A little progress every day adds up to big results.
Rome was not built in a day and neither Burj Khalifa.
And this is true of everything you want to learn or achieve in your life.
With planning, patience and perseverance, you can learn anything.
To master a skill, all you need is dedication and discipline.
In this article, we list six important skills that you can learn in 30-days.
These are some of the most popular skills that are useful when it comes to working from home.
Moreover, these are also the skills required for various work-from-home jobs.
1. Blogging
If you have a flair for writing, blogging is one of the easiest skills you can learn in a very short time. Today, the internet is overflowing with bloggers who write about everything and anything under the Sun. But that’s not what’s going to help you. If you want to make a mark in blogging, you should select a specialised area that you are passionate about. It could be writing about used cars and how to buy one or if you are interested in fashion, you can talk about how to use your old clothes to make a fashion statement. The trick lies in picking up a niche that you enjoy writing about and can sustain it for a longer period.
2. Google Analytics
As the name suggests, Google Analytics is a free web tool that lets you measure and evaluate details about your website’s traffic. The understanding of this tool can help you in making improvements to your website and campaign. If you are into digital marketing, it is one of the most important tools that you should know about. It has great significance for SEO executives, campaign managers, and product managers among others. Your expertise in Google Analytics can open many job opportunities for you.
3. Digital Marketing
If there’s an area that has vast potential in online marketing, it is digital marketing. If you are looking to make a career in this field, invest just a few hours a day to learn digital marketing. There is no dearth of online platforms that offer free digital marketing courses. In fact, you can also search for websites that offer fee online courses. Since digital marketing is a broad area, you may start with SEO, Google AdWords or Social Media. Once you have an understanding and practical experience of digital marketing, you can apply to various digital marketing jobs.
4. MS Excel
Part of Microsoft Office Suite, MS Excel is one of the beautiful programs that has made life so easy for professionals who are into data analysis and visualisations. But today the use of MS Excel is not limited to accounts and data analytics. In fact, it’s being used for a variety of purposes by a large number of professionals. It’s used in SEO, content marketing, digital marketing and social media among others. MS Excel helps businesses chart out data and processes with the use of formulas. It is also used to create graphs and pivot tables. The best part about MS Excel is that you can learn it for free with the help of various online tutorials.
5. PowerPoint
Another powerful program from Microsoft Office Suite is PowerPoint. It is used for presentations and to present information by using text, images, diagrams with animations in slides to explain a topic or idea. Just by devoting half an hour every day, you can become an expert in making PowerPoint presentations (PPTs). You’ll be amazed to know some organisations outsource this work especially when there is a high-level meeting or presentation. Moreover, it is a program worth learning to share your proposals and ideas in front of your prospects.
6. Learn a New Language
While English is among the most common languages globally, you may learn a new language to have an edge. Learning a new language depends on your profile, your plans and your area of interest. There are various apps that can help you in learning a new language. Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, French, German and Spanish are some of the popular languages but you should choose to learn a language that is in line with career goals.
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