I struck a gem in Walter. Article writing looked attractive, but I was broke. A colleague agreed to instruct me, but in academic work. He instructed me well, but I enjoyed no fruits. Academic writing is not my style, although I am an A graduate. Another friend taught me, but I never got a break. At that point, […]
How I Used Negative Feedback to Improve My Writing
At some point in our lives, we give up and fate takes charge – that’s the world’s greatest lie. On 13th April, I received an Upwork job invite. This was going to be my second job in Upwork. So I had to end my first contract to give space for this project. The client in […]
How Peter Wachira and Ezinne Uko won $100k each at the #GoGettaz finals by Kwesé
$100k! I couldn’t believe I saw this with my own two eyes. Looked like a scene from a movie on that rainy afternoon in Nairobi. The event was held on Friday, 26th Jan, 2018 from 2pm. In today’s exchange rate (at the time of writing this), $100k is approximately KSh. 10 million. So these two […]
How You Can Supercharge Your Online Freelancing Productivity
What exactly should you do to boost your productivity? See, I want you to succeed. Never forget that. One day when I’m old and gray, I’d want you to say “Walter genuinely helped me to succeed. He wrote to me straight from the heart.” This post is about APPLYING KNOWLEDGE to supercharge your PRODUCTIVITY. The […]
11 + Advanced Search Tips To Research On Google For Less Time
Most freelancers heavily rely on Google to search for information online. But, only very few know how to make the most of it. They search and keep searching, only to get lots unrelated results. It’s like searching for a needle in a hay stack. It’s annoying, right? And, like most people, you most probably have […]
I did not believe I was a great article writer, but I tried anyway! I’m now making $1,000 a month…
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 […]
How I Made $3,558 in My First Month as a Full-Time Freelance Writer
My name’s Richard, and I’m happy to tell you that I’m a full-time freelance writer. August 2017 was my first full month of working for myself. Here’s a screenshot of my earnings for the month: But I’ll let you in on a little secret … it may have been my first month as a full-time […]
How to Tell If It Is Really a Scam
It started with a short simple email. “If you want unlimited cash, simply reply ‘ready’. Then another one: “So far we have 100 lucky members. This select group is paid $2500 each day working for just 30 minutes online. We have a few more openings available before this offer is permanently pulled down. You’re reading […]
How I Built My Freelance Writing Business (And Earned $2793 Last Month)
I’ve been freelance writing for over a year now. In that time I’ve built a freelance writing business that brings in $2000 plus per month. Only last month I earned $2793 from freelance writing. Don’t believe me? See the screenshots below: The second screen shot on the right shows the value of work for a […]
How Martha Ngaruye Went from Beginner to $400 Per Week in One Month
Meet Martha Ngaruye, an unstoppable new freelance writer from Uganda. She just joined my training last month and she’s now already earning $400+ weekly from a long-term client. Note that she’s not even through with the training yet. What’s more? She only sent 8 proposals and landed 3 jobs from them. How did she do […]
10 Top Mistakes That May Kill Your Freelancing Career
How’s your freelancing career doing? Do you sometimes sit down and review your progress? Do you see any weak spots that need to be fixed? Online freelancing is great. The freedom that comes with it is unfathomable. Opportunities are limitless. If you do it well, you’ll also be laughing all the way to the bank. […]
Are you broke but want to earn online? Read this
Many people think that when I started working online I had money. I didn’t! Here’s what happened back in 2011: I started as a broke freelance writer struggling to get by. My first jobs were cheap (very cheap) articles in Freelancer. You may not believe it but I used to earn a paltry $1 per 500 […]
The future of FreelancerKenya and online training in Kenya
I recently did a poll on my mailing list where I asked some questions in order to improve my online training and blogging strategy. I got amazing responses. Some were expected but others were shocking. People really go through intense challenges out here. Others are willing to do whatever it takes and pay premium so […]
The rise of Kenyan online entrepreneurs
Things are really changing for the better online these days, and the number of Kenyan online entrepreneurs is steadily growing. Some people are still too busy looking at closed doors than checking out the legitimate, awesome opportunities that keep unveiling themselves right in front of our eyes. See, life is made in such a way […]
Hubstaff Review: An Innovative Time Tracking Software and Freelancing Website
I first came across Hubstaff when I was doing some work for Skyrocket. They were using Hubstaff to track my time since the work was paid hourly. I found it kind of a big deal. Recently, the brilliant guys at Hubstaff also came up with the first free online work platform – Hubstaff Talent. This […]
5 Reasons Why Very Few Bloggers Make Real Money Blogging
To start with, let me quickly clear the air; I’m NOT considering myself a great blogger. However, I’ve been able to build a successful blog, a blog that makes me enough passive income to keep me and my wife from doing jobs we hate doing. The good news is that it took me less than […]
Ajira Digital and the Future of Online Jobs in Kenya
On 24th November, 2016, the government launched a new site, Ajira Digital. This site aims to increase the awareness of online jobs to Kenyan youth. Below are the current objectives on the site: Immediately after creation, it has caused quite a tsunami online, eliciting very sharp reactions from many in different online circles. Most of […]
6 Surefire Ways of Arm-Twisting Your Clients to Pay You What You Want
As a freelance writer, you know you have your foot in the mouth when you are stuck with low paying projects and you’re wondering how to get clients to pay more. The situation can get very nasty, especially if your client is the difficult type, the one that makes life unbearable. Such a client can […]
EssayLancers Sounds the Alarm: Not Enough of Kenyan Academic Writers
Without a doubt freelance academic writing is the industry full of competition, and lately it has greatly influenced the quality of academic papers as well as writers’ income. Kenyans – among all other nationalities – also fight for their place in the sun and now constitute a great number of all freelance academic writers out […]
Why Chura Is the Current Talk of Town for Instant PayPal Withdrawal and Deposit Services
Update: Chura has temporarily suspended PayPal services. When I first heard about Chura, I laughed. Chura means frog in Swahili, right? So why would a startup call itself a frog? However, when I noticed that they were featured in Business Daily, Nation and Demo Africa, huge publications, I was totally flabbergasted. In fact, the Demo-Africa […]
How Can A Beginner Install WordPress on their Money Site?
WordPress is by far the world’s most famous content management system. It is easy to install and use. Most of your favorite sites, including this one, use WordPress. As we continue with the internet marketing challenge, which hopes to get most Africans earning online via their own sites, this is one of those topics that cannot […]
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