What would that feel like?
‘Google My Business’ – by Google
This may be some exciting news, Google just announced the launch of a program called ‘Google My Business’.. This feature is designed to help users create mobile optimized websites easily and instantly. This new platform for google my business users will allow small to medium sized business create websites in less then 10 min right from their phones. The first website you create is free. Google will make sure your business is listed on google maps and will help users find you better.
For an online presence it will allow you to update your listing anytime using there dashboard. You can update any important information in regards to your business, the updates will be live within just minutes. You can use photos from your phone or tablet to show your customers your best products and to support visual engagement. The program supports customer engagement and allows them to leave comments on your business ads, you will get notifications of the comments so you can easily answer questions and respond to things your visitors say.
But wait… When you go yo start now to create your site, google needs an address, and location information for your business.
This is a great tool for small business that have a customer base with one on one contact, however we are here because we have an online virtual based business, where we use affiliate links to earn commissions from different companies by helping people find their products…
Unfortunately as great as this new tool from google is… It wont work for us. There is a great platform out there that will.. If you interested in checking it out… Its called Wealthy Affiliate. I have been part of this great platform for a while now and I have never seen anything like it
Build a website in 30 sec, learn how to add affiliate links and create an online business, have access to many lick minded people that are more then happy to help you through your journey. If your thinking about creating an online business using affiliate marketing I encourage you to click this link and check them out… I was happy I did…
SEO is Changing….Are You?
The basic of content optimization using keyword overloading and tags has become part of the ways of the past. Yes this is all still very important and part of the process of creating great content that will rank with the search engines. However there is a new age that needs to be considered when you are developing your sites and content.
More and more people are doing most of their web browsing from their cell phones… You need to ask yourself, is my site just as mobile friendly as it is on a computer?
You don’t want to loose any potential traffic because your visitor is using their cellphones and your site doesn’t load, or the layout is tough to navigate. Test your themes before you choose them to make sure your sites are compatible with phones, tablets, and computers…
Social engagement through comments, social media links and shares is a consideration within the search engines that never used to be such a big part of SEO…
So what does this all mean… It means we need to all adapt to a changing world. It means you still need to do your keyword searched to assist your content ranking, but you also need to create a more engaging conversation with your content. Treat your content like a conversation, how would you explain this to someone face to face? You want to write in such away that it encourages your readers to want to get involved with the conversation. Search engines love this…
Next you want your content on social media, the power of the social media horde can be a major untapped resource if you haven’t been taking part in it already. Some analysts will even suggest creating an app for your site or business. Allowing your readers to follow and have mobile friendly access to your content and products.
Its an age of a new beginning. Embrace some of these updates and changes, in reality they are extra tools to help you reach an audience and help grow your business. The use of e books is another growing demand on the online world.
I am not at all saying the basic principles of solid keyword use and up to date, relevant, and engaging content will ever change. I am simply just trying to open your mind, and eyes to some of the changes happening around you. Making small changes now to adapt your site and how you reach new visitors will only put you in a better position in the future…
I keep in contact and up to date with a great community called Wealthy Affiliate, click the link if you want to check it out, I know I’m happy that I did. This community is full of people with great ideas, tips, tricks, and some support when you need it. Learning from people who are making it happen in the online world is the best way to capitalize on your money making potential.
If you are someone who is already seeing success from changing how you do things I would love to hear what you are doing… Drop a comment and share your ideas..
10 Steps to Make Money Online
10 Steps to make money online is about taking you through the overall process of building a niche site and creating something that can help you generate money online. There are more details involved in each step, Im not going to get complicated and too detailed, what I want to do is draw you the big picture so you can create an action plan, and decide if this type of business is for you.
Your steps include;
- Choose a niche
- Join a platform to host your site
- Learn how to build out a theme for your site
- Purchase a domain
- Make a content plan, including keyword research
- Find and join affiliate programs for your niche
- Create google alerts for your niche
- Write and post daily using your affiliate links and Keyword rich content
- Decide what social media platforms you will want to use to help you with traffic
- Stay consistent with your content creation
As I mentioned before, we could easily get in deep with any one of these steps. However I just want to take you through a brief overview of each step to help you have a better understanding of what using a blog site to make money online is all about.
