Tried and Tested Ways, Different Types of Businesses to Run in Nigeria
I am so proud of Nigerian women, men, boys and girls.
Things are so tough in Nigeria right now and although many are living beneath the poverty line (very sad) many are also starting businesses and creatively creating impossibilities by taking crisis and changing it into opportunity and I am so proud of them.
This is the Nigeria of my dreams. We are changing lemons into lemonade - good tasting lemonade. It is a very needed drink with the dry and sunny weather in November and onward.
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| I am the one in the middle of two of my sisters, 2012, Lagos, Nigeria. |
The story of my life
I spent most of my life before now as a baby girl. I only did the kind of jobs that made me happy and fulfilled me. I avoided some kind of jobs.
I can't do any job that appears to take advantage of other people. I was notorious for sending in my resignation letter in case a job violated my personal values. I gladly had my parents to pay the rent and take care of any other bills that may arise.
This has given me the advantage to try out many things, and start many different businesses, some succeeded, some failed, and some I simply killed the idea. From 2008 after speaking with some of my mentors in the banking, educational and Corporate Social responsibility sectors, I decided to stay true to the media and charity organizations.
There are challenges to working in Nigeria and creating your small business that is successful in Nigeria but I can teach you to be successful in the media and digital business sector in Nigeria.
25 Ways to Make Money in Nigeria
Are you interested in making money while working from home in Nigeria?
Are you a Nigerian looking to make money in Nigeria? Are you in the NYSC serving your nation? Have you graduated from the university? Are you still in the university? Are you a stay-at-home mom? Or you are just simply between jobs?
This article will be relevant to getting you out of a rut and living a life where you don't need money because you can make money by adding value to your environment.
Nigeria is extremely difficult right now. You can overcome some of these financial challenges by learning to make money using one of the ways that are outlined below.
In this post, I share many different ways that you can implement as early as NOW on making money from home in Nigeria.
- Start a YouTube Channel
- Paid survey websites
- Start A Successful Podcast
- Sell Art and Crafts on Etsy
- Make Money on Fiverr
- Create an Online Store with Drop Shipping
- Start A Niche Blog for Affiliate Marketing
- Video Editing
- Become a social media influencer
- Publish E-books
- Design websites
- Sell fast-selling products online
- Sell Ads space and sponsored posts
- Ecommerce website
- Membership website
- Start a podcast
- Write for websites
- Make money through AdSense
- Start a product review blog
- Graphic design
- Sell a video course on Udemy
- Sell photos on Shutterstock
- Create as sell Apps
- Teach Online
- Dropshipping
25 Ways to Make Money in Nigeria
The easiest way to earn money from home in Nigeria is through online earning platforms, and it is accessible to everyone.
You can make money from home if you are willing to deploy your skills and sacrifice your time to put in the work needed and create the value necessary to change another person's life.
All you need is N5000 to purchase Glo data, a phone/laptop and you can start making money.
Come on this exciting journey to become financially independent in Nigeria.
Your bank accounts should be filling up soon, with the creation of the right value and the distribution of this value to those that need this, for the transformation that they have been looking for all their life.
25 Ways to Make Money in Nigeria
1. Start a YouTube Channel
So I started a YouTube Channel for my business. Click to visit. In this video, I talk about content marketing and how important it is in this era.
Some of the successful people I love on YouTube are SisiYemmie, NdaniTV and RedTV, they are my primary source of entertainment. They are also a great source of money. Many successful YouTubers make as much as $5000 monthly. That is a whopping N1.5 million.
2. Get paid through online surveys
You can make residual cash through online surveys. You can spend all day filling online surveys and only make N200 for credit or data. When you calculate the amount of money to buy data, fuel, food and your valuable time, it might not make much sense.
Many of these survey jobs are scams so watch it that you don't waste your work time filling online surveys. I am yet to see anyone that became a millionaire filling online survey so you might not want to waste your time filling online surveys when you can be doing legit jobs.
3. Start a Podcast
A podcast is a recording of audio discussion on a specific topic, like business or travel, that can be listened to. They’re often found on iTunes and Spotify but are sometimes hosted on websites. This dynamic medium can be a perfect way to deliver your daily dose of inspiration wherever your audience might be. - OberloYou can build an audience of people whom you are adding value to their life daily via a thought or opinion or some form of entertainment.
Two of my favorite podcasts that I listen to while eating or cooking or washing are listed below.
My own podcast:
First one and the second one.
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4. Sell Art and Crafts on Etsy
Many years ago I used to advertise my crafts on Etsy. You can get customers from all around the world for your products. You will receive payments for your products in foreign currency and receive your payments via paypal.
5. Make Money with Fiverr
It used to be that every service had to be $5 on Fiverr. Now you can charge way more than $5 on Fiverr. You can charge a fee that is close to the industry standard. Or equal to the Industry standard. It all depends on your purchasing power.
6. Dropshipping
Another smart way to make an income without investing a dime is dropshipping.
It is like having an online store but not having one. What you do is partner with manufacturers and list their products online through websites, Instagram or Facebook.
When someone places an order, you forward the client to the supplier who transports it to the client, and charges you the price of the shipped item. You can decide to sell at any price to your client. You can the balance after subtracting the actual price.
25 Ways to Make Money in Nigeria
7. Start A Niche Blog for Affiliate Marketing
Blogging can never be stale. It is a form of content marketing. This is a strategy that companies use to make money online. It is a platform to advertise your products for your clients to see what you offer before contacting you to make a purchase.
