online business ideas

I always want to work from home. I like getting up in the morning, walking my dog, having a hearty breakfast and then commuting 10 feet to my office to turn on my computer and start my work day. Now that’s my idea of an ideal job!

Over the years I got chance to watch closely famous women bloggers like Jenny Lawson, Gina Trapani,Ariel Meadow Stallings from offbeat bride,Danielle Laporte.If you are interested in starting a creative, internet based business that gets you excited to get out of bed in the morning, read on.

Author Amy does full time online business business from her south Carolina home.

Are Consumers Searching for Experts or Leaders?

“Who would listen to me?”

That’s one of the most common questions I hear from people who contact me for help. They desperately

want to be involved in a niche, but they can’t confidently claim to be an expert.

They might like cooking, for example – but they’re not on Iron Chef, they don’t have their own magazine, and Rachel Ray hasn’t invited them to be on her daytime talk show – so obviously that means they have nothing of value to offer, right?

You can see how ridiculous it sounds when we’re talking about someone else, can’t you? I’m sure you’ve gotten a few great recipes from random blogs or friends online.

But for some reason, we’ve created these minimum requirements for ourselves when it comes to niche involvement.

Don’t settle for being one of many.

The last thing I want you to do is tell yourself that you’ll create a blog and share some insight and whoever happens to stumble on it, you’ll be happy with that.

No. I want you striving to achieve dominance in whatever niche you go into – even if that means you have to brand yourself as someone to rival Martha Stewart herself!

I was watching an old episode of Mad Men the other day and Don Draper, the advertising exec everyone knows and envies, is asked about a competitor who has started telling everyone he’s Don’s top rival.

It really irks Don and he says, “He hasn’t done half of what I have, but the minute he declared himself the competition, suddenly we were equal.”
This should be your goal.

Don’t fool yourself into thinking experience counts less than a degree.

Let’s see – who else never got that coveted degree from college? 

Rockefeller didn’t.

Neither did Abe Lincoln.

Wolfgang Puck dropped out of school at age 14.

Walt Disney? No degree, thank you very much. In fact he was driving ambulances when he began making art.

These are just a few experts in their niche who just did what they did and people loved it. I want that to be you.

Consumers want to be led, not taught.

However, when I’m looking for a solution to a problem I have, the last thing I’m looking for is some stuffy professor to babble on and on about facts.

I want someone who’s been there, done that – or someone who looks at my problem, sympathizes with me, and reaches out to help me.

A degree can’t do that for you. Only a good heart can. Only someone who puts themselves out there as a beacon of hope for people.

Gauge How Much You Know

Okay, so if you want to have confidence leading a niche, you first need to see if you know anything more than someone else.  You don’t want to be running on empty!

That’s the minimum requirement. There has to be someone out there who might be interested in what topic you’re teaching who doesn’t know something about it.

Sometimes it’s the very basic skills your audience won’t know yet – stuff you’ve known forever.

So take stock of what you know. If you’re going into a specific niche, make a quick brainstormed list of what things you could share.

I would then look at that list and ask myself if there might be an audience out there who needs to know any of that stuff. Sure there is!

Uh oh. But what about those people who want to know about Mobile Marketing? I know nothing about that! Does that mean I shouldn’t teach online marketing at all?

No. It just means they can go elsewhere for those instructions. When you get involved in a niche, you don’t have to teach every single thing about it. You can focus on what you like and what you’re good at and what you believe in.

Ah, but what if you want to go into a niche that’s brand spanking new to you? Guess what?

That’s okay, too! In fact, you might develop an amazing audience of followers who LOVE the fact that you’re sharing your ups and downs as you learn the niche and show them what works and what doesn’t.

This element makes it feel like you’re all in this together. It keeps your readers from feeling stupid because you’re all in the same boat – learning right alongside each other, only you’re doing the legwork for them – researching, gathering information, testing it and sharing it with them.

Continual Learning

It’s one thing to be a novice and a leader at the same time and another thing to be satisfied with staying stagnant in your ignorance.

Nobody wants to follow someone who isn’t moving forward, so you have to be enthusiastic about continuing to grow your knowledge in your niche.

Impress your audience with your thirst for knowledge. This is key for success in online home based business.

How to continue learning in any niche?

I think it’s fantastic when you finally find confidence in your basic experiences to lead a niche. But in my opinion, you’re not a good leader if you don’t continue seeking new information to better yourself and the lives of your readers.

You should read trade magazines, books, watch videos, and join local college classes. - If you’re in the gardening niche you can take a class on horticulture and learn how to properly operate a greenhouse or landscape. If you’re in the health and diet niche, you can take classes to teach you about nutrition and wellness.

Is your niche beer? Subscribe to DRAFT magazine. Dog niche? Dog Fancy Magazine is one option. Aromatherapy? Aromatherapy Thymes Magazine will do.

You want to subscribe to a publication that stays current on the latest happenings in your niche so that you, in turn, can be up to date as well!

You want to go out and find all of your competitors, big and small. Some of them will be making major mistakes with their online efforts – and some will teach you a thing or two about how to do business the right way.

Learn from both aspects to find cool business ideas

I want you comparing three things:

1.    Expertise

When you go to a competitor’s site, I want you to take notes about what they’re teaching and sharing. Do they have knowledge that you don’t have but need in order to fully satisfy your target audience?

2.    Sites

How does your site stack up against your competitors? Look at elements that make you like the site (as well as those that make you dislike it) and design your site to be the best of all worlds.

You always want to be striving to design the site you want. For example, I like how Tony Robbins has his site laid out. I don’t like every piece, but certain elements.

3.    Relationships

While you’re in spy mode, I want you to see what kind of connection your competition has with his or her audience. Do they even have blog comments? Get on their list!

Read the comments (if they have them) on their blog. Join in on their forum under a pen name if you want to. Go to Twitter and do an @ search of their username to see how people respond to them there.

Circle them on G+ and connect on Facebook. Don’t worry that you’ll look like a spy. You’re just there to connect to like-minded people. And one of those connections could one day transform itself into a joint venture for you.

Just make sure your audience knows what your slant is – this will help them know whether or not they should tune into your lessons.

Do something better – or different - than the others do it.

Have an edge over your competition. As you hear “Thank you” time and time again, it will give you the confidence you need to know you’re doing everything right.

Your edge could be thoroughness. It could be that you’re uplifting and motivating. You could be the man or woman who answers questions that your readers have and makes a tutorial out of each one.

Confidence Is Born of Experiences

Niche leadership isn’t about who is more qualified in a technical sense. If you lack confidence and keep asking yourself, “Who would be interested in what I have to say?” then you have to work on bettering yourself to get past your fears.

Think like an entrepreneur.


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Reference:10 Totally Stupid Online Business Ideas That Made Someone Rich