I Work From Home And I Love It

Like every small business, we lost part of our sales and it was time to find other venues for supplementary income. My husband started a recording studio and I started writing online.

Writing online does not cost you anything up front but this is an area that requires a lot of patience and good research. You need original content. Put yourself into your reader's place. Do you have anything new to offer? Or are you just repeating the same information they can easily find all over the internet? And of course you have to beware of online scams. If anyone tells you they have the secret formula that will make you tens of thousands of dollars in your first month, that is 99.99% a scam. It is absurd even for the most absurd Hollywood movies.

These are the most important first steps because, an amazon associates account and a google adsense account will help you promote amazon products and google ads on your page and if someone purchases an item on amazon through your link or if someone clicks on a google ad on your page, you will get commission from them.

Commission Junction account can be very helpful especially for niche websites or blogs. A lot of the big companies have an affiliate program through commission junction. You simply get an account with CJ and then find companies with products you can write about and thus, promote their items. You get to put banners or product images on your page that gives your readers the option to click. If they buy a product, then CJ pays you a fee for it. It is pretty neat, and if you are good at it you can make good amount of money.

This requires some free promo material of course. Like sending someone maybe a pair of earrings and if they like it maybe would they be interested in featuring your store on their website? Things like this.

But you can't always rely on others. You need to do most of the work yourself. That is why you need to create different accounts on different platforms, possibly with different names and start writing so you can link back to your store.

Because they do some of the work for you. Your articles get crawled by the search engines automatically and much faster. Since these sites have higher rankings on google, your articles have better chances to rank higher on search engines. (But you need to have good SEO knowledge, a good article doesn't get noticed without any SEO optimization. )

But you have already done half of the work when you started writing on these websites. The rest will follow in time. Never stop searching for new ways to promote your products. Try to be as creative as possible. People like to see unique things, and read original articles.

Let's say you make jewelry. Take pictures of your necklaces, bracelts, earrings, and make a video with Windows Movie Maker. Or the video editor of your choice. Add instrumental music for the background. Something that most people won't hate listewning to it while they are looking at your jewelry pieces. Something that will appeal to all ages. I usually prefer new age genre. It is very relaxing and it's not a turn off for people. Youtube is a great place. Choose your tags wisely, so it is easier for people to find you.

My most favorite places to promote my jewelry is STUMBLEUPON,KABOODLE, and DELICIOUS. I also have a facebook fan page and twitter account associated with my online store. Again, use these platforms wisely. don't just talk about your store and don't just post links about yourself. You need to remember to give feedback to others as well, otherwise you will start losing your followers. People like sincerity, always remember that. Notice how I did not give my store name, nor linked to any of the other places I write online. Because this is not the purpose of this article.

Now call your boss and tell him you're done!

(No pressure!!!!)

Good luck!!!