Try These 7 Side Hustles for Your New Blog / Website?18 Minute Reading Time

For anyone looking to start making money online, I have decided to share this post today to help you make a bit extra money. This post – 7 Side Hustles For Your New Blog / Website!  I am writing this, especially for website owners not yet earning from their publishing efforts but these ideas can be used by anyone!

Hopefully, this information can help you through difficult times.  Help give you the extra financial support you need when you are really struggling until you have your stream of consistent steady passive income that every wants to get into an Online Business for.

Recently, I wrote about what kind of results you can expect in your first year of blogging.  Just to summarise – I basically said that for most people earning decent money early on doesn’t really happen.  For most, it would seem to be in their second and third years that really the magic begins to happen.  

After 9 Months (it would appear) is when a new website can really expect its traffic to really start growing. 

*That is for those that have managed to do things properly from the start which is only a small fraction of people. But this is definitely a sensible estimate and I definitely recommend trying out blogging [See my #1 Course HERE]

So not to make any guarantees here but if you need to make a bit extra money or whatever here are my #7 Top Tips.

If this is something that interests you then please keep on reading>>

7 Side Hustles For Your New Blog, Website or Just To Make Money For Whatever It Is You WANT!

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Now, I would like to put you in the shoes of someone that hasn’t made money online before.  You hear all these stories about those that have become very rich from their online activities.  Youtube, Crypto, FOREX, Stocks/Shares, eBay, Amazon, etc.   Drop shipping, digital products, freelancing, and affiliate marketing are a few more…

So, you WANT a piece of the action – many will tell you their fantastic stories about how YOU can start making money in next to no time!  When in reality this couldn’t be further away from the truth!  

So you might call these people SCAMMERS!  Some are, maybe more than a few,  don’t get me wrong but how many of us just give up, and before we have even tried to do some of these things for ourselves?

Instead of really giving ourselves enough time to start making money – we give up because we are not seeing the results we want and financially for the time we could be spending doing something else this just doesn’t seem to be the logical thing to do. Especially if we are having to pay for things like memberships and subscriptions.

But I propose this question – IF We Had The Money There We Would Give These Opportunities More Time! Would we?

Take This For Example…

My Recommended Way To Make Money Online!

Skip this part if you wish but I think this does go some way to explaining things!

By this I mean my recommended solution for making money online…

Now, THIS IS, if someone asks me about how they can make money online my typical answer.
*Setting up a website for blogging and affiliate marketing.  The program for this I recommend is Wealthy Affiliate (at least for now) and it’s this I want to use as an example. 

For why having a side hustle as a backup plan might be what plows you ahead till you find online success.

So I have been a member of Wealthy Affiliate for over 3 years and the monthly cost of this is $47 a month ~ I pay less than this as I usually pay annually every Black Friday $299 but $47 is a lot of money for someone who isn’t making any.

I am honestly NOT knocking this opportunity I know other members after a few months have started to see earnings start accumulating to the point that $47 a month outgoings aren’t so much of a problem. Although I do know many people will not justify paying any more than the 1st 1-2 months because even $50 is too much money to payout.

I mean I actually started this blog post with this situation in mind because if it is only the money that is stopping someone from giving an opportunity like this the time it needs then WHY NOT START a SIDE HUSTLE!

Of course, this is time you could be spending blogging and what could in theory help you to see faster results but I am sure a lot of people would like to do this.

It might happen sooner but you must get yourself through this difficult period.  You must be prepared to lose money before you can make money.  Many will not be able to afford this but let’s think outside the box here. Instead of losing money every month…

Find Side Hustles For Your New Blog$

Now, I am going to carry on with using Wealthy Affiliate’s $ 47-a-month membership as my main example.  

So, as many members claim, through its training and hosting, you have everything you need at Wealthy Affiliate to create a blueprint for a successful business.  Many members have found out that by building their websites whilst following Wealthy Affiliates training they have managed to find success building websites within their first 2 years.

What many of them will say is “You must keep working, however long it takes, until you start seeing results”.

I think the $ 47-a-month fee kind of sucks in this respect but other programs are exactly the same and many actually walk away out of pocket because they don’t have the time or money to invest for long enough to actually become successful.

And I know the feeling myself – I’ve been there – where the end does not seem to justify the means. I get why people want to quit even if the opportunity is a good one and honestly, I kind of wish I knew about all the different side hustles I could do to fund my operations when I first got started but at least I can share this with people now.

