One of the most common questions I get these days is how to start working from home and making more money. Many are put off by scams and schemes that job sites like Indeed are unable to filter out, and want more specific information about legitimate work from home opportunities. Here are 4 High paying work from home opportunities that you can explore.
Business Analyst
Summary
Business analysts work with organizations to help them identify and solve business problems. They do this by analyzing business processes, gathering and documenting requirements, and recommending solutions that address these problems. This role has the potential to lead to further roles in Product or Project management. Salaries range from $60k – $120k annually.
Let’s say a retail company wants to launch a new product. The analyst may conduct market research to determine whether there is sufficient consumer demand as well as industry trends. They would then help the product development team define the product’s features and specifications, create a project plan, and estimate the budget and timeline for the project.
The analyst may also work with the marketing team to create a go-to-market strategy for the new product line. This might include identifying target customers, developing a pricing strategy, and creating a marketing campaign.
Skills Needed
Business analysts should have a good understanding of many different tools and what they do. Here are some specific tools you should learn about if you are interested in pursuing a career as a business analyst.
- JIRA is good for managing a project, breaking it into chunks or tasks and keeping the appropriate personnel accountable for completing them.
- Confluence is good for collaborative documentation with teams.
- Lucidchart is used to map out processes and workflows in a visual manner.
- Excel/Google Sheets skills are also fantastic skills that can help you break into this field.
CRM Administrator
Summary
A CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system is a software application that helps organizations manage interactions with customers and prospects. A CRM system typically includes features to help manage customer information, such as contact details, past interactions, as well as tools for tracking sales leads, managing marketing campaigns, and analyzing customer data.
A good explanation to help illustrate exactly what a CRM is to think about how other types of relationships could be managed for example how do you make your significant other stay in love with you? What if you had a bad memory? You could keep a written record about the events and facts that could help you to romance your partner. What is her favorite color? When is her birthday? When is her mothers’ birthday? What wine does she like? Etc . . .You could call this written record a Relationship Management book. What if you wanted to apply a similar record keeping book but for your customers? That is a CRM.
There are tons of different CRM systems that are used by businesses but Salesforce, Dynamics CRM and Monday.com are some of the most well known.
Skills Needed
Each CRM has its own interface, training and quirks, and lots of companies hire administrators to maintain these systems. Administrators are responsible for
- Customizing and configuring the system to meet the needs of the business it supports.
- Managing User Access and Security
- Creating and managing reports and dashboards
- Training and support
- Updates
The great thing about these skills are that they are relatively easy to learn and no code is required!
Medical Credentialing Specialist
Summary
Medical Credentialing Specialists are responsible for verifying and assessing the qualifications as well as professional credentials of healthcare providers like surgeons, doctors, nurses, etc. It involves verifying a provider’s education, training, licenses, and experience, as well as checking professional references and conducting background checks.
Skills Needed
- Attention to detail
- Time Management
- Communication skills
- Microsoft Office
There are also multiple certification opportunities in medical credentialing to help you stand out in interviews. NAMSS is a good website you can use to check for these.
SEO Specialist
Search Engine Optimization and Marketing is the process of increasing the visibility of a website or App on search engines. There are many factors that go into SEO but a few of the basics include:
- Conducting keyword research: Identifying the keywords and phrases that people search for when looking for your products, service, or website and strategically using them throughout your website’s content.
- Website Optimization: Site structure (link structure), page titles, descriptions, videos and images all need to be optimized to yield higher search rankings. Making titles clear and concise, adding alternate text to images and uploading them into compression programs to reduce file size and increase site speed are all methods to do this
- Build high-quality backlinks: Earn links from other reputable websites to boost your website’s authority and improve search engine rankings. This is done through various methods including contacting other websites and asking for a link
- Utilize social media: Use social media to promote your website and content.
- Using web analytics tools like Ahrefs to monitor your website’s traffic and performance, and make adjustments as needed.
There are numerous SEO blogs you can visit to learn more about the craft, https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ and https://moz.com/blog are 2 of my favorites.
These are just a few of the many high paying work from home opportunities available in the market place. Soon we will be publishing a guide that goes into greater detail on how you can go about scoring these gigs. From resume prep to negotiation we will help you get the best offer you can.