Things happen. That’s just the way life is. Family emergencies, home emergencies, emergency evacuations. Things happen unplanned and throw things into turmoil.   But how much depends on your planning.

Unfortunately you are reading this post because my grandmother died.  It sounds weird, but she had a stroke May 27th.  So I wrote posts to plan for leaving suddenly, including this one.  This one explains my departure and how the post will be maintained.

Blog Advantage

With blogs and website you do not have to have everything published right away. With WordPress and other blogs you can easily write several posts and leave them in draft mode.  They will not publish, but you can have the posts ready for an emergency. With the posts written and prepared it does not take long to make them work for you.

You can either follow a FIFO, using the first in first out, and keep writing to keep some in reserve/ draft mode for emergencies.  You could write some posts that you know will be timeless, so they can easily be used when the time is right.  The second was the method I chose.

When things change

Then when I got news, I was able to use the quick edit to change the dates to “replace me.”  When you click posts and edit, you can select quick edit underneath a post title to change the date and to scheduled.  Pick dates that follow your normal post schedule to maintain your presence. You can also write posts and schedule them as you write.

What you will see.

For the next few days you will see posts about various services and products people offer, because they can help your business.  Since these are friends, the posts were easy to write especially with worrying about both grandparents.  Also a last minute ticket costs twice as much as regular airfare, especially flying into a tourist town.  Please if you like the person or product I discuss, then please use the links provided and tell them I sent you.  I get affiliate income.

If you want to help me AND make money, join my Rockstar Affiliate Program. You earn 50 to 60% on my products and if you sell over 25 items your rate increases by 5%, 10% if you sell over 50!

~ MJ Schrader

PS.  Please mention this post on Twitter.

Some of you #Blog30 readers may not have online income yet.  Even if you just stumbled across this blog, you may be curious what can I do to earn income without a product.  This online income method works if you have a product or not!

Affiliate Income!

By being an affiliate, you can sell products sold by other people and businesses. Basically you are a salesperson for that company. When you sell products for that company you earn commission.

Advantages

Affiliate income has many advantages over traditional selling. While you do not earn the same income as the seller, you do not have to deal with all the problems. The seller has to keep physical goods somewhere, then ship them. In both digital and physical, the seller must worry about customer service. This means dealing with problems and frequently asked questions and more. If there are returns, the seller must be prepared for refunds.

Commission Income.

Commission depends on the item you are selling. Physical items may only have a 5% commission and yet 5% commission on a $2000 item is $100. On digital products it is very common to see 30 to 50%.

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If you sell over 25 products your commission will be boosted by 5%  sell over 50 and your commission will go up by 10%.

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~ MJ Schrader

Inline ads ~ are similar to Google AdSense.  Short text ads contained within a box you put on your site.

Contextual ads ~ words marked in blue and underlined.  They link to other sites.

Banner ads  ~ also called graphic ads because they add a graphic to your site.  These can also be square like the one to the left about  Crowd Mountain

Advantages of the various ad formats

Unfortunately people have grown accustomed to seeing ads, so they have learned how to ignore them. Contextual ads still have a curiosity feature to them. While people are used to graphic ads, they still have visual appeal. And as for text ads, if it says the right thing, people will click. Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it brings in revenue when people click.

Best Ad locations

This an area that depends on your niche, but as they say it is all in “Location, location, location.” Many people have trained themselves to ignore the ad at the top of a blog. Contextual ads do not disrupt the text of your article but do create curiosity. Ads near the bottom are popular. If you place it near the bottom and have information around it people will be interested in you and the ad just because it might be related.

Advertising Advantages

If you have a product or service to sell this gives your readers an opportunity to click away from your site, perhaps before they read your offer. Yet, this form of advertising might be the only way to get money from people who are window shoppers.

What is an easy to use website?

Among one of the easiest to use websites is WordPress.  The hardest part of it, is getting it loaded.  Now many website hosts have made that almost push button simple.  WordPress is versatile enough for use as sales letters, content management, and more.  Websites that have been around for years are now switching because of the low learning curve and the ability to change things quickly.

Are autoresponders important?

After your website is put together, you will want visitors to give you their names and email.  This helps you build a list of people who want more information from you.   Most websites offer a free ebook, mini course or something else to encourage people to sign.   When you have a list, you can email them when you add new material to your website, when you have information for them, or even when someone else has information that is related to why they joined your list.  

Do I need shopping cart?

You don’t need a shopping cart if you are not selling your own products.  Shopping cart services supply shopping cart or buy now buttons that you can add to your website.  When someone visits your website they can press the button to buy whatever you are offering.  Services that offer affiliates are better because affiliates will promote for you, and you pay them commission only based on their sales.

And when you combine them?

The website allows people to find you online.  You provide information that brings readers to your site. The autoresponder allows you to build an email list of people who want even more information like your website provides.  The shopping cart allows you to sell your own products to your email list and visitors of your website, affiliates can help.   

What if I don’t have a product?

Not having a product doesn’t mean you can’t make money.  You can be an affiliate, when you like a product you could review it on your website.  You could email your list and tell them about the great new thing that you tried. You add a short P.S. to the bottom of your emails or posts to mention something you liked.  When someone buys from your affiliate link you make commission.  This gives you a reason to like being online even more.

You can join the Rockstar Guide Books affiliate program by clicking here.

MJ Schrader

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