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Stay At Home Mum Starts A Business
Is This You?.....
Or Maybe This Is You?...
Are you struggling to earn your own money whilst being a stay at home parent? I was, and I would like to share...
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My Story.... After having my daughter,I made the decision to stay at home rather than go back to full time employment, many mothers have different reasons for not returning to work, I faced the trouble of not being able to afford the full time childcare as my previous work was not in any way a career, I worked a normal job,for minimum wage, so affording childcare would actually leave me leave me short of money at the end of the month. After a couple of years struggling by on just my partners wages, and the standard work allowances I started to look for an option that would allow me to stay at home with my daughter and earn me some money.
So I looked into catalogue delivery, Avon, Betterware and such,but I soon realized my local area was already exhausted with these types of “jobs” The idea of having my own business, working hours to suit me and being my own boss soon turned into walking around in the rain, knocking on doors to collect back my catalogues ( which we had to pay for ) and getting no guaranteed orders. So I looked on to thinking of the next venture that could possibly earn me some extra cash, Maybe I would try domestic chores, I mean I was already doing my own, so charging others to do theirs wouldnʼt hurt? Which rather rapidly turned into the thought of...Well I donʼt particularly like doing my own ironing why would I want to do someone elseʼs???
My next idea
was actually re starting something I already had previous experience with, an eBay shop! It was something I knew how to do, I had a little shop once before, selling makeup, jewelry and such stuff, now when I did this 6 years ago, I had started by selling off all my unwanted clothes,shoes,handbags to make a little money in order for me to re-invest in some stock, this worked nicely for a year or so, but eventually I stopped due to high feeʼs and not being able to get the stock cheap enough to make a decent profit, and seen as I didnʼt actually have much to sell, I couldnʼt afford
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the stock this time around, not only that but I didnʼt really have the room to store it either.
So I thought I would stick with the internet as it was something I enjoyed, and my next venture or disaster as it turned out to be!... was paid surveys, now I had heard people had made a great full time income doing these paid surveys, so I signed myself up to tons of companies paying for surveys, It wasnʼt long before they came flooding through,
Unfortunately I hardly qualified for any of these paid surveys,and the ones I did qualify for were paid in points ( I had to get a lot of points to get not a lot of ££$$) I think I must have made $50 in 2 months!
So off I went and did some more research, I typed in Google the usual, make money from home,work from home etc, I found and then researched internet marketing, I came across tons and tons of opportunities, and was soon very overwhelmed. I realized there were so many “guruʼs” online telling me if I bought their products/services etc I would soon see the money flowing into my account, I could be lounging by the pool, raking it in.
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Happy Days!!! To be honest yes I did get a little sucked in by this idea, so I started doing more research, looking into everything I lay my eyes on for FREE...and I did find quite a bit of useful, and not so useful information.
This is when I realized I really wanted to learn how to do what these guys are doing, I wanted success, I wanted life freedom, and above all I wanted to do this myself, I wanted my own business!! But where do I start? I have little to no technical knowledge? I have no products to sell? I soon realized there was one answer...LEARN.
I had to learn how to build my own business, So naturally I started looking for help!, I needed to find someone to teach me to do this!, I was under no illusion this was going to be easy, nor that I could do this for free, but I did see that it was possible to do this even on my very small budge, I was just going to have to work for it, If they say it will take me 3 months I expect it to take me 6! I looked into affiliate marketing, ( selling someone else始s product and getting commission) WOW easy right??!! Hardly! I needed to learn how to market these products, I needed a website, I needed my website to be seen!, I needed to learn....
So I did more research, I finally came across a training system, that not only would teach me everything I needed to know, but would also give me a way to earn whilst I learnt!, not only that but it gave me access to fantastic community of fellow marketers, from the 6&7 figure earners to complete newbies, all under one roof ready to teach and willing learn. I soon learnt there was so much more to internet marketing, not only could I set up a website ready to advertise products I could earn commission from, but I was able to learn that I could produce my own products simply by using
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my knowledge on the things I love!, Now I love baking cupcakes, well thats got nothing to do with the internet? well you would be surprised, there are plenty of cupcake recipes,products etc selling on the internet, there are products and services all over the world wide web for anything and everything, this is where I learnt about niche marketing, I know plenty of marketers making a living from their hobbies and passions and things they love, it is their niche, and they serve the masses by providing solutions that people simply Google everyday! But we learnt the basics first!
Why not try it yourself? Maybe create a blog, blogging about your interests is very easy as you already know what to write about, If you are unfamiliar with blogging or think you may not be able to create a blog, Please check out my blog HERE If you are unfamiliar with the technical side ie: setting up a website, blog, hosting etc, then I offer a quick start service for this, more about that at the bottom of the report :-) Ok so I have written a little bit about how you may like to start a blog and turn it into a business that you can be proud of and enjoy.
First you need to choose a domain name for you blog/website, when choosing a domain name, I suggest you brand yourself, this way you have options on what you market and this can be your primary business. Building your personal brand will enable you to build a reputation, and relationships with your prospective clients.
