Before the Internet, breaking into a new business was mostly a local affair. You got an idea, created a product, and tried to sell it in your own backyard. If it worked, you could expand outside your local market. Eventually, if you were very good and somewhat lucky, you could have a national or even an international enterprise.
Today, the Internet gives you the chance to market internationally — from day one. Take the idea of selling inexpensive Chinese goods to customers in the U.S., for example.
Prior to the Internet, this was a tough business to get going. You’d have to travel to China, negotiate deals with wholesalers, find a trustworthy shipper, get an importer’s license, and then find a market to sell your products back home. That would involve beginning in your local market and then gradually expanding — if you were good and successful — to a regional and then a national level. Today, you can do all that in two steps. Buy the goods you want from the sites we recommend and then sell them on eBay or through some other Internet venue.
A recent income opportunity we discussed was blogging. Blogging is a great way for writers to make extra income by developing an Internet audience and then attaching advertising to their essays or websites. Today’s opportunity is like the blogging model in the sense that it takes advantage of a website and monetizing the attention of your visitors. But the big difference is you don’t have to stick to a regular publication schedule, as you do when posting to a blog.
A moneymaking website delivers a truly passive source of income. You add new content to your site as and when you want to. No schedule … no job. The main thing you need is enthusiasm for something that other people are enthused about too. That could be knitting or gardening or cooking or motorcycle maintenance or pet care or coin collecting or brewing beer — the list is endless. The main idea is that it should be a hobby or activity that people get passionate about.
For the purpose of identifying what I’m talking about here, let’s call this kind of opportunity moneymaking websites for enthusiasts.
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