I’ve done some of that although not much.
But there are some training platforms that are really big like udemy, Lynda.com or Learnable
You’re right about the amount of free information on the internet but people still pay for their training… Why?
Because they want results, they need someone to push them to finish and because the amount of information on the internet is huge but, most of the time, not very well organized. And they need someone to turn to, to ask questions, a mentor.
We all need it. That’s why it works.
As suggested, you can use skype or similar. I’ve used anymeeting, gotomeeting, etc. for larger groups.
The thing is that the limit of things that you can do is in your imagination. And anything is going to take some work. And you’re different than anyone else, you have your own style so success only depends on you.
Typical home based online businesses would be
- bloging
- remote training/teaching
- remote computer assistance
- Your own website to sell your own products (ebooks, your classes, videos, music…) or affiliate products (amazon, commission junction…)
As I siad, you can be a bit more personal and have a meetup at home, once every other week or maybe every week (look at meetup.com for examples)
You charge them for providing them a service: teaching them about computers, photography or whatever.
In big cities, it works great for language exchange. So if you have foreigners nearby, I’m sure that they will pay for the extra help to get rid of the bad habits and mistakes.
And from there onwards, you can do whatever you want: candles, soap, knitting, transcript or administrative services…
There’s no limit. So choose something you really like because you’re going to end up fed up with it