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It is no longer news that technology has taken over the market sphere and is currently swimming in opportunities. So, instead of wishing and wishing the lockdown is canceled so that you go back to your shop or office to resume business, you can continue while you are at home through the virtual means of business.
It is a situation where you make use of the various available virtual means to create income outside your office. You can be a food vendor. If you are a good chef or cook, use your skill to make money too, not only feeding your family. It needs absolute dedication of time to start, that means you choose between being a food vendor and other things. When you start you tell your family and friends what you do and then they refer. You can also use the social media to push for customers.
There are various social media marketing means that can help with that, you can create an e-commerce platforms to sell your goods; making it easy for customers to choose what they want and order it easily- I will be telling you how to make use of different social media platforms to market your business in another post. When this is done, you will need to deliver these products to the buyer, and this can be done using home delivery services.
Home delivery service is something that will always be in service for a long time. It is another kind of business one can do even when the government has ordered a lockdown in your city. Many essential businesses like, food vendors, hospitals, pharmacies etc, make use of these delivery services to deliver their products. And this have put the delivery business in a spot as an essential service during this period, putting a lot of money in their pocket. I will tell you an easy way to start this kind of business later, for now I am just telling you that it is a kind of business that brings money even when there is no office or shop in place.
Another thing that can send money running into your account, is writing. A lot of people need help in writing their project, bringing their thoughts to life, writing a book, blogging etc, but they refuse to admit. The few who accept this are those who we find on websites like freelancer, justfrom5k, Jolancer etc and those who use some of their social media platform to post a writing vacancy. Most times a writing gig can start from 500 naira to 250,000 naira, depending on what you are writing and who you are writing for. This time you don't need much to even start, just have a biro, a paper, a laptop, airtime /data; for research and creating an online presence. And most especially, you should have the flare and skill for writing.
Finally, if you have a good voice you can make cool cash with it. Voice over artists are those who voice the adverts we see on TV and hear on radio. Of course they are paid for using their voice. Every gig starts from 5k upwards and that's an added income even while you are home. They can send you the script and you voice it with your phone. That means you need a good phone that has a good audio quality.
With these, you will not be scared of your account balance going down to zero. The good part is that these businesses don't need a fortune to start. Give it a thought!
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