How to Make Money at Home by Following Grizzly's Free Advice

It's a well known fact that most of the make money at home information out there is crap. I have seen it with my own eyes and honestly thought all of it was crap until I came across Grizzly's How to Make Money Online for Beginners blog a couple years ago. It was after reading his make money blog that I really became aware that I, too, can make money at home. And since then, it has become a reality for me.

In the beginning of my make money at home pursuit, I was really intimidated because I had absolutely no SEO, internet marketing, keyword research, or blogging experience. I barely even knew what Adsense was at the time and I certainly had no idea how to install or use Wordpress. It was a scary and overwhelming time for me. For many people, the learning curve is quite steep. Good thing Grizzly makes it as simple as possible so that we can digest small bits of information at a time.

Even if you don't buy my e-book and simply go to Grizzly's blog to read up for free on how this make money at home thing works, I still hope you read my blog here as well. I'll be giving some free make money at home tips, observations, and methods that I utilize for myself that go with the topics covered in the book. I won't continue pushing the e-book to you because that would be lame. The online money making guide is a beginner's companion (or a substitute as Grizzly put it) to reading his blog. Nothing more and nothing less.

Moving on...

It can be a long, tedious process building up an Adsense niche blog empire from scratch - one that won't get slapped down by the deindexing, wrathful tentacles of Google. To build this up right, we need a strong foundation - and this cannot nor should not be done overnight. That would be downright impossible.

Even though Griz always stresses simplicity with our boring Adsense blogs, it still doesn't mean the process is simple in itself. There are many many steps involved to make money at home the Grizzly way and that's exactly the reason he has a blog filled with hundreds of posts about how to do so. The blogs may look simple, but the backlinking and other things that go on in the background are far from simple. If you've been doing this a short while, you know this firsthand.

This is not a matter of doing steps 1 through 10 for each niche and you're done. Sometimes you skip a step, sometimes you repeat a step, sometimes you add a step. It just depends and you will, in most cases, have to discover for yourself what works and what doesn't. Grizzly and I can provide a guideline, but it's up to you to perfect it and tailor it to your own needs.

The point of this particular make money at home post is the following: Learn a little bit at a time each day. Don't overwhelm yourself like I did when I was starting out. Choose a Grizzly concept, master it, and move on to the next one. Start researching and building niches ASAP because hesitation is what most often stops people from moving forward - not lack of knowledge.

And yes, as you guessed it, I'm writing this post from Brazil. I'm not making money at home - I'm making money in Brazil. LOL

Take care everyone... I know this is a hard time in regards to job situations for a lot of people. Hang in there! See you next time...

Janet

Online Money Making Guide

As many of you know, I have written an online money making guide that highlights and demonstrates step-by-step "how to make money online" based on the unending gems of wisdom that Grizzly teaches effortlessly as though it's second nature to him. Perhaps it is.

This make money at home ebook is by no means as good as the true genius of Grizzly, but I genuinely feel it is a good shortcut guide that can get beginners started. The rest is common sense and trial and error; make money at home beginners will pick up the details as they go.

There are a couple issues I'd like to address in regards to this online money making guide that I wrote and that Griz is promoting. I hope this post clears up a few things.

First of all, if you are NOT a beginner at building blogs and have been reading and implementing Griz's lessons with success or if all his steps are already CLEAR to you, this online making guide is not for you. Nor is it a magic potion to make money online. It won't do jack for you unless you actually implement what is discussed in the book.

Secondly, I'd like to respond to a couple comments on Griz's blog from someone named Sam. Griz responded to it once, and I will include his response in my quotes as well:

Sam said...

"As for the "only ebook I have ever promoted", I would suggest that Janet invest in a better looking cover and a more professional looking sales page.

I know that ugly and simple gets Adsense clicks but it does not make sales of real products where people have to pull out a credit card.

I have read the book though, and it is excellent."

Grizzly said...

"Sam,

Not sure I agree with you. I like the fact that it isn't a hyped up one page sales letter that drones on and on. Btw - it is converting at about 2% which ain't bad given I haven't posted about it - yet. (I will be doing a review shortly)

For those in the dark this is the book in question.

Nomad's Guide to Make Money Online

It outlines the formula I use to make money online and is written by Janet Smith - a long time reader of this blog."

Sam said...

"Griz,
I didn't say a "hyped up" sales page but a better one - one that looks cleaner and a little more professional looking (type is too small).

Well, throw that out if you must but I guarantee a better ebook cover is needed. Ebook covers are relatively cheap and that one just doesn't cut it IMO.

Say what you will but appearances do count and they do count for beginners who have a choice of buying this ebook or another one that looks great on the outside and is crap on the inside. It is competing with all the other ebooks with great covers and newbies have to make decisions based on something and presentation is all they have to go by. That is Advertising 101.

I was given a free copy and want to promote it but I have to make decisions on what to promote and right now I just don't see people buying it with the current presentation.

All I can say that this is a truly great ebook but I would never buy it given the current sales page and book cover if I were a newbie. It is a diamond in the rough but how are people supposed to know that?"

