Zimbabwe unemployment rate is estimated to be between 80-90% and the youths are mostly affected and many people have sent a countless CVs to many job prospects but still to no avail, and some still have fallen prey to bogus job agents or have lost their hard earned fortunes to job scams that spread on social media or that have flooded the internet. I know you have all heard about something that can bring you thousands of dollars from the comfort of your home and all you need is just your computer, cellphone, internet access and your passion then you got dollars dripping into your pocket. I have compiled a list of ways that you can use to make money online in Zimbabwe.
What are you waiting for? The sky is the limit when it comes to making money online
1)Virtual Agency
I'm sure you have all had about the Econet Elevate Program that can make you earn about $600 per month from the comfort of your home and all you need to do is to be first an Elevate member. To become an Elevate member, you have to be between 16 – 34 years of age. Dial *771# to join the Elevate program. You will first need to have 5000 points which are earned through recharging your phone by any means, be it through scratch cards or even Ecocash. For every $1 recharge you earn yourself 100 points translating to $50 to start the training. Assuming they have accepted and reviewed your application, you will need to go for a training of 6 modules with a test at the end of each and you have to pass with a minimum of 90%. To read more about the program click here
2)Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is an advertising model where a company pays compensation to third-party publishers to generate traffic or leads to the company’s products and services. The third-party publishers are referred to as affiliates and the commission fee incentivizes them to find ways to promote the company. With just your internet connection you can sign up to a lot of affiliate programmes you can share your links on social media and embed the codes on your website or even blog. This will earn you some money even whilst sleeping and depending on how best you dedicated and have mastered its art, you can get some good amounts of money for yourself. Click here to see the best Affiliate programmes you can join in Zimbabwe visitor who clicks on one of these links or ads on the affiliate’s site will be redirected to the e-commerce site. If s/he ends up purchasing the product or service, then the e-commerce merchant credits the affiliate’s account with the agreed commission, which could be 5% to 10% of the sale price of the product.
3)Social Media Marketing
We all have one or more social media accounts, and some with a thousands of followers and countless engagements and all you still think about is the use of social media for communicating when business is now social. Its high time you turn that Instagram account of yours into some business, where you promote and recommend other people's businesses, services, events, products etc. and start earning yourself some bucks to buy yourself some Nike..When you doing your social media business you have to take extra caution especially when its your person account, that you do not spam your audience as most of them are your followers and friends. You also have to make sure you share products you believe in, that you have tried and tested as you still want to gain that credibility from your audience. For example you should try avoid promoting an event like a beer festival on your social media platform when you yourself do not drink or your audience know that you are a church person, also when you into church things and leadership then you maybe promote a flier of a Motivational Seminar, the conversions will be higher and the one you advertising for is usually impressed. Its not only about Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and even WhatsApp can make you fortunes, but like I said before make sure you don't spam your audience, especially on Whatsapp groups and make sure you abide by the set group rules eg some group have specific days where they allow posting of Adverts, then you ought to stick by that With social media marketing you can even charge from as little as $30 per month per client or even $10 per week on Instagram.
4) Online Trading
.Online trading is basically the act of buying and selling financial products through an online trading platform. These platforms are normally provided by internet based brokers and are available to every single person who wishes to try to make money from the market, this will include forex trading, bitcoin trading and many more.There are many different types of online trading from Day Trading, Swing Trading, Scalping etc and all are clearly stated with their advantages and disadvantages here The word of advise is that you really understand the online trading programs before you jump in to join or you part with your hard earned dollars because there are many scammers out there who can run away with you money and also do note that sometimes the rewards are not as expected as we are dealing with markets and markets always fluctuate but I can tell you that many people are making unbelievable profits so you might want to give it a try.
5)Blogging
Do you have a passion to write or do you have something worthy to share with the global internet community, then you might have to give it a try as this can give you some money still from the comfort of your home but you need a good strategy and the right passion to start earning big from this venture.A blog (shortening of “weblog”) is an online journal or informational website displaying information in the reverse chronological order, with latest posts appearing first. It is a platform where a writer or even a group of writers share their views on an individual subject. There are many ways you can start earning from your blog from displaying ads, sponsored posts, recommendations etc but first you need to grow your brand first and then you can reap your super rewards. It is very easy to have a blog but the challenge comes in having a best brand product and a blogging course might be the right way to go before you embark on this journey and one such course will be coming soon in Zimbabwe, you just need to stay tuned to this blog by subscribing below and will alert you as soon as it commences.
6) Network Marketing
If there is something that has been changing lives of the ordinary Zimbabweans, is network marketing and this has seen some move from poor or mediocre lifestyle to posh lifestyles, but as always some have lost what they had after giving a hand in one of these programs but as always this is business, its either you win or lose. When we talk of these, something quickly comes to your mind, that is the health and beauty products, Stem Cells, Green World etc, so lets see what this is all about in brief.
Direct selling method in which independent-agents serve as distributors of goods and services, and are encouraged to build and manage their own sales force by recruiting and training other independent agents. In this method, commission is earned on the agent's own sales revenue, as well as on the sales revenue of the sales-force recruited by the agent and his or her recruits (called downline). Also called multilevel marketing (MLM), cellular marketing, or by other such names, it is a multi-billion dollar worldwide industry that distributes practically any portable item, although restricted or banned in several countries due to its history as a vehicle for consumer Source If you really dedicated and you a good marketer, then you have to give it a try and now most of these programs you can even do the business online, like Super Life
7)Online Services
Are you good at something, like graphics designing or you a freelance writer then there are interesting communities you can join to sell your services from the comfort of your home and the good thing is that with most of them, its free to join then they might ask for a commission at the end of the day for the sells you make. Another good thing is that there are online group chats, and communities you can interact with others around the word and see how best you can sell your products and you can also do a lot of collaborations making work easier for you. Also you have seen that most Zimbabweans are now in need of graphic designers to do their logos, fliers, reports, Cvs etc and you can just establish yourself in that by offering your services online and spreading via social media and referals.
Some sites to have you make money online
http://www.smartearningmethods.com/make-money-20-twentyville/
http://gigbucks.com/
https://www.fiverr.com/
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