1. Choose a niche
To be totally honest, if you haven’t chosen a niche, then continuing through the steps doesn’t make sense. So before you start buying domains, and signing up for affiliate links, and thinking you got it all figured out. Take a step back and do it one step at a time.
Making money online is not a quick fix to your financial concerns, success will not come over night. That being said, if you are patient and you take the time to build a solid foundation for your site, success with definitely come your way.
So to choose your niche. Think about a topic you are interested in, don’t choose a niche because you think it will have more products to sell, or you think more people will be interested in. Choose a niche for your site that you are interested in… Why? … First, you will be spending lot of time researching and writing about the niche. Second, in order for people to believe you, and for you to gain credibility in your product reviews and content, visitors need to feel that you are passionate about what your writing about and not just trying to sell them something. And third, If you are writing content to help people because you genuinely have an interest in what your writing about, it will come out in the words and how you write and your readers will trust you and be interested in the products your exploring and reviewing. All of this will eventually equate to $$$
2. Join a platform to host your site
There are many different platforms to choose form when it come to hosting your site. I chose to join Wealthy Affiliate for my hosting platform. I chose this platform because I knew nothing about creating an online business or website and this platform offers tons of training and support as part of their monthly membership fee. One of my favourite parts is that I get to interact with like minded people daily. The interaction for me was a major factor in my growth and success, it can be hard to work from home, and to do something new that other people may not understand. Also when your learning to build a business it is so great to be able to reach out to other people doing the same thing as you to ask for help.
Key point here, when you figure it out, offer help to others, pay it forward….
Choose a platform that suits your needs, like I said there are many out there, so check them out and compare what each one offers. I also encourage you to do a little research and see what other peoples experiences where on the platform as well.
3. Learn how to build out a theme for your site
I say learn because some of you may know how to code and others do not. I am someone that does not know how to build a website using code. I understand it a bit more now, and I am able to add tags when I need to, but I wouldn’t even know where to start if I had to learn code…
Great news for those who don’t code, is that there are website builders like WordPress that are designed to let you create and build out your site without having to ever use coding. Before you purchase a domain I would suggest taking advantage of the free website building tool that site rubix offers. This will help give you a feel for what you are getting into when you are developing a site.
Don’t spend a whole lot of time on a free domain. Use it to get a feel for website building. And if you think it is something for you, I really recommend that you purchase a domain. A lot of affiliate companies and platforms wont deal with domains that aren’t owned.
As mentioned the ‘Build a free website here” tool will let you play around with a theme, and see how you feel about editing it and setting things up the way you like them.
If you have absolutely no clue on what to do and how to start building a site at all, check out Wealthy Affiliate, there is tons of training on how to get you started. I also have a post here on this site for creating a site in 30 sec, the video comes from the training on the Wealthy Affiliate platform, if you want to check that out as well just click on the link, or the image below.
4. Purchase a domain
Once you have played around with a free site rubix site, I encourage you to purchase a domain. You can stick with the free site if you would like. That is not a problem. The reason I suggest to buy one is because most affiliate companies want to know that the domain you are using to earn your commission on is in fact yours. Some of the affiliate programs wont approve your site unless it is a website that you have purchased and own.
Google rankings is also a major part of your success, the higher you rank the more traffic potential you have for your site, the more traffic potential the more money making opportunity you will have. Google and other search engines rank domains you own a lot higher and fast then ones that you don’t.
Again the choose is your.. Do what feels good for you….
5. Make a content plan, including keyword research
Making a content plan is a major step. It is important for a few reasons, it gives you a list to work off in case you have writers block one day. It allows you to create a plan for your site to help keep your content organized so it will be easy for visitors to click through. And your creating a keyword list to help your pages and posts rank higher and faster.
