For example, right now school is keeping me quite busy and I can only work on my business a few hours per week. But I have several tools that are working for me on autopilot:
- I still get traffic, subscribers and sales from my AdWords campaigns
- I still get traffic from organic search engine results
- I still get visitors (and subscribers) from traffic exchanges
- My subscribers still get e-mail messages from my autoresponders
It gives you a lot of freedom if you don’t have to work on it 24/7 – it’s alright if I don’t touch my business for a few days. Even if I go on vacation for 2 weeks I might just occasionally check my e-mail…
But it’s not perfect – my business doesn’t grow as fast as it would if I could work on it 24/7 – I also meant to write this post a few days ago but couldn’t find a time to finish it…
A great way to start a part time online business is by promoting products as an affiliate – did you know that I have an affiliate program? ;)
Reminder: The “Top Commentators” that you see in the sidebar is reset every month. February just arrived which means the top spots (with free one-way links) are up for grabs. May the best one win ;)
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13 responses so far ↓
jumblue // Feb 10, 2007 at 11:34 pm
I hadn’t come across your blog before, until luckily I got an email from you earlier on. Thank goodness I didn’t delete it, as I looked up a few of the blogs, and was pleasantly surprised at the varied content (and the fact that they were written in easy to understand language, which is a bonus for any newbie like me). I was getting a bit fed up of reading, or TRYING to read, loads of technical stuff in some blogs. Undoubtedly, most of the writers know their stuff, but when it’s aimed at more established writers, then I’m afraid that folk like me just leave and look elsewhere.
Thanks again
Hannes Johnson // Feb 11, 2007 at 1:16 am
I’m glad you liked the posts – always great to get some feedback :)
I was checking out your site and it looks strange in Firefox – maybe you want to check that out and see if you can fix it? It’s probably an HTML/CSS thing…
Nate Whitehill // Feb 16, 2007 at 11:56 am
Hey Hannes… great post! My favorite part about having an online business is that I can work on it from anywhere in the world! I am going to visit family in San Diego this weekened, but thankfully, I can still update my blog! Keep up the good work!
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collis // Feb 17, 2007 at 11:57 pm
I think nate’s got it right on the nail, nothing like being able to travel around and it not matter!!
My New Choice // Feb 18, 2007 at 6:51 am
No doubt the flexibility offered with an online business is outstanding. Glad you were linked from JohnChow.com as I have found a new site to keep tabs on.
Gary // Feb 19, 2007 at 6:09 am
Hannes, you got a great blog going on here! It really is something I want my blog to aspire to be. Even if you put a couple of hours a day into it, the content is rich and I think that’s what counts the most. I’m curious to know how long it took you to build your blog up to this, but you don’t have to share. For me, the journey is more fun than the destination. Keep up the great work!
Hannes Johnson // Feb 19, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Gary – thanks, I’ve only had this blog for a month but I do have a few years of blogging experience on other blogs. I have lots of ideas for what I want to write about on this blog – I just need to put words to my thoughts :)
Also, regarding promoting your blog it’s good to be active on other blogs, leave comments and participate. Creating a MyBlogLog community is also a good idea.
Webmaster Labor // Feb 22, 2007 at 8:16 am
Great post, Hannes. One thing I can add is that having an online business offers more statistical control–in realtime! A page isn’t converting–change it and keep tweaking until it starts selling. I wish I can say the same about some offline businesses I’m into. Due to the nature of some of these businesses, there’s not as much control as my online enterprises.
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Brandon Hopkins // Mar 15, 2007 at 5:59 am
Being able to “set it and forget it” is definitely the best part of an online busines.
Felista // Jun 13, 2007 at 1:06 pm
I am yet to appreiciate this fact.
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