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26 ideas for starting up your web business

If you aspire to find a place in the web world, here are some options that simply can’t miss considering. These are based on the assumption that you can browse and know basic HTML. Keep watching this blog for more details and creative ideas on each of these options.

Without any monitory investment when you have skill and time on hand:
1. Blogging and then pay per click

2. Designing website templates
3. Making simple 5 page websites
4. Building Websites with auto-installer scripts
5. Building websites that can store and render data
6. Building e-Commerce websites using existing gateways
7. Offering a standard web platform to a startup
8. Offering pre-recorded training
9. Search Engine Operations
10. Building hosted utility applications
11. Advertising

With some investment when you also have access to expertise in that area:
12. Offering web hosting (using your own computer)
13. Offering advanced/custom software hosting
14. Cloud offerings

Other means of making money:

Training
15. Open-house Training Programs
16. Custom made training programs to corporate
17. On-line hosted e-learning modules
18. Pre-recorded sessions

Research
19. Recruitment
20. Market Research
21. Trends
22. Competitors

Writing
23. Business Plans
24. Business Proposals
25. Readymade Templates
26. Articles/ White Papers

With everything that is in the real world taking a place on-line to expand its presence globally, all ideas that you might have to implement in real world should find a place in the web world.

Note:

1. This would probably cover a lot more than what most other paid training programs like Trendy Works Web Entrepreneur program offer but is accessible for free.

2. This post is fourth in a series of posts on the preparedness of Indian techies in case of a recession and a large number of layoffs. This would also have pointers for all those who would like to be self -employed or those interested in start-ups in the field of IT.

Comments

  1. Great ideas-Good to see you getting into serious blogging. What happened to your other blog where you wrote personal diaries?

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  2. Thanks Srinidhi. That blog is still there and the last post was the one you saw. That was a little too personal and so I have decided to make it private.

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