Starting an online business

I recently re-launched the Women in Web, Wireless, and Outsourcing blog and invited friends and female club members to contribute. This is one blog project where I hope to get enough folks to blog in it, generate traffic, and earn at the same time.

Joan Piñon, site owner of My Little Baker, made her first post on "Owning a piece of the Web". It is about her story of taking the plunge in setting up her online business.

I encourage you to check it out and give her moral support as we need more entrepreneurs in this country. Her experience can also be most encouraging to educators, as Joan is also a teacher.

As for my story, here are some posts that you can check out:

• About DigitalFilipino.com
• Blogging and the Digital Filipino
• Build it, break it
• Work at home

How about you? How did you get started with your online business and started earning online? If you have an "about" story in your website that details it or blog post that gives a bit of a history, I hope you can share the link and get others inspired too.

How the Internet changed my world

In celebration of One Internet Day Manila, Cebu, Davao, we also decided to align our activities with One Web Day and participated in a special blogging activity on how the Internet has changed our world.

Joel Yuvienco already started the story-telling and it inspired me to share my own insight on the topic too.

1. The Internet has empowered me to work at home or wherever I want to be.
2. Expand my network in no time. Met people with same interest in different parts of the country (including the world) and establish relationship.
3. Easier to do research and help kids with their school work.
4. Able to teach via instant messaging.
5. Start my own radio program online.
6. Establish my own club and grow the community.
7. Create e-learning and teach online.
8. Create e-books and sell it online.
9. Pursue advocacies and promote them online.
10. Celebrate the Internet's greatness and shout out to the world.

I'm sure there's more and will post soon. Read Bob Martin, Chris Haravata, Noemi Lardizabal-Dado, Ernesto Sonido, Joan Piñon and Moowagirl story too.