Month: April 2019

Can you really earn money at home by just playing on the internet? Peter Hanley thinks so and here he tells you not just why but how

What is a home business?

There are a lot of home businesses doing all sorts of things with physical products as well as Virtual internet style products.
Authors, Bloggers, gamers the list is long but I assume you are looking at something for yourself, something to make you money.

What are the best home businesses

First of all, you must understand that everyting takes some time and money to build and that it is your obligation to restrict this as much as possible.
Next advise is that the internet is there to take your money. Scammers, crooks and other opportunists all set up to make themselves rich. So don’t get caught buying products for the promise of a fortune.
finally in this piece is to tell you to specialise in one thing and not try to do everything. The world is too big so go small.

Run an online shop from home
Affiliate marketing from Home
Helping small business with Social media
Multi-Level Marketing MLM
Advertising on media for others
Sending Emails and newsletters
Collecting debtors
Making videos and on and etc

I wrote a book with 101 ideas that might also help in your search.

So target an area of interest and lets zero in on something good that will give you a return to earn money at home.

The social media craze

When we say Social media that covers a huge lot of ground and you can not do it all.
YouTube
Facebook
Remarketing
Instagram
LinkedIn
Twitter
advertising
and this is just a start, but what are my preferences for you?

In this post, I will recommend just two that I believe have the greatest opportunity for a quick success and to make you money

You only make money if you have customers.

What I am suggesting here is to train yourself on these two features and then go to local businesses and help them out by offering to keep them up to date.
You can do a week’s post in half an hour and charge an appropriate amount. each week.

You can monitor the results and get feedback to lift your rates. new customers will be easy to get.

My friend has a Hair salon. Her only media is Instagram and she posts three times a day every day with hairstyles they have done.
No Facebook, no website, no Youtube because she is fully booked for weeks ahead. Customers love their photos and love the results.
Local Ladies Dress Shop. three posts a day on Facebook. Their online orders go out to Ute loads. They use a pretty sexy approach to the ads that draw in attention. A small shop with a big turnover.

Your customers are all around you. Start a couple free for a month and see the difference.

One Daughter has a clothes shop and places to add every day on Facebook and Instagram. She is finding that Instagram works better.

Another daughter markets on Facebook for clients. Spend their money on advertising and remarketing. She got a list by attending local mothers club events and training. Now it’s nearly full time from home.

A small room building company advertises on Adwords. He spends a grand or two until he fills the forward order book and then stops the ads. Simple stuff.

If you are trying to attract the Internet market you need to build your base differently, this way customers are all around you and you need only ask. The question is then to make the money you want from at least work as possible.

Can you build on this customer base?

You sure can, once you have your method in place you introduce a new skill. Update LinkedIn, start a twitter account even introduce paid advertising.
Then there are Youtube videos affiliate sales and more.
However, get the basics right before you move on

Additional training in your journey to making money

I would recommend one and only one place and that is Wealthy Affiliate. It is free to start learning and you only need to pay when you join the full program at about $39 a month.
However, what you will get out of this will repay you many times over. Yes, I have been a member since 2015 after joining so many terrible programmes that cost me time and money to learn some basics of the industry.

They will also teach you Affiliate marketing a product that you can do from home and make money just like millions of others do.

However, you need the basics before you lift a finger because it is a results-based industry.

The biggest example of this marketing style is Amazon. They do a lot of their sales through affiliates. Big and small items, cheap and expensive all you need to do is get someone to buy through your marketing.
Amazon is easy to join but you really need to understand what you are doing because they cut you for underperforming. Commissions are low and you need to move a lot of articles.

Recurring income sales from home.

This is one of my favourites because you can build a business that will pay every month without spending your money.

Wealthy Affiliate is one of these They pay for referrals every month the customer is with them so they build as you do.
Any business with monthly billing is your target with this. Health clubs, training, software etc.

Get in and get a bit of training here by clicking on the image. No credit card required, no promises or conditions for a free service

Seniors and working from home

There is no age barrier when you are working from home, I am certainly not young and I know many in the eighties that are still actively involved. I wrote a lot more on Seniors activities in a recent blog

I hope I have given you a few ideas and at the top of the page, you will see many other blogs on similar subjects that offer other home solutions.

