Most people dream of being able to make money online and fire their boss but, sadly for them, they never actually do anything about it and it remains a distant pipe dream. For those looking to actually do it, we are going to show you the top 3 methods of building an online income.
The power of the internet literally allows us to change our lives without leaving the house. That power is often misunderstood, with many people falsely believing that they’re in for an easy ride with an online business. If you can get past that common misconception you will realize there are various genuine ways of building an income from home depending on what you actually want to do.
Listed below are the top three choices of people looking to build an online income in 2012.
1. Affiliate marketing for an already established company.
2. Turning a hobby into an income.
3. Developing a product and starting a full business from scratch.
Affiliate marketing is becoming a more popular choice each year, it seems. For those who aren’t sure what exactly in entails, becoming an affiliate basically means you are a freelance rep for an existing brand or company. You will earn money for getting others to join that company.
Companies like Avon, Mary Kay and Empower Network are in the affiliate marketing industry. Think about it, each time the Avon lady makes a sale she gets a commission. That’s basically it in a nutshell. The appeal is often the fact that the company is already trusted and established therefore little preparation work is required.
The second item on today’s list is turning your hobby into an income. You can probably count on one hand the number of people who wouldn’t like to do that. However, talking about it and actually doing it are two very different things.
The main thing to be aware of is that your chosen hobby or niche probably has thousands of other people who had the same idea as you. Therefore to succeed you really need to stop treating it with a hobby mentality, start pushing to establish yourself and build your brand.
The final part of our list reveals the third most popular method of becoming your own boss online. Starting a home business from scratch is every bit as tough as it is in the real world, in fact some would say tougher due to the fact that you have to combat the negative reputation online businesses have in general.
None of the online success stories you see, whether affiliates or businesses, happened overnight. They all took hard work. If you have an existing business and are looking to expand into the online world you will already know this.
There are two types of people who try to make money online. Those who dream of an easy life and those who have a vision of changing their future into a living where they can do something they actually want to do, rather than a job they simply have to do to get by. If you have the effort within you to apply yourself and push towards your goal, you will find that building an income on the internet is not as tough as many people like to think it is.
Author: Global leading mentor Russ Howe created a 5 figure income online with programs such as empower network. His free guide on how to make money online will help you to grow your business.