A niche blog focuses on a particular sector of the market. You could choose tech, fashion or education niche.
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Your defined audience will determine the demography you target and the potential customers that advertisers can leverage on. It is also the smartest way to sell affiliates and services.
8. Video Editing
Video is a great way to make money in Nigeria. With the rise of content marketing, making a video quick and easy is a skill that many entrepreneurs are willing to pay for.
Making promotional videos for small and medium sized business owners will ensure that you always have money in the bank.
9. Become A Social Media Influencer
Becoming a social media influencer is hard, but profitable. It is a career path that many young have embraced.
Income comes rolling in by sponsored posts, direct product adverts and brand ambassadorship
25 Ways to Make Money in Nigeria
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10. Make money from E-books
Writing of eBooks is not limited to well known authors. If you are proficient in any skill such as digital marketing and can teach someone same skill, you should write an eBook to communicate what you know.
As long as your eBook will impart the knowledge that a person needs, you should write it.
Then advertise and distribute.
You can distribute in PDF formats or using Amazon.
11. Design website
You can design websites for entrepreneurs and small businesses to make their sales easier.
Many businesses have sprung up in the last ten years that don't have website. Any business that does not have a website is leaving money on the table.
You can render services to clients while in your sleep. You don't need to be available online to meet the client of your dreams. You can wake up to three requests to create websites monthly if you are actively creating sales funnels.
12. Sell products on online products
You can sell your physical products virtually. You can upload your products on Konga and Jumia and sell your physical products to clients who call you to make purchases.
Don't be idle and focus on clients around you when you can be selling nationwide and internationally.
Make use of your social media platforms to increase your coverage and use eCommerce sites because they already have a sales pathway.
13. Sell Ad space and sponsored posts
Sell Ad spaces on your blog. Or create sponsored posts on your blog and advertise via your social media platforms.
Niche blogs usually do better so that companies can take advantage of targeted traffic instead of advertising on blogs with un-targeted traffic.
Get your content right and encourage conversations across your blog to showcase your street credibility.
Once everything is set, send out proposals to small and medium companies to communicate the value you can add to their organization.
25 Ways to Make Money in Nigeria
14. Ecommerce Website
You can make money from home using your eCommerce website. Many online users in Nigeria have embraced the eCommerce industry and internet penetration is good enough that enough Nigerians will patronize your website to meet their daily needs.
15 Start a membership website
You can start a membership website that teaches a specific skill for a small yearly fee.
A lot of work goes into creating a membership website but it is worth it and you can make monthly or yearly income from it.
16. SEO for websites
Proper SEO helps make your articles discoverable and your content marketing active. You can earn money writing SEO for websites in Nigeria.
Companies and bloggers are always on the look out for great writers who can create evergreen content that will continuously rank and appear at the top of search engines.
17. Start A Product Review Blog and Get Paid to Review Gadgets
You can create a blog with proper SEO written articles that will generate traffic and earn money using Google Adsense.
A review blog is something that can generate a lot of traffic if the stories are true, honest and issues that affect society are focused on.
You can use your blog to review mobile phones, fashion and hair accessories, body products and makeup.
25 Ways to Make Money in Nigeria
18. Graphic Design
Graphic designers are the most sought after creative professionals in Nigeria. They prefer to work from home and have independence from working for only one company. The best graphic artists refuse to work for anyone but instead open their companies and work for others on contract.
Learning the skill of graphic art is a marketable skill.
19. Sell video courses online
Proficiency in any skill can be marketed via a video course that can be watched over and over again.
To advertise your skills via video, you can use Udemy. Daily many online learners visit Udemy to buy online courses in PowerPoint slides, PDF documents and YouTube videos.
You can share your knowledge with the world for a fee using Udemy.com and other online learning platforms.
20. Sell Photos on Shutterstock and iStockphoto
You can make money selling your photos via Shutterstock. Take African pictures and places that are unique and can't be found anywhere else and offer to sell to Shutterstock.
Pictures of black people and places in Africa are scarce online. You can be one of the first Africans to sell your products online.
21. Create an App
Create an app. Market it so that enough Nigerians find it usable and download it from the app store.
You can make money through adverts and other strategies used by successful apps.
25 Ways to Make Money in Nigeria
22. Become A SEO Expert
Search Engine Optimization is a great skill that you can use in making money. Businesses and blogs are always on the look-out for those who can help their websites rank.
SEO expertise is a skill that will always be sought after. Companies who want to improve their digital presence will always be after you.
25 Ways to Make Money in Nigeria
23. Tutoring online
There are many online platforms that you can join through which you can help to tutor the young children around you in secondary school.
You can also tutor those who want to learn a skill. Knowledge transfer is a smart way to make money wherever you are located.
24. Invest in stocks
Stocks and other investments are ways to make money. If you are nor expert in stock, you can join this group on Facebook (Money Africa) to learn how to invest in stocks in Nigeria.
25. Become a life coach
Coaching other people to be successful at executing small businesses or building life skills is a thing.
You can coach people to be successful in your field for a living. With a track record, you can coach other people to become as successful as you are.
People who need to overcome fear, boost their self-confidence and develop success habits can get enroll to be trained at your organization through your website.
There are all sorts of coaching programs such as travel, digital transformation, writing and speaking skills etc.
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