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Maybe you don’t want to sell products and you aren’t too terribly interested in freelance writing or particularly blogging.  What else can you do to make money online?  This question may seem as though it has no answer, but as long as you have some expertise in something, there is a niche for you: making money as a consultant online.

An online consultant is someone who helps people with their problems, concerns, questions or dealing with something in life, just like a ‘real life’ consultant.  As an online consultant, you can help people with a range of things.  Some of the most popular things to consult in include money, relationships, nutrition/diets and tech, though in all honesty, if you push yourself as a consultant, you can help out people in a whole range of subjects; after all, everyone goes to the ‘net now for information!

You will have to start in the traditional manner though: writing articles, doing blogs, and/or social media marketing or else no one will know what you are selling.  However if you really don’t want to do this, you can always hire others to do this work for you or make these articles and social networking part of your research into your larger projects and services so that some of the work will already be done when you go into consulting full time.

The trick to making money as a consultant lies in doing things like writing E-books on your knowledge and skills, doing videos showing people how to do what you do or putting out e-courses.  All of those gurus you see online professing to be able to do everything from help you to lose weight to saving money are all at least claiming to be consultants-whether or not they actually help is another matter of course!  Go with your strengths; offer information on things you actually know a lot about and then put it in a format you feel comfortable working with.  For example, if you don’t like writing, go for a video or something auditory like a podcast.  You can then sell your info-product on your website, through E-bay or any other site like that.

If you don’t want to just put out info-products, you can also sell your time as a consultant.  You can do things like put out webinars where you can communicate directly with your public and give classes or seminars for money.  You probably won’t have much success doing these right away unless you’re already well known for something, but it is something to consider once you start getting well known with your products and want to move on to something else.  Other things you can do include teaching courses on your specialities or mentoring people.

Being able to make money as a consultant online is a great way to share your knowledge with others and make money at the same time without selling products or doing affiliate marketing.  If you have an expertise in something that other people will want to learn more about and the ability to convey it in a way that will actually be helpful for others and profitable for you, then you should become an online consultant.