The truth about working online in South Africa
July 6, 2010Many of us have been exposed to many advertisements on the internet of being able to earn millions from home and sleep by your swimming pool all day!!! The truth is that the only one who is sleeping by their pool and earning money is the guy who is ripping desperate people off with his automated scam which entails “buy this program and you will earn millions in a month” oh and don’t forget “Money Back Guaranteed”…… and the truth is this guy is not making millions, he is just scoring a couple of bucks off of a couple of desperate people off his automated website.
To be able to make a successful living online you need to work really hard and usually harder than one who has a permanent job and goes home with a regular salary every month. Working from home often requires that you put in more hours than your average full time employed worker who only puts in an eight hour day five days a week. When you are employed your boss tells you what you must do and that is what you do and take home a salary every month, the boss, on the other hand takes care of all the other departments of the business like marketing, staffing solutions, strategic planning, financial aspects etc. Working for yourself though is completely different you have to worry about making costs and finances meet every month, you have to do all your own marketing, work out all your strategic planning etc.
Working online can be a success if you are disciplined, perseverant, give excellent customer service and work hard. Good quality work and excellent customer service is what makes a business successful. My business thrives on word-of-mouth publicity which is the best advertising, because my clients are happy with the work I provide they recommend me to their contacts and those contacts refer me to their contacts and also all of these clients always come back for more because they know that they will not only receive good quality work but they will also receive friendly yet professional customer service with a smile.
I run a website that assists South Africans to work online and it requires allot of work because I need to give my members a personalized service. An online business requires allot of work, you can’t just put a sign up stating that you are open for business and expect customers to just fall into your lap. You need to promote your website and get targeted traffic to your website by writing articles and blogs, advertising in classifieds, submitting your site to search engines, you also need to reply to your contact forms and respond to your clients when they buy something from you. Clients really appreciate it when you send them a personalized e-mail thanking them for their support etc. and all of this takes time and work, but in the end my clients are happy and refer others and they keep coming back which makes it all worthwhile in the end.
Posted by Jaclyn. Posted In : Working online in South Africa