If you have a laptop and a microphone you can get started selling voice services online. Keep it in mind that a very good smart phone can replace both the laptop and the microphone. All you need is a quiet and a vacuum place. If you don’t have a studio, use a car like me. Close all the windows and do your recording from there. If you don’t have access to a car, try to clear some space inside the wardrobe and do it from there. Nobody will know the hardship you went through to get the right sound quality but yourself.
The sky is the limit. There is no reason to shun any of the options that I will share below, they are all open for you to try out. If you fail, no one will know but you yet if you win, you will be happy to have learnt a new way of making money online.
In each of the gigs that I share, I attach a link to fiverr as an example. You can use this example as a base for deciding whether you would want to take a chance on the niche or not.
Next I discuss the gigs.
- General voice over artist – this is more of a general service where clients will give you a script and a guide on how they want their audio product to be. You follow the instructions and you get paid. Example on fiverr.
- Intro and outro – podcasts and videos are nicer and sound more professional with intros and outros. Content creators are your target market for this service. Example on fiverr.
- Audio tutorials – audio as a medium of communication is not losing popularity in the digital space. For a carefully chosen audience, you can provide audio tutorials. These may include employees, students and followers. Example on fiverr.
- Games – video game voices are by real people. You can be one of those voices. Close to this are animation voices for cartoons. If you believe that you can twist your voice to sound in a way that suits this market, go for it. You have nothing to loss but every chance to put your talent in to good use. Example on fiverr.
- Solo vocalist – I am a musician myself, songwriter and voiceover artist myself. A good music voice markets itself. Your voice is your talent and be sold for money. You may want to select the themes that you want to focus on such as cultural, entertainment, worship, praise, spiritual, etc .. Example on fiverr.
- Voice mail – Businesses use a voicemail service to offer customer support. Your accent, tone and natural voice can be appealing to a certain market and that could be your chance to make money. You may need to train yourself by listening to a number of artists and then create your own sample to attract clients. The example that I reference from fiverr is good to demonstrate this point. Example on fiverr.
- Poem – Poetry it artistic and appealing if done correctly. If you are a poet, you should know that and if you are not, you can try it out. People around and friends can help in auditioning you and most will offer advise and encourage you. Example on fiverr.
- Reading literature – All ages and groups can be your market. Children are even more of a lucrative market since listening is a bigger part of their learning. Storytelling and narration is also part of this. Example on fiverr.
- Sing a lalaby song – Acapella is still magic even today. You can work at mastering the art of producing sweet, kind, melodic singing voice to help adults and kids alike to relax and fall asleep. You can either compose your own or get lyrics from clients and produce according to their taste. Example on fiverr.
There is a lot more in each of the suggested gigs. It takes resilience to get things going online yet you might be lucky to get it moving sooner than you expect. Success is a possibility and you can be a random candidate for it.
I would like to conclude by inviting you to collaborate with other freelancers in this website who are listed in the page ‘Freelancers’. You can do so by filling in the profile template from this link “Profile template” and send to admin@freelancinginafrica.com.
I often get requests in a number of services, of which some I do not offer. I share some of these requests in my TikTok profile. If a request comes my way and it meets your profile, I will undoubtedly pass on the work to you.
