Daily Digest for January 23rd
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Just checking. Carry on
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Totebag Tuesday
One of my biggest traffic sources to this little blog is my posts about shoes. You can view them here. This little fact seemed to bug me for a while, but then I decided to embrace the fun. Welcome to Tote Bag Tuesday!
These are bags that I have or bags that I want. This one is available at Just Fab.
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Profit From Your Business Ideas
Another Squidoo Lense created by me. You’ll learn how to take your ideas and build a profitable business.
Profit From Your Blog
Yes, it is possible to make money with your blog and website. But how do you turn your site from a general blog into a profitable business?
What’s Up?
It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve posted anything to my blogs. I’ve been moving to a new place and found out some terrible news once I moved in. I found out that my clear internet service doesn’t get a good signal in my new house. I only moved a mile away from my old house and never thought it would be a problem.
Lesson learned – if your running an internet business make sure your internet connection works.
I’ve tethered my computer to my iphone until new cable internet is installed in the house. I only hope to not hit my 2gb download limit.
I Claim
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Technorati is the one I love.
Seriously, this is just to claim my blog.
Confession Time
Ok, I’ll admit it – I have a variety of websites and blogs. My internet business is based on these websites but not all of them are as great as this one (ha, ha). And, if you know me you may be wondering why I have websites promoting and discussing some of the weird topics I’ve focused on.
Well – the truth is this – these sites make money. I’m building an internet business based upon profitable niches and the obscure topics make money. I enjoy building these sites and teaching others how to do the same thing.
Since this is confession time -
I’ll be completely honest. I don’t come up with the ideas for my websites and products alone. I also don’t spend hours (or days) doing my own keyword research. I’ve basically outsourced my keyword and niche research which allows me to focus on the parts my business building that I really enjoy. And I get the research for FREE. I have a great free tool that I use and I think you should use it as well.
Visit one of my other sites – freenicheideas.com to get more information.
Dazzling Shoes
I recently talked about my love for shoes and my love for the shoe service Just Fab. But the girl with all the shoes, can not live by one shoe service alone. The other service I really enjoy is Shoe Dazzle.
Shoe Dazzle is very similar to Just Fab. You take a quiz to find your ideal style and they offer you a selection of shoes that you should like each month.
Shoe Dazzle includes purses and jewerly in addition to shoes and offers a new shoe about three times a week. I end up checking the site daily just to make sure I’m not missing out on a new pair.
Who is Heather Gowrie?
Have you ever thought to yourself, “this job sucks – I would rather be making porn”? Well, I have. After having to call a major airline for the third time to beg them to change their flight schedule to meet my bosses sleeping schedule, I decided I had had enough. I walked right into her office and quit.
I had no plan. I would have rather be making adult videos.
I worked for myself for about 8 months. I loved working for myself. I loved setting my own hours and working on my projects. However, without a plan and without any guidance, I faltered really quickly. I wasn’t building a business, I was just trying to stay one step ahead of the bills.
I started out writing articles and doing odd jobs for people online. But I was taking jobs that didn’t pay more than $5.00 an article and I found that I couldn’t write enough every day to make money. You see, I like to write sentences that make sense. I like to write words that people may actually read and I was competing with international outsourcing where the going rate for articles is about $2.00 each and no grammar skills needed. I could produce 5 articles a day, but most vendors expected 10-to-15 badly written 500-word articles a day.
Not having a plan became evident very quickly. I ended going back to an office. And the cycle began again.
Instead of quitting, I have a plan. I’m building my business and sharing with you how to do what I do. Don’t be like the old me, your business will suffer and you’ll find yourself back in the work cycle again. I want you to be successful and I want you to learn from my mistakes.
Focus On One
There is this term – serial entrepreneur – that explains away the ADD of most American’s today. We accept the need to start a new business on a regular basis by calling ourselves serial entrepreneurs.
I will admit it – I’ve had this problem in the past but now I understand the need to focus. I’m here to build a business instead of serializing my life. I focused my own business on one business model and one idea at a time. I also work with my clients to understand the need for focus.
Without focus, you’ll find yourself struggling to keep your business moving forward. Without focus, you’ll find yourself overwhelmed and burnt out. Without focus, you’ll find yourself working on too many projects and never making any profit.
Thanks again to Liz Tomey for this great video that explains the need for focus.