Business

Learn the skills to make money online

=> Identify the Skill

Whether it’s medical transcription or graphic design, copywriting or web design, the most important first step is to identify the skill you want to learn.

This seems obvious, but it is actually an absolutely crucial point. Most people trying to make a living from home tend to jump from skill to skill, learning a little about everything but mastering nothing.

They are looking for something that looks easy. The truth is, there is a learning curve for almost any skill you want to learn. The most important first step is to choose a skill and commit to learning it.

=> Search forums and books

Identify the best forums and books in your industry. In general, each group or community will have its most recommended books. Buy all these books and start studying your skill in depth.

Also, start reading the forums. At first, do not participate. I just read. Check out what kinds of problems others are facing and what solutions they are finding.

Sort the forum by the threads with the most replies. These are usually the most useful threads. Read those post by post.

=> Learn by doing

Rather than learning something theoretically, you’ll absorb the material much better if you’re actually implementing what you learn.

For example, if you’re learning graphic design, instead of reading an entire design book cover to cover, recreate some of the examples.

In fact, many of the best books will have accompanying exercises, assignments, and challenges. Do all these tasks and keep your learning active instead of passive.

=> Create a learning schedule for yourself

Create a learning schedule for yourself that consists of at least 2 hours a day, 5 days a week of work or study. Ideally, you should put in 4 hours a day, but that may not be realistic for most people.

Set some goals for yourself. For example, if you are learning graphic design, you might set goals for:

Week 1: Understand all the tools on the Photoshop toolbar.

Week 2 – Photo fix three family photos, including color adjustments and wrinkle removal.

Week 3 – Create three different types of special effects.

Week 4: Make an awesome movie poster for an imaginary movie.

Having a learning schedule will help motivate and guide you. It will help you learn with purpose, instead of aimlessly.

If you follow these tips, you will go from beginner to advanced-intermediate very quickly. You will know enough about the skill to start receiving payments of moderate amounts of money. From there, you can build expert level skills while getting paid. It’s not hard to learn a marketable skill – with some ingenuity and discipline, you can do it in just 30 days!

Once you have learned the skill you want I highly recommend joining Wealthy Affiliate, they have by far the best step by step training to help you turn your skill into a very profitable online business. I’ll leave a link below.

For your great success in your online business journey.

Bob @LurnProfit

Online Business Training

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