By Nicholas
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An Infopreneur is one (human, animal or machine) whose primary business is gathering and selling electronic information. This term is derived from the words “information” and “entrepreneur”. An infopreneur is generally considered an entrepreneur who makes money selling information on the Internet. They use existing data and target an audience.
The term is often used on the Internet. Older legacy inforpreneurs sold their information in other mediums such as audio tapes, audio CDs, CD-ROMs, videos, talk shows, and conferences.
The classification of infopreneur has created a new style of business on the Internet, which allows anybody with a computer and an Internet connection to start businesses by publishing information that may appeal to a specific market. Sounds exciting – but there are hitches.
There are generally two kinds of infopreneurs:
• those that sell information they have amassed on their own and
• those that earn commissions from selling information that they know nothing about.
The latter may be considered more of an “information trafficker”
As the infopreneur is his / her own developer, marketer, producer, and distributor – some infopreneurs consider themselves being in the publishing business. Unlike traditional print publishing, the infopreneur puts down, in electronic form, what he / she knows from experience or what he/she learned and passes them on to the world through publishing on websites, blogs, ebooks, emails, etc.
The impact of these infopreneurs has also had a disruptive impact by slicing through the traditional publication industry that involves agents, publishers, distribution channels, and retailers. As a result, entrepreneurial firms have emerged to serve artists and authors who want to be self-published.
Blogs and advertisements
Information traffickers do consider themselves infopreneurs, because they are making money out of information. Many of them utilize the power of the World wide web and create web sites and blogs as their storefront.
So what do I do to become an infopreneur?
To become an infopreneur, you should first decide what information product you wish to sell of the internet. There are lots of Information products. E-Books are a good example, and if you are an authority in any area, why not sell your expertise?
You could also do things such as story writing. Imagine the joyful life style of writing stories on the beach. Well, so long as you could sell enough stories.
Another nice thing about being an infopreneur is having a world wise market. People all over the world can access your web site, and purchase your products.
Being an infopreneur is not easy though. You have to find good saleable products, plus you need a lot of people to visit your web site.
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Nicholas (Nick Thorne) is the founder of MomohoNZ Limited a company that specialises in Education and Training; E-Media; Project and Analysis; and Writing. He lives in Gisborne, New Zealand.