The internet has made the world a global village through its various means of communication.
But aside from communication, you can leverage on the power of technology by learning digital skills that will earn you real money.
What is a digital skill
A digital skill is a knowledge of, or ability of using digital systems. They involves the ability to use digital devices to solve problems. You can leverage on these skills by using them to make money.
Although there are many digital skills out there. In this article, we will highlight three digital skills that can fetch you money.
1. Social media
I believe this will sound strange to most people. Many people are just on social media for fun and to chat with friends. A lot of people don’t actually know that the ability to use social media can fetch you money.
So many of us spend good amount of time on Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter etc. But the ability to use them to solve a problem and generate money is a digital skill.
For instance, there are people that are brand ambassadors on different social media platforms. These individuals didn’t get there by chance – it was through a deliberate effort. There are different ways to earn money from social media – through paid adverts where people pay you to advertise their products or driving costumers to your own products.
If you want to a your social media skill, then it starts with you. You need to have a vision of the kind of people you want to attract – these would determine the kind of contents. If you want to attract older people, try to post something they can relate with while if you want to attract younger people, try posting trending things. Before you know it, you’ve created an influence on social and you can start earning from it. Social media influencers make a lot of money from endorsement deals, adverts, affiliate marketing etc
2. Become a YouTuber
The great thing about YouTube is that you can make money from it regardless of your profession. Even a farmer can make money from YouTube.
How do you go about it?
Simply create a content that people will like by making quality videos. You don’t have to be a celebrity. Even as a teacher, you can make quality videos of yourself while teaching, so many people will watch your videos to learn what your teaching and eventually you will earn.
Even a farmer can make videos, explaining how farming is being done in their locality – there’s always people who want to learn and explore. It doesn’t matter your profession – be it a hair dresser, doctor, engineer etc you can earn from YouTube.
3. Photography
Photography is also a digital skill. You may not necessarily own a camera, if you have a good phone with good camera, you can go ahead. You must also learn how to edit such photos. There are different ways of earning from photography – there are sites that buy people’s photos to use them as stocked photo. You can also make money by taking pictures of people and editing them. If you can have a quality camera, it’s an advantage.
