One of the reasons online business appeals to me and thousands of other people across the world is that it gives you the opportunity to earn income from anywhere in the world.

I have this image in my head of a guy sitting on a beach in Jamaica (I don’t know why it’s Jamaica, but for some reason it always is) on a chaise lounge with a Corona and a wifi-connected laptop.

He’s just taken a dip in the cool crystal blue sea and is now sunning himself as he checks his ample Google Adsense earnings or affiliate commissions for the day.

photo credit: ** Maurice **

It’s a dream of many people to become a part of this burgeoning “mobile workforce.”  Whether you start an ecommerce site, a blog, a forum or community, it is fairly easy to do so.

You don’t need to know how to code.  You don’t need to know much about SEO (although it helps).  You don’t even need to know how to write well.  Every day it seems like a company starts up based on helping people create small businesses, manage inventory, or market products or services online.

Most people probably won’t end up conducting the bulk of their business from a beach in Negril, Jamaica, like my example above, but what’s stopping you from trying.  In the process you may find yourself getting an extra check or two each month.

That’s called disposable income.  And last time I checked, that’s a really nice thing to have.