The banking sector has modernized and tried to deal with all types of hindrances in transactions, leakages and ease of process utilising internet. Digital payments have almost ended the sluggish and orthodox process of physical transactions. It just takes few minutes to do the payments using credit/debit cards Or Net banking. Even the business dinosaurs – Google and Amazon have also launched their digital payment platforms as Google Pay (G-Pay) and Amazon Pay respectively. Paytm and UPI have also gained popularity in the last few years. But this doesn’t mean that no further amendments or changes aren’t needed! Banks or Third Parties still charge some pennies while online transaction and bank frauds are on exponential rise. Not even a single bank in this world can guarantee of 100% security of customer data and money. Half of the adults around the world doesn’t have access to financial services because the financial institutions are too far away or too expensive to use. All the banks have very strict rules which must be followed as they don’t show mercy under any conditions. The 2008 financial crisis where several banks failed teaches us that there is no such thing as a trusted third party. They failed because of mismanagement, greed or they can be involved in illegal bank activities. Therefore, to solve this problem, blockchain was coined by Satoshi Nakamoto. The era of digital currency evolved and is now the future of banking system. So, let us see the complete story on the topic- Blockchain Start-ups In India.
Bitcoin is a type of digital currency that operates independently from a central bank. There are many different blockchains- public and private. They allow anyone to send value anywhere in the world where the blockchain file can be accessed. Think of each chain as an online database stored in a distributed, peer-to-peer fashion. The storage devices for the database are not all connected to common processor and each block – ordered records – has a timestamp and a link to a previous block. The Blockchain is an Internet-based, distributed, public database where transactions can only be added once they are validated through complex mathematics that prove authenticity of the data. It is a public ledger of all the transactions that have ever been executed.
Here is a list of the 10 most exciting blockchain startups. they are:-
1. RentalCoins
Founded : 2017 Location : Bangalore (India) Total Funding : USD 8M
RentalCoins 1.0 is a private cryptocurrency of the Drivezy, that is a decentralized car rental platform. The tokens are used to create a fleet of collaboratively-owned vehicles accessible to customers. Also offers an app that provides updates on operational vehicles, vehicle blocks and maintenance schedule and information about activity, location, and revenue of the vehicle.
2. Signzy
Founded : 2015 Location : Bangalore (India) Total Funding : USD 4M Investors : Stellaris Venture Partners, Kalaari Capital, Rajan Anandan and 17 Other Investors
Signzy is a digital contract platform which enables digital drafting and signing of legal contracts. Customers need to upload their contract in PDF/DOC format or choose a standard contract format. Signzy verifies the signature and identity of the user and also stores the contracting history on the cloud for future reference. Claims to guarantee non-repudiation of contracts through their biometric user authentication system and block chain based digital trail. The company is running pilots on blockchain technology in the areas of security for financial service companies and of smart contracts on financial assets.
Founded : 2016 Location : Delhi (India) Total Funding : USD 2M
LaLa World provides a financial ecosystem targeting the underbanked and migrant population. Provides 5 major products: LaLa Transfer for P2P remittance, LaLa Bill Pay for global bill payments, LaLa Lends for P2P lending, LaLa Card for payments at PoS, and LaLa Kit that contains a mobile phone with pre-loaded LALA Wallet, LALA Insurance, LALA Card, Partners’ products etc.
4. CoinGeto
Founded : 2015 Location : Delhi (India) Total Funding : USD 2M Investors : Impanix Capital
CointGeto is a cryptocurrency exchange platform. Users can buy, sell and exchange cryptocurrencies on the platform. Accepts payments via credit card, debit card, UPI payments and bank transfers. The platform supports Bitcoin, Ethereum and GETO tokens.
5. Unocoin
Founded : 2013 Location : Bangalore (India) Total Funding : USD 2M Investors : Blume Ventures, ah! Ventures, Mumbai Angels and 10 Other Investors
Unocoin enables users to buy bitcoins by paying INR from any online bank, or through NEFT/RTGS. Uses can buy/sell a maximum of 2 bitcoins per day. It also holds bitcoin campaigns which connect large buyers and sellers of bitcoin in India. Seed round was led by Barry Silbert’s Bitcoin Opportunity Fund. Partnered with BTCJam to offer P2P lending services in India.
Founded : 2017 Location : Bangalore (India) Total Funding : USD 2M Investors : Sequoia Capital
CoinSwitch is an online cryptocurrency exchange. Users can enter the amount and currency to be exchanged, and coinswitch provides options for the best prices. Users can choose among the option, convert the currency, and track the progress. As of Jan’18, supports 100+ cryptocurrencies including bitcoin, litecoin, ethereum, ripple, and self among others.
7. Coinsecure
Founded : 2014 Location : Delhi (India) Total Funding : USD 1M
Coinsecure is an India based Bitcoin exchange and trading platform. It charges a fee of 0.3% per transaction and uses a hybrid wallet solution to store funds in cold storage with a small percentage of funds in the hot wallet for immediate withdrawals. Partnered with OKLink, Hong Kong based company to enable remittances to India.
8. ZebPay
Founded : 2014 Location : Ahmedabad (India) Total Funding : USD 1M Investors : Claris Capital
Zebpay is a mobile Bitcoin wallet app. Users can buy and sell bitcoins using their local currency from the Zebpay app. They can also use their bitcoins to encash them via eVouchers like e-commerce vouchers, airtime and gift cards. Plans to charge its partners a referral commission. Also has plans to charge a fee to merchants using Zebpay to accept bitcoins for premium merchant features. Part of Zeb Ventures private limited registered in Singapore and has its main operation and development office in Ahmedabad, India. Launched in India in March, 2015. Arjun Handa, chief managing director of Claris Life Sciences and Amit Jindal, managing director of Jindal Worldwide, invested around $450K and $150K respectively. Nagendra Chaudhary, chairman at Jaipur-based Triangle Engineering invested $150K among other investors in series A round of funding. As of July 2016, the company has 65K+ users.
9. uTrade
Founded : 2011 Location : Chandigarh (India) Total Funding : USD 1M Investors : Nitin Jindal, Aiysha Ahmed, Mohit Agarwal and 17 Other Investors
Financial technology solutions company providing various products including multi-asset trading platform, algorithms and analytics. Offers muTrade, a high frequency trading platform that is delivered along with various automated algorithms; provides detailed portfolio and trading analytics. Products enable investors to analyse latest and historical market and social media information to make smart trading decisions. Has raised $1M till date and has clients in India, Singapore and Dubai and has identified clients in Indonesia, Turkey and Africa. In June 2016, the company launched uClear, a blockchain driven solution that will enable real time clearing and settlement of contracts across the cash and derivatives segments of the financial markets. The first stage of adoption will be led by the Over-the-Counter (OTC) segments without existing central clearing infrastructure such as foreign exchange (FX) and the fixed income securities markets.
10. StreamSource
Founded : 2018 Location : Gurgaon (India) Total Funding : USD 1M
StreamSource is a decentralized personal loans marketplace, based on Quorum blockchain. Lenders and debt buyers can initiate & settle transactions that include buying & selling of credit approved leads and loan transactions. Lenders upload their credit models on secure blockchain node and can provide other partners access to their decision model. The platform allows to bid, buy & sell leads to other partner lenders.
India is fast becoming a home for startups. With several initiatives that were undertaken by the Government to strengthen the economic state of the country, startups have witnessed a growth in mobility, food tech, gaming, and many other fields. The Confluence of social as well as technological factors has deeply impacted the investment scenario in the country. With the private sector underutilized, investments in the Indian market have increased.
The 21st century is all about Technologies like augmented reality and IoT, the new addition to the family being Blockchain Technology. This technology is not only limited to the creation of Bitcoin but has other applications too, which has raised a hype on the market. If explored its full potential, this technology can bring about revolutionary changes in various segments.
