ARE YOU BROKE BUT WANT TO EARN ONLINE? READ THIS
Things are really changing for the better online these days, and the number of Kenyan online entrepreneurs is steadily growing.
Some people are still too busy looking at closed doors than checking out the legitimate, awesome opportunities that keep unveiling themselves right in front of our eyes.
You see, life is made in such a way that whenever doors close, there are always multiple doors opening up.
How did the whole Kenyan online entrepreneurship come about? What is shifting the minds of Kenyans from being mere online workers to being astute online business people?
Let me tell you a story.
I started working online years back when i was a student at Nairobi University.
I used to write articles worth $1 (Ksh.100) per 500 words. Those days, there was no one talking about freelance writing online. There were a few doing it, but they kept it top secret.
So, I thought I was earning quite well with those $1 pieces. After all, I could do 10 articles a day ($10) and earn Ksh.30,000 in a month.
Soon the client doubled it and started paying $2. I was in heaven.
Having a little entrepreneurship mindset, I started hiring others for that $1. The client would pay me $2 and I would make $1 profit per article.
Within a few weeks, we had a team so strong that we could produce up to 75 articles per day. That was a whole $75 (Ksh.7,500) per day for me.
It was the highest amount I had ever earned or even dreamt of earning while in campus.
Note that a few months before that, I couldn’t afford much in life. I was struggling with life in campus.
One year later, this little online entrepreneurship enabled us to have some little financial breather.
I stopped the agency thing because of issues managing clients and writers, and after even being conned in the process. I then decided to go for higher paying clients and have only a few writers.
After writing a lot, I started asking myself, where are these clients taking all my articles?
I did some little online digging and realized that the clients were paying me just $5 or so per article, but they would post these articles on their websites/blogs and earn thousands of dollars from their sites.
I then started my blog, which also enabled me to earn thousands before later venturing into business consultancy after University.
Writing is a great way to make money online in Kenya.
I am a living proof of that. I have been a freelance writer since I was in campus. I have also coached some of the best writers in Kenya.
The best part is you don’t need to have a university degree to succeed in this. Writing got me from being broke while in campus to where I am today.
By
Timothy Angwenyi
Business Consultant
Justine Nyachieo
Business Man & Mentor
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