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Why We Work From Home

January 21, 2012 By 23 Comments

Why We Work From Home

Many have chosen to leave the traditional workplace in favor of something a little closer to home. In some case it now takes them a matter of thirty seconds to get to work where it used to take close to, or more than an hour!

The reasons to make the switch are as wide and varied as the people themselves, but below I’ve listed a few of the more popular ones in the hopes that they might help you with any future thoughts of striking out on your own.

Owning your own business

This is likely the most popular one with the work from home crowd. Building something of substance takes time, effort, and money, but in the end the results are often well worth it. There is something about working for yourself that turns what could be a chore into something that is actually enjoyable and for many the hours fly by where for many “employees” time seems to crawl along (especially on Mondays).

The Ability to Set Your Own Hours

Punching a clock that someone else sets isn’t always enjoyable. Often overtime comes at inopportune times and unless you feel like telling your boss you have something better to do, chances are you’ll cancel plans you might otherwise have enjoyed.

When you’re the boss you not only get to say how little or how much you’re going to work, but when those hours are going to be, and when the days off, and holidays will be given as well, no more working around seniority and settling for whichever dates are left on the calendar.

No More Commute

Commuting for most is a waste of time that could easily be spent either with family members, or even working. Two hours commuting and settling into work is not uncommon for people travelling to and from the workplace and that is time that could be spent building up something of your own.

There is also the financial consideration; no more commute means less vehicle operating costs or taxi fares. The accumulated savings over the course of a year could buy a person a very nice vacation.

Convenience

Have you ever gotten to work and realized you forgot your briefcase? Perhaps it was just your lunch even, but it still caused you inconvenience and unless you work fairly close to home, it likely wasn’t worth the drive back to retrieve the forgotten item.

Working from home allows you to accumulate all your office supplies, equipment, and materials in one place. Need a snack? There’s likely a fully stocked kitchen not too far from your new desk!

Family Matters

When you work from home and for yourself, things like family emergences are much easier to deal with. Have a child home from school with the flu? Not much of an issue since you’ll be close by to minister to them and comfort them while still getting most of your days’ work done.

Making the call to tell your boss you can’t come in because you’re not feeling well is bad enough, but when you’re also taking time off work due to a sick child, or children the loss of work and awkward phone calls can start to add up quite quickly.

Tax Benefits

Owning a business entitles you to many more tax breaks than you’d get from being merely an employee. The write offs you’d be able to take advantage of each year would be another potential financial reward you could take advantage of. The downside is you’d be responsible for paying a bookkeeper to look after your receipts and transactions as well as an accountant to ensure you’re maximizing all benefits that should be afforded to you.

An Asset

Over the years as you grow your business and invest in assets such as vehicles, computers, or other equipment, you’ll start to build equity into it. The business will hold value that can be leveraged against, or even sold should someone offer you a fair price and you actually want to sell out and either move onto something new, or perhaps retire if the time is right.

Many businesses get passed down to future generations ensuring that they too have stability and security. When you’re building your business remember to treat it like a business, and not like a hobby!

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Making the decision to start your own business, and work from home isn’t something you should take lightly. While there are many advantages and benefits to owning your own business there are also short comings that might make it unsuitable for you and yours. The paycheck that comes in at the end of the month is one that you yourself are responsible for generating.

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Now Hiring!

November 28, 2011 By 4 Comments

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We are hiring content writers for our website www.plrinternetmarketing.com and listed below you will find the details and requirements in case you might be interested in earning, while working from home:

Job Details:

  • Designation: Content Writer
  • Type: Part Time
  • Experience: Minimum 12 months in the blogging or internet marketing niche
  • Location: Anywhere
  • Language: English
  • Article length: Approx. 500 words per article
  • Monthly requirement: Minimum of 30  articles
  • Payment: $10.00 per article, $20.00 per guest post/product review (As they are usually 1000 words)

Job Requirements:

  • Should have strong command of the English language (written and grammar)
  • Should be able to write Search Engine Optimization content
  • Should be able to write compelling headlines for your articles
  • Should be able to write articles on categories such as: SEO, PLR, Blogging, Making Money Online, Working from Home, Affiliate Marketing, and related topics
  • All content must be original and written by you for us

If you meet the above requirement, then contact us with a sample of your work at 

We’ll be trying out several writers, and continuing our working relationship with the ones who provide the highest quality content that results in the most return on investment as far as traffic, social engagement, and of course sales for each of the affiliate product reviews.

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Having an exit plan

October 16, 2011 By 9 Comments

Having an exit plan

I’m not sure if it’s because of the fact that I work from home while most of my friends still work for someone else, but I seem to hear a lot of complaints about people’s vocations, and a general desire they all seem to have to do something on their own in regards to starting up their own business.

