Phew! When this service was unleashed, it felt like we’d struck gold. Finally, it was (and still is) possible to withdraw from PayPal to Equity in just 1 day. Just a few years ago, it was extremely difficult to withdraw money from PayPal in Kenya. Many options came in, while others quickly faded away. You may not […]
How to Become a Successful Freelancer (from Scratch)
Have you ever felt so lost that you don’t know where to start? That’s where I was in early 2016. I’d gone through a terrible life crisis in 2015 and couldn’t work for months (yes, months!). In 2016, I was much better. So, I decided to do a freelancing challenge so that I’d grow with […]
How to Host Your Website or Blog (With Pictures)
Once you register your domain name, the next thing you want to do is to host your blog or website. Web hosting simply means providing storage space for your website so that users can access it. An excellent web host will ensure that your site remains online most of the time (99.9% uptime) and it […]
5 Ways to Make Money Online as a Farmer
If you follow the world’s economic trends related to our dear continent, Africa, you will observe one significant thing; Africans are getting back to the farm (or we’re being forced back to the farm). This is good news if you consider the fact that the African continent is importing billions of dollars of food every […]
How to Register a Domain Name (With Photos)
If you want to set up a website, one of the first things you’ll need to do is to register a domain name. This is simply the name of your website, such as freelancerkenya.com or wikipedia.org. It is the number one thing that people will be referring to when talking about your site and will also […]
Internet Marketing in Africa – A Great Cause for EVERYONE to Join In
This is an introduction to internet marketing in Africa. It is a challenge for each and everyone in this continent to start thinking of putting their business online. Whether you are a farmer, a taxi driver, a clothes designer or an online freelancer, consider creating a targeted website for your audience and cashing in on […]
How to Outsource Work Online Without Getting a Throbbing Headache
Giving out work to freelancers has tonnes of great benefits and can really help ease your personal workload. However, if you outsource work online work to the wrong person, there is that stinging headache that comes when bad work is delivered. Things like poor quality, late delivery, wrong formatting, last minute cancellations etc. can be really […]
GoTranscript is Hiring Transcribers
Online transcription jobs are interesting and relatively easy to understand for most online workers. However, there are a few challenges that transcribers face. Among these is the fact that it may be difficult to get jobs on bidding sites. Other non-bidding sites have so many unreasonable requirements that some people just give up. Great news […]
6 Strategies to Market Yourself as a Freelance Writer
There are numerous platforms out there where you can find people in need of freelance writers to help with their blog posts and web content. However, these are clients looking for writers and in most cases, the clients dictate the terms of pay and the rates. If you want to earn more than $10 per hour, you […]
Life After Life – The Death of Janet Ciru Akolo and Beyond
A day like yesterday afternoon I was in town with James Ouma (a trainee) talking about online business till I got that chilling phone call. On the other end of the call, Janet Ciru Akolo said, “Honey, come quickly. I have to go to hospital now, it’s an emergency.” A day before Janet was singing […]
Legitimate Freelancing Websites Where You Can Get Online Jobs Without Paying a Single Cent
Working online is awesome, especially when you’re working on legitimate freelancing websites that pay you for your hard work. It can be demoralizing to work on a site only to realize that it’s a scam website. Here’s a list of legitimate sites where you can work without barriers such as joining fees or country restrictions. […]
The Little Tricks That Can Help You Triple Your 5 Star Reviews
5 star reviews are very important in online work. A good rating is one of the main determinants to how much you’ll earn. For example, in iWriter.com, you may be paid even $24 per 500 words as an Elite Plus writer or $2.24 per 500 words as a Standard writer. Same number of words, different prices. The […]
7 Ways to Get Direct Clients in Online Freelancing
It is painful to keep bidding with no work. It’s demoralizing when you log in to your favorite online freelancing website but there are no jobs on the queue. Or the few jobs that you can see give you instant headache since you cannot do them. While you’re fumbling online looking for the best online work […]
9 Surefire Tips To Help You Survive Your First Year of Online Freelancing
Just like many others, I was once very broke, doing low paying jobs and unable to make ends meet. Success in online freelancing was nothing but a distant dream. Whatever I was earning monthly could barely help us survive for two weeks. I was in a financial rat race. Always in debt, struggling to […]
And CrowdSource Unfairly Banned Kenya – Should We Be Worried?
