My name is Daniel. One year ago, after graduating from campus, I immediately landed a job as an after-sales services executive with a Chinese electronics company based in Nairobi. Considering the number of unemployed graduates in Kenya, that was quite some luck, and you bet I was over the moon. 2017 was an electioneering year […]
10 Crucial Lessons Learnt from 6 Years of Blogging
Imagine one day having a helpful blog where you share your tips and get consistent, high quality traffic. Whenever you share your posts on social media, they go viral. People just fall in love with your blog posts, emails and social media posts, not wanting to miss any bit. All of a sudden, anything you sell, sells. You maximize […]
A Breakdown of Everything You Have to Do (and When) to Earn $1000 in Freelancing
Sounds like a dream, right? The only freelancer you know who earns thousands of dollars online works for The New York Times, has been featured in Forbes magazine, has been freelancing for more than five years, or they have an exceptional command in English. Not you. In other words, it’s NOT the average person struggling to […]
Why Freelancers Should Have Their Own Websites
Making the decision to become a freelancer is one of the best you’ll probably ever make. With the internet and platforms like Upwork, you can access thousands of clients, all of whom have lots of work to offer you, meaning there’s lots of money to be made. But just because there is opportunity, it doesn’t […]
Hits and Misses of 2017 (And Predictions for 2018)
How was 2017 for you? I bet it had its fair share of good and bad things, right? The same happened in the online jobs/business world as well. Below are a few highlights. Hit #1: Cryptocurrencies shocked the world Love it or hate it, cryptos were such a big hit in 2017. Just take a […]
How I Made $1,268 in a Month Doing Basic Freelance Writing
Hello, my name is Johnson Gitonga Nderi, and I am a part-time freelance writer. I am a food safety expert with almost two decades in food business management and consulting, especially in food safety systems. I still have a career in food. Through happenstance and missed chances, I have not been as successful in my […]
7 Lessons Every Marketer Should Learn From A Beggar
Beggars. They occupy the lowest pedestals of life. The unworthy members of the society that many would love to forget about. Their plights go unheeded, pleas unheard, and prayers unanswered – most of the time. You would be easily convinced that they have nothing to offer of themselves. Yet, beggars have so much to offer. […]
How to Leverage Research to Come out Ahead as a Freelance Writer
There has been an increase in the number of online entrepreneurs lately. Walter talked about it in this post the other day. There are many trades; so many ways you can make money online and people have realized it. It is not just writers, but people are honing different skills to make themselves earn a buck […]
Nelly Mutua’s Journey to Becoming a Top Transcriber and Trainer
Update: It’s sad to announce that Nelly Mutua passed on. She died of COVID-19 on 28th February 2021. This post was an interview we did in 2017. I hope it will still help someone out there. Meet Nelly Mutua, a top transcriber. She’s been transcribing from back in 2009, growing from strength to strength. She knows all […]
How I Went From $140 to $350+ Per Week With One Freelance Writing Client
Two years ago, I was working with businesses that paid me $0.8 per article in Arabic. At that time, my earnings were smaller than my bank account fees. I felt scorned, broke, and hopeless. I wasn’t going anywhere earning peanuts working my face off all my holiday and after-school time. Thankfully, I bumped into a few English freelance writing […]
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