Investment Trend in India
Over 22 major languages are written in 13 different scripts and over 19, 500 dialects, that’s India, a culturally and linguistically diverse nation. These numbers clearly indicate a massive opportunity in the Indian market for vernacular interface and content. It aims at accommodating non-English speaking users with internet access and a medium to pitch in their ideas. People are making investments in different industries that are trending in the startup world. Let’s take a look at the industries that are trending and are becoming hot zone for investments.
Esports has exploded with popularity and is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world. Esports and gaming took off with the release of Xbox in early 2000, even though the concept of video games had been there since the 1970s. Realizing the potential in this segment, developers pitched in this virtual world. By the year 2024, the global revenue of this industry is set to reach $1.08 billion
Social Commerce
Through social commerce, a user can browse and compare products on social networking sites, say Facebook, and then make the purchase on Facebook itself rather than going to the company’s website to make the purchase. Currently, there are three social media sites that own the social commerce space: Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. It is revolutionizing the face of online shopping and moulding e-commerce to give the customer a more social experience involving friends, family and peers.
Live Streaming
By providing real-time content, live streaming is a new way to attract and engage users by enabling them to connect instantly. The viewers can also communicate with each other on this platform. It gives the product or the service immediate feedback. This is a powerful marketing tool that the users find interactive and more engaging.
Fintech
With global giants zeroing on this space, financial technology is on the roll due to several reasons. With vast discrepancies in the country’s banking system, growing smartphone ownership, increasing access to the internet, a booming e-commerce market, and availability of a large talent pool with knowledge of both technology and financial services.
Direct-to-Consumer
Direct-to-consumer brands are transforming conventional and established marketing solutions by causing a fundamental change in the relationship of the brand with the consumers. Global suppliers are accessible now and consumers are willing to experiment with new brands that they discover online. Consumers are quite discerning in the quality of items they purchase, this is exactly what the DTC offers, a risk-free online shopping experience.
Blockchain Technology
Blockchain Tech has attracted the attention of people and has extreme potential to go big in the future. Apart from cryptocurrencies like Bitcoins, it has many other potentials in the field of healthcare, insurance, artist royalties, voting and welfare benefits. NFTs are also peeking its head through this technology and people are taking an interest in them.
Conclusion
The startup ecosystem in India is growing every day, people are finding this enigmatic and are keeping their interest in these fields. It is quite natural that investors are going to follow the trends as they give hints about which market is in for the long run. Investors create their strategies according to them and invest in those fields.
FAQs
What is Blockchain Technology?
Blockchain Technology is a public ledger that exists across the network and is decentralized in nature and it can be distributed digitally.
What is a Market trend?
A market trend is the moving of the market in a particular direction and it can be identified by price action.
Is Esports popular in India?
Esports is quite popular in India, the gaming industry has rapidly grown over the years.
Reliance Jio is not just a telecom network, it is an entire ecosystem that allows Indians to live their digital life to the fullest. It was founded by Mr Mukesh Ambani who has been working on the JIO Infocomm Ltd since 2010. The idea is said to have come into existence when his daughter Isha Ambani complained of Low data speed (She is to thank for the fast downloads we are availing using JIO now).
Jio Platforms is a next-generation technology platform focused on providing high-quality and affordable digital services across India. Jio Platforms has made significant investments across its digital ecosystem which is powered by leading technologies like broadband connectivity, smart devices, cloud and edge computing, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things(IoT), augmented and mixed reality, and blockchain.
Jio’s vision is to enable a Digital India for 1.3 billion people and businesses across the country, including small merchants, micro-businesses, and farmers so that all of them can enjoy inclusive growth together. With these investments, Ambani plans to drive Jio ahead in the competition with giants like Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc., both of which have investments in.
In this article, we will talk about the companies that have invested in Reliance JIO in 2020. So let’s get started.
The social media giantFacebook had announced on April 22 its plans to invest $5.7 billion which is Indian INR 43574 Crore for a 9.99% stake in Reliance Industries Limited’s(RIL) telecom business, Reliance Jio. By partnering with Jio, Facebook plans to take advantage of its popular WhatsApp messenger to offer digital payment services to small grocers in India.
With a 9.9 % stake in Reliance Jio, Facebook gets a firm foothold in a fast-growing market in India. Also, it helps Reliance Jio to significantly cut down its debts. The deal valued Jio at Rs 4.62 lakh crore ($65.95 billion). It was Facebook’s biggest deal since the $22 billion buyouts of WhatsApp in 2014.
Three days later, Reliance Retail signed a commercial agreement with Facebook’s WhatsApp to further the reach of its online venture JioMart as it went live on WhatsApp on April 26.Jio Mart began offering its services in sub-urban Mumbai areas like Navi Mumbai, Thane, and Kalyan. These services will be extended all over the country.
This deal is expected to show the capacity for scaling due to a heavy user base comprising 400 millionWhatsApp users and Jio’s 388 million subscribers. JioMart uses WhatsApp to bring in high-speed information and digital cash. JioMart and Whatsapp will empower nearly 3 crores of small Indian Kirana shops to digitally transact and take on giants such as Amazon India.
Silver Lake Partners and Jio Deal
Jio-Silver Lake deal came less than two weeks after the Facebook deal. On the 4th of May, Silver Lake Partners, an American private equity giant, bought a 1% stake in Jio Platforms for INR 5,655.75 crore($750 million). This deal took Jio’s enterprise value to INR 5.15 lakh crore and represents a 12.5% premium to the equity valuation of Facebook’s investment again hitting the investing road with Jio, they invested around INR 4,546.8 crore taking around 2.08%of the company stake. Now the aggregate investment by this firm is around INR 10,202.55 crore.
"Silver Lake Partners has an outstanding record of being a valuable partner for leading technology companies globally. We are excited to leverage insights from their global technology relationships for the Indian digital society’s transformation."- Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries Limited
These deals will help Reliance use Facebook’s tech in its new businesses. It will give the US tech giant’s Indian reach a massive boost through a partner in Ambani who is widely perceived to be influential in government circles. Silver Lake’s investment highlights Reliance’s ability to monetize its digital services business and strengthens Reliance’s already strong financial flexibility.
Silver Lake Partners (SLP) was launched in 1999 as a specialist firm to focus on technology company investments. SLP made headlines after acquiring PC maker Dell Inc in conjunction with Michael Dell in 2013. Its portfolio of investments collectively generates revenues of more than $204 billion annually. Its portfolio includes Twitter, Airbnb, Alibaba Group, Ant Financial, Didi Chuxing, Motorola Solutions, and City Football Group.
Vista Equity Partners and Jio Deal
On the 8th of May, Vista Equity Partners, a US-based private equity firm running the world’s largest exclusively tech-focused fund, bought a 2.32 % stake in Jio Platforms for INR 11,367 Crores. The deal made it the third high-profile investment in the Reliance Industries Ltd’ (RIL) unit and highlights Jio’s status as a next-generation software and platform company.
This deal valued Jio Platforms at an equity value of Rs 4.91 lakh crore and an enterprise value of Rs 5.16 lakh crore. Vista’s investment is at a 12.5% premium over the deal with Facebook. It will be Vista’s biggest investment outside of its home country and it’s first in Asia. With this deal, Jio has become the fourth most valued entity in India after HDFC Bank, TCS, and RIL.
“In Robert and Brian, whose family hails from Gujarat, I found two outstanding global technology leaders who believe in India and the transformative potential of a digital Indian society. We are excited to leverage the professional expertise and multi-level support that Vista has been offering to its investments globally for the benefit of Jio.” – Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries Limited
The investment from Vista will be used by Jio to buy back RIL’s optionally convertible preference shares. The Vista deal will further help in fixing the equity value of Jio and improve RIL’s cash flows. This will accelerate RIL’s deleveraging exercise as RIL plans to eliminate Rs 1.75 lakh crore of net debt by the end of this financial year. Through Jio, Vista hopes to earn good returns as and when the telecom and technology company goes public, which is part of Ambani’s plan.
