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Hi everyone, I hope your weekend was great! My contest ends soon, May, 6th at 12(noon) eastern time. If you want to enter, just comment on my contest post. I recently got a weird question from someone who had a very negative attitude. They asked me how they could get motivated if they are a very lazy person. In a situation like that; you have to want to succeed. But, here is a little trick you can use to keep you going.
Laziness is the worst possible motivator for failure. By nature, anyone just getting starting with a home business is sure to have laziness in them. The best way to change laziness is motivation with rewards. You have to set up little checkpoint rewards(motivation) along the way to reach your goals. Checkpoints that reward you somehow are the best motivators to keep you going. With most people, all they need is a little money to motivate them.
It’s very important to give yourself something back for all the work you put in to your home business. If you don’t give yourself anything back, working at home can become very discouraging as well. Give yourself some motivator money. The best motivator do work everyday is a simple reward. Giving yourself a reward is the best possible way to motivate any lazy person.
If you give yourself little checkpoints with rewards you can have something to look forward to doing. To me, a checkpoint is everyday when I accomplish everything I needed to finish. Always working and giving nothing back to yourself as a reward is a great recipe for disaster. I see this all too often with new home business owners. They get sick of working because they don’t have free time, nor the money to do anything fun.
Rewarding yourself can turn your motivation in to a daily routine. That’s how you become successful working at home. A daily routine has to be created and followed through everyday, no matter how lazy you are at the time. Laziness is one thing; but not having a daily routine is another. A daily routine can actually show you the road to success. Putting you daily routine onto a list can really make a huge difference in the right direction.
A daily routine list can be very effective. When you write down your daily tasks onto a piece of paper there is no guessing. You don’t have to say, “What do I do today?” You have it all right there in black and white. Things become easier when you see what you have to do to complete your daily tasks. That’s why a daily routine/checklist is so important. Something about the human mind that doesn’t make your goals so impossible to reach when you can see them. Maybe they become more real when the list is not just in your head. This daily routine/checklist has worked for me through the years like a dream.
This checklist is nothing without any rewards though. A great reward at the end of the day, can give even the laziest person some motivation. I have a huge love for chocolate and it doesn’t take much to keep me happy. At the end of my daily checklist I give myself a reward. The last step on my list is to go grab a hot chocolate at my favorite diner. It’s a very small reward compared to most people’s expectations. But, it’s enough to keep me going. It’s important to give yourself a reward only if you do everything else on your checklist first. That’s why your reward should be the last thing on the list. Don’t give yourself a reward, if you didn’t earn it.
Your reward could be beer. I know most of my readers are men and I know how much men love their beer. The important thing is to make your reward small, daily, and enough to keep you going for the next day’s list. It has to be your constant motivator. As the days go by and you make more money; give yourself better daily rewards once and a while. With time, you won’t have to bribe yourself with huge rewards, because your daily routine has become habit anyway.
I usually make my daily routine list 3-6 times a week, as some days I do the same things I did the day before. I usually write my list the night before my day starts. This way I know what needs to be done the following day.
The fact of matter is; I can’t help anyone’s laziness habits. But, I can show you how to break all your bad or lazy habits. The power of the mind is very underestimated. You have to want to change. Once you feel the need for change, you will open roads to success that you never saw before. Overcoming laziness can be very difficult if it is in your daily routine already. Get off the coach and make your daily routine/checklist list. Don’t forget to give yourself a reward for completing your daily list.
Thanks for reading everyone! Let me know if you have any questions.
Hi everyone, I hope everything is good. I would like to thank everyone for entering my contest the other day. I would also like to congratulate Staci from New York. She is the winner of my contest. I will do my best to have this contest at least once a month. Sorry about springing the contest at the last minute. I want to give my readers the best chance to win and 24 hour contests (without notice) will make the odds better for you all. So, keep coming back if you want a chance for me to teach you how to work at home.
Today, I want to tell you about the importance and advantages of making multiple streams of income. The best thing about having multiple streams of income is: you always have money coming in from somewhere. Having a steady stream of income produced by multiple sources can really keep you afloat. Especially, if you are just starting out. Everyone knows how discouraging it can be to make no money.
Don’t count on making a million dollars overnight. Try to concentrate on building one thing at a time. Another words, take baby steps towards your multiple streams of income. Build each empire and get it going. Then start another empire, build it, and get it going. Start again. It’s a very simple formula that works great.
Even if your multiple stream incomes right now are your 9-5 job and 1 small source online. That’s a great start. Most people don’t even have that much to start. That’s a perfect foundation to build on. That shows that you already have online experience and are willing to take on extra. If you don’t have any online experience in making money yet, your journey will be a bit longer. That should be pretty obvious. But you wouldn’t believe how many people get a computer and think they can make a million dollars overnight.
A great advantage to having multiple streams of income is; You can help supply money to new projects from your other income sources. You don’t have to take money out of your own pocket to start a business that might fail. Get it yet? In the business world, you want to always put money back into the business. So, as you make money and get used to your daily tasks; as with anything else, things become easier. You will probably want to take in more money and have the extra time. Your daily tasks are easier because they have become a habit. Your previous source of income should help to fund the new project you want to take on. If you keep this system going, you can have dozens of projects making money for you while one project pays for a new project.
Let’s say you want to start a new project to start affiliate marketing now. You also have a full time job and ebay on the side. So, let your ebay income help the new project get going. When that new project starts bringing in money; Start using your ebay money as profit again, and make the new project fund another new project. Keep this cycle going to produce multiple streams of income.
You have to put money in to your business if you want it to grow. Most people just keep dumping money into the same business. The sad part is, the business is dead or close to dying. Spread yourself out. Some things that you wouldn’t even guess bring in more money than others. You have to experiment and find out what works with you.
Try this little system out and expand your business in to multiple streams of income. If you have any questions let me know. I would love to help.
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Hey everyone, I hope all is well. A family member of mine lost her job from a lay-off today. I am going to teach her how to make money from home. It’s a sad day in American history when someone working at a company for 26 years just gets laid-off without warning. Not even a day notice to prepare for the decision. It was finish your day if you want, but we can’t use you here anymore. Might as well say, “don’t let the door hit you on the way out”. Where I come from, you give seniority some respect. At least throw them a party after 26 years, right?
Well, the recession in America, is definitely here without question. Our money is worth didly-squat to other major countries around the world right now. The exchange rate if you leave the country is terrible now. I remember going to Canada or other parts of the world and my money be worth around double or more. Things have changed drastically in the past 5 years for the worse. Seems like the only way to hold a job these days; is to work for a gas or oil company.
