Because it is believed that laughter is the best medicine, a good laugh is something that nobody would avoid. Whenever something appears to be funny, people seem to give their attention to it instantly. It is for this reason that humor is included in almost any form of media presentation one way or another.

Plato and Aristotle, 2 of the greatest ancient philosophers were said to think deeply about the meaning of comedy as they were laying out the foundations of western philosophy. Even Charles Darwin, the master of the Theory of Evolution was believed to have sought the implications of laughter among chimpanzees.

Whether these are true or not, we can just be certain that comedy is indeed a serious business. And whenever serious business is talked about, there is serious money to be made from it.

You can make money by creating jokes and humor-oriented content, you really can. Here are 4 basic ways to do it:

Making memes

Whenever you log on to your social media account, or to any online community that you frequent, you will most certainly encounter catchy, often funny artistic slogans or media called memes. Originally coined by scientist Richard Dawkins, it can be defined as an act of imitating something In species evolution where Mr. Dawkins is known to be very good at. Memes are important because they are meant to reproduce ideas – an essential aspect to making things grow and flourish.

With the omniscience of the internet, memes are easy to find and are very hard to ignore. People consume it as if it’s the digital equivalent of hotdogs and pancakes. If this is a reality, then perhaps we can capitalize on it, and add benefit from the monetary gain that it can give.

All you need is some basic digital graphic skills, and you can start making people smirk, smile, or laugh with your humorous images.

Making a comedy blog or writing a joke ebook

If you love writing about jokes, then you may want to blog about it or publish a book about it. To make it simpler for you, just bear in mind that jokes are mostly given in 3 formats: stories, riddles, and knock-knocks.

Stories are quite longer than the other 2 and require cleverness and craftiness until the punchline is delivered. Riddles are short and often begin with a question. Knock-knocks also begin with questions and often end up with the teller singing a song with a comedic touch.

Whichever of these you pick, you should be ready to write lots and lots of it. As long as you can provide content for your blog on a regular basis, it will be easy and profitable.

For a jokebook, I must recommend that you choose to publish it as an ebook. It’s easier and could prove to be more profitable for you in the long run. Read this article about publishing ebooks to have a better understanding of it.

Launching a comedy vlog

Youtube and many social media sites are flocked with it – videos of pranks and all sorts of funny stuff. According to surveys, the following are the most popular video types uploaded into Youtube:

• Funny Animals

• Video Game Walkthroughs

• How To Guides and Tutorials

• Product Reviews

• Celebrity Gossip Videos

• Travel Vlogs

• Comedy / Skit Videos

• Shopping Sprees

• Unboxing Videos

• Educational Videos

• Parodies

• Pranks

As you can notice, 4 of the 12 items are comedic in nature. This information highly indicates that the niche of comedy is highly profitable in vlogging. It only proves that making people laugh through videos is something that will surely never go out of style.

I’ve made a list of sites that pay for your jokes. Check them out here.