Earn money at home by Peter Hanley

I just Googled this idea and found about a million things that would never work. Lists of ideas that were vague and general and all the same basic descriptions.

This is the time of the Internet so opportunities that were never available are now changing the face of business.

I could say go get a job, get a second job or ask for a pay rise but I know you will just glare at me and say it’s not an option, and I don’t blame you.

What does the internet offer?

Things are changing every day so you need to learn a few things before you start. You need to know about webpages and keywords, domains and SEO to start any idea on the Net.

What are the best ideas on the net?

The answer is pretty simple, selling something that is tangible or Virtual be it products, training, advise or information.

You can be an affiliate and sell other peoples products, train people, do Videos or webinars or even open an online shop. It is all there for you.

Affiliate marketing is a way to go.

The best and largest example of affiliate marketing is Amazon. People, just like you, market products on webpages and any sales through Amazon earn them a commission. Sometimes a commission with a recurring income.

The good points of this are;

It is easy to get started
There is a lot of training
An endless range of products

The negative points are;
The commissions are low
You can be cancelled for not performing
It is very competitive

Amazon is just one of the sites on the Net. There are actually many thousands waiting for you and they are easy to find.
If your thing is, say Food as an example. Google food than space and affiliates and I think you will find over 300 offers on the first page. Not a bad start, but wait.

To be accepted you need to demonstrate a degree of ability. What have you done and what will you do type thing

My first advice is to some training on how best to set this up and there is no better place than The Wealthy Affiliate University. It’s free
to do and they even have an affiliate program.
Have a look at the comments and do a couple of the training elements before you commit to anything. Never just barge on into a paid course because there are so many just willing to take your money and use up your time

Just click on the picture and have a look around.

YouTube is the next big deal

I kid you not, people search with YouTube nearly as many times as they do with Google and lots more than Bing or Yahoo.

Interestingly only about 10% of USA businesses use it, I believe because of perceived cost over benefit yet it is now so easy to do.
The biggest areas are ;
How to do things or instructions
Anything to do with Food
Movies and music.
Comedy also rates very well and personal blog posts.
The 10 most successful channels so far this year 2019:

• 
  Ed Sheeran. 36.8m subscribers.
  DudePerfect. 38.7m subscribers.
  WWE. 39.2m subscribers.
  Justin Bieber. 43.1m subscribers.
  Konrad Cunha Dantas. 46.1m subscribers.
  5-Minute Crafts. 48.1m subscribers.
  T-Series. 87.1m subscribers.
  PewDiePie. 83.4m subscribers.

Where does the money come from?

1. Advertising Revenue. YouTube video producers earn between $3 and $10 per 1,000 viewer engagements, and it’s the most common revenue model used to earn money on the social media site. …
2. Corporate Sponsorships. …
3. Merchandise Sales. …
4. Fan Donations.

Can you make a video?

Well sure you can, fire up your mobile phone and start to blaze away then download it to YouTube. However like anything else who will see it.
Again I have the perfect solution for you. No wild promises a free start and a look at what you can do with a video.
NO special items required. Your computer or I.Pad can do it for you and you can do a professional video, one that you won’t be ashamed to show to anyone.

If you can make a Video you can sell a video

That’s not rocket science it’ just plain old common sence.

first of all I want to give you a free ebook. This book will tell you all about how to get seen on Youtube.

This is probably the most important issue on the web, how to get found. If you do not get this right it is wasted time.

Noble Samurai has several products and again a great Affiliate program once you get into the system. it is a program with recurring revenue that can build you a business and a full-time income.

Instagram the new leader in business generation

Again, I am going against the rules and leading you in a new generation direction.
Instagram was bought by Mark Zuckerberg for a modest $1 billion but a few years back. It is now worth close to $50 billion because it has caught a wave of followers.
Importantly it is capable of driving your business forward to quick success.
I am seeing businesses marching forward just using this one method to build a following or Fanbase in the millions and it’s not hard.