* Cut down on your extravagant lifestyle. Stop spending money on things you want. Start spending money on things you absolutely need. Save the rest. I know this sounds easy, but it isn’t. That means, everything from the extra pay channels on cable, to that morning coffee you buy. Start watching less T.V. and make your own coffee in the morning. Bag a lunch. That alone, could save you a few hundred dollars every month. Two dollars for that coffee in the morning times 30 days in a month. That is $60.00 for coffee you could save every month. Think about all the things you don’t’ need and can cut out. Make some adjustments to your daily life. Times are getting tough.
* Don’t use those credit cards! Stop wasting your money. The interest rates on almost everyone’s credit cards are ridiculous. Why pay interest on your own money? I never got it. I had credit cards in the past. I find no need for them anymore. For years I have stayed away from credit cards. I use my bank debit/card. It is a gold visa card and the money comes right from my band account. I can use it like a credit card all around the world. I never pay interest. If I don’t have the money, I can’t spend it. The temptation is so much less if it’s your own money and not borrowed money from the credit card companies. That’s all a credit card company is to me; A high priced loan shark.
Some people pay off the same credit card debt their whole lives. The credit card hole is awful. Get out as soon as you can. If you do have credit cards, stop using them. Pay them off and KEEP THEM. It’s important not to shut down your credit card account down if you have had it for a long time. That long term credit card is good for your credit score. Don’t use it at all and keep it. If you pay it off and get rid of it; the long term plus towards your credit score will be erased, in turn lowering your credit scores. I speak from experience.
It’s a whole other story if you know you are spending your money and not the credit card company’s money. Your spending habits will immediately change for the better, I guarantee it.
* Take on another job or money maker. If you work a regular job, take on a part time job. Even if you sell an item or two a night on ebay. Start something on the side to help out. Get a laid back part time job somewhere. Think about things you are good at doing. I bet you could make some money with your talents if you really think. Give it a try. The least that could happen is; you get an extra hobby that makes money.
* Invest some money in different places if you can. I’m not saying to gamble your money away. There are tons of ways you could safely invest small amounts of money. IRA’s are a great way to save some money and get back a lot. I recommend a Roth IRA if you go with an IRA. Roth IRA’s are tax free when you take your money out. Regular IRA’s tax you on money you withdraw. Start putting extra money in to your 401k plan. Or start a 401k plan if you don’t have one already. I am sure your bank, could give you some really good Credit of Deposit rates. You can put a small amount of money into these types of programs. You don’t need to be a millionaire. I don’t recommend getting into the stock market, unless you know all about it already.
Save all that money you don’t spend. In some cases I have saved people thousands of dollars every month by these same tips. You never know when you will need this money. Refer to this money as your back-up/emergency fund. Don’t spend it on anything except necessities. Bills, loans, rent/mortgage, car funds etc. And only use the fund when you can’t pay those things normally. Like a real emergency. Don’t look at that money as extra. Put it to the side and ignore. Keep saving it and it will grow. Someday you may need it for something major. If you own a house and make $2000.00 a month; a good cushion would be $24,000.00 on top of that. Expensive problems seem to happen at the worst times.
Thanks for reading everyone. See you tomorrow.
Hi everyone, I hope your weekend is going good. I got a lot of feedback over my top 7 list yesterday. Thanks for all your feedback. I don’t mind helping all of my readers. Well, here is the bottom 8 on my list of best online auction marketplaces of 2007-08. Just because they are on the bottom, doesn’t mean I don’t recommend them. I recommend expanding your ebay business to all of the auction marketplaces in my top 15 list.
8. Ubid (***1/2) - Ubid.com makes the top 10 in my list for keeping the low prices on their website a priority. They have been around a long time (since 1997) and they are not going anywhere, anytime soon. They are known for their famous 30 minute auction. I have got some really great stuff on Ubid. You can get some great bargains there. Ubid is great if you are looking to buy good merchandise for cheap money. I have used Ubid many times to buy and then resell somewhere else. I recommend ubid if you are looking for another ebay alternative.
9. Half (***1/2) - Half.com makes the top 10 on my list for very obvious reasons. One is; they are owned and run by ebay. That means, they get tons of traffic. More traffic = more sales. Half has been around about 10 years now. They have a great reputation for selling books and other small item digital media. This is where most college students buy their books. At half.com you can save a ton of money if you are looking for expensive books or media. Especially if you are looking to resell them. Half.com is also a great place to get rid of books or digital media you don’t want anymore. I have never been an avid seller there. But I do use them to get rid of small media I don’t want. Give them a try if your house is starting to look like a library.
10. epier (***1/2) - Epier.com is another great ebay alternative. Of course they don’t get the traffic ebay gets. But they get enough buyers that you will make money. Epier has established a great reputation over a span of 10 years. They have silently climbed the popularity ladder as the years have gone by. Not many people know about epier. They made the top 10 on my list because they are like a lost treasure. I tried them a few years back and there were not many members. Now they have tons of members and the seller competition is very minimal.
11. bid-alot (***) - Bid-alot.com is another good online auction marketplace. Bid-alot didn’t make my top 10 because the active members have shrunk dramatically in the past 6 months. Most of the users went to some of the auction places I listed in the top 10. It’s funny how you recognize other powersellers from ebay by seeing them all these years. Bid-alot has been around for about 5 years and they are a good place to buy. You might not make as much money selling there. But I have found more than a few great deals that I ended up making lots of money from. Sign up and give them a try.
12. Craigslist (***) - Craigslist.com (classifieds) is a fantastic place to sell or buy anything. They get almost as much traffic as ebay on a daily basis. The sales turn around by listing an item on craigslist is phenomenal! I recommend using them if you want more sales. The only reason craigslist didn’t make my top 5 list of 2008-07 is because of the increase of scammers working over innocent people. Craigslist has become notorious for the famous Nigerian check scam. Read this post I made about the fake check scam if you want to use craigslist. Beware, there are lots of people that try to scam you with fake checks on craigslist. Don’t except any checks if you plan to sell anything on craigslist. I recommend using craigslist as they should probably be in my top 5. But I want to make it clear, be very cautious if you sell anything there. I try and steer people away from places they may be scammed. But, if you are a cautious person, familiar with scammers, you will be okay. O’yeah, craigslist is a magnificent place to pick up some really good things for cheap money. Especially, if you plan on reselling the merchandise. Give them a try. They are totally free to use.
13. sell (***) - Sell.com is a good place to buy and sell also. They are kind of set up like craigslist(classifieds). They have tons of members and you will sell lots of things there if you have a good niche. Certain categories seem to sell a lot better than others, Um, if you know what I mean. Adult things for those that don’t get it. I have been able to sell a lot of lingerie at sell.com. It’s also a good place to get a deal on a few things. You can even find the strange and original items that are hard to find. An Elvis backscratcher that sold for $112.00. What’s up with that, lol? I guess you can find anything in classified ads. Give them a try. Sell.com is a good place to expand your business.
