But in Ghana, when you talk about how make money online, the first thing that comes to people's minds is SAKAWA. People seem to forget about the like of Ameyaw Debrah and Linda Ikeji who have made millions of internet business...mostly blogging.
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10 ways to make money online in Ghana
Wanna make money online legitimately in Ghana? Read 10 easy ways to take internet marketing business to a whole new level
A lot of people usually fall for such, and attempt to sit at home and make thousands of cedis per month, by doing nothing, unfortunately.
These days, the Internet is such an open platform, to a very large extent, no one controls what gets posted there, as long as someone can afford a certain amount of money per year, then they’ll be able to buy a domain and trick thousands of people.
However, internet marketing is by far the best way to make money online, it is the largest market in the whole wide world where millions of people visits daily to search for information and definitely buy something, so, you can definitely make money legitimately online.
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Find out how below:
- Start a website or a blog
Start a website or a blog and earn revenue through advertising networks like Google AdSense and BuySellAds. You can even sell your own ads directly through Google DFP.
- Launch a curated email newsletter
Launch a curated email newsletter and find sponsors or use a subscription model where people pay a fee to receive your newsletter.
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- Create your own YouTube
Create your own YouTube channel and become a YouTube partner to monetize your videos.
- Make something creative
Make something creative – like handbags, jewelry, paintings, craft items – and sell them online.
- Offer one-on-one online help
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Offer one-on-one help to anyone worldwide over live video using Google Helpouts. You can do live cooking classes, teach maths or even offer fitness and nutrition tips.
- Online educators and teachers
Educators and teachers can help students with homework or offer on-demand teaching class over the Internet by applying to become an online tutor.
- Sell stuff you no longer use online
Sell the stuff you no longer use – like old books, children’s toys, gadgets, DVDs, furniture, etc. – on classified sites like Tonaton.com or Kaymu.com.gh.
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- Online freelance writing and video editing
Online freelance writing, video editing and so on is another way
- Affiliate marketing
Affiliate marketing- You can earn money by advertising other people's work on your platform.
- Selling information
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Selling information- you can sell your e-books e.t.c on stores like Amazon to earn money.
Though the online business is risky, it is worth it, you just have to remember two things, you ABSOLUTELY have to sell something, either products or services.
Selling products or services is the only way to make legitimate money online as the money being made is from people who pay for these products and services in exchange for cash.
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