Keywords are the words and phrases people would type into google when they are looking for something. You want your content on your site to have keywords in the tiles, in the first few sentences of your posts and within the rest of the content (if it flows naturally). Key words can be a powerful tool. Researching for keywords can also help you come up with content ideas for your site as well.
There are a couple ways to look up key words; you can start to type something into google and see all the options that drop down, or you can use a key word tool. There is one that is called Jaaxy that I like to use, you can access a free trial with it through the Wealthy Affiliate site. Type in a word below and see what comes up for you…
6. Find and join affiliate programs for your niche.
Throughout your site you will be using something called affiliate links in order to make commission off the products and services people purchase by visiting your site and following the links you provide within your content. To get those links you will have to join affiliate programs that relate to your niche.
To find these programs you can simply type in your niche +affiliate program in the search bar and a list of results will come up. This list is a list of all the different companies available to you for related affiliate programs to you niche. The amount of commissions will vary by company, and you can also sign up for as many of them as you would like.
Many people new to affiliate marketing will start with an amazon affiliate program, and then work their way out form there.
Another option available to you is to join an affiliate platform like Click Junction. The image above os what the dashboard for this platform looks like. There are many of them out there. The basic idea is that it is one platform with multiple companies on it. Each company offering different commissions and payment programs. The advantage to using a platform like this is that you have access to multiple companies in one place,and you can manage your income from one place much easier.
7. Create google alerts for your niche
As you build out your site with tons of great content and product reviews you will also want to keep your information current. Creating google alert is a great way to support that. You can set up alerts for any topic you want, and anytime something gets posted online relating to the topic and key words you asked google to notify you about, you will get an email with the link to the page.
8. Write and post daily using your affiliate links and Keyword rich content
This is why I stressed choosing a niche you enjoyed, suggested to create a content plan and to research key words… At first you are going to want to create content daily for your site. This tells search engines that your site is active and up to date, it will help with rankings. It builds out a great foundation so that when you do start to rank higher on search engines and you do start to see traffic on your sites, there is lots of great pages and posts for your visitors to check out, and that could also lead to more commissions if they choose to buy more products or join services that you recommended.
As the site matures you wont need to post daily, but you will want to post regularly, about 2-3 times a week is recommended.
9. Decide what social media platforms you will want to use to help you with traffic
Lets take a look at what we have accomplished so far… You have chosen a niche, done some research for content and keywords, purchased a domain and customized it to suit your niche perfectly. You have joined affiliate programs and have some great product reviews that you have created and posted on your site, you are now wondering how you get engagement on your site and start to build traffic….
You have to get your content out there. In the world of social media and interaction, this is a key step to helping you drive traffic to your site.
Choose the social media platforms you want to use to post your pages, talk about your site, and help people find you. Google plus is a great resources, Facebook, twitter, instagram, pintrist, and more. The social engagement you can create using these platforms will also help with your google rankings. Encourage people to leave comments on your posts and pages, and always respond promptly so that you are creating a dialogue.
Give yourself a time limit on social media each day, this way you don’t waste time interacting in other ways when your intention was to help grow your online business.
My best practice; every time I create content I copy the link and share it on google plus. Then I head back over to my site and continue whatever else I was doing.
10. Stay consistent with your content creation
This step is a challenge for many people. When you first start your website your on it all the time, it is new and exciting and your loving the experience. Then after some times passes, you may start to get tired and wonder when you will start to make money. At this point most people start to create less and do less with their sites and before you know it its been days or week since you created anything new…
Don’t let this happen!!!
Keeping a consistent pace will lead to success, it will help with rankings and you will start to see income growth. It takes time, there is no magic number, and no specific amount of hours, days or weeks before you start to see income. It is different for everyone. Know your hard work will not go to waste. And keep pushing on!
Good luck with your site development and realizing your dreams of creating your own online business. If you have anything to share please leave a comment below. Success story? questions? what ever it may be…
Saving Your Ideas
Have you ever been out doing some running around and suddenly something catches your attention and triggers a great post or page idea for your site. At that moment you find yourself excited to get home and get your ideas out…
You finish your to do list, you head home, you get onto your computer, go to start typing and….. Nothing!
