How to Make Money from Gossip: 7 Financial Tips for "gist lovers"
Look inward. Do you see yourself as someone who is talking too much or deriving passion in gossiping, backbiting and prolonged conversation? Then this article is for you.
It might sound weird because the term "a gossiper" has a negative social connotation. Nonetheless, it is already part of you, and you have tried to stop it but it seems impossible. You cannot fight yourself any longer in vain. The truth is that gossiping is a skill that has become a hobby. The only challenge is that you are the one using that skill in a wrong way.
Being a gossipmonger simply means that you like talking and passing information to others, even without boundaries on the subject of secrecy and privacy. You have also used that skill against others by saying bad about them through backbiting. It is time for you to apply that skill in a beneficial way that will make you earn money, contribute positively to society and feel better about yourself.
These are 7 ways you can make money from gossip:
As a gist lover or someone who likes gossip, you can make money and earn a living from it either as a full-time work or a side-hustle. These are the ways you can make money from your love for talking, gossiping and gisting.
1. Begin a video content creation
The entertainment industry is the most booming when it comes to content creation. In most countries, people develop passion for content that goes beyond secular entertainment (like music and sports). Content in this niche that have very high click-through-rate (CTR) are those relating to gossip or "gist", story-telling, discussion, reviews or similar ones. Since you already have the talent in exposing secrets or talking about things that doesn't concern you, take advantage of that skill. Begin to create gist video content that gossip about celebrities' lives, relationships or trending topics. You can also offer gist about rich men and politicians. It is part of the gossip ideas that you can make real good money from through social media monetization or product advertisement.
2. Create a gossip blog
Blogging is one of the most popular means to make money as a gist lover. A gossip blog is a subset of entertainment blogs that focuses on celebrities and political gossip. You can follow celebrity posts on social media and study their private lives to write exposé and trends about them. With high traffic of fans coming to your blog, you can make money by selling products or from ad networks (as a publisher). With this idea, your love for gossip can become a side hustle that earn you money.
3. Signup for a radio or television program
Many radio and television stations are very much interested in programs that can maintain their existing audience and bring more listeners to their channels. You can walk to a nearby radio or television station to present your official air-time request for a talk or gist show. This might require money to begin, but as your talk show becomes interesting, you are likely going to have sponsors and advertisers where you can begin to make money from just gossiping about others. Even if there is no way you can begin your program, you might be assigned to take part in any existing program.
4. Start a career as master of ceremony (MC)
MCs earn money as public speakers and ceremonial coordinators. As MC you make money from weddings, burial ceremonies and other public and social functions. All that one needs to become a master of ceremony is knowing how to sustain conversations, and having public speaking skills. It is also requires good communication and humorous skills. Therefore, anyone who likes gisting, gossip and fluent in communication can easily become a master of ceremony with little or no training.
5. Begin a podcast
Podcasting is becoming a popular means to make money online nowadays. As a gist lover, you can begin a video or audio podcast that focus on celebrity gossip. This can bring you a large number of viewers and listeners that you can make money either through advertisement or social media monetization. You can combine this approach with many other ways we listed in this article.
6. Search for a marketing opportunity
As someone who likes talking and gossiping, you might learn to apply your skills in persuasion. If you can persuade someone through talking, you can become a good marketer. Begin to practice the marketing skills in your room and see how you would approach and convince a customer to buy a product or service. When you are set, partner with businesses and begin affiliate marketing. You can also take free and certified marketing courses to advance your marketing skills where you can begin making money. Believe me, you can do it.
7. Become a police informant
A police informant also known as a confidential informant (CI) is a public member or a civilian who secretly works for the police to render vital information for criminal investigation. Informants don't necessarily need qualifications but you can make money from it as a gossiper or gist lover. You can begin by simply contacting a local police or federal security agency and making known your willingness to offer secret criminal reports and helping them in investigations. As someone who likes talking and gossip, you can have helpful information from the community to give the police whenever there is a crime. In most cases, working hand-in-hand with the police for a while makes you a confidant and you can begin receiving stipend for your secret job. Besides, most criminal offences come with financial offers for anyone who offer viable information for the arrest.
Although you can make money from this, the downside of this job is that a police informant is treated as a probable criminal whenever there is a crime report. This is because, there is a high chance for informants to commit crimes and pin it on others. The job can also be risky because once criminals discover that you are an eye to the security operatives, they might come after you. Therefore, while going toward this path, think twice before your love for gossip consumes you.
How to be safe as an informant is to make your relationship with the security agencies very secret, and your information to them have to be highly confidential. In addition, have a ready legal team in case of any legal threat.
Conclusion
Talking fast and having passion to talk all the time is a great communication skill. However, engaging in gossip is risky because in can lead you into serious trouble, especially legal ones. Therefore, if you can talk, it is best to use that skill positively to make money and earn a living from it.
Abas Obot
Abasiama Akpan (pen name: Abas Obot) is a creative writer who aims to inspire, inform and educate his audience. His major focus is on human capital development, forged by his educational background, passion, experience, and personal objectives. Interested in writing, coding and biotechnology. Co-founder: Inspired Scoop. Social handles @Abasdgreat , facebook twitter instagram linkedin email
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Nice one bro
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