Now it doesn’t matter if you’re interested in internet marketing or landscaping the process looks very similar. For starters you actually DO need to implement some sort of exit strategy or plan unless you fully expect a business complete with competing salary to simply drop into your lap. (Not going to happen by the way.)

In order to support ourselves and our families it’s most likely going to continue to take eight hours of work daily, and if we’re going to be honest that number will likely be higher when we first start out. I know for myself I was often working ten to twelve hours for the first year or so. For those who simply can’t spare that kind of time, don’t be discouraged, it can still be accomplished by working either longer, or even smarter!

Rather than having a vague goal such as “I’d like to be my own boss”, try figuring out exactly what it is you’d like to spend your days doing that can reasonably be expected to bring you in a stream of revenue. If you can figure out how to get paid for doing something you enjoy, or better yet love, you’ll be one step closer to your goal of actually working for yourself.

 

Having a plan is crucial to your success. You need to know what it is you’re going to be doing to earn revenue (preferably a proven revenue model such as trading a product or service for cash) and know what steps you can take to implement those ideas. Too often people start out with the idea of starting a blog and hoping they’ll soon be independently wealthy with nothing more than the occasional blog post.

While there are tons of websites online that manage to earn a decent (or even obscene) amount of money from nothing more than the passive revenue derived from advertising, the amount of work that went into those sites in order to generate the amount of visitors they receive daily would stagger your mind! Often they’ve taken years to build themselves up to the levels you might be currently seeing them at.

Many online marketers start out selling other people’s products (affiliate marketing) and that works amazingly well for them, but ideally most of us would like to create something with which to call our own. Developing your own product takes time, but when you consider the fact that once you’ve built it, you can expect to not only sell it for years to come, but also add to it, enhance it, and grow it into something even larger and more profitable as well.

Starting out with an eBook is probably the simplest product development and can be achieve with nothing more than an hour or two of committed writing on a regular basis. It’s then a simple matter to expand on that, and add in charts, graphs, supporting video’s, programs, etc. until it turns into a full-fledged (and full priced) product that can then be sold for a substantial amount.

After you’ve gotten your product to the level at which you feel it can be promoted heavily don’t try and go it your own. Instead try to recruit affiliates of your own to take up your cause and promote your product. The results will easily be ten times what you yourself could achieve, and your reach will effectively be expanded as well.

Most of us can manage an hour or two each day even if we happen to be working a full time job to support ourselves at the present time. We can likely also squirrel away a few dollars each day toward the launch of our upcoming business venture.

A typical business takes up to three years to become profitable, and if you’re smart you’ll leverage the time you can spare now, and the income you can spare from within your current budget to start building the foundation that will become the dream you currently have for working from home, being your own boss, or even simply having a secondary income that can be built passively over time.

“Develop a plan then work the plan”

 

 

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Shiny New Object Syndrome Versus Being Too Stubborn

July 21, 2011 By 2 Comments

Shiny Object Syndrome

Working from home can be one of the most exciting ventures you’ll ever undertake. It can also create the kid in the candy store effect. You see so much good stuff that you can’t pick – so you buy and buy and buy.

You get your goodies and you open them all up and take the first step. But it ends there. You never take the second step. You might feel overwhelmed or see another hot and trendy product to buy.

So those opportunities sit like beckoning lights that you learn to ignore. This is known as the shiny new object syndrome. When this happens, it means you were intrigued by a product or an idea enough that it took the place of the one you’re currently implementing.

You loved the way it was presented, loved the thought of making money using the product, you wanted it – so you got it. But then the newness wore off because you didn’t keep focused on what enticed you to buy the product to begin with.

You won’t ever succeed when you continually buy products if you don’t actually take the practical steps of using them. Do you have this syndrome? How many shiny new objects have you bought in the last year? The last six months? Did you give any of them a fair effort before moving on to the next?

On the other side of this picture is the mindset of, “I’ll make this work if it kills me” and those people never reach out to try anything new because they get stuck vowing to achieve the same results that were promised on the sales letter. They’re going to go down fighting despite the writing on the wall that tells them they need to move on.

Instead of being caught between two extremes and trying to force yourself into a mold, create what works out of what you get and do things your way. There is no rule police squad that will come bang on your door if you don’t follow step by step what marketer A did to reach success.

You’re a unique person with personality gifts and traits that marketer A doesn’t have. So gather what you’ve learned and the products that you’ve bought and take a hard look at your efforts.

Did you really give it all you had? And it still didn’t work? Then there’s no shame in moving on. But if you have product after product and you’ve never genuinely attempted to work them, put the effort into it and you might be surprised at the results.

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Is It Time to Start a New Career – Working for Yourself?

June 3, 2011 By 3 Comments

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There are many reasons to start a new career for yourself. Some people get to the point where they realize the job they’re currently in isn’t satisfying to them anymore (if it ever was at all).