Your fantastic and super exciting idea is completely gone, you can’t for the life of you remember what it was that had you so excited to start writing about.. We all suffer from writers block sometimes, and there is nothing worse than having the perfect new post in your head and then forget it by the time you get to your computer.
It has happened to me a few times. I was so frustrated, and wasted time trying to recall what it was I was wanting to write about. Now I carry a pen and some paper in my car, or I have a note pad started on my phone so I can record my ideas as I get them… This has become a total life saver.
Building an online business is tough, you are always having to come up with new and exciting ideas to keep our websites up to date and exciting for our readers. I have experienced moments of writers block, so for those moments I look back to my note pad or notes on my phone to help get me started…
Another great tool is the site content tool of the Wealthy Affiliate platform that I am apart of. Sometimes I find that I can get ideas for new content while I am in the middle of writing something else. The site content tool allows me to start and save multiple posts without having to publish them, until I get them just right of course. Its a great tool for bouncing back and forth between ideas.
Another great way to brainstorm is using a google search for keywords. You start by typing out a words or two relating to something you want to discuss on your site and tale of phases and keywords will pop up in a drop down menu… They can lead to some good things.
One last thing you can try while I have you here is a tool called Jaaxy. I use it for key word searches, and I Find it really helps me to develop a whole pile of other ideas as I go. Try it below for free and see if it works for you…
Dont forget… Make sure you write down or record your ideas as you go so that you don’t miss out on any great potential pages and post ideas for your site.
If you have developed any methods, or other tricks yourself I would like to hear about them.. Leave a comment below.
Adding E-Commerce on Your Website
There are many niche sites out there that could benefit from an e-commerce plug in. What would this do for you? it gives you the opportunity not only to make affiliate commissions from your blog posts but also build an online store that will allow you to sell your own work…
I was like many people, I thought that building an online e-commerce site would be very difficult. Turns out I was wrong…
Lets start from the beginning. You have a niche that you would like to build an online business with. You purchase a domain, you build out a site with keyword rich content. You have applied to many affiliate programs and are leveraging their links for commissions, and now you are looking to add an e-commerce portion to your site.
This example is based on using a WordPress site. WordPress is what I have used for all my websites. In your WordPress site builder you have a dashboard that allows you to edit and create. On the left hand side, you will want to click Plug-ins – add new. On the page that opens, in the top right search window type in e-commerce. The plug in I use on my sites is called WooCommerce. The great thing about this plug in is that it is super easy to use. On the top right of the plug in you will want to click the instal now, and then the activate button.
A new window will pop up for the WooCommerce page set up. The set up will show you the basic pages you will need for the plugin, next tab is for your to choose your location. Then you will need to choose shipping and taxes, your payment options, and then your ready to create your first product. Because the plugin works well with your WordPress site the way you create and add product is the same as adding content. You will create a title, a body description, and you can also add a feature image, just like a normal post/page.
To be able to see your store, you will need to go into your menu editor and add the WooCommece page. When you want to see your product list or edit it you simply have to go to your dashboard and click on Products, and just like when you would click pages/ posts you will see a list of all your products you have available. You can open them up to edit them, or you can do a quick edit screen.
Your Store can be accessed through your menu tool bar when you add it, you can also have your products on your side menu by adding it through a widget.
The great thing about this store once you have created it is that you can use it to sell anything and everything. You can offer training packets, travel pamphlets, ebooks and more by adding a downloadable file that is accessible once they purchase it. You can also sell tangible products if that is what your looking to do. It’s a really great plugin with lots of potential.
One caution to keep in mind. Plugins are great tools to use within your sites, however if you have too many of them it will slow down the loading time of your site and could cost you traffic. I try to keep it to 3-4 plug ins if I can.
