So we really are up to the hard bit now I think, the bit where you really have to think about what the product is going to contain and how it will be set out and we will soon have to start writing the product - this is the scary bit.  As much as I’m looking forward to todays task, I’m a bit scared to get it as this really is the part that I struggle with.  I’m sure once I get going on it I will be fine, it is just the thought of putting it all together - it is so much easier when it is floating around in my head than when I need to put it all down on paper and make sense out of it all.

Kevin really is fantastic though and the whole course so far has gone along at a steady rate.  There have been days where I’ve wished he would give us more so we can get stuck into it a bit quicker, however, I’m really glad that he hasn’t as the way he has it set out and the daily tasks he gives us really is good timing for the long term success of our products. It is giving us the time to get our head around each individual task and doing it properly rather than just rush into creating the product.

I think we are about half way through the course now and so it shouldn’t be too much longer before I have my first product launched - and I am really looking forward to that!

Take care
Sheryl
www.workfromhome-internetbusiness.com

My first review site that I’ve just created you can view at www.businessopsreviewed.com which I am extremely happy with how it turned out.  I am going to promote this one for a little while before putting it up for sale I think and see how it does.  Although, I think really I am just a bit attached to this one and not quite ready to let it go just yet :) 

I am now working on a second review site at www.wieghtlossreview.net which I’m hoping to have finished and up for sale today.  These sites do take a little longer to create than the other sites that I usually create, however I’m hoping for a bigger selling price on these ones too.

I absolutely love the themes that I have used on these sites - although they did come at a cost, but well and truly worth it, especially when just one sale will cover the cost and then I can keep using the themes over and over again.  These themes are designed by Revolution Two and they have a membership cost for their site - with which you have access to all of their themes.  They have some amazing themes, these are the best I have come across.  So if you are looking for some great themes, these really are worth the price of their membership.

Take care
Sheryl
www.businessopsreviewed.com

This was created - much to my surprise - by my forum admin person.  He is so cool, I had no idea he was even doing this. Isn’t it fantastic.  Guess who I’m going to be using for my graphics from now on!!!

Ok, today is day 8 on the Product Creation Course.  This has been such an eye opener, the amount of research that Kevin has us doing to find not only the niche to work in but also all the extra details about the niche.  I usually have enough trouble just choosing a niche, but Kevin shows you exactly how to do the research to find out which niche’s will be profitable and how to get the fullest out of them.

I really am enjoying this course, even though I’ve had a few stressful moments, but I am a little impatient and just can’t wait for the next days tasks.  I really want to get stuck into it and start my website and products, although I know that doing it this way is best in the long term.

I have successfully chosen my niche now and have a huge list of ideas to implement within my niche, so now I’m getting quite excited.

So back to work
Cya
Sheryl
www.aussiemumsonline.com

Day 3 started off quite slow for me, this is the ideas day, and as I’m not a very creative person I find it really hard to come up with ideas. Our aim for today was to get ourselves 100 ideas - I wont go into where or how we were told to research these ideas as I can’t give away too much of the ins and outs of the program. When I first watched the video for the day I thought it sounded like it would be quite easy, but then when I started doing the research I found it wasn’t as easy as it sounded.

I got off to a really slow start and it took me forever just to get my first 16 ideas, I didn’t think I’d ever get 100. Then I took a big break and came back and started again, I slowly made my way up to 46 ideas and then it got easier. Kevin did say that we had to ‘exercise our brains’ and that when we do they will start working and start ticking over the ideas, and I must say that he was right. Once I got going with it, it did get easier and the last 50 or so ideas came to me quite easily.

Day 4 - once again sounded quite easy and in actual fact was a bit easier than coming up with the ideas yesterday. However, it is a big task and has taken me quite some time to complete. Today is research, research, research and writing it all down. I’m sure over the next few days it will all tie together and start making sense what we are going to do with all this information we are gathering.

