Do you wish you could be your own boss and work from home? Wouldn’t it be amazing if you could quit your job in the next year because your new business replaces your wages and then some? Think of the financial freedom you can achieve, to be able to live out your dreams.
Starting your own online marketing business, for free I might add, allows you to be on your own boss and working from home….or anywhere there’s an internet connection for that matter. It’s the working freedom most everyone desires.
Work at home, coffee shop, your cabin, on vacation (ok, well maybe only a little…haha), or your time away in a warmer location. Can you tell I’m a Canadian?
Hi. My name is Suzanne and I want to help you realize your dream. I’ve achieved my dream of working from home and I know you can too. My goal is to guide you through the process to make things easier for you. This is where I found my success…
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I Don’t Have The Time To Start A Business
Actually, you do. We all have busy lives. Whether it’s a full-time job, going to school, or raising a family, we all have the same 24 hours in a day. If we wait until we have more time, we’ll probably never start what could be a life-changing decision.
You just need to take a close look at your day and carve out an hour here and an hour there. I’m always amazed at the time I find. Cutting back from T.V. and social media is how I initially made my time.
If you’re like me, once you get going, you get excited and commit more time to it than you thought possible. The idea of being able to make money from home is a huge motivator.
The other convenient factor of an online business is that you don’t have to work from home. You can take it with you anywhere you have internet availability. Right now I’m writing this article in another country while on vacation. Isn’t that awesome?
Make Money on Vacation
Remember when I said making money from home is a great motivator? For me, that means even a few hours on my vacation. Remember, when you’re not working, your competitor still is.
I always have my phone with me when on vacation. All those phone apps come in handy. I use my Notes to jot down ideas that come to mind for content on my niche. If I hear anyone speaking about my niche, I’ll jot down possible new keywords.
I love taking pictures and sometimes they’re applicable for my articles. I love reading so will often educate myself while reading by the pool. And as I said before, I’ll often write articles while on vacation, in note form on my phone, then finalize them when I get home.
The one thing you certainly can do on vacation is to take a little time to answer your emails. This way your customers continue to build trust in you knowing you’ll respond quickly. And it will relieve the backlog when you get home.
If you have a few minutes, I’d like you to read this post from a very respected online marketer named Kyle. He talks about his busy life and offers us 7 practical solutions to get more done.
Just click on the image below to read the article…
How To Get More Done in a Day
These are Kyle’s practical solutions to get more done in a day:
- Write down your weekly goals. Spend a few minutes, at the beginning of each week, writing down everything you’d like to accomplish. It will help you stay on track. Personally, I’m a list person, so being able to cross off finished tasks is quite rewarding.
- Take a break from social media. Or at least limit yourself to 15 min. a day. Using it for business purposes is important, but getting sucked down that rabbit hole can end up wasting hours.
- Use your lunch or coffee breaks to work. If you work a full-time job, you would get breaks at various times of the day. These are great times to develop ideas or do research. Think of these breaks as investing in your own business.
- Have a notepad wherever you go. You never know when you’ll be inspired with a new idea for your business. Or maybe to start another? My ideas can come at the most ridiculous times, haha.
- Take your computer, tablet or phone wherever you go. Whether on vacation or down to your local coffee shop, always be able to maximize your available time towards your new business.
- Read, research, learn. If you’re a reader like me, you always have something to grab, be it a magazine, kindle, or phone app. Why not use these times to educate yourself, and keep up on current news relating to your niche or online business. There are always new and improved ways to better your SEO or get content ideas for your website.
Something else to consider is working a 7-day work week. If you want to achieve quick success, working every day is the way to get there. I know that traditionally the weekends are for time off, and that’s ok if you so choose. I’m just reminding you that if you want to reach your goals in the quickest time possible, you should put in some hours on the weekend too.
How Do I Start My Online Business?
The basic things you’ll need to build a successful business are:
- Education – proper training to learn the correct techniques
- Website – to display your product or service
- Hosting – the hosting company where you “park” your website
- Keyword research tools – finding those words that will attract your audience and put you on page one of Google
- Community support – a place to get immediate answers to all your questions, and encouragement
You can spend a lot of time online looking for all these things, and possibly be paying a large amount of money to acquire them. I’ve already done a lot of research, and it took me hours and hours. I was frustrated and overwhelmed.
You might be the type of person who needs to look for yourself, or you can take advantage of all my research and do what I did. Get everything in one place. That’s right. I finally found a platform that has it all.
The Best Training Platform Out There
Yes. I said it. The best one! It’s called Wealthy Affiliate University.
There are other legitimate programs, as well as many scams. Scams are often hard to identify because they can sound so convincing with promises of overnight riches.
