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The Untold Story Of Making Money Online

A reminder: Don’t despise small beginnings. This category of Money Tips and How To Make Money Online is a way to document the journey of this blog, howtoliveintime.com

We officially loaded the first post on 10/20/20, however the goal was to start tracking our earnings for the month of November.

There were 3 ways of making money that were tracked for the month of November. You can read in detail our goal here 3 Ways To Monetize Your Blog In November There are so many ways to make money online, but we wanted to focus our attention on 3 to start.

But first - Let’s Look At Where Traffic Came From

Right now, organic traffic has been the focus. If you look at the screenshot below, you will see how many visitors decided to check out the blog.

So 17 doesn’t seem like an awful lot of visitors for a month, however, I am grateful. 7 out of 17 returned so that’s 7 lives that found value and can share with others.

Definitely, Google Analytics in depth training is on my list!!! As you can see below, most of the traffic isn’t coming from a social media platform. So my question is, what are they searching for to find this blog?

I did add Yoast SEO and started playing around with keywords (this is another thing on my to do list...learn SEO! ). Geez, there’s so much to learn. It’s more to it than just posting and putting up pretty images! Hey if you have a great course to recommend for this, drop me a comment!

These traffic sources are a little skewed maybe since I do use BuildRedirects for most of my links to track conversions on that platform. There’s a wonder if I should be using both….hmmm. Who knows! But I will find out! (update per my husband, not true, based on what Buildredirects is used for….the conversion tracking stats is part of the Direct traffic. So, I still need BuildRedirects learn more here

So I need to find out, again, how are people finding me on google!

There aren’t many clicking on the blog logo that I included on the sidebar on my author website, hicunnichandler.com...so we need to add more information about this blog throughout the author website.

So, premium91.web-hosting.com:2083 (the source above) actually is broken up into about 16 pages, and is actually blog posts. (see below)

How I monetized using free ads

Let’s look at Google Adsense.

Google Adsense - so for the month of November, we made....drum roll please….

$1.48 So...looks like this blog is in need of more quality traffic! But there’s still room for celebration...I made money . Ha! It’s a start! There was already $2.73 in the account when I started with this blog.

3 ways we focused on monetizing this blog in November

1. Affiliate Marketing - Unfortunately, this area was dry last month. 3 of the affiliates that were highlighted this month are listed in my CJ Affiliate accout. They are: Godaddy, Namecheap, Office Depot & OfficeMax, and my all time favorite Vitamix. The other one is Amazon. I have screenshots below of our progress.

CJ Affiliate total for November 2020

Amazon total for November 2020

2. Book Sales- UPDATED 1/5/20 I had a sale on 11/30/20, it posted late. I have included the screenshot below.

None posted in my lulu portal, but the last sale I received was the end of October. Do you see how much was made via Amazon?

Now do you see why my own printing company is needed. You can support this effort by joining my patreon here

3. Patreon - I started to add a little content then stopped. Should more content be added even though no one joined? Should I wait until people arrive so it won’t look too silly having all that content when no one is there to glean from it.

I, Hicunni, am being super transparent here. In a previous state of mind, I would have been very embarrassed to show this data. It’s great to see how we are starting out and see how we can put better strategies in place to increase traffic to our website and earn and make more money online.

Lessons Learned To Improve for December

More posting is needed for Pinterest to increase the number of visitors to my blog. More visitors, more return visitors, the likelihood of someone buying one of my offerings.
Ramp up promotions on my podcast. Which means, I need to verbally share what’s new for the week and month. Yikes, for almost a year since I started my podcast, I haven’t promoted much...mostly just listing my offering on my author website.
Add a popup!!! Oh my goodness! Why don’t we have one already? This needs to be added this week!

So this was a long blog, but I wanted to make sure everything is documented for our How To Live In Time blog for November.

Please feel free to leave a comment if you have any tips for this newbie. I am still super excited for this mindful living blog and anticipate a very fun and rewarding journey.

Affiliate Links and Good Stuff Mentions:

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Support this website and my podcast at https://www.patreon.com/howtoliveintime

Why Patreon?