It is certainly taking a different approach to any product creation that I have done previously so it will be very interesting to see te final results. I really love this membership and daily task method too, its great seeing how everyone else is going as we all go in and post how we have done for the day.

Well, I haven’t quite finished my task for today, so I better get back to work.
Take care
Sheryl

This course is a series of videos, with which we receive a new one each day. So far I have done the first 2 days and am sitting here anxiously awaiting the 3rd days video to be listed. The idea of a course like this really appealled to me because of the fact that we are given new information each day, giving us enough information to absorb and work with but not too much to confuse us and wonder where to start.

Everyone will be going along at the same pace and as long as I still to the tasks each day then this shouldn’t fail. I’m guessing I will probably know a lot of what will be taught but I know there are areas that I still need a lot of help with so I am very sure I will get a lot out of this course. In fact our second task was to just assess ourselves and write down our strengths and talents, you know that’s not that easy when you actually do it, especially for someone like me who is not creative at all. I learn quickly which is great and once I know how to do things I’m good at them, but coming up with ideas for what to do on my own, I am absolutely hopeless. So as long as someone tells me what to do, then I’m good. So coming up with natural talents wasn’t that easy when things don’t tend to come naturally to me.

Anyway, I just wanted to write about this course and thought I’d keep an update going of how I go throughout the course and hopefully will be able to come in and post about the great results I get at the end of it.

So stay tuned on what lays ahead at the Product Creation Lab.

Take care
Sheryl
www.workfromhome-internetbusiness.com

I can finally show a paypal statement that shows a good income.  I have never been a fan of people that show paypal screenshots as you never know if they are real or not, so I have never used them - mainly because I haven’t had a high enough income to show and I would not use a screenshot until I could honestly show a good income.

So here it is, finally, my screenshot…

All the amounts highlighted in yellow are the payments for websites I’ve sold - these just being for the 20th and 21st October.

Impressive huh!!!

Ok, now I’m bragging a bit, but hey, I have worked online for 3 years now and it has taken me a while to get to this, so I’m happy and I’m bragging.  And if I can do it, anyone can do it.  Trust me, I have no university degree, there is nothing that sets me apart from the average person out there.  In fact, I’m a very shy, reserved person that has never gone out there and strived for what I want - until now of course

There are many sites online where you can sell sites that you create, or buy and resell, but I sell all of mine on Ebay.  I know Ebay are a real pain in the butt sometimes, but that’s all part of the job. The fact is that I’m earning a good income, so having to put up with Ebay is worth it.

For anyone out there that has been trying to earn an income online and just hasn’t had much luck - then don’t give up.  I didn’t and look at me now. You can do it, just believe in yourself and choose what direction to take and go for it.

Good Luck
Sheryl
www.workfromhome-internetbusiness.com

Affiliate marketing is one very popular way to earn money online and some people will create their entire website around one or several affiliate products.  This is one option that is available for you to make money online with.

Even if you are just looking for something to place in the sidebar on your website, you can still look at affiliate marketing.  There are thousands of affiliate products available for you to promote and I’m sure you wouldn’t have any problem finding one to suit the topic of your site.  Many of these companies will supply banners for you to use to advertise their product.  So, whether your site relates to Internet Marketing or Natural Health, whatever the niche, I’m sure you’ll find an affiliate product to suit your site.

The other option that you can use on your website is the other pay per click programs such as Bidvertiser or Adbrite.  These are both programs that work in a similar way to Google Adsense in that they pay you every time a visitor clicks on one of their ads on your site. So if Google doesn’t suit you, then perhaps one of these programs might.

Or if you have your own product that you can promote, then why not promote that on your site.  You can create your own text ads or even banner ads with a simple graphics program.  Why send your visitors to someone else’s site when you can direct them to your own product.

These are just a couple of the options available that are as good, some even better than Adsense.

The default color of Adsense ads is a white background, blue heading, black text and green url. 

