Creating a home income does take time and effort, but doesn't always need to take money. Yes, there are ways of making money from home for free. In fact, there are a variety of ways available that you can use to make an income from home.
I've found that the best way to start creating an income for free is to make up a business plan and then to stick with it.
1) Do some research on the different methods that are available. Not sure where to start? Feel free to browse around Making Money for Free to start out with.
2) Find the methods that appeal to you because those are the ones that you are most likely to stick with - consistency is the key to making money for free.
3) Write down your business plan. (i.e. which methods you chose and your goals). For example, your goal might be to make at least $200.00 a month using Cash Crate and Treasure Trooper. How much time a week do you need to spend to reach your monthly goal? When are you going to work on this?
(It's also a good idea to make one folder on your computer and put into it your business plan/schedule, all your ids & passwords & email addresses that you use for your different methods. *Be sure to include your affiliate links in this folder also. You'll need to keep them handy - later on I'll talk about how you can increase your earnings using these links.)
If you would like more information on how you can make money from home for free - go to: MomsMakeCashFromHome for more handy ideas and tips.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Great Home Business Ideas
I just love doing research on the internet - I don't know about you, but it's one of my passions. (Hmm, wonder if I could turn that passion somehow into another income stream?).
Anyway, I just ran across this great website just full of information about How to Start a Business with Little or No Money
I think you'll really learn a lot from this site as it has tons of helpful information.
Just wanted to spread the word.
Blessings!
Pat
Anyway, I just ran across this great website just full of information about How to Start a Business with Little or No Money
I think you'll really learn a lot from this site as it has tons of helpful information.
Just wanted to spread the word.
Blessings!
Pat
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Social Book Marking Traffic System
Social Book Marking?
I must admit, I had really never paid attention to these terms until tonight.
I just received an email from the Admin of the Warrior Forum (a great forum for internet marketers, by the way) and they highly recommended a new ebook on how to get Social Book Marking Traffic.
Now, I know that if the admin of the Warrior Forum recommends something - it has to be good.
Here's a comment from the email that I received,
"This is really working for people and it is almost like getting PPC traffic without actually paying for it.
Fantastic for quickly testing concepts or getting something kicked off. Craig covers everything step by step that even the newest newbie can follow..."
Sounds like something I need to know!
For more info. on this Social Book Marking Traffic System, click here.
I must admit, I had really never paid attention to these terms until tonight.
I just received an email from the Admin of the Warrior Forum (a great forum for internet marketers, by the way) and they highly recommended a new ebook on how to get Social Book Marking Traffic.
Now, I know that if the admin of the Warrior Forum recommends something - it has to be good.
Here's a comment from the email that I received,
"This is really working for people and it is almost like getting PPC traffic without actually paying for it.
Fantastic for quickly testing concepts or getting something kicked off. Craig covers everything step by step that even the newest newbie can follow..."
Sounds like something I need to know!
For more info. on this Social Book Marking Traffic System, click here.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
How to Start a Home Based Business on the Internet
How to Start a Home Based Business on the Internet
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Nathaniel_King]Nathaniel King
As children, we were taught to go to school and get good grades so that we could get into a good college. We were to go to college because that was the way to become a successful contributing member of society. So we thought we’d get a good job in the career field of our choice, and work hard for a company and we would be rewarded. Well, something has happened to that plan and we are watching, almost daily, people get la off who have dedicated their lives and their time to companies that are more concerned with their bottom line profits than with their loyalty. We are watching people forced to take buy-outs, forced to take pay cuts, and they have little choice in the direction of their lives. Some of these people have children in college or are already one check away from loosing it all. So what do we do about this? We have to start to take control of our own lives. One way to do this is by starting a home based business on the internet. I will teach you how to start a home based business on the internet.
The fact that you are reading this article means that you are looking to make a change in your life. Learn how to start a home based business on the internet, and it will change your life. There are countless others in your shoes who are looking for an opportunity to get free. The first thing you should do is think about the people you have direct contact with that are also looking for an opportunity to get free. Get a pen and make a list of these people. They are very important to you, and you are very important to them. Now you need to find the opportunity. There are lots of opportunities out there, but which one is best for you. You can assume that if it’s best for you, it’s best for your network of friends.
