Every year you thought about it. You have gone over countless online business ideas in your head and imagined what your life would be like if you could quit your job and generate money on the internet.
You could easily travel the world, create a comfortable lifestyle for yourself and your family, and achieve financial freedom. Finally, you could escape the 9-5 lifestyle constraints and completely own your time.
But what happens then? Usually you spend some time considering the ideas but ultimately return to your comfort zone.
The steady income of your secure job, the ease of having someone else tell you what to do every day (instead of trying to figure it out from scratch), and the consistent schedule.
You say to yourself, "What do you know? This year is a bit too crazy. Next year I'll start that online business!"But the' next year' never comes.
I'm here to tell you that you should start your online business. There's more opportunity than ever before, and you should take advantage of it!
I'm going to lay out 12 online business ideas to help you get started. Read through them, see what you are connecting to, and start doing your research. Then start with one, it's that simple!
Here's our list of 12 online business ideas for beginners
1. Start a blog and Monetize
It I talk a lot about how and for good reason to start a blog on this website. Starting a blog is easier than ever and your blog can also be a big potential source of income (if you know how to monetize it).
Keep in mind that you're not just starting a blog and expecting the money to roll in. You need to consistently create content, and it also needs to be content that educates, informs, or entertains people. In other words, they need to capture their interest in some way.
What's more, through the blog you need to sell something. But if you're willing to get into the work and you're in it for a long time, blogging can be extremely profitable (some bloggers make $50k a month or more).
2. Get Started with Affiliate Marketing
Learn affiliate marketingAffiliate marketing is basically the process of earning a commission by promoting the product of someone else.
There are two main ways that most people do affiliate marketing: information products. You promote products such as ebooks, membership sites, video series, etc. This type of affiliate marketing can earn you up to 50 percent or more in commission, has relatively low entry barriers, and promoting products is easy to find.
Partners from Amazon. Many affiliate marketers are successful with Amazon. Literally, there are millions of products to choose from, and it can be quite profitable. You can check out the Amazon Associates Program for more information.
Quick side note: It helps to have at least a basic knowledge of SEO and copywriting before you start affiliate marketing (more on each of these later).
3. Setting up an e-commerce site
One of the best ways to earn online income is by setting up an e-commerce store. Here's the plus side: if you're trying to go the affiliate marketing route, the best affiliate marketers are focused on 3 main niches; dating, weight loss, and making money online. You'd have to compete with the best of the best, and it's not easy.
With the e-commerce route, you will compete against old-school business people in many markets who may or may not have any internet marketing experience. Many of them have glitchy, outdated websites that leave you plenty of room for improvement, and you can capitalize on their shortcomings.
It is by no means still not easy. It requires hard work, and you need to stand out among the hundreds of thousands of ecommerce websites and online stores. But you can make your ecommerce store a profitable success by filling a unique niche and executing the right marketing techniques.
4. Self-Publish a Book on Amazon
Publish a book on amazonHave you ever thought about writing a book, but didn't know where to get started? All the nonsense of publishing, editing and formatting, marketing, etc.?
With Amazon, you can easily self-publish a book and make money from it. There are some simple and inexpensive guides help you to write your book and generate consistent income.
Here's the secret sauce: Amazon will take over and start promoting it for you if you can launch your book and get a few hundred sales in the first week. You can make some real money from it this way. It's actually easier than it sounds, but in a minute we'll get to that.
5. Creating a Digital Product or Course
Creating a digital product or course is similar to writing an ebook. You are monetizing your expertise by teaching it to others.
That being said, you don't have the benefit of promoting your course from Amazon. You have to promote yourself through your own website, your email lists, and possibly through affiliate partnerships. You also need to create a compelling sales page that will persuade visitors to buy from you.
If you don't already have an audience, it might be better to publish yourself first on Amazon. Thus, you can validate your course idea, expand your email list (just make sure you have an opt-in email at the front and back of the book!), and more or less create a rough draft of the course (because it will probably be similar to the book).
6. Become a YouTuber
Video is becoming increasingly popular. Videos will only continue to grow from Instagram and Snapchat Stories to Facebook Live video. If you've always loved the idea of being behind the camera, now is the time you can take advantage of it.
Whether it's starting a vlog and getting ad revenue / selling products to your audience, or building a YouTube channel to drive more traffic to your website–2019 is a great time to get started.
Not only will YouTube videos help you tell better stories and provide your audience with more valuable content–it can also help you gain profitable speaking opportunities.
The best part is, you don't even have to go out and buy an expensive new camera–as long as you have a smartphone with a quality camera lens, you can start filming your first video right now!
7. Start App Development
Mobile apps are becoming increasingly popular throughout the year. If you have an idea for a cool, useful and/or fun app for a phone or tablet, this might be the way to go.
It helps to have some coding knowledge, but it is not an absolute necessity. There are plenty of software developers looking to collaborate on app creation with people.
Word of caution: the app market is saturated right now, so make sure you validate your app and do your research before investing a lot of money in your idea.
8. Learn Facebook Advertising
Facebook continues to grow and expand. Therefore, businesses spend more on Facebook ads. But here's the problem: many old school businesses don't know what they're doing when it comes to Facebook ads. Even newer companies don't have the time it takes to learn the ins and outs so they get the most return on their investment in Facebook ads.
They are therefore looking for Facebook ad specialists to step in and do it for them. Fortunately, this is something you can learn fairly quickly. Once you do this, you can reach out to businesses and offer to help create profitable Facebook ads.
9. Learn and Master SEO
Search Engine OptimizationSEO (Search Engine Optimization) refers to getting a website to rank higher in search engines like Google for certain "search terms." When a website ranks higher, traffic becomes more relevant and, in turn, more revenue can be generated.
This is another highly valued skill in the world of internet marketing. That being said, because Google is always changing its algorithms, it can be a bit difficult. Some of the search rules change with it. You always have to be at the forefront, learning and testing new strategies.
If you are able to master SEO, companies will always be willing to pay you for your help.
10. Become a copywriter
Copywriting is the art and science of delivering words strategically (whether written or spoken) that get people to take some form of action. It can range from anything to sales pages, to email marketing, to even high-quality blog content.
If you have a natural inclination and passion for writing, copywriting may be your ticket to earn online income.
It is a great way to achieve freedom in your life. Not only does copywriting allow you to work remotely, it also allows you to control your schedule. Moreover, learning the skill itself will help you in many areas of online business (i.e. building a blog, affiliate marketing, etc. –when you can write in a compelling way, they all become much easier!)
11. Buy and Flip Domains
You've probably heard of people buying and flipping real estate, right? They buy a house for a relatively good price, fix it a little bit, and then resell it for a nice profit.
It's the same idea to buy and flip domains. Whether it's your own domain, or you're looking to buy someone else's site and flip it, it can be a good source of online income.
You can use resources such as Empire Flippers to both buy and sell your domains.
12. Build Niche Sites
The idea behind a niche website is to target a specific niche (for example, a specific type of photography), rank on Google for keywords related to that niche, and then turn that traffic into earnings through affiliate offers or through the sale of your own products.
A lot of research is going into this–you should be ready for a bit of workload. If you're creating a good niche site, it can bring you an extra $500 a month or more.
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