| Many entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, | | | | is a perfectly good wood saw someone has |
| netentrepreneurs, opportunists, call them | | | | thrown away. Always remember that one mans |
| what you will, but they will all say this | | | | rubbish is another man's gold. Where there's |
| about modern times: It has never been easier | | | | muck there's always money". It was these |
| to make money. Why? Well, without any | | | | words that got me thinking and consequently |
| question of doubt, technology has a lot to do | | | | launch my online career. I started off by |
| with it and in particular the birth of the | | | | rummaging around for stuff that folks had |
| internet. Jobs and the variety of jobs have | | | | thrown away, then, after cleaning it up a |
| changed a lot too over the years. With the | | | | bit, I'd post it on a local forum where folks |
| technological revolution, a plethora of new | | | | used to buy and sell stuff.I got pretty well |
| employment opportunities have been created. | | | | known and trusted online over time and I |
| Cleaner, higher paying jobs that require mind | | | | eventually opened my own eBay store where I |
| over muscle. Although many still earn a | | | | shipped all kinds of products all over the |
| crust doing manual work, the real bucks to be | | | | world. I also specialize in used motorcycle |
| had are quite often found in the virtual | | | | parts for classic bikes as I realized very |
| world. This is where I make money.Not | | | | early on that niche markets is where the real |
| everyone makes money as an entrepreneur of | | | | money was to be had. In addition, I've gotten |
| course, as a lot of people still prefer the | | | | into the virtual products too, and quite |
| security and fringe benefits that working for | | | | often I make money by purchasing domain names |
| an employer offers them. However, there are | | | | and websites, then flipping them for a |
| still a lot of folks that dabble in the | | | | profit.Not only do I make money online but I |
| virtual world as a source of additional | | | | make good money. In fact, sometimes I make |
| income. Although I make money solely online | | | | more money in a single day than I did in a |
| these days, there are plenty of folks that | | | | month as a junior janitor. Life is just |
| feel it's not for them, and for some, it | | | | great today. I've become a netentrepreneur |
| never will be.The internet has opened up a | | | | and found the whole thing incredibly easy. |
| whole new world for me. A world I never | | | | My quarterly earnings have gone up every |
| thought I'd see let alone succeed in. You | | | | quarter since I started doing this full time |
| see, I left school at 15, I had no education | | | | which was 2 years ago this month (June 2006). |
| to speak of, and started my young life as a | | | | In my view, there has never been such great |
| toilet cleaner. I hated the job and I just | | | | opportunity for so many, as long as you are |
| knew one day that I would be able to break | | | | prepared to work for it.I'm not the brightest |
| free and make money in some other way. I had | | | | lamp in the street but I quickly learnt about |
| no idea what at that time but I knew there | | | | the simplicity of doing business, and that |
| had to be more to life than this, even for an | | | | goes for any business. You buy a product or |
| uneducated kid from a run down part of | | | | set up a service for one price and you sell |
| town.So, you may be wondering what it is I do | | | | it for more than you paid. The rest is pure |
| exactly? Well, it's no big secret. I simply | | | | detail, but as my dad always used to day KISS |
| make money by selling online. It all started | | | | - Keep It Simple Stupid! He he! I have no |
| out one day when I found myself remembering | | | | problems with that concept.Bob Wilson is a |
| something my father had said one time when he | | | | proficient webmaster, publisher and freelance |
| returned home with an old wood saw that he'd | | | | writer covering a multitude of subjects. |
| found on a local dump. He said, "Boy, this | | | | |