I totally agree with you. I hear people spending all kinds of time
on websites that will never get a visitor because they have no time
for SEO stuff.

Ask any top affiliate-unless it looks like a total spam blog, a site
can make plenty of money if the traffic items are taken care of
first. We can always go back and touch stuff up to our liking
later. The important thing is to get it indexed and get it ranking
for keywords or the whole project is a waste.

That job-U site is coming along nicely.

Thanks for stopping by and telling us what you think. Hope to hear
from you again soon.

Jeff

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I totally agree with you. I hear people spending all kinds of time
on websites that will never get a visitor because they have no time
for SEO stuff.

Ask any top affiliate-unless it looks like a total spam blog, a site
can make plenty of money if the traffic items are taken care of
first. We can always go back and touch stuff up to our liking
later. The important thing is to get it indexed and get it ranking
for keywords or the whole project is a waste.

That job-U site is coming along nicely.

Thanks for stopping by and telling us what you think. Hope to hear
from you again soon.

Jeff

I'm completely with you about stress-free zones. I have two other
sites that are just about my passions-music and birding.

Don't forget that Jeremy Shoemaker (shoemoney) started his empire
just as an outlet for his passions as well. The cool thing is that
if you apply what you learn in one area to your passion site you may
just wake up one day and find it's making good money.

Jeff

I CAN relate what you are saying more to my Niche sites… Those sites do stress me more because they are my income from internet marketing… so my original comment i guess was more thinking along the lines of my jakecpunut.com blog where i just try to have fun and if i make money along the way, cool.. if not.. i'm not gonna stress..

for me i need that outlet to be able to have a stress free place where it doesn't matter if i make it or not… the stuff i am learning however is invaluable and i KNOW it will be of great help in the future!

Thanks again for the great post and the thoughts you put in my head!

Definitely will be subscribing!

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That is NOT an affiliate link of any kind nor am I connected with CyberHub in any way.

Let me know how it goes if you use them.

BTW, your site is a good looking one. I recognize the theme. Did you do the header graphics yourself?

i have outsourced some articles, which i have had mixed results with. i am considering looking into other areas that i can outsource as well.

very good information. thanks.

When I first started out it would amaze you what stuff I was trying to pass off as work. Sure, it was related directly to online business but it was unfocused.

That's actually another area people do well with outsourcing-namely tasks that allow you to wander aimlessly. A lot of the busy work tasks like article research can degrade quickly into web surfing. For me, that's when I know I've got to pay somebody to do it. That way, I can accomplish a lot more with the things that I know I'll stay on task with.

Who have you used for article writing, if I may ask?

Jeff

By all means enjoy yourself and get acclimated to blogging. It's especially easy when it's about something you care.

My post was really about trying to avoid the “I'm working my ass off and no money's coming in” snafu. I've seen way too many people really struggling to make even a side income because they're trying to do too much. Something's gotta give for them.

If you think about, Jake, your time already has value to you. Even if it's just opportunity cost. What I'm saying is a lot of people put off placing a value on their time until “I make a million dollars” or something like that. It's a catch-22 because that mindset is exactly what keeps a lot of people from really exploding the business side of their blogs.

Off my soapbox now.

Thanks for stopping by and contributing. Hope you'll add me to your feed reader while you're at it.

Jeff