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It’s an idea that’s been bubbling under for a while, and all the time you’ve spent at home or trying to juggle family and work commitments has only made that idea stronger.
You’re considering starting a business from home. A job that you can do in your home office that allows you to indulge your passions and career goals and lets you spend time with those who matter most to you. But where to begin? [Read more…]
When you run a website, there are all kinds of ways to make money doing what you love. From paid product features to working with ad networks to selling custom-made products, the sky is the limit when it comes to putting a little extra money in your pocket!
One of the lesser used money-making options, though, is microtransactions. The basic method of making money through microtransactions is similar to working with an ad network. But instead of being paid by an advertiser for displaying their product, you’re paid directly by your reader for the content you provide.
The Canadian-based QUID wants to bring the benefits of microtransactions to North American website owners with its new platform that lets bloggers and content creators add payment buttons to posts and collect money from readers with ease. [Read more…]
When it comes to running a business, be it a blog or a brick and mortar shop, there are many considerations that are important: understanding your customer, managing the finances, planning for the years to come and more. There is, however, one thing that all successful businesses do well: consistency.
There are three different ways in which consistency is key to a business.
The first is in terms of simplification. If you are consistent throughout your business processes, then your business is easier to run. If there’s a task you need to complete, then following the same steps for this task – steps that you know will produce optimal results – makes that task far easier than it would be if you were trying to determine the right process each time. Similarly, being able to revert to a template when sending an email is reassuring and helps to increase productivity; all you have to focus on is the new information in the email rather than formatting. [Read more…]
Starting a blog is something that many people do simply to share their favourite passions and topics online. In the beginning, you may not even think about whether or not other people are reading what you write. But whether you start your blog with the goal of growing a large readership or not, at some point you’ll likely start thinking about your website’s traffic.
It can be frustrating to pour your heart and soul into your posts only to see them sit, unread, on your website. But writing a blog post is only the first step in getting traffic to your site. Use these five tips to help you increase your readers and share your blog posts with the world!
Now that our world has become so connected, one of the most important items for small businesses is a social media account. As somebody that’s self-employed, I’ve often seen for myself the power social media has when growing a buiness. And as an added bonus, this type of advertising is pretty easy on the wallet!
If you do it right, social media can really help your sales to soar. However, a badly managed social media account can also be the cause of your business’s downfall. It can also be a huge waste of your time if you do it wrong.
Here are 4 tips to help your small business succeed at social media marketing: [Read more…]
