Search this website Hide Search. There are so many niches you could choose from, especially if you are an expert in one field or one area. If you really, really want the name happiness. I set up a Pinterest for Business profile.
I set up an account with WordPress. Because the wordpress. You can read about all of the differences between the two here. My site is hosted through Blue Host and from what I can tell, Blue Host is the preferred host among bloggers. I got to work setting up my theme, and then writing posts. What is this course? How much is the course? What do you get?
Pinterest Monthly Viewers Pinterest also calculates monthly Pinterest viewers, which is not to be confused with page views because it has nothing to do with page views. Ad Services At first I was hesitant to use ads. Viral Pins Having a pin go viral is the golden ticket. My typical day looks like this: Monday through Friday I am up by am. I talk to my husband on his way to work while I get ready for the day, make our bed, get my coffee drip going, etc.
After that I pretty much work on the blog until pm. I stop throughout the day to throw in laundry, let the dogs out, grab lunch, make dinner, etc. I am just now, 12 months into it, getting to the point where I feel like I am ahead of the game, so to speak. I have extra motivation to be set up nicely for summer which is typically a slow time for Pinterest, anyway because we have a lot of visitors during the summer months.
So how did I do? Share this: Pinterest Facebook Twitter. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Keep in Touch. If needed, I would wake up early the next morning to finish tasks. Things have gotten so hectic for the blog, I have been going to sleep later and later each night while working on various tasks.
I am excited for Throughout I have been working really hard to build a tribe and an engaged following. If I continue to work hard, my blog will grow. If I let go of consistency, my business will likely flounder. The ball is in my court and I call the shots. I am my own boss and best of all, I get to do it all, while showcasing my authentic self. I have always shown my audience who I really am.
I listen to hip hop music, sip tea while reading celebrity gossip, and indulge in bottomless mimosas when I attend brunch. The last year has been a complete whirlwind. Time has been flying! I have absolutely enjoyed the freedom of being my own boss. I have more than doubled the income I brought in with my Corporate salary. Stay Snatched is definitely where I want to be. For 6 and a half years I woke up between 4 and 5 am to work out before starting my Corporate job each day.
I spent the first month of entreprenuership, sleeping in and waking up at AM and then going to the gym at 9. And guess what?
I feel great afterward and I can get my work day started at a decent hour this way. When I went full time, I already had what I thought was a team. I had a Virtual Assistant for Pinterest, one for Facebook, and someone who was more of an actual assistant who helped with newsletters, uploading photos to Planoly for Instagram scheduling and other random things.
So I let her go and moved the Facebook scheduling to my actual assistant. That seemed to work well for a couple of months. I felt like it would take me a lot of time to explain tasks and my vision for how I wanted things to look.
In February and March we spent several weeks pretty much a month communicating back and forth about the same task. I was very unhappy with the amount of time it took to get something nailed down, that I thought was very simple.
The underlying problem was poor communication and oversight. Even though I was unhappy with the relationship, I stuck with it. Fast forward to the Everything Food Conference in May. The conference is a huge learning and networking opportunity for food bloggers. One of my biggest takeaways from the conference was the importance of outsourcing and building a team.
I came back from the conference and terminated the relationship. I found someone new that worked for about months. She started missing deadlines and never communicated to me beforehand that she was behind.
I made it clear that she simply had to let me know when her life emergencies would come up and that I could pick up the work. We went through instances of her running into a bind without my knowledge, and I would have to inquire about missed deadlines. I terminated the relationship and found someone new. My current assistant is great, ambitious, and communicates with me a lot.
I often see bloggers who are discouraged from hiring help, mainly for the reasons I mentioned above, but I refuse to overwork myself or reduce the amount of output from my business. I have goals for Stay Snatched and I have goals for my work life balance. This is an area I will just continue to figure out. Currently, I have someone to manage Pinterest, a video editor who edits 1 or 2 videos per week, and my main assistant.
Before I left my Corportate job, I was working 80 hours a week. The first couple of months going full time with my business, I was still working a TON. I always have been. So I have spent a large part of being gentle on myself about that. I love it! But balance is necessary.