“Mukesh’s vision as a global pioneer, alongside Jio’s world-class leadership team, has built a platform to scale and advance the data revolution it started. We are thrilled to join Jio Platforms to deliver exponential growth in connectivity across India, providing modern consumer, small business, and enterprise software to fuel the future of one of the world’s fastest-growing digital economies.” -Robert Smith, Chairman, Vista
General Atlantic and Jio Deal
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani extended his fund-raising streak for Jio Platforms Ltd. by selling a 1.34% equity stake to General Atlantic on May 17. Reliance Industries Limited and Jio Platforms Limited announced an investment of ₹ 6,598.38 crores ($873 Mn) stake by General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm that has invested in Airbnb Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc.
This investment values Jio Platforms at an equity value of ₹ 4.91 lakh crore and an enterprise value of ₹ 5.16 lakh crore. The deal will consolidate backing for Jio’s plan to use its almost 400 million mobile phone subscribers as a base for an e-commerce drive to use India’s vast consumer markets—from retail to education and payments. The deal will also support Ambani’s vow to pay down more than $20 billion of net debt at Reliance earlier than an initial March 2021 deadline.
“We are delighted that a renowned global investor like General Atlantic is partnering with us in our journey to digitally empower India and Indians. Jio is committed to making a digitally inclusive India that will provide immense opportunities to every Indian citizen.” -Akash Ambani, Director, Reliance Jio
General Atlantic is a leading global growth equity firm with a 40-year track record of investing in the Technology, Consumer, Financial Services, and Healthcaresectors. It operates across 14 locations as an integrated team under a global investment platform. To date, General Atlantic has invested in prominent entrepreneurs and companies around the world such as Airbnb, Alibaba, Ant Financial, Box, ByteDance, Facebook, Slack, Snapchat, Uber,and other global technology leaders.
KKR & Co. Inc. and Jio Deal
KKR is an American private equity firm and has also been one of the key investors by buying around INR 11367 crores around 2.32% of the stake.
“We are looking forward to leveraging KKR’s global platform, industry knowledge, and operational expertise to further grow Jio.” -Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries Limited
KKR was founded in 1976 by Henry Kravis and George Roberts and since then has been a prime equity firm of the US market.
“Few companies have the potential to transform a country’s digital ecosystem in the way that Jio Platforms is doing in India, and potentially worldwide.” – Henry Kravis, Chairman, KKR
Mubadala Investment Company and Jio Deal
Striking a deal of Rs 9093.6 crore with the Abu Dhabi based investment company will surely help Reliance Jio to expand its reach towards the gulf countries. It will help them expand their venture globally. While so many US-based firms investing now Abu Dhabi based firms also becoming important investors.
Mubadala Investment Company founded in 2017 in Abu Dhabi, UAE has been one of the key investing companies which have helped in growing up UAE economy on a global front. Investments like these can play a key role in developing Jio hold all around the world.
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Jio Deal
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), one of the world’s biggest sovereign wealth funds, will pump Rs 5,683.5 crore into Jio Platforms joining the list of global tech investors that have invested millions of dollars on the Reliance Industries unit due to its unique potential to dominate India’s booming digital economy.
“I am delighted that ADIA, with its track record of more than four decades of successful long-term value investing across the world, is partnering with Jio Platforms in its mission to take India to digital leadership and generate inclusive growth opportunities. This investment is a strong endorsement of our strategy and India’s potential.” -Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries
The decision by ADIA, a globally-diversified investment institution, in exchange for a 1.16 % stake, is an unprecedented eighth investment in Jio Platforms in less than seven weeks and marks the largest continuous fundraising action by a company anywhere in the world. RIL, the oil-to-retail-to-telecom conglomerate, has now sold a little over 21 % stake in Jio Platforms through a flurry of fundraising deals and raised as much as Rs 97,885.65 crore, or $12.96 billion.
“Our investment in Jio is a further demonstration of ADIA’s ability to draw on deep regional and sector expertise to invest globally in market-leading companies and alongside proven partners.” -Hamad Shahwan Aldhaheri, Executive Director, ADIA
TPG and Jio Deal
TPG Captial is going to invest 4,546.80 Crores for a 0.93% stake in the Jio platform, making it the ninth deal in just a span of seven weeks taking the combined fundraising in the Reliance Industries unit across the 1 lakh crore mark. TPG has previously invested in Companies like Airbnb, Uber and Spotify.
“Today, I am happy to welcome TPG as valued investors in our continued efforts towards digitally empowering the lives of Indians through the creation of a digital ecosystem. We have been impressed by TPG’s track record of investing in global technology businesses which serve hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses, making the societies we live in better.” -Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries
In TPG’s more than 25 years of history, it has successfully built an ecosystem made up of hundreds of portfolio companies and a value-added network of professionals, executives and advisors around the world. By offering institutional support and global resources, TPG enables these companies to reach their full potential and unlock greater possibilities.
“We are excited to partner Reliance to invest in Jio. As an investor in growth, change, and innovation for over 25 years – and with a longstanding presence in India — we are excited to play an early role in Jio’s journey as they continue to transform and advance India’s digital economy. Jio is a disruptive industry leader that is empowering small businesses and consumers across India by providing them with critical, high-quality digital services. The company is bringing unmatched potential and execution capabilities to the market, setting the tone for all technology companies to come.” -Jim Coulter, Co-CEO, TPG
L Catterton and Jio Deal
The world’s largest consumer-focused private equity firm L Catterton is going to invest Rs 1,894.50 crore in Jio Platforms for a 0.39% stake in Reliance Jio. With this Reliance, Jio has made a historic record with 10 investments in just seven weeks and has raised INR 104,326.95 Crores from leading global investors since April 22nd, 2020.
“I am delighted to welcome L Catterton as a partner in our journey to unleash the power of digital for India while providing a consumer experience that is among the best in the world. I particularly look forward to gaining from L Catterton’s invaluable experience in creating consumer-centric businesses because technology and consumer experience need to work together to propel India to achieving digital leadership.” -Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries
L Catterton is a preferred investment partner for several leading consumer-focused brands around the world. Having a 30-year track record of leveraging its operational expertise, deep sector insights, a global network of resources, and its unique partnership with LVMH and Groupe Arnault, L Catterton has successfully invested in and helped build some of the most innovative brands at the forefront of the evolving consumer landscape, including Peloton, Vroom, ClassPass, Owndays, FabIndia, and more.
“Over our more than 30 year history, we have established a track record of building many of the most important brands across all consumer categories and geographies, from retailers, omni-channel and digitally native brands. We are strong supporters of fostering growth through product development, enhanced digital capabilities, and strategic alliances. We look forward to partnering with Jio, which is uniquely positioned to execute on its vision and mission to transform the country and build a digital society for 1.3 billion Indians through its unmatched digital and technological capabilities" -Michael Chu, Global Co-CEO, L Catterton
Saudi Arabia’s PIF and Jio Deal
Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund Public Investment Fund (PIF), one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds is all set to pick up a 2.32 per cent stake in Indian oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries’ Jio, for an estimated $1.5 billion. With PIF coming on board, Jio Platforms has diluted 25 per cent of its equity. That’s the maximum they intend to dilute to financial investors, which includes Mark Zukerberg’s Facebook. Any new investors coming on board in future will have to be “strategic investors, a tech giant, for instance,” said a source who was part of the deal-making process.