Somehow a degree doesn’t tie you down like it once did. People change. We grow and build new skills and strengths and crave more than a paycheck – we want a purpose!

Others get forced into carving out a new career path for themselves. You lose your job, can’t make ends meet, or suddenly have a new financial burden to make you seek out a higher level of finances.

It doesn’t matter why you want to work in a new career – it’s time to figure out if working for yourself is an option you want to pursue – and can handle. Believe it or not, many people can’t shoulder the responsibility that comes with being your own boss, so you need to know the exact pros and cons of this job title to see if it’s right for you.

The best time in the world to start a new business from home is right now. If you already have a job and can ease into it part time, that’s even better. You’ll have the benefit of bringing in a steady paycheck while you learn the ropes and build the business you start. Then once you have the income level where you desire it, you can say goodbye to that job that’s holding you down.

 

Defining the Work at Home Job

 

A work at home job can be many things to many people. It might be a few hours a week that you devote to your own business to enjoy a trickle of cash coming in. Some people do this with eBay – sell a few odds and ends here and there.

Or it can go to the other extreme – waking up every morning without an office to drive to and knowing that whatever you put into this business is what you’ll get out of it. These people have no 9-5 paycheck to rely on, so the pressure can build tremendously.

There are also those in the middle who work a regular job while operating an online business simultaneously. The great thing about working online is that much of it runs on autopilot once the initial work is set up.

 

Before You Put on Your Boss Hat

 

It’s never a good idea to just pack up your desk, tell your boss the things you’ve waited to say to him for years, and head on home to believe you’ll instantly have a thriving business the next morning.

An online business takes a bit of time to build, so it’s important that for your own sanity and the health of your finances, you have to be prepared. If at all possible, have a nest egg of at least three months of expenses saved up while you turn your online business into a profitable one.

That doesn’t mean it will take three months to make money – you could start making money right away – but will it be enough to replace an existing paycheck each month?

If you’re already in a desperate situation, such as being unemployed, then you might try to share your time between working on your own online business and searching for a job that can provide you with an immediate paycheck – even if it’s just temporary.

 

Perks and Problems of Working for Yourself

 

What pressures did you feel working for someone else? Initially, you feel like you’re trying to fit in as part of an existing team. You feel scrutinized, but as you prove your worth, it eases up and you gain comfort in the office setting.

Some workplace environments can be toxic. There’s water cooler gossip, people not sharing their load of the work burden, and petty arguments about who left a mess in the lunchroom.

The bigger issues could be how much of a raise you’ll get this year (or whether you get one at all), how the boss portrays favoritism with certain employees, and if you get the appreciation you seek from a job well done.

Most everyone has endured these types of issues in the workplace. Working for yourself, all of that disappears. Only you will be judging your work – but don’t think that lets you off the hook because we can be pretty brutal on ourselves.

No one but you will be part of the team initially. Sounds good at times, but some work at home people find themselves lonely after the first couple of months. Have a plan that helps ensure you get to socialize with other adults, too.

Instead of a bright and early timecard punching, you’ll have the ability to schedule work when you choose – even if that means rolling out of bed at 10 AM and working for 2 hours before you take an equally long break.

But just a word of caution – if you get too lax in your work schedule, you can see it reflect in your income. Online work is pretty simple when it comes to formulating your payoff.

The more you work on, the more income streams you set up, the higher the payoff. Slack during your day and your bank deposits will, too.

While you’re not going to have water cooler gossip, you can become quickly addicted to online forums. The Internet is ripe with people looking to speak out against others simply because it’s a nameless, faceless form of communication.

When it comes to whether or not you get a raise – that may be a non issue, but you have to consider that the entire paycheck is up to you, as well. If you want to make more, work more!

Now all this isn’t meant to dissuade you from working at home. In fact, it’s perhaps the most rewarding career in existence. But you can’t go into it thinking it’s not really a real job – because you have to treat it like one to succeed.

 

Believe You Have what It Takes to Succeed

 

Thinking about working for yourself can bring out all sorts of anxieties that pepper questions at you. Questions like, “What if I don’t have a college degree?”

Do you know how many millionaires today never got a college degree? Some didn’t even finish high school. Mary Kay, the powerful success behind the well-known cosmetics company didn’t let that stop her. She used drive and determination with a focus on her goals and she accomplished what she set out to do.

The man behind the movies kids (and many adults) love and treasure quit high school as a teenage and built Walt Disney into the money maker that it is today. Lack of education won’t make or break you if you set your mind to something and determine that whatever it takes you’re going to do it, then you will reach the success you’re looking for. Those who win are those who fall down but then get back up one more time.

