How prepared are you ?

byKatieMac

6K followers

6 years ago

Working from home can be a challenge at the best of times, friends and family seem to have the impression you can just drop everything and go out when ever you like or they call, however as we all know it is not as simple as that.

We have many tasks in building our online business and if we are organized we can be very flexible with our time. As with everything their are the pro's and con's of working for yourself, though one thing is always needed and that is an income, this is why we are all here to learn the skills to provide a living.

Since I have started it has been a bit up and down, it takes time to get those wheels in motion and we have to have a plan of action, without that how can be effective.

I am getting ready to head out for a trip with family and friends that we do every year, the Islay whisky festival now you might think what has this to do with work.

Before I go I tend to I add some extra work to prepare for being away especially as the internet access is a bit hit-and-miss.

• Prepare posts in advance then set the date and time you want them to be published
• I get up a bit earlier than everyone else just to check emails and make sure everything is OK with my websites
• Make sure any outstanding work for clients is done before I leave
• I try to post on social media when I go away, 15 mins per day does not impact on your holiday so much.
• See if their is a way to incorporate something from your holiday into a post ( I have mine in draft ready to be published when I am away)
• This year if the internet is good enough will try doing a live feed, that should be a challenge in its self for me.

Having been with Wealthy Affiliate for a while I have become attentive to opportunities, whether it be a promotion or a learning one they all help me progress

This year I had 48 hours with no devices, boy was that hard I did not realize just how much I pop on and off-line for work during any given day, I also missed the community interaction not to mention Jay's great live webinars, if you do not watch them now is the time to get started you can lean a lot from these classes.

This last week all we seemed to have heard about is the new GDPR requirements if you have not done them or not sure how to get it done their is a template in the site content feature and great training from Marion Black, just use the link.

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/gdpr-privacy-policy... easy to follow walk through.

Between the training we get here and the resources our members share their are more than enough tools to help us succeed, some must have tools for me are

1. Canva simple to use and their are a number of things you can create with it, the free option is more than enough to keep you happy for sometime.
2. Lumen5 easy and simple platform to create video's, a bit like a power point presentation free option is good to build the confidence up. https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/creating-videos-fro...
3. Jaxxy we must not forget this one, even the lite version is sufficient to get you ranked
4. Using YouTube to get ranked with video's and more follow Jays webinars. https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/ranking-youtube-vid...
5. Cooltext to create logo's
   
6. TinyPNG if you need to compress images another simple easy tool to use
7. Free images if you use site content you can access loads from their or try out Pixabay
8. Need to outsource give Fiverr.com a shot you can also earn money from here if you want to offer your skills for hire, also can pay someone to write for you create an ebook cover and much more. Just make sure you choose carefully
9. Want to see how good your headline is the tryout Co Schedule headline analyzer its free
10. Content generator for some idea's try out Portent's Idea Generator

There are endless possibilities for niche's, idea's and keywords what is needed the most is action without us using the training and tools nothing will happen.

We have lots of really experienced members with in the community, follow them read their posts, check out their training, remember they have had their trials and errors building up their business to.

Have questions use the search bar first if it is not their ask in the live chat still no joy put the question to the community or a member you feel can help out.

I would recommend new members to take the tour of WA and get started on the training, if you are here to make money overnight, then this is not the place for you, joining Wealthy affiliate is an investment in yourself, this is a low cost way to build a business and gain skills, their is also the opportunity to earn money along the way.

So it's off to the beach soon wish you all every success on your life's journey