Example Online Business Ideas – Things You Can Literally Specialize In Starting This Year

Hi guys,

Welcome to my master resource for online service business ideas! 

I plan to (or, at least, hope to) keep this updated as an ongoing resource with ideas for areas of expertise that anyone can learn and begin a service business around in under a year.

Right now it’s a bit of a shell and just a list, but this is what you guys asked for (service business ideas) and I wanted to deliver sooner rather than later to get your gears going.

I’m tired of people saying “I wish I could do that” when they see my lifestyle – the truth is there are many possibilities that can allow others to live how I live, working on my own time from where I want.

So without further adieu, here are 30 ideas of things you could specialize in, as specifically or as broadly as you’d like, to start a business online this year. 

ADS MANAGEMENT

• General ads management.. handle any and all of the below
• PPC/Adwords management – you can become an expert in JUST Google Adwords and charge people 700-2500 monthly just to manage their accounts
• Facebook ads management – same as above, slightly lower fees
• Instagram ads management
• Pinterest ads, or even simply Pinterest promotions
• Whatever ad platform that has a significant market!SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERTISE, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING
• Pinterest marketing for ecommerce stores
• Instagram marketing/outreach and influencer outreach
• General social media management (become an expert in coming up with calendars and scheduling)

CRM IMPLEMENTATION AND CONSULTING

• General CRM advice (support multiple platforms)
• CRM implementation specializing in specific CRMs – Hubspot, Agile, you name it
• CRM optimization (make the CRM work better for them if they aren’t using it properly)

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

• Web design
• Web development (coding)
• App design
• App development
• Any type of programming
• Social media graphics design
• Ad graphics design

SEO

• Local SEO
• Ecommerce SEO
• SEO for a specific industry
• SEO for other SEO companies (whitelabel)
• SEO training
• SEO for on-page only
• Offpage (linkbuilding) only

COPYWRITING

• Copywriting for a specific industry
• Sales-page writing
• Blog writing, general OR on a specific topic