Ten online business ideas for unemployed people
August 5, 2009 by Victorino Q. Abrugar
Filed under Business Ideas
So you don’t have a job? Probably, because you are a college drop-out who just can’t find an employer who will hire you or a previous employee whom just been fired by your boss. Most of us think that employment is the only risk-free solution for earning money. That’s why when people can’t find a job, they think that it’s already the end of the world. Some people may consider entrepreneurship, but they believe that it will require a certain amount of financial capital which they never can afford. To end those desperate thoughts and open up the truth, I present to you the following ten online business ideas that may become friendly to you and your pocket.
1. Blogging
If you have the talent in writing, then utilize it. Chose your most enthusiastic topic and start to write original and useful articles about it. If you don’t have money yet to buy a domain name and a web host to create a self-hosted blog, you can start to blog using free blog platforms like Wordpress.com and Bloggers.com. Don’t worry, once you start earning some decent cash in blogging, you can upgrade your blog into a self-hosted one which you can gain full control. Blogging is exciting since you can have a job for writing your most loved topic. Blogging pull income from Adsense, paid links, affiliate marketing, paid posts, blog space renting, etcetera.
The following articles will guide you in your journey to the world of bloggin::
The Most Important Key to Become a Successful Blogger
2. Domaining
A domain name is the name you type in the URL address to access a particular website. The domain name of this site is BusinessAccent.com, which I acquire for 10US dollar for its first year of registration in Namecheap. Domain names are like virtual properties (equivalent to real estate) that possess market values depending on the type of the domain name. As a domainer, I acquire domain names for sale and sell them at higher prices. If I buy a 10$ domain name and sell them for 40$, then that’s a 30$ profit I have got. And if I made that kind of sale for 10 domains a month, then that’s a 300$ monthly profit. However, this kind of work requires a lot of brainstorming, from choosing and buying a domain name to selling it to the right buyers and users.
The following articles will further guide you in the domaining system:
How to make money online with domain names
Practical Tips For Protecting Your Domain Names
3. Website Flipping
Website Flipping is similar to domaining, the only difference is that you sell the domain when it’s already developed. As I said previously, I have bought my domain name for 10$ and because it’s already in its two years of registration, I already paid 20$ for it. Since I have been using the domain in blogging for almost eight months now from the time I pulled it from my domain stock portfolio, it already appraised its value. As of today, it has already been appraised by several appraisers for a four digit (x,xxx) value. If I will sell it now, then I can already earn a favorable profit. Many people in the website pliffing world, buy a lot of domains and developed them for an average of one month period. Then they sell them to buyers at around $300 – $500. Imagine if their only cost for one domain are the domain’s one year registration fee of $10 and one month web hosting fee ($10 – $20) – that’s a lot of bucks!
The following articles will give you additional light in the art of website flipping.
How to Make Money Flipping Website
How To Buy A Website And Flip It For Profit
4. Business Process Outsourcing
Because of the Internet’s booming power, you don’t need to visit anymore a client’s office to provide business services. Business process outsourcing is already a billion industry today. If you have the knowledge and skills in business processing (eg., accounting, telemarketing, medical transcription, HR services), then it’s time for you to offer them online. There are lots of effective sites (Guru.com, GetAFreelancer.com IFreelance.com), for freelancers which you can signup and list your services for free.
5. Web Designing
Web designing is an industry that will always become hot as long as websites are hot. There are millions of businesses who want to go online and need a customized website that is tailored to their needs. That’s why, web designers are always in demand for hiring. If you think you have the skills in designing cyber places and offices, then offer now that gift of yours in the online world.
6. SEO Services
A greatly designed website is nothing but a beautiful masterpiece in the middle of darkness if no one is visiting it. To escape from that scenario, business owners hire SEO (search engine optimization) professionals. Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume or quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via “natural” (“organic” or “algorithmic”) search results. Some SEO steps utilize the use of social media sites like Youtube, Facebook and Twitter. If you are an enthusiast of these social media sites, then it will trigger your potential SEO capabilities.
The following articles will guide you to SEO success:
11 Steps to Successful SEO for Your Business
7. Online Selling of merchandise
Selling goods has been one of the best sources of income since the ancient times. Thanks to the Internet technology, now, we don’t need to build a costly physical store where we can display our merchandise for sale. If you got some stuff to sell, what you need to do is to sell them online. You don’t need to own a website to place your stuff. You can sell them in the online marketplaces like Ebay, Amazon, Craiglist, Ubid and Alibaba.
The following articles may help you in selling your stuff online.
Should I Sell on Amazon or eBay or Both?
How to sell your stuff on Amazon.com
8. Online Consultancy
Business, marketing, technology, society, self-improvement and spirituality are some of the subjects that you can try for online consultation services. If you are a laid-off finance or marketing personnel who was undeservingly ousted because of the global economic recession, this is the great alternative you can do – offering your good skills online. However, this work should inspire you to learn and develop more your skills and expertise so you can always offer the best services to your online clients.
9. Online Tutorial
There are millions (perhaps billions) of people who wants to know on something. Some of these people will pay you to teach them something online. Here comes online tutorial. If you have knowledge or an expertise in something, and you believe you can pass on that knowledge to someone who is seeking for it via internet, then you may be the perfect person to do it.
10. Infoprenuer (ebooks)
Infopreneurs are people whose primary business is gathering and selling electronic information. Those pieces of information may come in the form of e-Books, podcasts, videos, PowerPoint presentations and other which may be transmitted electronically. An eBook (short for electronic book) is the electronic version of a printed book you can see and buy in a bookstore. It is usually created in an Adobe’s PDF format. This can be an extension to your online tutorial undertaking. You can write your tutorial in an e-book format and sell them online.
Here are some good articles I found online about eBooks:
How to Create Ebooks That Sell
How to: Design a nice ebook cover with Photoshop
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