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Make Money with Affiliate Marketing

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There are many ways to earn money online and one of the most commonly used is affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing is popular because it’s relatively easy to make a steady stream of money and you don’t need to develop any products of your own. Of course, if you have your own products, you can still use affiliate marketing to create an additional income stream in your business.

What Is Affiliate Marketing?

Affiliate marketing is based on a very simple concept. You share content that informs or entertains your readers. Along with your regular informational content, you also pitch products that your audience would be interested in. These are the products of other vendors, not your own, and you get a commission for any sales you make. You promote, customers click and buy, and the vendor pays you for the sale. [Read more…]

Do It Once – Profit Forever With Passive Income

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passive_income.jpgWe all have a limited amount of time available to grow and run our businesses. So how can you decide where your time is best invested?

I have been giving this a lot of thought lately. My conclusion: Investing time in tasks that create long-term value is the way to go.

That might seem obvious to you, but is that how you operate? Or do you spend your time on “right now” tasks–going from doing repetitive jobs, such as filling orders and paying bills, to putting out “fires”? When you do productive work, is a large portion of it work for which you will only be paid once? If so, you need to make some changes. [Read more…]

Prospering in a Tough Economy

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eggs.jpgAre you feeling the economic crunch? You do not have to. Many of the small business owners I know are doing very well, even in this economy. The people who are most affected by the downturn are the ones who do not adapt and keep working toward success.

If you want to stay successful, no matter what is happening elsewhere in the economy, you need to look for opportunities and act on them. This is no time to accept defeat. See this article for ideas on how your business can do well, even in a bad economy.

Here are some things you can do right now to help your business not only survive, but thrive. [Read more…]