Kayla Isternes was a great example of becoming an overnight Millionaire. A young girl working out of a suburban Garage in South Australia.
Kayla promoted female fitness and started just using Instagram to a Huge success in blogging across the world. Just last year she and partner were voted in the Fastest growing rich list in the world.

My mention is for you to consider this as a medium for you to use, to market or to train because it is highly underutilised and offers a way to make money

My summary of 2019 wealth-building opportunities

I have told you about affiliate marketing and how to get training.
We pushed YouTube as the greatest opportunity and about
Instagram to tie it all together. These three ideas will outshine anything on the market for those wanting to build a business.
Finally, my advice is to learn before you burn and that is why I have put in a couple of great programmes.

Best money making ideas by Peter Hanley

Here Peter Hanley talks about how to find a Videomaker free. Video is the new search king and you need to be involved with videos that rate.

Today I want to review one of the best

Noble Samurai / Content Samurai

Name: Content Samurai

Website: Free SEO

Price: Free for 7 days

Owners: Eugene Ware

Overall Rank: 95 out of 100

Content Samurai, Product Overview

Content Samurai is an automated Video builder that creates a professional video from a basic script written by you. It has both picture and Video adds free music and voice overproduction. No matter what your level of competency you can be up and going within minutes

The Good & the Bad

The Good:

PRO #1 You will really appreciate how easy this is as you build your own video from a simple script and have a product you can be proud off

PRO #2 Language is not a barrier as you can script these yourself or use the onboard voices, both male or Female to finish the product

PRO #3 For free you can also get an ebook on how to do SEO and pay just $3 more to get all the tips and tricks you need

The Bad:

CON #1 Some of the canned Voices leave a bit to be desired but maybe better than other choices

CON #2Not quite like a full video production

Who is Content Samurai For?

You will use Content Samurai on every blog or page you do and using correct SEO principals to be seen on the Internet. As I have said it is not a nice do it is a must-do

Samurai Content Tools & Training

Included are a bundle of tools to use from both Free and a small payment. Videos Questions and Answers and a full support channel. Samurai Support

The support offered with the product

Samurai Content Price $35 a month

There is a 7-day free trial to do as many videos as you want. A free SEO Cheatsheet and a $3 full explanation.

My Final Opinion of Samurai Content

An automated Video builder that can be used by any business or Video marketer

Content Samurai at a Glance…

Name: Noble Samurai

Website: Free SEO

Owners: Eugene Ware

Price: $35 per month

Overall Scam Rank: 00 out of 100

VERDICT: LEGIT and everyday product

Having been a member of both MOBE and Wealthy Affiliate I have some degree of insight into both the content and lack of opportunity with One.

MOBE is no more

The US federal Police recently closed MOBE down and gathered back all the assets they could.

How could something so good end up so bad? The answer I believe was greed. Your $49 entry fee increased everytime you wanted to achieve something more.
No money, not a problem we will get finance for you up to the $20,000 needed for the upper levels.

To earn money you had to introduce new users into the system and see their money dissapear.

What could go wrong?

I confess I bailed at $49 because of the pressure tactics used but continued to follow the rise, rise and demise of MOBE

The owner Mat Lloyde was basically from my home town so we had something in common. He presented well and purchased resorts to do his seminars.

It may have been a Ponzi scheme or a Pyramid scheme in concept but ran for years before being clipped.
It offered nothing but a paid path to the upper levels.
January 2012 through to late 2018, that’s a pretty decent journey and a big chunk of income

Wealthy Affiliate

Now Wealthy Affiliate does take some slack occasionally in the market and in fact had a case against MOBE. They won the case.

Wealthy Affiliate has one price $49 a month and that price gets you;
50 websites hosted
The free use of a Keyword Tool
More training than you could ever use
Competition for the top spots
A daily blog from members
24/7 support
Weekly live training
and a few more things as well.

You can actually join the site for free and get most of the above and two websites hosted.

Update when you are ready.

See the difference here?

Wealthy Affiliate does not drive you up a cycle

In fact 6 month and 12 month packages are cheaper so you save even more.
Yes you can spend a bit on Domains (about $10 a year) but there is not much more.

