Posts Tagged ‘Business Models’

Making Money with Your Blogs

// April 22nd, 2011 // 1 Comment » // Blog, Business Tips, General Ideas, making money

If you’ve decided that your business will include blogs and websites that make money, immediately sign up for a free Google Adsense account.  Having an Adsense account will allow you to immediately start placing ads on your site and allow you to start earning income from your blog.

Google Adsense will NOT make you rich overnight  Sure, if you play the marketing game correctly, you can earn some money but don’t fall for the get rich schemes flooding the internet.  It’s taken me 2 years to earn $5.00 with Adsense but my Adsense ads are few and far between right now.  And all my Adsense ads are on websites I’m currently not promoting or working on.

Making money with Adsense can be a fine art; web consumers are very savvy and understand the Adsense model.  If you place too many ads on your site, your visitors are going to see your blog as nothing more than a billboard and they are gone.  Then again, if you hide the advertisements – no one will see them.  If your visitors don’t click on the ads, you’re not making any money.

The secret is to integrate the ads and the content together but how do you do that?

 

Confession Time

// April 10th, 2011 // No Comments » // Blog, Business Tips, Freelance Ideas, General Ideas

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.

 

Focus On One

// April 3rd, 2011 // No Comments » // Blog, Business Tips, General Ideas, Liz Tomey Ideas

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.