14. Shopgoodwill (***) - Shopgoodwill.com is another little secret I have kept until today. I know, you are probably laughing, goodwill. But I am laughing all the way to the bank. I have bought more than a few used and “working” Xbox 360’s for under $100.00 on shopgoodwill. Those are just a few things I have bought there recently. I have probably bought 2 items a week, for the past 4 months on shopgoodwill. I have bought some really good items that I re-sold for more than double. You can’t sell anything on shopgoodwill. But, the great things you can buy there for cheap money is excellent! I recommend using shopgoodwill.com, if you don’t mind re-selling used, “working” items.
15. cqout (***) - Cqout.com is a great auction marketplace. There are thousands of members on cqout.com. The only reason they are last on my list is because they serve mostly United Kingdom. You can click onto the American flag to find local auctions, so they are very versatile. They are great for selling or buying. Not much competition for sellers. But, there is a huge amount of buyers on cqout.com. There is no reason not to expand your ebay business to cqout as well. The more places you have your items up for sale; the more items will sell. It’s just the law of selling anything.
As you can see, ebay isn’t the only money maker in the auction marketplace world anymore. Lots of little auction websites have stepped up to the plate. And, with all the powersellers leaving ebay over recent rule and fee changes. It looks very good for the up and coming auction marketplaces. Just remember, none of these auction marketplaces get the consistent traffic that ebay produces, YET. Although, some of them come very close. And hey, every little bit counts, if you are trying to leave ebay and lose the high auction fees. I regularly use 13 out of the top 15 auction marketplaces on my list. 12 of them collectively, make WAY more money for me than ebay. That’s why I say every little bit counts. Expand away from ebay for a little while. Or keep your ebay business going and expand at the same time. You have nothing to lose except more sales everyday.
I have some more places to list. They are not marketplaces that you can sell. But, they are great places to pick up items for a great price, so you can resell. Come back tomorrow and check out the list.
Thanks for reading everyone.
Hi everyone, today I will be giving you some useful information to steer away from ebay and their high prices. I have not fully jumped the ebay bandwagon yet, but it’s about that time. I will probably always sell on ebay. Recently, I have been selling on other auction websites for experimental purposes. Because of ebay’s recent strict rule changes and price hikes, some really good auction marketplaces have popped up all over.
I tested all the auctions marketplaces I will tell you about in my top 15 list. They are some really good auction websites that actually have traffic and a really good sales to listing ratio. A few of them bring in more traffic than ebay in certain times of the year. Amazon and overstock have reported record numbers in November and December 2007. Amazon reported more sales in the Christmas season of 2007 than ebay reported. That means people are starting to drift away from ebay more than ever.
Late last year I made a post relating to the auction marketplaces that were hot around that time. You can find that post here. I have to say, “even though those auction places are great”; the list I have for you in my next two posts, are WAY better in quality. In the past 8 months I have been experimenting with over 40 online auction marketplaces. I know, I will have a lot of happy readers after my 2 part post on top 15 auction marketplaces of 2007-08.
The auction places I tell you about in my list, are the very best out there right now. Although, none of them get the consitent traffic that ebay receives; they have a fantastic turn around ratio. And, all of their auction fees are either, free or VERY cheap! Many, actually have a huge chance of surpassing ebay’s warpath on the online auction world. Okay, here is the list that will change the way you do business online from now on.
Here is my list of the top 15 auction marketplaces of 2007-2008. Listed from best to worst. I will be ranking them on a five star scale. Five stars being the best and 1 star being the worst. Don’t worry the worst is still a great place to make money. I don’t want to bore you with a huge post. So this will be a two part series in a 2 day blog post.
1. Ebay (*****) - Ebay.com still belongs in top dog position. Although, I don’t make as much as I used to on ebay; I still make more on ebay than any other one auction marketplace. So Ebay definitely deserves slot number 1 on my list. Keep in mind, if I combine all the other auction marketplaces I use, except ebay, I make double of what I make on ebay. So I could survive if ebay were to leave my life today. The fact is, it doesn’t look too bright for ebay’s future in the online auction marketplace world. Especially, with all the new rule and fee changes. So many sellers like me are leaving if they haven’t left already. Also, all the new auction marketplaces are making an effort to rid ebay forever. Don’t underestimate ebay though. They still hold the crown in my book for top auction marketplace.
2. Overstock (*****) - Well, I give auctions.overstock.com 5 stars like ebay. I gave them 5 stars and number 2 slot because they are a goldmine. There isn’t much competition selling and there are millions of users buying. In a short amount of time, overstock has been making me some really good money. Not as much as ebay. But I am sure, if I put as many items on overstock as ebay; my sales may be more than ebay. Overstock has really impressed me. I have only been using them for about 3 months and the turn around ratio reminds me of the old ebay. I recommend overstock.com as your primary ebay alternative. The fees are very at overstock are very minimal compared to ebay.
3. webidz (*****) - Webidz.com beat out Amazon on my list because they bring in more sales for less money. Webidz is my little hidden treasure. This place also reminds me of the old ebay. And guess what? Webidz is free to list items! That’s another reason it beat out Amazon in my top 15 list. The traffic you get on webidz is great. There isn’t much competition as a seller. And there are more buyers than sellers, so you make good money. I recommend using webidz as your FREE ebay alternative.
4. Amazon (*****) - Amazon really deserves the top 5 in my list of best auction places. In my honest opinion; I think Amazon will eventually take ebay’s place or they will become a lot bigger than ebay someday. Amazon has been ebay’s close competition this past year. In the Christmas season of 2007, Amazon beat out ebay’s reported sales volume. In fact, Amazon destroyed ebay’s sales numbers almost 2-1 during the winter season of 2007! That goes to show how much potential Amazon has to take over the auction marketplace. The money you make there isn’t too shabby either. Give them a try if you are thinking about an ebay alternative.
5. Onlineauction (****) - Onlineauction.com is another great ebay alternative. They get tons of traffic and a majority of the items you list, sell. They even have a deal right now. If you sign up, you will be considered a founding member and you receive a free e-commerce website through them. Hey, it’s free and it’s a great deal. Don’t pass it up. Expand away from ebay. Give onlineauction a try. They have a very small monthly fee and you can list unlimited auctions! Onlineauctions rightfully deserves the top 5 in my top auction marketplaces list. You can make great money there!
6. Ebid (****) - Ebid.net is a HUGE auction marketplace. They are set up just like ebay. They have a different website for almost every country around the world. Just click onto your country and sign up. For instance; ebid’s USA website is us.ebid.net which brings you to only people in the USA. One of the best reasons I put ebid.net in the top 10 right under Amazon; They are free. If you open a store, all your listings will be free also. Plus you get a free T-shirt, lol. It might sound cheesy, but the sales you make on ebid are well worth using a free auction marketplace.