If the opportunity requires too much up-front cost, it won’t work for you. It can work, but you have to have friends who can also come up with the up-front cost. If the opportunity requires a lot of technological expertise, it probably won’t be as lucrative for you. Most people are not techies. If it required you to stock product in your home, it probably won’t work. The average person lives in 1200 sq. ft. of space. That’s not enough room to stock pile product. So what will work? Start a home based business on the internet.
You need a widely used product with mass appeal. You need a product that everyone uses. It needs to be something that doesn’t require a lifestyle change. What product is that? Travel. Travel is a $7 trillion a year business and growing. The baby boomer are retiring or being forced out, and they are traveling like never before. The baby boomers are market drivers. They drive every market they get their hands on. Travel is one of them. Use travel as a basis to start a home based business on the internet.
So now that you have a product, you need a company that deals in that industry. There are lots of companies out there that deal with travel, but I can guarantee one that is internet based will be more lucrative. Start a home based business on the internet using travel as your product.
So now you know how to start a home based business on the internet, YTB is a company that offers that opportunity. Check out the sites below for more info.
I am a Referring Travel Agent (RTA) with YTB. When you sign up to become an RTA through me, you can start making money instantly. Your website will be up and ready to go within minutes of joining. You will make money when you book your own travel, and when others book travel through your website (60% of the commissions). You will also make money by selling online travel sites like the one you will have. You'll get $50 per person, $1000 every sixth person. Once you get your seventh person you start you Power Team. The great thing is that as people get in the business whether you bring them, or someone you brought in brings them, you get paid. You also get 50% commission match of the people you brought in the business. Not to mention the free upgrades and the cheap all inclusive vacation packages! You are also guaranteed to make at least $6000. If you have any questions, visit http://www.travelpropower.com/nasajatravel You can also go to http://www.nasajatravel.com to book your travel needs.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Nathaniel_King http://EzineArticles.com/?How-to-Start-a-Home-Based-Business-on-the-Internet&id=655282
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Nathaniel_King]Nathaniel King
As children, we were taught to go to school and get good grades so that we could get into a good college. We were to go to college because that was the way to become a successful contributing member of society. So we thought we’d get a good job in the career field of our choice, and work hard for a company and we would be rewarded. Well, something has happened to that plan and we are watching, almost daily, people get la off who have dedicated their lives and their time to companies that are more concerned with their bottom line profits than with their loyalty. We are watching people forced to take buy-outs, forced to take pay cuts, and they have little choice in the direction of their lives. Some of these people have children in college or are already one check away from loosing it all. So what do we do about this? We have to start to take control of our own lives. One way to do this is by starting a home based business on the internet. I will teach you how to start a home based business on the internet.
The fact that you are reading this article means that you are looking to make a change in your life. Learn how to start a home based business on the internet, and it will change your life. There are countless others in your shoes who are looking for an opportunity to get free. The first thing you should do is think about the people you have direct contact with that are also looking for an opportunity to get free. Get a pen and make a list of these people. They are very important to you, and you are very important to them. Now you need to find the opportunity. There are lots of opportunities out there, but which one is best for you. You can assume that if it’s best for you, it’s best for your network of friends.
If the opportunity requires too much up-front cost, it won’t work for you. It can work, but you have to have friends who can also come up with the up-front cost. If the opportunity requires a lot of technological expertise, it probably won’t be as lucrative for you. Most people are not techies. If it required you to stock product in your home, it probably won’t work. The average person lives in 1200 sq. ft. of space. That’s not enough room to stock pile product. So what will work? Start a home based business on the internet.