Wealthy Affiliate is investing in product building and not investor exploiting

How long do you have to stay on Wealthy Affiliate

I am not going on about this to get you to pay a joining fee. You should not pay anything until you have explored the system and are comfortable with the content. It might be a day, week or even a year but it matters not.

So log on in and have a look around, ask questions, seek support and make decissions based on reality. It is a rare commodity.

page contents

Here Peter Hanley looks at Online business training and why every business must adapt to the internet or die in the process.

Where to start training?

Let’s get straight down to business here and introduce both the best and cheapest training on the internet. You can search and pay a premium and waste months of your time or simply settle here.

Looking for online business training

When I started my internet career way back when, today’s opportunities were not available.

I have countless files full of programmes that I bought to teach me how to grow my business using online principals. Now I use only one, and I have many that will support me on this.

Social media and web pages explained

Social media is now the most dominant factor in marketing your business.

First of all social media is designed to deliver customers to where they will make a buying decision by the support of your branding and in your face presentation.

Let me explain this more clearly.
You sell from your webpage or from personal contact. On your page, you have buying links and ways to part with money.
However, without traffic you have nothing.

Furthermore, it is important that you understand this principle. You do not send customers from your web page to social media. They will get lost, enticed away to all sorts of places with must-read interest. Your web page is to convert them into customers.
However, your social media is to entertain and move them to your webpage. Many may disagree and say that it is good SEO to get a click but NO
Social media is for capture and your webpage is to sell.

What Social media is best and how do I learn about it?

You really have four channels of social media that businesses need to expand. Which one is best for you depends on your industry, profession or need for exposure, so let’s look at some ideas.

First of all, a must-have is LinkedIn

This is a business must do so the world can find you and your business. It may be legal, financial, marketing, employment or other need
You need a picture and a story.
There is plenty of training at LinkedIn but most of it paid so backpedal to Wealthy Affiliate.

Is Twitter a good media for business?

Yes, in a lot of cases it can be very powerful to gather a following and I give as evidence the following of one Mr Donald Trump. Like or hate is not in the question but his use of Twitter won him an election and kept him on top. OK a bit over the top but his 55 million followers are a big heap of news. They say half are Fake or never follow however what is true is the retweets by the press.
Every tweet is re-broadcast by the media providing a huge, huge audience.

The Brand of singers, actors and sportsman are developed by a few tweets and a massive following.
Is it for your business? Probably not but a daily tweet might work a miracle and develop a following like Cristiano Ronaldo at a meagre 144 Million followers.
Twitter training for beginners paid course if you must.

Is Youtube good for your business?

Youtube is taking over, nearly as many people search YouTube as they do google.

• Showing readers how to do things
• Then as a sales pitch
• Definitely for branding
• then maybe a bit of fun

Here I provide the ultimate cheat sheet for doing videos and capturing clients on YouTube.
This free E.Book is a must-have from the people at noble Samurai. They are world leaders in quick and easy video production

How to use Facebook in your marketing

Just like LinkedIn, everyone needs a facebook page. The important point here is that everyone needs a current up to date well-posted facebook page. Anything else can do you damage.

Facebook for business is many things. It is social you can advertise on it, use remarketing or retargeting and direct traffic to where you want.

I am a keen follower of Gary Vaynerchuk and this youtube video may help you understand more.

Of course, there are lots of this on the Wealthy Affiliate site as well.
One thing I do on a special site I run on Rescue Cats is too post a week at a time. Every weekend I spend 15 minutes and cover a week thus growing my audience.

Facebook advertising

I try and stay to unpaid media where I can but using facebook advertising does generate business. The only condition is to generate profitable business.

Most noteworthy is that retargeting can be used on nearly all social media to provide you with the opportunity for greater exposure.
Then it is just a matter of controlling your costs and exposure

Instagram You must be there

I was a late convert to this and to this day still struggle with its popularity. Yes, I am on all these Media including Instagram for lots of reasons.
Having evidenced Instagram work better than all other media for small business enterprises I have come to the conclusion it is a must-do.

