Many are joining the dots and realising that an online tutoring side hustle is their best option to Escape9toFive. With online tutoring, you create and upload a series of videos which can help teach something. There’s various online platforms which support this, giving you options to upload your videos to a pre-existing laid out format and take payment for access to them.
Here’s a few that are useful: teachable.com Udemy.com and skool.com are just three of the platforms which support online courses. They allow you to upload your content and promote it, using their interface and readership.
Online Tutoring Side Hustle – Memberships
An online tutoring side hustle is a great plan if you’re got something to teach and a lot of expertise in your given area. You can load multiple videos to a platform and create a short course as a starting goal. A beginners course or guide is a good idea – giving people the basics of what you do.
Memberships are a great way to build a solid income online over time because they give you a recurring income. With only a few memberships you can have a good monthly income. As your membership base grows you can even replace an existing income. Some members using platforms such as Skool.com are earning 6 figures from building online membership platforms and giving value to their members.
I’ve recently written an article on affiliate marketing where you get paid for selling other people’s products and services online. Membership products are better than “one-off” sales because they give you recurring payments for each sale you make!
Online Tutoring Side Hustle – What Do Online Tutors Teach?
Online tutors offer all kinds of skills and expertise. There’s coaches and mentors in pretty much any topic you can think of. The downside of this of course is there’s a tonne of competition for your skills and also a lot of free content online too.
The upside though is that once you’ve created your course you have a potential income stream which requires very little work thereafter to maintain. It’s like writing a book. You get paid for sales once you’ve created your work. Here’s a quick snapshot of some of what’s on offer on Skool.com:
Some of the courses offer free membership and build their members (and content) before starting to charge a fee. This shows they have built a valuable community which people are prepared to join.
What About FREE Content Online?
Of course there’s lot of free content online which you don’t pay for. YouTube, for example has a tonne of free content anyone can access. So why would anyone pay to join your community or for your training videos/content? Well people do pay for unique and valuable content they can’t get elsewhere. Whatever you do, if you have a unique take on something, it might be worth investing some time to build your own community.
Of course it takes time to build up a subscriber base online. But with even only a small community of 50 members, once each one starts paying a monthly membership, those subscription payments soon add up. Often, users who build communities with Skool.com, Udemy or Teachable.com will use free channels such as YouTube to direct people to their paid offers.
Unsure What You Can Teach?
If you’re unsure what you can teach, have a look at what you’re most passionate about. Most people have certain skills they completely take for granted which others would pay to learn. What about computer related skills? Simple basic things such as setting up an email account can be useful for those who don’t know it.
Or maybe you’re a DIY fan? Although there’s lots of other DIY websites and tutorials, none of them have your individual take on it. You’d be surprised who you can attract online if you create an online space and talk about your passions.
If you still don’t have anything you think you can create from a coaching perspective don’t worry. You can still use other people’s membership products to make money online.
Finding A Membership Product You Can Align With
Maybe you don’t have anything you can teach? Or, you have a skill, but don’t want to invest in any of the online coaching platforms? Well, you can still make money from membership products. By aligning with affiliate products which offer memberships, you can make money through online referrals even without anything of your own to teach.
Many affiliates do this by creating content around a topic they enjoy – whether they’re an “expert” or not! If you can sell a membership product which aligns with your online content, you can get paid for creating stuff online, even without your own course.
Some affiliates also just focus on the advertising side of things, and sell memberships without creating content. Learn more about promoting online services and products here. You can also checkout our escape 9 to 5 guide here.