Conclusion
The secret behind Jio’s success is that it’s customer-centric and has a webscale mentality. Reliance Jio made it look easy when it successfully swooped into the jam-packed and super competitive mobile market with free 4G voice and data service. So in short Reliance Jio aims at harnessing the full potential of the internet to create a digital revolution through its technologies. Innovative services and long-term planning will radically bring the world to one’s fingertips much faster and also transform the way Indians think, work, live, and are entertained.
FAQs
Who is the founder of Reliance Industries Limited?
Dhirubhai Ambani is the founder of Reliance Industries Limited.
Who is Mukesh Ambani?
Mukesh Ambani is the managing director of Reliance Industries Ltd.
History is a good indicator of our future. But only if we learn its lessons because it is important to understand that this pandemic is one which has changed our lives and businesses maybe for the better, in every area irrevocably. we are going to learn things that the company must do after this lockdown gets over as deep down its clear that Corona has successfully taken over our lives.
To get back to your 9 to 5, we should learn that there has to be a new normal and we have to adapt ourselves and the workplace to it. The Chain of lockdown has disrupted our work-life in a way we have never seen throughout the globe. And its seen that the majority of people around the world are working from home, daily wage workers and those in industries where remote working isn’t possible are facing the bad consequences of it. Employees who have the privilege to work for home, the idea of going back to work in their company could be a little daunting and out of their current daily tasks.
corona at workplace
Getting your businesses up and it should run smoothly simultaneously like earlier times could be like at your wit’s end for a company or business.
The way companies do businesses has advanced over the last decade. We always knew that flexible home working, using digital technology, was possible. Some firms have been using Microsoft teams, Zoom and Skype to conduct online meetings for years. In my honest opinion, what COVID-19 has done is just shown to us that we no longer need expensive land space in premium-priced cities to be effective or efficient. the bonus of no travel, closed offices and buying essentials means shows that we are also helping the nature.
Since COVID 19 has been a great leveler for everyone and its list of effects stands to be devastating.
it had affected our bodies, workplaces, and even the biggest of the world. Nobody expected it! That such a teensy weensy virus can make a big menace on such a large scale and so quickly, that we have to eventually change our lives, habits and daily rituals.
For several years we have heard voices about the coming financial crisis, but the direction it came from makes our eyes wide open. Indices of major Stock Exchanges, such as Nasdaq, are falling even by 9% in a single day. Investors are panicking, Many make haste decisions have been made due to emotional toll. And now it’s so crystal clear that the world is struggling with a crisis, forcing us to make changes for which we were never prepared for as in-person, companies, or organizations.
Output Of Major Industries Reduced Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic:
effect of covid-19 on industries
• Airlines and Hotel industry: between 70-75%
• Auto and advanced industries: 50-60%
• Construction and Real estate: 50%
• Consumer and Retail: 20-25%
• Chemicals: 15-20%
• Textiles: 50%
• Freight and Logistics: 40-45%
• Metals and Mining: 35-40%
• Oil and Gas: 20-25%
• Power: 20-25%
• Agriculture: 15%
• IT services: 10-15%
• Pharma: 10-15%
• Telecom: 0-5%
“Most industries will need to reactivate their entire supply chain, because the impact of Coronavirus was different in scale and timing in various countries across the world,” says Yogita Tulsiani, Co-founder, iXceed Solutions. “Leaders must, therefore, reassess their entire business system and plan for contingent actions to return their business to effective production at pace and scale,” says Tulsiani. “But the problem will become more complex as winter will bring new problems for many countries,” she says. “In my opinion, pay cuts, layoffs, deferring bonus in the payout, deferring salary payment is very much being implemented by many organizations,” she adds.
Now the biggest question is: Can their company stand at par with its previous productivity and a return to rehiring and training OR Will more companies move towards remote working?
COVID-19 in The Workplace
Due to the proximity of employees in workplaces, employers must consider the risks posed by the virus and the legislative obligations as employers. On any day they run the risk of their employees, business associates, and even clients who are infected with the virus bringing it into the workplace.
post corona effects on company
Occupational Health and Safety Obligations of an Employer
Section 8 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (“OHSA”) obliges every employer to take reasonable measures to provide and maintain a safe working environment that does not pose a risk to the health of its employees. This obliges the employer to:
take steps to eliminate or mitigate any hazard or potential hazard, before resorting to protective equipment;
provide information, instructions, training and supervision that may be necessary to ensure the health and safety of employees at work;
enforce such measures as may be necessary in the interests of health and safety.
An employer is further prohibited from permitting a person to enter a workplace where the health and safety of such a person is at risk, in terms of the General Safety Regulations published under the OHSA.
An employer may require its employees to undergo medical testing for COVID-19 where:
• the employee has recently traveled to an area in which COVID-19 is prevalent; and/or
• the employee has had recent contact with persons traveling from an area in which COVID-19 is prevalent; and/or
• the employee exhibits symptoms consistent with the known symptoms of COVID-19.
Companies should establish periodic calls to employees to track deliverables and productivity
Tips Company Should Deal with Pitching Demands
plans for companies after lockdoen gets over
Encourage regular hand washing
Perform routine environmental cleaning
Encourage Sick Employees to Stay Home
Talk with Employees about Travel Plans
Increasing online penetration
Precautionary measures such as increasing store cleanings
Encouraging safe distancing among employees
Reopen offices with fewer employees
Not reopening underperforming workforce
Making a rooster plan so that alternative employees come to alternate days.
Taking forced leave
Employer should compel an employee, whom he reasonably suspects of having COVID-19, to medical testing
Employer should dismiss an employee who has contracted COVID-19 based on medical incapacity
Sick leave entitlements
Open Dialogue with Employees
Employers need to know how to decrease the spread of acute illnesses like coronavirus and lower the impact of COVID-19 in their workplace and share plans with their employees.
open communication
Plans should identify and communicate their objectives, which may include one or more of the following:
reducing transmission among staff
protecting people who are at higher risk for adverse health complications
maintaining business operations
minimizing adverse effects on other entities in their supply chains
It’s important, now, that whatever we do should include: virus severity, the impact of the virus on employees that at higher risk of infection, and possible increased number of employee absences.
Go-To Tips for Employees Getting Back to Work After Lockdown
Energize the body
Ensure voluntary physical distancing
Take care of workplace safeguards (masks, sanitizer, etc.)
Maintain your aura
Conserve mental energy
Find meaning in work — societal, organizational/corporate, client/target, team, and personal
Focus on solutions
Set positive aspirations
Stay focussed
Build relationships
tips to deal with corona virus
There’s a saying that the problem could be any big but it always comes with a solution and hence, it’s us who have to find it. For a company to bring on a new normal it has to work smartly. And, I don’t know if this could create a make-believe situation but there is a way:
Remote Work — A New Way of Work
Remote work stands not only for the benefits associated with the involvement of employees, their lower rotation, but also great potential for development. It’s an open-end opportunity to redefine what cooperation between a company and an employee is. How your team works depends more on them, and how you present them with priorities and goals can help them find the best solutions. The goals must be mutual, set, and specified. Thanks to this your team’s motivation to implement them will not decrease because they will know what they’re striving for. If people work together, aiming for one goal, they share responsibility for the project.
Remote work is also an opportunity for other ways of accounting for work, not necessarily for hours worked, but for results. The times when you have to sit in the office to finish the required 8 hours full time are over. This also gives more and more opportunities for businesses that can optimize their costs. You don’t need to maintain an office, equipment, buy coffee, and take care of fruit Thursdays. Just invest in tools that facilitate online work, and there are more and more of them of high quality.
A study five years ago showed a 13% increase in productivity when working from home. The reasons stated were the reduced number of breaks and sick leave. Not only work from home, but work from anywhere in the world is gaining more and more votes. By giving employees more freedom, limiting negative practices such as micromanagement, we allow people to grow and release their potential. With greater freedom comes greater responsibility and with it even greater employee involvement in what they do. This is confirmed by the State of Remote Work 2019 report prepared by Owl Labs. According to it, mobile workers with a 13% higher probability won’t want to change jobs for the next 5 years. This is something worth investing in!
