<p><span>Tips for creating and generating alternative sources of income when you don't have any job. </span><span>Creating self-employment opportunities when no job - </span><span>Self-employment options during corona covid19 times - Alternative self-employment ideas in 2021</span></p><p>In this article we will be covering the following</p><ul><li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">16 High investment opportunities and options - most of them are intensely technical and need-big investments - and many of these are keeping Indian situation in mind</b></li> <li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">78 Low investment opportunities and options - few of these are for Professional who are optimally qualified and experienced in their professions</b></li> <li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">8 examples of opportunities for technical-experts</b></li> <li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">16 examples of opportunities for unskilled - these might be known to you - but during tough times - forgetting the EGO and finding and doing some of these work may add big value to you later AS you may be able to start a big business later after acquiring enough knowledge, edge, skills, experience and exposure in these</b></li> <li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">Opportunities for skilled - is not given purposely in this article - because if someone have hard-skill which normally people outsource and are good in what they do - they need to pay attention to marketing their services and delivering excellence only to do very well.</b></li></ul><p>During this corona triggered and induced <b data-redactor-tag="b">difficult</b> economic-situation and tough recessionary condition - <b data-redactor-tag="b">finding jobs are definitely not an easy task.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Getting a job becomes even more </b>challenging<b data-redactor-tag="b"> if you don't have an in-demand-cutting-edge competency-portfolio of </b>qualifications, skills, expertise and exposure in high growth business-area <b data-redactor-tag="b">PLUS a job</b>.</p><p>Securing a job becomes more effective and easier - when <b data-redactor-tag="b">you get referred by some very influential and powerful person </b>[as then you get called for interview]<b data-redactor-tag="b"> and get selected through topping the interview</b>.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">But if you are out of job - without relevant skills and experience</b> - then it is very-very <b data-redactor-tag="b">uphill task if not downright impossible</b> - especially in countries like India.</p><p>Therefore we need to focus on - <b data-redactor-tag="b">creating and generating alternative sources of revenue generation through self-employment</b>. </p><p>We need multiple sources - because - <b data-redactor-tag="b">you need to have a minimum level of income to survive and manage your basic minimum operational expenses - personal as well as for the revenue-generation model.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">One small project or venture may not give us the amount needed for meeting our basic requirements.</b></p><p>Everyone have to focus on more than one revenue generating stream - except those - who <b data-redactor-tag="b">have managed to identify and create traction for their business-idea - on a scale which is a winner from the start and generating enough revenues to helping them grow</b>.</p><p>If we are starting a new project or venture AND if ours is not <b data-redactor-tag="b">a disruptive idea</b> [<b data-redactor-tag="b">which most of us unlikely to have</b>] - <b data-redactor-tag="b">we will find competition from numerous Me-Too startups - looking to grab the biggest piece of the same pie - of same customers and same business</b>.</p><p>Because there are information available on almost every tools and methods - to create illuminating products and services - almost every organization offers same features in their products and services. </p><p>Therefore it becomes very-<b data-redactor-tag="b">very challenging to create distinctive differentiation to create right niche-positioning.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Creating a unique positioning is the immutable prerequisite - if you want to attract customers who are already using and paying to your already established competitors - </b>direct or indirect.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">We have to have a niche in - value-proposition, value-offering, niche-market, Niche customer segment</b> as well as distinction in qualitative and quantitative advantages over others. </p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">21 most mandatory and essential prerequisite - if you have to go for self-employment and make a reasonable success of it</b></p><ul><li>1.A specific skill, quality, competency, knowledge, exposure and experience[ either singly or in combination] - which can be monetized</li> <li>2.A burning desire to succeed</li> <li>3.Ability to put in extra-ordinary efforts, time, and energy - for months - everyday</li> <li>4.Interest in learning on continuous basis to keep reinventing and making yourself as well as what you did yesterday obsolete</li> <li>5.Ability to do extreme hard-work for extended period of time without any gratifications</li> <li>6.Emotional-resilience not to take rejections, criticism, ridicules and failures personally and get demotivated </li> <li>7.Constantly working on improving the quality of excellence that you deliver and fine tuning your approach through continuous course-corrections.