Sunday, October 23, 2011
Online Business Ideas for 2012-Only Profitable Business Opportunities
Regardless of where the "crazy economy" has led you over the past few years, I think starting an online business is a great idea for a lot of people. I won't be sharing any ready made "business in a box opportunities" in this post. I had my own experience on that path and I don't have much to offer in the way of advice or encouragement if your looking for a quick fix and a quick buck. It didn't work that way for me.
I have over time discovered some great resources, many of which are free, that can darastically reduce the time it will take to actually earn some money online. I'll be sharing more about that here on this site and on our other main sites.
I wrote and article earlier this week on what I feel are 5 of the best home based business ideas for 2012 and how they can work together. If you already have an online business in the service sector, you should still read that article. Find out how you can add a few thousand dollars a month to your current business and further help you other business ventures, read that article. I think it is title Home Based Business Ideas for Beginners in 2012.
One of the important points in that article is using different business ideas as components of a more diversified business model. It mentions how combining passive income elements with make money now income elements will build a more profitable online business for the future.
If your just starting an online business I highly recommend sticking with business opportunites that will at worse break even. In other words only start business opportunities that will be profitable. Try starting a business in 2012 from scratch. Forget about start up capital or mooching unsecured small business loans from your friends and family, and do some research instead. The best online business model I've found is the one I use and I'll share more about that over the next few months.
I'm biased and I admit it. I know there are some profitable opportunities out there, but most just seem to be a glorified version of a job. Some of the best direct sales opportunities are earning six figures plus, but I know a few of these guys and they are working hard ( and long hours ) to earn those incomes. Working hard is part of having success in any new business opportunities online, but if your going to have to work the same hours one year from now to earn the money, then it's a job!
I wish you luck with your business ideas in 2012 and look forward to sharing some of my lessons and success with you here and on our main site where we consistantly talk about how to choose the best business to start.
If you have comments or questions about a business opportunity or how to find the most profitable small businesses to start please leave them in the comments.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
2009 Business Opportunities - Best Business to Start?
2009 Business Opportunities
The business opportunities in 2009 seem to be taking a more niche approach to earning money. By serving a specific segment of a specific market people are starting businesses much faster in 2009. Unique is in when it comes to business start ups and service oriented business still are the most popular business to start.
Profitable business opportunities, as I've mentioned here before, need to be connected to an existing market. Its more profitable and less risky to improve service or product to an existing market than to try and create one of your own.
Are Coffee Shops a Good Business Opportunity?
Coffee shops are interesting, I've never owned one but I've had the chance to see so many coffee shop start ups. I've been in a few coffee shops that cause me to think or say, " I'm commin back here".... That's the key, and a good example of connecting to an existing market.
People drink coffee. That's the market. Some people drink coffee out of the home, that could be the niche. Some people drink coffee out of the home and would like to work on their computer while the child is entertained by an educational and independent activity....That could be improving the experience of an already existing niche....These business ideas are profitable and they are working.
The Best Business To Start?
People ask me this often, both on my websites and in person. The short answer is, Its a tough question. I've started a few businesses and I like to stick to my personal experience of starting a business. The best business to start is not the one that is the easiest. The best business to start is not the one that earns the most money. When I look back, and think about things now I'd have to say its about balance and being on purpose.
I've owned businesses that have earn a boat load of money, but I had no life and was miserable. While I learned a lot and developed management skills and systems that gave me a life and reduced stress, I still didn't like what I did. Every day felt like another mountain to climb. I had to deal with people I didn't want to deal with and take risks I wasn't comfortable taking. While money is great, money alone is not the indicator of the best business to start.
I had the idea one day that, " wouldn't it be neat if who I wanted to be on a day to day basis created my life." In other words, I wanted to be on purpose. Its great to feel useful, and on purpose.
I think the best business to start is the one that excites you a bit, causes you to stretch, and serves people in a way your proud of.
Business opportunities are opportunities to make money. Businesses need to earn money, if they don't their hobbies. Just because you love doing something does not mean its going to be a great business opportunity.
There are hundreds of online business opportunities. Profitable business opportunities online are, in my opinion, are a weird animal. Turnkey business opportunities are a great opportunity for the person who has little or no business experience. You'll have the chance to associate with other people who know more about business. Success minded people are great association and in some places tough to find and associate with. Many of the best business opportunities are based online which also allows a much broader customer base and exposure to all different kinds of people.
Business Opportunities Online
Seems most online business opportunities, like the ones you see advertised are either:
Directs Sales Opportunities
Network Marketing
Affiliate Marketing
Commissioned Sales Rep.
