You either work 9 to 5 or freelance independently. Either way, you don't receive residual income from your works. In a 9-to-5 job, if you miss a day, you won't be paid for that particular day at end of month. As a freelancer, if you don't produce and deliver, not only you don't get paid, you'd ruin your hard-earned reputation.

What if there is a way for you to earn residual income many times over your initial effort now? Residual income simply means that when you complete a job, you keep getting paid without putting forth extra effort or work on your part as long as "final product" of your work still exists and is still being sold.

The average industry reports are sold $3,000 a piece and authors (also called "researchers") earn 25 percent royalty out of retail price. Thus, earning $5,000 per month is not impossible at all. In fact, it is a conservative estimate. Many market intelligence authors earn much more than that, but they are less likely to disclosing actual figure.

Breaking in and succeeding in market intelligence report writing is much easier nowadays, thanks to computers and Internet. Researching for industrial information took a lot of effort a few years ago. Now it is more of what and who you know, where to look for and how to get yourself hooked up to sources of information, even if you don't have previous experience in field. And yes, most of these activities can be done online.

Naturally, if you know how to operate a computer and perform online research, you already possess two of most essential skills to succeed in this business. So, wait no more. You can start writing as soon as you want either part-time or full-time.

An entire industry has grown to support and help companies develop their web sites to present quality content. There are editors and copy writers, localization experts to name a few. These companies specialize in web sites. They help to develop compelling language, usually designed for visitor who skim reads. They recognize that visitor might devote two minutes or less, and unless in those few moments they ‘are captured’, they wont read anything in depth and result: NO SALE.

If we can hold these fleeting visitors to actually read our words with some care, and hence take our product offer seriously, our language has to support their initial good impression. Spelling errors, poor grammar, slow loading art, and countless other factors will all debase quality.

Little inconsistencies in our written language bother visitors. For example, hyphenating a word on one page and not hyphenating same word on a different page. Visitors aren’t necessarily even conscious of errors; but they are left with negative feelings.

When we first develop a web site we devote considerable resources. We check and edit and test, may be take user surveys and then check it all again. And finally our web site can be described as finished. If only it were so simple. As most people who manage a web site will know, things change. And changes, improvements and enhancements to our web site are usually a continuing effort.

And because we are working mainly with that wonderful tool called language, we’re working with a changing foundation. The Internet itself has added a whole new set of words. Over past few months I’ve been developing an Internet support web site intended to help small businesses (it is http://www.selling-it.com/ ). Throughout project I’ve been faced with choices about how to spell words. Should I write an e-book or an ebook? Which letters do I capitalize? If I’m a Webmaster why do I run a web site? Is it a Unix or a UNIX or a unix server that I’m using? Will people buy my products using checks or cheques? Technical words like php, .htaccess file and MySQL were all problems. In fact new words and phrases are continuously added to our language.

Then we have traditional problems that English presents. Some words allow two quite acceptable spelling forms; i.e. inquire and enquire. Is it best to use British or American spelling on a web site? Numbers present special problems. Were there 25 enthusiastic testimonials or twenty five?

Initially I tried to rely on my spell checker but sadly it wasn’t much help. I worked hard researching a variety of web sites providing advice on quality content. But no where was I able to find a categorical definition of correct spelling and capitalization of many technology related words. And you bet I tried dictionaries.