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Driving an hour or more in rush hour traffic to work in a cramped cubicle is outdated and expensive: the new model involves working from home:
According to this article, from The Wall Street Journal:
There are almost as many professional bloggers in America today as there are Lawyers:
Lawyers: 555,770
Bloggers 452,000
Computer Programmers 394,710
CEO’s 299,160 Firefighters 289,710
(Source: Bureau of Labor and Statistics)
This article, from The Wall Street Journal continues:
Demographically, bloggers are extremely well educated: 3 out of 4 are college graduates. …2% do it for a living successfully…it takes about 100,000 unique visitors per month to generate an income of $75,000 per year…..bloggers can get $75 to $200 for a good post….
That is not new information; but this is:
Bloggers: 452,000; Computer Programmers: 394,000; Real Estate Professionals: About 1,000,000:
From the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics
Projections Data About this section
| Occupational Title | SOC Code | Employment, 2008 | Projected Employment, 2018 |
Change, 2008-18 |
Detailed Statistics | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | ||||||
| Real estate brokers and sales agents | 41-9020 | 517,800 | 592,100 | 74,300 | 14 | [PDF] | [XLS] |
| Real estate brokers | 41-9021 | 123,400 | 134,000 | 10,600 | 9 | [PDF] | [XLS] |
| Real estate sales agents | 41-9022 | 394,400 | 458,200 | 63,700 | 16 | [PDF] | [XLS] |
| NOTE: Data in this table are rounded. See the discussion of the employment projections table in the Handbook introductory chapter on Occupational Information Included in the Handbook. | |||||||
Earnings About this section
The median annual wages, including commissions, of salaried real estate sales agents were $40,150 in May 2008. The middle 50 percent earned between $27,390 and $64,820 a year. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $21,120, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $101,860. Median annual wages in the industries employing the largest number of real estate sales agents in May 2008 were:
| Residential building construction | $49,620 |
| Land subdivision | 44,410 |
| Offices of real estate agents and brokers | 41,320 |
| Activities related to real estate | 36,410 |
| Lessors of real estate | 32,150 |
Median annual wages, including commissions, of salaried real estate brokers were $57,500 in May 2008. The middle 50 percent earned between $36,420 and $93,970 a year. Median annual wages in the industries employing the largest number of real estate brokers in May 2008 were:
| Residential building construction | $63,280 |
| Offices of real estate agents and brokers | 59,710 |
| Activities related to credit Intermediation | 57,740 |
| Activities related to real estate | 56,140 |
| Lessors of real estate | 47,230 |
We have still not accounted for:
- Professional services
- Medical
- Multilevel
- Sales
- Independent distributors
- Franchise Owners
- the list goes on…
Where am I going with this? Simply put: between the millions already working from home (above), and the millions who soon will be due to changes in teleconferencing technology, broadband, and the way business is being done (more and more remotely); there s a gigantic marketplace for:
- Home office equipment
- Home office services
- Home office vendors
- Home office innovations
- Home business entrepreneurs
- Home business professionals
Now my question to you is: what portion of the above represents the decline in your existing business, and what are you going to do to adjust your targeting to circumvent the movement of the cheese? I have already done it: Join me! We are seeking authors, vendors, advertisers, resellers, and clients here:
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