CHANGES - and a hell of a lot it - marked 2008 as we welcomed the Global Financial Crisis with open arms. Last year, seemingly unbreakable financial institutions went to rock bottom upon the worst financial crisis the world has ever seen. For the Corporate Giants, it really sucks, for the average Joe, was it really that awful?
With the insurmountable amount of money that disappeared in thin air, the first question that popped into my head was, where on God's green earth did all that money go?
This is the part where I thank the Lehman Brothers for making history in 2008. From the money making giants the money currently belongs to the place where it should be - the hands of the people. While some people got broke some investors snickered in the background with an "I saw that coming" kinda aura. Zig Ziglar and Robert Kiyosaki wrote about it in their best-selling books before the market crash even happened! And Thomas Friedman could not have explained it an even clearer detail in his book The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century stressing how our world has now been reduced from size small to tiny. Some may call this the paradigm shift, like Robin Hood stealing money from the rich and giving it to the poor. All of this was made possible, thanks to the internet. The internet continues to erase our world's boundaries bringing us closer and now even stronger, with Web 2.0, all you really have to do is tap into this HUGE market and get your rightful shares to the billions of dollars currently in suspended animation waiting for you to grab it.
E-commerce is currently worth around $35 billion a year and Price Waterhouse Coopers predict a 60 per cent increase over the next 4 years to around $75 billion. Statistics have showed that at the end of 2008 over 6 Billion people used the internet and its usage has increased up to 305% since 2000! And it's not showing any signs of slowing down.
The internet has leveled the playing field. Anyone can make their mark in the worldwide arena now. These days, it's never too young to start doing some extra money making schemes. People as young as 13 year olds are able to make money online, and most of them did it from scratch. If you currently run a business, giving it an online presence is the smartest thing you could ever do. I currently manage our family's Promotional Merchandise business and I was able to compete with much bigger companies in the same field and even get big money projects from huge companies. I was able to do it simply by having a simple ad on a well-known website and my company doesn't even have its own website yet. And it is all because of the internet. Profits can be really crazy on the internet.
So what's the big secret to making extra money online? The most basic thing you should do is to unlock your brain, reprogram it and convince yourself that "I CAN" compete with the world; I can make thousands of dollars online. You have to do a paradigm shift yourself and think that our world is not that big anymore. Thomas Friedman said, it is now tiny, and the playing field has been leveled to allow everyone to just join in. In short, you have to think wider erase your boundaries and think globally. If you cannot shift then it would be hard for you to even muster how people are making money online, this toning of the mind sets online and offline entrepreneurs apart.
The internet can benefit you in a million ways. For people with existing business, giving your business an online presence is a smart thing to do. For individuals, it could be your launch pad to financial freedom. The journey to making that extra money online can be long and arduous one. Fortunately, YOU are in the right place. Join me and find the easiest way in on the internet's gold mine. Whether you are a newbie looking to find online jobs or a businessman wanting to know how to give his business that global edge. Then this is the blog for you.
Happy New Year Everyone!
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