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of This Post Written by Jim Daniels
Wanna Start a Business from Home using the Internet?
Here are eight
businesses you can do online, right from the comfort of home…
1. Sell Your Creations
Do you like to create
art, jewelry, hand-made soaps, fashion accessories, woodworking items or other
hand made products in your spare time?
Why not turn your
hobby into an income stream.
That’s what thousands of people have done at Etsy.com – a
global marketplace where people connect to buy and sell unique goods.
Hey, there’s no better
way to make a living than doing what you love to do. And that’s what Etsy is
all about — turning your favorite hobby or pastime into cash.
Opening shop on Etsy
is free then there are three basic selling fees: a listing fee, a transaction
fee, and a payment processing fee.
2. Local Business Online
Marketing Manager
Of all the small and
home businesses operating in your local area, chances are about 30% of them to
do not market online.
They still do not have
a website, they do not use email marketing and they are losing business to
competitors who DO promote online. Deep down they know they need to be online
but they think it will cost them too much time or money.
As a local business online marketing manager you handle it
all for them! You can set up a website for them and
as their business grows, yours will too. They’ll see how effective online
marketing is and they’ll want more of your services.
You can then offer to
setup an opt-in form for them, an autoresponder and do regular mailings.
(All for an extra monthly charge of course! In fact, see below for even more
related services you can offer.)
3. Social Media Consultant
Most small businesses
cannot afford to hire a full-time employee to manage their social media.
If you enjoy spending
time on sites and apps such as Facebook, Youtube, Pinterest, SnapChat and
Twitter, why not get paid for it!
Most small businesses
owners simply do not have enough time in the day to manage their own social
media marketing.
That’s where you come
in. You can change monthly for a basic plan that includes content creation and
regular posting.
4. Reputation Management
Consultant
It’s a fact that most
people read multiple reviews at independent sites before hiring a local
business.
And just one or two
bad reviews can really hurt the revenue of a local business.
As a reputation
management consultant, you can help these businesses regain their hard earned
trust and get more clients.
If helping businesses
(and individuals) with their online reputation interests you, check out
Reputation.com for ideas on how to implement a strategy.
They offer multiple
services ranging from around $5 a month to as much as $10,000 a year.
Reputation management is growing rapidly and can be implemented on a local
scale or a global scale. You can even outsource much of the work at places like
Fiverr.com.
5. Local SEO Consultant
It is a fact that most businesses never even do the
basics, such as claim their free ‘Google My Business‘ page.
Do that for them for a
small fee or even for free, and you’ll get them more local customers. That will
open the door to them wanting more services from you!
For a free guide to
local SEO read this.
If this interests you, here’s a guy who’s been doing it for years and can
help you get started.
6. Niche eCommerce Retailer
Maybe you want to get
involved in e-commerce. Then why not open a web store that specializes in
a particular niche that interests you?
It’s 2017 and there
are all sorts of easy ways to get low cost inventory in any niche imaginable.
There have never been
as many tools available that simplify setting up and running an e-commerce
store online.
All you need is a
domain name that matches your niche, a low cost web host and an e-commerce
software solution.
Or you can simplify things even further and use a solution
like Shopify to set up your e-commerce store. (Here’s a Shopify blueprint you can use to speed your success.)
If you don’t want to deal with inventory then choose an
e-commerce tool such as iiStores,
which lets you operate your e-commerce business as an affiliate.
7. Niche Affiliate Marketing
An even simpler way to
have a niche e-commerce store is to set up an affiliate site in your favorite
niche.
Setting up an
affiliate niche site is easy using WordPress and some PLR content. And there
are even plugins available for WordPress that help you streamline the setup.
This WordPress plugin creates video based product reviews in
any niche you want, and links all reviews to your Amazon associates links.
If you have an area of
expertise in any particular niche or simply have a desire to learn more about a
niche, then an affiliate site is a great side business!
If you’re technically challenged or just want eliminate
most of the work involved with setting up a business like this, check out my Done-For-Your affiliate
niche blog building service.
8. Online Coaching
Do you know that
coaching is now a Billion Dollar a Year Industry? That’s right, I said Billion
with a B!
Nowadays, people are
happily paying for coaching in every niche imaginable.
If you’ve had success
in any particular area, why not help others succeed at it.
You don’t any need
formal education, training or certification to be a coach, you simply have to
be willing to help others in a particular niche.
There are coaches in
all sorts of niches, including but not limited to..
·
Starting a business
·
Weight loss
·
Becoming a better
parent or spouse
·
Online dating
If online coaching
interests you then here’s some more info on how you can earn money from it.
There you have it.
Eight businesses that are very likely to grow over the coming years. Why not
jump into one and position yourself as a leader. After all, there’s nothing
better than earning your living from home. I’ve been doing it for 20 years now
and the time freedom it gives you is phenomenal.
No daily commute in
rush-hour traffic.
No boss to answer to.
And best of all, you
can get paid for doing things you truly like to do!
