5+ Things to Make Online Work Career Oriented

Article provided by guest contributor: Nuur Hasan

Online professions are becoming a growing fascination for people around the globe. Working online can bring you serious money and also a lot of satisfaction. The good thing about working online is the diversified magnitude and scope it brings. You can make money in size of pocket money to a full time lucrative job. It depends entirely on yourself, your choices and mindset and ultimately the effort and determination you are willing to put it.

When I started off as an online writer (part time), I had honestly no idea that this work can be done with career orientation in mind. I was switching jobs; I was done with working as a sales person for an ISP and was halfway through in getting a job at a bank. But trust me; it was less than two months I called everything off to set upon on a path of working online in various fields.

Platforms for starting off online work

Focusing on your interests and Google at your aid, you can search for online work and get started, just like that!

There are websites which are willing to hire freelancers in number that would surpass your imagination. You can do virtually anything from website content writing and graphic designing to sports writing and website development. Websites like Odesk.com, Guru.com, Elance.com, Academia Writers, and Rentacoder.com etc would offer plentiful opportunities for people of every discipline.

Then there is online selling, affiliate marketing, blogging and making money through ads. If you set out to explore, there are more than one ways to make money online. Hint: just Google it.

The road to success in working online

Based on my own experience I would like to share the following things to those interested in working online on a long term basis.

Think big but start from small

A very common mistake that I have seen people commit is that they think online work is easy and is bound to turn up big profits. When in reality you have to start slow and work hard to make it big. Anybody who tells you that you can be a millionaire within a month is hoaxing or scamming you.

Go for the fields that match your interests

If you like to write about sports, then apply on sports jobs. If you like selling handmade stuff then focus on that. If you have a thing for graphics, seek out graphic designing jobs. My point is that in a market where job opportunities are abundant and diverse you should seek to do what you love.

Treat it like a “proper job”

If you want online freelancing or selling to become your career, you will have to take it seriously. Fix time, make a proper setup and get a work place if you have to. Working for two hours a day may be good enough for you to earn pocket money but you won’t be able to build a lucrative career.

Be patient as the door of glory won’t open straight away

In my experience, this is the step where most people fall apart. In beginning, I didn’t get any work in my first month, at the end of the second month I made a promising start – and to this day I say I got lucky for I have seen people wait for few months to make decent money. Give it some time and the old golden rule: if you are persistent, things are bound to turn up.

Author bio: Nuur Hasan is a website developer and a part time blogger. He runs his website development company called Gloria9 Technologies. With keen interest in science, sport and interior designing, kitchen remodeling is one of his hobbies.“

Originally post on Tech Freak Blog on September 27, 2011