Sometimes, all it takes is an idea where others can’t see the possibility. Take Bill Gates for example. He believed enough in what he was doing that he took an unconventional route, said goodbye to college and traded that for life as a billionaire.

You can bet that not everyone got onboard with his dream. Whenever you step out with an idea, a dream or a possibility, there are going to be people who will try to tell you all the reasons it won’t work.

You’ll hear every reason under the sun as to why you should take a more conventional route in life. They’ll tell you to be reasonable or get the education first to have something to fall back on. They don’t believe that your work from home business will succeed. But they don’t have to. The only one who has to be steadfast in believing and knowing it will succeed is you.

That’s not to say that you shouldn’t heed the advice of someone who has been there, done that – because there are some work at home jobs that can break both your bank account and your spirit if you get caught up in them. Which leads us to the first point you need to know when you’re ready to start working from home.

Are All Work at Home Jobs Scams?

You can believe that there are many work from home jobs that are indeed scams. But take heart in knowing that most are honest, legitimate businesses for you to either get into or start up yourself.

If you consider your options carefully, you shouldn’t have any trouble at all choosing between those who are out to take advantage of you and the ones that you can literally bank on.

So how do you not get suckered into a bad deal? Easy. You do your homework. It’s not hard for a company to promise you the moon, the sun and the stars to get your attention and then take your money.

But it’s a lot harder for them to be able to put their reputation where their mouth is. Your homework is to check out whatever company you’re looking into joining. Look into them from every angle. Find out about their reputation online

If you decide that you want to create your own business as other entrepreneurs before you have done, seek out a seasoned mentor. There are many retired professionals who will gladly give you some guidance and help you avoid common start up mistakes.

 

What Types of Work at Home Business Opportunities Appeal to You?

This is where the daydreaming turns into true planning – and it’s fun and daunting all rolled into one. You get to pick and choose what work you do online – and there are many options for you!

First off, if you need money fast, try to become a service provider. This can mean putting your skills to work for you like writing as a freelance ghostwriter, designing graphics for others, even doing grunt work as a virtual assistant.

Next, create your own product to sell. This could be an eBook that you write, content that you sell to multiple people like PLR (private label rights), or even sites that you create and sell on a site like Flippa.

Lastly, take up affiliate marketing. This is where you promote other people’s products for a share in the earnings. Affiliate commissions can be made on tangible items (like anything from Amazon) or digital downloads (like those you find on ClickBank).

What If I Don’t Have Any Money to Start My Own Business?

Not having any money to start a business is one of the main stumbling blocks that keep people rooted in fear, afraid to take any steps forward and make changes in their lives. The familiar seems safe – unlike stepping out into the unknown, but it’s the unknown that can offer the greatest rewards. You can still have a successful home business even if you don’t have any funds to get started.

Don’t make the mistake of falling into the mindset that you have to spend money to make money because it’s not true. Working from home doesn’t give you the same separation of home life from work life – but it does give you freedom from the high cost of paying for office space, extra utilities for an office, and other overhead expenses.

Look for free online offers that pertain to the business you want to start. There are so many free tools available online that not having money to start up a business is a poor excuse for not taking a bold move forward.

You can get free business cards, free images or sound bites, free site templates and more by looking around online. There’s no limit to what you can find or the kind of business you can start, all without spending a penny upfront to get started.

You can be a virtual assistant, a web designer, a blog writer, an online bookkeeper, a ghostwriter – anything you can dream of. And you can bring it to existence just by learning about what it is you’d like to do. It’s all free right at your fingertips as long as you’re willing to put in the time it takes to research your idea.

Not only can you start a home business without any money up front, but the key to making it work is also free – and that key is passion. If you start a business doing what you’re passionate about, then your interest and hunger for what you’re doing will be the driving force that helps grow you business. Plus, if you combine your passion with knowledge, you’ll be able to go from zero to making enough money to support yourself pretty fast.

By now, plenty of ideas should be churning within you and you’re ready to take the plunge from punching a clock to being your own boss working from home. As you sift through what it’s going to take to get started now, you might start to wonder about other aspects of having a home business, like how to organize a home office.

If you’re not a neat and structured person with your important paperwork or if your favorite mantra is, “I’ll do it tomorrow,” then you might struggle a bit more to stay on top of keeping things organized.

 

How to Organize the Home Office

 

Organization isn’t always at the top of the list when you’re starting a work from home business – your mind is focused on money! Many of us use a P & H system – Pile and Hope we can find stuff when we need it.

The reason that disorganization happens is because filing or putting away things is often regulated to the tomorrow box and then when tomorrow arrives, we’re too busy with that day’s stuff to worry about yesterday’s.

Tasks are always more manageable when they’re broken down into bite sized chunks. Even if you have a pack rat mentality, you can still learn how to keep a home office organized so that you can be productive and have a less stressful environment to work in.

