WORKING FROM HOME

BLOGGING FOR FUN AND PROFIT

     I started blogging just about 2 months ago.  My sister and niece  started their craft business about the same time.  In that time, we have both learned valuable lessons.

     The first lesson is that no matter how good your product or blog, people don't just "find" you.  If you are not doing marketing, and I mean a lot of it, you probably WILL NOT get traffic to your product. In order to make the sale, you have to drive TARGETED traffic to your site.  No traffic equals no sale.

     Next, my sister learned that if your descriptions of your product are not as good as your product then you do not get the sale.  In the online marketplace, your customer cannot touch or examine your product.  This makes it more of a challenge for them to fall in love with your product.  The more details and descriptive words you can use, the more likely your customer will be to buy it.  Describe your  product from the customers perspective.  Look at it not as a creator but as someone seeing it for the first time.    

     I have found that there are many people looking for the answers to making money from their passions.  Like me and my sister.  I won't tell you we have all the answers, but as we go along I will share what we learn.  As we applied the lessons we have learned, we have both had some little successes making money.  Granted, neither has made enough to "quit our day jobs" but it is a start.  I will keep you posted