10%+ unemployment, outsourcing, cost-cutting, layoffs and rising prices continue to drain energy and hope from the average breadwinner and families. Just when you thought you were going to make some progress in this month's budget, a new toothache or car repair "throws a wrench" into the plan.
Second-job opportunities are even a more challenging "answer" as the flooded labor pool saturates availability and tends to lower pay scales. Minimum wage rates might just pay your expenses to get you to the job everyday, but certainly don't get you above water. So what is the answer?
Everyone dreams of having his/her own business as the key to prosperity and a way to escape the ratrace. Nothwithstanding the fact that 90%+ of all new businesses fail in the first five years...in normal times, you have to logically ask yourself: What is the reality of success for me in these very unusual economic times? If the answer is "better" then you might want to consider starting one right away...after you see if your banker agrees.
If the answer is not quite as confident, then maybe a reassessment of the options is the next logical step. But starting any business takes money...And since the money deficiency is driving the search, the search options are frustrating the answer...because all options require a resource you don't have...money.
This seemingly impossible spiral of frustration leads many people to depression and a whole list of other problems that fill the waiting rooms and headlines every day. If people just had the right information that could be applied to their situation... If they knew which way to "dry land", they could navigate the waves and tide of today's storm and ultimately reach shore...and begin to prosper again. If you know which way shore is, you know where to row
However, more families find that even when they reach "dry land" in their quest for economic survival, the place where they landed has declining industries, closed businesses and certainly, no jobs. Little solace can be found in the political discussions about an economic recovery in the next year or so when you are facing next month's mortgage and car payment and grocery bills.
Applied to the economic realities of today's families, the right "compass to prosperity" points to information...both as a source of hope and survival and as a way to earn additional income. Perhaps, the best way to go forward is to learn and apply what has worked for other successful people. Since you don't have time for a degree or even money for classes, maybe you can learn quickly from people who are quietly making the most of today's world. Information is powerful and has demonstrated the ability to produce wealth for the upper class for generations...
Historically, information was the basis of all wealth...passed from father-to-son, family-to-family for centuries. Now, with the open channels of communications available via the internet, many more people can participate in the power and wealth available by accessing and providing it to others.But with the ease of access, the value of information is quickly diluted unless it is creatively combined, enhanced and packaged to fit niche markets which are hungry for more information, access...products and services associated with their interests, passions and professions.
Assemble a checklist of what would make the absolute best business opportunity for someone who doesn't have money. In addition to the virtually no-capital requirement, consider the ideal specifications: pre-made quality digital product (not an e-book); requires no in-person selling; instantly downloadable; replicatable with personalized website; global in scope; multi-language; video enhanced; shareable; high-earnings potential; requires no special degree or skills; suitable for any age...male/female...and most-of-all, can be done at home, anywhere, "under-the-radar", and passed on to generations of your family.
And one other requirement...it should to be free to try. So you could see if it worked, before you invested anything...and if you liked it, you could expand and grow at your own pace, but with lots of support from others who are willing to help you succeed...but never at a cost of more than a few dollars per month.
One good way to get there is by joining forums and by searching the terms above, but screening each by the other requirements. When you find one, find another and split test against each other for the optimal success in terms of clicks, conversions and sales.
Michelene Chastain is a graduate of Indiana University and works as a market researcher who has devoted the last two years of her life to finding digital and tangible products best-opportunities for people to better their lives. Her website:
http://www.healthwealthnews.com
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