If you have a room you’re going to dedicate specifically for your home business, start by getting rid of anything in the room that’s going to distract you or clutters up the area. You may want to turn it into an office rather than use a sitting room to work in.

Comfortable seating is often a calling card asking family members to drop by and chat while you’re trying to work. A television set featuring your favorite show can quickly capture your attention and cost you a wasted afternoon. Keep a home office separate from your family life or you’ll deal with big frustrations right off the bat and resentment can creep in both in you and in family members.

Be frugal with the amount of paper you allow to accumulate – or better still, create a paperless office. If you’re from the era where you thought having a paper copy of everything is the way to go, you might want to rethink that.

Anything you need regarding your office can be stored directly in your computer and printed off when you need a paper copy. Of course, you’ll want to be diligent about making sure all of your files are up to date and backed up.

If that thought makes you feel a little queasy, then you can use an online document storage site or thumb drive to save your paperwork and those online sites can be accessed from any computer.

You don’t even have to have a separate fax machine these days since you can now get faxes by email. Look online for an email fax service. Many of them offer free fax services, which are much cheaper than owning a fax machine and is a great way to save on costs when you’re operating without any startup funds.

When you go to a paperless office, it might take some getting used to – but living without the added burden of mountains of paperwork or having to frantically search for documents on a cluttered desk can be very liberating.

As you take in receipts for your business – profits in, bills paid, merchandise purchased, etc. – always scan those receipts into your computer. Create a master folder labeled ‘taxes’ and the year for the taxes.

Inside the main folder, use a separate folder for what you paid out, what you earned and have another folder with copies of your phone records and home office deductions. If you have a room solely dedicated to just the business, you can get a tax deduction. Then when it’s time to file taxes, you’ll have all of the information you need in one handy location.

 

How to Talk to Your Family About Working from Home

 

Most (but not all) family members are very supportive of their loved ones working from home. They’re usually rooting for your success just as much as you are. But that doesn’t mean that they’re going to understand the boundaries that you’ll need to set in place so that you can avoid unnecessary arguments and hurt feelings.

Working from home will mean a change in routine for all family members and the best way to avoid problems is to head them off first. Start by having a family meeting where you can be clear about what your objectives are in the business and what hours you plan to work.

 

Get their input on your objectives because sometimes others can see a different side to the issue and will have advice that we can use to make the transition to working from home a smoother one. Listen to the input, expectations and fears of each member.

Every family member should understand the division between working at home on the business and being available for the family. Just because you’re home, it doesn’t mean you can suddenly walk out of the home office to take care of something in the home.

Have an open/closed door policy. If the office door is closed, it means you’re dealing with work related issues and they shouldn’t disturb you. If the door is open, you’re working, but not to the point where they can’t interrupt you briefly if necessary.

Make sure your spouse understands you need to maintain separate finances for the business. Never combine an office checking account with your personal bank account. It’s too easy to get records or money mixed up. You want to maintain a professional balance from your personal life.

When you first start a home-based business, it’s so easy in your excitement to pour yourself into the business and lose that balance between home and work. You don’t want to constantly answer messages either on the computer or on the phone from business clients.

Establish a quitting time from the first day. That will let your family understand that you still respect and cherish your time spent with them. Becoming a workaholic might bring in more profits faster, but the price you’ll pay in the toll it takes on your relationships won’t be worth it.

To gain and keep the family support behind your new business means that you’ll have to work at not allowing the business to creep into the time spent with and the part of you that your family rightly deserves.

Working from home will allow you the personal and financial freedom to make all of your dreams come true. Now it’s time for you to venture out and seek the best opportunity to suit your needs. Are you ready?

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Scheduled Downtime

March 10, 2011 By 3 Comments

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Internet Marketers as a group tend to be hard working individuals, and while the general public still attributes much of the online success factor to a secret recipe, or magic button that these people push whenever they need to make a sale, nothing could be farther from the truth.

Establishing yourself as an expert in a world full of talented marketers can lend itself to some long hours, that can at times turn into days. I know I’ve personally worked more than one 36 hour stretch when inspiration took hold, and I was in “the zone”.

A large part of the tendency of small business owners, and internet marketers alike to overwork themselves, is due to the fact that they have by necessity either become, or are in the process of becoming experts, or at the very least knowledgeable in so many areas of their businesses. It is not uncommon for a small business owner to have skills that range across the board from advertising and marketing, all the way up to Search Engine Optimization, and Web Design.

It’s important to schedule regular downtime in order to not burn out before you get to the finish line or you might not be as excited about things when you finally arrive at your goal. Taking time once in a while to celebrate the successes you have already made, and to give yourself time to regroup, and assess the progress and “track” that your business has taken on is crucial to your ongoing successes.

