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Hiya nairaland.

I'm an American and I run a tiny digital products business. I've been lurking here the last few months looking for VAs (Shout out to G and K, who I met here 👋).

So many people here have done remote work, I thought it'd be interesting to say hello and compare notes about making a living online US vs. Nigeria.

I also see some really crazy things about America here sometimes 😆 Maybe I can help a bit with that...

How's building an online career treating you? Things are tough right now ... Google is toying with its search listings, jerking websites around like yo-yos.

And ask me anything!

MAFP:
Hiya nairaland.

I'm an American and I run a tiny digital products business. I've been lurking here the last few months looking for VAs (Shout out to G and K, who I met here 👋).

So many people here have done remote work, I thought it'd be interesting to say hello and compare notes about making a living online US vs. Nigeria.

I also see some really crazy things about America here sometimes 😆 Maybe I can help a bit with that...

How's building an online career treating you? Things are tough right now ... Google is toying with its search listings, jerking websites around like yo-yos.

And ask me anything!

Have you got a job for us here on nairaland as we really need some side gigs and if you can show us the ropes. what do you say?

Rubyjade:
Have you got a job for us here on nairaland as we really need some side gigs and if you can show us the ropes. what do you say?

I'm full up on workers just now, but you can be sure I'll look here when I hire again.

I can tell you right now AI content editing gigs are hot. Lots of people using ChatGPT for content but then finding it needs a human touch after all. So they hire people to edit the output, make it more natural, add links and pics, etc.

WordPress. You can never go wrong learning WordPress. Everyone who wants to have a website uses it. There will always be remote gigs for people good with it.

If you want to know individual ways to make money, I recommend the BHW marketing forums (google it). But be careful there, it is a ... complicated... place. Beware of scams.

Does anyone know if it's ok to post contests on Nairaland? I was thinking of possibly running a couple writing contests with small money prizes. Partly to drum up content for my websites, partly to meet interesting writers, and also just for some fun and hopefully good reading.

MAFP:
Does anyone know if it's ok to post contests on Nairaland? I was thinking of possibly running a couple writing contests with small money prizes. Partly to drum up content for my websites, partly to meet interesting writers, and also just for some fun and hopefully good reading.

It's okay to post contest here.

MAFP:
I'm full up on workers just now, but you can be sure I'll look here when I hire again.

I can tell you right now AI content editing gigs are hot. Lots of people using ChatGPT for content but then finding it needs a human touch after all. So they hire people to edit the output, make it more natural, add links and pics, etc.

WordPress. You can never go wrong learning WordPress. Everyone who wants to have a website uses it. There will always be remote gigs for people good with it.

If you want to know individual ways to make money, I recommend the BHW marketing forums (google it). But be careful there, it is a ... complicated... place. Beware of scams.

Good day sir. Can you point me to where I can get AI content editing gigs or do you have any at your disposal, I'd like to work for you.

Mhistaedie01:
Good day sir. Can you point me to where I can get AI content editing gigs or do you have any at your disposal, I'd like to work for you.

I don't have any open work just now. As for finding gigs. Hmm. That's tough.

There are a few tiers to remote employment. The best paying public sites I can think of, you would have to be very skilled. That would be sites like remotejobs.io

Then there are the big freelance sites like Fiverr, they require less background and skills, but are very competitive. Still, it might be worth a look. Search "AI Content Editor" on Fiverr to get an idea what other people like you are offering.

Maybe Reddit? Can get banned quick there for spam but if you post in the right subreddits you might be ok.

The best way is probably to get on some forum where ordinary Americans (or French, or whatever) are hanging out, post for a little while, then politely ask if anyone needs a VA or has remote work.

That's how I found nairaland, only in reverse. I wanted to talk to regular people not employment agencies and places like that. So I Googled, "Nigeria forums, message boards" "India forums" etc. And talked to people all over directly.

It's harder to do on social media because the algorithms limit who sees your posts based on location. But on less Big Tech-ish places like nairaland you don't have that barrier keeping you from reaching overseas with your messages.

Well, I hope something in all that is helpful to someone.