Product Reseller
Customer Service
Consulting
Franchise Opportunities
I'm sure there are more categories, these are a few that I've seen. Either way, with any business opportunity, you'll be working with other people, It pays to work with people you feel comfortable with, people who can help you get to the place you need to be.
Business opportunities require start up capital. Depending on the type of business, most business start ups will cost between $50 and $25,000 dollars. Franchise opportunities tend to run more and direct sales or network marketing seem to cost a bit less.
Advice for Finding the Right Business
I'd set a goal of finding a good business to start. Plan on spending a month or so evaluating business opportunities. Narrow your options down to a few and then make a decision. Most profitable business opportunities will have a mix of you using skills you already possess and having to learn a few new ones.
Do you have any experience starting a business? Would you care to share with our visitors and readers?
Make 2009 a great year and as you look forward to 2010 make a decision to start the business you've been thinking about.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Best Business to Start Online: Profitable Ideas for Business Start Ups
Profitable Business Opportunities
Profitable business opportunities have one thing in common, they add value. Adding value in a traditional brick and mortar business is easily understood. Having a product that customers buy or a service that clients pay for is a common way to add value in a traditional business model and is the way most businesses earn money. While many online business opportunities also have products and services, it can get a bit fuzzy when new online business entrepreneurs try to add value or increase the value they add.
The Internet provides a unique platform to either add value to your visitors or customers or add value to someone Else's by creating affiliate relationships or selling ad space. Information is multi-faceted product that provides unique and profitable business opportunities. It seems much of the fortune that is being made right now is in the logistics area of information. How information gets from point A to point B is hot and many of the larger companies have created and capitalised on this opportunity and continue to do so. But what about the information you have?
How do you make money with your own information? Is it something people would buy? I think so....
I'm of the opinion that everyone has information based on experience or specialty that would save someone else a significant amount of time or money, perhaps it would make their live a bit easier. The bottom line is that this significance is what gives the information its power as a product. What do you know that is unique and in demand? Is this information pointing you to the best business to start online?
Lets say you were a Special Education teacher and you had observed, learned and realized certain things about adolescent behavior and you could help parents further their child's development. Parents would be interested in this I think and creating an information product is really pretty simple. By tapping into an entrepreneurial spirit and learning the things you need to learn to make the business opportunity work you could earn and extra 20k to 30k per year if you market a well put together product to people who really want to buy it.
That's one business opportunity for teachers, imagine all the various professions and industries that have flat spots and fail to serve the customer base as well as it could....
These are all business opportunity, opportunity to earn money. I like to think of business as a way to bless someone and get paid for it...
Creating an information product once that dozens of people can purchase over time, that cost nothing to reproduce is a great start to profitable business opportunity. Its a great low cost start up is simple to do.
Online Business Opportunities
Online business opportunities are better understood when looked at from a place of simplicity. All online business opportunities will require you to but you idea, product or service in front of your target market. Online we do this with a website, like this one.
One of the first steps to earning money online is to create a website and begin exposing that website to others. Traffic is the word commonly used for website visitors. There are dozens of ways to get traffic to your website. You can buy advertising online, which can be expensive, you could even hire someone to do that for you. Getting traffic from natural search or from search engines is another popular way to get traffic you your new small business website.
Once you have a website that is getting traffic its all about testing and figuring out who is most interested in your offering and finding creative ways to invite them to your site and participate in what it is your offering. I saw a huge explosion of coaching businesses online and figure its a good business opportunity. Consulting business opportunities are a great business to form into an online business. One of the things about online tools and the Internet in general is the opportunity for automation.
I appreciate your comments about this post. Any questions are appreciated as well.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Best Online Business Ideas to Start-Opportunity Options
Online Business Ideas
Please look at this as a list of popular online business ideas not a list of the best online business opportunities. It truly depends on you and coming up with a list of the "best online business opportunities" is probably a waste of time and wouldn't add much real value.
What Does It Take to Start an Internet Business?
Obviously if your going to start an online business you'll need a connection to the Internet and access to a computer. I recommend high speed Internet as it will save you a ton of time. The most important thing to have success with an online business idea is going to be your attitude. If you've had success in other endeavors then it is likely you'll have success with your online Enterprise.
One idea I like to keep at the forefront of my mind is that I need to persist longer than the other guy. Millions of people decide after a bad day at work that they want to start an online business and they get started right away. The problem with this is, a few week later they quit. If your going to start a business online you will have to persist and be consistent with your efforts.
Types of Online Businesses
As for different types of online businesses I'll list few of the popular ones. Affiliate marketing, lead generation, advertising, info products, and blogging are all different types of online business opportunities.
