Are you looking for an alternative of doing your own business and making profits out of it, or do you want to retire from work, and start your own dream? Here are some suggestions that you might consider. It is not all about tailoring, makeup, baking, or having a saloon when it comes to women’s businesses.
As we all know, handwork is one of the most reliable means of income in today’s world economy. Today, self-employment is something that is needed to be considered, as people get frustrated by the day, working for others. We all want to be our own bosses one day, right? Therefore, try as much as possible to get a better alternative by acquiring skills. This should not end with you, you should find a way of transferring these skills to your children, as well. This is the best way to achieve self-reliance and financial independence. If you believe in yourself, and have any quality service you can render to people, don’t hesitate. Go for it, as long as your service is good.
There is this perception of waiting to get a huge capital before we start up a business. That’s not a bad idea. But it will interest you to know that it is not every business that needs that stress. More often than not, what is required is a skill. Once you master a skill, there are lots of opportunities that would come with it. In this generation, anything is possible. If only you have the creative mindset and determination in you that will lift your spirit, you will reach your peak in achieving your goals.
Most people think that going to school is better than having handwork. If you look around, you’ll notice that a good number of people that make it in life are even school dropouts. I’m not saying that you should drop out of school, ask your children to do so or regretting your profession as well. No. But you need to engage yourself or your kids to learn skills as follows:
Digital Marketing
This is one of the modern trending businesses. This type of business will help you market your brands or products on the internet, using the social media platforms. The demand is high, and lots of entrepreneurs, manufacturers, and organisations are looking for people that are good in this line of business to help them promote their products. That’s why it is another lucrative skill that will fetch you some money. You don’t need a certificate or a business course to start earning from this, as long as you know all the tricks and how to reach out to the large number of audiences. This is why you see influencers have more advantage. Because of the number of their followers, they tend to collect lots of money before they agree to post your products on their platforms. So, if you are an internet lover, I think this is an opportunity you need to consider.
Graphic Design
This is one of the highly sought-after services – both on and off the net. Most times, women seem to focus on things like cooking, tailoring, fashion, makeup etc. as something to consider when looking for an alternative job to do.
Hey, ladies, out there! You can also be good and creative graphic designers at your comfort zones, and yet earn a very decent amount. Every organisation or business outfit needs the services of a graphics designer – even though learning this job needs dedication, consistency, and patience to venture into it.
A graphic designer is in massive demand. If you have passion towards graphics, I believe that this is an opportunity for you to exhibit your talent. With some little coaches, online courses, or get trained by a professional, you are good to go!
Phone Repairs
Mobile phones are everybody’s gadgets. It is the most used thing in the world, to become someone that repairs phones is also a lucrative business. Unfortunately, people don’t look at it as a genuine source of income. Every mobile phone will one day develop a problem in one way or the other, and it will require it to be fixed. So, for you to solve the problem, you need a good phone repairer who can help you recover your phone back. Funny enough, it is not a stressful job that we see, and it doesn’t require lots of money to start the business.
Once you learn how to repair phones, and you acquire the appropriate tools, you are actually in the right position to start that kind of business. It is a small, but lucrative business!
Web Design
When it comes to web design, we all look at it as a man’s job. Because of its manly looks, we don’t actually divert our minds towards it to even develop interest in it. I know that it is too large, and the technologies behind it make us feel that it is not a lady type of job. But to be frank with you, you are totally wrong, if you have this kind of perception.
The web designing industry in this country is dominated by men. Therefore, this is why women should encourage their younger ones to learn how to do it, even though it requires some intelligence. I believe that if we make efforts, it will make a lot of difference, and you will agree with me, at the end of the day, that it is worth it.You can pick up some specific areas, and master it. Don’t try to be a jack of all trades. You can start with HTML and CSS, move to JAVASCRIPT, and from there, you can chart your dream career.
You don’t need to become a guru in web design before you start making money from it. Some applications have made it easy for people that have interest in web design to build and customisewebsites for businesses or individuals, and earn money from them. It may take you a relatively long time to become a professional web designer. You can learn web designing for free online, or you register for some training offline. Whichever one, it’s still ideal to follow up online tutorials – they are very helpful.
Freelance Writing
This is one of the most common businesses known. You get paid for writing for people. Most times, people look at it like, one must be a professor, or a journalist before venturing into such a business. Let me surprise you, ladies, you must not be any of those. Yes, you have an advantage, if you have such backgrounds. But I know lots of freelancers that are not from these fields, and they are making huge money out of it. You don’t have to know every type of writing. You can specialise in certain types by learning how to write, through coaching, or taking online courses which are at our disposal, and before you know it, you become a professional writer.
Freelance writing is one of the best work-from-home businesses, especially those that want to be working from home. There are lots of write-ups that one can do for organisations, blogs, freelance websites, such as up work, Fiverr and lots more. Finally, who could have thought that ladies could make money out of writing? Well, they do, and you can be one of them, too. This type of skill doesn’t require you to have a degree before you do that. As long as you have the talent and passion towards it, it gives you the avenue to make most out of it as a good writer.
Content Writing
This is one of the best skills you can learn as a lady because of its high demand nowadays. Content is needed everywhere, such as websites, blogs, newspapers, magazines, research works, schools, institutions and many more. Although content writing mostly has to do with experience, if you are someone that has passion in writing, the more you write, the more skilled you’ll become – once you have the ability to write English, with good grammar. Content writing has lots of angles that one can focus on, like research, fiction, feature stories or commercials. So, ladies, why not pick up an angle of interest, and give it a try, and see how far you can go with write ups, and earn money at the same time?
Mobile App Developer
This is similar to web design and development. Most of the works vary, but systematically, they are the same thing. Mobile apps development is also a very good skill for one to consider learning. As a developer, you create an application that will be used on smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. This business is one of the biggest in recent years. In fact, statistics show that 21 per cent of millennials open an app more than 50 times per day. If you are one of those that are looking forward to breaking through the 21st century as a legend, I think this is the right area to start earning money from, by developing your dream app to the world.
It is hoped you will be able to give it a second thought; give it a try; and stop wasting time imagining things and allow reality to play its role.