Are you thinking about starting an online business or ministry? Do you want to run your own business or ministry but aren’t exactly sure what you want to do? Do you have a job you hate and think that starting an online business might be the answer?

Although there are many reasons for starting an online business or ministry, whatever your reason for thinking about an online business or ministry in the marketplace, here are seven of some of the amazing benefits of getting started that will help motivate and convince you to take the leap into entrepreneurship or marketplace ministry.

Greater Work-Life Balance

One of the biggest benefits of starting an online business is having a greater work-life balance. Sure, having your own business comes with work, but it also allows you to customize your schedule.

When you have a traditional job, you typically have set hours and must be at your job during those hours. Even if your job allows for flexibility in your arrival and departure time, having the flexibility to take time off when you want is rarely allowed.

But with an online business, you have the ability to control your schedule. If you want to take a week off or only work four hours a day, you can make that happen. And if at all, you can say “no” to extra assignments and unflexible work hours giving you more of a work/life balance.

Work-life balance translates to a happier you!

Lead a More Varied Life

When you have an online business, you’re able to lead a more varied life. With your business in your pocket, you have the ability to say “no” to extra work hours and assignments when you need time off.

And thanks to the global nature of business, you have the ability to travel and experience new places and cultures. You’re able to visit places that you’ve always dreamed of going to while still maintaining a career and income.

In fact, many people who start an online business find that they travel more than they would with any other form of employment.

Reach a Global Audience

When you have a global audience, your online business can be open 24 hours a day and 7 days per week, but you don’t have to physically work that long. If you set things up correctly, you can have passive income coming in while you’re asleep.  Depending on the business model you choose to create online for yourself, you may have to specify the daily operation hours for your online business or ministry.

More Cost-Effective

Having an online business can be more cost-effective than a traditional brick-and-mortar business because there are no overhead expenses. An online business can offer many benefits that a traditional brick-and-mortar business can’t. So if you’re ready to take the plunge, the best time is right now.  If you’ve been on the fence about starting an online business or ministry and wondering if you got what it takes or if it’s worth all the effort, I put together a FREE Strive For Motivation Course inside my FREE Facebook Group that you can join here.

More Flexibility

When you have an online business, you can schedule your own hours and days you want to work.  You can go on vacation whenever you want, unlike a traditional job where you may be limited on how many weeks you can go on vacation per year.  If you have a loved one who may get sick, you don’t have to feel bad because you can’t afford to take off work to be with them or worry about not having the funds to survive if you took off a long extended time off of work.

Save Money

You won’t have to commute to your job every day, which means you save money on fuel and keep extra money in your bank account for bus transportation or taxi.  You will also save money on clothes because you won’t have to wear suits or dresses to meetings on the job.  Depending on what kind of online business you have, you can work in your pajamas the majority of the time and only get dressed for coaching sessions with clients or when going live on social media.

Technology Tools Help Your Business or Ministry

Thankfully, there are numerous business tools to help grow and even help automate the functionality of your business or ministry that will not only help save you tons of time and money but allow you more freedom to do other things instead of constantly working in your business. Some tools include social media scheduling tools, video editing tools, graphic design tools, writing tools, software tools, marketing tools, streaming tools, customer managing software, content creation tools, and so much more.

Marketplace Ministry Benefits

The World Needs Your Gifts

There are individuals who are called outside the four walls of the church and take their faith, spiritual gifts, and talents into the marketplace where a transference of wealth is exchanged. As faith-based entrepreneurs, we are accountable for availing our gifts to the world, whether that be in the form of teaching, healing, administration, prophecy, or any other gifts of the spirit and natural gifts. You don’t have to shove your faith down people’s throats or try to convert them to your faith, but you can display the fruits of the spirit in your business and show good character, integrity, and honesty.

Staying Healthy

Working from home or anywhere in the world as long as you have a laptop enables you to be more consistent in creating healthy workout habits and eating habits.  When you are confined to working a regular job in the office, sometimes you don’t have time to meal prep, which makes you more vulnerable to eating fast foods for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  But when you work from home, you have more free time to plan ahead and meal prep for the week as well as have a daily routine for working out.

Conclusion

As I mentioned earlier, if you’re not sure if the entrepreneurial online path or marketplace ministry is for you, you can always join the FREE Facebook Kingdom Creators Hub and go through the  Strive4Elevation Bootcamp training for free to see if this online world is something you may be interested in doing. You can complete the video training in under 30 minutes. But, I believe you got what it takes to become successful online. Join the community so you can go through the BootCamp here.