FINALLY MOVED! Sort of....
I was having technical issues moving my Blog to Wordpress.
The place is kind of mess but I am still redecorating, my new Blog is
JackiesBizBlog.com. Please do not add 'www' in front of the domain as you will experience an ERROR till I get it resolved. :)
Anyway WELCOME to my New Blog! :D
In the process of moving.... :)
MY BLOG.
I purchased the domain
JackiesBizBlog.com.
I also moved my Blog to
WordPress.orgI am following my Basic Tips to have a SUCCESSFUL BLOG.
You can see that Post ----->
HEREI will be adding more VALUABLE Tips once I get my Business Blog going... :)
I am having slight technical issues, which I always run into when I decide to host my own websites and/or blogs...sigh, hopefully I can fix it soon...
Labels: blogging, jackiesbizblog, make money blogging, successful bloggers
Fail your way to Success
On Sunday after going to lunch with my partner and her parents, we went over to watch a special at her parents from 20/20 about
WINNING - Young Millionaires, Failures before they Succeeding & Getting Rich in America that was TIVO'd . One of the parts was about a couple of people who failed, failed and failed before they finally Succeeded in their Business.
One particular person,
Jake Burton story really hit home with me. He was in a snowboard business and he kept trying to sell his snowboards and nobody wanted them. He thought all he needed to do was sell them. So after practically getting himself into debt and going into depression he thought long and hard about what he needed to do and made a life changing decision. He started THINKING about Snowboarding instead of trying to sell them. That made a lot of sense to me and it made me wonder how I was pursuing my own Travel Business. I feel like I have thought more of the Travel aspect of my Business and I am taking the right route to make myself succeed...well, my partner and I together.
The second failure, she was fun, her name is
Sara Blakely, who invented
SPANX.
She had failed at a lot things. When she was young, she wanted to be like her father, a trial attorney and she failed the LSAT. Then, she decided to sell Fax machines to Businesses and completely failed at it. But she was taught when she was growing up that if she wasn't failing, then she wasn't trying. Another thing, about her interview that I enjoyed and had never considered while I fail at my own ventures is, that
Failure is a way of letting life let you know you're off course. That also hit me hard.
I always thought I was doing something wrong or not doing enough of something. Every Business I have done I have learned something from, so maybe I am just setting myself up for Success. And Succeeding does just take time, patience and persistence and then it will happen. :)
Labels: business, fail, failure, home businesses, succeeding, success, travel
New Blog Makeover
In the next couple of weeks I will be moving my Blog to Wordpress and will be changing to a cut line template.
I think I write a pretty decent Blog and would like more Exposure, so before I get more exposure to my Blog, I would like to give it a makeover. With all the great tips in the Blogging World, I would like to maximize my Blog and use it to its fullest potential.
I am still working on my Travel Blog slowly.
Anyway, so keep a lookout for the new layout and style. ;)
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! :D
Labels: blogging, exposure, makeover, thanksgiving, travel biz, travel blog, wordpress
Tagged: 5 Questions for Jacquelyn
Chris Jacobson, from
Money Making Scoop had tagged me to answer some questions about Making Money Online and well, here they are:
1.
How long have you been Blogging?Hmm, well, my earliest Blog, was way before it had been called a 'Blog' with what was then called an online journal, back in 2000? My more 'Official' blog began in 2005, when I had been doing GPT's (Get Paid to's) a more personal one began in 2004 on Blogger.
2.
What inspired you to start a blog and who are your mentors?What inspired me to start a Blog, is being able to express myself. Although after learning the true power of a Blog and my passion for Home Business, I had began doing Business Blogs for my Network Marketing company I had been with.
3.
Are you trying to make money online, or are you just doing it for fun?Hmm, yes I am. I mostly do all of my Business off line via telephone, but I do gain Leads online through my Lead capture page and I am looking to build a more passive income online with my
Travel Booking site.4.
Tell me 3 things you LOVE being Online?The ABILITY to Make Money Online.
The ABILITY to Express ones self.
The information you get at your finger tips if you just Google it, or in my case Blingo it :D
5.
Tell me 3 things you STRUGGLE with in the online world?FOCUS - There are so many opportunities and things to do online, it can really easily set you off track from your main goal.
I only have one. :)
I am going to go ahead and tag a couple of people that I think would enjoy thisFlavaOfBlog - met Ginene at a forum we both visit.
DirectSalesWebMarketing - Met Dennis at a forum we both frequent also.
Labels: blogging, chris jacobson, focus, making money online, opportunities, tagging
Working with Leads
Whether self-generated or purchased there are always some things you need to keep in mind to get the most out of your Leads:
1) Contact your Leads AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! Because if you do not, in time they can lose interest, sign-up with someone else or change their mind.
2) DO NOT sell them on the first phone call! The first phone call to your lead is about building rapport, getting to know them and seeing if this is something that they could do or want to do. Once you gain interest you will schedule an appointment to do the Presentation.
3) After you have done the Presentation with the prospect, they will need time to think about it. You will then need to follow up in a couple of days and close.
4) Once you close, Welcome your new Team Member and then send them the necessary information to get started immediately! :)
The key to Success is Consistency and in the Follow-up. :)
Labels: close, consistency, follow-up, leads, presentations, prospect, sell, team member
Successful Blog?
Well to further my studies on how to have a Successful Blog and how and what techniques I would like to implement in doing so...I came across an interesting and paid courses to take to become a Successful Blogger.
The first one is called
SixFigureBlogging.com - It is a Self-Study Course that will show you how to make money with your Blog. The Course is $325.00. Not that bad for all the information it looks like you will be getting. Of course, like it says it is an Investment and you will need to work. I found this on Problogger.net. I must admit, I am interested in the course but...I will get into detail on that in a minute.
The next item, I discovered on Entrepreneurs-journey.com, is actually his own Mastermind Group for Blogging. Its a service, $77 a month and this Pro will show you what it takes to make money Blogging. I am also interested in this also, but like I said I will get into it in a minute as is to why I will not be signing up at this time. The website, BTW is
BlogMastermind.comOk Ready?
The reason why I won't be joining and as great as they both look and how much I want to just go for it, there is plenty of FREE information right now on the internet on how to be a Successful Blogger and I want to soak up all that information and implement it before I take it a step further. My goal yes, is to get travel bookings from my Travel Blog but at the same time, I know that will take time and so in the mean time I need to find other ways to make money booking Travel and also building my Team.
Although, if anyone is interested, check them out...I would do them!
Labels: free information, successful blogging, travel blog, travel bookings