7. ioffer (****) - ioffer.com is another good ebay alternative. You can even transfer your ebay feedback onto your ioffer account. You don’t pay any listing fees. You only pay a small final value fee when your item sells. ioffer gives you a free ecommerce website storefront. ioffer makes it onto the top 15 of my list because the fees are very minimal in comparison with the money you make there. Even though ioffer gets really good traffic, they don’t get as much traffic compared to the first 6 in my list. But there are a lot more buyers than sellers on ioffer. And, as you know, with little selling competition and more buyers, you will sell more items. There is a reason they are in my top 15 list, with 4 out of 5 stars, check them out.
Tomorrow I will continue my list of great ebay alternatives. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. Thanks for reading my blog everyone!
Hi everyone, hope you’re doing great! I always get questions from people asking me how to stay on track with starting a home business. Most people seem to get distracted and quit after a few days or weeks. Yes, it’s easy to say, “stay motivated and don’t procrastinate”. But, how do we really stay focused without quitting? Hopefully I can help you out. I know a few tricks to keep you right on track.
Keeping focus of your goals is an important factor in starting any home business. But most people don’t know how to start a business, let alone keep their goals within reach. Keep in mind, the most important thing about not quitting; is dedication. You have to dedicate some time into anything you want to be a success. You dedicate your life to your 9-5 job because you know it pays the bills. If you dedicated all that time into your home business you wouldn’t need that job anymore. Here are some tips to get started and stay dedicated to your home business.
Be your own boss. Remember, you are the captain that runs the ship. You call the shots. But don’t let the shots call you. Work in your work clothes or your underwear. As long as you stay dedicated to all the decisions you make. Make any adjustments and tweaks needed along the way. If you have a partner or someone helping you; Make sure they stick to your rules and decisions or hit the road. Don’t let anything or anyone get in your way!
Start off with a place to work. You need a work desk if you want a home business. Even, if it’s just a small table in the corner of the room. Your computer desk can make a great work desk also. Your work desk doesn’t even have to be in a room you use all the time. I prefer a work desk that is away from distractions. Television and kids can distract you for hours. It can become very discouraging to start a home business if you are being interrupted all the time. I find the basement or attic make a great work area. I use my computer room (attic), because it’s away from everything else in the house and I can shut the door.
Now that you have a place to work; set some rules and hours to abide by. Don’t ever break your rules and don’t cut your hours. Make believe there is a boss there watching you. Mostly, this is all about trusting yourself. Make sure you stick with your schedule of rules and work hours. Try and set your work hours early in the morning before your 9-5 job. Or, set your hours for when you get out of work. Either way, stick with your hours, unless there is an emergency(just like a real job). Write all your work rules on a piece of paper. Your rules can be a trial and error thing for what works best for you. If you make any rule changes, make sure you write them down in a place you see all the time. Stick with them or the boss will call you in their office!
Clutter is fine, but keep organized! You all know what I mean. I am sure you have looked for that piece of paper you wrote something important on and threw it away or lost it. Clutter is the sign of a genius. But don’t misplace anything. Make a folder on your computer and put all important documents into this folder. Have a small desk-side cabinet in your work area. Put all important paper, documents, etc. into a folder and store it in your cabinet. Label everything so you know what everything is. It’s senseless to just put it in there without labeling it and spending an hour later trying to find it. Make some in and out boxes for all needed work to be done for the day. Get organized and above all, label everything! You’ll save yourself tons of time.
Take a break but don’t let your break turn in to an all day task. Distractions are the number one reason people never get anything accomplished when starting a business. That’s why I said an attic or cellar are the best places to choose as a work place. There are fewer distractions there. No T.V., no kids, nothing except work time. Try and work in a place you can shut the door and close yourself off from the outside world in your house. Don’t forget to take a much needed 15 minute break every hour and a half or so. But, don’t over do it when break time comes. Remember, there is a boss watching you.
Don’t quit! Just like that job you like a lot. You wouldn’t quit a job you really like, would you? Like I said earlier; it is so important to make some rules and follow them just like a real work place. Because in reality, if you wanted to sit on your butt and do nothing you can. Nobody will really fire you and the boss isn’t watching. But this seems to work with me. Follow the rules you set and make believe there is a boss watching you. Remember, someday your home business will bring you way more money than your 9-5 job ever will. So kiss your boss’ ass and stick to the rules!
I really hope this helps some of you. This is what I do to stay on track and it works great. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for reading everyone!
Happy Monday everyone! Today, I will be answering a question someone asked me over the weekend. They asked me if affiliate programs work. You know, the ones that claim you can make thousands a day. The answer is; yes, these programs work. But, only for some people. People that are experienced at bringing large amounts of targeted traffic to websites usually prosper in this type of work. For every one affiliate that succeeds, one thousand others fail. Affiliate programs are not for everyone.
Although a majority of affiliate programs are legit, most of these programs are very misleading. They claim you can make thousands of dollars a month for doing absolutely nothing. This may be true, if you can place that affiliate program link on a website that gets thousands of hits everyday. If you don’t have a website that gets thousands of hits everyday all ready, then you would have to build one. It could take months or years to drive a marketing campaign and get thousands of visitors a day.
They make it sound very easy. You place the affiliate link onto your website. Someone visits your website and clicks onto the affiliate link. If they buy something, you get an affiliate commission for each sale. No inventory, no overhead, no boss, no storage space needed. It sounds very easy. And it is very easy. Only if you know how to market and advertise your affiliate website with the affiliate links. Or, if you have a website that already gets thousands of hits everyday.
Some programs even say you don’t need any customer service. WHAT? No matter what you do in the business world folks; you will always need customer service. Most programs go out of their way to hook you in to the program with big dollar amounts and fancy slogans. I tend to stay clear from these types of programs, as they are usually bad news.
Stay away from all the sketchy or questionable programs. If you feel uneasy about the program, don’t sign up for it. There are thousands of others out there that are very good programs. Try and sign up for major name affiliate programs. People tend to trust these programs more for obvious reasons. Try and find affiliate programs that you know will pay you well. You are not doing this for free. Lots or programs out there reward you with a very reasonable commission. Don’t be forced into small affiliate commission pay outs.
Make sure the program is suitable for your customers. Does the affiliate program offer them a good deal for a reasonable price? Remember, they clicked onto the affiliate program from your website. So you can be held accountable in your customer’s eyes. They may never return to your website if they get ripped off. Have you ever tried the product or program? Would you buy it? Scams are everywhere. Although something may seem legit, try and do extensive research on each of your affiliate programs you advertise. You don’t want to give your website a bad name by advertising scams to your customers.
