How to Monetize Your Talent Online

Talented and ready to jump out of the starving artist syndrome? Let’s get you making some extra cash with your talents online. Monetizing your talents online is a great way to turn your passion into profit. That’s what I did.

My online journey in short

Professional International violinist that found my way teaching online from a request made by my students in the States for online lessons while I was touring abroad.

Within that journey, I have created this thriving YouTube channel written over 30 educational digital exercise books for violin and created multiple online courses and academies for adult violinists newbie to Pro.

If I can do it, you can too.

Technophobe to techie

I was a complete technophobe before I started online. Truth!

I barely had a Facebook account and an email address. I absolutely dreaded working with computers. Now no one today would believe that’s the case because now I love working online listening to some soft jazz and knowing that I’m making an impact in this world today.

Passion to profits

It doesn’t matter if you’re a musician or an artist or you love to cook. Your passion, whatever it is, can be turned into a product that you can sell online. Now it’s not just, okay I’m gonna sell something online to make money. You’re using your passion and your drive to help others to share something that you are so passionate about that you know it will help others in their Journey as well whether it’s an educational product or something that will be hung on the wall that’s going to give them joy every time they look at it.

Use social to your advantage

We live in a day and age that social media can be a blessing or it could be a curse and as talented individuals monetizing ourselves online social media is absolutely amazing. I have connected with so many violinists all over the world because of my YouTube channel or because of Facebook. If I hadn’t been working online I would never meet these amazing people and teach them violin or help them with their online Biz or both!

Simple ways to get you started making money online

Sell your products or services on an online Marketplace like Etsy or just use Payhip. Payhip has a free plan where you get a link and you can sell on social anywhere. Wherever you’re having a conversation, whether it’s in direct messaging, you can just pop that link in and say hey this would really help you out and boom you have your first sale. So that’s a very very easy way to get started.
I would highly suggest creating a website that showcases your talent. Think of it as kind of like your online Gallery, whether it’s performance videos, videos of you working with your passion and creating your passion so people can see the joy that you have when you are doing what you love.
Sell your digital products, your ebooks, even online courses on your website.
It’s very simple to join affiliate programs where you can link the products that you use. For example for me I have a page where I have my products I use, as far as like rosin, violin case, strings, these different things or a journal even that you can link to and then somebody will purchase that you can get a small commission.
Offer consulting services online. This can be easily done by Zoom.us. I’ve been using Zoom since 2011, teaching online.

Get organized with a checklist

I have an amazing wonderful, very simple one sheet called, “Get Monetized Online Checklist” that you can print up. This checklist is a great resource for you to follow and check off when you implement helping you make some fun cash from your passions online.

What is so beautiful about making money online is you are supporting yourself as an artist, as a musician which gives you more time to do what you love, which is probably working on your craft.

Have fun monetizing your talents and turning your gifts into gold.