Online writing jobs or online freelancing jobs has become one great way for many Kenyans to make money. Although this field is dominated by graduates and undergraduates, the truth of the matter is that you really don’t need to have a degree to be successful in this field.
Benefits of Online Writing Jobs
- You determine your working schedule: when and where to work from. Note that you can work from almost everywhere as long as you have internet connectivity.
- Online jobs offer a variety of payment options including wire transfer, PayPal payments, and through Mpesa.
Online Writing Jobs For Beginners
There are different types of online writing Jobs for beginners which can be found on various freelancing websites. Freelancing websites can be grouped into the following categories:
- Academic writing websites
- Article Writing Websites
- Transcription Websites- Offering Transcription Jobs, Captioning Jobs and Translation Jobs
Academic Writing Accounts/ Academic Writing Sites
Signing up or registering to one of the many academic writing sites is the first step to start making money online. All you need to know is how to choose the best academic writing site. Below are among the best freelancing websites that are not only trustworthy but also easy to sign up and pays well.
Upwork: www.upwork.com
Most people will agree that when it comes to academic writing jobs, Upwork has got many jobs in different subjects enough for everyone making it the best freelancing academic writing site.
With most companies paying an average of $4-$6 for 300 words, at Upwork you can earn upto $50.
Fiverr
This is another good site for beginners. It allows you to place your fiverr gig and optimize it for buyers. You are also allowed to price your gig.
There are many other freelancing accounts in this category such as UvoCorp, Studybay, Writedom, Writerbay, EssayPro, Essayshark, among others.
Online Writing Jobs in Kenya that Pay Through Mpesa
Most freelancing or Online Jobs pay through a PayPal account. Currently, PayPal and Safaricom have made it possible for online workers to withdraw their money directly to their Mpesa accounts. Once your money is sent to your PayPal account by the company you work for, you just withdraw through Mpesa from your PayPal account. Within 2 hours after withdrawal your money is sent to your Mpesa.
Transcription Jobs
In this field, all that is needed is good command of the English language and great listening and proofreading skills. Transcription jobs require you to change speech to text which is typing what you hear in an audio or video file. Therefore you need high quality earphones or headphones.
The most popular transcription sites include: Rev, GoTranscript, Crowdsurf, TranscribeMe, Scribe, SpeechPad, Verbit among others.
Captioning Jobs/ Captioning Sites.
Captioning is almost similar to transcription but it involves more work. This is simply putting subtitles in a video or audio file. Therefore Captioning involves transcription plus breaking caption groups and then syncing the caption groups to the video.
The most famous captioning account is Rev.com
Rev.com is known as the best paying company both in transcription and captioning jobs.
Should you need these accounts or training on academic, article, transcription or captioning jobs, then contact Simon at 0706208720 or kkaguciag[a]mail.com
