If you have website skills, you can freelance whereby you use the skills to make some quick bucks online. The online gigs are offered through various online sites. Once you apply, you may be hired under independent contracting terms.
There are many positions available online for hire. Apart from Upwork, there are sites like Freelancer, elance, iWriter among other professional sites which offer online gigs to persons with diverse skills. There are creative writers, web content writers, copywriters, ghost-writers out of so many other jobs where clients are seeking writing services. When you enter into independent contracting with the companies, you will be providing the writing services to the clients through the company.
One is paid on hourly basis, though one can apply for fixed jobs whereby you are paid once a job is completed. You do not have to be employed to earn money through your training. These online gigs could end up being your full -time job or part-time.
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