Blog Syndrome

If I didn't wake up thinking about blogging, I'm probably not as passionate about this as I say I am.

It is 6:07 am Eastern and I have been awake since 5 am. I only woke up because I have been sick for the last 5 days with Mono, ewe, but I couldn't think of anything else to do but post a blog. Thank goodness I had something to write about right? I cant stop thinking to myself, if I can get up early and do this like I am at work, then this is the job for me. I have a passion for sharing information with others.

Are you one of those people that are always presented with a problem? Either from a friend or even someone you barely know or family member? And its almost like they are drawn to you like you give off this vibe of energy that screams "I can help." I know every time someone comes to me with their problems, I always feel like I want to help them in every way possible. That is because I do not like to see anyone suffering or going through hard times. My personality is a Giver so you will often find me giving more then receiving. It just feels comfortable that way.

That is how I feel about blogging. I feel like if I have information to share that can genuinely help someone, with any problem, then I should share it. I want my readers to feel comfortable coming to me for anything. This is actually very good for business and status in the online community.

My advice to anyone that wants to start a blog or an online business is to make sure that you are doing it to help someone. Yes It can also help you, but if your not helping anyone else than your not doing anything.

An Awesome New Way To Bring In Cash

There are so many different ways to make money online. This is one of my top picks because it is easy, and you can begin immediately. Here is how you can have your own online store.

This is very simple. I know a lot of people think that owning an online store is very complicated and requires a lot of work, but my readers know that the purpose of my blogs are to outline everything to make it easy to understand. 

Owning your own online store to sell products for profit is a great way to earn money online from day 1.

An easy way to begin is to check out Shopify. We will begin with a review of Shopify,then discuss how you can also make some great commissions through the Shopify Affiliate Program.

Shopify

What Shopify does is it helps you set up an online store easily through the program they automatically set up for you. It is so easy to operate and manage with hundreds of themes to choose from. This allows you to set up a very professional looking store in very little time. You also get full time administration support, with your own dashboard to keep record of your site inside and out.

With currently over 50,000 successful stores currently up and running Shopify is a great way to go.

How much is it going to cost me?

Shopify has an outstanding 14 day trial that is great to test it out and get comfortable with. When the trial is over, you can choose from their different plans with no set up fee. Each plan is listed below.

You can also use your own domain, and you get unlimited bandwidth. Each plan varies from sizes of products, storage, and transaction fees. If you feel like you will put in the time to sell a lot of products then go for the unlimited package. But if you feel you want to start small, then go with the basic package and upgrade later.

The Awesome Affiliate Program

For those of you who are not interested in owning an online store but still want to take advantage of promoting Shopify to prospective store owners, check out the Shopify Affiliate Program. They have two incredible pay out choices:

• Bounty - Choose this option and get 200% of each sale as a one time payment. So if you have someone sign up for Shopify under the Basic Plan, then you get a one time payment of 58$ (For each individual sale)
• Lifetime Revenue - Choose this option and get a monthly recurring 20% commission for every sale. So if you have someone sign up for the Basic Plan, and they hold that plan for a year, you get $5.80 per month, which is $69.60 for 12 months. Thats more then a one time payout, but this one continues for a lifetime : ) 

As an affiliate, you also make commissions for every referral too. ; ) 

These options are great for those looking to make money online. I highly recommend Shopify for those looking to bring in some extra cash and own their own store online, or even those looking to monetize their web site or blog. Visit Shopify to get started now.

Bloggers, What Helps When Making Money Seems Impossible?

Has there ever been a time when you feel like you lost that Blogging spark?

I will admit that I have been there before. Trial and error is my middle name, so if you have felt that way then you are not alone. Sometimes the feeling of defeat comes over you. You don't see traffic, your affiliate programs are not processing, even ads are not producing enough. What do I do now? First of all, let me tell you that this is not the end but a beginning to an outbreak of success. How many will give up? Probably about 97%. What happens to the other 3%? That's where the successful bloggers are born. 

IF YOU SEE FAILURE, DO NOT RUN, TAKE IT'S MASK OFF AND YOU WILL FIND SUCCESS!

I have found that difficult many times over but the beauty of it is, I overcame it. Let me tell you how. There is one place that I go when I feel a bit blogged out and discouraged. That place is www.johnchow.com Now I don't have any type of connection to John Chow and I have not even asked him to add my blog yet. (I will but have not got around to it yet ;)) But I will say that John Chow is not only my mentor, but one of the most incredible people I know of when it comes to blogging and internet marketing. He has the goods right there on his blog and he also has an answer for any question you have. John Chow is a great influence and is part of the reason my Blog exists today. 

Everyone should have someone they look up to whether it be for information or help. If you have a question about anything you should have a backbone to be able to call on. I think that is critical for success. 

If you do not have one, you can always visit www.johnchow.com and sign up to be able to download his free eBook. (Which is now my Bible for Internet Success) 

His eBook really helped me. And I would like to help you by providing you with the same information that helped me.

Visit, Comment. Subscribe!

11 Ways To Drive Traffic To Your Site

More traffic you say? How do you get the traffic to turn and drive directly to your site?

