How to Increase Your Income Exponentially

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All these years I've sat behind my computer screen... all by myself... feeling like I had to do it ALL myself.  I felt like I had to figure it out all myself, and just muscle my way through everything until I got it right. Well... that's partially my personality, and it's partially because there weren't many people out there to follow when I first got started online. That is no longer the case... at all. You may know I recently switched up my business model. The biggest thing I had to … [Read more...]

Building Your Brand and Network Using Twitter Chats

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We've been talking social media all month and I've managed to write every post about Facebook. :) I had an interesting conversation with someone the other day. I was saying to me Facebook is the more serious, business site and Twitter was the fun, cocktail party kind of site. When I say that I mean I feel uncomfortable posting something about watching the Bachelor, or Grey's Anatomy on Facebook, and yet I can have an hour long conversation about it, back and forth with a bunch of people on … [Read more...]

How to Make Socializing Pay Off

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So many internet marketers look at social media with some disdain or even as a complete waste of time. I'm here to disagree... although that wasn't always the case. Here's the deal... Times are CHANGING... social media is no longer about wasting time, and just making friends, it's now one of the best ways to drive traffic, AND, a great way to get your blog coming up in the search engines. You don't think Google created its own social media site for nothing right? Google searches are … [Read more...]

What’s Really Important?

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This was going to be a post about social media. That was the plan for today. However, sometimes life has a way of handing you things that get you thinking and doing social media the "right" way seems just a little less important (but I will write that post don't worry). Anyway... yesterday a friend of our passed away. It was sudden and unexpected. She was quite young and it got me thinking. It's so easy to get all wound up and wrapped up in the computer, in the online world, in how to … [Read more...]

Creating an Editorial Calendar for Your Blog

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Here it is almost a new year, and I'm sure you have big plans for your blog and your business. As we discussed last week having a strategic business plan going into the new year is always key. This week we're going to take that plan and put it into practice! Because action is where your profits come from. If you're creating an authority type site, whether it's about a niche in general or even product reviews, your content is the foundation of your site. If you're not creating new content, … [Read more...]

Creating a Strategic Business Plan for the New Year

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It's that time of year again... the time where I start creating a strategic business plan for the upcoming year. I do it every year... in fact, it's one of my favorite things to do. It's also one of the most crucial pieces of the puzzle going in to a new year. I've created these business plans a little differently each year I've done business, some years have worked better than others. The one element that's always stayed the same is looking back over the past year to see what worked, and … [Read more...]

Build Some Buzz to Propel Your Business

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Take a minute... stop and look at your business. All of the actions you've taken thus far have gotten you where you are in your business. Are you still growing? Have you reached a plateau? Have you not even begun to grow? Wherever you are in your business if you want to make more money you've got to GROW! That's where the concept of buzz comes in... you can create buzz about your business to get more traffic, build your brand, and propel your business forward! It's easy to think your … [Read more...]

I Just Want to Do It Right…

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When we first get started in any type of online business we look to others to tell us how it's done. We ask tons of questions, read lots and lots of blogs... we seek out a blueprint for our journey. (Is it any wonder why so many people title their products/freebies blueprint?!). While you're getting your feet under you, gaining confidence and learning the ropes it's awesome that you're seeking out this information... it will give you some concrete things to start doing. However... at some … [Read more...]

Planning a Website Project

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Back in the day you could easily throw up a 1 page site, target a single keyword, build links and pull in money. That just doesn't work anymore. Google wants more. If you're going to give Google what Google wants, so you can get organic traffic from them you're going to have to have a plan before you start any website project. It doesn't matter if you're creating a site for affiliate marketing, or social media marketing, or even a site to create leads for your network marketing business... … [Read more...]