Starting a small business online can be a great way to create a second stream of income for yourself and your household.
It used to be that starting a business meant filling out paperwork, finding a location, and worrying about overhead costs. However, the Internet has eliminated almost all of that!
You can now work from home, and the best part is, most people who make money online aren’t even selling a physical product.
They’re selling information - or, even better, giving the information away for free and earning money through advertising or affiliate programs.
If you want to start a small business online, what kind of business would it be? The simplest solution is to make it an extension of what you already do in your chosen profession.
Believe it or not, you already have the knowledge and the expertise that is required to create alternative income streams; why not capitalize on that?
Take a look at Short-Hair-Style.com, a website run by Nancy & Sia Faizabadi. Nancy has been a hair stylist in “real life” since 1993, so she knows her business topic quite well.
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Success Story - Short-Hair-Style.com
"As a full time hair stylist I never had time to pursue opportunities to create a secondary income, (or so I thought). My husband, Sia, discovered SBI and suggested we create a small business online that would allow me to more easily stay in touch with my existing clients, and also create a platform for sharing my knowledge and work of other salon professionals with the rest of the world. However, we underestimated the power of SBI. Today my website not only provides us with an excellent secondary income (which we are using to pay off our debt and student loans) - but our success has also inspired us to create additional online businesses that allows us to pursue other personal and professional interests. For us, SBI has been a true inspiration and life changing experience."
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When Nancy & Sia decided to create a small business online, they simply took what Nancy was already doing at her current day job and ‘digitized’ it.
Now obviously, she can’t give haircuts online. But what she can do is write dozens of useful articles with hairstyle-related tips and techniques for people who are also interested in the subject matter.
Despite Nancy being a successful hair stylist, you may not be surprised to learn that Nancy didn’t have a lot of computer programming skills. The good news is that her lack of computer knowledge didn’t hold her back.
Nancy uses a tool called “Site Build It!” (available from SiteSell.com), which is a great resource that walks you through every step of the process of making a profitable website, regardless of how little experience you have.
SBI takes it a step further, too, and helps you do what it takes to actually attract targeted visitors to your site. Nancy’s site is now in the top 1 percent of the most-visited sites on the Internet!
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You’re probably wondering: How does her site actually make money? The answer is: affiliate programs and advertising.
Nancy uses various programs that allow her to place small text ads or links on her pages. These are links to products and services that related to her site theme, so the links are viewed by readers as ‘added-value’.
Every time a visitor clicks an ad, Nancy gets a little commission. It’s not much, but it adds up - especially when you have thousands of visitors every day clicking on your links. The more visitors, the more ad-clicks you’re going to get.
So you can see how easy it is to start a small online business. It won’t make you a millionaire overnight, but it can, over a few short months, provide you with a substantial income opportunity.
That extra income each month can be a great help to you and your household. Use your additional income to pay off debt, save for retirement, education, vacations, etc.
Why not give it a try? Nancy and Sia did, and they have never looked back since.
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