I thought I could use my redundancy to get by, but that has run out pretty fast after 9 months. I am now in a position where I am having to find another job cover my living expenses. I do believe, I will get there, but wish I knew then what I know now and may be things would be different. It takes great determination, but I do believe if you keep at it, one day you will get it right. Thanks for the article. Really great post. Hi Sunil, From experience, it is not easy to make money online especially blogging as it takes time to grow your readership.
A lot of newbies have been suckered by online sales pitches that internet is a good way to make easy money, which in reality is not. I gave up on making money online, but im getting a lot of offline business from my website so i gues i just needed to change my way of thinking.
I totally agree with everything stated here. It took me a few years of trial and error before I was able to sustain an income online. Also, not putting all you eggs in one basket is something to live by online. Try a lot of different things and never get frustrated. If you feel as if you are wasting your time on something then you can have faith that you are learning what not to do, however you will be rewarded with what works. Plus, the barrier to entry is so low….
I am new to blogging but it would seem to me the number of people who subscribe to your site, is the life blood to any blog. From this you can attract advertisement, build up a following and become a leader in your chosen sector of blogging. Thanks for your insights and real world experience.
Becoming a blogger is not enough to make enough money to quit our job. Nowadays we have to create a lot more alternative source of income online to actually make enough money to survive. It will be better to hold on to the full time job while working on the online earning resources. It is going to take years before actually create multiple steady income online. Tell me about it. My job was already related to this, so I stuck around to learn as much information as I needed to make it alone as well.
In the mean time I set off several projects and worked on them in my free time. Now I have my own employees. They also work from their homes. This would cause some problems, but I use an employee monitor software so the anxiety around not seeing what the people you are paying for are doing is gone. For them this is a steady income, and I reached a level where I feel the security too. But I would never have quit before I knew it was safe — this is common sense. I found that when you get into the mind set that you will sleep when you die it is easier to be more successful online.
Its about timing. Everything has a risk,but you should take calculated risks. You should know when to quit your job. Run your online business part-time while you are at your job. When you beginning making more than what you earn at your job consistently for at least 6 months,you can then quit your day job. Also make sure that you have at least 6 months savings before you quit your job.
Generating passive income while you sleep is really the nicest feeling that you can ever have. Nice post Sunil, I have been in to blogging for over 3 years but I have not quit my day job.
This only time and situation will dictate. I agree with the article. Cheers Viet-Sing. Learn And Experiment For Free There is a steep learning curve when initially embarking on the online journey. All the best, Sunil. Share this post Facebook Twitter LinkedIn. Yaro Starak Yaro is a serial entrepreneur, blogger, podcaster and digital nomad. Download For Free. Raj on at. Sunil from The Extra Money Blog on at. Nigel Spence on at. J Make lots of money now on at. Justin on at. Justin Mazzastick on at.
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I liked my bosses. I liked most of my coworkers. I liked the money. I liked playing Wii Tennis on the conference room projector. I liked the continuous trainings. I liked the view of the Chicago River from the skyscraper. I liked it all…. Lately, when I talk with people who are employed for others, the conversation is much different than they are accustomed to thinking about. But rather, I approach the conversation as a person generally interested by the underlying decisions of their lifestyle choice.
So I am always curious about what decisions have led them to their current mindset. And wondering why they choose to forgo their passions for a paycheck. I can somewhat see the logic in following a passion while working for someone else. Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. An extremely talented sales trainer once recited this quote when I asked them why they still worked for their company. And I think about that conversation often. As his thought-process was the first time having a job made sense to me.
On the other end of the job enjoyment spectrum, is hating a job. This should be obvious for everyone. Hating a job is understandable:. A bad boss, horrible working conditions, annoying coworkers, low pay, boring tasks… the list is endless of why people hate their job. Hating a job makes it easy for us to call it quits. You often hear of people who get disturbed with their life and make a drastic change.
Because change needs to happen. And in reality, this is where most people find themselves.
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