</li> <li>8.Being aware and updated about what is happening during post-Corona-world - which business and failing AND which one of them are growing AND Why</li> <li>9.Then you have to have an idea - which you have to use to it to suit your situation through your awareness of aforesaid points</li> <li>10. Identify what types of problems - it will solve for - individuals or businesses</li> <li>11. The starting point for generating this idea would be - your own frustrations and wishful thinking when you get stuck and wish - If only this facility was available and affordable</li> <li>12. Then creating a niche - in market size, customer types and their geographic locations, type of problems to solve for your chosen market </li> <li>13. This niche has to be big-enough for you to survive - and small enough for the competitors to avoid at least initially - if you happen to have a profitable idea which is easily copy-able and the competitors can attack your very size of business</li> <li>14. Then you need to put the idea - in a business plan </li> <li>15. Once you have a business plan[although these are part of it] - you need to create Business-model, Revenue-model, Marketing-channels</li> <li>16. After this - we have focus on doing due-diligence - to see our assumptions AND do business-feasibility and financial-viability </li> <li>17. Then we have to develop the proto-type of product and services - that we want to market</li> <li>18. Once you have all these ready - testing your model real-time with your actual target customer</li> <li>19. This testing cannot go smoothly if it is a worthwhile idea [if it goes too smoothly - then beware - as you need to revisit, review and redesign all the above steps and the gaps]</li> <li>20. Once you have fixed the loopholes - then go for soft launch - for further refining your methods, processes and ideas as well as assumptions</li> <li>21. After that you can launch yourself fully - using SPIN [to sell it to your target customer] as well as guerrilla-marketing techniques - which you have to fine-tune and polish [to influence your focused audience to shift to your offerings].</li></ul><p><b data-redactor-tag="b"><br></b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Few Business Ideas and Areas - I understand that whatever I listed is not even the tip of opportunities available AND that many of them are already known to you - BUT - you have to understand that fine-tuning the known to create your very-own-customized niche is the key to any business launch and its subsequent success</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">16 High investment opportunities and options - most of them are intensely technical and need-big investments - and many of these are keeping Indian situation in mind</b></p><ul><li>1.Health record digitization using block-chain technology - to create one time record and life-time assess of medical-record - for easy-access of doctors and hospitals as well as to the patient AND to connect multiple doctors in different locations to access someone's medical records - with privacy and security concern taken care of</li> <li>2.Drone manufacturing - for various current and future emerging needs</li> <li>3.Using and leasing drones - for say providing security - to say women in rural-areas OR for woman who are travelling alone and at odd hours to remote locations - connecting with security agencies and real-time monitoring </li> <li>4.Delivering in rural and even in urban areas using drone - it could be like life-organs for transplanting </li> <li>5.Robot manufacturing - for medical, industrial and farming</li> <li>6.Vertical farming -high-rise greenhouses - with multiple levels of different fruit and vegetables, one could harvest produce for a city or town using a building - robots could manage each level of the facility, in conjunction with sensors to monitor temperature, humidity etc.</li> <li>7.Creating solar-electricity generations units for industrial belts </li> <li>8.Localized solar electrical smart grid organization - using partnership with users and public and other investors - using internet of things sensors for distributing, trouble-shooting and monitoring the electricity use for each household or building attached to the electrical grid. </li> <li>9.Creating solutions for the challenges, the risks and the complexities of Cash on delivery- where the money is only collected once the goods are delivered - using block-chain technology</li> <li>10. The last-mile delivery-solution services for rural areas - especially for places where regular shipping companies are not willing to do business - would needs fleet of vehicles and drones etc. </li> <li>11. Warehousing - if you have large piece of land and can develop specialist-warehouse - to stock and hold goods for e-commerce organizations</li> <li>12. E-commerce niche stores - in artifacts and items those are still in demand and consumed by people - this needs having e-commerce portal as well as high-investment</li> <li>13. High speed internet provider - this is a high-tech and high-cost option - but in India if you can give better option than JIO and AIRTEL - then market is huge - but you need to have access to the cutting edge technology for this.