I read a great article today on the Huffington Blog. The author, Richard A. Smith argued that job searches in this economy may be met with frustration, and that the key to a new job is to identify a problem that a company has. Once you know the problem you can start working on possible solutions. Finding a solution to a company’s pain could get you a new job. I agree with this post in principle, but I don’t think it is any easier to solve a company’s problem than it is to solve your own issue of finding a new position.
I also think that this presents an overly pessimistic view of our future. Having said that, there is merit in doing research to make money. When you do get an interview, you will need to know everything you can about your target company. And of course the web is a great place to look. In particular, I would begin looking at their website. But don’t just look at the home page. Poke around and see if you can find the annual report. If you can stand it, go ahead and read it. You could learn where the company is going and even if you really want to work there. Then, if you think you’ve learned all you can from the website, set up a Google alert for the company. You have to point your browser to Google.com and set-up an alert that sends you an email when articles or blogs mention the company on the web. It works pretty well and you’ll be surprised at what you can find with some help from Google.
Now if you are turned off to working for someone else and want to start your own thing, you will still benefit from research on the web. More Money Rules is a good place to start because I’ll continue to feature business opportunities every week. One area that has worked for me is earning money with a web based business. In particular, there is a lot of money to be made in affiliate marketing. But here again, it is not a get rich quick solution, regardless of what some people promise. The more I get involved, the more I realize that it takes work and it takes doing your homework on the web.
One program I have explored looks pretty good. It’s called Affilorama and presents a huge amount of information in a series of videos. It also provides a pretty realistic time frame for developing an affiliate business instead of the usual pie-in-the sky. I am planning to go through the program myself to see if there are things I could still learn to do better. This is not the only way to make money on the web, but I know some people who are doing pretty well marketing affiliates.
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