MikesHomeBiz Blog

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!We’ve already discussed setting up and registering a blog-site. You should ideally blog at least twice a week, to keep the content alive and fresh. The search engines thrive on fresh, original content.
Perhaps initially write a series of […]

Blogging is an excellent way to boost your business. If you’re already running an online business, you have a store of useful information about your experiences in getting this far. Blogging is then a way to share your experiences with others.
Firstly you need to acquire a blogsite. A quick search of the internet will produce […]

Affiliate marketing programmes have been around for some time now, but remain one of the best ways for almost anyone to make money online. Although scams still abound, it is fairly straightforward to avoid these by looking for a programme that is well presented, and offers real credible products or services. A good test is […]

Article writing is undeniably an excellent marketing tool for any online business. We discuss some simple tips and ideas to make the writing and publishing processes as effective as possible. My suggestions are:
Write your article in a word document, and pre-format your document to about sixty to sixty-five characters per line including spaces, as this […]

One of the most effective means of marketing your Website is by writing business related articles. Ordinary people like you and me are more than capable of writing articles about their own experiences.
Writing and distributing articles is an extremely effective way of attracting visitors to your site. Don’t believe that you need years of experience […]

The chances are that if you have a standard, mass-market style website, most visitors will glance at it and quickly move on.
Statistics tell us many things about internet users, but amongst the most useful to us as site-owners are the following:
1. They’re looking for information
2. They’re mostly put off by hard-sell advertising.
3. They’re easily discouraged […]

Every business in the world needs advertising in one form or another. A business without any means to attract customers will never achieve anything.
Traditional advertising methods such as national television ads, as used in retail advertising are very specific and prohibitively expensive. These methods are custom designed for the retail industry, and would be inappropriate […]

Probably the single most important ingredient in the recipe for success in your home business is commitment. This is encapsulated in a number of actions to be taken by the business owner.
Momentum is the key! Discipline yourself to take action daily. This does not mean that you can never take a few days off, but […]

Trying to go it alone in your new home business, while learning from your mistakes is a slow, frustrating and expensive option.
The old principle of learning by trial and error can certainly be an option, provided you have endless determination, lots of time on your side, and no shortage of spare cash to finance your […]

The next in our series devoted to assisting the new home business owner to establish and grow the business.
An extremely important aspect of running any business, whether it’s a huge multinational or a little one-person operation run from home, is that of tracking and containing costs. There absolutely no point in running a business which […]