</li> <li>14. Providing niche-entertainment to niche-segment - a significant portion of the population have smartphones, and rely on them to communicate, do research, and watch entertainment. </li> <li>15. Manufacturing of thermal scanners and Sanitization-gates</li> <li>16. Providing the server and hardware space that other companies can use - needs high level of it professionals to manage the hardware and equipment - need few servers, laptops initially</li> <li>17. Integrated - Interdependent interrelated farming - which will have piggeries, dairy, fish, poultry and niche vegetables - in one place </li> <li>18. Business incubator - a typical business incubator will provide clients with management training, office space, high-speed internet connectivity, gym, food catering, and other necessities</li> <li>19. Business accelerators and aggregators - the job of a business incubator is to help new companies and startups plan and launch successfully..</li></ul><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">78 Low investment opportunities and options - few of these are for Professional who are optimally qualified and experienced in their professions</b></p><ul><li>1.Opening coin operated laundering - it will be a first - but may succeed if low-cost and conveniently located in the residence welfare associations of housing societies </li> <li>2.Compliance and regulations management services for e-commerce stores - would need in-depth knowledge of the industry regulations, laws, loopholes and solutions.</li> <li>3.Small mobile-advertisements creators - for putting on YouTube and for digital marketing - for small businesses - using simple natural outdoor and indoor locales - a good mobile and editing yourself</li> <li>4.Online customer engagement and conversion specialist</li> <li>5.Cheap WiFi routers installation - to execute on this business idea you could begin by approaching public malls and areas with a lot of foot traffic, talk to the owners, and see if you can set up a deal to install the WiFi hotspots. </li> <li>6.Business plan designing and business ideas coaching</li> <li>7.Hot air balloon rides and local rappelling - get the licenses and promote at local schools and residences</li> <li>8.High class crèches taking care small children -with solid value addition </li> <li>9.Creating chat-bots</li> <li>10. Virtual reality designing</li> <li>11. Social media and digital marketing expert</li> <li>12. Being a tester for new applications, operating systems, gadgets and reviewer</li> <li>13. Virtual personal assistant and secretarial service</li> <li>14. Online dating specialist - marriage counselor, a psychologist, and a web developer</li> <li>15. Selfie drones</li> <li>16. Amazon, Flipkart, eBay trader and or seller</li> <li>17. Fashion-blogger and special occasion dress advisor for upper-middle to elite class</li> <li>18. Instagram creator</li> <li>19. Digital marketing withniche in posting blogs, articles, videos, advertisements in - almost all of the social media</li> <li>20. Cybersecurity trouble-shooter</li> <li>21. Massage therapist</li> <li>22. Bed and breakfast with AirBnB - if you have reasonably good spare accommodation in nice and connected locations</li> <li>23. Niche cleaning services</li> <li>24. Home health care services for nursing as well as companionship</li> <li>25. Nutrition consultant and personal-trainer</li> <li>26. Real estate broker</li> <li>27. Recruiter using assessment /development centers to select the right fit - for mid to senior level people</li> <li>28. Connecting startups with fundraising firms</li> <li>29. Rehabbing houses and retirement houses</li> <li>30. Being an YouTuber - create and edit videos to sell your products or for someone else</li> <li>31. Coin-operated laundry</li> <li>32. Reselling used goods and furniture</li> <li>33. Personal celebrity chef service</li> <li>34. Culinary arts course</li> <li>35. Language school to teach any language you are great in</li> <li>36. Translating and interpreting service for any language you are great in</li> <li>37. Cost reduction consulting firm</li> <li>38. Resume writing service</li> <li>39. Financial advisor - for startups - for financial-feasibility and business-viability studies and reports for small-businesses</li> <li>40. Accounting and bookkeeping for various tax filing </li> <li>41. Drop-shipping and grocery and food delivery service</li> <li>42. Homemade gourmet foods and culinary delights making and delivering</li> <li>43. Homemade natural soaps/beauty products</li> <li>44. Taking around - high net worth visitors</li> <li>45. Content writer a content writer - should be able to quickly digest complex topics and turn them into engaging posts that are well optimized for search engines</li> <li>46. Podcasting with interesting or niche topics that are suitable</li> <li>47. Antique refurbishment</li> <li>48. Image and makeup consultant</li> <li>49. Language teacher</li> <li>50. Electric charging station provider</li> <li>51. Energy auditor</li> <li>52. E-bike repair services</li> <li>53. Career