Are you talented, and yet broke? Do you know you can actually earn money from your talent? Are you aware you can make a career out of your passion? It might seem impossible that what you do for free could actually be done for a fee.
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The easiest way to earn and earn for a long time is to make your
hobby your
business. But first of all, you’ve to find out what your talents are. How do I find my talents, you ask. But here are some questions to answer when trying to discover your talent.
- What are those things I am good at that people actually find difficult to do? It could be singing, painting, writing.
- What do people ask me to teach?
- What do I do frequently outside my conventional job? For me, I love sketching on notepads beautiful images.
- If money wasn’t the issue what am I going to likely do the most?
- What do people applaud for when you do an activity? People applaud my cooking skills.
When you’ve answered these questions, then you can proceed to monetize them. In this article, I’ll show you five fantastic ways to do that.
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Get Your Clients
The truth is there is an audience for every talent. For example, if you’re a talented cake maker, there are few ways to get your clients. You can start from your neighbourhood, your church, classroom etc. by making and selling small queen cakes and get their feedback. Get their WhatsApp contacts, feed your status with images of your latest work or simply do upload a video of yourself making cakes.
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Create Classes Out Of Your Talent
YouTube is a big place to own your own TV where you teach what you know. If you’re a skilled salesman, you can a own a YouTube, TikTok page that is strictly for showcasing your talent. You could become a content creator as a dancer, rapper, singer, dramatist. Also, you can earn from offline avenues. All you need is a place, it could be your classroom, church, or your workplace. You could start off with starting a class teaching sales marketing, textile design etc. to classmates, colleagues and church members etc.
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Become A Freelancer
If you’re a writer, graphics designer, data analyst, sites like Upwork and Fiverr ought to be your best apps. In these apps you can host your profile and begin to source for jobs by submitting your proposals to potential clients.
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Start Selling Your Talents
If you’re a caterer, you can write an eBook on event planning and trade them on Amazon, Selar etc. You can teach ABC of how to sketch with pencils or step by step on how to paint, craft a good writeup etc. In this digital age, you can compile them into ebooks, online courses etc.
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Competition
This is one of the finest ways to earn from your talents, especially if you’re a writer, photographer, painter, singer, etc. The beauty of entering a popular competition is that you can use their platforms to build your brand when you emerge as a winner or a runner up. Most often, winner or coming as a shortlisted writer in a platform like Commonwealth Writers can give you the needed validations, where people can trust your craft.
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