Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Prospering in Tough Times: Internet Entrepreneur




In economic tough times you may have lost your job and need to find another one. If you are not having success in your field of business you may want to try your hand at becoming an Internet Entrepreneur. Or you may need to supplement your income with the high cost of living. Even if you do not have a lot of experience with online business you can easily learn.

First think about what interests you. This will make your job much more fun to do. To become an Internet Entrepreneur you need a few basic needs. You will need:

A computer.
A telephone.
A printer.
A scanner and 35-millimeter camera or just a digital camera.

Some Internet Entrepreneur examples are:
1) If you are creative you can make your items such as jewelry, framed original poetry, drawings, paintings, making curtains, mending clothes or designing clothes, etc. Take a photo of each item. You can use your digital camera and download the photos to your computer; if you have a 35-millimeter camera make sure you have a scanner to transfer the photos to your computer.

You can create your own website to display your items. Search the Internet as there are free websites or low cost websites you can join that are simple to set up. On a scale of 1 to 5 setting up your website on how easy it is, I would rate a 4.8 as the template is already there and you do not have to design any of the hard part. Leave that part to the professionals.

2) Do you love to write? There are many online businesses you can write for. Most likely you will be a ghostwriter. (Write the articles without using your real name.)

You will be paid for your services through an online business and the client has all rights to the articles you create. On some websites you can use your real name or a pen name.

Some website businesses will offer you an up front amount of money per article. Some websites even offer pay-per-click. Pay-per-click is when you earn money by readers clicking on your article. This usually is a slow process but if you keep your site fresh and add a lot of articles you can make pretty good money doing it.

Make money doing something you actually love. After all, the ideal job we all want is to do what we love to do while making money.

For more information please see: www.preparednessmentor.com.