Keep in mind most online business models require web traffic. Think of web traffic as the currency of the Internet. With most any business opportunity to start, web traffic will be a prerequisite. How do you get traffic? Well you can either pay for traffic via automated ads you can bid on or you can work on getting search engine traffic.
Paid traffic is pretty straight forward. Think of the specific words that one might use to find your website and bid on those words. I highly recommend learning more about keyword bidding before you jump right into buying traffic.
I recommend search engine traffic instead of paid traffic. It really all depends on your business model and the product you provide, don't take my word for it, research it yourself.
Search engine traffic is free but not easy. You need to learn about the search engine your optimizing for and follow the guidelines they provide. There is a plethora of info online about monetizing a website and driving traffic, so do your research.
The best business opportunities will be solving a relevant problem or filling a common need. The bottom line with the best small business opportunities is they have to add value. Besides adding value, you might look at the products or service the business opportunity your evaluating is offering. Do you have a genuine interest in the products or service? I recommend finding a profitable business opportunity that you resonate with and have a genuine interest in.
The options and opportunities are really endless when it comes to businesses you can start from home or online, so pick a business that you are excited about.
How do people make money online?
The bottom line for making money on the Internet is adding value, like I've already mentioned.
People making money online are either selling their own products, selling someone else's products or creating ad space for someone who is. In order to sell products or ads you need to have traffic. Making money online is really that simple. No need to complicate it.
2009 business opportunities to start may be different from the businesses your parents or grandparents started but make no mistake, there is a lot of money to be made with the best home based business opportunities.
The top business to start is different for everyone. Find the one you feel good about in your gut and roll with that. I like to mention that its unlikely your business will look exactly like you thought it would, so stay flexible and let your results determine your decisions.
Top home based businesses are simple, straight forward and productive. Don't expect to be spoon fed and hand held, but do expect to get your questions answered!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Best Business To Start.
I'd like to offer my objective advice on choosing the best business to start, not because you asked me too, but because this is my blog, and its about starting a business, not so much the technical aspect, but the mindset.
I would love your honest feedback, if you have a minute, and a thought.
The best business to start is more about inspiration and desire and whether the business is aligned with your purpose in life. I think to many people start business that they see as "businesses they can start". What would happen if more people started a business based on " if I could start any business, what would it be"?
Micheal Gerber in his book "The E-Myth", talks about the entrepreneurial moment and why some many small business start ups fail. According to the book, and based on statics, over 90% of small business start ups fail in the first 5 years.... Why?
People think the best business to start is somehow attached to what they know how to do. The best job to start is based on what you know how to do. The best degree to get is based on what you want to be. Maybe the best business to start should be based on what you want to be. I see starting a business to be a lot like starting an educational program.
A Business Degree.
Business is constant learning, there are requirements, certain things you have to do well on. You need to study particular parts of you business individually and be able to see how the interconnectedness of the parts create a synergy that makes success possible, right? That sounds a lot like what a degree would require, doesn't it?
Choosing the best business opportunities to start based on who you want to be is an intelligent approach and in reality is what the other 10% of business owners do. Many successful small business owners talk about when they were kids they got an idea, or had a neighbor who they thought were really cool who had a business. Many people who start business want to be someone who makes an impact.
A Book Keeping Business or a Book Keeper?
The thing is, what you do right now may be offering insight, opportunity, and clues to what inspires you and your entrepreneurial spirit. Many times people use there technical knowledge as a platform to start hugely successful businesses. But keep in mind the thing you do is not the end. In other words, a book keeping business, won't be about keeping books. It could be about creating a solution that would allow small business owners to know exactly where they stood at all times to better make decisions. Decisions based on facts instead of fears, fads, or whims?
If you were driven by helping others, being creative, and being accurate, a book keeping business might be the best business for you to start.... And what would you do as the owner of that business? You would look for the best book keepers right? Book keepers who saw there job as a way to help others, be accurate and contribute to the market place.
What do these thoughts mean to you. Do you disagree? Why some people start businesses and others work for the people who start businesses?
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Best Business to Start 2008,2009: SBA Resources
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Keep in mind the best small business to start this year is the one that you believe you can have success with, whether you want to start a day care business or a corporate enter
prise. Businesses aren't successful, people who believe they can be successful make successful businesses. This idea can be used with confidence, I know it personally and most experts will agree. The best business opportunities online are the ones with integrity and good leadership, not necessarily the easiest.Most entrepreneurs collect information. Before and after starting a business. Home based business entrepreneurs in the information age are no different. Most Information age business models that are successful are really just Micro-Segmenting successful small business models.