Legit ones are either pricey or have many required up-sells. Most don’t provide all the tools you need under one roof. You would need to purchase websites, hosting or keyword tools elsewhere for an additional cost.
I’ve reviewed The Chris Farrell Membership and Affilorama if you’d like to read them. They are both legitimate platforms but have a few things I didn’t like such as costs of upsells, no live community and poor support reviews.
I can save you so much time if you’d like to use what I use. At Wealthy Affiliate, you have access to everything you need.
It was designed by two already successful marketers named Kyle and Carson. They had to learn the hard way about 15 years ago, and now want to genuinely share their knowledge to help others achieve success.
The best part is that you can start your new business with a free starter membership. This was an important feature for me. I wanted to try everything out without making any investment.
I wanted to make sure I liked it first, then I could decide if I wanted to upgrade to a premium membership, or stay as a free member.
Needless to say, it didn’t take me long to see the added benefits of becoming a premium member. It’s that good! Give it a try and decide for yourself, OK.
Click on the picture below to read my insider review.
I’m here to help you achieve your dream of working from home with your new online business. If I can do it, anyone can!
I would love to hear what you think. Please feel free to leave me comments or questions. I’d love to hear from you.
Your friend,
Suzanne
Hi Suzanne, I too have to keep a notepad or notepad app near by. Otherwise sometimes I cannot sleep till I record the thought — or worse I completely forget. Currently I am pulling double shift – regular job and promoting/working from home after hours to assist Shawn with his Blog. Thank you for your article.
Hi Tara,
Wow, you have a busy life! Yet, we all seem to make time for our businesses when we want to succeed. There are so many useful apps that we can use to make life simpler. Sticking to a schedule is probably one of my best solutions.
Cheers,
Suzanne
I am always having ideas and if I don’t write them down, poof! they are gone!
I also take my phone with me and work while my husband drives! It’s amazing that I can work on my site on my phone!
Hi Cynthia.
I agree with you. I take my phone with me everywhere. We live 1/2 hour out of town, so I can get all my emails looked after on my phone while hubby drives. And like you, I have to write everything down, or I forget too. My smartphone is my lifeline, haha.
Cheers,
Suzanne
Hello Suzanne, like you said anyone can find an hour or so a day to work on the business, all they have to do is make a list of their daily activities cut back on nonessential things. Stick to it, I’m amazed at how much time I can squeeze into a day to work on my website just by following a schedule.
Kim
Hi Kim,
You’re so right. When you write down all you do in a day, it’s amazing how much time you can find for productive things. My worst time waster was social media. I got sucked down so many rabbit trails, that it could take up hours, lol.
Thanks for your comment,
Suzanne
Hi Suzanne,
Fabulous post on being your own boss. I am loving that I can work anywhere and anytime. Am going on an artists weekend but intend to do two interviews for posts on art, crafts and sewing while away.
It is amazing to be with Wealthy Affiliate and learn all these new skills. The encouragement from the fellow WA members is amazing.
That’s wonderful Jill.
Have fun on your weekend. Doing interviews is such a great idea. You can set them up as guest posts for your website.
Wealthy Affiliate has been such an encouragement to me. Joining them was a life-changing decision for me.
Blessings,
Suzanne
Hi Suzanne,
Great post! It’s true many people are looking to work from home but just don’t know where to turn and don’t think they have the time.
You gave some really great suggestions on saving time that can help change people’s perspective that there really is more time than we think. It’s all about getting our priorities straight. We make time for things we want to make time.
If anyone truly wants to find a training program that will create the change they’ve been dreaming of, Wealthy Affiliate truly is the best place to go.
Keep up the good work! : )
Thanks, Ruby,
It’s amazing the time we can find when we really need it, lol. Social media was a real time killer for me. Now, I so enjoy working on my business, that I’ve given up on some of those things to better concentrate. I’m glad you’re enjoying Wealthy Affiliate. It’s definitely the best place to learn.
Cheers,
Suzanne
Hi Suzanne!
I read your article and I liked what I read. Having an online business has always been my dream, but there were many scams I faced down the road and it gave me that feeling of insecurity whether the next program is real or just another scam. Your article looks very informative and convincing. My question is: How recommended is it for someone with no previous experience?
-Hekuran
Hi Hekuran,
Many of us have fallen for online scams, me included. But I can recommend Wealthy Affiliate with no reservations. When I started with them, I had no experience whatsoever. Their training is designed for inexperienced beginners and very easy to follow along. And the live community is such a help for immediate answers to your questions. If you would like, let me know when you join, and I’ll walk you through everything.
Cheers,
Suzanne
I’m sure a lot of people want to work from home and live the lifestyle they want. However, many are afraid or hesitant to make the change and embrace failure.
