Choose profitable, in-demand skills you can acquire quickly (free or at a minimal cost) and start making money from them. Many skills can be self-taught online. Watch tutorials on YouTube, attend online courses (on websites like Coursera, Udemy, SkillShare, and edX), read educational resources, and interact with peers and experts in online communities. Whether you need a new skill to start a career or enhance your existing job’s income potential, here are the best skills to learn to make money online: a. Copywriting Learning the essentials of web copywriting will be a breeze if you can express yourself clearly in English through writing. Even college students and graduates of non-communication courses (like engineering, IT, fine arts, etc.) can become excellent copywriters with training and constant practice. Writing compelling copy is a highly sought-after skill among copywriters and content marketers, social media specialists, digital strategists, and other marketing jobs.  b. Social media marketing Learning to use different social media channels for brand promotion is a must-have skill for aspiring digital marketers, virtual assistants, entrepreneurs, influencers, bloggers, and bloggers. Social media is also an essential tool for personal branding. If you know how to promote yourself through social networks, you can leverage that to gain more clients. c. Search engine optimization (SEO) Teaching yourself how to optimize websites for search engines opens up several money-making opportunities for you aside from being a home-based SEO specialist.  Basic SEO knowledge is a crucial skill in other digital marketing fields, such as copywriting, social media marketing, and pay-per-click advertising.  If you’re running an online store, your SEO skills can help make your business more visible to potential customers and drive more visitors to your website. d. Graphic design Studying the art of creating visual content is worth your time, even if you’re not planning to become a graphic designer. For instance, if you’re a blogger, you can make your blog look more appealing with Photoshop skills. If you’re publishing ebooks, you need an excellent design for your cover.  e. Video editing Editing videos is a crucial skill not just for professional video editors but also for vloggers, influencers, and animators. Study using video editing software like iMovie, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Lightworks to learn this skill.