Have fun building out your sites, and if an e-commerce store is for you, I hope this walk through helps…
Making a Plan to Organize Your Day
Lets get right to it the best way to feel productive is to have a plan. The plan doesn’t have to be the same every day, in fact I suggest you switch it up. For example:
This is just a guide, you can really play with it however you want. The nice thing with a plan is that you don’t waste time, and if you set yourself to complete certain tasks and you don’t, you can rearrange things as needed to finish them. Having a plan will keep you motivated! One of the biggest challenges of working from home is to stay on task…
Give yourself some goals… There is a great new tool on the Wealthy Affiliate platform that I’m on called Site Content, it allows you to create word goals and content goals, it tracks your progress for you so you can see how close you are to getting to your goals. I just started using this tool, it has totally changed how I’m planning my site content.
Set yourself financial goals, think of reasonable 3 months and 6 month goals for your websites and work your butt off to get there. Always write the goals down, so you can remind yourself daily of what you want to achieve…
Creating your own business from the ground up is an adventure, it’s hard work and it takes some time to get it to the point that you want it to be. Don’t give up, and keep going… Keeping a plan in place to get you through the day to day activities so you can keep taking steps forward to achieve your goals is so crucial. It keeps you organized, motivated and on track..
It will take time to create a schedule that works for you, it’s a work in progress. Maybe you want to check emails at the beginning of the day because when you do it at the end of the day you spend too much time online. Maybe you write better posts first thing in the morning after breakfast because after lunch you feel a bit tired. Take note of these things and make adjustments to the next day or the next weeks plan as needed. You will get a flow that works and it will feel great.
If you do different things to help you at home, drop a comment, would be interested in hearing them…
The Ultimate Writing Platform
How many times have you set out to write a product review on your site and you wished you had a template to go to without having to copy and paste things from your other pages (which search engines don’t like). If you are someone like me that has multiple niche sites, how annoying is it to have a tab for each of your sites open as you work from site to site making posts and creating killer content… Well let me tell you, your mind is about to be blown.
I love tools, I love using tools that make things simple… I encourage you to check out the new Ultimate Writing Platform on the Wealthy Affiliate website. It has some pretty impressive features. You can create blank posts, or build a template that you can save and use every time you write a product review, or want to build a new page or post. You can see all your posts for all your sites in one place. And when you finish writing your post, the platform has a unique editor that checks for spelling, grammar, and punctuation, so you can feel more confidant before you post.
So you ask, how do I get the content I just built to my site? You simply hit publish and choose any website that you are hosting on WA and bam! that’s it. You can then check out your new post on your website and edit anything you feel you need to change on it while its live.
The biggest take away is the easy to use process…
Further if you are someone that likes to track your progress and set goals for yourself, you can also do that within the platform. On your dashboard you can set content goals, word count goals and monitor your progress to help keep you on track. You can also see the number of published articles along with how many of those articles have been indexed with google.
I have seen tons of online tools that claim to help you develop your online business, but I have never seen anything like this… This is just the beginning, there is so much more to come, check it out and tell me what you think….
Click here or on the image about to see more info about the Site Content Platform on the Wealthy Affiliate website. Or click here or on the image below if you are in more of a mood to check out a video walk through. 
If you have any questions about anything you have read or watched just let me know in a comment below here, or you are always welcome to reach out to me on the Wealth Affiliate platform.
Challenges of Working From Home
Working from home is something many people wish they could do. They are tired of the 9-5 run around busting your butt to make your boss look good, all the while hardly making enough money to get by…
The best decisions in life are the most educated one.. I’m going to be very honest with you, if you thought working at home for yourself means working less, you have the wrong idea. You will have to work harder then you ever have before to build the business, before you will be able to reach the level of success that truly offers you more freedom. However, once you reach that thresholds, the sense of reward and satisfaction you will feel.. Nothing can top that…
There are three main things that I keep myself mindful of when I’m working from home. Doing this helps to keep me on track and focused…
Motivation: The best way to describe motivation, is having a “why“… I’m sure if you have worked in the cooperate world you may have heard your boss or HR manager talk about the “why“.
