When you’ve made up your mind about trying to work from home, the next thing that you ask yourself is what to do.
If you think about it, there are a lot of money-making ventures that you can do at home. One of them is starting your dream business.
Still undecided about what your business should be? Let me give you a few suggestions to get you started. These business ideas have been broken down to suit different needs.
3 Ideas For Your Dream Business
1. Coaching
Most people are always looking for opportunities to improve themselves--mentally, physically, spiritually, academically, etc. There are some, however, who would
need help in going through the process. As their coach, you can be that someone who can guide them as they try to get their lives on the right path.
Business Coach – If you’ve got business sense and have had experience successfully running a business, you can impart your knowledge on budding entrepreneurs out there. Share tips, tricks, and ideas on how they could make their business work and grow. You can do one-on-one meetings, host webinars with a small group, or create courses and reference materials. The sky is the limit here! With so many people wanting to dabble in business, being a
coach could be a lucrative business opportunity.
Fitness Coach – Living a healthy lifestyle is almost on everyone’s to-do list these days. If you are in good shape and is confident about your knowledge of staying healthy, you can put this knowledge to good use by
helping other people achieve their fitness goals. You can start coaching in small groups. This will be tempting especially to those who don’t like going to gyms. Look for around for places in your area where you can hold these classes--unused rooms/office space, community center, or the park.
Nutrition Coach – Teaching people to eat the right kinds of food could be an excellent business opportunity, too. Just like fitness coaches, being a nutrition coach allows you flexibility in terms of the size of your class. You can either hold small group sessions or even hold a one-on-one. You may even do a “field trip” by taking your students to the grocery to show them what they should be eating.
Wellness Coach – As a wellness coach, your task is to help your clients achieve overall balance in their lives--setting goals, making decisions, planning to make the goals achievable. To some, this might seem intrusive. But there are people out there who would rather have someone guide them as they go through the process. Be someone else’s sounding board and earn money while doing it.
2. Blogging
I’m sure
starting a blog has crossed your mind, too, but you just weren’t sure how to start and how the whole thing works.
Blogging as a business has been rewarding for many people. It has opened a lot of opportunities for them even if they are running it in the comfort of their home. Blogging is not as easy as it looks, but if you’re willing to learn and want to do it as a money-making endeavor, you have to learn the
basics.
Still don’t know what to blog about? Check out these categories.
Blogging Blog – Blogging about blogging is helpful to a lot of people. If you’re confident about your blogging skills, share those skills with aspiring bloggers. Create courses and ebooks, hold private tutorial sessions, and
have membership sites. Set these all up to help your students learn. You can start by teaching them the basics, and then go as far as teaching them how to earn from blogging.
Business Blog – Spreading word about a business venture is essential. That’s how to bring people in. Help new entrepreneurs teaching them to maximize the power of digital technology by creating a business blog that can help you establish an online presence for your business/products. Taking this route is a win-win situation--it will help direct traffic to your blog and let you earn money from blogging, while your clients learn new skills and get their businesses/products noticed.
Lifestyle Blog – There are different types of lifestyle bloggers around. If you want to become one, be ready to talk about almost anything, from family, health, DIY, product reviews, etc.
Niche Blog – A niche blogger is someone whose blog is dedicated to all sorts of topics about a single subject. You can choose to write about travel. Since travel is such a vague subject, you can focus on one aspect of traveling--packing light, traveling on a budget, traveling with kids, etc. The ideas are endless; let your creative juices flow.
3. Direct Sales
This one needs a little more effort, as you’d have to be a people person and be convincing with your words.
The thing with
direct sales is that people have this perception that you’re just out to sell a product fast without even giving your potential customers a chance to examine them properly. As in anything, be sincere in dealing with people. They have to feel that you’re not just out there to milk them dry.
I’ve enumerated below direct sales home businesses that you can try:
Beauty –
Avon,
Nerium International, Arbonne, Younique, Rodan & Fields, and
BeautyCounter are a few to start with.
Fashion –
Cabi,
Stella & Dot,
India Hicks, and
Sseko Designs are worth checking out.
Health, Wellness, and Fitness –
Beachbody, Usana, Le-Vel, Shaklee,
Isagenix, Plexus, and Young Living are also worth trying out.
Still looking for more?
Here are additional direct sales ideas for you to choose from. Just make sure to
do your homework to make sure you’re aware of the costs and risks, if any, involved.
So are you all set to start your dream business? Feel free to share your inputs in the comments section below.
