With the advent of the digital age, one need not venture out into the world for earning some money or even making a living. There is a multitude of ways to make money from home but then there are a lot of scams too. One needs to have proper knowledge and information about an opportunity before one dives in. Here are the top 3 ways you can make money from home:

1. Freelancing: Freelancing is meant, not just for coders but for writers, graphic designers, artists, film-makers, photographers and even just people who can read and type. Freelancing websites like Upwork and Freelancer offer a wide variety of projects up for grabs for people with all sorts of talents and even simple jobs such as data entry which can be done by anyone at home with a computer and internet connection.

Other creative ways to earn money by freelancing include offering gigs on Fiverr and even on Amazon Mechanical Turk and Microworkers. Freelancing involves accepting projects from clients around the world and delivering the required work within a given deadline. The better and higher quality work you do, the better feedback you will receive from your clients. This will help you land bigger and better paying projects in future.

2. Blogging: Blogging is widely used by people of all ages to share their experience or expertise on a particular subject. Blog posts are then shared by people over social media and discovered over the search engines by people looking for information. This drives traffic to these blogs and blog posts.

The way bloggers make money is by putting advertisements on their website by advertising programs such as Google’s Adsense program and they make money each time readers click on these Ads. Also, bloggers may recommend products such as physical products on Amazon or software products and make a commission on every sale that is generated through their website. This is called Affiliate marketing.

3. Youtube Channel: Maybe you like cooking or watching movies or even reading books? Well, Youtube offers you an incredible platform to create recipe videos, book or movie reviews and pretty much anything that you are interested in, and post it to a worldwide audience. You will need a decent camera for this purpose. However, the rewards are high. If you garner enough followers, your Youtube channel can earn you more than enough to make a living. Youtube gives you the ability to monetize your videos and it places ads on your videos. So every time someone watches your videos and sees an Ad, you earn money.

This can really add up in the long-term if you are consistent with posting videos and creating engaging content. As you gain more followers or subscribers, it is even possible that advertisers approach you directly to feature their products or services in their blog and you could have an additional source of revenue.

These are the top ways to earn money from home that are trending widely among a lot of college students and stay at home moms. Pick the one that suits you best and make the most of it.