Wednesday 25 January 2017

10 ways to make money in School


Life as a student university in Nigeria can really be frustrating if you are not financially buoyant, most especially when the semester is coming to an end and no money is forthcoming from parents/guardian. This is the period you see most Big boys on campus selling their expensive phones just to survive. I remember when i was undergraduate and could not afford to buy any food from the canteens and have to eat beans morning, afternoon and night (you know what i mean now).

This led me to become creative and i started printing and scanning in my room and this go along way to help me survive when i am in need of urgent money. So to help students get through this though times i will be giving 10 examples of businesses you can start in school today.

SO HERE IS IT 10 WAYS A STUDENT CAN MAKE MONEY IN SCHOOL

This article intends to show you as a student in the tertiary institution some 10 cool businesses you can do today with the little bucks you may have and grow it to the extent of getting whatever you want without bothering your parents.

1. START A BULKSMS BUSINESS

This business is 1 business you want to take advantage of because of the demand of it,
It demands just a little capital of about N4000 and nothing else. Who are the people that require your services?

You can contact the school fellowships, churches, school societies, clubs, and private schools around you offering them your services.
 
TIPS ABOUT THE BUSINESS

1. Requires very little start-up capital

2. Very lucrative because all organization in the school are in need of it

3. Does not affect your studies

4. Requires for you to have a very good internet connection. e.g. Your phone, a cyber cafe, your personal laptop or desktop, or maybe a friends computer .

5. You need a very stable phone to receive calls from clients

Want to start this business get addicted to this blog because i will be dropping detailed explanation very soon.

2. START A PRIVATE LECTURE CENTER

If you're good enough, you can start a tutorial lesson for your mates and junior colleagues to help them understand the courses they are having challenges. This will also help you improve as a person but this particular business requires time and dedication. You can also start home teaching for nearby students and earn some cool cash to get by.

And it is divided into two groups

1. Private home tutorship

2. Tutorial centre

1. Private home tutorship

While the former is less lucrative, it can also foot your bills. You can start this business with no capital. All you have to do is print out some papers with this inscription on it (want a private home teacher for your children add your phone numbers) and have your friends help you post it on wall around the campus and within the area that you live and put your phone on, and make sure you keep appointment.

2. Tutorial centre

This is the cash pulling part of the deal. While private home tutorship requires less capital this one actually requires a lot of capital and dedication, but on the long run you are going to be smiling to the bank.

 THINGS TO KNOW

1. It is capital intensive

2. Requires a little time and dedication

3. Requires good management skills

 Thing to consider before going into this business

1. How do i get the money to finance it? i.e you can ask your parents and friends for support. you can also ask from friends

2. How do i get my teacher? This one is easy sha. just go to any department in the school and look for the most ‘brilliant set of students and make them an offer.

3. Where do i get a place to establish it? This one is the most important, because location matters most in business

4. How much are you going to charge per student? Make enquiry in your area.

5. How do you get your tables, chairs and white boards? This is where you need some cash in the business.

6. What time are you going to be operating? You can choose morning or evening or do both.

 Note: Do your feasibility studies first before going into this business

3. REPAIRING OF HANDSETS

As funny as this sounds, the money made from this particular business can make a really big boy in school. Am so sure of this one because this is my own handwork and i used to make quite a lot, until of recent when i started making some real online cash
All you have to do is go for training during semester holidays and learn the basics.

The reason being that this particular business is very lucrative and requires very low start-up capital. 

 4. BEAD MAKING

This is a very lucrative business, that also requires a very low start up capital. All you have to do is acquire the required skills.
Am going to tell you a story here, back then in secondary school i had this friend a girl to be precise, she had this passion for bead making and i was a bead lover.

Majority of my friends too were bead lovers.
So this particular girl will make a tie with bead and brings it to school you need to see the way me and friends fight for it and the highest bidder for the day goes home with it. lolzzzzz

Now when i got out i decided to make an investigation on how much this beads cost and i was amazed at how much this girl was making weekly from us she buys a bead of N500 and use it to make a belt that she later sells to us N2500. and she sells nothing less than 3 of this beads products weekly in school. That's why i am going to mandate any girl that wants to make money in school. To do this business.

 THINGS TO KNOW

1. Get training

2. Create your own special designs

3. Who are going to buy from you? Your course mates, fellow students, church members and everybody you come in contact with

4. The most important is for you to be creative

5. Always do a very neat job

5. HAIR AND BEAUTY SALOON

“Abeg who no wan fine”

DO i have to deliberate on this issue much?

No i am not going to do that, you as a girl you know how much you spend weekly on your hair. and check the local saloons around you every weekend and see the way girls queue just to have an hair do.

 REQUIREMENTS

1. Get training

2. Be very jovial and always ask your customers some questions about them any time they com to you

3. Make your customers your friend

4. Do great jobs so people can always ask your customers “who made this hair for you” and they refer them to you

5. You don’t need much start-up capital, all you need is the training fee

 
6. MINI IMPORTATION BUSINESS FROM CHINA

 This is one lucrative business that am currently engaged on and am making my cash from it. you can start this business with as low as N15,000 and make a lot of cash.

You can import items like blackberries, clothes, phones, memory card, and just anything that you like and know you can sell.
To get more info on this business visit The Mini Importer

 7. START BLOGGING

If you have a laptop or phone and an internet connection then this business is for you. I started my first blog with Nokia C2 dual sim mobile phone. Blogging is all about writing rich contents and giving it out to your customers. You can start with these three sites just choose the one you prefer blogger.com, wapblog.com, and wordpress.com

REQUIREMENTS

1. A laptop or mobile phone and an internet connection

2. A passion for writing

3. Always post quality contents

4. Choose a niche you are comfortable with

5. This business requires time, dedication, and patience

8. MOVIE RENTAL SERVICES

This business is a very lucrative business because as busy as students are they still find time to watch movies. Now this is were your services is needed, since students cant afford to buy part 1 and 2 for N300 they will come to you to rent it to them for N 100

REQUIREMENTS

1. A small space were you can display all your films

2. Little start up capital required

3. You must be updated on all latest films

9. GAME LOUNGE

Amazing way to make money in school. Especially if you can get a secure location in the school hostels. You will make a lot of money.

10.ORGANIZING EVENTS
This particular business actually made my best friend a millionaire.

 But you might have to carry out feasibility study about the business on your own.

Thank you for reading this article, I hope you have found one or two out of the ten that you can start today and make some cool cash.

Go succeed my friend.

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