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Avoid High Gas Prices: 3
Easy-to-Start, Online Work-from-Home Careers Following are three easy-to-start, online, work-from-home careers. If you have a computer and an internet connection, you can get started today – and leave your car in the garage. 3 “Gas Saving” Career Options Freelance Writing: Freelance writing is a viable career that can easily replace a 30, 40 or 50K/year job with just a little bit of elbow grease. And, it’s possible to make much more than that once you get the basics under your belt. What's Hot in Freelance Writing Right Now One hot sector right now is SEO writing. SEO stands for Search engine optimization. And, while it sounds highly technical, it’s really not. SEO content is copy that is written to drive web traffic to a particular website or blog. For example, if a company sells vintage cars, how do you think that ordinary web searchers would find that company’s site on the web? They would probably type in “vintage cars” or “vintage cars for sale.” These then become the main phrases (keyword phrases) the SEO copywriter would use in content on the site. This, in a nutshell, is what SEO writing is all about – and, anyone can learn how to do it. Conservatively, it is estimated by many internet marketing firms that about 100,00 new websites are added to the web each day. Most of these are businesses. And, what do they need to get noticed? Content. The smart ones soon figure out that they need SEO content, ie, content that allows surfers to find them online.
If you provide it, you can
quickly have an endless supply of web clients, save on gas and park that car in
the garage. Online Seminars: Web technology has advanced to the point where it’s easy to teach online. This can be done via a web-cam seminar, or where you simply dispense lessons via email. Turn Your Current Career into a Seminar Say you’re making $40K year as a marketing assistant at an ad agency. There are several seminars you could put together: eg, how to write an effective press release; how to get work from the marketing department of an ad agency; or how to promote your business online. Undoubtedly in your duties as a marketing assistant, you’ve either done some these duties yourself, hired freelancers to do them and/or advised clients on how to do it. The point is, you can park your car in the garage, save on gas and work from home. Sell Information Products: The best information products to promote online are the ones you write from first-hand experience and sell yourself. And, it’ easier to do than you think. Why Creating a Niche is Key But, if that terrifies you or you don’t have the time/know how to do it, there are hundreds of thousands of information products you can promote as an affiliate. The key is to create a niche. I advise staying away from “make money online” type products; and go with an evergreen niche that tends to have a dedicated audience. Take children. There are all kinds of ebooks that cater to parents, eg, how to get you child to go to sleep, how to protect your child from online predators, how to tell which video games are violence-free, etc. Set up a simple website, find appropriate ebooks from affiliate providers and start promoting. Oh, and this is the point where you leave the car in the garage and save on gas. While none of these careers are going to make you thousands of dollars overnight (and don’t believe anyone who tells you that any career will), they will start bringing in money almost immediately – if you market yourself right. And, I can personally attest that with SEO writing, you can be making enough in 30 days to replace your income if you make less than $50,000/year, as outlined in this ebook. Do you have an idea for, and/or experience in, a gas-saving career. Send it in? About
the Author: Yuwanda
Black is a freelance SEO writer. She is the publisher of InkwellEditorial.com,
blogs at InkwellEditorial.blogspot.com and is the author of
How to Make $250+/Day or More Writing Simple, 500-Word Articles.
Want a “hot topic” piece like this for your site/blog? Email Yuwanda at
info-at-InkwellEditorial.com. She’s well read and can write on almost any topic. P.P.S.: Remember, at InkwellEditorial.com and InkwellEditorial.blogspot.com, you'll find everything you need to know about how to start, grow and/or maintain a freelance writing career (eg, writing for the web, blogging, forum posting, seo writing, freelance writing jobs, newsletter writing, article writing, ebooks on freelance writing and more).
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