Top 16 Free Courses and Resources to Earn Extra Money

If you're looking to earn some extra income, working from home might be a great idea for you. Many people enjoy working from home and remotely for reasons such as getting rid of commuting, earning extra money, being your own boss, having more flexible hours, and so on. In addition, about 50% of US businesses currently allow employees to work from home, and this number is only expected to grow. There are many valuable paid online courses for working from home, but if you're unsure about your idea, you may not want to invest just yet. That's why free courses are a great way to learn. Michelle Schroeder-Gardner shares 16 free courses and resources for working from home Making Sense of Cents.

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You can learn more about your business idea online, find out what is needed in terms of skills and education, the amount of money you can earn, and so on.

1. Sell products on Amazon

In the first year Michelle's friend Jessica ran her Amazon FBA business for less than 20 hours a week, she made over $100 in profits.

This free course will show you how to start a profitable Amazon business. In this 9 part video course you will learn:

• the exact steps you need to follow to set up an Amazon seller account;
• two simple and affordable ways to find products for sale;
• how to choose a profitable product that customers really want to buy.

If this is one of the work from home destinations you are interested in, please click here. click here to learn more and enroll in the free Amazon FBA Starter Course. This is a great free job training.

2. Sell printables online

Did you know that you can make a living selling printables online?

Creating printables on Etsy can be a great side job because you just need to create one digital file for each product, which can then be resold an unlimited number of times.

Printables are digital products that customers can download and print at home. Examples include grocery shopping checklists, gift tags, candy bar wrappers, printable quotes, and patterns.

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You can subscribe to this free e-bookto help you get started when it comes to selling printables on Etsy.

3. Create a blog

Blogging will change your life for the better and allow you to earn thousands of dollars a month doing what you love.

Blogging has allowed Michelle Schroeder-Gardner to save up enough money for early retirement, travel, and more.

Here is a quick overview of what you will learn in this free course:

• Day 1: Reasons why you should start a blog
• Day 2: How to decide what to blog about
• Day 3: How to create your own blog (in this tutorial you will learn how to create a WordPress blog)
• Day 4: How to make money blogging
• Day 5: Tips for earning passive income from blogging
• Day 6: How to increase traffic and subscribers
• Day 7: Various Blogging Tips to Help You Succeed

You can easily learn how to blog with free course "How to start blogging". This is one of the best free online courses for working from home.

Also, a great way to make money blogging is affiliate marketing. You can subscribe to free e-book "Affiliate Marketing Tips for Bloggers".

4. Voiceover

A voice-over is a person you hear but rarely see in YouTube videos, radio ads, explanatory videos, corporate storytelling, documentaries, e-learning courses, audio books, TV commercials, video games, movies, and cartoons.

In 2014, Carrie Olsen changed her daytime paid job to become a full-time voice actor. People constantly ask her how she did it and where they should start.

So she created mini-course "Create a Voiceover Action Plan from Scratch". This free course will help you learn how to become a voice actor even if you are a beginner.

5. Manage Facebook Ads for Local Businesses

This is a skill that can be learned without any experience in marketing or advertising.

The current rate for managing Facebook ads is between $1000 and $1500 per month per client.

The free webinar will teach you how one client can bring in $1000 to $2000 per month, where to find clients for Facebook ads, and more.

You can free sign up on How to Manage Facebook Ads for Clients and Build Your Own Online Marketing Business page.

6. Become an accountant

An accountant is someone who looks after the finances of a business. He handles payroll, billing, etc.

And you can learn how to become an accountant without being an accountant or having any previous experience.

This free resource will teach you more about running your own virtual accounting business. From it you will learn:

• Is the accounting business right for you?
• What is the accounting business and what is this job
• How much money can you earn as an accountant
• How to find clients

You can register for free on the site Start Your Virtual Bookkeeping Business.

7. List items for resale on eBay, Craigslist, etc.

Have you ever found something that you think you can resell to make some money? Most likely, such thoughts visited you.

Michelle's friend Melissa's family made $133 in a year buying and selling items they found in thrift stores, yard sales and flea markets.

Examples of some of the best items she has sold:

• an item she bought for $10 and sold for $6 200 minutes later;
• security tower - bought for $6200 and sold a month later for $25;
• prosthetic leg - bought at a flea market for $30, and the next day sold on eBay for $1000.

This is one home business idea that anyone can do - sell things from your own home, because we all have a lot of them that we can get rid of. And when you feel like it's done, start buying items for resale.

You can subscribe to free webinar on page "Turn Your Passion for Thrift Shops, Yard Sales, and Flea Markets into a Profitable Resale Business in Just 14 Days".

