Students in most Nigerian institutions are often faced with so many challenges, most of which has to do with money.

From buying of handouts, textbooks and writing materials to payments of school fees and other things that are often required of students to pay. Most times getting the money to settle all these becomes a problem as parents and guardians may not have to give every time.

Today in this article, I will be showing you proven ways you can make money as a student legally. This will include both online and offline methods. Things you can do at your own spare time. Are you ready?

With enough commitment and hard-work you can earn real money doing things on this list as a student:

1 Campus News Tip Off: Most News, Entertainment, Gossip and Lifestyle blogs like Linda Ikeji’s blog needs “tip offs” from students to stay updated on the happenings around their schools. In order to maintain their traffic and stay current at the same time, they are willing to offer certain amounts of money in exchange for these tip offs.

With a good camera phone, you can take pictures of happenings around your campus and send them to these blogs/websites through the email addresses they provide on their sites for that. Events like students protests, special parties etc.

A popular example of a blog that pays well for this is Linda Ikeji’s blog. You can search for others on Google.

2 Campus Magazines: With little capital, a student can make enough money publishing campus magazines.

Campus magazines give you the opportunity to advertise products and services from several companies and get paid from these companies. It also gives you the opportunity to write on trending issues such as politics, entertainment, academics, religion, technology, science, health etc.

3 DJ Services: Offering DJ services is another great way for a student to make extra cash to support himself in school. From birthday parties to Launching of books, Get Togethers, Graduation parties and so on. The services of a DJ are always needed.
4 Blogging: Blogging is so simple that you can easily do it from the comfort of your room as a student. With a blog, you can easily do affiliate marketing, product reviews, sponsored posts, direct ad sales, Google Adsense and so many other things that help you make money online.


5 Selling of Stationery: This is a kind of business that thrives well in school areas. The best thing about this is that you don’t need so much money to start this. You can invest the little capital you have as a student into buying stationeries that you will resell at a higher price and gain profits from them.
6 Brand Ambassadorship: Most companies in a bid to reach the students more, often roll out opportunities for students to become their campus brand ambassadors. These opportunities often come with financial rewards for the students to live comfortably on.

Companies like Tecno, Itel, Infinix, Innjoo etc often announce such opportunities on their social media handles. You will have to keep your eyes and ears open to grab such opportunities.

7 Barbing Saloon: When situated properly running a barbing saloon can be very rewarding for a student. In fact this is one of the most lucrative businesses to invest in as you don’t need to stress yourself much to get customers. People must patronize you on daily basis especially if you are very skillful at it.
8 Social Media Marketing: A student can also make money online by doing what is known as social media marketing. If you have any product to sell or have registered as an affiliate of online stores, you can put up ads from these online stores on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp etc and make money every time people make purchase from these stores through the links or ads you posted online.

This is so simple to do that all you need to start it is a little data on your phone line and your affiliate link.

See also Best paying websites to register for affiliate marketing.

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