The world is very different now that more people are working from home, practicing social distancing, and trying to avoid the coronavirus. Many people have been laid off and are trying to figure out what to do next.

This is a perfect opportunity to develop high-income generating skills to help you prepare for future opportunities and to reinvent yourself. Let’s talk about what they are and share a few ideas that you can check out for yourself.

WHAT ARE THE HIGH-INCOME SKILLS?

High-income skills are the specific skills that you can develop and cultivate that are in demand across multiple industries that can lead to lucrative opportunities to generate substantial revenue for yourself.  Dan Lok, an entrepreneur I’ve been following and an expert on this subject, states that these skills could potentially result in the ability to generate as much as $10K per month.

Here are 7 skills you should consider and explore while you are home staying safe.

1.  COPYWRITING

Copywriting is a skill we all could learn and benefit from understanding. This skill involves writing content for emails, landing pages, online ads, and communications for interacting with potential customers.

With more customers and businesses completing more transactions over the Internet, being able to communicate your ideas clearly and persuasively is a skill in high demand.

2. DIGITAL MARKETING CONSULTING

Helping a company or individual establish an identity online is critical in today’s marketing efforts. Choosing the appropriate tools to use as well as how to use them is something you could learn and offer to organizations.

Companies that utilize traditional marketing can augment their initiative with a social media strategy that you can help them develop. If you like selling, marketing, and social media, this is a skill you could develop.

3. BRANDED VIDEO CREATION

More people are consuming video from YouTube than from traditional cable networks. It is a tremendous platform to reach and engage with customers. Companies that master leveraging video can position themselves as experts in their fields and do business with preferred brands.

If you are an expert in video creation, editing, and production, you can take advantage of opportunities to work with companies that need a video to help sell their message or advertise a new product.

4. BRANDED PODCAST CREATION

Audio content is consumed passively on the morning commute or while doing other tasks. With the advancement of telecommunications and availability of bandwidth, it is easier to stream video and audio to many people.

Podcasting is the contemporary implementation of terrestrial radio where listeners can subscribe to shows and have their favorite episodes downloaded to their phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. Companies are looking for podcasting experts to help them develop a strategy to use this medium to reach new customers and subscribers.

Podcasting is in its early stages, so jump in and learn as much as you can about it. If you are an audiophile or you tinker with recording sound or music, take a serious look at podcasting.

5. PUBLIC SPEAKING

One of the greatest fears on the planet is to get up and speak in front of people. If you have mastered that fear and like to give public speeches and presentations, you could turn that skill into a lucrative opportunity.

Great public speakers are in high demand and their ability to convey their message is something you can learn to do for potential clients.

6. COACHING

Michael Jordan, recognized as one of the greatest basketball players on the planet, had a coach. Lebron James, Zion Williamson, Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, and other famous professional athletes had a coach to help them develop their skills and talents.

If you like helping others achieve their goals, you should consider coaching as a skill to develop. It is not the same as providing training because it involves a slightly different skillset.  You will need to market and sell your ability to help your customer reach their objectives.

7. WEBINAR EXPERT

Being able to create and facilitate webinars is a great skill to work on at home. Companies leverage webinars to build email lists, introduce products and services, and make sales.

If you have a webcam, a microphone, and access to webinar software, you can create a compelling online experience.

NEXT STEPS

Here are some things for you to consider:

1. There are many sources you can use to learn these skills. YouTube is a great source of video content
2. Find projects that provide opportunities to practice your skills. You can build, develop and work on your own side project to gain experience and momentum.
3. Document your results and learn from them.
4. If one skill you try doesn’t work, try another. Feel free to explore all of these options to find the one that works for you.

I delivered a workshop on hiring for your startup of small business a few weeks ago and I really enjoyed the feedback from the participants on this topic. We focused on the three things you look for in candidates for the roles in your organization.

• Knowledge – this is information, data, facts, and content that the person needs to execute the role you are recruiting. Everyone should have foundational knowledge in order to do the job so make sure you find out if a candidate truly knows what they are doing.
• Skills – these are demonstrated actions that a candidate can present. You want to review the evidence that the candidate can do the work through previous projects or initiatives they have participated that will ensure success in the target role
• Abilities – these are the unborn innate things that you can’t teach a person that will help them be successful. You can’t teach having a natural curiosity but it may be helpful to have it for the target role. You can’t teach initiative or persistence but you may need the ideal candidate to have that quality. Look for opportunities to evaluate the abilities you need to take the role to the next level – and your business

Let us know if you need help with your hiring process or want to discuss this topic further. We are glad to connect and help you succeed.

Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled. That definition comes from Harvard and we agree with it based on what it represents in context.

We all need to have an entrepreneurial mindset in the days ahead. We need to head into this year embracing the opportunities to create something from nothing – to become producers instead of consumers.

As we all cross over into the new year, we should take some time to reflect over the past year, reset our expectations, and refocus our efforts on the right goals and objectives.

For us at The DEJ Group, we had a tremendous year in 2019 with some great wins and some learning moments. We helped a lot of people get clarity on where they wanted to go. At the same time, we had some challenges we had to face and some disappointments we had to experience.

We’ve taken what we’ve learned and reset our expectations for the future while changing our focus to align with where we are going. We are grateful to have that opportunity and we are confident that 2020 will be a great year for our team.

The future of work will be determined by the ability of companies to acquire and develop diverse talent. In today’s competitive market the future of corporate performance will be measured by an organization’s ability to retrain and reskill its workforce to meet future demands. One way for companies to ensure their relevance is to have an inclusive value chain.

Our series on the Inclusive Value Chain will cover our ideas on how to build a connection from supplier to you to your customer that takes into consideration the changing demographics and pressures from globalization that many companies will face in the coming years.