Online Side Hustle - Trying to research and get started.

[Gio.N33]

Hi All,

Been lurking around here. Just got the notification that there will be a paywall and it woke me up to really start reading and learning from this forum. This is so far the best and most motivating forum on business and entrepreneurship.
Overall, I love this forum and I'm happy that MJ DeMarco is pushing us to contribute. Gonna start posting more often about my experiences in business and learnings as I go.
I made an intro post a year ago on Sep 3 2023. Time flies really fast. I moved out my small town into the Big City this year as I felt like I was getting stuck.

I realize that Saving, Investing, and Budgeting can be taken anywhere but my primary means of income has to change.
I needed to evolve as a person. I know a Big City is expensive but the exposure to all kinds of people and the opportunities for growth and self-development are enormous compared to a small town. I needed to develop my skillset and grow radically in my personality and skillset.

I'm still a Technical Writer and the industry is booming. A.I will not replace technical writers as there is growth in the industry for A.I Technical writers.
Still growing my skillset in this industry and this sustained me, I am lucky, grateful and thankful to be in this industry.

I now want to start an online business. Primary goal is independent location income by working remotely.
So far the only thing is freelance and online work as a technical writer or something with music which I'm not experienced yet so I have no product/service to offer.

Is it best to just start as freelance with current skillset first just to increase income before online business?
The hardest thing is figuring out an online business with my current skillset. How did you start online business even with basic skillset?

Thanks for reading.
GN

 

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[wildfox81]

Hi All,

Been lurking around here. Just got the notification that there will be a paywall and it woke me up to really start reading and learning from this forum. This is so far the best and most motivating forum on business and entrepreneurship.
Overall, I love this forum and I'm happy that MJ DeMarco is pushing us to contribute. Gonna start posting more often about my experiences in business and learnings as I go.
I made an intro post a year ago on Sep 3 2023. Time flies really fast. I moved out my small town into the Big City this year as I felt like I was getting stuck.

I realize that Saving, Investing, and Budgeting can be taken anywhere but my primary means of income has to change.
I needed to evolve as a person. I know a Big City is expensive but the exposure to all kinds of people and the opportunities for growth and self-development are enormous compared to a small town. I needed to develop my skillset and grow radically in my personality and skillset.

I'm still a Technical Writer and the industry is booming. A.I will not replace technical writers as there is growth in the industry for A.I Technical writers.
Still growing my skillset in this industry and this sustained me, I am lucky, grateful and thankful to be in this industry.

I now want to start an online business. Primary goal is independent location income by working remotely.
So far the only thing is freelance and online work as a technical writer or something with music which I'm not experienced yet so I have no product/service to offer.

Is it best to just start as freelance with current skillset first just to increase income before online business?
The hardest thing is figuring out an online business with my current skillset. How did you start online business even with basic skillset?

Thanks for reading.
GN

I just started freelancing as a content writer. One direction is to build a freelance business as a technical writer. It will be a lot easier for you since you already have the skills and experience. Then build a brand on social media showing others how they can also start making money with freelancing and technical writing. Sell coaching, courses, mentoring to them.

 

[UnnamedBeast]

Freelancing is nice for knowledge on client demands, if you consistently get jobs for X topics or that require X format it not only trains you for that type of work but can also show a lot of problems that arise from the job, if you can fix those problems and sell the solution or the service you got your business.

With AI the freelance market is gonna be harder to get into due to the fact that a lot of the demand you'd have is now just gonna use ChatGPT or another AI generative tool for their workk, even if the quality is subpar free beats cheap for a lot of people