My first site

Ok so I said I am on a journey to develop and understand Online businesses and to inspire others to take the journey.

The World is changing.

People are not shopping on the High Street so much anymore. And with the Corona Virus that has become a much more difficult situation.

More people will shop online so it might be a good idea to develop an eCommerce site.

As I have said before I am a Natural teacher. So one of my first projects has been to make a start on delivering Online Courses.

My First is a Video Course on Improving Time Management. I went through the course myself and I am already more efficient. Create new content for posts on two Blogs every day whilst still holding down a full time teaching job has not been easy.

However I have done it!

Check it out!

Tips for Improving Your Time Management

I am a teacher and probably always will be!

From school teaching Maths and Physics; to being a Sailing and Climbing Instructor.

More recently as a First Aid Trainer.

And other skills working to train Army Cadets.

And now passing on knowledge of Internet based businesses.

Recently I undertook an Online Course to improve my Time Management. Part of the course gave me an Introduction to what is known as the Pomodoro Technique. I know this sounds very exotic but it is simple really – and it works.

Pomodoro is an Italian word for Tomato. Francesco Cirillo used a Tomato shaped Timer as he developed his ideas, hence the name.

It is probably one of the simplest Productivity Methods to implement.

  • Choose a task to be accomplished.
  • Set the Pomodoro Timer for 25 minutes.
  • Work on the task until the timer rings – no distractions!
  • Take a short break; tea, coffee, water, bathroom, gaze out of the window.
  • Every 4 ‘Pomodoros’ take a longer break.

For me, I find the 5 minute short breaks are good for a dozen reps on dumbbells or for squats.

Find out more about Francesco Cirillo here.

The Journey Continues!

The aim of this blog is to share my journey into the world of Online Businesses.

I have spent a lot of time and money to gain knowledge and I am willing to share most of it for free – I said MOST!!!

So for many of my posts I have been using

Canva,

Pixabay

and Pexels.

All free sites and great for design work.

The images today were created in Canva – Advice always accepted!

The Online Courses are on their way and I will write more this week.

Play and build your Bank Balance!

A game tester’s job is probably the most desirable of all jobs today. You play and you earn. What’s more desirable than that?

Did you know that you could play video games and earn?

Game development is a multibillion industry, we all know about that, and game developers do not want to take any risks. That is the reason audience feedback becomes important to them. Just as movie producers guesstimate their prospects through the rushes they get, game developers guesstimate the prospects of their upcoming games through the feedbacks of game testers. Also, they come to know if there are any bugs in the game that need to be fixed before it can be released.

Sounds scrumptious, doesn’t it?

 Well, a game tester’s job is really like that. There are both paid and free game testing sites, but it is highly advisable to go for the paid ones because there is big money involved there. You can choose your genre of gaming. Whenever there is a game coming up in that genre – which keeps happening all the time – you can apply for testing that. You will be then either given a download link for the game (it could be a demo) or you could be shipped a disk of the game. You play it and answer what they are looking for.

There is usually a questionnaire to be filled. Of course, there is a deadline which you need to strictly adhere to. Sometimes you will be playing under pressure, but who is complaining? It is a tough job to break into.

The following links will be useful to you if you are looking at an opening as an online game tester: –

This is a highly legal activity, with an organization built to govern its functioning. This is controlled by the International Game Developers Association, where you can also find a lot of information about the profession.

Everybody wants to do this job, so pay is not always great and can be minimum wage. My son did this for a while but gave up as the pay was so low.

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Brokering – A Route to Some Online Income

Brokering is a fine art. You need to find the right product and then you need to find the right market. It is not as bad as it is made out to be.

Everyone knows what brokering means – to arrange something such as a deal, agreement, etc. between two or more groups or countries.

 It is a bit like affiliate marketing but usually on a bigger scale. Think about an Estate Agent – they broker the deal between buyer and seller and take a commission for their work.

Think about brokering in the real world; on the Internet it means the same thing.

Essentially, you do not have a product of your own here, but you have a product that belongs to someone else which you promote. You find customers for it and you get paid commission for effectuating the sale. The seller pays you the commission, which could be moderated through a site.

There are many ways in which brokering happens.

The commonest route is through the middleperson approach. You do not own the product, but you just promote it and bring about the sale. Usually, when you are the middleperson, you earn commissions from the buyer and the seller both. But the main thing is that the sale must work out to the very end.

It must close. Failed sales do not pay you anything for your efforts.

Joint Venture (JV) partner brokering is another subset within this main theme.

Here you bring about joint venture collaborations between different marketers. These collaborations are the spine of most online businesses. People come together to make up for what they lack. If you become instrumental in getting the right people to partner with each other, there are various ways in which you can benefit. You can get paid for your services or you can get a share of the business that is to happen.

Another type of brokering is Service Brokering.

Here you find the right service people to carry out services for others who need them. You could find them through online freelance sites, or you could approach some people directly.

Here are some sites where you could learn more about brokering and even join into the opportunities.

There are many opportunities out there, but it is IMPORTANT to fully research before ever putting any money into a JV.  Always seek professional advice.

Brokering may not bring you a large amount of income. There is a lot of networking involved and you need to have some contacts, or at least put in the time to build contacts. However, it is a good opportunity – and a moneymaking one too – if you can devote the time and the effort for it.