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0:00 Alam allayikum. All right, so in this video I'm going to show you the five best halal online side hustles that you can start as a complete beginner. Now let's get straight into it. Now the first most important thing is that as a beginner, you want to deliver a service to your clients. Okay, this is for me a non-negotiable because if you're selling a product or building a complex software or any other module, it it's just simply too risky and it requires a lot of investment, a lot of money, a lot of time. It's just not worth it. For this reason, in this video, we're going to look for services that we can provide that are most valuable to your clients and are highly profitable and halal. So, the first side hustle that you can start is providing web design services. I mean, there are a lot of businesses out there that need a website. And if you just learn how to build one, you can
0:45 make a lot of money with it. I mean, so many websites with no structure, no flow, no reason for people to even trust these businesses. And that's where you can come in. You just build something simple, something modern, something clear, a website that represents the business. And that alone can put them, aka your clients, miles ahead of the competition. It's a really valuable service because most people don't care about all these features and all this fancy stuff. They just want to look professional and have a website that attracts leads and clients, right? They want their brand to feel real, and a website does that for them. And by the way, this is actually how I started myself. During my studies at the age of 16 years old, I started learning how to build websites and I started looking for my first clients myself. I would message people. I would talk to small business owners and I would say like, "Hey, I've
1:32 noticed that your website is a bit outdated. Do you want me to redesign it for you? I can help you." And at first, I didn't really charge that much. Just a few hundred here and there. It took me a lot of time to learn the skill and to, you know, be able to to deliver it. But as time passed by and I got better, I got faster. Then the prices started to go up and at some point we were even selling websites for $5,000 per project. This was just in a matter of a couple of like months of like really learning it in the right way. Alhamdulillah, it's the business module that made me my first 10k months and all of that. It's it's amazing. And the truth is, I mean, once you understand how people think, how they buy, and what they look for on a website, you don't need to be like a tech genius. You just need to make sure that it makes sense when you do sales. And especially today, I mean, building websites is easier than ever. There are
2:19 a lot of tools out there that you can drag and drop and you know change colors and make selections all these things. It's actually kind of fun. I mean I myself started with learning code. Alhamdulillah at some point I started to learn about WordPress and these things but but it's really simple nowadays and obviously you still have to learn the skill. You still have to practice. But if you are serious and you do a few projects maybe for free or you do some things for yourself to learn it then it becomes easy for you to really charge high prices for it. And this is all because you are solving a very big problem. You're helping businesses to be seen online, one of the number one priorities that every single business has. Because in this time, if you are not online, you are literally invisible. And this also brings me to my second option, the second hal side hustle, which is video marketing. I mean, if you
3:05 scroll online on Tik Tok, Instagram, YouTube, what do you see? Video, video, video. And every single business wants to be part of that. They want content that gets views, that builds trust, and that brings in new customers. Because that's possible. You see plenty of businesses already doing that. The proof of concept is out there, but most of them don't have the time to figure it all out or the creativity or the skill to even do it themselves. And this again is where you can come in and help them. You can offer them to make some short form videos. You can help them with content that is already filmed. You can edit huge videos for other content creators or even help your clients by turning boring clips into something that really stands out, you know. And trust me, once you understand this, this is literally one of the easiest ways to sell right now because video content is a super hot topic. And if you can help
3:51 someone or a business to look good on camera, share their story and explain why their product or their service is is the way to go, then you are really really valuable. And from being valuable, you can charge money, you know. And now again, you know, don't overthink it. I'm not telling you to become a new full-time complex video editor that understands all these tools because also here we live in a time where all these tools are pretty easy as long as you use the right ones. We have AI. We have super easy tools for you to literally learn the skill in a matter of no time. And if you don't want to do the editing yourself, you can even find someone else to do it for you. But in the beginning, for now, what you need to know is you need to just help people and start finding clients, right? Because essentially that's what business is. You solve a problem and you get paid for it.
4:38 And instead of charging a one-time prize like what you do with building a website. This is actually a service where you can close recurring clients that pay you every single month over and over again for your services. I mean even myself look at all the content that I'm producing out there. I mean I spend thousands of months on video editors, the studio, the production, everything. And to be honest as a good video marketer you can easily charge between,000 to 2,000 per month per client. And clients are actually happy to pay it because you make their life easier. You bring new clients, new views, new interactions to the table. And a very important thing when talking about video marketing, don't think about going viral. Think about helping someone to show up online with confidence. This is the first stepping stone. You know, think about making their product look clear, simple, and trustworthy. And of course, make sure it's aligned with your
5:24 values. Don't take on clients that promote haram content just because it pays well because Allahhana ta will test you with that. I promise. This is number one rule. I mean with all the business modules that I'm going to give you right over here, all the services that you can provide, it can be in line with Islam as long as you are acting upon that. Selling a website, no problem with that. Helping people with video marketing, no problem with that. But if you work with industries that are not in line with Islamic beliefs, if you use a bunch of like uh music and all these things stuff, then then it will never work, you know. But when you stay clean, your risk comes from places that you would never expect it to come from. So if you're someone who is creative then this business module might definitely work. Now another one a bit more complex option but a very high value skill set that people pay a lot of money for is
6:10 lead generation and marketing services. Now what does this even mean? I mean lead generation is just a fancy word of saying that you actually help businesses to find potential leads you know potential customers potential clients. And trust me when I say that this is the number one thing that every single business needs. I mean, every single business needs clients, right? Needs money, needs your revenue. So, if you can master this, it's super, super beneficial. Imagine someone who owns a coaching business, a gym, or a bookkeeping firm. They don't need a new logo. They don't need a shiny Instagram feed just for the sake of having it. What they really want is clients. This is what it's all about. They want people to book calls, buy their services, be interested, reply, like all of this. If you can help them to do that, if you can bring them leads, they will happily pay for it every single month over and over
6:55 again. Now the question is how do you do that? Now there are a few ways. I mean some people send cold emails for their clients. Other use LinkedIn outreaching strategies. Some build small landing pages to drive traffic and run ads. You know all these things. I mean it's not easy but this is one of the most profitable skills in business. And this is the agency that I've been running for the past couple of years. I started with web design, but after just a couple of years, I started, you know, double down on marketing, lead generation, because if you help a business to only make like $10, $20 in new clients, then you can charge them easily a couple thousand per month. It's a win-win. You get results, they get results, and you get paid. Once you understand how this works, it becomes a game because the best part is that lead generation is very repeatable.