Try not to combine other ad programs and affiliate advertisements on one website. Blending other ad programs onto an affiliate website never seems to blend in right. It usually makes the website look jumbled together with advertisements. I am still learning how to make a website look pretty with advertisements. All in all, it makes a great trial and error experiment. From my experiences, you get a very poor turn around rate if you combine other advertisement programs with affiliate programs on one webpage.
If you know how to drive traffic or have a website that already gets lots of traffic, you can be a big affiliate success. If you don’t know how to advertise or market, here is a post I made to bring targeted traffic to your website. Check it out here.
Having lots and lots of traffic coming to your affiliate webpages is very important. You won’t succeed in the affiliate world without lots of traffic. This is the heart of the operation when you are an affiliate marketer. Some people go to college for years to learn how to market or advertise. Other people have picked up on how to advertise and market right out of their homes. There are many different ways to market and advertise. My suggestion to you is; change with the times. Find out what is new and working right now. Because, what worked 5 years ago to market and advertise wouldn’t work as well today.
Related content is another important factor on your affiliate website. Make sure the content on your website is somehow related to the affiliate programs you offer. If your website is about home business, you shouldn’t offer recipe or cooking affiliate programs. If your website is about home business, offer legit programs that help people make money. Offer some good e-book affiliate programs. Whatever the case may be; don’t steer away from the related content on your website.
Make your affiliate links blend in as much as you can. You want your affiliate program advertisements right in your customers face. But don’t over-do it. Sometimes less is more. You can put a picture link affiliate advertisement on your website. Or you can place just text link advertisement on the website. Sometimes text links have a better turn around.
If you are still interested in affiliate marketing, do your homework. Do lots of research. There are lots of programs out there. Take them for a test drive and see what works for you and your website. Everyone is different. Don’t expect to get the same results as the guy making thousands of dollars a month from affiliate marketing. But it is very possible if you keep working hard at it. Or you can ask me any questions you might have.
Thanks for reading. See you tomorrow.
Hi everyone, I hope your weekend is going well. I get a lot of questions from people asking me how they can start a business at home, if they have a full time job also. With 8-15 hours on the average away from home time, spent at a full time job; it can be very difficult to fit a home business into your daily schedule. If you want to have that home business & bring in extra dough, you have to make adjustments to your daily routine.
If you get home from work or the gym at the end of the day, you may not want to work at home. That’s fine. What time do you usually get up in the morning, 6-7-8am? If you get up at 8am, make an adjustment into your lifestyle so you start waking up at 6am instead. Wake up early and work at home in the morning. If having some extra money coming into the household means that much, the adjustment will be easy. Put a simple 2 hours into your business everyday before you go out that door in the morning. Two hours a day doesn’t sound like a lot, but it adds up over time. It’s more than enough to get you going part time. Doing it everyday will make it a routine so you don’t forget anything. When things get easier for you and you learn the tricks of the trade, you can take on more.
Or you may be willing to work at home at the end of your long day. This is how I started. Some people don’t like to work at home, after a long day at your full time job. But I found it so much easier. I gave myself 2-5 hours a day without a problem after my 8 hour a day job. I didn’t have kids as I know this can be a problem. But on a positive note; I have helped plenty of moms who only worked 2 hours a day at home to start. Two hours a day is that magic number, when you can get just enough accomplished at your new part time home business. When your home business gets going and you move on to a full time home business; be ready to work 8-18 hour days. But the rewards are well worth it.
Everyone wants to quit their day job and work at home. It’s a lot of work, but I would rather work at home than report to some job I hope I don’t lose. Job security is a huge factor nowadays. There was a time when you could work at a place all your life and retire there. Not anymore. There are always huge layoffs and the unemployment rate has skyrocketed. It finally came out publicly that we may be in a recession. I just have to laugh at this. That’s another story though. That being said, people like to have a backup plan in case they ever lose their job. It’s a normal survival trait to always make sure there is food on the table. Most people just don’t know where to go to get good information on starting a home business.
All though starting and running a business is very easy once you get used to things. It’s a LOT of work to have a successful home business. Yes, you get to stay home in your skibbies. You can take a break whenever you want. But you can never slack on your home business. Keep at it everyday.
Make a life changing choice and dedicate 2 hours a day, everyday (if you can do more great) into your new home business. Even if you only do research for few weeks. As long as you get the ball rolling there is no stopping you. Don’t rely on that full time job anymore. Start your home business now and secure your families financial situation for now and the future. Your job may not be there for you tomorrow. But your home business will be there as long as you want it to be there.. Start your home business today and don’t give up!
Thanks for reading everyone. If you have any questions just ask me.
Creating your own product is probably one of the best ways you can start a home business. I was reading a blog earlier that made a really good point about creating your own product. You make 100% profit when you create your own product. The people that are the creators are usually the ones making all the money. A majority of people that want to be rich are willing to buy created products to help them get an edge. That means, created products will always be in demand.
New inventions are made everyday that are potential million dollar ideas. Who’s to say you can’t make your own product and sell it online? There are billions of consumers that are willing to purchase items that can make their lives easier. Ebooks are another great way to make your own product. Write an ebook about a subject you know best and sell it on the net. That’s why I wrote my eguides. I was helping people anyway. Now I can reach I bigger audience online.
Have you ever noticed all the people willing to buy into get rich quick scams? Some where along the line, they had to know it was a scam. Yet some people stay dedicated to pyramid and other types of scams hoping it’s not a scam. How can you stay dedicated to something that you think is a scam? You are only scamming other people into a scam you fell for. That’s just wrong.
Take all the time you dedicated into the scam and turn it around into what you know best. Make a product or service that relates to your professional experience/s. With some people they are great at sales online. Other people know how to advertise and market a product. Take some time and learn it all. Look at the box from the outside for once. Stop being a follower and get people to follow you for once.
Maybe you are great at something, but you like to be the person behind the scenes. That’s fine, get a partner. Just know the troubles that can come with finding a good partner. The beginning is always a rough part of starting a business. By bringing in a partner too early, you could ruin your chances of even getting past the product/service creation stage over conflicting interests. My recommendation on getting a partner is; draw up some plans and create the product or service. Then bring a partner in for parts of the biz you don’t know how to do(marketing, advertising, spokesman, etc.). After the product is made, it is great to get some thoughts or ideas from a third party(partner), to better the product or service.
There is nothing wrong with taking a year or two to develop your ideas to create your product/service. As always, be original so you stand out in the crowd. Don’t copy other work. Above all, don’t get yourself into an over-saturated market. By making your own product or service, you should be stepping into a realm where your competition is little to none.
That’s the way you make money with your own products. Nobody else has the same product or service that you do. So you are kind of a monopoly. You can target certain group/s and let them try your new product. New products sell really good. Especially if it’s a new product/service that has never been seen before. Consumers have always been interested in new and original products.