So, with this in mind let’s look at some ideas you can do to try and cover these expenses. At least to try and make some of the money you will need to keep you going until you can move on to bigger and better things.

Here are my 7 Side Hustles for Your New Blog!

Try and find a few hours a week to try some of these ideas out for yourself!

i.)  Get Hired To Write For Other Bloggers 

Set up a Fiverr account and make your services (gigs) available.  $5 for 500 words should be an easy gig that you can get hired for.  6 of these gigs a month should make you $25-$30.  It might not cover the whole $47.00 for your monthly WA membership fees but it will mean you can afford them more easily.   Exactly what you will want!

Also, it is maybe worth noting even though Fiverr gigs can be very time-consuming and low paying you can start to earn more as you build customer relationships and a better feedback score.  SIGN UP FOR AN ACCOUNT HERE

ii.)  Other Freelancing Gigs

What you might find is that you have other skills aside from writing that you can utilize instead.  In fact, there might be gigs that you can do on websites such as Fiverr which take you less time than writing articles.  Perhaps take a look around.

If you would like some inspiration (you don’t know where to start) check out these 2 Youtube videos below;

Your aim (I would say) should be to try to make $30-$35 a month from freelancing but ideally where it doesn’t take away too much of your time.  It is fair enough finding a side hustle to help cover your expenses but let’s not forget why you are doing this in the first place.

If you really want to become a success with blogging and affiliate marketing you need to set aside both time for work and also for other things like training etc.  Extra work on top of this should only be a temporary solution until you can make consistent earnings from writing your blog posts etc.

Although, as side hustles go…

iii.)  Why Not Sell on eBay, or Amazon

Personally, I have used eBay and made a living from it for just over 10 years now.   From my own experience, I would say making $25 a month at least from eBay is fairly easy. 

What’s more, you can take advantage of their free listings with a private account.   So why not see what you have sitting around the house that you can sell?  Things like books, clothes, and collectibles can all potentially make you money$  

You might be surprised by what people will buy.  

Look elsewhere even – garage sales, thrift shops, and even on eBay itself.  See if you can find any good money spinners. 

You can also try Aliexpress.  Some products you can buy from the Chinese market that once you have you can sell for more money.  It can be risky with some products but if you can find the right ones you can easily double or even triple your initial investment. 

However, STILL, remember why you are doing this for. Do not get carried away with trading on eBay. You are trading on eBay to help to finance your new website.  Think of the money you will make when this is all up and running.   You will not regret it…

but if eBay is not for you! Try this instead maybe…

iv.)  Complete Micro Tasks With Appen.com

I have been using Appen for around 2 years now. I haven’t tried a whole lot of different jobs on here but mostly the ones I have participated in have been News Relevancy Surveys and Mystery Shopping. I have had a few good months with Appen where I have made $50 a month (enough to cover WA) but you must be consistent and there is a minimum threshold for withdrawal.

Anyhow, the reason I am sharing this idea is I think this is a very convenient side hustle that is quite easy to start doing. I would say as well it also pays better than your typical surveys. 

There do seem to be some pretty mixed reviews from their user base but my experience has been generally good.  For me, I think this is exactly what is needed in those tough months.  Maybe you can manage OK with the ideas above but just saying this might be worth looking into. I will share my link below…

v.)  Review New Products With UserTesting.com

I have literally only just signed up for UserTesting.com but one of my nephews used this website for a while a couple of years back.  Apparently, he made some OK money from this but he couldn’t get any more work after someone give him a bad review.

According to him, he needed to be in a quiet room when he was doing the video and audio tasks and my other nephew was making too much noise or something one day so he had to forfeit a task.

Like I’m still yet to give this a go. You can get a mobile app by the looks of things which is quite cool but from what I hear it can be difficult sometimes to get the work. Although, apparently you can make 4 for every 5-minute task and for 20-minute live interviews (I assume through Zoom or Skype) you can get paid anything from $30.00 to $120.00.

My nephew says it is a very good opportunity but you must maintain a good reputation or no one will want to hire you.  Kind of like most things I guess but yes anyway – 12 x $4 tasks = $48.00. $1 and your monthly WA membership is covered.

Vi.)  Try SwagBucks.com and Other Surveys

Part of me doesn’t know why I am bothering to mention this one.  I’ve tried other survey sites that are not SwagBucks and I can tell you the time you spend to actually make any money at all (most of the time) just does not feel worth it.