7:40 Once you have one system that works for one business, you can often use the same system for all the others, different client, same module, as long as you work in the same niche, always make sure that the methods that you use are ethical and honest. You know, for us as Muslims, it's super important to, you know, don't compromise. Don't scrape people's data and spam them. Don't lie about your results. Charge what you're worth. Because look, business is not just about what you get. It's mainly about who you are becoming while getting it. Is a lot of money going to make you a better person or a worse person? But if you're looking for a bunch of money in a halal way, then lead generation is one of the most underrated places to start. And like I said, this is the service that my agency for your brand is offering right now and for the past couple of years. We even have clients that pay us over $5,000 a month for literally lead
8:27 generation services. So, I hope that this shows the potential of what I'm sharing here right now with you. Now, the next service that you can provide as a side hustle is email marketing. And I know like email doesn't sound that exciting, right? Like who even opens their mills anymore these days? Here's the thing. When it comes to actual sales online, email marketing is one of the most powerful tools still to this date. Let me explain it in in a very simple way. I mean, most businesses spend a lot of money, you know, trying to get people, views, visits on their website. But what happens after that? What happens after someone clicks? Most people just scroll away and forget about it. But if this business gets your email address, then you can follow up. Then you can start building trust. You can stay in touch with your leads, remind them to come back and buy something new. And that's where the real money is made
9:13 for a lot of businesses. I mean, email marketing is the art of writing emails that people actually read. You need to start understanding the psychology behind hooks, good subjects, copywriting in and of itself. There are a bunch of things that you can write actually. You can write welcome sequences for when new leads coming in, product launch campaigns, you can help your clients with that. uh event promotions or special things in the calendar such as Ramadan events or abundant card flows like all these things. You can set up so many triggers for your clients which is super super beneficial for businesses especially in e-commerce. This is a huge thing. And like I said, for a lot of businesses, this can be worth thousands of dollars. And it's also a recurring service because if you optimize the funnels, if you just write a few emails every single month, then it generates revenue for your clients, you can again
9:58 easily charge,000, $2,000, $3,000 per month per client. You know what the beautiful thing is? Before we move on to the last one, the beautiful thing if you pick one of these skill sets and you start learning these services, it's super beneficial not only right now, but also for your future. I mean if you understand websites and how they convert or lead generation, copywriting, you know, with email marketing, video market, like all of these things are super relevant for whatever you will do in the future. And with most of these services, especially like email marketing, you can do 80% with AI nowadays, it's so easy to deliver the services. You just need to be good at selling and closing clients. And I will get into that in a second. The last service that I want to share here with you is SEO services. SEO services, it stands for search engine optimization. I mean don't worry about this technical name. It simply means helping websites
10:45 to show and rank better in Google. You know when someone search something on Google you have websites popping up on top like you just help them to rank as high as possible because honestly whoever shows up first in Google gets all the attention and not only attention but all the money as well. And also here same story once you get good at it becomes a monthly income that you can constantly sell over and over again because SEO isn't just a one-time fix. It's an ongoing thing. You're trying to beat the competition. You're helping them to stay ahead of them. And in most cases with good SEO services, clients stay for multiple months, sometimes even 6 months, 12 months, or more. If you build long-term clients, it becomes something predictable, something stable, and something futureproof, which if you're trying to quit your 9 to5 or considering what you can do besides your
11:31 study or whatever, this is where you can build real freedom, you know, not only with SEO services, but with all of these services that I just shared with you. And I mean SEO services and all of this, I mean it takes time to learn. You know, you need to understand how Google works. You need to do keyword research, creating content, maybe getting like backlinks in order to, you know, boost websites and SEO rankings and all of that. Don't worry. I mean, the beginning is always the hardest and so does it for all the services that we talked about today. But there is just one thing left that I haven't told you yet, and that is that there is a way to start making halal money with all these services without having to learn the skill yourself. because that can take up to multiple years. But in this time and age, you actually don't even need to deliver the services yourself. And that is because of the new AI arbitrage
12:17 module. A unique new module that I've been testing with my own agency in the last couple of years and it made me multiple six figures along the way. Alhamdulillah. I mean, basically how it works is when you close a client with your web design, SEO services or whatever, instead of delivering the services yourself, you outsource it to either AI or the arbitrage module, which is like basically professional contractors, freelancers that can do the work for you. You pay them a percentage, a commission, and you only pay them once you close a client, which makes it super super scalable and without any risk. This way, you can make thousands of dollars a month without even having to learn or deliver the services yourself. I mean, that's crazy, right? You can do your job, you can do your 9 to5, your study, and still build a business worth thousands of dollars a month. Now, if you want to know more about this, then
13:03 watch this in-depth video right over here where I explain everything in detail. I'll see you there.
