Invest in dividend stocks

Dividend stocks are a great way to earn passive income. Dividends are a share of the profits that a company pays out to its shareholders. The payout is usually paid quarterly, and it’s your money. So instead of cashing in on your investment once or twice a year, you get paid regularly for holding onto the stock and letting it grow over time. Your dividend payments are taxed at a lower rate than regular income, too (15% vs 25%).

Here’s an example: Let’s say you invest $1 million into ABC Corp., which has consistently paid out 5% annual dividends since its inception in 1990—that would be about $50k per year!

Start a blog

You can start a blog and make passive income from it. You will need to pick a topic that you are passionate about, such as sports or travel.

Write about your passion and make sure the writing is clear and concise. Write every day for at least 30 minutes about your topic of choice until you have enough content for a website. Use SEO (Search Engine Optimization) techniques to help people find your blog when they search for specific things on Google, Bing, or Yahoo! Search engines may also automatically crawl blogs periodically looking for new content so having more regular posts helps keep those sites updated with fresh original content which can increase search engine rankings in some cases depending on how often the site is crawled by these crawlers who are trying their best to keep up with everything being published online 24/7 around the world!

Leave your money in high-yield savings accounts

One of the easiest ways to earn passive income is to leave your money in a high-yield savings account. With these accounts, you can earn an interest rate that’s far higher than from a regular savings account. You can open one online at many banks and credit unions without paying any fees upfront.

Rent out a room on Airbnb

• List your room on Airbnb, and make sure it’s as good as you can make it!
• Choose a location with high demand and low supply.
• Get good reviews by providing excellent service, keeping the space clean, and responding quickly to inquiries.
• Earn at least $100 per night for the best results, but if you aren’t making that much yet don’t worry—there’s plenty of time to improve your listing before you need to start looking at alternatives like higher-priced locales or another form of passive income (like starting an Etsy shop).

Invest in real estate

In order to invest in real estate, you need to be able to afford it. If that’s not a problem for you, then it’s an excellent option. Real estate is a tangible asset that can appreciate over time and offer tax benefits as well. It also has the ability to be leveraged (meaning that money from other sources can be used as collateral), which allows investors who do not have enough cash flow on their own to still make investments.

Investing in rental properties is different than buying stock or bonds because it involves managing tenants and property upkeep procedures rather than simply making a purchase and waiting for numbers on your brokerage account statement to go up or down each day. This means there will be extra costs associated with owning rental properties, but there are ways around this by working with partners who share ownership of the properties or having someone else run them while you collect rent checks every month

Open up a high-interest CD

If you’re looking to earn interest on your money without taking on much risk, a certificate of deposit (CD) is a good option.

CDs are FDIC-insured up to $250,000 and usually have fixed rates of return that are higher than savings accounts. This means that when you put your money in a CD, you know exactly how much interest you’ll be earning each month for the duration of the CD term—usually 3 or 5 years. If market conditions change or you decide later that you want access to your funds before the end of the CD term, there’s often an early withdrawal penalty that will decrease your earnings on top of inflation (since CDs tend not to get adjusted).

Invest with a robo-advisor

If you’re looking for a passive income stream, robo-advisors are an easy way to get there.

Robo-advisors are online investment services that use algorithms to manage your portfolio. They’ve been around for a few years now, but they’ve recently taken off as more people have become aware of their advantages over traditional financial advisors:

• They’re cheaper than traditional financial advisors because they don’t charge by the hour or manage your account in person; instead, they charge an annual percentage fee based on the amount of money you invest with them. This means that they’re able to offer their services at a lower price point than human advisors can provide—essentially making it free if you invest enough money through them!

Try these strategies to make money while you’re not working

Passive income is a form of income that does not require the active involvement of the recipient to maintain it. In other words, you work once and get paid over and over again.

Passive Income is not limited to the Usual Forms of Income

You don’t need to be an entrepreneur or want to start your own business in order to make passive income. There are many ways you can earn money while you’re not working – even if all you want to do is pay off some debt rather than quit your day job altogether.