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In this article, we’ll offer 10 suggestions for side hustles worth pursuing. Hopefully, you’ll find one (or even a couple) from our list that could make you more money. Have a look:
Freelance Writing
This is best suited for people who have a way with words and love to write. If you have both of these, you can practice writing the sort of things that people and businesses want to pay for and get hired to produce those kinds of material. There are many niches to explore on this lane: copywriting, content writing, ghostwriting fiction or non-fiction books, technical writing, video scripts, and more. The opportunities are limitless, and demand is always growing for these services.Photography Services
Do you like the aesthetic of well-taken pictures? Are you obsessed with capturing faces, sites, and events in still images? If you’ve answered in the positive to these questions, you may want to consider taking up photography as a side hustle. People need pictures for many reasons, from official use to cataloguing the highlights of informal occasions. Depending on whom you cater to and where you provide your service, you could rake in a decent income from this business.Social Media Management
Social networking platforms present people and businesses with vast, global audiences for whatever they’re saying or selling. It’s therefore not surprising that public figures and organizations are utilizing social media for just this purpose. And they often need persons savvy with these platforms to help manage their presence on them. If you thoroughly understand how Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn and others work, clients could hire you to post content on these sites on their behalf.E-commerce
Much like the others discussed so far, this is one of several side hustles you can start today. You don’t need to set up a standalone online store. All that’s required is a platform on which you can showcase and sell your products. This could be a social media page (e.g. Instagram) or an established e-commerce website (e.g. Jumia or Konga). You can outsource delivery to a reliable logistics service provider and set up a digital payment system for collecting payments from customers.Website Development
Website development involves building up a website with relevant code. If you’re going to choose this as a side hustle, you’ll need to have a decent grasp of the programming languages used to create and maintain websites. It’s probably easier to do if your day job is in tech proper. But if you’re determined enough, you can learn the skills required to work in this space.Sign up for the Connect Nigeria daily newsletter
Graphic Design
People with an artistic bent can thrive as graphic designers (even if it’s a side hustle) because they tend to have a better-than-average appreciation of forms, colours, and patterns. As graphic designers, they can utilize software like Canva and Adobe to fashion logos, posters, banners, brochures, book covers, and other collateral. Gigs in this category supplement the incomes of numerous Nigerians. They could do so for you too.Event Planning
To excel at event planning, you must combine an affinity for organization and order with a love for hosted occasions. These characteristics will enable you to put together impressive experiences that attendees won’t forget in a hurry. Note that your work as an event planner will mean that you manage disparate things, ranging from venue preparation to the vending of food. It might get hectic, especially if you’re organizing a big event; but if you play your cards well, the rewards will be worth the toil.Baking
Baking is a popular side hustle in Nigeria. If you are great at baking cakes, buns, meat pies, cookies, or bread, you can make and supply them to family, friends, and the wider public, and get paid for it. Even if you haven’t mastered baking yet, there are lots of how-to videos about baking that you can learn from.Part-Time Tutoring
Do you love to teach? And is there a subject you’re quite knowledgeable in? You may consider tutoring people for a fee. Traditionally, tutoring outside of a school environment was done as an in-person teaching session. But thanks to online tutoring platforms (e.g. Tuteria and Prepclass), it’s now possible to teach students remotely, from wherever you are. Part-time tutoring works best for people whose main job is teaching too.Ridesharing
If you own a car that’s in good shape, you can make extra bucks by operating a ridesharing service with it. Registering your car with one of the better-known mobility apps (Uber and Bolt, for example) will allow you to take a lot more paying riders than if you were going unaided. You could do a few trips on the evenings of weekdays, and/or on weekends, as it suits you.Register to attend the CN Business Mixer
Final Words
That’s our list of side hustles you can start today. They aren’t all equally easy or challenging to begin. But they promise a fair addition to your current income if you’re dedicated to making them work.Featured Image Source: Side Hustles
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