You need a widely used product with mass appeal. You need a product that everyone uses. It needs to be something that doesn’t require a lifestyle change. What product is that? Travel. Travel is a $7 trillion a year business and growing. The baby boomer are retiring or being forced out, and they are traveling like never before. The baby boomers are market drivers. They drive every market they get their hands on. Travel is one of them. Use travel as a basis to start a home based business on the internet.
So now that you have a product, you need a company that deals in that industry. There are lots of companies out there that deal with travel, but I can guarantee one that is internet based will be more lucrative. Start a home based business on the internet using travel as your product.
So now you know how to start a home based business on the internet, YTB is a company that offers that opportunity. Check out the sites below for more info.
I am a Referring Travel Agent (RTA) with YTB. When you sign up to become an RTA through me, you can start making money instantly. Your website will be up and ready to go within minutes of joining. You will make money when you book your own travel, and when others book travel through your website (60% of the commissions). You will also make money by selling online travel sites like the one you will have. You'll get $50 per person, $1000 every sixth person. Once you get your seventh person you start you Power Team. The great thing is that as people get in the business whether you bring them, or someone you brought in brings them, you get paid. You also get 50% commission match of the people you brought in the business. Not to mention the free upgrades and the cheap all inclusive vacation packages! You are also guaranteed to make at least $6000. If you have any questions, visit http://www.travelpropower.com/nasajatravel You can also go to http://www.nasajatravel.com to book your travel needs.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Nathaniel_King http://EzineArticles.com/?How-to-Start-a-Home-Based-Business-on-the-Internet&id=655282
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Simple Steps to Building an Online Business
Simple Steps to Building an Online Business
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Cole_Hirschfeld]Cole Hirschfeld
Many guides you'll read on starting an online business have complex steps involving business plans and market research and this and that... things that seem over our heads. Today, I'll give you a few simple, but effective, ways for you to create a website and attract visitors that are looking for what you have.
Step 1: Satisfy needs *for those without a website or idea*
A big mistake that most people make during market research is looking for the product before the market. To be able to fill someone's needs, you must know what those needs are first. This is not as difficult as you might think. A perfect example: the internet is designed to fill your need of market research, and this is exactly what you're going to use for said purpose.
Search online forums to see what people are having problems with, what they need, and how to fix it.
Figure out what a lot people are searching for that doesn't have a lot of competition. One great resource you can use is Google Trends. Here you'll be able to see what part of the world is searching for the term you enter.
Don't forget to research your competitors and emulate what they're doing, if it's proven successful.
Step 2: Write a compelling sales copy
A sales copy is what determines whether or not your visitor clicks "Buy" or "Back". There are countless examples of sales copies on the internet, but the most successful sales copies follow a specific formula which guides the visitor to the buy button from the moment they view it.
Arouse interest with a compelling headline.
Describe the problem your product can solve.
Show them why you can be trusted.
Add testimonials from people who've used the product.
Talk about the product and how it benefits the user.
Make an offer or guarantee.
Create urgency (usually through a special offer).
Ask for the sale
Make sure that in the text of your sales copy you are being concise because if people can't figure out what your product is straight from the start, they will often get frustrated and leave.
Step 3: Building your website
If you know nothing about building a website, there are plenty of resources available for you. If you plan to make a website that is fairly simple you can use any site building tool. Such tools can be found on download.com, or just searching Google until you find one for free. If your site requires more than just html (for example databases) than consider going to the site www.rentacoder.com. This site has over 180 thousand coders from almost every country in the world and you'll be able to find the right coder to fill your website's needs. (here again is an example of filling a need)
Things to remember when creating your site:
Make your site easy to navigate, and be consistent with the navigation throughout your site.
Use simple fonts that are easy to read.
Add an opt in option so you can collect e-mail addresses
Choose a domain name that is easy to remember
Step 4: Search Engine Marketing
One problem most new websites suffer from is getting traffic. Obviously pay per click advertising is not something you haven't seen, or probably used before. But using search engine marketing techniques gives you a lot more than just visitors to your site.
Allows you to test ad wording, prices, keywords, and headlines
Use these keywords and headlines in your sales copies, titles, and meta tags in your website.