100 SwagBucks is basically the equivalent of $1.00 USD.  It is like any currency that goes up and down in price.  I see you can sometimes find tasks that might pay 1000+ Swagbucks but how long these take I think is the main question here.

Maybe try Swagbucks but only if you can’t manage to earn from any of the other ideas above.  You can try other survey sites as well but the reason I share Swagbucks and not the others is it appears to be maybe the best one.

• Attapoll – Good Mobile App – Threshold for Withdrawal $5 – Pays Straight To PayPal
• SwagBucks – Involves a lot of Click and Bait but it’s still a LEGIT platform
• Toluna – Well-known Survey website – Doesn’t always pay well but always Surveys are available!
• Vindale Research – Not Tried but I know It’s LEGIT!
• Pinecone Research – Like I Said with Vindale Not Tried but it’s LEGIT!

I hope these ideas are helpful but more so I hope the next section really gives you something to think about.

VIII – Create and Sell Digital Products

Of everything mentioned today this I think is the Golden Goose. If you can create a good digital product then this is your license to print your own money. It is maybe perhaps the hardest thing to do that I have mentioned so far but it isn’t as hard as something like developing a mobile app. In fact, I would say creating a digital product isn’t as hard as most people think it is.

So, some things to consider include;

I am sure this is not everything either but you can look to see what others are doing and do something similar. It is a bit more of a challenge now to stay ahead of the pack with A.I. like ChatGPT and MidJourney making digital product creation easier than it has ever been before but ETSY I think is a great example of somewhere to sell your digital products.

People actually do this and if you can do this it is worry-free. No shipping, no waiting for days to find out if a customer is happy with their purchase, and best of all you can sell the same product again, and again and again.

The potential really is MAD!

Bonus Tip:  Earn Credits and Commissions Through WA

Now, I am not saying this article today is just for those that are Premium members of Wealthy Affiliate that are stuck in a rut for paying their monthly memberships.  Maybe you have set up your blog without WA  (I personally recommend SiteGround as an alternative) but anyway, if you are looking to go down this route here is ONE thing you can do.

I know this probably won’t sound too appealing to most people but I have heard stories from people that have financed their time in WA during their most, toughest months by earning WA credits. 

I think each credit is worth $0.50.  You earn from leaving feedback and comments on people’s blogs.  It is quite a lot but if you leave 94 comments or feedback reviews you will make $47.00 up lol

Waste of time if you ask me but what isn’t is if you can get just 1 PERSON to sign up under you as a premium member. Every new recruit that signs up and sticks around at Wealthy Affiliate will make you $23.50 every month. 

So actually in my experience (I have found) that getting people to join WA Premium is not an easy thing to do. Especially since they scrapped their $19 for the first month offer but if you can get to 300 Premium Referrals in ONE YEAR at Wealthy Affiliate.  It is an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas, and people do actually go.

Check out this blog from Ivan Broz who is going to Vegas next year – he has commented on this blog before I’m pretty sure!

Anyway, if people like Ivan can get 300 Sign-Ups you can get 1 or 2 surely.  Perhaps mention some of my ideas above!

Now, bringing this to a close I am just going to finish this with one last bonus tip…

 In Conclusion

Try These 7 Side Hustles for Your New Blog / Website.  This is my main point.  Your first year blogging can be a difficult time.  It depends from person to person, this much is true, but most people do not make very much money from blogging within the first 6 months to a year.   

For this reason, it has to be something that you are willing to dedicate enough time to do.

You don’t have to try the ideas above maybe you could do a cleaning job for a few hours a week.  I mean you might likely have a full-time job already and blogging already is something you have very little time for.  But honestly, I would like to think you can find a ‘workaround’ here. 

Perhaps you could use your phone during your lunch break or on the bus home to use Swagbucks or something, or for listing on eBay, etc.

I haven’t had to do anything like this myself I must admit but seriously EVEN THOUGH I’m potentially setting myself up for future competition – I’d say stick at it!  Create a Wealthy Affiliate account, go through all of their training, and start blogging, and Affiliate Marketing!.

In my opinion, this has to be the dream job – work when you want, where you want, and earn money repeatedly from your previous work.  Even keep on earning more for all the new work you will continue to do.

Make $1000.  $5000.  $10,000 or even more every month.  Plenty of others are doing this and so can you as well!

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