Take some time and think about the things you do all the time. Are you good at any of them? Are there people out there, that would be interested in knowing what you know? Everyone is good at something. If you don’t think you are good at anything, look again, because you missed something. I bet if you really thought about it, you could create a great service or product!
Thanks for reading my blog everyone. I really appreciate all your feedback. Let me know if you have any questions.
Hi everyone, thanks for reading my blog. I have been getting lots of positive reinforcement to keep me going. Thanks for all your support. I am going to hopefully change the website theme this month sometime. I am trying to find a better theme. Speaking of that, wordpress just released version 2.5 and I have to say it is great! I installed it today and no problems at all. My blogs look great and even seem to load a little faster.
If anyone is interested in blogging, I recommend using wordpress. It’s absolutely free. All you do is upload it to your website host. There are literally thousands of themes you can choose from. The theme on this blog is a wordpress theme customized to me. There are lots of ways to make your blog more professional using wordpress. It is fully customizable and the interface is very user friendly. You don’t need any website of HTML knowledge. You just need to know how to upload it to your host.
I am going to be making a few positive changes in the next month. I will be offering my services as a business consultant right through my blogs. I already give my advice for free here. But I will be offering much more very soon. I will be offering email, Instant message, and even phone consultation. I want to help as many people out there as I can. You have to have a back-up plan, with the economy always keeping you guessing. It’s really easy to make money from home. People just need the right guidance. I have been helping people start home businesses for a few years now. Helping people over the internet comes very naturally to me.
If anyone has any ideas to make your experience more interactive with me, let me know. I want to interact and help as many of my readers as possible. If you have a home business, you want to keep it very interactive with your customers. Maybe that’s why I run my blog the same way. People like to feel comforted by knowing they can ask questions.
I am thinking about having a contest soon. I will keep you informed & hopefully will have the news of contest details by the end of this month. If you are a web designer, check back soon. I am sure you will love this contest. I will also be getting a sponsor for one of my blogs later this month. I am very excited about that and will announce it as soon as I can.
Ebay was voted worst auction marketplace on the web last month (March). Be sure, that I will be talking about that, this month also. I am going to give you some great up to date ebay killers. So many great auction marketplaces are popping up all over the place recently. The auction places that were out there in the past, were never as good as the new ones that have been popping up. Could it have something to do with ebays new rule and fee changes?
I am looking forward to giving you all my review on the “so-called” price reductions ebay announced. They went into effect today. I am curious to see how much of a final value fee hike it is also. It seems like ebay is crumbling before our eyes. They are still the auction marketplace giant. But not the Goliath it used to be. Something better always comes along.
That’s why positive change is better. You have to listen to your customers. Take their word collectively and make a decision. If your customers are against something you are thinking about doing; you may want to rethink your plan. Customers are the base of what keeps you going. Ebay has turned their back on it’s customers for over a year now. They keep making changes that are against their customers. But, that is another story. We will get into that all this month.
I really hope to add some readers this month and catch your attention. I haven’t seen many interactive blogs. Hopefully I can start a trend with my wacky and original idea.
See you all tomorrow. Let me know if you have any questions.
I was on the ebay message boards today. I visit the message boards often. The hottest subject right now is, all the powersellers that have already left ebay to move on to another auction place. Back in February the big sellers boycotted ebay for a week. There is a huge list of people that are upset about all the recent changes and are leaving no matter what. I am stuck on the fence on this one. I still make great money on ebay, no matter how high the fees go. But, to take more money out of my pocket, tacking on more restrictions, and giving us less, is really starting to tick me off.
I don’t mean to sound like a cry baby. I have been selling on ebay since 1997 and in the past 4 years it has really got out of hand. All you old school sellers know what I am talking about. The overhead of running a website is little to none. Give us a better experience instead of stealing our freedom of the real ebay experience. I don’t care if ebay restricts certain items to change with the times, that’s fine. But, their rules and price hikes are worse than the tax hikes in Massachusetts. They are all uncalled for and not needed.
What positive changes are ever going to come from raising auction and final value fees? The big retail companies are going to move in. They already have. Who do you think sells brand new cell phones, video game consoles, and brand name clothing on ebay at prices that beat all the other competition? Its the retail stores. You can only buy these items at real wholesale prices from the manufacturer. You need a brick and mortar retail store to do so. The manufacturer also tells the retail store to only sell at MSRP. Which means, home businesses can’t get these items for real wholesale prices. But that’s a whole other story.
Home business owners are the only reason ebay got where they are today. We started it all. Now ebay has decided to change direction in such, that home business owners can’t make a living there anymore. There was a time that home business owners could make a substantial living on ebay. Ebay has become this big over publicized monster. New users never get what they wanted because it’s over hyped.
New members sign up everyday with the wrong knowledge of “It’s easy to make money on ebay”. That’s not true at all anymore. I feel bad for new users that fall for this trap and list 100 items off the bat, thinking they will all sell. You need to know tricks and tips to make your items sell on ebay now-a-days. If you are new to ebay, don’t plan on making fast money. You need to learn the ropes first. You can’t just jump in to it.
You need to do extensive research and have the knowledge to keep a float and still make money on ebay. I have basically become an ebay tutor in the past few years. I teach people how they can make money on ebay. But I also stress to them, it is not as easy as it used to be. I just don’t like where ebay is going with all the new changes in our pockets. They can do whatever they like to rules and the way ebay is run. But stop taking from our pockets ebay.
I have already expanded to Amazon and a half dozen other good marketplaces around the web in the past few years. I don’t see more business coming from any one of them. But as a whole, that other part of my business is making more money than ebay. That tells me that: I could leave ebay and it won’t effect me in a bad way. Get going everyone. Go expand your business, so ebay isn’t the only way you make money online.
I have said this before and I will say it again. Something bigger and better always comes along. Ebay is just making it easier for the competition to take over. Look around people. Right now, there are plenty of options besides ebay. I am not saying leave ebay(unless you want to). But at least branch off, in to other auction marketplaces. The worst that can happen is; you might make more money.
Thanks for reading my blog everyone. See you tomorrow.
Just remember, it sounds easy but it takes lots of time and dedication. I would say; you will have to write 3-5 articles a day, everyday, for about 3 months. Then you should be able to drop down to 2-3 articles a day. You keep this up as long as you want to advertise your website. You will start to see real results about 3-4 months into marketing with articles. You are planting a seed that will be potentially spread to millions of people reading your articles. Writing articles is the best way to market and advertise any website.
