a small business for a positive and healthy lifestyle.
Perks of being a Young entrepreneur:
- You will discover hidden talents that are buried inside your head since long.
- You will have your own money mostly to save for later use.
- You can have a sip from a cup of independence & freedom like you can buy and spend the way you want.
- You will increase your skill list that will make your credentials and educational details more impressive.
- You will spend your time on something positive and put your energy into good use.
- You will generate fresh ideas in the market as a young thinker.
- You will learn to grow, build and establish yourself in an impressive way.
- Your parents will be proud and it's exciting to start on.
Business is now easier as compared to the past. Even though competition and complications are double now but so are the ease and facilities which have been tripled thanks to the internet magic, judging from the modern-day.
There are hundreds of ideas to get started and cash your skills for good, out of which few best are listed below.
There are hundreds of ideas to get started and cash your skills for good, out of which few best are listed below.
The ones I’ve listed here are the easiest, enjoyable and requires no or quite low investment (equal to your few days pocket money) at all in some cases. Few of them are technical, others are simple and some can be operated from just sitting in your bedroom.
You can start as Academic tutor with your own flexible timings and with just a few hours, you’re more likely to earn good enough. Obviously, not that good, but you’ll grow eventually. There is a number of primary or secondary grade students around you that you can help in improving their academic grades.
You can charge hourly, weekly or monthly depending on your time.
Many small scale business and companies mostly want to reach out customers via the internet nowadays and they need to hire someone to maintain their business pages and profiles.
You can start working as a social media consultant by managing their social media accounts and get paid for that while working from the comfort of your home.
"All you need is to pinpoint your passion and niche, dedicate a bit of your time, and stick to the rule of hard work and honesty to be the next successful young entrepreneur of 2019"
12- Academic Tutor:
Are you good at any subject? Can you teach well mathematics or science subjects? If yes, then consider giving Academic tuition to students that are weak and needs assistance in such subjects.You can start as Academic tutor with your own flexible timings and with just a few hours, you’re more likely to earn good enough. Obviously, not that good, but you’ll grow eventually. There is a number of primary or secondary grade students around you that you can help in improving their academic grades.
You can charge hourly, weekly or monthly depending on your time.
Tip: Reach out such students or their Parents you know and see if they are interested. You can also post on your Facebook account or in school groups.
11- Be a Social media consultant/manager:
As a teen of the 21st century, you've got an upper hand over many older guys when it comes to computers or the internet. Calling you Social media maven will be no wrong as you may already know well how to use major social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.Many small scale business and companies mostly want to reach out customers via the internet nowadays and they need to hire someone to maintain their business pages and profiles.
You can start working as a social media consultant by managing their social media accounts and get paid for that while working from the comfort of your home.
Tip : Look out for such jobs in your locality shops, cafes, gyms, salons, etc. You can also check in specific groups that feature such freelancing job opportunities.
10- Blogging:
I bet you’ve already heard about it enough and that’s right. You can earn with your hobby or passion just like Google AdSense states that “Turn your passion into profit”. Blogging is about sharing informative content with the reader no matter what the field is.
You can be a fashion gossip girl or a girl who loves to cook or bake in her free time, a guy who likes technology and latest innovations or is crazy about sports. In short, you can be anyone as the options are quite diverse and you can blog about any niche depending on your interest.
Now how can you generate revenue and make it a flowing business? Apply for AdSense program or any other ad-programs. They will place ads on your blogs and you will earn revenue from it whenever someone clicks on those ads.
You can be a fashion gossip girl or a girl who loves to cook or bake in her free time, a guy who likes technology and latest innovations or is crazy about sports. In short, you can be anyone as the options are quite diverse and you can blog about any niche depending on your interest.
Now how can you generate revenue and make it a flowing business? Apply for AdSense program or any other ad-programs. They will place ads on your blogs and you will earn revenue from it whenever someone clicks on those ads.
Tip: Creating a blog is on platforms like Blogger, WordPress, medium, Tumblr, etc which is free and easy. However to get things with a professional touch then think of getting a custom domain, theme and hosting for the blog which cost about $25-100.
9- Be a Creative Seller on Etsy:
Etsy is like an online mall where people like to buy creative and unique products from all over the world. If you know how to paint something creative, or can make DIY home decoration pieces, clothing items, custom jewelry, printed T-shirts, customized products, crocheted or knitted items or anything, then you can open a shop on Etsy to get buyers..
Note that you should make at least one sample and showcase its picture to customers which is why you might need $20 investment for sampling in case you don’t have one. Later, you can start investing accordingly when you get orders.
Tip: Check out their website and categories to get an idea of merchandise. You can also work by partnering with any of your skilled friend or someone similar to setting up an online shop on Etsy.
