You Can Start an Online Business Today

Here are a few of the best online business models you can start today. These online businesses are inexpensive and you can work any of them remotely. All you need is a good working laptop with a great internet connection.

These low-cost online businesses you can start right away. To start, I would highly recommend starting with a website and any social media business account channel that connects with your website to build an audience. Building an audience is crucial no matter the business model you start because any business requires a website. And, that is a no brainer.

In today’s world, it’ common sense that any business requires having an online presence. For my website and domain, I opened an account with Bluehost. I got a free domain with them and I only paid for hosting. You can get a discount using my link to sign up with Bluehost.

Before I launched my website online, I opened a social media business account such as Pinterest, Twitter, and Instagram. I also opened a Facebook page and started a private Facebook group. This is how I created an audience online before I launched my website.

I wrote a blog post about building an audience before publishing a book, but it’s the same concept when creating an online business. Here you can read why is important to create an audience before you start an online business and not just for publishing your book if that is your plan.

Starting an online business is a much affordable way today. Back in history, starting a business requires a tremendous amount of capital to launch a business. With technology, that is great news because launching a website is an inexpensive way to start. Building an audience is also inexpensive when using a marketing strategy that works for your business. Promoting your business to your audience before you launch is crucial.

7 Best Online Business Models

1. Blogging — This is an affordable way to start an online business. Buying a hosting account and getting a domain for free with your hosting account as I did, can make your blogging career easy to start. The best part is that you can blog about anything you’re passionate about and that at the same time you can monetize it. For example, you can blog about beauty and monetize it or even about cars. Health is also a great niche you can blog about monetize it.

2. Self-Publishing- You can now publish your own book online using platforms such as your website or using Kindle Publishing and it’s part of the Amazon Marketplace. Using Kindle publishing is free. However, you have to market your book before launching it because there are millions of books in Amazon alone and competition is tough. Create an audience to promote your book using your social media accounts. You can promote on other websites and forums such as Goodreads. You can create an email list from your websites and sell your upcoming book to them.

3. Affiliate Marketing- You can use affiliate marketing in any online platforms. Affiliate marketing is a marketing method that merchants are using to sign up people (affiliates) to promote products and services in exchange for a commission. For example, I am an affiliate for Bluehost and Amazon. When I promote their products and services to you on my blog, using my affiliate link, you click on it and make a purchase I will get a commission. Affiliate marketing is great because you can create a passive income. You create the work once and make money while you sleep. It’s also one of the great ways to monetize your blog. Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income and Michelle from Making Sense of Cents are great examples of how you can be successful with affiliate marketing.

4. Social Media Consultant or Social Media Manager-We spent most of our time navigating on social media. If you love social media so much you can start a career doing something you love by becoming a social media consultant or social media manager. And, you can do that any part of the world promoting and moderating social media accounts for other businesses.

5. Copywriting-Copywriting and Freelance writing is similar. With copywriting, businesses hire you to sell with your persuasive words (also knowns as a copy) to a specific market doesn’t matter the industry. Your job as a copywriter is to persuade the audience with your copy to take a specific action.

6. Freelance Writing-You can write online using platforms such as Medium to make money writing. Other platforms you can try today is Upwork and Fiverr. You can also use cold email pitch methods to potential clients. I haven’t tried this method yet. It’s a technique you need to learn before even attempting to try it.

7. Virtual Assisting- For this business model you can use platforms such as Fiverr and Upwork to promote your business. And, for this business, you need top-notch skills are in high demand. For example, SEO content writing, digital marketing, social media marketing, content marketing, email marketing, and copywriting. Also, if you have a website or blog and you’re using SEO, you can showcase those skills to potential clients.

8. e-Commerce store — Creating your brand before you launch your store it’s a must. You are creating a trust to your audience when you create your brand. Social media channels such as Instagram is great because you use amazing looking photos to make your product visually appealing to your audience. So, you are promoting your brand through that channel. You can promote the benefits of the product by enhancing a solution for a problem your audience might have. That will help you create a demand for your product; therefore, you make sales.

9. YouTuber-With YouTube you start by opening a YouTube account and create a YouTube Channel. You start monetizing your channel through Google Adsense on YouTube. You become a vlogger by providing great visual content using videos for those that prefer to watch and listen to videos. Not everyone loves to read. For example, my husband uses YouTube as a search engine because he uses YouTube for information. On the other hand, I like to use Google as my search engine because I am more of a reader than he is.

10. Influencer-Influencers uses social media channels such as Instagram and YouTube to promote products that are sponsored by merchants. It’s kind of similar to affiliate marketing. YouTubers use affiliate marketing links on their description box and so as influencers. Influencers to start you need a large audience of at least 10,000 followers in order to be accepted as an influencer. You can apply through websites such as IZEA or Amazon to become one.

Well, there you have it. 7 of the best amazing ways to start an online business. And, you can start today and you can also do this as a part-time side-hustle if you have a day job or if you’re a stay-at-home parent and want to make a supplemental income.

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