The best thing about writing articles for your website is; it is totally free. Any marketing and advertising company is doing the same when you pay them to advertise your website. They are writing articles on the same websites I am going to tell you about in this post. I am not saying they are ripping you off. Writing articles is not always easy. Paying someone to advertise your website usually works out great. But, it is very expensive. If you know how to advertise the same way they are advertising; why not do it yourself? Save yourself some money if you have the extra time. Write the articles yourself.
ezinearticles.com is probably the best place to post your free articles. There are millions of people that read articles on ezine everyday. Ezine is probably the most popular article website on the internet. This place is a goldmine of traffic to your website, just waiting to happen. Ezine has an author rating system. When you start writing you are a basic member. As you keep writing your articles, you will move up the ranks to become a basic plus member. Then, when you write 25+ articles they let you become a platinum member. The rank system gives each author recognition. Platinum members get to post an unlimited number of articles. One downfall is; ezine has strict rules on things like keywords.
goarticles.com is another great place to write articles. There are millions of readers on goarticles. You will get tons of traffic by writing articles there. They do not have a ranking system. Goarticles let you post an unlimited amount of articles as soon as you become a member. I like goarticles a little better than ezine. But ezine will bring you more traffic. Goarticles doesn’t have strict rules against posts such as keyword spamming. They are very tolerant and very user friendly.
ideamarketers.com is a great place to bring traffic in as well. They have millions of readers that will bring you in traffic. Not only can you write and post articles there; but you can expand your writing hobbies. You can hire ghostwriters to write if you don’t want to write yourself. You can even be a ghostwriter for someone elses website or blog. Ideamarketers is a great all around article writing website. There are tons of options to open your writing horizons there.
All three of these websites are totally free to use. Yes, there are other article websites out there. But, in my recommendation, these three will bring you the most targeted traffic. They have the most daily readers than any other article websites out there. Give them a try if you need targeted traffic to your website or blog.
If you have any questions, feel free to email me. Thanks for reading.
Even if you are happy with your current income. You want to ensure your income and keep it rising over long term. You never know what the future holds. Long term goals should be mapped out. As you accomplish each long term goal, you should map out another goal to replace it. Your goals should be a never ending revolving door. Never settle for what you have now and you will always exceed your goals.
Here is a little trick to keep you motivated if you work at home. Make a checklist of all the things you need to accomplish today. Now, imagine you have a boss and he won’t let you go home until all your work is done for the day. Even if you just work part time on ebay. That little trick seems to work with me. Here are five pointers to keep you right on track of your goals.
Create more money streams. Don’t settle for one income stream. The more income streams you have coming in; the more chances you have to make money. Multiple income streams can be a huge success factor. Sure ebay is fine. But, what if you have a website also? You could have your website and still do ebay. In a years time of advertising your website everyday, you won’t need to rely on ebay. Your customer base from your website will rise. Yes, it takes time, but it’s well worth it. The point is, don’t just settle for one money maker.
Don’t always do it for the money. Money is a great motivator. But don’t make it your primary focus. Learning and gaining experience as you go can really be worth more than money. In the long run, experience will pay off by making you more money. So take it easy and do things right. Don’t worry, money will flow in if you keep at it everyday.
If you reach your goal plateau, make room for more. There is always room for improvement. That is what expanding is all about. Reaching goals can be a very difficult task. Map out your daily goals to reach your main goals over time. Then as you reach each main goal, expand your horizons and map out more goals you want to accomplish. The daily exercise of accomplishing goals will teach you how to crush your obstacles along with anything else standing in your way.
Pay close attention to fads and trends. Fads and trends come and go. If you go a years time without paying attention to what is trendy; you may hurt yourself and your business. Don’t get used to the same ‘ol, same ‘ol. It’s fine to get used to a certain trend, but it won’t be around forever. Familiar equals comfort zone. But don’t get comfortable with something that isn’t working as well anymore. Following trends and keeping with them is a great business advantage. You can actually steal customers away from your competition just by knowing what is hot right now.
Think outside the box. Lots of people get used to what is the norm. They seem to follow what everyone else is doing. Don’t worry about what everyone else is doing. Pay attention to detail and research everything you need. Chances are, your competition isn’t thinking outside the box. They are probably doing what everyone else is doing. Concentrate on going the other direction. Keep originality and simplicity your main concept. Don’t copy what other people are doing. It’s fine to check and see what your competition is doing. But don’t copy them. When you copy everyone else, you will be boring. Give your customers something they have never experienced before. That alone, will keep them coming back.
These are some great tips to keep you on track with all of your goals. Goals are easy to accomplish if you keep at it and don’t quit. It’s easy to let goals get the best of you & give up. The challenge is sticking with your goals and plans all the way through. Follow through and finish all your goals one at a time and you will be very successful.
Thanks for reading my blog everyone. Let me know if you have any questions.
When was the last time you saw a sport star that got happy when he was beat on the field by another player? Probably never…. When he got outdone on the field, you may notice them become angry about it. He may feel like he isn’t as good as the other player and that is a negative thought. Now he has talked his brain into believing he isn’t as good. This can all happen in a split second subliminal thought. Right away, the endorphins in his brain from being negative made him angry or upset. The player that beat him probably got a happy feeling or started smiling about it. Not because he made a good play, but because his brain received positive endorphins that made him happy. Those positive endorphins will guide him to believe he is better than that other player now. He may not get those endorphins through the rest of his sports career. But like a drug, he will get high off of positive energy long enough to finish the game. Most players have great games when these endorphins kick into the brain. Positive energy is a very powerful weapon.
Being positive as much as you can will actually expand your happy personality traits. Your brain will get addicted to the feeling of happiness because it is always being sent positive endorphins that cause you to be happy. The more positive chemicals that are sent to the brain, the more endorphins are being reached, and the more your brain needs to feel that way. Your brain is capable of being more addicted to happiness than heroin. Natural endorphins can over power any drug. Your brain is a very powerful tool.
That’s why if you are negative all the time, your brain will receive endorphins that will make you unhappy or grouchy all the time. You brain gets addicted to whatever endorphins are sent to it on a regular basis. That’s why people that are angry and grouchy seem to be like that all the time. They have actually caused their brain to be addicted to feeling grouchy and angry all the time.
There have been studies that show your brain only needs what you give it. If you are always feeding your brain positive thoughts, it will reward you with the feeling of happiness. Your brain will never crave endorphins from negative thoughts if you don’t show it how it feels to be negative. If your brain doesn’t crave negativity, you are less likely to feel unhappy in situations you should be happy about.
Ever notice how negative or crabby people don’t get happy, even when they should be? They are not trying to play it cool. Their brain is just used to being that way. They could win the lottery and seem like they don’t get happy. If they do react in happiness, they won’t get as happy about winning the lottery if their brain received that positve feeling a little more. It is normal to feel emotions. But when your brain gets an overload of one emotion it can be dangerous. Negative energy can throw all your other emotions off track. Your brain will actually get confused if it is not used to a certain emotion. Just like when people go into shock when they receive terrible news. Their brain wasn’t used to it. Their brain got confused because it wasn’t used to receiving the endorphins that created that feeling.