So, ultimately, the most important factor of this is still a shift in their mindset. The only way for one to succeed online and live the life they truly want is to have the right mindset in the first place.
All the other tools, resources and help are secondary, albeit crucial too.
Thanks for this post. Hope this can help more people 🙂
Hi Jerry,
Yes, fear or procrastination certainly holds many back. What I like about Wealthy Affiliate is that there’s a free membership. That usually takes care of the fear aspect. You have nothing to lose. Secondly, the teaching style is one that keeps you engaged and motivated. That helps put you in the right mindset because it shows you how to succeed. Thirdly, the live community is amazing. There’s always someone online to help and encourage you. And the already successful members share their techniques and expertise. It’s the best place to be!!
Cheers,
Suzanne
Wealthy Affiliate is the best because of how the community is set up and because of the people within the community that help each other. I would encourage anyone to become a part of this amazing community.
Hi Norman,
For sure! There’s no community like it anywhere online. It starts to feel like family encouraging you to succeed.
Cheers,
Suzanne
Suzanne,
Great post, who wouldn’t want to be their own boss? I sure would.
With so many scams out there,it’s refreshing to know that Wealthy Affiliate is a legit way to learn the business of online marketing.
Thanks for sharing.
Hi Kenni,
Thanks! I’ve come across too many scams. Sometimes you don’t realize this until you’ve paid out money. That’s whats so refreshing about Wealthy Affiliate. You can join for free…no credit card needed!
Cheers,
Suzanne
What a great invitation to The WA program The storytelling manner in which you presented the material to your readers should peak their interest as it did mine.
Thanks Maurice. That tends to be my style of writing lol. I like to write the way I speak. I’m glad you liked it. Wealthy Affiliate has taught me so much, and I want to share that with others.
Blessings,
Suzanne
It is good that it has a hosting platform but how is the hosting quality? Is it any fast and does it protect from spams? My current hosting provider just sucks about these and if it is good I will consider changing it.
Hi Furkan,
Thanks for asking. Yes, the hosting here at Wealthy Affiliate is top notch. They provide the fastest servers in the industry, offer monitoring and site support, and protect against virus’ and malware. Take a look here and click on “hosting” for more details. I wholeheartedly recommend them.
Blessings,
Suzanne
I also enrolled in Chris Farrell’s affiliate marketing course and later found Wealthy Affiliate. Although Chris Farrell’s was a decent starting point, I have to say that hands down, I vote for Wealthy Affiliate. I LOVE it and would highly recommend it to anyone interested in joining. The great thing too, is that you can join for free and check it out before making a decision to invest even a dime! I of course loved it from the moment I enrolled and have been a Premium member for the past couple months. COULD NOT BE HAPPIER! All the best to those considering going into affiliate marketing. It is a very exciting field and the sky is the limit as to where you can go with it. Thanks for the post, Suzanne. I couldn’t agree more!
Hi Erin. Thanks for your comment. I agree with you that it’s the best platform out there. The fact that you can start for free is very appealing to someone with limited income. The owners have made sure that anyone can start their business, even on a limited budget. I wish you all the best with your new business.
Blessings,
Suzanne
I also am a huge fan of Wealthy Affiliate. I started early last year as a total newcommer and I’m now starting to see a significant improvement in my income from my online business. It’s one of the best choices I’ve made and can’t recommend them more.
Thanks for your comment. It’s encouraging for people to see how effective Wealthy Affiliate is.
Blessings,
Suzanne
You’ve done a good post on becoming one’s own boss for generating income.
The best part is the depiction that anyone can work for it anywhere with internet connection. And of course,jotting down your ideas in phone notes is a good tool emulating that can steer everyone towards success.
Congratulations!
Hi H. Though we often think of online as working from home, it indeed can be from anywhere. Its especially great for people who travel a lot. And our smart phones are becoming a necessary tool. There are more and more business apps coming out all the time. Now I’m just waiting for Wealthy Affiliate to come out with their own, haha.
Cheers,
Suzanne
Looks like a good platform to get all the training you need to be successful online. Have you had some success yet? I can see this benefiting people of all ages and walks of life. Well written and informative!
Hi David. I see more success every day. This is definitely an amazing platform. The education and training you receive is easy to follow and goes step by step. The best part is you build your website right away and “earn while you learn”.
Blessings,
Suzanne
I’ve been with Wealthy Affiliate for a few years and enjoy it. You get a lot of training and support from the community. I also enjoy connecting with people from around the world. There’s no doubt the best training on the internet for those who are wanting to make money online from their home.
Don
Hi Don. You’re right and anyone can do it. What I especially like about online marketing is it’s so mobile. You can take it with you anywhere. I plan to earn enough to be able to travel more!
Best wishes,
Suzanne