Be ready for an operational shock!
So, take care of them and prepare yourself to go back to work once the lockdown ends with a clear mind full of determination!
Visit any website, and you find pop-ups. While some says ‘subscribe to our newsletter’, some others are there to inform you about offers and discounts. You might find them annoying, however they are very useful to get a response from the visitors. They are call-to-action which reminds people what they have to do. It is totally worth having one on your website, and HelloBar is a tool that can help you in this regard. Here is all about HelloBar and how it can help you in making your website grow.
HelloBar is a popular lead generation tool, that allows you to show attractive notification to visitors who visit your site. Whether you have a HTML site, WordPress site or you are using some other CMS, HelloBar can be used with all. Moreover, using HelloBar not only increases your conversion rate but also impacts UX. User experience is much more important in terms of websites. If a user is unsatisfied with your website’s content, they are most likely go back which will negatively impact your website’s performance. HelloBar provides message pop up service which will make users read and interact with your website.
Hello Bar Logo
Why HelloBar?
HelloBar attract people’s attention, and interact with them. Furthermore, the best thing about the HelloBar is that they don’t bother users. However, you can customize them according to your need but most of them don’t irritate users like other pop up ads.
Uses of HelloBar
Some of the main uses of HelloBar are:
Do surveys: You can conduct easy and quick surveys and find out what your visitors want.
Get Subscribers: HelloBar is useful to get subscribers. People can and will easily subscribe to your website by seeing the HelloBar on the website.
FOMO Strategy: You can use people’s fear of missing out (FOMO) by providing a discount for a limited time and advertise it in HelloBar.
Promote Posts: You can promote your other posts in the helloBar.
Ebook: You can provide a link to download your free or paid ebook.
Social Media: You can use it to promote your social media pages or profiles.
Although these are some of the main uses of HelloBar, they are not limited here, you can use your creativity to explore the possibilities.
How to Set Up HelloBar on your Website?
Here are the steps you need to follow to create a HelloBar for your website
Go to HelloBar website and enter your website’s URL.
After receiving your URL, they will ask you to sign up to their website.
After signing up, they will ask you to chose your goal, i.e. “Target a URL” ; “Collect Email”; “Make Sales”; “Announcement”; “Get Phone Calls”
Now, you will have to create the bar. Just insert the message and chose the color.
Then you can just customize the bar according to your need.
After customizing, just choose the platform (CMS) you have your website associated with. Though, you can also choose for assistance, if needed.
Your universal code will be generated and all you have to do is to copy and paste this code in the header of your website. You can add them separately in pages if you don’t want it in every page of your website.
Now, you can just publish your website. However, if you need then you can always edit the setting on their website.
How to use Hellobar on a Website | Tutorial
Who Created HelloBar?
The most famous name in the blogging industry. Yes, you guessed it right, it is Neil Patel. Neil Patel acquired the rights to the HelloBar. However, the tool was created by another company, Digital Telepathy. Crazy Eggs, a company of Neil Patel,acquired the HelloBar as they wanted products that were similar to its own . They wanted something which helps website builders to improve the user experience. And HelloBar is focused on the same.
HelloBar Pricing
HelloBar has both a free and a paid version. But 10 bars are the limitations in the free version. Some other limitations include
No bar targeting
No custom message
HelloBar branding
In the paid version, packages include, ‘Elite’ which costs $99/month & ‘Growth’ package which costs $29/month. Some interesting features of paid packages include –
No Hello Bar logo
Unlimited bars
Custom messages
Targeted bars according to the device, location, etc
HelloBar Alternatives
HelloBar is definitely not the only one in the market who is providing you with this service. There are many other companies for it. And you might even find them suit you better than HelloBar. So, some of the top alternatives of HelloBar are:
If you are a newbie in blogging or doing it as a side project, then we would suggest you to go with free version only. However, if you are very serious about it and already earning some money from your website, then you can consider going for a paid version
HelloBar is a great service to increase your conversion rate. It makes your work easy and efficient. So even if its the free version, including a bar on your website, will definitely help you grow your website. Are you already using HelloBar? Which do you think is the best alternative of HelloBar? Let us know in the comments box.
In this article, I am going to demonstrate to you some home-based business ideas you can begin with no wealth in 2021 if you have an extremely short fund or no budget at all to launch a home-based business. You can restore your business ultimately with any of these corporations. If you perform them correctly and I will reveal to you where to begin and provide you with some advice on what to do to be profitable.
In India Rural and Urban Home-Based business, Home-based workers in rural regions rose from 13.6 million in 1999-2000 to 18.3 million in 2004-5 and accordingly to 20.5 million in 2011-12. The number of women and men in home-based business grew in both rural and urban locales throughout the duration.
Usually, if you would possess to do some kind of manufacturing t-shirts and maintain to adjust a pact with the factory, you would have to bring them your method somehow. Maybe you generate in your nation or several countries.
Usually, you will remember to make some type of order where you have to request a ton of units of whatever you’re giving generated. So you have to authorize a few hundred shirts or a few thousand shirts.
They appear in your cabin. You already put in a lot of money to get those sanctioned and then you have to stock them around then you have to buy them online. Then you remember to caption them up of course so you earn earnings.
Then you maintain to do shipping. You keep to load them and transport them suitably yourself that amounts to even extra wealth. So you remember to do all of this thing just to sell one T-shirt online. Guess performing that all the time. It’d be plenty of function and a fraction of headaches.
If you’re a T-shirt doesn’t do business very reasonable you would be in a huge economic hole very fast. So there are limited websites that kind of benefit you get through this because when people purchase your methods then they publish the shirt or whatever it is that they sold.
Then they delivered it to your consumer for you. They grab maintenance of all the manufacturing, the shipping, and all that stuff for you in trade for a small delegation on the exchange. So that means you don’t have to departments in your garage, you don’t have to reconcile contracts with factories, you don’t have to put a lot of money into ruling a huge declaration. This is easy home-based business idea to start your own business.
So teespring.com is one that enables you to perform that. You can work T-shirts, sweaters, hoodies, pants, phone fixtures. All you maintain to do is build an account for free. You would log in and again you would go to begin formulating.
Once you perform that then you can just begin establishing your T-shirt that, of course, does not overstep any kind of document or anything. Give rise to confidence that you’re developing your brands, your slogans. Be just be extremely thorough. Then you can auction them through teespring.com without retaining to do with all those headaches that I have spoken of earlier.
They ship it to them for you. They enable you to establish it on the website on the design itself. This website will enable to start you home-based business if you want to start your business in on-demand costume firm.
Mypick.com
A related type of stuff is mypick.com. It’s a spot where you can send sketches that you’ve taken and turn them into art prints, appliances, clothing. They do phone accessories, you can furthermore turn them into pictures that have them phrased. You can formulate them canvas arts, pads, suitcases, shirts, pants whatever.
So you can take images that you include on your phone already from your leisure or something or you can grab photos precisely for specific species of compositions or you can moreover buy them through mypick.com and not give birth to handle with a lot of headaches committing it in an old-fashioned way.
So those are a pair of places I propose if you need to do some on-demand category of the method company. They just take a commission once you’ve earned the sale. So you don’t put any cash upfront. This website will enable to start you home-based business if you want to start your business in on-demand costume firm.
Amateur Photography
Home-based business
If you are into photography this home-based business idea if for you. You could do a little bit of learner photography with mypick.com because you can trade your shots once they’ve evolved layouts but it appears to just exhibit the photo itself there’s a pair of apps that you can get for unrestricted on your phone. One is FOAP which enables you to make $5 per agreement of a photo and then a restricted amount of sales are enabled per photo.