Knowing this information is not enough. You must apply this to your website and marketing approach because you can get a step ahead by advancing your websites SEO (search engine optimization) and have more successful ad campaigns.
Step 5: Establish yourself as an expert
I cannot stress how important this step is. People feed off information from experts and they'll do the same to you if they're convinced that you know what the hell you're talking about. There are a few ways of accomplishing this:
Be an active member in discussion groups and forums that talk about your subject and put a link to your site in your signature.
Write valuable content and post it on social networks, article directories, and other places where people will be able to find it.
Make it easy for to use your content on their site (as long as there is a link back to your site), or to send your content to a friend.
By letting people use your content you are also working on one of the most important factors for your website's rank: link building. Having links to your site from other sites with similar content is crucial if you ever hope to raise your website's rank in the search engines.
Step 6: E-mail marketing
Utilize the e-mail addresses you collect from your opt in offer on your site. Many website owners collect the e-mails and let them rot in the database. Treat the people who give you their e-mail address like Gods. Send them coupons, special offers, updates to your site, etc. The best part about your e-mail list is that it is 100% targeted marketing. The people who have willfully given you their e-mail address are people who are interested in what you're selling, so don't let them down. Keep up their interest and make them come back to your site to see what you have to offer.
Step 7: Back-end selling to increase your income
There is a 36% chance that a first time buyer will be a repeat buyer. This partially goes along with e-mail marketing because if they buy from you once (and are satisfied), you've gained their trust to spend money on your site again.
Coupons, and special offers are a great way to get them to come back.
List items on check out page, or thank you page that compliment what they bought.
Reward your customers for being loyal, and chances are they'll stay loyal.
Step 8: Set up an affiliate program
Once you're up and running and you've gotten enough traffic that you're making sales on your own, you will be ready to set an affiliate program.
An affiliate program is an easy, low maintenance way to make money, get traffic, and grow your business. All you do is give your affiliate sign ups something to sell, share marketing materials, and write checks when they make sales. This will save you a truck load on advertising costs.
In today's age, the internet is like a vast city filled with opportunities, but unfortunately finding those opportunities is like finding a hay in a needle stack. I phrase it this way because it can often be discouraging trying to find an opportunity or to make your idea work. And even though you know that you have a million dollar idea, getting other people to see that can sometimes make you pull your hair out. So... following the simplest of steps first is where you'll find the greatest success.
Cole Hirschfeld is the owner of http://www.pennybush.com PennyBush.com is an internet business resource for young and established businesses. Be a part of a community that's willing to help you succeed in your online business. http://www.PennyBush.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Cole_Hirschfeld http://EzineArticles.com/?Simple-Steps-to-Building-an-Online-Business&id=652888
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Cole_Hirschfeld]Cole Hirschfeld
Many guides you'll read on starting an online business have complex steps involving business plans and market research and this and that... things that seem over our heads. Today, I'll give you a few simple, but effective, ways for you to create a website and attract visitors that are looking for what you have.
Step 1: Satisfy needs *for those without a website or idea*
A big mistake that most people make during market research is looking for the product before the market. To be able to fill someone's needs, you must know what those needs are first. This is not as difficult as you might think. A perfect example: the internet is designed to fill your need of market research, and this is exactly what you're going to use for said purpose.
Search online forums to see what people are having problems with, what they need, and how to fix it.
Figure out what a lot people are searching for that doesn't have a lot of competition. One great resource you can use is Google Trends. Here you'll be able to see what part of the world is searching for the term you enter.
Don't forget to research your competitors and emulate what they're doing, if it's proven successful.
Step 2: Write a compelling sales copy
A sales copy is what determines whether or not your visitor clicks "Buy" or "Back". There are countless examples of sales copies on the internet, but the most successful sales copies follow a specific formula which guides the visitor to the buy button from the moment they view it.
Arouse interest with a compelling headline.
Describe the problem your product can solve.
Show them why you can be trusted.
Add testimonials from people who've used the product.
Talk about the product and how it benefits the user.
