Learn To Trade the Currencies
Published by Sean M. Lightfoot on Tagged Stocks, Bonds and Currency MarketsDuring a search to find a little knowledge on Forex markets, I ran across a very good and informative site, www.babypips.com. BabyPips has a section called ‘School’.
There are several levels of learning that they label by grades and it’s in your best interest not to drop out before you graduate! I was truly surprised of all the tips that they teach you. BabyPip’s schooling combined with a practice trading account can propel anyone to the profits stage.
I Stole Honest Riches 2
Published by Sean M. Lightfoot on Tagged Affiliate MarketingNo, I didn’t really steal it, but it’s worth so much more than what I paid for it, that it felt like I stole it. I paid $37 for it and it was well worth it! When I buy marketing ebooks to try out, I expect the usually 60% fluff and filler and a bunch of broken promises. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. Honest Riches 2 was one of the very rare occasions where I got much more than I expected.
If you’ve been trying to break into the affiliate marketing arena and have been unsuccessful thus far, Honest Riches 2 is the answer. It gives details and breaks everything down to the basics just incase there are some that are not familiar with the marketing terms.
Blogging Made Easy
Published by Sean M. Lightfoot on Tagged BloggingFor those of you that are interested in starting your own blog, I have a very informative ebook that can get you on the good foot. Blogging Made Easy by Bob Bastain and Mark Hendricks. It’s a couple of years old but the information is still very relevant. Blogging Made Easy teaches you everything that you need to know about starting and running a blog. I’ll be sharing ebooks on monetizing and generating traffic for your blog later on.
Enjoy this, it’s a very good read. Let me know if Blogging Made Easy helps you in any way.
Don’t Own Your Job
Published by Sean M. Lightfoot on Tagged Internet Sales, Affiliate Marketing, BusinessDon’t Own Your Job
More people than ever are inclined to start a business of their own these days. Some KNOW that they are going to start a business, but have the faintest idea of what type of business that they’re going to start. I am a big fan of self-employment. Of course I am, I created this blog, which is about self-employment.
As I was thinking of the various types of businesses that I plan to discuss here, I realized that I not only wanted to tell people how to start home businesses, but I also want to tell them how to do it ‘Right!’ And ‘Right’ means, owning a successful business that experiences constant growth and having the freedom to enjoy the accomplishment.
Where’s my Google Traffic?
Published by Sean M. Lightfoot on Tagged Internet Sales, Affiliate MarketingFor the past 3 weeks, I’ve been pulling my hair out trying to figure out what happened to the traffic that Google was sending my way. I was getting 20-30 visitors each day from Google and then one day it just stopped. My pages were no longer to be found on the first 5 pages of Google searches for relevant topics. I was #1 when doing a search on my name and after whatever happened happened, I went to page 3 or 4. I searched the web looking for possible causes and found none that pertained to my site. I didn’t violate in any way and was not banned by them.
I checked my robot.txt file for disallow, it wasn’t that. I was linked to JohnChow.com and he was banned, but after removing the link my Google traffic still didn’t come back. I waited and waited, and FINALLY, just yesterday I saw Google again as a referrer in my statistics. (sigh of relief). It’s not much, but thinking about going backwards after all of that work can spoil a persons mood… to say the least.
Pay It Forward
Published by Sean M. Lightfoot on Tagged Life, MotivationalI’m sure most of you are familiar with the movie “Pay It Forward” starring Kevin Spacey and Haley Joel Osment. Well I really love the concept of “Pay It Forward.” For over the past few weeks I’ve received help from several individuals on business and personal dilemmas. I felt that repaying them for their good deeds was not good enough. I had to take it a step further. That’s when the movie flashed through my mind. Haley Joel Osment’s character in the movie says that you should help 3 other people for what you’ve received. And then those 3 should help 3, each. Just imagine what could happen if people actually did this! It would make the world a very different and better place. I wrote this entry to possibly light a spark in some of you that enjoy helping others. In a future post, I will tell everyone about the 3 that I plan on helping and what I did for them. If anyone else joins in please comment to let me know who you helped and how. Let’s get a “PIF” uprising going!
Website Building Resources for Home Businesses
Published by Sean M. Lightfoot on Tagged Internet Sales, Affiliate Marketing, Real Estate InvestingIs your home business internet based or requires a website? Well it can be very beneficial if you decide to learn the basics of HTML and PHP and host your own account. Depending on others to maintain and update your site can be a pain.
If you’re into affiliate marketing, you may not need a website. I know some that use nothing but Adwords to sell their products. In the event you like to use squeeze pages and sales pages, you need webhosting and a little knowledge of website design.
Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Project - SSTP
Published by Sean M. Lightfoot on Tagged Internet SalesThis one is for all of you internet sellers out there. Especially eBay sellers. I have some information about a project called the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Project (SSTP). This project has been developed to get each member state the greenbacks that they’ve been missing out on by not requiring sales taxes to be charged when selling to individuals in other states. This just proves that Uncle Sam AND every branch of it is gonna get their money! I can barely keep up with the sales taxes that I need to send into my state, how the heck am I supposed to take care of 50? Right now, there are only a few member states, but expect most, if not all states to eventually join. The current member states are as follows:
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Jersey
North Carolina
North Dakota
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
Vermont
West Virginia
Which Entity For Your Home Business?
Published by Sean M. Lightfoot on Tagged Stocks, Bonds and Currency Markets, Affiliate Marketing, Real Estate Investing, BusinessWhich Entity For Your Home Business?
This is a decision that all entrepreneurs are faced with at some time or another. Well, I am here to help some of you decide which business type would be best for your business. I have started several businesses and usually opt for Corporation status. There a few different entity types to choose from and I am going to discuss and compare each of them. No business is the same, so each one will have different needs when it comes to it’s formation and business practices. Even if you started a franchise and there were 99 other franchise of the same business, in the same area, each of them would be different. The unique factor that sets your franchise apart from the rest is “You.”
You have to way the options and consider how you plan to handle business to determine which entity type would be best for your business. The are several different business types to chose from which are Sole Proprietorships, S-Corporations, C-Corporations and Limited Liability Companies (LLCs). I’m not going to discuss the types of Partnerships due to the fact that this is a Home Based Business blog and the majority of you are the sole owners of your businesses. If you are interested in learning more about Partnerships, just let me know and I’ll start a new post on partnerships.
Marketing The Affiliate Way
Published by Sean M. Lightfoot on Tagged Affiliate MarketingI have recently added a new category called “Affiliate Marketing.” In this category, we will discuss the various products and businesses involving affiliates. Here’s a little secret, I market my affiliate links on this blog. Sshhh! Don’t tell anyone!
I want everyone to understand that this blog was created to be informative FIRST, and profitable SECOND. Yes, there are several affiliate links throughout the blog that belong to me. I have to eat and pay my bills somehow, or would you prefer me to starve? Just kidding, my menu is not dependent on this blog. When I created Sean’s View I decided that I would take the approach of giving my readers all of the information that I possibly could for FREE and then pray, that you wonderful people would be kind enough to purchase your products through me.