I prefer to work with higher profit margins, our successful home business lets us work with profits of 1,5, and 8 thousand dollars. This might not sound like much at first, but when you see the residual elements of the business model, you will better understand our choice.
If your into smaller margins you might consider affiliate marketing. It is an extremely low overhead business. Top Affiliate products can be marketed online with little or even no cost.
Affiliate Marketing... A True anybody can do it part time business....
The first thing I will say about affilliate marketing is that it is so pure in the way of free enterprise, it is amazing. Everybody wins. Granted you could try to sell junk, but junk won't sell anyway. And it is to easy to find high quality stuff that will help people.
Affiliate marketing how to information is everywhere. If you can spend a one hour a day and can read you can make money with affiliate marketing. When you know what your doing it cost nothing. I have never spent one penny marketing affiliate products. 100% profit. That is not to say that you can still make huge profit using google ads, you can.
Here is a great home business opportunity and also personal development course that currently leads the self growth market. Think of this as the top affiliate marketing product online. If you want to go from 0$ to $1,000 per month and more the fastest, I recommend this gentlemans program. Direct sales and affiliate marketing is considered by some to be the top business to start. This guy has a program that shows you absolutly everything you need. Walks you through it step by step. Why does he do it? So you will become an affiliate and sell a line of products that sets on the top shelp of the industry. Sell the products and you will make money, he will make money. See what I mean.. That is free enterprise.Call me directly if you want to know how simple affiliate marketing is, I'll give you five minutes.
Keep in mind it starts with traffic, web traffic. To make money online you have to have traffic. Getting traffic requires content like this and more importanly keyword rich content "business home internet make money" word, that is what the search engine look for.
The affiliate business model for instance, is one that alows the creators of a product or service to grow and prosper without an expensive corporate headquarters and pricey sales staff, for example. I learned about carbon credits and how to make money with carbon credits online via an affiliate product.
If your of the type that relies and trusts the information that comes from the acedemic experts, I've listed a few resources from the Small Business Administration commonly refered to as the SBA. The SBA is a government agency that has an intended purpose of assisting small business entrepreneurs.
If your interested in free small business courses about starting a successful business and are looking for the best strategies to do that, here are a few resources:
1. Small Business Primer: Guide to Starting a Business
2. My Own Business (A free course) Interactive Checklist for Starting a Business -->
3. How to Prepare a Business Plan
4. How to Start a Business on a Shoestring Budget Trump University
5. Franchising Basics
6. Technology 101: A Small Business Guide
An important part of starting any small business is marketing and advertising. Online marketing is popular these days. I have learned a great deal about it myself in the home business industry. The Internet lets you take advantage of "PULL" advertising. Where your product or service is offered to people looking for it, real time. Top business entrepreneurs online know the value of proper marketing.
Here are some marketing resources and free small business courses from the Small Business Administration. " SBA"
1. Marketing 101: Guide to Winning Customers
2. Marketing for Small Business Maine SBDC
3. E-Mail Marketing
4. Conduct a Marketing Analysis *PA SBDC – Kutztown University
Starting a business in a lagging economy is not a bad idea either. I have experienced this idea myself and it can really reward the entrepreneur who is in tune with timing. Success in business can be a timing thing to a large extent depending on the market your in.
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For more information, resources and insight on finding the best business to start fell free to come back.
Any experience or stories of successful small business start ups is welcomed in the comments. Make 2008 a great year and enjoy the success that is unique to being a successful business owner.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Best Business To Start From Home

- Are you soon retiring and looking for continued productivity?
- Are you looking to build a business that will allow you to leave your job?
- Are you wanting to spend more time with your kids or loved ones?
- Are you wanting to pursue a long held hobby or interest of your own.
- Are you looking to earn more money?
- Are you looking to earn 400,000 grand a year or 40,000 dollars a year?
- How much time are you willing to commit to starting a business?
- How much ongoing time are you willing to commit to operating that business?
- How much money are ready to invest in the right business?
- What activities are you open to doing?
- Will the best business for you involve leaving the home?
- Do you truly desire a home based business?
- Do you want employees?
- Is the best business for you to start going to be one you can do with a spouse?
- Is it important to you that the hours you spend in your business be under your control?
- Do you desire to help others?
- Do you care what your doing? Does it matter what the product or service of your business is?
- Is the best result you can think of for the business you want to start, just freedom?
- Are you looking to create results you've never had?
- Or are you looking to recreate result via a different business vehicle?
- Have you earned multiple six figures per year before, but now know you want to work twenty to twenty five hour per week or less?