Making money has been on my mind a lot over the last couple of days. Yesterday it dawned on me that the key to making money on my blog is to bring traffic to my blog. It doesn’t matter whether I’m trying to sell something on my site or just trying to sell ads. If…
There hasn’t been a time in my life when I didn’t wonder what God had planned. While some things seemed simple – mother and wife – others have been one giant road block after another – writing, teaching, and speaking. Today was the first day that I realized it’s not about the “big plan.†God…
Having a balanced schedule does not mean giving up all the things you love to do in order to do the things you need to do. It simply requires that you manage your time and eliminate the things in your life that don’t enhance your goals or that do create more work. 10 Steps to…
When I first started to try and make money online, I was clueless. Even though the internet was not exactly new to me, the workings were. Computers have been around for most of my life, but speaking their language was harder than German (no offense to the German language, but I had enough problems with…
Keeping records is not as easy as I thought it would be. The theory is simple enough, I just don’t do it. I’ve got all the receipts in one place this month (which is definitely a leap forward), but the amounts are being kept a secret until further notice ;). It’s connected to everything else…
My blog has been up for almost a year now and so far it has generated . . . drum roll please . . . exactly NO money. I know that there is money to be made out there. I’ve read the post at www.stevepavlina.com several times and it’s always an inspiration for working at…
When bad things happen, many people will wonder why God is putting them through it. In my study this morning I found myself drawn to Psalm 72:18 which reminds us that God only does wondrous things. So why do some suffer and others don’t? I think each of us has struggles in our lives that…
You can go from procrastination to schedule when you take the simple step to make a schedule that works for you. Getting it done is as simple as just doing it. This concept began starting to make sense to me after almost thirteen years of marriage. I’ll admit I’m a procrastinator by nature and I…