8- Offer Child Care Services:
Not every parent can drop their child to daycare center whenever the need arises and most prefer someone to babysit and take care of their child at homes until they got back. It is not that technical job which is why you can offer childcare services during your free hours for a reasonable price in your neighborhood or nearby housing lanes so you can go out at ease.
However, you need to have a good reputation so people can trust you with their child.
Tip: Babysitting a kid is not that horrible job as you imagine it. You may even catch up some time to watch Tv and play games with them which means you can enjoy your leisure hours and earn at the same time.
7- Project selling:
If you enjoyed making art or science projects in school, then this one is for you. You can make projects for other students and sell them to earn. There are thousands of ideas and even tutorials out there on the Internet to help you.With a low investment of 10-25$ you can set up your own work by buying necessary material to get started and make some projects to showcase your skills at first and when orders start rolling in, you can ask for Pre-booking advance to carry on your business without investing from your pocket.
Not just that, you can also involve students in their own school projects and guide them by charging a small fee.
Tip: Posting on your Facebook account for school-project making services will help a lot.
6- Work on Fiverr:
Fiverr is a well-known freelancing website where one can offer different services and get paid for that. There is a number of skills that can help you establish an excellent profile on Fiverr such as computer knowledge, fast typing, Microsoft Office, English writing, proofreading & beta reading, virtual assistant services, bookkeeping, photography, editing, video making, sketching, and the list goes on.
It has various categories and subcategories where you create gigs to offer data entry, typing work, web content writing, translations, web developing services, graphic designing, video and animation, social media managing, photography on demand and much more depending on your interest.
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You’re not limited when it comes to Fiverr. Moreover, it's free to join and cash any of your skills there as it is an international platform where millions of buyers need jobs to get done every day.
It has various categories and subcategories where you create gigs to offer data entry, typing work, web content writing, translations, web developing services, graphic designing, video and animation, social media managing, photography on demand and much more depending on your interest.
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You’re not limited when it comes to Fiverr. Moreover, it's free to join and cash any of your skills there as it is an international platform where millions of buyers need jobs to get done every day.
Tip: Udemy is a trusted company that offers online courses and certification for skills in various fields. You can learn a lot by joining those courses and get a certificate if you're not confident about your skill.
5- Customize and design T-shirts & other items:
It is an interesting type of graphic designing where you would need to come up with eye-catching designs or slogans to customize products like T-shirts, caps, hats, hoodies, wallets, journals, tote bags, phone cases, etc for particular community or customers.It is sort of dropshipping business and can be quite profitable without much of hassle.
Tip: You can work on Fiverr for others to customize their products.
4- Wrap gifts:
Yeah, this is no shocker because gift wrapping is an art which means it is also a marketable skill. A gift is a reflection of one’s love and wrapping it beautifully just adds more value to it.You can start a gift wrapping business by offering your friends and other fellows to wrap gifts in an attractive way for them at a reasonable price to make it more special.
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Birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, Christmas and special holidays like Mother and father days can be your perfect chance to get started. You can learn some best gift wrapping techniques and ideas from youtube. It will hardly cost $20 for you to arrange basic materials like foils, papers, ribbons and other decoration items. Maybe you'll find some for free at home.
Tip: Facebook or another active social account can help you a lot to advertise your business. You can make your work more noticeable by trying different wrapping ideas like special painted papers and greeting cards.
3- Be a Computer or tech tutor:
Put your computer knowledge and skills into the right use by becoming a computer or tech tutor. You can help others to fix their tech devices or computer issues. You can also guide them about basic computer and Internet usage like making email accounts, using google & web surfing, keeping records, downloading and related stuff.Tip: You can make videos about solving or fixing tech issues and run your own channel on youtube for earning.
2- Affiliate marketing:
Many famous websites especially online shopping hubs like Amazon, Ali Baba, eBay, etc offers programs namely Affiliate programs that pay commissions for promoting their products and bringing customers.It is one of the popular and hassle-free business these days where you can simply earn by advertising and driving potential customers to their website via your referral link.
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For that, you need to have a blog or website but you can also work and join affiliate programs if you have active social media pages or public groups with good traffic or fans. Don’t have one? well, you can start working today to have one and apply for any affiliate program in forthcoming months. Investment here depends on your type, for instance, if you want a blog with a custom domain, hosting and theme for a professional look, then it might cost minimum $80-100 approx.
Tip: First build fan or traffic because affiliate programs approve websites with good or average traffic.
1-Bake & sell with a smile:
This is for the lovers of baking and it's super easy to make your passion for it turn into a business. You can operate your "Mini bakery" from home's kitchen. There are hundreds of recipes online where you can learn to bake tasty brownies, decorate cakes, and make special bakery items like biscuits, loaves of bread, pastries, pies, etc.You can offer to bake and sell them to those who like at discounted price and after all who wouldn't like to have a delicious sweet treat for a day?
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