You can take your photos from the holiday from evenings with pals. If you feel comfortable buying them you believe they would be reasonable as far as earning some money or you just need to put a lot of photos on them and see what wands. Foap is very highly traded for this. You can also discern what’s been sold newly using the discover tab.
You can furthermore check out the app if you know an Android or Apple device. So you can notice what it looks like. Just sign in and you can recognize what’s previously been sold, newly added. You can interpret other people’s ways of building your network.
So it’s like an Instagram category thing where you can earn money, trading photos. It’s a certain cool and recommended. We also take pictures of some kind. You might as nicely do something with them and earn some money. This is easy home-based business idea to start your own business.
Another one is a clashot. Clashot possesses an app for both Apple and Android devices and you can do business it through their app which enables you to call your price between 50 cents and 80 dollars.
They belong through residue photos, photobank which is like their supporter for giving the consumers. Then you can vend each photo for whatever you establish the price for and they get the liberties to utilize it from then on. If you need to survey it out it’s a clashot.com or you can review the app of course as well for your Android or Apple devices.
It’s a very steady kind of related to FOAP. The disparity mainly is that I think FOAP get commerce and you get five dollar per sale and women several sales. In class hot, you kind of set your rate and trade it. I believe you can constantly sell it once unless they alter that.
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing
Affiliate transaction is still getting on powerful and it’s one of the decent ways to earn money online. What you accomplish is you go to a website that includes an affiliate policy. There is a lot of them out there directly. There are more and more corporations detecting the interest of an affiliate program because it enables them to get further deals.
Clickbank is an extremely prominent one with an amount of traffic and a lot of commodities to select from. So if you want to recognize the apps or not the apps but the commodities that you can prove as an affiliate gets on to affiliate marketplace on Clickbank.com
Try by the sector. They have dialects, mobile, parenthood, self-help, software, entertainment, voyage, teaching, commerce, and all like that stuff. So if you occurred to go to Art’s and Entertainment, for example, you could see some of the prime ones, how greatly you can make on average per sale, how it conducts regular proportion per sale through gravity. This is the best home-based business idea to start your career with.
What the preliminary sale quantity is? What the classification is? What the deals porter glances like? like all that thing you can detect everything. So all you’re performing is you’re preparing people to buy a commodity through the link. You fetch people to your link through business online like social media, blogging, videos, podcasting.
Etsy also has an associate program. You can survey them out. Obviously, you can take off to Etsy.com to obtain an ordinary account and they also possess the affiliate program but you can almost google them on it again it should occur. You can get links to the various properties that you prefer.
You can stake them on Pinterest is one tremendous manner to do it. All you would do it on Pinterest like a typical photo and accordingly you can alter the link. Pinterest is arranging flawlessly for affiliate trade and people are attempting to make an occupancy.
If you want to do blogging and you don’t want to waste any capital on the blog. I would propose starting on LinkedIn. You can move to Linkedln.com you possibly retain a skilled profile already.
And you would just relate write a statement and then you can do blog posts promptly on LinkedIn get quite a bit of traffic through your connection, through other search outcomes. You can utilize some linked icons. This is certainly a decent way of earning money online through a business that doesn’t expect investment.
App referrals
Another aspect is app referral which is relatively related to affiliate marketing except nothing has to purchase anything. There are a couple of apps that I propose for this type of traffic one is called feature points. You fetch paid to try out apps and they might be games.
They might be something like a music platform like Spotify or something else but they’re usually very outstanding apps always. You can use them out for a couple of minutes and then you get levels. You trade these cards for gift cards or PayPal currency.
Then you can agree whether you need to maintain that app on your phone or not after that. They keep it available for Apple and Android. Primarily Android is best. You would give birth to get on to the real featurepoints.com and download it from your browser.
But it’s already in the Google Play store. If you have Android so it’s much simpler. You shouldn’t have any difficulty if you have an Android device. You get compensated not only for doing what the app says you. You can accomplish which is sample apps and then after you did that limited time you can watch videos and take polls.
For extra steps, you can market money via Pay Pal, Amazon, iTunes, Google pay. And then you furthermore retain a referral code. You can get business to the referral code pretty much in a similar path you would with affiliate marketing. You can perform with YouTube, blogging, social media, podcast, Slide share, etc. If you have more free time and more reach this home-based business for you.
ibotta essentially gives money to the grocery store. They’re collecting into Amazon and stuff as well. So if you want to purchase things through Amazon think that. You can get spent via PayPal or additional gift cards if you need it. Most people like to get on for something like PayPal.
It’s accessible both for Android and Apple. You can utilize the camera on your phone to search your vouchers and then you get cashback for specific commodities that are partnered with ibotta. So it enables you to earn wealth back from something you’re working already. Plus they have a decent referral policy.
You get a distinct number of money every moment you get someone to enroll and use the app. So as far as that takes off those two ibotta and feature points are two tremendous ones for just relating people as well as accomplishing what they are created for doing to make cash.
Article Writing
Article writing
The article is reasonable as far as beginning a business online because there’s a lot of various ways you can go. You can be a ghost-writer or guest journalist. You can compose per post. You can be a freelance author. A few suggestions if you need to begin an article business and not waste any money. This is the best home-based business idea to start your career with.
I would propose something like LinkedIn publishing have some varieties of your paper. If you don’t have any online yet but you can employ problogger.com/jobs. They have all sorts of composition from home like freelance, agreements, some of them are full time.
You will have opportunities to write for a lot of important websites like blasting news. You can write about fun, politics, parenthood. They have all sorts of programs on there. That’s the reason businesses board for that. If you need to leave for like guest writing and earning for the paper you can receive $200 plus to impress a blog post for a lot of several websites.
Also, if you need to do ghost-writing which essentially means you compose an edition, article for the person and they don’t refer your name but they just compensate you. Ghost-writing is considerable, unlike the freelance areas. So upwork.com will be a decent option.
Video Shaft
You can also launch a video channel. So there are limited various means to do this. Everybody realizes about YouTube. You can sign in and what you need to do is you need to click that sign-in button. Then you need to move to your settings then begin a new channel.
Now you can establish a fresh channel and earn the name for it. You go around and set up the profile art, then begin uploading videos to YouTube. If you retain a gaming track I would approve twitch.tv. This is a niche where you can receive paid established on how many see your channel based on them spending subscriptions to utilize this service.
Maybe even earn more fortune on twitch than YouTube with your gaming tapes. You can also live stream and stuff like YouTube just is sure of how to expect to do it. But twitch is very decent for gaming lanes.
Online Teaching
online teaching
You can get expended a lot of money by building your classes. This is how a lot of bloggers earn huge money. So if you notice bloggers who prepare like six figures a month typically they maintain their course. So rare places you can start out trading your lesson without wasting your money or concerning consumer aid.
One is udemy.com. You can belong to that website and notice what kind of additional lessons looks like. The pricing vs opponents. Following one is teachable which is an explicit opponent to udemy.com which enables you to develop courses and notify people for all sorts of aspects online.
These two are enormous as far as bringing about like a video course where you have unique portions. You can educate someone on how to do something whether it’s coding art, educating people on how to be a reasonable parent. This is the decent home-based business idea to start your career with.
Web Development
This is in huge need. If you need to understand more about web development I propose some of the coding languages like CSS, HTML, and stuff like that if you particularly need to do with websites. You can try solo learn which is also an app you can obtain on Android. If you are into teaching this home-based business idea is for you.
You can furthermore understand on your computer but it will educate you pretty much any coding language you need to understand. So that’s why solo learns is free. You have games where you keep to code to win. You possess lessons like you would have like in college.
You would remember a little quiz to test your knowledge of it. After every short task, you can accomplish it yourself and try the coding yourself. So it has a bunch of various paths for you to understand. If you need to trade your innovations through code through web development rather than just enabling websites.
