A Home Based Business Even Hurricanes Cannot Destroy
When Hurricane Katrina and Wilma struck the U.S., lives were
lost, property and businesses destroyed, resulting in billions
of dollars in losses. Among the many people affected was home
business owners who saw their life's work washed away in the
torrent. However, there was one home business that the
hurricanes could not destroy. While Katrina and Wilma raged on,
ONLINE BUSINESSES were still running and making money!
Online business owners did lose their equipment and belongings
in the hurricanes, but they DID NOT lose their source of income,
unlike so many other home business owners. Since their
businesses were operating in cyberspace, they were safe from the
ravaging hurricanes. In a worst-case scenario, even if the owner
did perish in the hurricane, their online businesses could still
carry on, bringing in passive and residual income to their
family.
When I started my websites a few years ago, I didn't really
consider this aspect (since there are no hurricanes where I
live). I basically wanted a business that would make money even
while I was sleeping, but when Katrina and Wilma raced across
Louisiana and Florida, I suddenly realized my websites were
Hurricane-proof Money Making Machines! Now that's what I call
FANTASTIC! It took some effort in the early stages and money was
nowhere to be found at first, but as I continued to plug on, I
began to see results and I believe, so can you! So if you want a
home business that will keep on making money despite human and
natural disasters, consider starting an online business.
Here's a short list of the types of online businesses you could
set up :
Sell your own physical product. This is probably the most
difficult to get off the ground. Unless you already have an
established customer base and your online presence is there to
add value to your business, it could take years to build such an
online business, but having an online store brings you business
from all over the world, something a small physical store can't
possibly do.
Sell your own electronic products. Being an Infopreneur
(Information Entrepreneur) is really easy these days. There are
millions of people promoting their e-books, software and
training programs online. You don't have to be an Internet
genius to sell your stuff online. All you need is to be
knowledgeable in a specific niche and build your products around
that niche. There is BIG money to be made in this!
Sell an online service. People will pay a subscription
fee to be allowed into the subscribers section of your website
to use these services. The types of services you could offer are
limited only by your imagination and technical know-how.
Sell other people's products. This is called affiliate
marketing. It's the most popular because you don't incur
development costs. There are literally millions of products to
choose from, and the beauty of this online business is that you
can sell to anyone, anywhere in the world - there are NO borders!
Selling advertisement space on your website. This has
always been a good money maker. One of the easiest ways to make
money this way is the Google Adsense program. You need to paste
a small snippet of code in your web pages which will then
display advertisements based on your content. Every time a
visitor clicks on one of these ads, you earn anywhere from a few
cents to a few dollars (depending on how competitive the ads
are).
The list above doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of the
thousands of ways to make money online. How you make your money
is really up to you.
I love having an online business! It's like having a sales
representative in every home or office around the world (that's
billions of homes and offices, mind you) and they never need a
vacation, never fall sick, never ask for a raise, never complain
and always do what I want them to do! I don't have to worry
about visitors not coming to my store because of bad weather or
because their car broke down or any other physical reason. I'm
with my customers as soon as they click their mouse!
Sure, there are millions of websites raking in the big bucks and
my sites could be considered small fry, but the online business
pie is BIG and it's growing everyday. There's lots of room for
everyone to make money! Depending on where you live, just a
small slice of this pie (or even a few crumbs) could allow you
to live comfortably! An example would be if you were an online
business owner living in Malaysia (where I am) where every 1000
US dollars equals 4000 Malaysian Ringgit, and that's a lot! And
remember, you won't have to pay a single cent of what you earn
to board up your store windows, repair the roof, pump out the
water and clean out the mud from your online business when a
storm or hurricane comes. Isn't that reason enough to consider
starting your own online business?