coaching</li> <li>54. Decluttering services</li> <li>55. Pick & drop services</li> <li>56. Medical courier service</li> <li>57. Graphic design</li> <li>58. Instagram marketing </li> <li>59. Tax filing</li> <li>60. Landing page design specialist</li> <li>61. Interior design consultant</li> <li>62. Going for your own niche Fiverr gigs</li> <li>63. School and college admissions consultant </li> <li>64. Writing greeting cards</li> <li>65. Buy and sell domain names</li> <li>66. Freelance proofreading and editing</li> <li>67. Take paid online surveys</li> <li>68. Ghostwriter if you love writing and don't mind others taking credit for your work</li> <li>69. Teaching DIYs - anything from cooking to gardening to easy-cleaning </li> <li>70. Contract customer service - meaning servicing clients on behalf of organizations who cannot afford a large customer-service staff</li> <li>71. Online and social media research</li> <li>72. Professional webinar organizing </li> <li>73. Monetizing your hobbies by teaching or through selling whatever you can make-demonstrate-show</li> <li>74. Online photo selling - if you are a photographer who takes photos which creates awe</li> <li>75. Tutoring - in what you know - to create better options and solutions and giving solid value-addition by making it better than say Byju's </li> <li>76. Market facilitator - by helping others find market and customer's for their product</li> <li>77. Business broker - to assists buyers and sellers of privately owned businesses in the buying and selling process</li></ul><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">8 examples of opportunities for technical-experts </b></p><ul><li>1.Big data analyst consulting</li> <li>2.Managing digital marketing campaign </li> <li>3.SEO expert</li> <li>4.Repair of thermal-scanners for corona </li> <li>5.Laptop and tab repair - because of online education and transactions - this field has taken huge leap</li> <li>6.Repair of corona testing equipment</li> <li>7.DDOS attacks identifiers and cyber-attack prevention security-company - with the rise of fast internet speeds across the entire country, more hackers are going to be targeting companies as they grow.</li> <li>8.Web designer and mobile app developer - for creating low cost connectivity solutions to local small stores for rural areas</li> <li>9.Creating websites and applications for schools and educational institutes to run their online programs for students and connecting seamlessly all the stakeholder likes school, teachers, students and parents</li></ul><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">16 examples of opportunities for unskilled - these might be known to you - but during tough times - forgetting the EGO and finding and doing some of these work may add big value to you later AS you may be able to start a big business later after acquiring enough knowledge, edge, skills, experience and exposure in these</b></p><ul><li>1.Pick-up and delivering cooked-food, packages to any item from door to door and home to home</li> <li>2.Delivering in the local area - the items ordered by consumers - from grocers, traders, and other packages - home to home</li> <li>3.Collection of return-items from homes </li> <li>4.Paid pet caretaker</li> <li>5.Junk removal service</li> <li>6.Elderly caretaker</li> <li>7.Skilled and unskilled workers suppliers</li> <li>8.Daytime home companion</li> <li>9.Baby and house-sitters</li> <li>10. Decluttering and house reorganization</li> <li>11. Night attendant at hospital home</li> <li>12. Supervising home repairs by workers</li> <li>13. You can think of starting a small grocery or stationery shop in your locality. </li> <li>14. If you are able to invest more capital and readier to take risk, then wholesale business is a good option for you. </li> <li>15. One can also take up some agency business or become a stockiest. The real estate business which is booming now-a day can also be a lucrative alternative</li> <li>16. Starting a crèche </li></ul><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Opportunities for skilled - is not given purposely in this article - because if someone have hard-skill which normally people outsource and are good in what they do - they need to pay attention to marketing their services and delivering excellence only to do very well.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">#howearnifyoudon'thavejob, #whattypeofselfemploymentyoucangofor, #Alternativeselfemploymentavenues, #selfemploymentoptionsaftercorona, #highinvestmentbusinessopportunitiesandoptions, #lowinvestmentbusinessopportunitiesandoptions, #Alternativeselfemploymentideas2021, #opportunitiesforunskilledperson, #whattechnicaldomainexpertscando, #selfemploymentopportunitiesforprofessionals, #findingselfemploymentintoughrecessionarycondition, #survivingfinanciallyduringdifficulteconomicsituations, #creatingandgeneratingalternativesourcesofrevenue, #basicsprerequisiteforcreatingselfemployment, #monetizeyourskillsandtalents, #identifyyouruniquenicheandmasterit, #identifywhatproblemsofothersyoucansolve, #generatebusinessideasthroughyourownfrustrations, #createrobustbusinessandrevenuemodels, #adoptingguerrillamarketingtechniques, #useSPINtosell, #identifywhichchallengescreatedbycoronayoucansolveforothers, #learntomarketdigtallyyourselfandyourproductsnadservices<br></b></p>