Work From Home 10 In 2010

In every turn of the decade, we take a look back at the years that were. As Internet marketers and people who work from home, we can’t help but think of the sites and stuff that were part of our online careers in the past ten years. Whether you did article marketing, blogging, joint ventures, auctioning or affiliate marketing for your work from home, you’ll be able to relate to this one way or another. Here are ten great products of the previous decade that have helped us one way or the other to come closer to our goals:

Twitter
This microblogging site may have started as a place for social interaction but it has grown more than that. Now, one of its main uses is for traffic generation, brand awareness and product promotion. Most growing online businesses and most folks who work from home have their own official Twitter account so that they can post updates, promos and related information about their products and services.

Facebook
The social networking site that sits on top today is none other than Facebook. Because of its popularity, Facebook became another perfect medium to sell or promote businesses, products and services. With the millions of users all over the world that logs in to the site every minute, every hour, there really are numerous opportunities that you can do with Facebook that will benefit much your online business.

Youtube
Yet another product of the past decade that changed the course of Internet and technology is the birth of various video sharing sites. However, the pioneer and the most famous one is none other than Youtube. Together with the search engine giant, Google, Youtube soared to greater heights and expanded its role from being just a video hub to having greater purposes. One of which is becoming an effective site to market products and because of that, video marketing was born. It is still a powerful promotional tool today.

Google
These past few years, Google has taken steps to secure its dominance on the Internet. From acquiring Youtube to introducing a new web browser, Chrome, Google is now on a league of its own. It’s not just a popular search engine. It’s also a major player in business, technology and Internet. It has developed various tools and resources as well to help those who work from home realize their goals. There’s Google AdSense, Google AdWords, Google Keyword Tool, Google Page Rank, Google Analytics and others.

Blogs
One can say that this was really a decade for blogs to prosper. Most people nowadays have blogs or online journals that they regularly update and share with others. The blogosphere has a significant contribution to the Internet marketing business. These so-called blogs, aside from being a personal outlet of emotions, experiences and thoughts, have been used for product promotion, traffic generation, customer interaction, etc. Ever heard of business blogs? How about those individuals who earn a lot just by blogging? There are great money-making opportunities in blogs if you know exactly what to do and how to use them productively.

Amazon & eBay
Online shopping was heightened at the start of the new millennium and is still a big thing up to now. This is why many individuals try to sell stuff online by signing up through eBay, Amazon and other related sites. If you have old, unused items in your house that still looks like new and still functions well or can still be used by others, then why don’t you try putting those stuff up on those shopping sites and earn money from it once you have made the sale? Not to mention that many affiliate marketers flock these sites.

Forums
Forums are everywhere and similar to blogs, they have contributed significantly to the Internet marketing community. With forums, you can find people that share the same idea, thought, opinion, interest and questions that you have. You can discuss topics, ask and answer questions, and if you simply want to share some useful information, then just post a thread for everybody to see. Of course, you can also promote business in those forums under your niche and even find customers.

SEO
The process of search engine optimization can simply be viewed as enhancing your site or blog and its aspects so that it will be shown in the top results after being searched on the Internet. If you rank high in the search engines or appear at the front page of the search results, you will likely get a nice amount of traffic and who doesn’t need traffic for their sites?

Paypal
Online transactions, whether or not, related to your business or just a case of online buying, have surely turned people’s lives around. Through Paypal and other similar online payment sites, you can pay and transfer money easily, quickly and safely without exposing your bank account or credit card number. Most Internet marketers and those who work from home use Paypal for their online transactions and businesses.

Digg
Notable features of the Internet that we have known for the last few years include what we call the social bookmarking sites. These sites are basically online bookmarking tools that let you mark or save websites that you have browsed or discovered. It also lets you share your bookmarked links to other members or users, post comments and rate or vote for those links you like. One of the most famous bookmarking sites is Digg. Other sites that are equally well-known today are StumbleUpon, Delicious, Reddit and Mixx. But just like other Internet features, folks who work from home started to make use of these bookmarking sites to increase traffic to their businesses and market their products and it worked.