Knowing this is the single most imprtant first step to accomplishing anything.. Starting your own business and working from home is very tough, you may have friends and family tell you you made a mistake leaving that stable job, bla bla bla… Trust me if it hasn’t happened yet it will… So avoid that talk… Don’t leave your job till your home business starts to grow and you see some consistency. We will get back to this…
The “why” is your reason for doing something. It can be a very powerful tool. My “why” was because I was unhappy that I hit my glass ceiling at work, I wanted to give myself the opportunity to make more of my life, to have more control over what happens to me, and be bale to build a stable future for me and my family. Every single time I feel a little bit defeated, or I may feel that I have bit off more then I can chew. I remind myself why I made this decision in the first place, and I keep pushing. I encourage you to take a minute and think about your “why“, it can make all the difference.
Distractions: Working from home is full of distractions. Pets, kids, loved ones, not to mention the never ending honey do list you may have been putting off for ages. When your online, there is the internet and social media outlets distracting your time. This can be very dangerous to the development of your online business.
To help with this, build yourself daily goals, a list of things you want to accomplish each day, when you get them all done, take some time for yourself. I you find you are having a lot more spare time then push yourself to achieve more. I do this for myself daily, I really helps me stay focused and also gives me the sense of accomplishment when I realize I got everything I set out to do, done.
The plan will include social media time, we all use the great outlets of social media to help us build our online business. So give yourself maybe 30min a day for non business related time and then remind yourself you can go back later when you got all your work done. It’s a lot easier said then done, really make an effort to keep social media time during your work time to the absolute min.
Kids and pets are the hardest distraction to get around. Don’t get flustered or frustrated if you are having a bad day at home with them. Remember we are making small daily goals at first so you can accomplish something, and eventually will build the goals and expectations as you get a routine at home set and the balance of your time gets easier. Where there is a will, there always will be a way 🙂
Mindset: Your mindset is such a powerful tool. Mindset can wrap into the “why” but the mindset really is the big picture. Almost nothing in life can be accomplished if you don’t change your mindset to work with those goals.
One of the biggest blocks of a positive mindset is stress and pressure. We put a lot of both those things on ourselves every day, when we do this we force ourselves into a fight or flight response and we aren’t able to deal with things with the rational we would have wanted to. So first things first, know that building a business will take time, its not an over night success, the average website with consistent daily updates and activity, along with sharing and social interaction will take about 3 months to really start seeing some movement on rankings. Now put that in perspective, in what job have you ever had financial and career movement within 3 months. In a job your first 3 months is your probational period, only after that can you start to work towards accomplishing career goals. So give yourself time!! don’t get discouraged right away. I am apart of this great platform called Wealthy Affiliate, it is full of people like you and me that want to make a difference in our lives and build an online business. I am constantly interacting with people on the platform to help keep me motivated, we share success stories with one another, help each other when we get stuck on a task, it’s truly a wonderful community.
As I mentioned before, don’t quit your job yet. If you are a stay at home mom, or are off work because of a disability and want to take the time to build a business, that is really amazing, congrats and good luck!! If you are currently in a job you hate, or you are concerned about job security, work on your business on evening and weekends, make it a hobby and an outlet for your creativity and down time. By doing this you will give yourself the time to build a proper online business, you will get less frustrated with yourself, and you wont be counting the days to the time you start making some income. Jut hang in there a little bit longer, the sun will come up…
If you have any questions or anything to add please leave a comment below, I would love to hear from you…
SEO and Marketing Your Website
Like any business, online or brick and mortar you need to get the word out to drive traffic to your business. There are many outlets to do this, multiple social media sites, hand shaking, signs on the street and of course SEO.
Right now I’m talking about online marketing, and this is about maximizing using SEO. SEO for those who don’t know is ‘Search Engine Optimization’. This optimization happens through using keywords that people use to find things online and having them in your title and contents of your posts and pages on your website. There is a video link below for a training session on Wealthy Affiliate about it.
Click on the image above to get to the video…
There are people out there that think they got tricks up their sleeves and do things like purposefully spell a key word wrong in hopes to catch extra hits. What they don’t know is, a lot of the search engines correct these users mistakes before they even get to use them. So you are not much further ahead by trying this, in fact you might even find yourself fall behind because readers when they do find your site will see the spelling errors and your site comes across as unprofessional and less of an authority.