My Daughter has an Online store where they initially concentrated on Facebook. They tried Instagram and found it worked at least at twice the result so it proved to them the popularity.

Another friend, a hairdresser, only users Instagram posting daily shots of recent hair models. She has a big following and an overbooked salon. Importantly her only media is Instagram so the concentration in this case worked.

One person I follow is Neil Patel a huge mentor on Instagram and I have attached a link for you to have a look.

The email is not dead

Email to this day is as relevant as ever and in fact, should be used by every business.
At the very least a monthly newsletter to a customer base is required. I have written extensively on this and you can search many articles at Newbusinessonline.net
Because I am a prolific emailer for customer acquisition and retention I understand that you need to do this.

However, there are right and wrong ways so be prepared to learn and maybe improve your results.

In this, I generally bow to Ryan Deiss and attach a recent interview to whet your appetite. Be warned however he is expensive and you can learn a much at Wealthy Affiliate for free

Funnels and sales pages

Many sales can come from a one-page website designed to capture interested clients. The most famous is Russel Brunston at Click Funnels who is very expensive but can deliver huge results when done properly.
However, you can learn all about funnels at Wealthy Affiliate for free see the entry this page.

It is true that the speed of change on the internet is a factor for maintaining a consistent view of the activities of others.
The forum at Wealthy Affiliate does that for you with members experiencing both good and bad results and experiences.

I can’t start my day without this update

Does blogging work for business?

Your online business training should always include blogging as an SEO necessity

It is also a fact that adding blogs to your website increases SEO, adds extra Keywords and makes customers stand up and notice you.
Every business is different so talk about you and tell them what you know. Share the knowledge and they will hunger for more.

The use of Keywords in your business

This is a really important piece of the puzzle. It is how you get found by someone looking for your product or your company.
Yes, many will search by brand but they concentrate down to a local supplier. If I want to purchase a horse, as an example, it would provide no benefit for me searching Horse.

If for the example you searched a breed of horse in your area you will get found and greatly improve your SEO.
You should use this tool every time you do a post
The Jaxxy tool is also available within your Wealthy affiliate paid and unpaid subscription.

Google search and paid advertising

If your business is not on page one or two it will not regularly be found. This is just a fact. The first three entries get about 80% of the search volume.
Using Adwords, at a cost, you can be placed on page one. This will be at the top or bottom of the page. It is true that many steer clear of paid adverts but it is also true they work.
Depending on the Keyword will verify the cost.
I have customers spending $100’s per click but they are selling high priced products.
Again I say it is cost/return. If it works then scale it right up to the volume you can handle.
My warning, however, is to test and evaluate before committing a lot of money.

How to build a CRM business.The list.

Constant relationship management is having a list and working the list to challenge the buyer likes and dislikes.

This should always be a part of your online business training program.
A good list can be the value of your business and onsold with a business or as a separate Entity.
Due to the fact that it matters not if you use an Excel spreadsheet a product line A-Weber or an expensive management program anyone can do it. Generally, they will follow that progression as you build your contact base.

Use it to send your newsletter, to email with products, to SMS for events or instant marketing.
Contact is everything and if you are not keeping your customers informed and entertained someone else will.
Further writing on how to build a list

SMS in marketing

Due to the fact that this is really underused, it can have spectacular results. Furthermore, the benefit is instant feedback. Customers generally respond immediately so it is really easy to monetise.

• You can use it to advise on an event.
• Plus as a reminder for an event
• Perhaps to introduce a new product
• Or maybe a price decrease

Hence whatever the need you can test with a small batch before moving to a major list.

I use a local carrier for bulk email and pay about $0.15 a message.

One last idea, Inbound SMS

Online business training and SMS. This is not used a lot but can be really successful.
A mobile phone type number sends messages to your email address. As a result, any staff can handle the traffic. The world is now a busy place and SMS a mainstream product so adding it into your marketing package makes sense.
Most of all it provides you with a point of difference.

conclusion

If your business is going great well done but if it is failing some more reading for you.

Online business training by Peter hanley