My aim to turn my small website into big business starts here. I'm not talking about internet marketing for the sake of it though. I want to create something worthwhile AND make money in the process.
I've had my own website for a few years, promoting my local dance school business. It was easy, set up for next to nothing and it's quick to maintain and update. Recently though I started getting more phone calls than I can cope with, my classes are full and I am not in a position to expand right now. Seems to me like I'm doing ok? NO! I'm working 2 full time jobs - one to pay the bills and the other (the Dance School) because I love it and it brings me a little extra cash.
But all that is about to change, and quickly. I did a little research on advertising on my website, just to see if I could make a bit of extra income - never thinking it would really come to anything. I stuck a couple of related links on my site and never thought any more about it. Then one day - completely out of the blue - I got an email informing me that there was a deposit in my bank account from one of my links. And guess what? It wasn't even on the home page, it was literally just a small text link in my About Me page.
So it gets me thinking, if that can happen once it can surely happen again? Wrong!
Since then nothing, zilch, zero. So what on earth am I doing wrong? What should I be doing?
Not one to give up easily I go and do a bit more research, and find out what I'm doing wrong, and what I should be doing. Starting here, starting now.
This is day one, I don't know how long it will take but watch this space. I will turn my tiny business into a huge success and you can follow my success here. I will even share my failures, mistakes and my tears as I go along. But I will succeed.
Step 1 - Get a website. It's cheap, it's easy and it's instant - you'll see it published in minutes. This package from 1&1 internet costs me £1.99 per month + vat. My domain name (website address) is £1.99 (+vat) per year. It includes a website builder so you don't even have to learn anything html or anything like that, it does everything for you.
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