Can You Really Make Money Without A Website
January 14, 2009 by jschuman · Leave a Comment
Is it possible for you to make money with a website?
Can you create a website that not only gets hits, but serves the repeat customer too? The simple answer would be yes.
It’s been proven time and time again that with right formula and work ethic you can take a blank web space and turn it into a full time money maker.
The real question then is are you ready?
Instead of asking, “Can you make money with a website?” Ask yourself if you are up for the challenge. Are you ready to dedicate the time and mental energy required to create a money making website.
Will you take it seriously? So you can continuously make money with a website are you ready to learn and then apply that knowledge?
Don’t be fooled into thinking it’s the simplest form of running a business, but creating a website that pays isn’t the toughest thing in the world. Being your own boss requires a lot of mental preparation, and it is still a business in every aspect of the term.
Talking to people who are already in the industry is one of the best ways to get mentally prepared. Work with someone one on one to help you learn the ropes and avoid common mistakes.
as opposed to someone who gets the unfortunate surprise of realizing that if you want to make money with a website you actually have to work, you are more likely to commit by getting a sense of what it’s going to take for you to be successful.
Half the reason people fail is because they don’t understand how much work is involved in making yourself a success. They assume once their website is up verything will run itself.
However, the content, traffic, marketing and admin work that goes into a successful website doesn’t create itself. It can take many taxing hours to create a flow of traffic and once you do you need to find a way to keep them coming back.
Before you go around asking, “Can you make money with a website?” ask yourself the following questions:
1. Are you organized? Even if you’re working from home, organizational skills are something every business owner needs. It helps you stay on top of your game.
Not just for your website, but for your family too. Things like delegating responsibility and creating a schedule are necessary for you to make money with a website.
2. Are you resilient? Once you become your own boss no two days are the same, especially when you have just started out and are not seeing an influx of sales, so you have be able to adapt to challenges and maintain a good attitude.
3. Are you disciplined? Being your own work at home boss makes you vulnerable to interruptions. In order to make money with a website you need to be able to tune out common distractions like the T.V, or even your comfy bed beaconing you back, and stick with the task.
4. Are you self motivated? A lot of people actually need someone to tell them what to do. They want to work for themselves but they don’t have the ability to motivate themselves to get the job done.
5. Are you assertive? Being able to make money with a website involves being assertive. You need to be able to fight for what you want, put yourself out there, and keep going even during hard times.
Can you make money with a website? Yes, but involves dedication and hard work. To see if you already have personal qualities that will help you in this industry ask yourself the above 5 questions.
Blogging and Niche Marketing
January 13, 2009 by jschuman · 2 Comments
I want to talk about niche marketing and blogging to build your business.
One thing I have seen recently is an attempt by internet marketers to push the idea of starting a blog and quickly filling it up with plr content in a blog. The idea being that you could launch your blog with 10-15 articles and that should do it.
Then they say start another blog and repeat the process. Your goal is to get many blogs going and then add plr content on a consistent basis to keep it lively.
This is a bad idea if you are going into niche marketing and want to use your blog to do it with. For the most part plr content is a bad idea on a blog unless you alter it in several ways.
1. Change the primary keyword
2. Write a unique intro and closing paragraph
3. Add a YouTube video
4. Include a picture or graphic
5. Link to another site or blog.
At least when you do this you are attempting to make it original and the search engines will recognize this.
My point is if you start a niche marketing internet business and blogging is going to be your main form of marketing view it long term and plan on writing or hiring someone to write original content most of the time.