Negative personalities are catchy too. Be careful who you hang out with or listen too. It takes 100 positives to overcome one negative thought. So if you listen to a person full of negativity all day, they could bring you to a feeling of negativity until you get back into your groove. Angry people stay angry for a reason. The negativity has got a hold of them and now their brain is addicted to the feeling of negativity and grouchiness.
You know the story the little engine that could. Everyone had a negative energy about getting up the hill. Except the little engine that could. He told him self over and over that he could do it. I think I can, I think I can. Then when he got over the hill he said I thought I could, I thought I could. He actually told his brain he was capable of it and believed he could do it. When he made it up the hill, he rewarded his brain with the positive thought of, I thought I could. His brain got 2 totally different kinds of positive reinforcement endorphins. One set to tell him he was capable of it and another set to congratulate himself upon completing the task. Now his brain will more likely be positive toward the next impossible looking task.
It goes to show you that you can do anything you believe in. Lots of ancient civilizations strived to have mind over body. From martial arts to capitalism. Everyone that was successful though time did it because they believed they could do it. Bill Gates didn’t create Microsoft overnight, but he believed himself the whole time in creation. That made it a reachable and achievable task. Positive energy and constant positive endorphins to Bill’s brain got him where he is today. Bill taught himself to be very positive no matter what. If you ever met Bill Gates, you’ll notice he is a very happy person.
Everyone will be affected by negative energy and be angry or crabby from time to time. That’s a very natural human emotion. But it is not normal to be negative with every thought. Teach yourself to overcome obstacles with positive thought. You can make a huge difference in the outcome of your life. Every negative emotion needs to be over come by many positive ones. If you lose your job, your thoughts should not be, what do I do now? They should be, that’s okay, I can find another job as easy as I got this one.
Close your eyes, see it, and believe you can. Those are the three keys to being positive on a daily basis. Before you make each decision through the day, take a step back, to see and believe in it. Give your brain the endorphins it needs to accomplish tasks easier. Positive thoughts create happy ones. Positive thoughts create a happy future. A happy future is a successful one. Give it a try.
Thanks for reading my blog. See you all tomorrow.
There is too much bogus information about home business on the internet from people that just copy and paste BS on their blog or website. They have no experience and just believe anything somebody says on a web page. So i figured, in my free time I can blog and help people.
But mainly, my goal with this blog is to steer people away from scams and bogus content. And at the same time I want to answer questions and help people. I hate get rich quick scams around the internet. Lots of people fall prey to them everyday and I am really sick of it. The thing I really hate about scams online are the ebooks that come along and say you can be rich overnight. That will never happen.
I have written a couple of ebooks to help people, just because of all the scams with ebooks out there. My ebooks do well, as they are special. I do not just sell an ebook to you. I back it up with my experience by helping along the way. That’s something nobody else is doing. Most people have never even used the information they sell as ebooks. It is usually just information they found online somewhere. I do charge money for my ebooks, as my customers get VIP service and work I can’t do for free. I do go the extra mile for people that buy my ebooks. When someone purchases an ebook they get 3(more if needed) months of tutoring from me. I offer unconditional help with things like researching and finding wholesalers you want, to showing you step by step anything you can’t figure out. I won’t advertise my ebooks on this post, as they do well already.
Who knows, maybe I can start a trend and experienced people will start writing ebooks and sell them along with experienced tutoring. Offer a money back guarantee and all the scam artists will be forced to do something else for a living. If you can’t help someone with questions about your ebook or how to do the subject in your ebook, you shouldn’t be allowed to sell it.
I do have a couple on blogs. Two blogs are for fun. I do use one blog to make money. I have advertisements and took some advice from the great John Chow among others. I don’t make much with the blog but that’s fine. It’s a learning experience and I am not in it for the money anyway. I want to help people learn how to make money at home. Even part time, anything extra helps. I know how it is to be scratching your head at home saying “how can I make money at home or online?” I was that person ten years ago.
I have been using ebay for about ten years. I met this great guy in 1998 who was always telling me how much money he made on ebay. He was nice enough to show me the ropes and get started on ebay. Maybe I got wanting to help people from him. Ebay was how I started making money from home online. I have expanded to many other marketplaces as auction marketplaces are my specialty. As you know, I do not list my auction marketplace ID’s anymore for sabatage reasons. Sad to say but, almost as soon as I started showing my auction id’s on my blogs(especially ebay) I noticed frantic fraud bidding and an avalanche of scam artists. So I don’t advertise my auctions or stores on my blogs anymore. They get enough exposure already on those marketplaces anyway. As you can tell, from the tips and information I give people on my blog; it’s not like I need the help when it comes to making money online.
For the past six months I have been teaching myself affiliate marketing. My goal is to get away from selling and live off of affiliate marketing instead (Don’t worry, I will always have my home business blogs. I think teaching people correct ways to bring in a little extra money at home is very important). I am finding out there is less work and stress involved with affiliate marketing. All you do is list a company link on one of your websites and when customers click that link you get paid in different ways; depending what that person does on that companies website. There are all kinds of tricks and tips to learn to be an affiliate marketing master. But that’s just like anything else. Practice makes perfect.
I would like to thank my friends around the net who have been kind enough to give me advice on how to market and advertise my websites. I get lots of great advice on young entreprenuer, a forum I visit to get and give home business advice. You see, I am using this kind of A&M knowledge to build experience of making and bringing traffic to my dream business website someday. Marketing and advertising is the most important part of having a website. If nobody knows you have a website, how can they visit it? Over the past six months I have become an advertising and marketing genius.
I think overall I will probaby stick with ebay through thick and thin until something else comes along better. Right now ebay has all marketplaces cornered. Ebay is pretty much the monopoly of auction marketplaces right now. There is too much money to be lost by taking ebay out of the equasion. History always repeats though. Someday something will come along bigger and better than ebay.
But I will always be here for my readers, I love to help people. I have developed quite a following with this blog and I thank you. Now I have found a new love for blogging. Helping people go hand and hand on my blogs. Anyone with questions about making money at home will not be ignored on my blog. In my years of helping people only one person has not been successful. And to tell you the truth, I don’t think they tried.
I do my best to post on my blogs everyday for you, although sometimes it’s just not possible. When I do post, it is usually answering someones question or giving information they asked about. I find answering my readers questions is most useful to everyone. I have been answering questions along with any tips or tricks I can give in a blog post. So, if you have any questions about making money at home, feel free to ask me. It doesn’t cost anything to ask me questions, don’t be shy:) I really am just someone who cares and wants to help you. Times are tough enough without trying to avoid scams too. I would hate to see anyone make a costly mistake they could have avoided. I have helped people from all around the world make money at home.
Thanks for reading my blog everyone. Have a great day!