My Two Year Anniversary In The Make Money Online Game (Whew! It’s Been Busy)

I can’t believe it!  It has been nearly two years since I have started my adventure in trying to earn a living online.  Most people would have given up by now, but I am stubborn and I am glad that I am, because lately I have seen some income growth month over month (cue angels singing).

If this is your first time visiting my site, then you should know that unlike a lot of people, when I started looking at opportunities to make money online it had nothing to do with the fact that I hated my job.  As a matter of fact, I really liked my job.

The reason I started in the first place is because my husband and I were about to become parents.  Of course, just like everything else in my life we didn’t go the traditional route.     Two years ago in June we became foster parents of our girls (picture proud mommy smile here), and I realized the job I love no longer fit into my plans.  We have since adopted our girls and I quit my job almost 18 months ago and have been building my online business while working very part time and being a full time mom.  If that is not enough to keep a person busy I don’t know what is.

While I was climbing the learning curve I learned a few important lessons.

#1. If someone says that you can earn an unbelievable amount of money in a short amount of time run (don’t walk) the other way.

I am a reformed Internet Marketing product junkie.  All I can say is don’t do it.  Find someone you can learn from and pay (yes I did say pay) for quality information, then apply what you learn.

#2.  Fancy schmancy sites and blogs don’t do poodly squat unless you have targeted traffic.

For whatever reason this came slow to me.   My friend Budman over at WordPress Goldmine says it best…

“No traffic = No money. Bad Traffic = No Money. Targeted Traffic = Kaching”

If you learn how to get targeted traffic with search engine optimization, article marketing, or pay per click it is easy to make money.  Otherwise you will just be one of the many people who don’t make money and give up too soon.

#3.  Doing what makes you money makes you money.

When you are trying to make money on the internet it is so easy to get distracted.    Once you figure out the targeted traffic piece, then do more of that and test your offers to make more money.

All in all it has been a crazy two years, but I’m glad I’ve stuck it out.  My kids like me being around more, and I like being around more.  I’ve made some great friends online and made some money too!

Some other good news… you don’t have to do what I do to make money online.  Here are some great money making ideas that are easy to implement and get started with right away.   They are easy to implement, and you will find them useful, I am sure.