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Making Money from Home — Can You Make It Work?

Laurie — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:59:01 +0000

One of the things I’ve learned is that when you want to make a living online, you’ve got to stick with one system to make it work. When you hop all over the place, from system to system and method to method — you lose the momentum for success. Your energy gets split and dissipates. Sure, there’s a variety of ways to make money online, but first and foremost it takes discipline. It takes following a system and doing it. When you find a product or method that works for you — stick with it.

You can spend hours spinning your wheels following every new idea that comes along, but usually what happens is you dip your toes in swish them around awhile, get unfocused and go onto the next “new” thing looking for the quick and easy way to make money online. Well, there really isn’t a “quick” way to do it, but when you follow a step-by-step system, it certainly isn’t hard. But most people who try to make money online — roughly 95 percent of them — quit because of just this reason. And the funny thing is, they usually stop right about the time that they could be “making it big.”

To that end in March of 2011, I quit my full-time decent paying job to work online from home. After 40 years working for everyone else, this was a HUGE deal for me. It scared the “hell” out of me because I was used to that every two-week paycheck. I quit just before I turned 58, and I took a lot of fear with me. We had a “huge monthly nut” to make each month, but my husband and I both agreed that we would do it, whatever the result. I couldn’t take the weekly grind and commute any longer. For twenty years of my working adult life, I commuted two hours to and from work each day. I was driving a bazilliion miles a week and my butt couldn’t take it any longer.

I started out with a bang, because I was mostly just doing freelance writing — and though my affiliate sales still trickled in, in total about $100/a month, I ignored that and went to work just on my freelance writing. The first mistake I made is that I did not diversify my clients and the HUGE client I worked for started to dive — especially after all the Google changes — and I went right down with them. Unfortunately, this caused a big fracas in our home, and we are being forced to reinvent ourselves at a time in life when most people retire.

And with Google’s Panda Penalties and its other search engine reinventions, I’ve learned that I need to put my eggs into many baskets, not just ONE and incubate them so they multiply. I’ve got to develop my income across several streams. Along with my freelance writing, which is paying the basic living expenses thank God — I’m going back to developing the affiliate end of my business.

So my husband and I are starting over again — reinventing our lives and changing the way we live. What was important yesterday is no longer important today. We’re downsizing, but in a good way, even though from all outward appearances, it doesn’t quick look that way.

Right now I’m working with Sara Young to get me back in the “swing” of things and to help me develop a system for my affiliate marketing. Yes, I’ve used many systems and had success with them, but I petered out because I got bored — and I had all the steady income from the day job and then the freelance work that I let the affiliate marketing stuff fall to the wayside. So, I’m reading through the Easy Paycheck Formula right now and I have to admit I’m pretty excited. I was pleased to find she has updated it because of all the changes made by Google — exactly what I needed because I’ve sorta been out of the loop on that stuff. What I like even more: she’s understands writing. And she’s a mom. Of 6!

A mom of 6, working from home, writing for the Internet and making a 6-figure salary. Hmmm. Do I have to do the math here? I think this is someone I need to spend some time with. For someone starting all over (though not entirely starting from scratch), this is good for me. The writing part I “got,” but I’ve never really been able to take my affiliate sales beyond the $100/a month mark. Mostly because I basically abandoned it to freelance write and create content for others. Being an Aries, keeping my focus on one thing can be difficult, even though I have written two books and have plenty of ideas for more. But in order to write them, I need to be able to get some income coming in to support my writing. While freelance writing is good, if I “overdo” it there, it takes away from my desire to write fiction. It’s a whole mental “track” switch that I haven’t quite nailed down.

So I picked up her product and I’m just now getting into it and so far, so good. I think it’s because she’s a “mom” that she speaks my language. She makes it simple. While I am refreshing myself with the basics of what I’ve learned, I know I am going to gain some keen insight because I plan to follow her “affiliate marketing” track and get it right. Many people start out trying to make money online and they give it up because they get distracted. The Internet is a HUGE distraction — so the first thing is FOCUS.

FOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUS.

Second is commitment. That part’s easy for me. Being the Aries that I am, and someone who lived in a trailer atop a hill just outside of Yosemite (without running water and electricity I might add for longer than most), I can tell you that I am one stubborn person who does not give in. I WILL not give in. I will, however, admit when I’m wrong — and the thing I did wrong — but didn’t see coming was to rely on one MAIN source of Internet income. I knew better too, but I was basking in the joy of working from home and didn’t see what was coming. Plus working through all my internal money issues (which is often harder the older you are because you’re more stuck in your ways), has been at the heart of all that. That all comes from the spiritual side of things and I’ve been hunkering down there as well. So it’s no wonder I created this whole scenario for me to start “over.”

