Online jobs for teens - Work from Home

10 WAYS FOR TEENAGERS TO WORK FROM HOME AND EARN MONEY & EXPERIENCE :
Going to schools and getting education has to be the top most priority for teenagers but to satisfy your day to day needs, earning little side money would be just the trick to stop bugging your parents for money. Believe me, in today's digitized world along with being regular at school you can stay at home and find some online work from home jobs.
If you are a parent of a teenager and want her/him to get some real-life skills along with their education, then show them how teenagers can earn money through online work from home jobs. One of the most important advantages of working alongside your school or college is you get to gain experience in various fields and get to sharpen up your skills in every field you are passionate about.
All this hard work keeps on adding on to your Resume and when you finally begin your journey of becoming self-independent, you get to see that it was all worth it, because it’s not just your certificates or degrees that counts but the major role your experience plays is like a cherry on a cake.
With the current advancement of technology and the digital media, now you can look beyond working in Restaurants, Departmental stores or even mowing lawns. Being a teenager isn’t easy as you are just beginning to learn how to create balance in your schoolwork, housework, relationships, etc. Slowly you realize work from home jobs is the key for 15 - 16 year-olds to earn money online.
Being a teen has been becoming more and more expensive these days, the sooner teens experience the importance of saving money wisely and start looking for small online work from home jobs you can do in your spare time.
The following are the ideas for 15-16year-olds to earn money through online work from home jobs.
1. WRITING REVIEWS

Writing reviews is one of those easiest ways to start your journey, you can write about music, restaurants, gaming parlors, etc. Many Brands and Musicians who have just started to get gigs in the growing music industry need honest reviews on how their music would do when launched for the audience and use that feedback to gain more fan following.
These musicians are willing to pay or reimburse you in one way or another and how much you get paid will depend on the quality of your review. One of the most popular sites that helps people in earning money by reviewing music is to Slice the pie. You can consider writing reviews for Sponsored Reviews or Reviewstream as they are loaded with various categories for review.
2. PART-TIME DAYCARE JOBS

All you have to do is look for people in your neighboring areas who need someone interested in childcare, pet care, and even housekeeping. There’s a website called Care.com, you can enroll easily and look for daycare jobs if you do not want the hassle of asking in your neighboring areas.
There are so many families willing to go somewhere for a good weekend but they have to cancel their plans because they can not carry their pets along or have elderly people in the house who can not travel, it’s an opportunity for you yo get yourself a part-time job.
3. SELLING OLD ACADEMIC BOOKS

Well, instead of books if you have something valuable but now you can not find a use for it, go ahead and look for someone who would be willing to be a buyer. There's a vast range of items you can think of selling online from Novels, Music instruments, Old speakers, books and anything that has a market value and is yours to sell, etc. You can even sell home crafted goods by signing in to Etsy or create an online store with Shopify.
4. ONLINE TUTORING

Use this knowledge and share it among others by entering the world of online tutoring. Various companies are looking for hiring online tutors and some of them even help 15 - 16-year-olds to earn money online through tutoring. If you don’t have time to get in this hassle of contacting companies then just spread the word in your circle and start taking classes on Skype.
Teaching online can be a well paid and even fun to work at home job for teen, start focusing on where your expertise lies, it can be Music, Photography, Academic tutoring, ESL Tutoring, or whichever field you are suitable for. Just in case, here is the list of online tutoring sites, SameSpeak, SkimaTalk, Enroll, TutorVista, etc.
5. SELL YOUR DESIGNS

There are various companies selling items with custom made designs and there is n number of items from T-shirts, Laptop Covers, Mobile Covers, Coffee Mugs, Book Covers, Fliers, Brochures, Album Covers, etc. These companies hire you on commission bases, whenever a customer buys a product with your design on it, you receive a fixed amount of commission.
There are companies always looking for hiring(irrespective of age) new designers who are willing to working from home. You can go through these companies and see for yourself which one is more suitable for you, CafePress, Redbubble, Teespring & Spreadshirt.
6. TURNING YOUR PASSION INTO MONEY

This is the call for all teenage Musicians, painters, Academic experts, Writers, Poets, Dancers, Photographers, Sports Enthusiasts, Weavers, etc. Start spreading your art by giving online classes to those who have interest in the field of your artistic passion, start with online tutorials and when you want to go into more detail, start with live classes via Skype.
Even if you are not into teaching start selling your art to people who appreciate it by using the most important tool this generation thrives upon, Social Media.
7. VLOGGING & BLOGGING

Decide a topic you’re passionate about and would be willing to write or make it into video clips. There are so many ways you can make money in this community, start monetizing your blog through advertising and promote it among companies that are willing to pay you for posting their Articles, banners, fliers or just use Google Adsense.
Similar is with Vlogging where you have to create videos and start uploading on YouTube, it can be of anything trendy and traffic building then you start monetizing it with Google Adsense.
8. PAID SURVEYS AND REWARD SITES

This is one of the easiest ways for teens to earn money in this community of online work from home jobs. Through these surveys and reward sites, you get to earn gas or even gift vouchers and this is a fun test as some sites are completely surveyed bases but there are some sites where some of your tasks are playing online games and earn rewards for playing.
Every day all these companies are running in the race for making their products more user-friendly for the next generations of this digitized world and it’s no big deal for them to pay teenagers for doing a survey. Always keep in mind not to expect too much income from survey jobs and if your expectations are not more than a little side can for your expenses then signing up for online survey jobs is what you should do.
These are the names of top survey sites, MySurvey, Toluna, CashCrate, Opinion Outpost, Paid Viewpoint, etc.
9. SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT

You have to be willing to keep a follow-up on the e-mails and even comments you receive on any of the platforms you are using. You must have an eye for creating clever and effective social media posts and not just for businesses but you can even work for celebrities if you are willing to do so.
Your demand increases with the increase in traffic on the sites of the company you are working for. There are various social media platforms like Google, Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Twitter, etc.
10. WRITING AND SELLING E-BOOKS

In this field you’ll need something more than grammar and your hold on the language, you will need to have a way with words filled with such mysterious creativity that catches the readers eye and make them read your books and pay for it as well. However, selling ebooks is not an easy task until you’ve built up a regular audience.
The best thing about an ebook is you don’t have to go to publishers, everything is online. For selling your ebooks you have to be creative in not just writing a book but also what it takes to promote it to make a sale. With Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing you can earn unto 70% of royalty every time your book makes a sale.
Teenagers all over the world are making little money on the side just by being a part of work from home community, being a teenager comes with great responsibilities from housework, school/college work, relationships. The two most important factors in order to be a successful are :
1. Balance amongst your priorities.
2. Have the willingness of working on your passion to turn it into your profession.
Author: Sumit Arora
Sumit Arora is a travel writer and photographer, traveling around India for almost a decade. Passionate about Nature and Wildlife, Sumit documents the devastating effects on Nature.
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