All bloggers and website owners have asked themselves this question at least once in their internet life. Usually it happens in the beginning when your traffic suddenly hits a wall, or you never really get any traffic in the first place. 
Here I have listed 11 ways to get started on getting the traffic to drive your way. 

11 Ways to drive more traffic to your site...for free : )

• Optimize your site, make sure your key words and meta tags are looking great
• Make sure your site is tasteful and actually helps the reader
• Write or Blog often!
• Shorten up your content, don't make the article too long. But if you do make sure it captures the reader
• Guest write on other blogs with the same niche
• Don't have too many ads flashing and getting in the way of things
• Trade links with other sites or blogs
• Join Twitter and tweet about new posts (make sure you #hashtag about your niche
• Join google+ because it is awesome and you can meet a lot of other professionals and share content
• Submit your site to search engines
• Use Facebook to announce your site and ask your friends to share it - Really!

This list is just to help you get started, there are many more ways that will help boost traffic to your site, but yes it does take time and a lot of hard work. You Can Do It! 
Please feel free to comment if you have anymore ways or ideas one can get more traffic!

Fool Proof Money Making Machine

An awesome way to make some quick cash online. Its easy and it pays.

Usually I don't condone automated products but I just had to do this one because I made so much of a profit from this. Profit Lister is a site that lets you sell products to customers on sites without doing all of the footwork. You list the items on their provided sites, customers buy the product, and you keep the profit. Its like selling an item that you don't have. You find a product to list, list it, the customer pays for it (at whatever price you set) then you order the product and send it to them (using the money the customer just paid you) Then you keep the profit! Its so simple!

Trust me when I tell you this is a great move to make.

Visit Profit Lister today to get started. You will be happy you did.

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Affiliate Marketing Mumbo Jumbo

Why is every Affiliate Marketing Program hard to understand and just out to get my money?

When you go to google.com and you search "make money online" or affiliate marketing" what do you find? You may find a bunch of blogs listing the "top" affiliate markets to join or you may find the definition of affiliate marketing and a brief description on where to go to get more information. Well how many times have I done that and ended up chasing a vicious cycle of information that did'nt get me anywhere.

Affiliate marketing is something that seems complicated and hard only because the websites or blogs that listed them want to beat around the bush. Can I tell you why they want you to be blinded by the light? Because the least amount of competition they have the more money they can make. What they don't want you to realize is all they are doing is creating a product that stores information, sell it, and get their buyers to sell it to other people and promise them a reward of some sort for recommending the product. 

Simple right?

So how can you do it?

Good question. 

First you may want to do some research on how to market to gain customers and traffic. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

Second you need to come up with a product to sell. Most people create an eBook that describes information on how to make money, or have some sort of program that runs an automatic cash generator. (Not exactly, but would be awesome)

What you may want to do is provide some sort of service through a web site then advertise it through a blog or mailing list (Which is awesome and we will get to that later)

That will be your product. Sell it for whatever amount you want, after making sure its worth it. Then for every buyer, encourage them to sell the product to their friends and customers, and so on down the line. Then BOOM, you got yourself an automatic money machine.

Yes its a bit more complicated then that but you gotta admit, that is pretty simple. The more you research and practice, the better you will get. But you cant give up! Never give up because success is very possible!

Make Money Online? How Do I Begin?

So Ive been reviewing some pretty big blogs about making money online lately. I have found that a majority of them have some sort of ebook or affiliate network that they are linked to to get you to buy something that is just set up to give you more information, I have found that the beauty of this is that it actually makes you think "where do they get all this stuff from?" Well the answer is simple, the internet! Duhh right? but seriously where can I find some quick and easy information on how to make money online?
How many of us out there are looking for the answer in plain English? I know that there are many people who are either lacking a job, stressed about bills, or many other issues that can drive someone crazy. So the alternative is sit at home and do nothing, or find out how you can generate some extra cash at a few clicks of a button.
Well Im not going to tell you its going to be easy, but what I will tell you is that it is very possible. With a late model computer and some internet connections, you could have all of your bills paid by the end of the month. So how can you do it? First lets begin by telling you that there are many directions you can go to generate cash online. Im not going to list them all but I will tell you what I choose to do.

In the beginning my mind was so full of ideas and I was confused. I did'nt know how I was going to put all of these ideas on the web. I had little knowledge about programming and I had no clue about marketing. Just so you know those are key topics that you may want to begin a study on. So I began searching google.com and found that many people make money by blogging, and selling products. Hmm, that does'nt sound easy since I don't have anything to sell and have nothing to blog about.
At that time I realized I had to find a niche (something to talk about or sell). This was after countless efforts of joining some up-line to make money or joining some network that promised results that never came.
Research Research Research!
Then I blew the cob webs off of my brain and realized that I need to be on the top. I need to be the one blogging and linking and creating products to sell.
And that was it! That was the bright light in my head! I then began to take notice to the owners of the blogs and literally asked them how they do it.
Don't be afraid, just ask! They will tell you! And if they don't then they are jerks! But seriously, If you start then you will get used to it, and get better at it. Start here at www.blogger.com and create a free blog today on whatever you want to talk about. Link to other sites and begin researching to find ways to pull readers in. Thats where the money is!