You can build topics, plugins, just the code itself, and vend that on the Envato call. They have a lot of unique items like graphic design. If you need to go to code canyon, for example, you could trade plugins that people can download and enhance their website.
You would be the holder of the properties and you’re kind of assisting the dealing economy. If you’ve ever listened of the sharing economy it’s kind of like Uber and sort of began the whole aspect where you already retain a car you utilize it to be like a freelance taxi driver on your term.
People share drives. Now it’s bought to the point where people stake portions of their homes with Airbnb. You can share car, snowboard, surfboard, or skis on spinwister.com or opponents of theirs. You can begin TURO. It’s the one where you can have what people ride your car for a distinct amount of fortune per day when you’re not utilizing it.
That’s kind of fraction of the sharing thrift as well. Then you got Airbnb where you can, of course, host people in a visitor room or like a reservoir house or you’re the whole house and get spent for them to live there instead of like a lodging.
Social Media Consultant
Social Media Consultant is an incredible job right now. Everybody’s attempting to develop their brand on social media. You need to get devices that will enable you to automate as much as feasible because social media can bring a lot of time.
Hootsuite is one of the reasons one’s and buffer is also another decent one. They manage to labor pretty well for automating social media mail and plan. For example, if you to Pinterest if you need to be promising at social media you can go through and watch what the prime posts are. This is the best home-based business idea if you have reach from your social media and into marketing.
If you’re on Instagram you can do quotations, decor images. If you’re on Twitter you can provide short and soft statements. Just know what helps favorable and what social media strategy and then enable brands to evolve their existence using social media and you get spent a lot of cash to do that and it can be a leisure job.
Fiverr
Fiverr is an extraordinary place to auction your creativity in social media. It’s a freelancing site that entertains a lot of people watching for. The disparity between them and the upwork.com is Upwork commonly has bigger spending customers that are going to peek more into your profile.
Then you maintain to get on to them for the job whereas Fiverr generally has consumers possibly with shorter budgets where they appear to you established on a gig that you offering.
Many people buy gadgets like Kindle to read eBooks. But there are even more people who have smartphones and read eBooks on it. eBooks are the most convenient way for people who are too busy to read books.
However, nothing can replace books, but knowledge knows no medium. Knowledge can be shared through books, mobiles, computers, or even our mouths. And what could be better than earning money by sharing knowledge? eBooks are an amazing opportunity for business. Not only for empires but it is also helpful for individual bloggers, and writers. This is a great source of passive income. Let’s see what it is and how to write an ebook.
What Are eBooks?
What are ebooks?
eBooks or Electronic books are the electronic versions of traditional books. There is an eBook version of almost every book in the world. Rather than going to a store and finding a book or order the book online and waiting for days to be delivered, you can directly buy an eBook and get instant access. It will save time and you can take it anywhere where you can take your phone. However, if you want, then you can buy separate e-book readers like Amazon Kindle. Many people love to spend their spare time reading a book. eBooks are the best solution for that and you can earn money by ebooks.
eBooks are much easier to write and publish than traditional physical books. You just need your computer, some knowledge about writing and willpower to write. Unlike traditional books, you don’t necessarily need strong contacts and spend tons of money on publishing the book.
Availability
As they are digital, there is no chance of showing “out of stock” to the customers on your website. Your customers will never be pissed off because of that.
Search
People can easily search for the term they want to read about in eBooks. They don’t have to highlight every other word they want to remember about. However, people have the option to highlight.
Target Customers
Only those people will download your eBook who are interested in your product or niche. Once they download your eBook, you will get an idea of who are your potential customers. You can then send them emails advertising your product.
Make Relationships
People who read your ebooks will begin trusting your brand. Moreover, they will more likely to share about you with others. So, in one or the other way, eBook is a road to marketing.
Grow Your Emails
When people will download your ebook, they will have to submit their email addresses. This will eventually help you to grow your email list.
Versatile
You can add images, texts with many fonts, color fonts, and most importantly, links. You can add links to websites in your eBook. People can easily open that link if wanted.
Amazon Kindle ebooks
Format Of eBooks
Some of the file formats of eBooks are,
PDF
EPUB
AZW
LIT
MOBI
ODF
However, if you are going to provide your eBook for free to your visitor, then it is recommended to use the PDF version. AZW is the file format for Kindle books. You can use Kindle Create to convert your doc file or PDF file into AZW.
The most important factor in writing an eBook is an idea. Write an eBook on the least covered topic or which you are specialists in. Take your time thinking about the topic you are writing your book on.
You should have a good computer which can handle your documents and research at the same time. It would be great if you get the most updated technology. However, you can also go with your computer if you think it can handle everything.
Take your time for proper research about the chosen topic. You can’t just write anything. Make sure that every fact you are writing is true.
Create outlines about your idea. Create mind maps. You need to be prepared for your topic. Use a pen and notebook to write your full imagination. Write to each and everything you want to include in your eBook, in brief.
Start writing the book. Do not waste much time to do it. You can never finish it if you don’t start it. But be sure that you are all prepared to write the book. Tip: Create a good and peaceful environment so you can think better.
Design the cover for your book. If you think you are a good designer then do it yourself. Or just hire a freelancer to get you to design for the cover of your eBook. However, they are not important, but it looks professional if you add one.
Proofread the whole book. You can use professional software for it. Also, re-read the whole book to find mistakes.
Now, share your eBook with all your family and friends and ask them to review it. If they found anything wrong, then correct it before publishing it.
Lastly, publish your eBook. You can do that on your website. If you think you don’t have many audiences on your website, then you can go to any ebook publishing platform like Kindle, Smashwords, Google Play Store, etc. There are many such platforms available.
Conclusion
These were the simple steps on how to write an eBook. You can sell your eBooks or provide them free to connect with your customers. Moreover, you can provide them like a reward to your visitors for signing up on your website. The space for eBooks on the internet is getting bigger and bigger with time. There are many more opportunities to come. With the advancement in technology, you will be introduced to more amazing and unbelievable market opportunities.
Comment below, which is your favorite eBook? What advice would you give to someone who is going to write an eBook? Share this post with all your friends.
YouTube stars are today’s self-made celebrities—people who have earned an audience by creating content geared toward teaching, entertaining, reviewing, and being awesome on the internet. Most of these small-screen celebs do what they do just to do it, to scratch an itch for creating things and being in front of an audience.
How do youtubers actually earn? The below provides a guide to How Much YouTubers actually Make,
Google pays out 68% of their AdSense revenue, so for every $100 an advertiser pays, Google pays $68 to the publisher.
The actual rates an advertiser pays varies, usually between $0.10 to $0.30 per view, but averages out at $0.18 per view.
On Average the YouTube channel can receive $18 per 1,000 ad views. This equates to $3 – $5 per 1000 video views.
Business growth demands the creation of effective ways of garnering customer attention. This is achieved when customers understand the services that are being offered to them. YouTube is one such platform that can create brand recognition on the online platform. Posting a video content about any business can act as a way of enhancing credibility. You can easily make money online. It makes a business more visual and increases sales by attracting more customers.
How To earn money from youtube
Here are some tips on how to earn money from YouTube,
Share Videos On Social Media Platforms
Google media is well known in ranking business pages. Companies need to create videos that catch people’s eyes and enable them to share it with others. Lively videos raise people’s curiosity. This sends the signal that the business content is highly recommendable to potential customers. However, produce short and clear clips and provide keywords to make search easy. One of the most important point of this article on YouTube to Earn Money. Creating content and sharing on social media you can increase your audience and you can easily make money online.
Develop and maintain the videos with professionalism. It is of paramount importance to check and attach the business with other website owners. If the business video is embedded, it automatically counts as a plus and ranks higher in search outcomes. This information is updated regularly and enhances exposure to the outside world, thus, giving more ideas. Creating content and collaborating with others you can increase your audience and you can easily make money online.
