Mom 4 Biz

When I started blogging, I thought I was marketing my content and building a following of like minded people who wanted to know more about what I did (marketing online). I realized about a year into blogging that it truly wasn’t about the content, and the following didn’t much matter either. Blogging was more about the escapism of writing what needed to be said. Other bloggers wrote their thoughts and ideas about life on the big screen, expecting fame and fortune to follow them. I simply wrote articles explaining concepts, precepts and principles that explained how to make money by blogging.

I was making a living from my blogs. I still do.

Along came the mommy bloggers and the teen bloggers who wanted to make a profit from blogging, and I realized my daring if piddly income (I was only raising four kids as a single mom with two in college, and me back in college on my income) could be more if I’d just work this thing smarter and process the payment aspects better by designing in more income. Easier said than done. Adding income on the back side of a blog isn’t nearly as simple as writing articles and marketing  your goods on the front side. It takes a link. There’s more to the backside marketing than a link.

Developing the backside of your blog and carrying a load of interesting content, while attempting to sell some rueful products, services and other proclamations meant actually putting some effort into selling. I had to create products, provide services and actually put out REAL effort. Two hours a day online wasn’t going to cover the time necessary to accomplish my “more income” goal.

I dared to dance.

While others chattered up the concept of making more money by blogging with principles, ideas and profit, I set up a website with high-end profit makers on the backside and daringly hired the folks who would be sending out merchandise, providing services and adding quality-value to my all ready profitable business online. The boom brought me back to reality and there I stood on my pile of rubble massaging my chin from the impact.

Success brought me to ground zero.

The promise began to unfold in the midst of chaos and there was my orchid. I’d missed it the first time, in all the rush to find a rose in good standing, strong, sure and presentable. But the orchid was there… all along.

Article Marketing offers the serious opportunist a method of putting their words out there, drawing traffic and building a business using wisdom, knowledge and information as the foundation of their success. Resulting, high-drive product and service marketing is a side-line industry that can be outsourced to those who have product engineering experience, and actually have quality products to market. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel.

There are marketers out there waiting for you to sell what they’ve already designed.

Just bring in the traffic, develop a following and do what YOU do best. Write.

If you’re not yet up to the Twitter/facebook rage, you’re probably missing out on the start of something grandiose. It’s phenomenal how many things have happened on the two social networks to change the face of the Internet over the past several months. When my daughter first mentioned facebook to me a couple of years ago, I thought it was a college kids thing, and stayed away.

Within a few weeks, my networking buddies were chatting it up, so I slipped in anonymously to “check it out”.

I went back in later and really signed up (using my real name). I’ve added friends, a few networks, and it’s been an uphill fight the whole time I’ve been on there.  I feel like I’m crawling sand! But, I’ve enjoyed every minute of it. I love seeing what my friends are up to on twitter, facebook and any other network that seems to fit into our time schedules. We all enjoy the bantering. It’s fun. We enjoy talking, working and sharing traffic.

We enjoy it almost as much as we enjoy climbing mountains and throwing sand. It’s just seriously FUN.

The key to networking is to stay in focus. Get involved. No matter how often you post, look to see who else is posting and add to the current conversation, increase the flow of messages and participate. That’s what networking is all about.

There are several ways to get yourself a tote bag to carry whatever it is you need to carry. You could make one… There’s a pattern on about half the websites online with some spiffy tote bag designs you can whip up in a jiffy. This one has a really super simple design that makes toting FUN.
This super easy on the mind tote bag reminds you to Read a Book Every Day. If you have children or grandchildren, perhaps this will help them to contain their library books? Maybe you need a spectacular library book of your own? This bright yellow tote bag carries library books, a note pad, your pens and study materials easily.
Or if you’d rather have a great bag to remind you of your sweet little Angel, this one might just do it! Grandma’s little Angel is just the right tote bag for hauling all those every important Grandma goodies, like cookies, toys, and gifts for the Little Angel in your family.

Don’t forget the opportunity you can have from Tote Bags. If you’re looking for a side income for your current home business, or even just a new business you can work from home with kids, try this one. Design and create tote bags for sale online. What a deal! You get profits and all your friends, family and connections get great tote bags in original designs you create especially for them.

If you’ve suffered through a divorce, joblessness, or parenting of a problem child, you’ve probably given up on having confidence, spirit and style again. You donate your time to others and suffer through the reflection in the mirror, thinking your time has come and gone. But you don’t have to suffer. You can be the woman you are inside, on the outside again.

Spirited —-

You probably remember the confidence you had “back then” before the days of distrust, struggle and strife, but can you reclaim that confidence and spirit? Of course you can. It really is up to you. How you feel at any given moment is less important than what  you do with how you feel. As women, we often push our desires down and give up on the opportunities that come our way long before they stop coming. We shove those desires down and stabilize ourselves by thinking we had our chance, that opportunity belongs to others. ‘

Nothing could be further from the truth.

Those opportunities coming your way are meant for you. They are designed for you to take advantage of and acknowledge at whatever stage of life they are offered. You’re NEVER too old for opportunities to come your way or to benefit you as a person. You can BE whatever you choose to be. You simply have to decide to take those opportunities. Make that decision today, to acknowledge and accept the next opportunity that comes your way with assurance and determination to be the woman you are.

Chic —-

A few days back, I ran into an old friend. She didn’t look much different from the last time I saw her. Her hair style hasn’t changed much, her clothing style hasn’t changed much, but she had an aura about her that I recognized right away. It was new. Age old experience drove the smile and lit up her eyes. She’s a young woman, filled with a love of life and wisdom.

That’s what chic is made of….

Chic is a sense of direction that comes with wisdom, experience and a deep knowledge and love of life. You can have that same chic purpose of existence at any age by simply listening to your inner voice, doing what you know is right and asking for advice when you need it from those you trust.

Understand that with experience comes wisdom and the ability to be chic. Your choice to acknowledge those qualities will make the difference. Allow that spring in your step to become genuine. Acknowledge the wisdom in your life. And let the light shine. Your eyes need sparkle and wit. Smile, from the inside out. You know it’s in there. Let it out!

Beautiful —-

Most families have aging characteristics that can be changed by attitude. Several years ago, I noticed that one of my cousins has taken on the characteristic frown lines of her mother. OUCH! I came home and looked in the mirror.

There comes a point in time when YOU are responsible for the LOOK on your face. If you’re always squinting and frowning, guess where your wrinkles will be. SMILE! Laugh lines are easy to recognize and they’ll give you a different sort of aging “look” that  will be easily recognized as beauty.

Beauty really is more than skin deep. It comes from deep within your heart. If you’re filled up with love, laughter and the ability to remain optimistic, even in times of trial, it will show on your face. Erase that frown and smile, smile, smile!

You’re probably hoping I’m done – but I’m not quite done.

“You are right now, exactly who you chose to be.”

 All our lives we make plans, choices, and take action based on the choices we make. If you’re not who or what you WANTED to be, look back at the choices you’ve made, and determine what went wrong. Take responsibility for who you  are right now and you can change your future. You can make a different choice, once you acknowledge that you’ve made the choices that got you where you are right now.

Take responsibility for who you are now, and in the future, your choices will CHANGE who you become.

Otherwise…

If you’re blaming someone else for who you are right now, you’ll still be blaming someone else and you STILL won’t be who you want to be. If it isn’t YOU who is responsible, YOU can’t change.

You determine who is responsible and YOU can change.