OK, so now that everyone knows the comments I'm referring to, let me say a few things:

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Sam, I am very glad you liked my online money making guide and know that it contains useful information. The methods came straight from Grizzly, so that is why they work.

I, too, am aware of professional looking e-book covers and professional, cheesy websites with lame sales letters. I have a marketing and real estate degree from one of the top business schools in the US. I know how advertising works and I know how the conformist type of deal works. I operated an IT consultant company offline for the past 2 1/2 years until my blogs' income started to sustain a living for me. I had it all: the attractive logo, the professional website... But none of that mattered in the slightest if I didn't have the skills to back it up. The 80/20 rule applied: 80% of my business came from 20% of my customers. Yes I had to attract them initially, but after that I had to go completely on my skills. I quit the business because I wanted to - even though it made no sense to anyone who knows me personally. Right now I'm getting ready to pack it up and take a long vacation in Brazil. I'm finished conforming to what the world seems to want for me. I'm ready to achieve what I want for me.

This book is intentionally tied to Grizzly because he was my inspiration and it is primarily being presented to his readers and search engine traffic. After all, on the book's promotion site, I do mention that all of the methods taught in the online money making guide can be found on Grizzly's blog for free if they're willing to dig through 3 years of blog posts and have the time to devote to doing so. This book (the website... actually it's a blog, and the cover) are intentionally simple. His readers know his ways of making money online aren't fancy, so why should the e-book be? Grizzly uses boring ugly Blogger blogs to make money online and so do I. Having an ugly e-book only seems fitting - even if people are indeed "pulling out a credit card" to buy it. At least they're paying for something that will give them a return on their money if they implement the methods.

I believe that the substance of the book will prevail because of Grizzly's promotion of it and this will overshadow anything that I could do to make it seem more appealing to noobs who are looking for that golden ticket to becoming rich.

Rather than using a fancy e-book cover and attractive website as a way to compete with other e-books, I'm utilizing Grizzly's leverage. Grizzly is how I am initially attracting buyers for the e-book - not with an e-book cover. Pretty can only carry the weight temporarily; substance carries one through life permanently. I truly believe that "pretty" completely contradicts what Grizzly stands for and teaches in regards to making money online.

Eventually, word will get out that the book really does help people make money online and I'd rather have the people who heard about it through a genuine referral buy it - not the superficial yo-yo dieter type who rides the Yaro Starak "affiliate program of the month" wave. In fact, I'd prefer that people like that don't buy the book because those are the types who wouldn't be willing to do actual work to make money online. It would be a waste of their money to buy an online money making guide and just let it sit there needlessly on their hard drive taking up space.

Also, as I said in the online money making guide, the e-book is simply a new type of project I decided to take on. I saw a hole in the MMO niche and decided to give it a shot. I did not write it as a noob trying to make my primary income from it with no other sources of income. I make my money from niche blogs (niches unrelated to making money online, I might add). I practice what I preach.

And like Costa said in his Nomad's Guide to Make Money Online review you can skip the boring ass first chapter if you'd like.

If the book bombs from looking unprofessional and unattractive as you seem to think it will, I can go away from this with a clear conscience knowing two things:

1. I gave out real information that really does speak the truth to beginners about making money online.
2. My niche blogs still make money for me - and they always will. And I will continue making more and more of them.

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I have a plane to catch in the morning, so I'd better get packing.

Janet

Project Payday Work at Home Job

Why do I keep putting up that Project Payday banner and video on this make money at home site? There are a few reasons for it, which I will explain.

First of all, yes... I'm an affiliate. Oh well.... If you don't want to click on my affiliate banner then go directly to their website - just google it. If you want to make money at home you will have to find some successful affiliate programs to be a part of also and this one has served me (and those who use Project Payday as a work at home job) very well. It's legit, it's free to join and start making money with, and anyone with a computer can do it.

Basically, what you do with Project Payday is fill out offers for advertisers in exchange for money. Once you join, Project Payday has all the training videos, forums to help you get the offers completed (or to find offers to fill out for others for $$), and all the support.

Keep in mind this is not something that will eventually be passive like your niche blogs. Project Payday is like a job - one that you do at home. If you don't go to "work" and fill out offers, you don't make any money. It's good if you need some fast money, but like I said... it's not passive.

Just thought I would let you know about it...

Janet

Secondly, there are a lot of people out there who need a quick boost to make a bit of money quickly. Most of the crap out there is not legitimate in terms of actually being able to make money at home, but Project Payday is certainly legit. It's free to sign up, so if you need to quickly pay a couple bills or get a little cash to buy something, give it a shot.

Let me explain what Project Payday is.

You'll Never Make Money at Home if You Rely on John Chow

Here I go again on my "make money at home" blog about John Chow. I promised I would write more about this, and a promise is a promise.

Do you think John Chow actually makes money online with the methods he teaches on his blog? Do you think he is going to tell you his real secrets to getting traffic so he can make money at home? I don't think so!

You and I both know what he does: He reads Griz's blog and builds up a blog network in the background all pointing to his make money at home blog! He is busy building up his MMO empire and couldn't care less if what he teaches actually works or helps anyone. We all know Tweeting and Digging posts and leaving comments doesn't do any good.... but that's what Chow teaches, isn't it? That's what they all teach - all those MMO gurus...