For many people starting from scratch online, they don’t realize that it can take months before the big search engines start to trust the site and start to rank it higher on the searches. But in the mean time, it is important to keep creating content and keep building your site. Your hard work will pay off.
When I want to look for new key words for my site I use JAXXY, you can also connect to if from the my.wealthyaffiliate.com website. This site allows you to see different variations of the key words your thinking of using and shows you different stats about the keyword. You can take part in a free trial too see if it is something that works for you.
It is advised to attack ‘low hanging fruit‘ when choosing a keyword for your page or post. Pick something with limited competition. This will help with your rankings. If you don’t know where to start, use the search bar in any search engine and start to type, see all the options that come up, write them down, the ones you like the most put into Jaxxy and see how they hold up online, and how much competition they will have.
Another trick with SEO is to keep it simple, you don’t need to make long winded titles on posts filled with keywords to get hits. In fact this will work against you. Keep it short and sweet, and make sure your first few sentences of the post or page will capture what your writing about.
When your starting out your site, you will want to make regular posts and encourage interaction on those posts through comments, this will also help you rank online. Once you have a list of about 30-40 key words you like and want to use on your site, make a schedule on a calendar and follow it to make sure you are consistently posting and building out your authority site.
Another thing you may want to consider is installing a site map with google, it will allow you to track traffic and see where your readers are coming from. This can be a really great tool. You will be surprised with all you can learn about the performance of your site.
Learning how to use SEO to optimize what you do on your site will help tremendously with your success.
Once you have your keywords and some killer content, make sure your sharing it with the world, don’t just leave it all up to the search engine to find you, help them by driving traffic through social media outlets to your site. Whenever you create content for your site, add it to Face Book, Twitter, Google Plus, Instagram…. Whatever social media outlet you are using. This will help get the word out there that you have a site and attract interaction on your site, search engines love this. I constantly use google plus for my sites, I find it to be great tool. Just remember to stay on track, don’t lose hours of productive time in your day lost in your social media feeds, do what you go to do and then get outta there.
Building an online business is exciting stuff, keep pushing and stay consistent and you will see results. Remember it wont happen over night, it may take a few months before you start to see steady traffic and some positive revenue so don’t let yourself get discouraged, success will come.
Growing Your Online Business
We live in an I want it and I want it now world. With the conveniences of technology, as a society we have become accustom to getting things a lot faster, food, entertainment, news, merchandise, and the list goes on. One thing that hasn’t changed however is the time it takes to build a booming business.
There are many ads out there that will tell you you will make $500 a week to start then thousands within the first coupe months… That is chasing sunshine and rainbows and doesn’t exist. I have learned that the things in life worth having are the ones we worked hardest to get. You want to change your life, do it. You want to make money online, you absolutely can. You want to build an online business you can be proud of that will eventually allow you to work form home, heck ya. Give yourself the time to do it. Give yourself the time to develop your site, build a following, create a campaign and make a goal to post new posts everyday for three months so that your site is jam packed with great ideas, product reviews, information and a great presence. And guess what, while you have been doing that, google has been noticing and before you know it your posts and pages start to get ranked, and then you start to see traffic, and more traffic, and with that come the affiliate commissions you have been so un-patiently waiting for… give yourself the time.
The unfortunate reality is that we tend to start a new business adventure when we are in a financial pickle, when there is something we want to do in life that our financial house doesn’t allow for. Because of this reality we tend to be to anxious, do the right thing and stick to it and let our business ideas grow. Im telling you from experience, give it the time to grow and you will not regret that decision. Starting an online business is a great thing to do, on the side, part time while your site matures and gets better rankings. It will also help take some of the financial pressure off when your site isn’t generating income. And yes that will come…
My process started with mywealthyaffilaite.com, I found it while searching for opportunities to make a new income stream. Its been a great experience, if you haven’t checked it out yet, you totally should.
Don’t give up, once you make the commitment to try something new, stick to it….
