How to Make Money as a Student 💰📚
Introduction
Making money as a student is tough. Every single day, you have eight hours of classes followed by a few hours of extracurriculars.
Then you have to come home, eat dinner, shower, and then study for the rest of the night. 😓
The average student doesn’t have room for a part-time job to make some extra money, which is exactly where side hustles come in.
In this post, I’m going to break down three side hustles I did back when I was a student. Let’s dive in!
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Content Creation 🎥
Personal Experience with YouTube
So, back when I was 12 years old, I made my first YouTube channel. And to be honest, I wasn’t trying to make money.
I was just having the time of my life uploading Minecraft videos to YouTube. But after a while, my account became eligible for monetization, and I realized I could actually make money uploading gaming videos to the internet.
Immediately, I went up to my parents, had them set up AdSense, and soon enough, my channel was making like $10 to $20 per day, which wasn’t bad for a teenager. 💵
Steps to Start Content Creation
Choosing a Hobby or Interest
Okay, I know what you’re thinking: “Go hard, this sounds great and all, but what am I going to make videos about?“
I have two suggestions: First, if you have a hobby, whether it’s gaming, coding, cubing, gardening, lifting, or whatever it is, share your passion on social media.
Post walkthroughs, tutorials, or even vlogs showing people the ups and downs of your journey. 🎮🌱🏋️♂️
Creating Educational Content
Alright, and my second idea: if you’re interested in a certain academic subject, whether it’s computer science or organic chemistry, post tutorials to YouTube.
Trust me, there’s always someone out there looking for help with these subjects!
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Using AI Tools for Video Creation
Introduction to N Video AI
Now, if you’re uncomfortable putting your face out there or simply don’t know how to edit, that’s where the sponsor of this post comes in: N Video AI.
N Video AI introduces a very cool way of turning your ideas into videos. All you have to do is type your idea into a box, and this tool will automatically generate a video with voiceovers, clips, and more. 🤖🎬
Step-by-Step Guide to Using N Video AI
Signing Up and Logging In
So, let’s go ahead and see this tool in action. Once you head to N Video’s website, click on sign up, and you’ll see a page like this where you can create your account.
Once you log in, you’ll see the following page, and this is where the magic happens. 🪄✨
Generating a Video
This tool is very similar to Chat GPT or Bard. You simply type in detailed instructions, and it’ll generate the exact kind of video that you’re looking for.
Now, I know this might be a little bit intimidating. You might be sitting here wondering to yourself, “What in the world do I type into this box?
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Well, lucky for you, N Video AI provides workflows which can help you construct your prompts. We have a couple of options here: YouTube Shorts, YouTube explainer, recent events video, and script to video.
I’m going to go ahead and click on YouTube explainer and let’s generate a video about photosynthesis. 🌿🌞
And there we go. I’ve also told it to describe in detail the different organelles and processes involved. We can also add some creative directions.
So, I’ll go ahead and tell the AI to make the video a little bit humorous and entertaining. As for the background music, I’ll go ahead and tell it to choose something more upbeat. 🎶
Editing the Generated Video
Now, here you can select the gender and the accent for your narrator’s voice. I’m just going to go ahead and leave these as any.
I’ll go ahead and tell it to use subtitles. I’ll leave Watermark text as is and we can use IO normally.
Now, let’s go ahead and press continue, and as you can see, the tool automatically constructed a prompt and placed it into the text box.
Now all we have to do is go ahead and click on generate a video. Alright, and here we go. The tool is working its magic now. This part usually takes a few minutes but it’s still pretty quick. ⏳✨
Exporting the Final Video
Alright, and it’s finished generating the video. The title is “Photosynthesis: The Green Factory Unveiled.” Let’s go ahead and play the preview.
Ever wondered why plants don’t need a grocery store to get their food?
Plants have mastered the process of photosynthesis, an amazing mechanism where they use sunlight and carbon dioxide to create their own food. 🌿☀️
So, as you can see, it’s pretty decent for an AI-generated video, and the voiceover sounds really natural.
But if there are some parts of the video that you want to modify, it’s super easy to make edits. All you have to do is click on this edit button, and then you can either edit the clips or the script.
For example, if I click on this video clip, I can modify the duration, and I can also see the exact part of the script it corresponds to. 📽️✂️
Now, if we go to the edit script tab, this is where I can modify parts of the script. For example, here, maybe I want to make this line more concise, so I can go ahead and remove these words. And there we go.
You can also modify the clip for this line by clicking on this button and editing the media keywords. Alright, alright, so once you’re happy with your modifications, go ahead and click on apply changes. And there we go. The tool is now modifying the script. 🔧💻
Now, if you feel like that edit window was a bit too complicated, there’s an even easier way to modify the video. There’s this little prompt box right over here. You can type in a command and just tell it what to do.
We have a couple options here: we can remove the watermarks, we can remove the N Video AI branding, and we can also select an export resolution.
Now, if you want to remove the watermark and export in high quality, I recommend you upgrade to a paid plan which starts for as little as $20 a month.
On top of that, the paid plan will give you access to millions of royalty-free stock footage clips along with a more humanlike voiceover.
Check out the link in my description or in the comments to get started with N Video AI. 🎥🌟
Alright, now once again, a huge thank you to N Video AI for sponsoring this post. But now let’s move on to the second side hustle: tutoring. 📚👨🏫
