Introduction to High Income Skills
The world has shifted. What you know how to do is now more valuable than what degree you hold. There are five high income skills you can learn within 30 days without a degree.
There are several skills that you can actually learn within a month that could actually position you. My team and I have actually done extensive research both from personal experiences and from reading wide and we’ve realized that these five skills are actually five of the easiest skills to learn that would actually still give you some monetary reward.
Skill number one, copywriting. people might ask, what’s the difference between copywriting and the writing that we do?
Skill Number One: Copywriting
Understanding Marketing Copy
Is it that we’re copying someone else’s writing? Not really. Copywriting is simply writing for marketing purposes. Copywriting is the type of writing used in emails, websites, and ads.
Now, you might think it’s normal. You might think it’s regular, but copywriting is super important, particularly when you’re trying to sell a product or a service because it is what communicates clarity, is what communicates the unique value proposition of that particular idea enough to appeal to your desired audience. And so copywriters are very important because every copy is actually what magnets your desired audience to whatever it is that you have on offer.
It’s actually a major skill in demand. A lot of large corporations, marketing teams, and corporate communication departments actually require the skills and services of a copywriter. And so it’s very important. It’s also a very high-paying job whether you like it or not.
Freelancing and Remote Opportunities
There are some top copywriting freelancers who actually earn as high as $100 per hour just utilizing this skill. And it’s also one of those skills where you really do not have to show up to work fully.
You end up perhaps being a remote worker or taking on a hybrid role. But it’s actually a very in-demand skill because the world actually moves a lot within the digital landscape and copywriting is very important. It’s what magnets the audience to whatever it is you have on offer and there’s so many things to do to begin this particular journey.
Start off by doing a bit of research on your own. Another thing is if you can take a course on Coursera that would be great but also start with practice, practice, practice.
Practical Steps to Success
Also do not have to wait till you get or land the great paying jobs before you actually begin. Look around you. There are friends of yours who actually want to package their offerings a lot better. You could start by offering yourself and there also some people you can learn from.
People like Nev Medora, Alex Katoni and also people like Copy Hackers. These guys will help you. About 10 years ago, fresh out of the university, I actually took on a couple of writing gigs to help me put food on the table. And so copywriting is actually a skill that could make you a lot of money.
Just get it. It’s a skill that everyone who wants to be a better communicator should embrace.
Skill Number Two: Sales and High Ticket Closing
High Value Transactions
High ticket closing isn’t just your regular type of sale. Like the name connotes, it’s not just selling a product. It is selling a particular type of product. It could be at times maybe you’re selling a particular course or a particular product to a high net worth individual. In fact, in most cases, high ticket closing refers to products that are worth above $1,000.
High ticket closing is actually rampant in pretty much every society in the modern era. There’s always something for the exclusive feel, right? And a high ticket closer is someone who knows how to get the high net worth individuals, the guys with the big bucks, the big bags to buy this high value product.
A high ticket closing usually involves ensuring that you drum home the advantage of the product to the people who really need it.
Essential Skills for Closers
Another example of high ticket closing actually could be in the area of real estate. I have made one or two purchases from high ticket closers within that space and I just appreciated their skill set. People might think it is irregular and ordinary, but it’s not. It’s a skill that you actually need to embrace and perhaps hone.
There are some very important skill sets that you need to have to be a proper high ticket closer. It includes things like active listening, right? And things we call rejection handling. This is very important. Now, active listening will help you sift through all the noise and understand exactly the person’s pain point and therefore know what you can offer to solve their problem or meet a particular need.
Another thing is rejection handling. I remember speaking at a particular conference and one of Nigeria’s top real estate voices was there.
Rejection and Persistence
and he was talking about how he’s made some of his closing and then recently he said that he had a particular customer who bought from him and when they asked him why did you buy said so you stop disturbing me and we all giggled you see one very important skill set for high ticket closers is rejection handling many times people tell you they’re not buying or people tell you they can’t afford it it’s not necessarily.
it doesn’t necessarily mean that they won’t be able to afford it in 2 weeks or 1 week or 1 month, right? When people say they can’t afford stuff for now, it doesn’t mean that they will not be better positioned financially to be able to part with that hard-earned money in a not too distant time from now. So, a proper high ticket closer understands the principle of follow-up.
Income Potential in Real Estate
A proper high ticket closer understands how to say things that sound like music to the ears of their prospects. Very important. And it’s a top skill that everyone should embrace. high ticket closers actually make between about $6,000 to $10,000 per month as basic salary.
Not talking about bonus cuz bonus way off the roof. It’s a skill that you actually should look into. And if you are in a space where you see real estate thriving, embrace this a whole lot. Just begin to make contact, begin to reach people, let them know you’re a realtor, and before you know it, the commissions you make from the real estate deals could be not just enough to feed you, but also enough for you to actually own your own property. And I think that would be so brilliant.
Skill Number Three: Video Editing
Branding and Content Strategy
There’s money in it. A whole lot of people are building personal brands today and even corporate organizations are also strengthening their brands and one of the major tools to strengthen the brands is to show up organically and creatively on the social media touch point.
And whether you like it or not, what fuels consistency on social media are things like shorts, reels, regular videos, and so many more things.
