Best Business Ideas by sofia saldarriaga and ariana franqui

1. phone cases business There’s a huge growing market for mobile phone accessories, and plenty of handmade sellers are raking in 6 and sometimes 7 figures from their phone case businesses. Once you’re up and running, you can sell cases on Etsy and Amazon Handmade.

2. Virtual Assistant. It can be an awesome way to rub shoulders with some very important people, build up your professional network, develop in-demand new skills , grow your side business ideas and you’ll have the added perk of being able to start this as a home based business idea.

3. Remote English Teacher/Tutor Teaching and tutoring English as a second language is a great way to put your skills to work into business ideas with potential to earn, not to mention opening doors for you to travel the world if you’d like. While full ESL accreditation is recommended, as long as you’re a native speaker,

4. Social Media Manager. Over time as you grow in your ability to leverage various social channels, you can add more service offerings like running high-return Facebook Ad campaigns or hosting lucrative sweepstakes competitions for the brands you want to work with.

5. local business consulting if you’ve developed valuable skill sets or certifications within your industry over the years, consider putting your skills to use in your free time by offering your consulting services to local business owners as potentially lucrative side business ideas

6. Commission-Only Sales. Then you can move on to more immersive sales education through online courses like Sales Training and Prospecting on Udemy, The Guide to Pitching and Selling Clients on CreativeLive.

7. Affiliate Sales and Marketing If you already have a website that’s driving in targeted traffic, a great way to make passive income from the content you’re already creating as an easy side business idea, is through affiliate marketing .

8. Tax Preparation It can be an awesome way to rub shoulders with some very important people, build up your professional network, develop in-demand new skills , grow your side business ideas and you’ll have the added perk of being able to start this as a home based business idea.

9. SAT Tutor If you had a knack for standardized tests and had no trouble acing the SAT, ACT or other college exams, why not start tutoring high schoolers as a side business idea? Parents of all economic backgrounds are more than willing to shell out upwards of $100/hr to the right tutor, if it means their son or daughter will get admitted to the college or university of their choice

10. Google Paid Ad Specialist If you know a thing or two about paid internet marketing and are comfortable with Google, a great way to make some extra income as a side business idea is to sign a freelance contract to manage a company’s Google Ad Campaigns, and gradually start bringing on more clients as your consulting business grows.