If you want to really make money at home don't listen to John Chow. He will waste your time with social blogging distractions and you will never make a dime. Don't buy any of his programs. Save your money.

Take it from someone who makes all her income online and knows all the basics of making money at home: the truth is in the results and John Chow is not giving any of his readers any results! Since when has anyone earned financial and location freedom as a digital nomad and had John Chow to thank? No one I know...

Do yourself a favor and do not label John Chow as a make money online or internet marketing guru - because he's not. Listen to the people (Griz, Vic, Court...) who have the results to back up their words. Griz doesn't charge you a dime, but he tells you the whole truth. Listening to those make money at home truths that are taught by Griz can literally change your life. They have certainly changed mine!

Make Money at Home

In order to make money at home, there are some disillusionments that you need to get out of your head first and foremost. We will go over these things in this make money at home post. Future blog posts will cover various topics about making money at home including some helpful how-to guides that help you with how to make money at home by building blogs. I'll show you the way, but you need to be open minded and stop listening to all the "A-list" bloggers out there who are steering you in the wrong direction. If you really want to make money online, it's not as glamorous or as easy as it seems. However, it can be done if you use the right approach. You'll see. For now, read up on the basic misconceptions that most people have about making money at home.

Make Money at Home Misconception #1:

"Making money online is easy and an online living can be accomplished in a matter of a couple of weeks with hardly any work."

WRONG! If someone says this, don't believe it! Take it from someone who actually does make a living online: that statement is BS! Doing in a couple weeks what it has taken me 2 years to build up is simply not possible. Trust me on that.

Don't be discouraged, though. I will show you how to make money at home the realistic way. I do not promise that you'll make millions, but if you implement my steps, you can replace your current income and quit your job.


Make Money at Home Misconception #2:

"You need a fancy website with all the bells and whistles to make money at home properly."

WRONG! This blog will be proof that statement is completely false. Griz's make money online blog is the ultimate living proof that this statement is BS! Griz is my hero. Go read his blog - he is usually the first or second result that comes up in Google. He teaches you how to make money at home for free. Just to prove a point, go to Google and look up "make money online" to see who pops up on the first page! Say hello again to Griz's "How to Make Money Online for Beginners" Blogger blog! Actions speak louder than words.


Make Money at Home Misconception #3:

"You can become a popular, hard-working blogger and make money by pushing the latest affiliate product to your obedient readers who have no minds of their own."

WRONG! John Chow can, but I doubt you or I can. John Chow is an outright con artist and there's no reason in this world why you should even listen to what the guy says! Social blogs do not make any money for the average person. That's the bottom line. You end up putting a lot of time and money into them and get little or no results in return. Something that is a money pit and a time pit is definitely not worth considering. Don't listen to people who blog about blogging. Yaro Starak, Caroline Middlebrook, Darren Rowse, and DoshDosh can all suck it. They're making money online, yes, but only because there are still suckers out there who believe what they say and buy the stupid crap they promote. Don't fall for it!

*** Speaking of that asshole John Chow, if you looked up "make money online" when I mentioned Griz's blog, you might have noticed that "john chow dot scam" showed up on the second page of the results. Why is that? It's because he probably read Griz's blog and implemented what he said! Chow makes money by following Griz - not by the BS that he blogs about on his stupid, lame social blog that supposedly teaches you how to make money online. In the past, John Chow's blog didn't even show up in the top search results for "make money online". Now suddenly it does??? Hmm....... I WONDER WHY!!! More on this in detail in another make money at home post! I promise I'll write it in the near future.

In the meantime, let's give Johnny boy some new keywords to rank for: make money online scam as well as online scammer and also Griz wannabe. Feel free to use the same anchor text for our friend John Chow on your own blog if you have one. He knows the value of backlnks when it comes to making money at home, so let's give him some backlinks! lol


Make Money at Home Misconception #4:

"You can't make money online. It's all a giant scam. The only ones making money online are the scammers themselves."

WRONG! Must I mention Griz again? What about Vic at Blogger Unleashed... Vic certainly knows how to make money online too! And Court at the Keyword Academy is teaching everyone the SEO they need to make money online as well! Allyn at his make money online blog Blogger Illustrated tells it like it is too... I could think of examples all day long. Making money online is not a scam. You just need to learn how to make money at home the right way - the Griz way. GO READ HIS BLOG!!

Do you know what the secret ingredient in the secret ingredient soup is? THERE IS NO SECRET INGREDIENT! (Ok, so I watched Kung Fu Panda with my 6 year old.... lol) It's the same if you want to make money at home. The "secret ingredient" is what Griz tells you for free! Basically, the secret to making money at home is: find profitable niches/keywords, build blogs based on those topics, monetize the blogs, and get backlinks with keyword anchor text pointing to those blogs! Do it again and again and again until you make a living online! It takes a year or 2 if you do it right, but it works - every time. What other "make money at home" method can say that? I can't think of any!

This has been another one of my long-winded Griz-like posts. I hope you enjoyed it. The next one might be even longer, time permitting. Now go make money at home! I pointed you in the right direction, now go!

Janet