One of the biggest factors in a business’s success is the consistent application of the strategies that you’ve implemented to get you from point a, to point b while ensuring that you are hitting all your targets and goals. It is no harder to schedule breaks, days off, and even holidays into that same mix.

I often will pre-write my blog posts if I’m going to be away for a day or two and have them scheduled to publish at a set time each day, you could even do this for a week or two if you were so inclined. Another option is to have a blog backup buddy. Someone who watches over your blog responding to comments left, and keeping things running smoothly, and in exchange you do the same for him or her when they are going to be away. It’s almost like two neighbours looking after each other’s houses, plants, and animals while they are away!

When I first left the corporate world in order to work from home I knew that things could go either way. I’d either have so many distractions around me that were much more interesting than work and I’d end up being so unproductive as to kill my business from within. The second (and the one that turned out to be more accurate) was that I’d blur the line between work and home life resulting in not knowing when to quit and go see a movie, or simply to spend time with family and friends.

Life is all about balance, and it’s important to find yours if you’re going to be happy, and successful at the same time.

Here’s to our success!

 

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7 Habits of Highly Effective Internet Marketers

January 19, 2011 By 8 Comments

Habits

Internet marketers are a great bunch of guys and girls, and I’m always learning something new from each of them. I think the collective knowledge of this particular group of entrepreneurs is amazing, and I absolutely love being a part of it, and can’t imagine how I could have neglected it for so many years!

A great many of this group share some very similar habits, and I’m positive that it contributes to their success in this industry. I’m going to share my list of seven, but by all means feel free to add your own to the list!

Habit #1

The first habit I notice that we all seem to share is curiosity, and an exploring nature, a need to know as much about the subjects that we are passionate about, and we will go to lengths to learn as much about the subjects that make up our chosen profession as humanly possible. If you were to look at a group of a hundred internet marketer’s bookshelves (and EBook folders) you’d notice several of the same books being found on many of them. A thirst for knowledge is the first habit many of us share!

Habit #2

The second habit we all seem to have in common is the ability to take action. In a world that is filled with too many ideas, and roads to success, and where information overload is a word that lives in our dictionary, we still manage to take action, and put our ideas into motion in the hopes of propelling our businesses forward. When we make mistakes, we choose different roads to move forward on, but we learn and keep moving forward. We know that if we create a certain amount of momentum we will keep moving forward despite the obstacles or mistakes that may come our way. The ability to take action is the second habit we share!

“When you’re that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can’t really tell whether you have created the momentum, or it’s creating you!”      ~ Annie Lennox

Habit #3

The third habit we share is the ability to set goals, to write them down and make them real to ourselves long before we ever achieve them. It is this foresight of what things will one day look like for us as well as our businesses that keeps us moving when all others seem to be against us, and tell us that it can’t be done. We know that many of us before have done things that “Couldn’t be done!” despite the fact. Seeing what our success will look like, and setting those goals that lead up to it is the third habit we share.

Habit #4

We are builders! If you stop and watch an internet marketer throughout his or her day, you will see just how much he actually builds, and maintains. He is constantly building websites, backlinks, social networks, and assets in the form of blog posts, eBooks, video’s and podcasts. The number of hours that go into all the things an internet marketer builds would astound most people who come to the internet for the quick riches that they heard lie under every new product that promises to tell you the secret formula for making money online. Building assets is the fourth habit that we share.

Habit #5

We are great observers, we are constantly keeping an eye on the blog down the road, or the internet marketing guru who holds an Alexa rank of 2000 to see just what he’s doing right, so we can emulate those things, as well as avoid the one’s he’s doing wrong. We have campaigns in many different arenas with names like CPA, PPC, Opt in’s, bounce rates, and dozens more that we monitor and tweak until we get them perfected. Split testing is part of our lives, and while it’s a chore we still do it, and watch the results closely because we know the difference between a 0.8 CRT, and a 2.1, and just what it’s worth to us. Monitoring our progress or lack of in all our different metrics is the fifth habit we share.

Habit #6

We persevere, when things get tough, which they generally do many times, and in many ways before we find some small measure of success. But the reason that they become successful at what they do is that they don’t give up when they are kicked. When things don’t go their way, they research what others have done in similar situations, and if that doesn’t help they brainstorm, ask their peers, and finally as a last resort if there is no other recourse, they will start over if they have to, but they do not give up. When things are at their hardest, and success seems so far away, that is when they redouble their efforts and push forward twice as hard as before. Habit number six is perseverance!

Habit #7

We share the wealth, whether it be In the form of informative blog posts that we write day in and day out, or the sharing of methods that we have developed and spent countless hours cultivating until we are able to make a profit with it, one thing you’ll find with most internet marketers is that they are willing to share, both in wealth, and in knowledge and resources. Many go on to coach and teach thousands of others to do what they do, make their living online, the right way!