Be More Interactive
Make the videos brief and clear. Customers always comment and rate its quality while watching the videos. Respond to their concerns as fast as possible as it gives an insight into improving the business standards. If possible, respond to each visitors comment and take their feedback with positivity. Creating content which is more interactive helps you to gain audience. You can easily make money online by making more and more interactive content.
Customers have different perspectives. Give a small description or overview about the business so that people can connect to the information. Create YouTube videos with various learning styles to enable messages to reach out effectively to the target audience. This can be made possible by the use of video demonstrations, texts, and audio services. Creating content which is more interactive helps you to gain audience and easily make money online from youtube.
Customization Of Business Channel
YouTube provides a channel that allows potential customers to view videos. Customization of the business channel can be done by creating links, use of colours and images. This can create a great opportunity to enhance the business identity. Viewers can relate to the display of the business very easily. The Youtube Channel allows notification to customers whenever a new video is put on the website. Customers get attracted to view the site frequently.
Once a video is posted about the business, much of the talking should be done by the customers so that companies get to know how their products are being perceived. As per the people responses, identify potential customers, ask for their consent and document their testimonials to post them on YouTube. This will have a great impact on the business as it will inform the rest of the world how useful the business has been to these customers.
Benefits Of YouTube To Earn Money
Avoids traffic
Online business is increased with increased viewers. This allows reaching out to target group by use of videos. There are many ways of passing information but videos bring an interactive mood and are thus, used widely. People get attracted and problems get solved effectively.
Association With Google
Google is very friendly in searching for information. Most advertisements on different businesses are done here. A large number of people watch videos daily; therefore, a good quality article is needed to attract more readers. It will be an advantage to the business in terms of marketing. As searches increase, Google ratings will also increase. Important point in YouTube to Earn Money
There’s never been a better time for a startup. While many people out there are saying that the market is saturated, there are too many “fakers,” and that you can’t make money online, several individuals are out here killing it every day. So, why is it that some people have no trouble making a ton of money online while many never make it out of the startup phase?
It has to do with your marketing strategy. The problem with online business is that it’s so easy and accessible. Back when you wanted to start a brick and mortar business, there was a lengthy process to go through. The steps of applying for loans, permits, licenses, getting a building, and all that weeded out the fakers. In the digital world, anyone can call themselves an expert in something and start a business today. What will give you a leg up over your competition is having the best startup marketing strategy for your startup. In this guide, I’m going to help you map out your strategy so you can achieve greatness.
What is a Web Marketing Strategy?
marketing strategy
Your web marketing strategy is the series of actions that you’ll take to help grow your company. You need to have everything figured out ahead of time, so you know what to do as each problem or issue arises.
You should have a firm understanding of all the following points before you ever spend a dime on marketing or start offering services of any kind. Let’s take a look.
First, what are you doing with your business? Are you trying to generate leads? Do you want to bring attention to something? Do you already have clients, but are trying to bring better results for them?
Whatever it is that you’re trying to do, you need to give it a name and stick with it. Your ultimate goal should be to achieve a business that satisfies you spiritually, emotionally, and financially.
Think about it this way. If you’re dating and you’re trying to find the perfect partner, you likely have a few traits in mind of your ideal person. Maybe you’re looking for someone with brown hair, blue eyes, with a career-focused mindset, who likes to spend time outdoors.
You need to do this with your business, Take note of all the things you want your business to do for your life and how you envision getting up and going to work every day. Once you’ve done that, under each point you made, figure out how you’ll get to the desired goal.
Understand Your Audience
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One of the most powerful things you can do is create a buyer persona. This person is your ideal customer or client, and they need to have an exhaustive description. You’ll have a solid understanding of who your audience is, what they like, and what motivates them to buy something.
When you create a buyer persona, you want to keep some of the following things in mind:
What motivates them?
What discourages them?
Pain points they might have.
Why are they here?
What excites them?
What exhausts them?
You can go on and on with this, but you want to be as comprehensive as possible. When you understand your buyer, you’ll have an easier time writing copy, crafting emails, and building funnels that appeal to that specific person.
Here’s an example of a buyer person named Supermom, “My buyer persona is a stay-at-home mom between the age of 25-35. She has two kids under the age of 10, and she values her health and the health of her family. She tries to eat healthily and cook quality meals every night, but between wrestling her kids, yoga classes, her kid’s soccer practices, and volunteering at the church; she’s left with little time at the end of the day.”
That buyer persona might work for a company that sells pre-packaged healthy meal plans that you can purchase a week ahead of time and plan into the week. It allows the mom to feed her family a healthy dinner, and she can always have one available when the day drags on longer than planned.
In this section, let’s break down the four steps of every sales funnel. You’ll find a lot of variations, but these are the four primary steps you should always refer back to.
Awareness
Interest
Desire
Action
With Systeme.io, we focus on making it easy to create funnels using these four steps. Our funnel builder allows you to appeal to the psychological side of these steps.
Let’s work our way down from the top.
Awareness
Here is where you are teaching people about your brand. You’re introducing them to your company but not trying to sell them something. A lot of businesses skip this step, and they wonder why they aren’t having success. Think of this as going up and introducing yourself to someone you’ve never met before.
Interest
At this step of the funnel, the customer has seen your brand, and they are opening their ears to listen a little. They may even show that they’re interested in the company and they want to learn more about what you can do for them. Here is where you want to start preaching the benefits of your product or service.
At the desired stage, the customer is now interested in doing business with you. They’ve decided that your product or service is useful and they want to purchase it. Now you don’t have to sell anymore, you need to provide them with the information they need to buy. Here is where upsells will occur as well.
Action
Finally, the customer is taking action, and you might even be up selling them on something else. At this stage is where retargeting occurs as well. Many people, even though they seemed interested at first, will back out.
Where are your buyers?
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Okay, so now you know who your buyer is, and you have an awesome funnel that is bound to convert traffic. Now you need to get people into that funnel.
To do this, you need to find your buyers. Let’s go back to our buyer persona to do this. So, we have a stay-at-home mom who values her health, loves her family, does yoga, and is young enough to be on the cutting edge of technology.
Where do you think she might hang out online?
She might be on Pinterest, checking out design ideas for her home.
Maybe she’s on Facebook during her short period of free time when the kids are running around
Or she could be googling information about cheap and healthy weeknight recipes for children
If you’re trying to build a web marketing strategy around this buyer persona, you need to know where she is and what she is doing there. Understanding this will not only help you create the right ads and copy, but it will help with your funnel as well.
Remember that personalization is key with your sales funnel, so the individual needs to think that this funnel was explicitly made for them.
You hear it all the time on platforms like Click funnels; they talk about funnel hacking. With Systeme.io, we like to call it “customer research.”
It’s important to know where you find your audience because each platform has a different intent.
People on Google are usually there to find information or buy something
People on Facebook are there for entertainment
People on Youtube are often there for information or entertainment
People on Pinterest are there for ideas and inspiration.
Your startup will perish if you don’t have the right web marketing strategy. But, in addition to strategy, you need the right platform to run your business. In 2020 and beyond, it’s essential that you have a highly functioning and well-converting sales funnel as well as the best landing pages.
You also need email marketing tools, customization options, a blog, a place to sell your stuff, and automation that take some of the grunt work out of your hands.
For that, you have two options. You can scour the internet to find five or six different marketing platforms and see if they work well together. Or, you could get a 14-day free trial of Systeme.io and get everything you need in one place.
Systeme.io provides easy to use funnel building tools, email marketing, automation, and more. Best of all, you can get started for free and take your business from a startup to wild success in no time.
Be sure to keep all the points outlined in this article in your mind while you’re building your funnel. Remember,
Know what you want to accomplish
Understand your audience and create a buyer persona
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