Make an offer or guarantee.
Create urgency (usually through a special offer).
Ask for the sale
Make sure that in the text of your sales copy you are being concise because if people can't figure out what your product is straight from the start, they will often get frustrated and leave.
Step 3: Building your website
If you know nothing about building a website, there are plenty of resources available for you. If you plan to make a website that is fairly simple you can use any site building tool. Such tools can be found on download.com, or just searching Google until you find one for free. If your site requires more than just html (for example databases) than consider going to the site www.rentacoder.com. This site has over 180 thousand coders from almost every country in the world and you'll be able to find the right coder to fill your website's needs. (here again is an example of filling a need)
Things to remember when creating your site:
Make your site easy to navigate, and be consistent with the navigation throughout your site.
Use simple fonts that are easy to read.
Add an opt in option so you can collect e-mail addresses
Choose a domain name that is easy to remember
Step 4: Search Engine Marketing
One problem most new websites suffer from is getting traffic. Obviously pay per click advertising is not something you haven't seen, or probably used before. But using search engine marketing techniques gives you a lot more than just visitors to your site.
Allows you to test ad wording, prices, keywords, and headlines
Use these keywords and headlines in your sales copies, titles, and meta tags in your website.
Knowing this information is not enough. You must apply this to your website and marketing approach because you can get a step ahead by advancing your websites SEO (search engine optimization) and have more successful ad campaigns.
Step 5: Establish yourself as an expert
I cannot stress how important this step is. People feed off information from experts and they'll do the same to you if they're convinced that you know what the hell you're talking about. There are a few ways of accomplishing this:
Be an active member in discussion groups and forums that talk about your subject and put a link to your site in your signature.
Write valuable content and post it on social networks, article directories, and other places where people will be able to find it.
Make it easy for to use your content on their site (as long as there is a link back to your site), or to send your content to a friend.
By letting people use your content you are also working on one of the most important factors for your website's rank: link building. Having links to your site from other sites with similar content is crucial if you ever hope to raise your website's rank in the search engines.
Step 6: E-mail marketing
Utilize the e-mail addresses you collect from your opt in offer on your site. Many website owners collect the e-mails and let them rot in the database. Treat the people who give you their e-mail address like Gods. Send them coupons, special offers, updates to your site, etc. The best part about your e-mail list is that it is 100% targeted marketing. The people who have willfully given you their e-mail address are people who are interested in what you're selling, so don't let them down. Keep up their interest and make them come back to your site to see what you have to offer.
Step 7: Back-end selling to increase your income
There is a 36% chance that a first time buyer will be a repeat buyer. This partially goes along with e-mail marketing because if they buy from you once (and are satisfied), you've gained their trust to spend money on your site again.
Coupons, and special offers are a great way to get them to come back.
List items on check out page, or thank you page that compliment what they bought.
Reward your customers for being loyal, and chances are they'll stay loyal.
Step 8: Set up an affiliate program
Once you're up and running and you've gotten enough traffic that you're making sales on your own, you will be ready to set an affiliate program.
An affiliate program is an easy, low maintenance way to make money, get traffic, and grow your business. All you do is give your affiliate sign ups something to sell, share marketing materials, and write checks when they make sales. This will save you a truck load on advertising costs.
In today's age, the internet is like a vast city filled with opportunities, but unfortunately finding those opportunities is like finding a hay in a needle stack. I phrase it this way because it can often be discouraging trying to find an opportunity or to make your idea work. And even though you know that you have a million dollar idea, getting other people to see that can sometimes make you pull your hair out. So... following the simplest of steps first is where you'll find the greatest success.
Cole Hirschfeld is the owner of http://www.pennybush.com PennyBush.com is an internet business resource for young and established businesses. Be a part of a community that's willing to help you succeed in your online business. http://www.PennyBush.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Cole_Hirschfeld http://EzineArticles.com/?Simple-Steps-to-Building-an-Online-Business&id=652888
Monday, July 23, 2007
Have You Heard of My Money Magic?
