Wednesday, February 27, 2008

SFI

Just a quick note on a new free program I found called SFI.
Im trying it out because it claims big paycheck with residual (almost never ending) income and they did not ask for any money even after I signed up to it. :P

They seem to offer lots of information and products and help without a bunch of hype nonsense. I will keep you up to date!

Note: I made some commissions with Zlio! Nothing huge yet though.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Exploring Zlio

On my search for the holy grail of self generating income methods I stumbled across a unique service called Zlio.

Zlio boasts an easy 5 minute setup. They say all you have to to is set it up and they take care of the rest. The only work to do would be to promote it.

This is a pretty exciting find because it is a free service which can be customised to your own needs. I thought I would try it out and see how it does, the price is right. ;)

My First Try - http://alleycatelectronics.zlio.net/

It really is a fast sign up process with plenty of custom templates and the ability to run more than one store at once, perfect for themes you are intrested in.

They allow add ons like Google Adsense, which is a program that pays you commissions on click throughs from visitors to your site.

As for the five minute promise, its true for the sign up, but not the set-up. That can take a while to do. I spent about four hours before I had it just right, and there is still more to learn.

You can earn money several ways with this site:

- On items you purchase yourself.
- On items others purchase from you
- By setting up commision for click-throughs
- Through referrals
- Google Adsense

The good thing is the products are all name brands from known stores like Buy.com, Barnes & Noble, Adidas, Best Buy, Sony, Tiger Direct, and many more. Each store has a percentage based commission on sales up to 20%.

They have several tools to help you with promoting your store:

- Submit your store to thier directory
- Shoproll: which shares traffic between stores
- Sitemap tool
- Domain name option
- The ZlioZone widget: to add products to another site
- Meta Tags
- Statistics
- Community
- Tips on Promotion

Theres a lot to this and it is brand new, so I will keep you updated on my progress with it. Overall it is solid, and has potential to generate a nice amount of extra cash. If nothing else this is a great way to earn some money back on things you probably buy anyway!

Intrested? Sign up with me and let me know when you do. I will place you in my shop roll. Use this link:

SIGN UP HERE

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Greetings Fellow Entrepreneurs!

Welcome to The Journey: Working From Home blog. Im glad you made it! I want to tell you a little about what this blog is all about, and who I am.

First I want to mention that I am a normal, average american woman with a family to support. I am married to a wonderful man and we have three beautiful children together. Our lives changed drastically in one incredibly painful year. Yes painful, not amazing, wow now I work at home and have this giant house and a porsche. Do you think those people would take thier time to appear on a "work from home" commercial if they could be on the beach of some multi-million dollar resort? If it is true by some slim chance then more power to them, but I doubt it.

In one year we went from two steady decent paying jobs to disaster. It all started when my husbands medical condition worsened to the point where he had no control over it, and he was forced to quit his job of 6+ years, or be fired within the week for leaving work due to illness. Let me tell ya.. big buisiness does not give a damn about you, or your family, you are replaceable for less wages.

Then my job at a mortgage company I was working for the last 4 years went sour. If you know about the economy, you will know what I am talking about. Intrest rates went sky high, and people fooled into adjustable rates when they needed fixed, were now unable to pay thier high intrest.

We were in a financial and emotional fix. Luckily I had been working on some ideas for a while about how to make money from home. I have a few things going, and I do not like to pay for services to make money unless they are carefully researched first, and even then I am weary.

My goal with this blog is to share my experiences with you. I will share with you what is working for me and what has not worked. Plus I am always researching tips and tricks on how to be more sucessful at what I do. I hope that you will offer me feedback in return on things you have tried, and build up a reputable place for those serious about working from home for a living.

More to come soon!