Make Money Online Business Ideas

Internet Business Idea #1: Affiliate Marketing

What is it? Promote other company’s products and services on your website.
When a sale is made, you get a commission.

Most important skills needed PPC (Pay Per Click marketing), sales copywriting, web marketing

Best learning resources Affiliate Classroom, ShoeMoney, Rosalind Gardner

Recommended Book Make a Fortune Promoting Other People’s Stuff Online by Rosalind Gardner

Internet Home Business Idea #2: Blogging

What is it? A chronologically based website filled with articles, reviews, or journal-style writing. You can sell advertising or incorporate affiliate marketing on a blog to earn money.

Most important skills needed Copywriting, social networking, affiliate marketing, web marketing

Best learning resources ProBlogger, Blogging for Dollars, Yaro Starak’s Blog Mastermind Program (highly recommended & he has a free report to download)

Recommended Book ProBlogger, Secrets to Blogging Your Way to a Six Figure Income by Darren Rowse & Chris Garrett

Web-Based Business Idea #3: eBay & Auction Selling

What is it? Selling or reselling products via an online marketplace like Ebay, Amazon Auctions, or Craigslist. You can sell used goods, buy goods wholesale, or use a drop-shipping service.

Most important skills needed Merchandising, sales copywriting, customer service

Best learning resources Ebay Learning Center, SaleHoo Training Center, JennyHow

Recommended Book eBay 101: Selling on eBay For Part-time or Full-time Income, Beginner to PowerSeller in 90 Days by Steve Weber

Internet Home Based Businesses Idea #4: E-Commerce

What is it? Selling products or a technology-based service on your own website.

Most important skills needed All of the above, below and then some!

Best learning resources Entrepreneur.com’s Online Business Startup Guide

Recommended Book The Complete E-Commerce Book: Design, Build and Maintain a Successful Web-Based Business by Janice Reynolds

Internet Home Business Idea #5: Arts & Crafts

What is it? Creating and manufacturing your own product lines and selling them online.

Most important skills needed Creativity, sales, e-commerce

Best learning resources Sparkplugging’s CraftBoom, About.com Craft Business 101 Series, Barbara Brabec

Recommended Book The Crafts Business Answer Book: Starting, Managing, and Marketing a Homebased Arts, Crafts, or Design Business by Barbara Brabec

Home Business Idea for Web Workers #6: Internet Research Business

Most important skills needed Librarian-style research skills, customer service

Best learning resources Entrepreneur.com’s Information Consultant Startup Guide

Recommended Book Building & Running a Successful Research Business: A Guide for the Independent Information Professional by Mary Ellen Bates

Idea #7 for Working From Home on the Web: Freelance Services

What is it? Providing professional services such as copywriting, design, photography, illustration, and programming usually billed on an hourly rate.

Most important skills needed Sales, customer service, trade-specific knowledge

Best learning resources Our Freelance Parent channel, FreelanceSwitch

Recommended Book The Business Side of Creativity: The Complete Guide to Running a Small Graphic Design or Communications Business by Cameron S. Foote

Work At Home Web Business Idea #8: Recruiting

What is it? Recruiting candidates for companies who pay a fee when a hire is made.

Most important skills needed Sales, relationship building, networking

Best learning resources RecruitersNetwork, HireAbility

Recommended Book Start Your Own Executive Recruiting Business (Entrepreneur Magazine’s Start Up) by Entrepreneur Press

Internet Business Idea #9: Consulting

What is it? Providing your specialized industry knowledge to corporations, entrepreneurs, investors or other businesses.

Most important skills needed Trade-specific knowledge, sales, customer service

Best learning resources Entrepreneur.com’s Consulting Business Startup Guide

Recommended Book The Business of Consulting: The Basics and Beyond CD-ROM Included)by Elaine Biech

Web Business Idea #10: VA (Virtual Assistant)

What is it? Providing administrative and business support to other business owners and small businesses.

Most important skills needed Customer service, organization

Best learning resources Virtual Assistant Startups, Entrepreneur.com’s Business Support Startup Guide, VirtualPABusiness

Recommended Book The 2-Second Commute: Join the Exploding Ranks of Freelance Virtual Assistants by Christine Durst