If you are looking for a great way to create traffic to your blogs, then look no further than My Money Magic. It's a great system created by Duane Tomko (creator of other great IM products) in which you can get posts to your blogs for free!
Here's some more info. about My Money Magic:
"Introducing...
MyMoneyMagic!
The simple system that allows you to create profitable ads and spread them all over the internet like thousands of salesmen all working for you. The best part is you can even use this to promote your own web sites. Do you need more links back to your web site for better search engine placement? If so, this is exactly what you need. This system was designed not only as a powerful money maker, but also as a search engine optimization tool (don't worry if you don't know what that means, all you need to know is that it works!)
A little about how this system works so you can see the beauty in its simplicity and the awesome profit generating power of my free gift to you.
By now I'm sure you have heard the term 'blog' at least once or twice and you've probably heard almost every person teaching how to make money online talk about the power of blogging. I've created a blogging system on steroids, a way for you to easily promote anything you want, on thousands of web sites and blogs.
The best part is this is very 'search engine friendly' because of how this system is designed. Many other systems in the past that worked well quickly became obsolete when they search engines caught on to what they were doing. But this system is designed to be 'self cleaning' so that anyone that puts in quality effort gets quality results."
It's a fun way to get new and very interesting posts to your blog.
Generate traffic to your blog by signing up for My Money Magic today!
Here's some more info. about My Money Magic:
"Introducing...
MyMoneyMagic!
The simple system that allows you to create profitable ads and spread them all over the internet like thousands of salesmen all working for you. The best part is you can even use this to promote your own web sites. Do you need more links back to your web site for better search engine placement? If so, this is exactly what you need. This system was designed not only as a powerful money maker, but also as a search engine optimization tool (don't worry if you don't know what that means, all you need to know is that it works!)
A little about how this system works so you can see the beauty in its simplicity and the awesome profit generating power of my free gift to you.
By now I'm sure you have heard the term 'blog' at least once or twice and you've probably heard almost every person teaching how to make money online talk about the power of blogging. I've created a blogging system on steroids, a way for you to easily promote anything you want, on thousands of web sites and blogs.
The best part is this is very 'search engine friendly' because of how this system is designed. Many other systems in the past that worked well quickly became obsolete when they search engines caught on to what they were doing. But this system is designed to be 'self cleaning' so that anyone that puts in quality effort gets quality results."
It's a fun way to get new and very interesting posts to your blog.
Generate traffic to your blog by signing up for My Money Magic today!
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Great Advice for Creating an Income from Home
Creating an income from home does take a lot of work and persistence. If you visit some of the home business forums, you will also hear this from a lot of people who have become successful from home.
Here's some great advice about persistence that I'll post here in my blog:
"Whatever program you choose, you must keep at it and not stop! This is difficult if you have a job (or more than one), a family, and recreational interests. But, you must discipline yourself to keep posting, keep creating blogs, keep writing articles, and make it happen.
I've been following the EZ Niche system that Duane Tomko has created since last August. When I work hard at it, I get results. When I put it on the back burner, I don't get results. There is no "business on auto-pilot", like many of the hype-monger gurus promote. Their schemes are designed to separate you from your money. Duane tells it like it is, and his system works if you work it."
If you're interested in a good place to start creating an income from home go to Duane's EzNiche program.
It's where I got my start!
Here's some great advice about persistence that I'll post here in my blog:
"Whatever program you choose, you must keep at it and not stop! This is difficult if you have a job (or more than one), a family, and recreational interests. But, you must discipline yourself to keep posting, keep creating blogs, keep writing articles, and make it happen.
I've been following the EZ Niche system that Duane Tomko has created since last August. When I work hard at it, I get results. When I put it on the back burner, I don't get results. There is no "business on auto-pilot", like many of the hype-monger gurus promote. Their schemes are designed to separate you from your money. Duane tells it like it is, and his system works if you work it."
If you're interested in a good place to start creating an income from home go to Duane's EzNiche program.
It's where I got my start!
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