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I’m choosing to NOT participate in the recession. How about you?

Roxanne Green
You Can Redesign Your Life

When you hear the phrase “make money using a blog”, many people think of adsense ads or blatant sales pitches in every post. Some people will think it means doing paid reviews or having advertisements all over the place. This couldn’t be farther from the truth.

Let’s take a look at a simple case study.

There are two websites selling beach toys. One website is what we call a static site. It has pictures of the toys and descriptions. The site look professional enough and there are quite a few pages of products. There is a link to the about us page to let people know who the people behind the company are. There is a contact page and a few other pages. It is a standard retail website.

The next website is a blog. This site has posts where the blog owner (retailer) talks about how he has used the products and even shows photos of him and his family actually using them. There are personal stories that let you feel like you know the seller and his family. In the sidebar of the blog you see buttons with pictures of the best selling products that link to a page where you can purchase them.

Everyone knows that people are more apt to buy from someone they know, like and trust. When someone goes to this particular blog, they feel are beginning to form a relationship with the seller with each post they read. They are reading about his family and how his family uses the beach toys. This puts the reader right in the middle of the seller’s life. It helps the seller build a relationship with his readers and potential customers. When you buy from someone you feel like you know, you are more apt to become a repeat customer.

The site most people will be more apt to buy from is the blog. This is what blogging for profits really means. You can find good products to promote (sell) all over the internet. First think of a product or group of products that you could use and could write stories about.

Second, you will want to see if there is a market for your particular product choice. Go to a search engine like google or yahoo and search for that product. See if there are already people selling these and look at the “about” section of the sites to see how long they have been in business. If you find hundreds of static sites selling the product you have chosen, and if a lot of those sites have been in business for a few years, you may have a winner.

Next do a search to look for wholesalers of the products that you would like to sell. See if you can find a wholesaler that will either give you an affiliate link to the products or will allow you to drop ship the products directly to the customer with your name as the sender. You do not want to have a garage full of inventory if you can avoid it. You will want to buy at least one of each item you are promoting so you can have photos and personal stories on your blog. Remember – it’s the personal stories that bring in the customers.

Once you have picked out your products, done the research to see if this product line is selling, and found a wholesaler you can work with, you are ready to set up your blog. This can be done in any number of ways. You can find many free blog platforms that are relatively easy to use. You may want to opt for a more professional look and use blogging software hosted on your own site. If you are not technically savvy, you can find people who are willing to help you set it up for a fee. Look for someone who will set it up and teach you how to post with photos. They should be able to set it up to automatically ping the search engines. Make sure you ask if they can do that. This way, whenever you write a post, the search engines will know about it. When people search for what you are talking about, they will find you.

You will need to add tracking code so you can see when visitors come and where they come from. Get a few posts up and you will start seeing visitors coming from the search engines in a relatively short amount of time if the blog was set up properly. Focus on allowing your readers to know, like and trust you by telling them personal stories of your experiences with the products. You want them to come back to read more stories.

You are now well on your way to making money using a blog.

I read quite a few other blogs and participate in some training classes.  What bothers me most is people who blindly follow others like sheep being led to slaughter.  Many times recently I’ve seen a blogger state one position on an issue.  Commenters all agree with that position and claim they believe that as well.  Some time later, the blogger states a contrasting position to their original one.  Commenters (many times the SAME commenters that agreed with the original position) agree with this new, contrasting position.  SHEEP!!

People who blindly follow someone without questioning and without thinking for themselves is a pet peeve of mine.  I don’t want anyone blindly following me.  I’m happy to engage in healthy debate and happy to hear opinions that differ from mine.  After all, life would be seriously boring if we all agreed all of the time!!

YOU Deserve Success!!

Roxanne

I’ve been away from my blogs for a while.  THANK YOU for all of the emails and calls from my blog readers asking if I’m OK!!  I’m more than OK – I’m absolutely wonderful.

I turned 42 on May 25.  I got the best present ever – my boy (who is in a residential therapeutic facility) got to come home on a day pass.  It was great!!  He was able to get a pass last weekend and is home now until Sunday.

But…that’s not the reason I’ve been away from my blogs.

As you may know, I’m a life & career coach.   Everyone needs a coach – even life and career coaches.  I’ve been working with my career coach.  My life was too “busy” with a lot going on but not a lot accomplished.  I’m good at everything I do and I like everything I do.  However, I eventually need to work toward one career.   In a few years my Vitamark business will be able to sustain us income wise, however, I need something fulfilling to do in the meantime and beyond.  I’ve narrowed it down to Virtual Assistant and Life/Career Coach.  I love working with others and when I hear that the people I’m helping are living a better life because of the help I’ve given them, it makes me feel great!!

In honoring my decision to help others, I’ve greatly discounted the cost of my “You Can Redesign Your Life” 3 week course for my blog readers. Here’s what you need to do:

Visit YouCanRedesignYourLife.com to find out about it.

Come back here and click here to pay just $49 instead of the regular$169 for the course.  (I may take this offer away at any time so grab it now if you want it)

This offer has ended, however, you can still get in at the regular price

Many of last year’s participants have implemented what they learned and are now living more fulfilled lives than ever before.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life!!  What will you do with it?

(I posted this before on my other blog, but it bears repeating now and then)

Do you love network marketing? Do you know that network marketing is the vehicle to create a recurring income for life? Do you have realistic expectations of network marketing? Were you promised you could join, work a few hours a week and get rich in no time?

I’m here to tell you the TRUTH. Network marketing can be the vehicle to create a recurring income for life. Can it happen overnight? NO.

Think of it like this: Bamboo grows mainly under the ground. It’s roots spread out and cover a great area. This takes time. Each year, bamboo only grows a few feet.

After 5 years or so, bamboo will all of a sudden shoot up over 30 feet. This is because it spent the majority of it’s time in the first 5 years growing solid roots into the ground. Only after the root system is solid, does the bamboo really begin to flourish and grow tall and strong.

Be bamboo!! Build a good solid foundation. Network marketing takes time. It is a relationship business. Build good, solid relationships that will last a lifetime BEFORE you sponsor the person into your organization. It is important that you let your prospects get to know you. And you get to know them. This way, you will know up front if you are going to be able to work together.

I can look at it this way: A friend of mine started college about 3 years ago. He gets to struggle for 4-5 years while studying/attending classes during the day and working at night (outside the home) to pay for tuition. He is learning a trade that will eventually allow him to (in 4 or 5 years) BEGIN his career by helping make some lucky business owner rich. (I’m not saying college is bad. I went to college and my kids will go to college.)

I began my network marketing career with a new company about 3 years ago. I will work 15 – 20 hours a week for 5 – 10 years and have the financial and time freedom to do the things I want to do. I will probably continue to work and continue to increase my RESIDUAL income, but I won’t HAVE to.

Be Bamboo!!

Roxanne