With the HUGE impact these weeks (not even months yet!) is having on both us as individuals and businesses it got me wondering what the 'earning from home' world will look like when things return to normal in a few months.
Traditional Mystery Shopping - Part of me wonders if this will now die a death, it was hanging on as it was and there are going to be a lot of businesses in trouble who just won't have the money to spend on MSing checks and audits.
Smartphone Task Apps - I would say these companies need to pivot to offering some kind of medical information to new clients that is useful in this brave new world as if they don't I again can't see Gillette or Redbull wanting to spend money (or even massively caring) on how their displays look in-store. Maybe the apps will change to being more survey based as Field Agent became due to its lack of work
Rating Work - I can't see this changing. More people than ever are using search engines or social media so I don't see Web Search Evaluator work or Social Media Rating work going anywhere at all.
Matched Betting - This will carry on as normal once sports comes back and I would expect some MAJOR offers from the bookies to get punters back so we might have a bit of a 'Cheltenham Wave' to ride during those returning weeks. I do wonder though if the football is done for the year and we just start again in September so we could be in for a few more months of casino offers and south African horse racing!
Blogging - Marketing budgets have died a total death! The only way to make money at the moment is through affiliate links and companies hunting for backlinks. There is literally naff all in terms of paid sponsored work! Even if you had a blog that was exclusively catering to homeschooling or Coronavirus or something when companies approach you I doubt they would want to spend half the budget they did a couple of weeks ago. Hopefully, when people return to work a few months further down the line they will want to spend money on marketing to get their names back out there so now is a good time to focus on the SEO of your site if you run one.
Surveys - These have already proven to be more popular than ever and I see no reason why wouldn't continue.
ebay / reselling - I’m not so sure about. I don’t think people are going to be as keen to go into charity shops or car boot sales to buy stock which they then want to flip for a profit.
Online Focus Groups - I think these will EXPLODE. If this epidemic has taught us anything it's that people are far more willing to do video conferencing than ever before so companies will want to tap into that I think.
I also sadly think there will be an uptick into online scams and other 'get rich quick' schemes. I've had a look around the usual MLM companies and all their reps tend to be on 'countdowns to nothing' which promise a BIG ANNOUCNEMENT THEY WON'T WANT TO MISS which is absolutely nothing and just a way of keeping their team engaged and not leaving them..
Anyone else got any thoughts?
Traditional Mystery Shopping - Part of me wonders if this will now die a death, it was hanging on as it was and there are going to be a lot of businesses in trouble who just won't have the money to spend on MSing checks and audits.
Smartphone Task Apps - I would say these companies need to pivot to offering some kind of medical information to new clients that is useful in this brave new world as if they don't I again can't see Gillette or Redbull wanting to spend money (or even massively caring) on how their displays look in-store. Maybe the apps will change to being more survey based as Field Agent became due to its lack of work
Rating Work - I can't see this changing. More people than ever are using search engines or social media so I don't see Web Search Evaluator work or Social Media Rating work going anywhere at all.
Matched Betting - This will carry on as normal once sports comes back and I would expect some MAJOR offers from the bookies to get punters back so we might have a bit of a 'Cheltenham Wave' to ride during those returning weeks. I do wonder though if the football is done for the year and we just start again in September so we could be in for a few more months of casino offers and south African horse racing!
Blogging - Marketing budgets have died a total death! The only way to make money at the moment is through affiliate links and companies hunting for backlinks. There is literally naff all in terms of paid sponsored work! Even if you had a blog that was exclusively catering to homeschooling or Coronavirus or something when companies approach you I doubt they would want to spend half the budget they did a couple of weeks ago. Hopefully, when people return to work a few months further down the line they will want to spend money on marketing to get their names back out there so now is a good time to focus on the SEO of your site if you run one.
Surveys - These have already proven to be more popular than ever and I see no reason why wouldn't continue.
ebay / reselling - I’m not so sure about. I don’t think people are going to be as keen to go into charity shops or car boot sales to buy stock which they then want to flip for a profit.
Online Focus Groups - I think these will EXPLODE. If this epidemic has taught us anything it's that people are far more willing to do video conferencing than ever before so companies will want to tap into that I think.
I also sadly think there will be an uptick into online scams and other 'get rich quick' schemes. I've had a look around the usual MLM companies and all their reps tend to be on 'countdowns to nothing' which promise a BIG ANNOUCNEMENT THEY WON'T WANT TO MISS which is absolutely nothing and just a way of keeping their team engaged and not leaving them..
Anyone else got any thoughts?
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