To make a decent profit off of internet jobs, generally you need to have at least five items in place.
1) First, you need to provide something or things that enough people want. Online, desire can partly be gauged by the number of searches people make globally or locally per month.
Markets having access to the internet tend to be limited more by shipping, language, and cultural preferences than by national borders or by the internet itself, save for some businesses that by nature must be local. One cannot provide dental services at a distance, for example. Increasingly, search engines tailor search results for such businesses according to geographical location.
2) Second, one's work very usually involves some kind of skill or ability or value on the job. To receive profit, one must offer something in exchange--typically a product or service which is made possible in part by the value added by one's skill and labor.
And one tends to last longer at jobs in which there is at least an element of enjoyment in the skill one provides. Prefer what you are good at and enjoy.
3) Third, the skill or ability needs to match a market niche which is not too competitive. On the one hand, if no one else in the world can do what you can and everybody wants what you can offer, that may be great for your business except insofar as you become overwhelmed by demands. But neither is that a realistic possibility. On the other, if you can provide the same value that too many others do, the competition drives down the profit one can make. Some competition, but not too much, is what you want. And there are many successful businesses there.
Online, competition is often expressed in terms of the number of competing pages for a given keyword and in the Page Rank of the top search engine results.
Of course if you can "build a better mouse trap," provide some perk or superior quality compared to your competitors, you have by that carved out a market with less competition.
4) Fourth, your market has to be willing to pay for what you offer. It is one thing for a potential customer to want what you offer. It is another for that potential customer to become an actual customer by buying what you offer and at a price that makes you sufficient profit.
Part of the willingness to buy depends on how you present the offer, on how you educate the customer in the benefits of what you offer (i.e., selling skill). And the greater part of the willingness to buy depends on the market itself, where people "are" emotionally. Some products and services are easier to sell than others. Choosing products and services which people are more willing to buy just makes it easier to make a decent profit.
Of course in this case, a customer can be an employer who buys your services (labor) on a regular basis. Or freelance clients who pay you for completing a project. Or customers who buy from your business.
5) Whichever the case, a fifth item concerns the seasonality of the products and/or services you offer. Some are only in demand around holidays or in certain seasons. Others rise and fall in fads or cycles. Still others are always in demand like bread and toilet paper. Even if one is an employee, such matters may alter plans and choices. And where possible, diversification of what one offers online increases profit and security against down times.
An increasing number of jobs can be performed wholly or partly online, and some of these can be performed from home. Many of the work-at-home offers online are misleading or fraudulent, but those who consider the basics of what needs to be in place and who research the companies and offers out there are in a better position to make a decent profit.
1) First, you need to provide something or things that enough people want. Online, desire can partly be gauged by the number of searches people make globally or locally per month.
Markets having access to the internet tend to be limited more by shipping, language, and cultural preferences than by national borders or by the internet itself, save for some businesses that by nature must be local. One cannot provide dental services at a distance, for example. Increasingly, search engines tailor search results for such businesses according to geographical location.
2) Second, one's work very usually involves some kind of skill or ability or value on the job. To receive profit, one must offer something in exchange--typically a product or service which is made possible in part by the value added by one's skill and labor.
And one tends to last longer at jobs in which there is at least an element of enjoyment in the skill one provides. Prefer what you are good at and enjoy.
3) Third, the skill or ability needs to match a market niche which is not too competitive. On the one hand, if no one else in the world can do what you can and everybody wants what you can offer, that may be great for your business except insofar as you become overwhelmed by demands. But neither is that a realistic possibility. On the other, if you can provide the same value that too many others do, the competition drives down the profit one can make. Some competition, but not too much, is what you want. And there are many successful businesses there.
Online, competition is often expressed in terms of the number of competing pages for a given keyword and in the Page Rank of the top search engine results.
Of course if you can "build a better mouse trap," provide some perk or superior quality compared to your competitors, you have by that carved out a market with less competition.
4) Fourth, your market has to be willing to pay for what you offer. It is one thing for a potential customer to want what you offer. It is another for that potential customer to become an actual customer by buying what you offer and at a price that makes you sufficient profit.
Part of the willingness to buy depends on how you present the offer, on how you educate the customer in the benefits of what you offer (i.e., selling skill). And the greater part of the willingness to buy depends on the market itself, where people "are" emotionally. Some products and services are easier to sell than others. Choosing products and services which people are more willing to buy just makes it easier to make a decent profit.
Of course in this case, a customer can be an employer who buys your services (labor) on a regular basis. Or freelance clients who pay you for completing a project. Or customers who buy from your business.
5) Whichever the case, a fifth item concerns the seasonality of the products and/or services you offer. Some are only in demand around holidays or in certain seasons. Others rise and fall in fads or cycles. Still others are always in demand like bread and toilet paper. Even if one is an employee, such matters may alter plans and choices. And where possible, diversification of what one offers online increases profit and security against down times.
An increasing number of jobs can be performed wholly or partly online, and some of these can be performed from home. Many of the work-at-home offers online are misleading or fraudulent, but those who consider the basics of what needs to be in place and who research the companies and offers out there are in a better position to make a decent profit.
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