Steps To Make Your E-business/Blog More Profitable
Be your own boss! You’ve heard it so many times before! Everyone wants to be their own boss and there are multiple ways to do it with your e-business or blog!
The question is about profitability. How do you get the most for your time? What can you do to make being your own boss worth it?
Use Technology to Your Advantage
The best place to start is social media. If we’re honest with ourselves, we’re on our favorite platform most of the day. We all have friends that want to know what we’re up to, even great aunt Matilda. Why not get the word out about what you’re doing? Show your friends (and Matilda) that what you’re doing is important. If it really is great, the potential is enormous because even Matilda has friends (the quilting ladies you don’t know or don’t want to) she can share your content with!
If you’re tech-savvy, try utilizing marketing services in email format. One option is to send out email blasts with an incentive, like a giveaway, to take the action you want. Beach balls are cheap, and you wouldn’t believe what people will do to get a free beach ball!
There are options to receive free business cards online for trying out a service. Sometimes pounding the pavement and delivering information with a business card is all you need to take your e-business or blog to the land of profitability.
And don’t forget YouTube! Some will say there’s too much content to compete with, but that’s not the case. YouTube has reported a giant leap in its audience and that the audience is spending more time than ever before simply viewing content. If you’ve got a compelling business with great information, all you need to get started is your smartphone!
Affiliate Marketing: The Best Use of Your Time
The power of affiliate marketing should never be underestimated. With an e-business or blog, if you’re not an affiliate marketer, you’re doing it wrong! If you want to be your own boss, it’s about time. Time is money. You can make money while you sleep! That’s a good use of time! Affiliate marketing is easy, most websites have a link to become an affiliate marketer (typically at the bottom of the webpage). When you incorporate that link into your e-business or blog, if a customer buys through your link, you’re getting paid!
If you’re very creative, you can design and sell T-shirts though Teespring.com. They take care of everything including sourcing, printing, and shipping. Simply create your design, select a few color options and drive traffic. Maybe you’ve got a special phrase you utilize or maybe a quirky image. The fans of your e-business or blog will no doubt love to express themselves and become a living, breathing advertisement for you.
You can also create e-books with great information that links people to your e-business or blog. Self-publishing is free and a great way to increase your credibility with your audience and drive profits.
Last but not least, consider creating a course that teaches something unique about the problem your e-business fixes or your blog addresses. Sites like Teachable, Udemy, and Skillshare all have ways for you as the teacher to earn money when a student takes your class.
You can do it! Just believe in yourself and you can find your happy place working from home, it just takes a few simple steps like these. Now, to your success!