This post was written for all the internet marketers that I have met up until now, and all the one’s I’ll meet in the future!

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Some Ideas for 2011

January 10, 2011 By 6 Comments

As we enter into a brand new year filled with ideas and possibilities I thought I’d share a few of the ones I’ve been pondering the last few days in the hopes that they might prompt some of you to go out and accomplish them along side of me. I generally set way more goals and write out more ideas than I can possibly achieve in the hopes that even if I get some of them accomplished I will be way ahead of the game.

Idea’s without action are just dreams and nothing more, so I hope that by writing them out here for all to see, I might just be inclined to achieve even more of them than usual. Here is a list of ideas for this year ahead.

1.       Write a comprehensive EBook on driving traffic to your blog to sell.

2.       Develop a comprehensive 12 hour video course outlining an internet marketing training course.

3.       Launch a forum and grow it to 2000 members by year end.

4.       Start a 2nd blog (The Earning Success Project) and get it to under 60,000 Alexa

5.       Launch a twitter training online video course to market.

6.       Sell off unwanted domains and websites. (collecting too many)

7.       I’d like to grow my RSS subscribers to 3000+

8.       Launch a membership site.

9.       Launch a backlink membership site.

10.   Add another 365 internet marketing articles to PLR Internet Marketing.

11.   Double my income.

12.   Hire an employee to help with running these sites of mine.

As you can see I’ve chosen twelve goals, and none of them are particularly easy, some can be accomplished in a month, others will take the entire year to pull off, while still others are going to be a stretch for me to achieve (doubling my income).

Each one of these steps will help with furthering my online reach, and build up my online business ensuring stability for me and my family, while also ensuring the mobility factor.

  • Mobility Factor

When I first set out to launch a business I made a point of stipulating that it had to be something I could do from anywhere in the world, be it my home, vacation, a coffee shop, or just about anywhere else in the world.

Writing the blog traffic EBook will allow me an additional source of income, as well as it is something that I can sell through the Clickbank marketplace which will allow me to harness the power of other affiliates. It also allows me to set myself apart from other internet marketers and be seen as an expert in my field because I will take my time to write a comprehensive book that will give bloggers a ton of valuable information in a clear, concise writing style.

Developing a twelve hour internet marketing training course does that same thing as the EBook, and provides me with an additional income stream, and again gives me a chance to show off my expertise, it also is a much higher ticket item to sell, which is important to me.

Launching the forum has been something I’ve wanted to do for a while now, and I’ve since purchased the Marketers Space Forum www.marketersspaceforum.com because I see it as a great way to connect with likeminded individuals, and learn from them and also share my thoughts and successes with them.
The internet marketing world isn’t as big as you might think, but it is growing. With the help of internet marketing forums we can build ourselves an online meeting place where we all share our collective knowledge about the different areas that we earn from. Please join us there, and stop in and say hello, I’m Dadelius in there.

I launched the Earning Success Project two days ago as my 2nd blog www.earningsuccess.com because I think it would be great to show the growth of a blog live, as its happening. I’m going to share blogging tips over there, but more importantly I’m going to detail every step of the blogs life as well as the earnings it makes.  Readers can see just how long it takes to make its first dollar, and where that dollar came from. It also allows them to see just how we develop those income streams to turn one dollar into two, and so on. I’m also going to show full transparency where mistakes are made, and just what steps were taken to correct those mistakes. (Something I wish someone had shown me)

I have a twitter domain (empty at the moment) where I would like to create some training video’s that walk people through the process of getting up and running with twitter, and making some money from that source as well. I would like this site to be fairly self-contained and require very little from me once it’s set up.

Selling off my unwanted domains and websites is just a way for me to simplify my life. I’m tired of ignoring 25 websites and focusing on just a few, so I’m going to choose ten to devote my time and energies to, and sell off the rest, or simply let them expire.

More and more I’m seeing the traffic that comes in via my RSS subscribers, and while I just let it do its own thing in the beginning I’d like to work on building that number up over this coming year.

I’ve been spending some time lately on Yaro Starak’s site www.Entrepreneurs-Journey.com, which is a great resource for marketers and entrepreneurs, and after reading some of his advice on membership sites, I think it is something I’d like to explore further, so I’m going to start putting some of my content aside (perhaps the internet marketing course I’m working on) and turn it into an online membership site and instead of selling it for $500.00 I will simply offer that content and more available to members for a monthly fee instead, and see how that goes.

Adding another 365 articles is in line with my goals already, I always intended to write once a day for my readers and this is another way of confirming that with myself. Occasionally I double up, or miss days, but would like to end this year with a full count.

