Even if I increase my hourly wages (which is difficult in these economical times), I will still be putting in hours to make money for whoever I work for. Even writing, I write articles that bring in income for others. The solution is to increase my passive income. I keep putting off working on my projects and it just prolongs how long I will be working so many hours. I can’t keep putting it off, I need to integrate my projects in, so I started yesterday.

ENTREPRENEURIAL SATISFACTION

Every time I write for my own entrepreneurial projects and on subjects I enjoy it always reminds me that I it is energizing and motivating. I love writing for pay, the income it brings, and the freedom in my life because of it, but it is not the same as writing for my own projects and topics that I already are knowledgeable about.

IF NOT NOW, WHEN WILL I WORK ON MY PROJECTS?

Instead of finding reasons to put off working on my Internet projects, I need to find reasons to work on my own projects. There will always be more articles to write, hours to work, calls to cover people who call out at work, and it will prolong me reaching my goal of having the  financial freedom to make choices how I want to spend my time and how I earn money. I have to start NOW to make my projects important.

WHAT I HAVE DONE ON MY INTERNET PROJECTS

I have some posts here on Jan’s Ideas, on Jan Fran’s Redneck Yard, and on Jan’s Group Home Support. Each has a couple posts that are scheduled for the next few days. I wrote 2 articles for directories. One for the Orchid Plant Site and for Jan’s Group Home Support. The Orchid Plant Site is one that Bob and I have started marketing for, so I want to keep up the momentum. I had one click on Jan’s Group Home Support that paid out over $3, so I took that as a sign to work on marketing that one.

Well, back to my article orders.

Time flies when one is busy. Some of my blogs haven’t had an update in a year! I remember when I use to post several times a month on them! There is really no excuse for 365 Ways to Save to not have current posts because I paid for posts so that there is a post for everyday of the year.  I just need to double check each post and put it up. The idea on that blog is to not have the year posted and have a post for every day of the year. Once it starts making some money I will move it to its own domain. I should have been able to do that by now because I started the blog a year and a half ago!

So I will be getting a few posts up on all of the blogs. Here is my new plan:

• 4-6 posts per blog that will be scheduled to post one per week
• Continue to post regularly here on Jan’s Ideas
• Focus first on Jan’s Group Home Support
• Focus second on 365 Ways to Save

I chose Jan’s Group Home Support because I can write quickly for it and I want to market it where I work and here locally. I chose 365 Ways to Save because I have the posts ready and waiting.

I have to work wage earning several days and am going to have some of my photos at a craft fair, so I will start working on the other blogs starting next week.

For some people it is difficult for them to come up with ideas for their Internet ventures. For others it is difficult to develop the ideas that they have. I am in the second category, I have more ideas than I know what to do with. Ideas are constantly overflowing and I make jokes I have enough ideas to keep someone busy for 10 years after I die! For now, I need to focus on an Internet venture and give it a push so it can move on its own for awhile while I work on another one and then I can go back, give it another push, and repeat until it has enough momentum going so that it only needs an occasional push.

I started out with this blog, not because it will give me much return, but because it is easy. If you know me, you know I’m not choosing it just because I am lazy, but because it will help me to develop new habits faster. I can write easily on this blog so it doesn’t take much time away from my article writing business, Jan’s Writing Services. So this is the process that I am working on with Jan’s Ideas and then I will repeat with my other projects.

• Post at least every 2-3 days
• At least every other post has an image
• Post in advance
• Share blog on Facebook
• Have blog posts automatically post to Twitter
• Start a folder of my photos to use for posts

I probably won’t use article directories to promote it, but I might, just for the practice. The reason is that this blog doesn’t have the income potential as some of my other projects and might just wait and use the time to submit articles for my other projects. When I have about 2-3 weeks of posts scheduled to publish, I will then start on my next blog. I have chosen to work on Jan’s Group Home Support next. It has income potential and it is easy to write for. It is a topic close to my heart, I have been working with the disabled for about 12 years now and have found it very satisfying.

It might get a little messy in the recycling bin, but nothing that a little showering and a change of clothes can’t fix!

It will be awhile before I change this blog. It was very difficult. It included accidentally deleting the new design. The last save had enough I could fix it. I didn’t save it through FTP, so I only had some files copied. Bob Schmuck fixed the navigation bar and somehow I lost it. He finally figured out the part of the code giving us headaches by going through one line of code at a time! The problem was that the page links would pull up my recent posts instead of the page content. Bob said it was one of the hardest things he’s had to figure out. He’s not real familiar with WordPress code.

I was SO happy when it was done. I kept clicking on the links just to see them work! It was time consuming and tiring as I tried my best to do it myself. It was way beyond my expertise! I’m so glad I have Bob.

I have a temporary design up because it looked like someone got into the old one and there was a list of spam like sites in the header and footer of the WP theme. None of my ads were targeted and the little income I was receiving went to zero. I took down all my ads for a few days, updated my WP version, changed my theme, and my login. There hasn’t been any trouble since. It still isn’t making money, but I know that will return now that I’m back on page one.

I’m working on changing the design of the blog. Bob Schmuck is helping, but it is hard for us to get together even on the phone to work on it with our schedules the way they are. I’m looking forward to when I can make the blog theme change for it. I’ve got one picked out for this blog also, but will work on it after I finish with the group home blog.

I learned that sometimes just taking a few steps towards a goal, things start coming together. I have focused on JGHS and the following have occured:

• I have a co-worker that gave me ideas for goal setting and expansion re: the blog.
• I started a new job and the training has given me lots of material for the blog.
• My current job’s reoccurring training requirements gave me material for the blog.
• Bob submitted a few posts from JGHS to show me that Digg can help with traffic even if no one Diggs the post.
• My girls will be gone a lot the first couple weeks of June which will give me more time to write.

The best part of it all, is that I really enjoy that blog and writing for it!

Well, I have been busy and haven’t checked my group home blog for it’s position on Google search for my keywords. Today, I took a quick peek and not only have I moved to the first page (for the direct link to the blog, not through another blog’s link to the site), but I noticed that a few of the listings were from Digg!

Well, I know this is short, but I started a new second job and am busy with both jobs plus some additional training this week.

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Well, I was talking to my son, Bob, and he asked me if I used Digg? I told him that I didn’t. He said it’s about getting some traffic. There may or may not be money making clicks, but there would be some traffic. He submitted a few posts from Jan’s Group Home Support. He said there were probably some visitors after a couple minutes. Well…….he was right!

For a beginner like me, it was encouraging and motivating. I had started a new blog, Jan Fran’s Redneck Yard, so I tried submitting the posts to Digg. It has just a few posts. One of the posts I submitted was, 16 reasons I know I Have a Redneck Yard, but it got no Diggs…..not surprising. What was surprising is when I checked my stats today (I got back from a 22 hours shift), I had a lot of traffic (for me)! The trouble is, no ads up yet .I’ll have to get them up tomorrow.

The visitors from Digg are staying around and reading. Now I have to see if I might get a few clicks. I’ll keep you posted.

So if you are starting out looking for a bunch of Diggs, maybe skip submitting. If you want some traffic and need to be encouraged, start submitting your posts right away. It has been the boost I needed.

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Next I will email a link in a personalized email to the contact email on the sites of the service providers.

On the flier I included a small ad for my photography services stating I will do portraits on location and on have experience with special needs. No results from the add, yet.

It has been really encouraging for me. I do my best to compete against myself because when I compare myself to others it can be discouraging. I know what I make is nothing to many, but for me, I am SO excited! I’m going to enjoy the moment!