Do you have a plan?
I haven’t been very active on this particular blog lately. I haven’t because I’ve been busy, busy building sites, projects and making money. And that’s because I realized some things in the last months, things i already knew somehow but i chose to ignore:
- You won’t make any money of you spend your time reading blogs, forums, articles, books, etc.
- You won’t make any money by simply blogging, without a purpose
- You won’t make any money by being active on twitter, facebook, stumbleupon and other similar websites
- You won’t make any money if you don’t have a plan
hard work is the most important ingredient
And I for one have one, thus I’m currently focusing most of my spare time (because i also have a 9 to 5 job, but hopefully not for long) on different sites and projects. The plan is simple: find a niche, write the proper content, get the visitors from search engines (luckily for me, that’s what i do best 
), offer them products they would need and love to buy. And then copy this tactic again and again and again. Does it work? Definitely!
I’m not saying you don’t have to read stuff, especially if you’re a beginner. However, as a friend of mine told me a couple of years ago, everyone can learn the theory, but only practice can make the difference.
So, my advice is pretty simple. Get to work. If you want to know how, what Ben, Court or Griz have to say would really help (these are blogs I recommend, because they offer real useful ideas and practices, and not the ordinary crap you’ll get on 90%+of the blogs available online). Just remember to put the things you’ll learn there in practice !
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I agree, you must have a plan and follow up on all the details of the plan, without it you are not going to able to focus the power of targeted promotions.
excellent advice, many people try to make things too complicated.
So the idea is to replicate it. If it’s working, make as many as you can out of it! I know this works as this is what my previous employer does. If one went down, he’d make 3 more sites. The problem with this is you need people to replicate things. The sheer number of sites to maintain is overwhelming to do it on your own.
Cool post. I think that taking the time to put a plan together is important because it documents your business intentions.
I know Mark. I soooo know this, it’s currently my exact problem. However, finding good collaborators or employees for this work is hard. Especially because you have to give away lots of knowledge, and once they learn it, they realize it’s better to do that by themselves instead of working for someone else