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South Africa-5 Ways to Make Money Using Your Phone
Hey Mama,
It has been a while. I have been busy thinking of ways to help you make money using your phone. And in this post we will discuss 5 ways to make money using your phone in South Africa.
Forget the Apps Use Your Skills
I know that every time you Google how to make money from your phone, you are hit with a million apps. These apps ask you to watch a video, or fill out a survey and even play a game, to get like 5 dollars! Nothing is cute there by those apps.
Use Your Skills
What if you used your skills instead of your passion to build something of your own using your phone? Is this not a more sustainable way for you to make money using your phone?
Below we will list five ways to do this and details on how to get started. You are well on your way to making money, if you start right now. Well after reading this post.
Make Money Using Your Phone
What is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate marketing is when you promote other people’s products of services and earn a commission for every successful referral.
This is a great way to start making money using your phone because all you need is to share your link with your platform(s).
There is no money upfront with an affiliate program. And be weary of any program that wants money upfront.
How to get started?
The best way to start is to first look at all the brands you already use, and see if any of them have an affiliate program. It is always best practice to recommend a product or service you have used or at the very least absolutely love.
Affiliate Marketing in South Africa
It is on a steady increase as more businesses recognize the potential to grow their bottom line through affiliates.
The best way to get customers in an business is through word of mouth, and affiliate marketing is basically word of mouth.
When someone has a product they love, the natural next step is to tell everyone they know about it. You can now make money from telling people about the products you love.
A Few Affiliate Programs in South Africa
- Travelstart you get paid by advertising their performance campaigns on your blog or social media platforms. And commission is earned based on the number of paid bookings referred per month.
- 4AKid has a huge selection of kids’ toys, baby care products and educational toys for you to choose from. If you are a mom to little ones then this site is ideal. You can recommend these products to other moms. You earn 20% for each successful referral.
- Online Business Mom Coach our website has courses and books that you can promote to your audience, and earn 20% commission for each successful sale.
- AdMarula you can also sign up with AdMarula as a publisher (affiliate) to have access to different brands on their books.
Themed Social Media Page
Making money online can be a fun exercise, in fact, I believe it should be. And one of the ways you can make sure it is fun, is by creating a theme page.
What is a theme page?
Think of a subject or object you are passionate about. It can be knitting, travel, cooking, fashion, books, movies, series, you get the idea. Anything that you enjoy talking about, that is what your theme page will be about.
How Do I Make Money with a Theme Page?
Firstly, without sugar coating it, you will have to think about a theme that is profitable. And the best way to make a subject profitable is to niche all the way down.
Instead of having a fitness page, you can have a page that targets a certain part of the body. Something like, how to grow your glutes. Or how to lost belly fat after giving birth. The more niche it is the easier for the people looking for you can find you.
Make Money Using Your Phone on a Theme Page
You can then make money in the following ways:
- Advertising: You can advertise other business products and services that help people in your niche achieve their goals.( Brand deals)
- You can create a product or service for your followers
- Affiliate marketing
Yaga Consignment Store
I have lost count, at the moment, on how many times I have mentioned Yaga as a place to start making money online. But today, I am sharing a twist. You can start a Yaga Consignment store.
How It Works?
If you do not have preloved clothes to sell but would love to make some money from selling second hand clothing. Then an Yaga consignment store is your way in. All you have to do is reach out to people who have clothes they want to sell but, don’t have the time to list the items.
Sell Your Secondhand Books Online
Yet, another way to make money online is to sell all the books that are taking up space. You can make money from books you no longer need.
To sell your second hand books seamlessly, you can use Bookle. It works like Yaga but for books.
This option is also easier than Yaga in the sense that , photographing books is a lot simplier than styling and photographing clothes.
It is absolutely free to sign up as a book seller on Bookle. All you have to do is ship the book once a purchase has been made, and Bookle will release your payment.
User Generated Content
And finally, for this instalment, User Generated Content (UGC) is a way to make money online using your phone. For this you can look around your house to see the brands you already use.
Then all you have to do is make content featuring those products. It is important to talk about the products in an honest way. Talk about what you love and maybe what you feel can be improved but, the overall impression must be positive.
Tag the brands that you review and reach out to their brand and marketing agents once you have enough material.
Another route would be to join an agency.
Do note that with this option, the agency will also take a commission. This is not a bad thing if you do not feel up to finding deals yourself. An agency will find the brands and negotiate your fee.
And obviously, if you got at it alone, you get to keep the amount you are able to negotiate for yourself. You can start off with an agency and once you get the hang of things, go off on your own.
The Wrap Up!
There are multiple ways to make money using your phone. You are not limited to surveys and gaming apps to get cents for a days worth of work. With a little commitment and consistency you can create your own world. And profit from it.
I hope these ideas have your wheels churning and have demonstrated the endless possibilities.
Let me know in the comment if you want more lists such as this one.
Until next time, I wish you the courage to live the life of your dreams.
Bye, Mama Xx
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