8. Transcribe audio or video with words

Transcription is when you turn audio or video content into a text document. You listen to what is being said and type it in text format.

There are many companies looking for transcribers. They convert audio and video to text for almost any industry. Some examples include marketers, authors, filmmakers, academics, speakers, and conferences of all types.

Aspiring transcribers earn about $15 an hour.

In this free course, you will learn:

• What does it take to become a transcriber
• How much can a transcriber earn
• How to find a job as a transcriber

Find out more at free general transcription mini-course. This is one of the free work from home courses that will introduce you to a very profitable side job.

9. Become a proofreader

Have you ever noticed an obvious mistake and wanted to fix it? Proofreaders look for punctuation errors, misspelled words, inconsistencies, and formatting flaws.

You take content written by other people and then carefully review it. You can edit blog posts, printed and academic articles, websites, ads, books, student papers, emails, and more.

For the year, Michelle's friend Caitlin received about $43 working as a freelance proofreader.

Learn how to become a proofreader in her free 76-minute workshop.

You can register for free at page "Turn your passion for words and reading into a thriving proofreading business in just 30 days".

10. Become a court record proofreader

Becoming a court transcript proofreader is a more focused version of the previous idea.

Court reporters also use court transcript proofreaders because of the importance of this type of work.

More training is required to become a proofreader of court records.

Caitlin mentioned above has a great free 7 day course only for people interested in becoming a proofreader of court records.

11. Become a virtual podcast assistant

There is now a strong demand for podcast virtual assistants as there are over 800 of them. And this number continues to skyrocket.

While the podcast host is in charge of recording, other tasks like editing and publishing take time, which is why many podcasters outsource their work to freelancers or virtual assistants. Also, some podcasters may not know how to do this, or they may be focusing their time on other areas.

In this free resource, you'll learn:

• a list of the best podcast skills that companies need help with;
• an individual checklist that instructors use with all of their clients.

You can subscribe here for free workbooks and checklistswhich will tell you more about how to become a virtual podcast assistant.

12. Write romance novels

Another friend Michelle Yuwanda found an interesting idea for a home business - she writes romance novels and in a month she was able to earn more than $ 3000.

In this free course, you will learn:

• how to overcome the fear of not becoming a good writer;
• the technical side of self-publishing;
• how she started writing her first romance novel.

Learn to Write Novels is definitely one of the most interesting free courses to work from home. If you are interested, you can register for free at Make Money Writing Romance.

13. Help a business on Pinterest

Do you enjoy spending time on Pinterest? Companies are always looking for Pinterest virtual assistants.

Pinterest virtual assistants help businesses do things like:

• creating images;
• helping business owners set up a Pinterest account;
• planning;
• brainstorming a marketing plan.

Register on free tutorial to learn how to become a Pinterest virtual assistant and find your first client. In this free course, you'll learn what you need to do to get started, what services to offer, and how much a Pinterest virtual assistant earns.

14. Help a business as a virtual assistant

Virtual assistance is an area that is growing very fast and is one of the most popular business ideas on the internet.

Virtual assistant tasks can include managing social media, formatting and editing content, scheduling meetings or trips, managing email, and more. Basically, you can get paid for completing any task that needs to be done in someone's business.

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If you are looking for free work from home courses for virtual assistants, check out Jumpstart Your Virtual Assistant Business. This link will give you a free worksheet and workbook to help you decide which virtual assistant services you can offer (there are over 150 options).

15. Write your eBook

Writing your own ebook is a great way to make money from home. There is probably something very useful you could write about (even if you think otherwise).

Another friend of Michelle's, Alyssa, self-published her first book and sold over $13.

She now earns a large passive income of over $200 a day from her book ($6500 in just one month).

In this free resource, you'll learn:

• What does it take to publish a book?
• the strategies used to launch the book;
• writing tips.

You can register for free on the site Self-Publishing Your First Book.

16. Become a scopist

A scopist is someone who edits legal documents for court reporters. The typical salary for the average scopist is between $30 and $000 per year.

In this free course, you will learn:

• What is scope; what does a scopist do
• How to find clients and conduct marketing
• What is the earning potential
• What you need to get started

If you are looking for free online employment courses on how to become a scopist, click here.Click here to sign up for the free course "How to Become a Scopist".

As you can see, there are many different free online courses on working from home.

The best work from home will vary from person to person.

The great thing about many of the above jobs is that they don't require any certifications. This means that you can start earning a steady income with your new career as quickly as you want. Also, most of the free work from home courses above are self-paced, which is great because with a self-guided course, you can take your time or progress as fast as you want.

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