Top 5 Profitable Online Home Based Businesses For 2011

Here are top 5 ways to start an online home based business.

Freelance writer -This is one of the most frequent things most people are doing online. With so many websites popping up these days, there is a higher demand for content. Writers can find jobs on most freelance writing sites or through networking in forums.

If you have specialised knowledge of a certain industry, you can easily get jobs writing trade journals for major industry events that take place almost every quarter. This is easily one of the best home-based jobs for 2011.

Blogger -This is an extension form the previous idea. If you are good with writing, you can easily set up a blog and start to write. You can use a blog to publicise your own writing services or write blog posts for other websites. In addition, here are other income streams you can create from you blog.

· Online advertising-this works if you have a blog that is able to attract a substantial number of visitors every month.

· Promoting your services or products

· Lead generation: if your blog is in s particular niche say 'carpet cleaning', you can tie up with companies that provide the service and earn a nice commission check for customers that are referred from your blog.

Online Craft sales - If you have a creative streak, you can easily start this online crafts business from home. There are many people who sell hand-made jewellery, t-shirts with their own designs or posters online. If you do not want to start a website on your own, you can leverage on online tools such as eBay, Etsy.com or CafePress.com. CafePress allows you to upload your own designs onto mugs or t-shirts and beginning selling. You can also save yourself headaches on shipping as CafePress will do that for you as well.

Online crafts business is a huge opportunity that can make you a lot of money in less than a year from home.

Affiliate marketer - Affiliate marketing is an online business that offers a huge opportunity. Many online marketers who now make more than 6 figures online have at one time or another were an affiliate marketer for someone else's products. This business allows you to get started quickly, with or without a website. You can also save time on shipping of physical products or handling of customer queries as all these matters will be handled by the merchant. An example of companies offering affiliate products is Amazon.com. However, with most business, you need to put in the effort before you see the huge returns. In addition, affiliate selling can turn into a lucrative passive source of income once you have build up a substantial base of customers and traffic generation tools to your website.

Online Publicist -With so many websites popping up all the time, online publicists are in demand. Large companies sometime outsource of their publicity work to freelancers. You can earn a lucrative income from home being an online publicist for major companies or small business. Areas you ca offer your services include

· Product Launch

· Online reputation management

· Generation of press releases online.

These are some ideas to get you started thinking of your online home based business. Remember, nothing happens until you take action. So if you want to create an extra stream of income from home, the first step is to think of a business idea and get started with it soon.

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