Hey there! Hicunni here, Author & Creator

Being a homeschool mom for over a decade and over 5 years building an online coaching and marketing business has been challenging but oh so rewarding. It's been a pleasure showing people how to live a holistic life and being mindful of creating the life that they want. Are you ready to create the life that you want?

How To Live In Time patreon is creating podcast and digital resources for mindful living.

This is a great way to show you:

behind the scenes of how I create my podcast
what we do~how we live as a homeschool family
from fun food creations to sneak peeks of new products and how to's

Also, with your support, it will take care of expenses associated with my blog and podcast, as well as help jump start my future printing company.

What for? To print and publish my own t-shirts, books, and well as assist new self-publishing authors in their endeavors.If this sounds like something that touches your heart, then sign up at http://patreon.com/howtoliveintime Thanks in advance for your financial support!

As an Amazon Associate and Affiliate For Multiple Companies, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Un-Holiday Gift Ideas

Looking back, I remember back in graduate school, I was working one night during the Christmas holiday season. I worked for a company that sold all kinds of lotions, body butters, and other self-care products. There was a particular lady that seemed to need some assistance finding a product.

Of course, I walked over eager to help while asking her if she was looking for a special gift for the holidays. She gave me a dirty look while explaining, "I don't celebrate holidays." Of course I was taken aback just a little.

What I wanted to ask is. "Lady...why are you in here taking part in the holiday sales then?! "

Ha! So I realized that just because holidays are observed, doesn't mean everyone "celebrates" holidays.

I have 3 Un-Holiday Gift Ideas to share with everyone! Whether you celebrate holidays or not, these Gift Ideas will sure put a smile on your loved one's face.

Leather Writing Journal - Spiral Bound + Refillable. This is perfect for anyone that loves to make the art of journal writing one of their non negotiable tasks everyday. (don't forget to order refills.
Bootcut Yoga Pants - Oh my! These are a must! Mostly everyone works from home these day and educate their children from home. It's time to have some fashionable pants to wear around the house. Time to throw the old sweats away!
Meditation Journal - The Body Love Mindset 365 Day Meditation Journal should be in everyone's stocking this year! Journal prompts + quotes + a guided meditation...what more could you ask for?

So there you have it! 3 Un-Holiday Gift Ideas to purchase for your loved ones. Better yet, add these to your cart! Shopping doesn't have to be complicated.

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Support this website and my podcast at https://www.patreon.com/howtoliveintime

Why Patreon?

Hey there! Hicunni here, Author & Creator

How To Live In Time patreon is creating podcast and digital resources for mindful living.

This is a great way to show you:

behind the scenes of how I create my podcast
what we do~how we live as a homeschool family
from fun food creations to sneak peeks of new products and how to's

Also, with your support, it will take care of expenses associated with my blog and podcast, as well as help jump start my future printing company.

As an Amazon Associate and Affiliate For Multiple Companies, I earn from qualifying purchases.

3 Ways To Monetize Your Blog In November

Well we are almost 2 weeks into this month and I am still trying to figure out what happened to the time In this section of the blog, well category of How To Make Money Online and Money Tips, I told you in my first post that this space would document how we are making money with this blog. Making passive income, money online has been a focus for us for the last 5 years. Here are a few things that we have done in the past to learn how to make money online:

Affiliate Marketing - through blog posts and email lists affiliate links
Amazon affiliate links
Creating online courses
Other digital products, like recipes, cheat sheets, step by step guides, etc
Mystery shopping and job boards (I still consider myself a mystery shopper)
Social media posting/call to actions/ads (like Facebook, Instagram)
Pitching companies to be affiliates or creating partnerships
Selling physical products, like books online
Online travel agent
Network marketing
Answering surveys
Other side hustle income streams
Meal Prepping/ Meal Planning tips
Coaching
Membership Community

As you can see we have created a lot of businesses/income streams. What a long list of stuff, right?

