Working on a business is hard work and the beginning stages of your business may not really produce enough to sustain you. You may find yourself hustling for months before you start to produce anything significant in your business.
While you work on your business, you may be forced to start something by the side to fetch you just enough money you’ll need to sustain yourself, pay the bills, etc, pending when your business starts to take care of you. This article will however guide you on how just to start something profitable by the side when working on your business.
Use your skills.
You would definitely have some skills, if not, I don’t think you would be working on a business. I will be showing you some skills you could use, and how you could use that to start earning something on the side while working on your business.
1. Content creation
Content is in great need across various businesses. We live in an information age, and a lot of people are just looking for the right information to either engage their followers, or for their businesses – text, audio, video, or graphical.
Reach out to businesses, companies, or websites that may need your knowledge about; starting a business, or something else that interests you. You could also use freelancing websites like freelancer, Fiverr, Upwork, and the likes to get clients, or even reach out to websites that could really use your expertise on that subject matter.
2. Business plans
A lot of people want to start their businesses and maybe lacking a great plan to run with. Luckily, you have already started yours, and may, in fact, be knowledgeable about writing great business plans.
Why not take advantage of that need that exists in “wantrepreneurs”, while making some money for yourself in the process? You could also set up a freelancing account in those websites I talked about in my first point while listing out the services you render, and get paid as you work.
3. Offer consultation services
If you have a lot of experience running a business or businesses, you could, of course, offer that invaluable experience to people who may just need great bits of advice on how to get through some certain challenges they may be facing in their businesses. A lot of people want to grow, you could also help those individuals with great advice on how to grow their businesses.
Every year, a lot of businesses are started, and a lot of businesses also go out of business. At any given moment, a lot of businesses are on the brink of collapse.
Say you were able to get some businesses you could examine their operations, spot their problems, and offer your solution for a fee, wouldn’t a lot of businesses be most likely willing to pay to save their business? You have a solution, there is a need or a problem – capitalize on it.