While looking for affiliates, I found another dating site, but they are completely free with no paid options. I did talk to them about submitting some articles. Some may be as Jan Fran or one of the other redneck characters from the blog. Mostly it will be from me. I won’t get paid but will get the back link and my on the articles. Usually when I sell my articles, I sell the copyrights with them so my name doesn’t appear on them.

Looking forward to seeing if the little changes make a difference in income.

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.

A perfect pair….Internet business and Facebook. You can set up a separate Facebook page for your business so that people can “like” you page and share it. You can also put links to your website, new articles, and current posts on your personal Facebook page so your family, friends, and coworkers can check it out at their convenience.

INTERNET BUSINESS FACEBOOK PAGE

I haven’t worked on it much, but I have a Facebook page for Jan’s Writing Services. I will be posting more often in the future and include help for people who are writing for pay in addition to mentioning my services. The photos will include pictures of me and my laptop at different places that I can work from. The one I have up currently is of me writing while watching my daughter ride her horse. When I post on my writing services page, it shows up on my personal Facebook page. It lets people I know keep updated with what I am doing with my writing services.

PERSONAL FACEBOOK PAGE

When you have an Internet business that only some of your friends may be interested in, you can pick and choose who you send information about your Internet business to. You will want to be careful that your friends and family on Facebook don’t feel like they are being spammed! My friends that I have on Facebook that I know from the Maverick would love my blog Jan Fran’s Redneck Yard but not be interested in Jan’s Ideas. I can pick and choose who I send links and updates to.

Don’t be afraid of matching up your Internet business with Facebook.

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.

Advantages to owning my own writing services:

• Flexibility
• Income
• Learning new things
• Enjoyment
• Create jobs for others
• Self-employment
• Mobile

With writing for pay, I write about what I am paid to write about and though I love doing the research and learning new things, it is not always my area of interest. Since I have so many ideas and thoughts, it is almost a relief to be able to write down the things that I am thinking about! It is also really nice to just go straight to writing when I sit down without having to do the research first.

One level of writing for the joy of writing, is writing  for my projects. Some of my projects include the following:

• Jan’s Group Home Support-I love sharing what I have learned the past 12 years working with the disabled and mentally ill
• Jan Fran’s Redneck Yard-this is fun to write for because I can do a little creative writing
• Reduce Utility Bills and 365 Ways to Save-I enjoy sharing what I know and what others are doing to save money

Sadly, my own blogs, even the ones I enjoy have been neglected this past year. I’m hoping to get that turned around. This month I have posted regularly on this blog and have some articles ready to post on Jan’s Group Home Support. I had paid for posts on 365 Ways to Save and they have been sitting on my computer…such a waste! Not only financially for me, but for those who need help to save money as they struggle financially.

As I went to my blogs to get the links I see that with the neglect, the Adsense ads aren’t as targeted. This means that even if there are visitors, they aren’t finding ads that they will click on. This has motivated me to get moving on posting!

Another level of enjoyment is writing for some of my own Internet sites that I have just for income. Though the topic might not be of great interest to me, I like writing knowing that I will directly benefit (eventually) financially from my writing for the site.

For right now, I’ll have to be happy to get this post up and to get to my wage earning job on time!

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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