Crowdsource (now rebranding to OneSpace) suspended Kenya a few months ago due to buying and selling of accounts. Reports stated that Kenyans could still sign up but when it came to adding their PayPal accounts, the Kenyan PayPal accounts will not go through and their CrowdSource accounts would be deactivated or suspended. Others just woke up early September […]
Your Straight-Shooting Post About Easy Money
One of the most common questions I’ve been getting of late on my email is, “Walter, I am in a desperate situation, I need to make money now now! How can I make easy, quick money online”. I always feel for such people, and I try to offer the best advise I can give them. […]
Why PayPal Sucks and What You Can Do About It
Do you use PayPal in Kenya? If you’re a freelancer, I bet you do. It’s mostly not a matter of choice. You have to use it since there are many sites that only have PayPal as their withdrawal method, for example iWriter and Rev among others. Don’t get me wrong I love PayPal and have […]
Attention Writers! Should You Write for Content Mills
From the corner of my eye, I could tell my brother wanted to burst out laughing. Having told him I was about to send some cash over from my online PayPal account to my phone, he couldn’t wait. But immediately I switched on my PC, and logged in to my Freelancer account, the $27 balance […]
8 Best Practices in Academic Writing for Newbies from EssayLancers.com
Freelance academic writing is one of the most popular ways of making money online. Wonder why? Because it’s a gold mine that gives lots of opportunities. There are many reasons that will make you consider this type of job and among the most important we can name are: flexibility (you are the boss of your […]
All About the Certified Internet Marketing Course in Kenya
I am here looking at this certificate and smiling. I recently completed the CIMP course at Computer Pride. CIMP simply stands for Certified Internet Marketing Practitioner. As I write this there are only 3 certified practitioners in Kenya. Join this course soon and you may be among the first few! Simply download the form below, […]
How to Make Money Through Online Training, Consultations and Seminars
Once upon a time I thought that I just could write great, useful posts, reply to people’s emails and give free courses and in return people would give me tips and donations. I thought I would make a lot of money online this way. Only a few, countable people since then have given me a […]
5 ways to survive online money making without having your own computer
Just the other day, I was having some tea talk with one of my students. He told me he wasn’t in a position to start training on any kind of online money making job, since he didn’t own a computer. This was a repeat of my life. When I had my first step on making […]
How to Create an Affiliate Website that Makes Money
Affiliate marketing is nothing more than the process of promoting a company’s product(s) or services for commissions. It has been around and people have been making money with it for a long time and I believe it will stay with us forever. There are affiliate marketers out there who make millions of dollars a […]
Comment Contest Winner and Other Freelancing News
When you don’t have time to take note of what’s happening around the freelancing world, don’t worry, FreelancerKenya has got you covered. Last week was a heavy one in the freelancing industry, especially considering the sad move that PayPal and iWriter made. I was happy to be featured on another blog. Read about it and grab […]
8 Excruciating Mistakes To Avoid in Your Online Business
When you were getting started with your online business, you most likely were so excited! You were told that you will have no boss, work at your own hours, make a lot of money and buy that car that you have always dreamed of. Immediately you started making money online, you realize that it is […]
Increase and Secure Your Online Income With These 5 Incredible Tips
At the time of writing this post, I have blogged for 2 years. I have seen people come and go. Some friends have come with a storm, gotten good cash, got a tragedy (e.g. sickness, death of a loved one e.t.c.) and left the business. Others keep growing and growing; starting from below poverty level […]
How to Withdraw Money from Skrill to MPESA (Fast)
You can withdraw money from Skrill to M-Pesa in minutes. I almost ran off the street screaming “Eureka!” when I first tried this method and it worked. In this quick guide, I’ll show you how to withdraw. I’ll also talk more about my current favorite Skrill alternatives — Paxful, Payoneer, and Wise (formerly TransferWise). Let’s […]
How to Build a Profitable Web Business (Seminar)
“Walter, when is your NEXT seminar?” I have heard this question uncountable times from innocent fans who don’t know that I had never had a PREVIOUS seminar. Each time I would say something like, “I work from home and like doing things online as opposed to offline” or “All my trainings are online” etc. See, […]
How to Make Money on Facebook in Kenya – Legitimate Methods
Just like you, I love Facebook and I am almost always online checking out what’s the latest out there. However, did you know you can make money on Facebook? I am not talking about things I’ve read online. I’ve actually done a real case study on this and come up with my personal data, findings, […]
Good News from iWriter, ePay-Kenya, FreelancerKenya and Skrill
Today is Jamhuri Day and Kenya turns 50. We thank God for bringing us this far.As we celebrate this great day, there are a lot of great stuff flying around. Below are some great news from the above named sites. FreelancerKenya I have just launched my new eBook called Top-Level Freelancing and Internet Marketing in […]