Perks

Working from home has it's perks. Today I am dragging my laptop out into the garden and I am going to sit under the tree. It is a lovely day outside and to miss out would be a shame. I still have some work to complete. 

I hope you all have a wonderfull day too. 

Ready for Christmas

I popped into the garage this morning. If you want to make money online or offline you should remember the big holidays and take advantage. I decided to dig out some of my tools and see what I can do to put something on my stand at TAYM and maybe something comes of it that is worth blogging about.

It seems early to start thinking of Christmas, but not if you are in the selling game. If I want to make something I have to start now. Even if you are only writing, remember, it is better to start early. Once Christmas is done no one reads Christmas stories till next year.

Join me on Buskia

I write for a living, but whether you are writing for fun or for money, getting read is the thing. On Buskia you can get read and make a bit of extra cash on the side. Everyone needs a bit of extra cash.

On Buskia you can construct an article of your liking. They moderate and post. If you keep it within legal and ethical standards and you are the originator and owner they don’t mind. Even If you copy over some work from your blogs they post it. You don’t need to be a brilliant writer to post with Buskia

Buskia also have a lot of tools to help you get read, to watch your stats and to make more money. They make it easy to publish. Even if you are in a business you can use Buskia to promote your business. You can also use it to strengthen your online presence and branding. Apart from being a business tool, it creates an extra income. Your business promoting will now start paying you.

If you are like me with no business to advertise, you can still exercise your creative muscle; or you can simply do it for the money. You get paid per page view, so the more people looks at your articles the more money you make. If you invite your friends, you get paid for their page views too. It is all very simple and straightforward. 

Joining is also free. That is the best part to me. I started earning without spending. Join me on Buskia and you can start earning too. Click here for my link.

Chat and make money

If you are into making money on the net, you may like this. I have been on Morachat for a while now, and I get paid every time I hit post. This is a chat site where you make money by chatting and when you invite your friends. The rules are very simple and the site easy to use. So do join me. Click here.

Another ad on

I found a site that really helps getting everything under one roof. Mybloglog.com helps me to tie everything together into one neat package. Well almost everything.

I found another interesting site

I speak a lot about promoting my blog. I need to, not only because I love knowing someone someware is going to read what I wrote and be able to use it. It is also about creating an income. 

Sharethis helps me with this. I did an article on this to go with the other two, ‘Blogging for an Income’ and ‘Get more readers, make more money’ I did on Triond. It is called, 'Get shared and make money' and it is about Sharethis.com.

You should try it.

Another place to write to.

 I found another place to write and make money on page views. Buskia is a great place to do just that. Here you also get paid per page view, with the added benefit that you can ask your friends to join and then make some affiliate income too. 

Please use my link to join.

Getting your blog noticed.

Blogging for a living I had learned fast how to get an income from my blog and how to increase that income to the point where I can survive on it. Article writing helped a lot. I submitted my articles via Triond and linked it to my blog. As the articles got read some of the readers dropped through onto my blog via the links. While the articles got attention, my blog also got attention.

Two articles in particular that got a lot of attention were ‘Blogging for an Income’ and ‘Get more readers, make more money’. That gave me an idea to start an articles series on getting your blog read. If you have any ideas that can come in handy do ad it to the comments with a back link.

Blogging for money

When I started out blogging I was an uphill battle to get more people to visit my blog. Day after day I had zero visitors. Problem was I am not into this for fun; I needed to replace my income. I had a four month window, after that I would be looking for a job if I did not make it.

I had to figure this out fast. It took a while though. I did a lot of reading on other blogs, got a lot of advice and though things started moving, it wasn’t happening fast enough. Then I noticed the share button. Look around, blogs have share buttons, and behind it you find an array of tools to use. Here you find lists of social sites where you can link your blog and promote what you wrote. 

Each of these social sites works differently, but on most you have to work at having a bit of a following. Spend a bit of time making friends and finding connections. When that is set the rest will start happening.

There are a lot of easy simple things you can do to promote your blog. I wrote some articles on this too.

Another sideline.

When I blogged about extra income lines on and offline and did a piece on Socyberty I thought I had my say. Then I read Sandies comment and decided to pay a bit more attention. I had a look around and found one more offline income line. This is a really creative business idea.

I came across a flea market inside of a shop called Traders all year Market. Here you can rent a stand and then pack out your stuff. The good part is that I don’t have to be there. They have staff running the till; I simply keep my shelf stocked.

I grabbed a stand immediately. If you are in Somerset West pop in and take a look. It’s opposite Loins Square, in Myburg Street. 

I posted more on this here.