Many people don’t know this, but you can make a substantial income from simply owning and running a blog. In fact there are people that make 5 figures or more every month from their blog!
Here are two ways a blog can make money for you.
1. affiliate commissions - related info to your blog with links posted within your page and articles written on them
2. google adsense - it will take some significant traffic for you to be able to generate income from adsense, but it is more than possible for it to be done.
If you have a blog that provides solid, up to date information for readers the search engines absolutely love them and will bring traffic to you. It will take time and well written blogs, but if you stick with it you can generate a very good following that will in time generate significant income for you and your home business.
Jason DeMars
Tags: affiliate commissions, blog, home business, how to make money, search engines, substantial income
It isn’t necessarily safer to be self-employed, but it is much safer to have a “successful” online business than it is to have a corporate job. The difference between an online business and being self-employed is varied.
Many jobs like being owning your own chiropractic clinic, being a dentist and running a body shop while you are self-employed your shop is open certain hours during the day and without you being there working there is no income. However, with an online business the shop is open at all times, in particular one that delivers digital products or one that is involved with a company that ships your product for you. So while one type of self-employment is still risky another type is not. When your money (investment, real estate, etc.) is working for you or your website is working for you without your continued direct involvement then this is solid job security. Especially when you are dealing with the kind of online business that does not drop off when the economy does. You see your online business is world-wide without any local limitations and time is not a factor. Someone can go to your web site and purchase your product or service any time any day regardless of whether you are in Tahiti or in front of your computer.
Here are 3 reasons why it is safer to be self-employed with an internet business.
- There is no job security. You can be fired for one mistake that you made. If the company decides it doesn’t need your division anymore it could lay you off. Then of course what do you do? You go get another job which has the exact same potential. Exciting isn’t it?
- Your income is based solely on your own continued efforts and faithfulness to showing up everyday. If something were to happen that left you incapable of doing either of these your usefulness to the company is no more While you can get income from disability or social security it is no way to live permanently. Who would want to rely on the government paying them??
- There is no time freedom when you are employed. You have to work specific hours and you don’t get paid when you are not working. Except of course those brief times that you get to enjoy your vacations every year. Woo hoo 3 weeks to do what I love to do. Why would you want the supposed “security” of a job when with an online business that pays you can get paid when you are sleeping, eating at nice restaurants and traveling.
Of course this is not to say that having a home business is easy. It takes hard work, at first especially, when you are learning the ins-and-outs of internet marketing and developing the skills that you need to succeed. However, once you have a good system for yourself in place you can spend less time with it. The most important thing for you to realize that this internet marketing is not a get rich quick scheme it’s a genuine line of work that people make real money doing. You will probably be working at your full-time job when as you are developing the skills it takes to succeed. There’ll be times when you get frustrated and want to give up, but don’t…keep working at it and learning new skill sets.
Jason DeMars
Tags: home based business, home business, internet marketing, network marketing, online business, online marketing, work at home, work from home
One of the biggest struggles I have had since starting my home business is balancing out the time with my family, time working and time playing. It really bothers my wife that my work on the internet never seems to stop. I am constantly tinkering with my autoresponders, websites, blog and always learning something new.
So, with that said, remember how important it is for you to manage your time properly. You got into the home business arena because you wanted more time with your family and more income right? Well, what ends up happening is that if you pursue it properly you begin to become extremely passionate about your business and well you should be. However, you have to remember this, you are an entrepreneur. You are not to be a workaholic and you are not out to create a job for yourself. You got involved because you wanted to create leverage and learn to make money while you sleep, while you eat at nice restaurants and while you travel the world.
So what is the solution to the madness of working way too much on your business. The secret is to manage your time properly and to know when to outsource your work. You want to focus on doing the things that generate revenue…what generates revenue for your business? Taking orders right? So, spend time initially setting up systems that send you leads automatically without a lot of involvement from you. Whether that be a blog with an opt-in pop up or a capture page advertised on Google Adwords, etc. get the system in place that gets you the leads. Spend time calling and interviewing those leads that are automatically coming to you each and everyday.
As far as content for your blog goes…outsource it. You can use elance, mturk, etc. for this and get your blog posts written on the cheap and they will do a lot to get you traffic.
Secondly, if you are using Facebook and other social media services to drive traffic to your site outsource that work as well. Find a nephew or a cousin or another relative to manage your friending on Facebook and to manage your Group and Business Pages. You can also teach them to manage your posting to Squidoo or Hubpages. This can all be done on the cheap since it would be such easy work for them.
Then when your business gets big enough you can hire a Virtual Assistant to do a lot of that work for you.
Remember, you are a business owner and an entreprenuer, once your business begins generating enough revenue you do the part of the business where you cannot be replaced, but have a virtual assistant do most everything else and hire someone to do your writing for you.
I wanted to write this so you get out of the mindset that you have to do it all. You can find balance by outsourcing your work and if you can’t do it immediately pick one outlet to generate your leads, master it, generate some revenue with it then outsource it and move on to another tactic.
Enjoy!
Jason DeMas
PS-Why on earth would anyone want to work a job when you could have a home business? Is it safer to have a job? NO WAY. Is the pay better? You’ve got to be kidding! I applaude you in taking the step to own a business. If you have not as of yet started a home business. Take a look at this as an option. I LOVE working with this company. http://thatsmyjetstream.net
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18 Dec 07 WHY?
The first and most important issue in building a home business is that you must have a WHY? A “why” is something that is specifically compelling to you that gives you the purpose, committment and motivation to work hard everyday.
When we first get into the business we are very excited about building our income stream. Unfortunately it happens this way every time, but then the excitement dies off and you lose the passion to build your business. What happens then? Most people quit and blame the company or the upline for their failure.
They fail to realize that this happens in every aspect of life; marriage, work, church and friendships. I highly recommend you read the book “The Dip” by Seth Godin. This will explain the process very clearly.
Those who DECIDE to be successful in their home business first must realize that eventually the newness will wear off and you will have to have a WHY that is so compelling that you will be able to have the determination to push through the hard times.
My reason for getting involved in a home business is that I want to have the financial and time freedom to be involved in overseas missions and to be able to spend more time with my family at home or our cabin rather than be owned by a job. The WHY is different for every person, but make sure that you have one and make sure to know that a DIP is coming that will cause you to want to give up. It’s those who can push through the DIP that will have their dreams (their WHY) fulfilled.
www.JasonDeMars.com
Thanks and make it a great day!
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