So if you use those default colors on your website, do you know what that means?  That means that if someone like me, comes along and visits your websites, I am going to take one look at those ads and know instantly that they are Google ads.  And guess what???  I’m probably not going to click on them.

In fact, many of your visitors wont click on them, because the default Google Adsense colours make your ad stand out as being an ad and people don’t like that.

Now, if my website had a blue background, for example, why would I want to put an ad on there with a white background.  That ad would just stand out and hit you in the face as being an ad. Instead, I would find the hex number for the blue background color that I have on my website, and when I set up my Adsense ads, I would put that hex number in for the background and border color.

Now my Adsense ads have the same background color as the rest of my site and they blend in nicely.  I’m not going to stop there though, I’m also going to get the hex number for the color that I have my titles on my website and I am going to make my Adsense titles the same color.

I may even change the url color from green to the standard blue link color.

My ads would blend so well with the rest of my site that there will me many more clicks as my visitors wont even notice that they are Google Adsense ads.

I have a number of websites online and I have played around with the colors to see whether it makes a difference or not and trust me, by blending your Adsense color with the rest of your site, your Adsense income will increase.

Here are just a few that you could use instead of Google Adsense.

1. Other Pay Per Click advertising companies such as Bidvertiser and Adbrite.  Both of these programs work in a similar way to Google Adsense in that you place the ads on your website and then you get paid every time that someone clicks on one of the ads.  So if you’re after something that still pays for each click, then these to programs could be your answer.
   
   
2. Banner Ads.  There are thousands of affiliate programs out there and I’m sure there is one to suit your niche.  So why not promote some affiliate products and use their banner ads on your site.  Many affiliate product owners now supply banners for you to use.
   
   
3. Create your own text ads.  Why not combine the look of text ads with the effectiveness of promoting affiliate products. You can easily create your own text ads and have them direct your visitors to an affiliate product that you are promoting.  Sell a few of those affiliate products and you will start to see a nice little income coming in.
   
   
4. Scribefire Ads.  Scribefire give you a code to place on your site and then the ads that display on your site rotate between different advertising companies.  These ads work on a pay per click basis also and can bring you a nice income.

So whatever the reason that you cannot or don’t want to use Google Adsense, there are a number of options available to you as an Adsense Alternative.

Why not play around with all of the above suggestions until you find what works best for you.  Remember, regardless of what sort of advertising you put on your site, you still need to optimize your site correctly and drive traffic to your site if you want to make a good income.

Sure if you are earning money by other means and only want to use Adsense for an extra income, that’s fine, but if you’d like to have a profitable Adsense Business then you need to do your homework and make sure you do it right.

Here are a few tips on making a good income with Adsense.

1. Be prepared to spend the time at the beginning to take all the necessary steps to fully optimize your website.  By getting it right, right from the start, it will save you a lot of time later on trying to work out what you did wrong and why you aren’t making enough money.
   
   
2. Learn from the experts.  Get a good Adsense guide and make sure that you do every step that it suggests.  Don’t try and cut corners as usually all you end up doing is cutting back that pay check that you could be getting.
   
   
3. Optimize your site correctly.  This means you need the right colors, the right ad sizes, the right ad placements and the right content on your site.
   
   
4. Optimize your site for the search engines and learn the effective ways to drive traffic to your site. There is no point optimizing your site with the right colors, content, etc. if there is no traffic coming to your site.

Adsense looks like it would be very easy to earn money with, just shove a few ads on your site and sit back and wait for the check right?  Wrong!  It’s not quite as easy as that, and my no means do I want to deter you from Adsense by saying that, it’s not hard, but there is a bit more to it than just shoving some ads on your site.

The key to success with anything online is to get yourself a good guide and follow the steps exactly.  Don’t think that you are smarter than the guide and think that you don’t need some steps, that you can do it without them.  There is a reason why some people succeed and some people fail.  Don’t be one of the failures, learn from those that have succeeded.

To find out more about Adsense visit http://incomewithadsense.com