You can bet I was surprised to see that Sara offers “Money Magnet” created by Dr. Anthony as a bonus download when you sign up for Easy Paycheck Formula. While I have a PLETHORA of how-to’s on my computer from many an Internet marketer, and only a handful of them really work, you can bet I’m happy to be signed up for her program. You see, she also includes some great information for moms and dads living on a budget. This woman has it nailed — and she tells you the main points right off.

Her program costs $47 to sign up. You’re offered a chance to extend it to her “Easy Paycheck Formula on Steroids” and continue to get updates on a month-to-month basis — but that’s your choice. In any case, I’m in and I *know* that this program will take me where I want and plan to go in the next few years.

Everything that I’ve seen is very organized in a step-by-step manner. For the person who doesn’t know anything about the Internet or needs a refresher to REFOCUS like I do, this is where you need to be if you want the freedom of working for yourself.

Is Wealthy Affiliate University a Scam?

Laurie — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:06:50 +0000

Do you have a problem finding the right program to teach you about affiliate and internet marketing? You may have looked into the Wealthy Affiliate Program and wondered if this program is a scam. Is the Wealthy Affiliate University a Scam?

In all fairness I have to tell you that I am a member of the Wealthy Affiliate University. I’ve been a student of this program since late June of last year, and using the techniques I’ve learned I have generated well over $2,000 so far. And that’s only spending roughly 4-5 unfocused hours a week.

To increase my revenue I need to get more focused with my online activities, but it is soooo easy to be distracted by the newest shiny object or email promising internet riches. The only thing I have found that works so far is consistent focused activity as taught by the Wealthy Affiliate University

So far, for what I have seen online (and I have gone through countless number of programs) the Wealthy Affiliate University is not a scam.

It’s got a simple fee structure: $39 a month and in this one PLACE you can learn everything you need to learn about affiliate and internet marketing. Many programs only offer you one arm of internet marketing. The Wealthy Affiliate University offers you all of them.

Internet and affiliate marketing is one of the fastest growing online businesses today. Ordinary people from all walks of life are turning to the internet to create extraordinary wealth working just a few hours a day from the comfort of their home.

It’s easy to become overwhelmed reading all the programs and websites out there and even reading articles like this one. But for me, I wouldn’t steer you wrong about Wealthy Affiliates, frankly I don’t want the karma.

Drawbacks of the Wealthy Affiliate System

The main problem at the Wealthy Affiliate University Site is the fact that there is TOO much information. Seriously, once you sign up and pay for your membership, you log-on to find yourself completely overwhelmed — where to begin?

Because there is SO much to do on the Wealthy Affiliate site, the best thing to do is develop tunnel vision and stay focused on the project at hand: learning about Affiliate Marketing. Don’t be presumptuous, everything on this site is there for a reason, and even if you think you know about affiliate marketing, do the coursework any way. You need this foundation.

Here’s a few things of what you will get with your Wealthy Affiliate membership:

Detailed Internet Marketing Coursework
Detailed and step by step action plan
Coaching and Support
Ready-made website templates
Advanced Keyword Research tool – spy on the competition
Free Website Hosting
Forum membership — Excellent Resource
Niche Marketing Course
PPC Marketing Course
Article Marketing Course
Free Website Builder (Site Rubix)
Training Videos
And so much more…

So if you’re waiting to get a better job, why not make that waiting pay off and join the Wealthy Affiliate University and spend an hour or two each day and see what kind of money you can make.

Join the Wealthy Affiliate university today!

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Copy The BluePrint

Laurie — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:57:49 +0000

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Ultimate PLR and Best Spinner Pack A One-Two Punch

Laurie — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:03:32 +0000

The Ultimate PLR software and the Best Spinner software are two programs, that when used together pack a one-two punch for your affiliate business.

The Ultimate PLR software, a prodigy of James J. Jones, creator of the well-known Micro Niche Finder Tool, has done it again with this incredible software that allows you to modify, hunt by keyword or title to find any of the more than 29,000+ articles at your fingertips. Never buy PLR articles again. But you MAY WANT TO HURRY. It’s currently being sold at $24.99 and that price is going up March 1st to $39.99. So get it at this incredible price while you still can!

Especially when you combine your articles from the Ultimate PLR software with the Best Spinner, which frankly is the BEST SPINNER out there.

Best Home Business Computer Opportunity

Laurie — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:30:57 +0000

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If you’re real good with hunting out niches and doing your keyword research, at the end of 26 weeks, (6 months)you can be making $650 per week, $2600 per month extra.

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