Next you will need to host your domain, this means it will be alive on the internet for all to see, there are many many hosting sites available on the internet but my suggestion is My Express Site. It is very easy to use and has lots of training videos, an amazing support system, and also so many options to produce amazing websites, landing pages, templates and themes. You can even buy your domain name from here and install it straight onto your blog. So you have your domain name, and your hosting site ready, Now you will need to install Wordpress, this is basically the internals of your website, where you produce all of your blogs, and control your whole site from behind the scenes, there are a lot of amazing features to personalize your website.
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There is training available on this also.
Now once this is ready and depending on how you want to use your blog, you can get right on with blogging, blog about your journey, you have just achieved the first step in setting up a business, blog about your ideas and where you are going, what you are doing and what you intend on doing, blog about what your interested in, what you love and have passion for.
So how will this earn you money? The easiest way to start, is to become an affiliate, and affiliate is someone who promotes other peoples products and gets paid a commission, this can be anything from small eBooks, to high end products, also affiliate marketing can earn you a residual income, this is a recurring monthly income that you can get for introducing someone to a subscription, like a monthly newsletter, or course, or service offered by someone else, you get paid a percentage of the subscription every month for as long as the member subscribes to that particular service. |There are so many products and services out there, Im sure you will find something your interested in to promote within moments, anything from an eBook for the best cupcake recipes to a monthly subscription for improving your golfing techniques, If you can google it, you can buy it, but you have to have passion to promote it! so make sure you choose something your interested in.
How do you find these products to sell? There are a affiliate marketplaces you can join, Commission Junction, Clickbank, Linkshare, RegNow, just to name a few, they provide you with digital and tangable products ready for you to promote, not only that but you will discover your own affiliate products along the way, most things you buy in order to help your journey along are affiliated so you can then offer these to your readers and clients as they may need them too.
Once you are blogging away, you will need people to visit your blog, this is what we call traffic, we need lots and lots of traffic to put our blogs and products in front of, I use my blog posts as articles, I then submit my articles into article directories, Ezine Articles is the main one I use, and once my latest article is published on there I also publish them on other article directories, this can be a way of getting your blog and ideas in front of the masses. I also use social media, Facebook, Twitter, Google+,You Tube, get your message out there!
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You can learn a little more about affiliate marketing and blogging HERE When you have readers visiting your blog, it would be an idea to keep in contact with them, as you can then go on to build a relationship with them,
You may want to add an opt-in box to your website/blog, this will enable your readers to enter their names and email address into your personally automated system, where you can then send your newsletter and updates to everyone in one go,
I use a fantastic auto responder called AWeber, I can send these people an email and keep them up to date on my new blog posts, offers and value, this is building me a list who I can have a relationship with, as these people put their names and email address始s in themselves it means they are actually interested in you and your business.
It would be an idea to offer your readers something in return for putting in their names and email address始s, something free and full of value.
Keep providing fantastic value to your subscribers and they will love you for life! Get your hands on as much free value associated with your common interest or niche as possible.
So what is your next step? If you think that setting up your first blog/website may be a little challenging alone, even though technical skills are not mandatory, you will need to learn a few of the basics, then I do offer a couple of packages that could help you, as setting up your own business can be time consuming and hard work especially if your trying to do it by yourself, Even to have a website handed to you isn始t going to be much help if you can始t work it so I can also be here to help you learn. So if you want to cut out the hassle of doing it yourself and cut straight to the blogging and affiliating then have a look at what I can offer, Package 1: Starter Package $197 I will supply you with a fully functioning blogging website, with Wordpress installed, domain name of your choice (depending on availability),personalized banner to include your photograph and name (or business name depending on your type of blog), I will also install
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SEOPressor, this is a brilliant plugin, that will help you keep on top of search engine optimisation when entering your blog posts, as we all want to be on the front page of Google donʼt we! This usually would cost $49! I will also install a book marking plugin which will allow you and your readers to share your blogs on all social media sites,email etc. On top of that I will host your website free of charge for the first 6 months. $197
Package 2: The Six Figure Mentors Package, $97 + VAT Monthly The Six Figure Mentors is a training community of which I am a member. This package can give you the full training in building your own successful business and also give you the opportunity to earn while you learn with its own affiliate system ready and in place, and I will be in there to help you!
Who is The Six Figure Mentors For? The Six Figure Mentors is for anyone who wants to become a successful internet entrepreneur and has a mind open to learning.To find out about The Six Figure Mentors and what it is all about please click HERE $97 (+ vat) monthly If you have any queries about the packages or would just like to know more then please contact me.
I love being a stay at home mum, and I love helping others in their journey to success what ever that may be. I donʼt know everything! and to be honest I donʼt want or have any need to know everything, but iʼm pretty sure I now know someone amongst my fellow marketers and mentors that can help me out, and that is why I love being part of this amazing online world. I donʼt have a job...I have a business, and I do this in MY time, while the rest of my life is spent with my family. I have life freedom, It takes a lot of time and effort to start and build your own business, but its worth it.
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If you would like to find out more about starting your own online business then I would love to hear from YOU!
I would love you to join me on my journey, and to teach you everything I know, and the rest we can learn together! Joella Brown Stay At Home Mum & Internet Marketer