The Freelancer

There is definitely no shortage of Internet Entrepreneur Ideas on the web aimed at helping people build streams of income. With the rapid increase of Internet Entrepreneurship more and more Internet Entrepreneurs are also going to the Internet to hire virtual assistants to outsource tasks that can be accomplished by someone else. The people that raise their hands to work for these Internet Entrepreneurs who are looking to outsource are commonly referred to as freelancers and usually work on a contract basis.

An Ideal freelancer may meet the following criteria:

• Works full-time
• Wants to make a few extra hundred dollars in spare time
• No real ambition in building a business to make substantial income from home
• Does not want to invest too much time into developing a large income stream
• Does not plan on quitting  job to work from home indefinitely

Linked In is a fairly new site that has been made in connection with Facebook in order for people to connect with businesses and find jobs more easily. In such a difficult economy and job situation, this is the ideal site for people to be on. Often times people can not be looking in the right place and Linked in provides guidance for them. It takes them to a new level in their networking capabilities. Every college student is told to network, but not everyone has those senior executives that have been long time family friends or other close business networks to get involved with. Linked In provides that venue for people to more easily stay in touch with different companies and find those networking opportunities online. This is great for mostly younger college grad type students, but people entering a new field or just looking to network could also use it.

Networking is the key to successful business relationship building. This should be a important part of  building your business. Building trusting and healthy relationships with partners, investors, market experts, market friends, employees, clients, etc. will be a vital requirement for any entrepreneur looking to make a name for themselves. I am learning more and more that your success has a lot to do with who you know. As important as education is, it is almost useless if you do not know how to network. You have to maximize social media websites (face book, twitter, you tube, linked in), professor connections, family connections, and any other connection you may know about. If you have no connections then create them yourself. It’s not that hard. Especially in today’s market, it is getting very competitive out there which makes networking that much more of a necessity. I recommend to any student pursuing the lifestyle of an entrepreneur to start networking immediately.

Blog posts across the internet have increased immensely. People are finally able to share their thoughts online, and hope that someone will care. This open and free sharing has revolutionized the way the internet is used and how businesses view the internet. Blogging sites such as blogpost or wordpress provide open venues for people to come and share their thoughts. Businesses have embraced blogging as a way to get positive reviews for their products from real people that potential customers would be more willing to trust than the actual business. in some way, blogging can be like free advertising. Still, it seems that blogging sites go up and die out everyday. Sure there are a few that last and can even make a little money, but it is hard to maintain a site that is based solely on people being interested in what is written on it. So while Blogging itself may last for a long time, it will take something new to make this blogging into something that can be seen as a viable long term business.

Just ten years ago, watching television online was nearly impossible because of the slow speeds and poor video qualities known at the time. Now, Internet speeds are exponentially faster, and video quality has improved immensely. In order to fill this open market, Hulu has captured this niche. They are an online company which plays primarily TV shows to any internet user for free. The only condition is a few ads put in the show throughout. Which, considering the same thing is the case on TV, Hulu has grown to be a very popular venue. Some companies however, such as CBS, have been trying to keep their videos from Hulu, and instead play them on their own website. While this is inconvenient for the consumer, the videos are still there and free. Hulu has started this surge in internet TV and it has grown immensely to making netflix more popular and all sorts of Streaming sites. Hulu has done for internet TV what Pandora did for internet radio.