I am miserable because I have limited internet access. That being said, my time online has diminished, and for all of you who have been trying to contact me, I apologize for not getting back to you in a timely manner.
Well, Happy Belated New Year! If you are a fellow blogger reading this, then a new year means excitement for opportunity. It just seems that all of the things I began blogging about in 2007 became a reality in 2008.
Mainly, Home Business Success (HBS) is a blog about ways to make money online and the tools I use to do it. Of course, being able to work from home 7 days a week while my affiliate programs make money from me, did not happen overnight. Actually, I've been doing internet marketing wrong since 1999.
For me, it was more than an urban legend, making money online. I had experienced limited success with a couple of products, and I was hooked. I knew I could make money online and become independently wealthy if only I knew how. Knowing how, learning to make money online became my passion.
So, I studied, read, researched and kept up with the changing trends in internet marketing. Including search engine marketing and social networking. As a result of social networking, I discovered CPA networks and met someone who taught me how to make a legitimate home based business income using CPA networks. My first affiliate check from a CPA network arrived at my house on the 15th of September.
It was from Market Leverage. I was excited to open it because Market Leverage uses FedEx, and it's like receiving a gift from Santa when the FedEx truck pulls up to my house. After getting my first check, I was determined I wanted more, I wanted my earnings to increase.
In focusing on making money, I also started this blog in August 2008. My goals were niche minded, make money online (MMO) with very little paid advertising posts. I've kept my focus and on January 1st, Google rewarded Home Business Success with a PR2! For me, that's wonderful growth of a baby blog. However, from what I've read, PR ain't what it used to be, relationship building is where its at...
My focus for 2009 will be about relationships. I am friends with so many people in different niche social networks, I sometimes wish there was a way to combine all of my friends from each network and gather them in one central location. That would be so efficient.
Another focus I'll concentrate on this year is email marketing. Right now I'm using safelists as my training module. I've upgraded on a very responsive one (according to the weekly safelists report) and have a Business Opportunity campaign running. As soon as I see some results I'll share them with you.
Making money online is about learning, and keeping up with the latest trends and information about the industry. You must spend as much time learning about what you are doing, as you do creating, and writing for your blog. Writing blog posts is just one part of blogging; actually it's a small part. The big part is promoting and marketing your accomplishments.
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