Doubling my income is something that I think I can achieve as my business is only in its infancy and I know that I can offer up a lot more value and services and grow my current level of income, so that is one of my goals this year. I’m sure I’ll set it again next year, and try and double that number again! LOL

Hiring an assistant to help with content, link building, research, etc. will go a long way to driving my progress even further. It’s hard going it alone, and hopefully by the end of this year, I’ll be able to accomplish this goal and lighten my load somewhat.

So there you have it, you all know where I’m heading this coming year, and while I will also be setting numerous other goals that need to be achieved along the way (converting all posts into podcasts) I’d like to invite you all to keep an eye on me and hold me accountable. It only takes a moment to leave a comment of encouragement, or piece of advice and I love hearing from all of you.

Here’s to a great year ahead!

Warren

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The big Don’ts for working from home

November 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

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Working from home is lot of fun, but there are a few potential issues to avoid. Running a business from home imposes a few immediate demands on how you do things, and why you do them. There are also quite a few things you shouldn’t do. It’s a bit like SEO – Some things will find you what you want, other things simply confuse the issue.

Working from home basics

The most important thing in working from home is organisation. If you are organized, you can achieve anything. If you’re disorganized, you can create problems for yourself on a scale you wouldn’t believe.

You need:

  • A properly organized workspace
  • A good records system
  • Reliable equipment and spares
  • Best quality software
  • A quiet place to work without interference

if you’re thinking that an environment like this would be well-organized anyway, you’re partly right. The problem is that doesn’t take much to disorganize something that’s running smoothly, and that’s what you need to look out for.

These risks are also the big Don’ts:

  • Being too close to non-work situations which can disrupt your efficiency
  • Volumes of work which overload your organization options
  • Third parties adding interruptions, and disrupting workflow
  • Not paying attention to equipment needs
  • Time management issues which affect work quality

Avoiding the big Don’ts:

When working from home, you are inextricably linked in multiple ways to your environment. It means there’ s a very large range of potential issues which aren’t really work-related in close proximity. That’s unavoidable, but it doesn’t mean that it can’t be managed. You don’t have to make a prison for yourself out of your home office, but you do need to separate home and work issues efficiently.

The easiest ways to avoid the big Don’ts to exclude them from work environment:

  • Create a demarcation zone between home and the work.
  • Make sure that you’re prepared for extra work and schedule accordingly.
  • Exclude third parties by any means possible, including turning off your phone and simply saying that you’re not available at certain times of day.
  • Always ensure that your equipment, particularly your computer and communications devices are working properly and have a backup plan in case they aren’t.
  • Create realistic timeframes for your work, and make sure you allow yourself time for quality control.

You’ll notice one thing about these ways of doing things – They’re all very simple, and all allow you to prepare yourself in advance to manage the big Don’ts.

Getting ahead of the problems is critical to managing any situation, and when you’re working from home you don’t get refunds on your time. All the big Don’ts have the ability to create knock-on effects where one problem cascades into many. That’s a situation you must avoid at all costs, because these situations really will cost you money, and possibly quite a lot of it, if you’re not careful.

In practice – Get organized, stay organized and look out for anything which could possibly disrupt your work. Get on top of the problems, or they’ll get on top of you.

Podcast version

 

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Work/Life Balance when Working from Home

August 21, 2010 By 5 Comments

Work Life Balance

When you work from home, either blogging, freelance writing, or doing SEO (search engine optimization), it can be easy to either fall too deeply into the work or be tempted to take too much time off. In order to properly balance the amount of work you do with your personal time by limiting the amount of your life you’re willing to devote to working. There are a few easy things you can do in order to get enough work done without letting it take over your life, and here we’ll go over a few of these simple tricks so you can keep your life in balance.

The first rule of working from home, whether you do light blogging or more intensive internet marketing and SEO, is to stay organized. Even though you can probably make your own hours and work as much as you want, it’s probably a good idea to have a set time every day that you put aside for work. By having this pre-determined time each day, you can have a few hours where you can sit at the computer without feeling rushed, and get your work done in a comfortable environment. It might help to make that time part of the day where you have nothing else to do, in order to decrease the number of distractions.

In contrast, working for a set period each day can also start to feel like being stuck in a rut, so it sometimes helps to change up your schedule. The great thing about working from home is that you have control over the amount of time you spend working, as well as when you choose to work. If you feel like you need a change of pace, then trying a different time for work or even splitting up your workday into two or more segments can help.

Balancing your free time and personal life with your work day can be tricky when you work from a home computer, especially if many of the ways you relax or take time to yourself involve a computer or other screen (blogging, movies, games, etc.). In fact, often times going from working on a computer to relaxing on a computer can feel like you’re still working, so it’s important to take breaks from the screen and find other ways to take time off from work. Making sure you get out of the house after working is a good way to take the stress off.

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