Demand and Market Value
The guys behind all of these are actually the video editors. AI ain’t taking all their jobs away anytime soon. AI can help, but only to a given extent. Right? Look, these guys are here to stay, and it’s a skill that’s actually in high demand. Video editing is actually one of the lowest hanging fruits.
There are people that play around with some crazy editing and for many of them, it’s even a hobby. There’s a lot of money you can make from things like video editing.
Editing Tools and Learning Paths
It’s a very low hanging fruit because it’s one of the easiest things to learn with apps like CapCut. CapCut is free to a given level or with apps like Adobe Premiere Pro. This one is actually very very popular amongst video editors. It does next level stuff and all you need is a laptop or perhaps a phone that has got great ROM and then you are actually good to go.
Start with your little skills. Start with what you know and before you know it, more things will add up. And video editing is actually one of those DIY skills that you can actually learn a bit yourself then you can move to the intermediate level by actually learning from someone else who has gone pro.
Earnings and Advanced Motion Graphics
YouTube will actually help you, not just YouTube. If you can get a course on editing, please do. But it’s actually a skill that would actually make you a lot of money. Now, in terms of how much video editors make, there’s no limits to it, honestly.
Some make as low as $200 a month. Some make as high as $20,000 a month, depending on what you’re editing and who you’re editing. In fact, there’s another level you get to when you begin to do things like motion graphics. This is another level of video editing and if you can get this skill, it’s advised that you go for it.
Skill Number Four: Social Media Content Creation
The Content Creation Industry
It’s a bit different from video editing. Yeah, video editing is a major tool for social media content creation. But that is not all there is in social media content creation. Now the content industry is fast growing. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry because that’s the major source of entertainment today and also the major source of communication from world to world.
And whether you like it or not, it’s actually an industry that wields so much potential. It’s got so much potential. So much you can learn, so much you can do, so much you can make from it. For example, brands pay as high as $300 to as much as $5,000 a month for consistent content output. As an entrepreneur myself, my businesses employ the use of content creators, for example.
Growing Your Content Skills
to do things like UGC, user generated content to help reach more people. And so, while content creation might be a hobby for some people, it’s actually a professional service for others. And there’s a way you can actually grow this skill. For example, you can learn things like hooks, storytelling, right, and things like bulk creation systems, right?
To help you show up more consistently on different touch points. Now, understanding social media content creation will also help you understand that all the different platforms actually serve different purposes.
For example, TikTok is more casual. People play around a lot there. Instagram is a little bit more family-friendly. People post family pictures, which is fine. There’s community building there for Facebook.
Platform Specific Strategies
It’s for millennials and generation X and maybe some baby boomers and above. But it’s also still the most used social media platform whether you like it or not. Instagram is fast rising and doing so many things and so we might sweep that off very soon. However, it is very important.
YouTube, right? Or even things like Spotify, the Apple podcast. There’s so much potential on these platforms. For example, LinkedIn is a lot more corporate, right? So, people tend to use corporate lingua. I’m thrilled to announce. I’m excited to reveal that I have just crossed a new milestone at the office.
Everybody’s bougie. Everyone is trying to do stuff. Here’s the point. Speak the lingua of the different platforms as much as you can.
Building Professional Consistency
and ensure you leverage it as a tool to reach more people because brands are watching. They will pay for it. And also it could be a major medium through which you communicate whatever offerings that you have either a service or a product and you can use it to your own desired effect.
So yes, social media content creation is a big deal. There are so many millionaires who have made their millions from social media and you too can. put yourself out there over the course of the next three to six months and you never can tell people are watching and deals will begin to gravitate towards you.
And that leads me to high income skill number five, digital marketing. As long as businesses exist, they will always need leads.
Skill Number Five: Digital Marketing
Driving Business Results
Businesses will always need ads. They will always need leads. And if you’re an ad person, this actually makes you indispensable to a business. One of the most important set of people in any business, even my own business, are the people who actually get more leads. Look, the world is fast-paced now.
And the digital space is where everything is happening. And now more leads are actually popping up on those corridors. And businesses actually need people who can curate these offerings and push them through a particular channel or funnel and ensure that it converts in the long run.
And so in digital marketing space there are many ways to go about it. There’s SEO which is search engine optimization. There are different ways you can do it. Either you push through Google ads and some other things.
Mastering Ads and Conversion
also like meta ads. This is a gold mine. Now, it’s a skill set that you can actually begin and in 30 days understand to a considerable level. But you will need to grow and ascend in your knowledge for you to become indispensable. But if you get a hang of it, if you get it properly, businesses will be looking for you.
They will rush you because you are very valuable. Look, no businessman jokes with the person who puts food on his table. And digital marketers are excellent because they put food on the table of business owners and therefore it makes them indispensable.
At least pick up one of these skills that you probably already knew before now but might have perhaps been joking with.
Final Thoughts and Outro
Turning Knowledge into Profit
and felt, oh, it’s not so important. There’s none of these skills just mentioned that there isn’t at least one person making a lot of money from. This is very serious. I do some content creation and it’s actually a lucrative industry if you play your cards well.
Resources for Continued Growth
If you can pay for a course, pay, but if you can’t, there are so many free resources around the world from YouTube to ChatGPT to many other places that can actually make you learn some of these skills as fast as you can.