Ok so after all of that, we are starting fresh with this blog. Of course we have just started and I finally got my Google Adsense Account approved last week! For some reason my website wasn't showing up properly, even after cleaning out my cache and everything. We are experiencing Internet upgrades in the area where we live, so that may have been the issue. A great Internet connection is a must!

At any rate we are up and running. Since my family has been marketing and making money online for the last 5 years, the way we made money was all over the place. We need consistent income for our businesses.

We want consistent Paypal and Stripe notifications. We want to make and earn more money online than we have spent. Having extra cash to fund your family dreams and to get you further to the lifestyle that you want to live, is a beautiful thing!

And guess what? I want to make it to the first page of Google! It's possible! I don't know how, but we are learning more about SEO.

Our goal is to earn our income solely online. This blog will document the training, the tips, strategies, processes, methods we will use to earn abundant passive income by 2025.

Why 2025? It’s a great goal to have…#5 representing big things can happen...and I am going to believe it.

A goal without a plan is just a wish, so we have to put a plan in place.

I want to share with you 3 ways that we will earn money this month. There are so many methods out there, hey we have done quite a bit, but sticking to three seems more doable. Don't you think?

Affiliate Marketing - In most of the posts this month, already, there are affiliate marketing offers. These offers are not presented in a cheesy way, it's actually things that we are using to maneuver through this life...to live in time.
Book Sales - Ok so I am new to this book thing. Earlier in 2020, I and 24 other women were involved in a book collaboration. Our book hit best-seller on amazon within 24 hours! I have an ebook pdf included in my How To Live In Time Starter Packet, free just for you! Click here to get it! Months later as we were well into the pandemic, I created The Body Love Mindset Meditation Journal, a 365 Day journal prompt, and mindful living journal. I plan to create more Pinterest pins centered around this and make sure the book information is easily accessible on this website. You can read more about the journal and purchase below.
Patreon - Whoa! So there were a lot of steps to set this up! Oh geez, I forgot to screenshot all of the steps! I will have to do a video of some sort on this later. I am going into the 3rd season of my podcast, Conversations w/ Hicunni. This Patreon was created to help support the podcast and this blog. You can check out my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/howtoliveintime. I have also included the verbiage in detail of why Patreon...below.

Did you get all of that? So this homeschool mama will be popping in this month to keep you updated on all these things! I hope this encourages you to start your own blog and start monetizing it.

Blogs are still a thing, so get started! Even if you don't have a virtual assistant, build right where you are. This is what we are doing.

Although, our kids are getting skills in graphic design, being a virtual assistant, WordPress, social media (Instagram and Facebook, YouTube, etc. They are learning that blogging is more than the pretty image and quick blog posts.

It takes work. I don't know if we will ever hire someone again for Fiverr or hire someone from Upwork. We are a homeschool family, who are creating online businesses to leave a legacy for generations to come. At this point, we are teaching our kids the skills.

Maybe later on we can expand to Upwork, Fiverr, or even hire a more skilled virtual assistant. Until then we have experts and Pinterest enthusiasts (we love Pinterest) in-house. We are using that extra money to pay our kids to earn extra cash part-time. Um yes, they do charge for their services.

So this has been a very lengthy email full of a lot of details. I am usually a very detailed person anyway, but we wanted to make sure you understand that you can start making money online in your spare time.

There are so many brands that you can create but from experience, it's great to narrow your focus just a little bit. If you google brands or niches that you are interested in / YouTube Channels, you will be sure to find some ideas on how to make some extra money, creating the online business that you want. Even looking on Craigslist or a local retailer may give you a few ideas to get you started part-time.

My husband loves the term digital marketing. Affiiate Marketing, Online Marketing, Content Marketing, etc it's all included. Digital marketing is here to stay and will continue to soar, and I want to hear more about yours gigs soon! We have a lot to learn, it doesn't stop here.

We are learning to spend our time more wisely. My husband loves to market on Facebook, but I actually took a break from Facebook and Instagram. I am starting to get used to not being on those platforms. I will share more details about that later.

If you need anything or have questions, please feel free to leave me a comment.

Chat soon:)

Hicunni Chandler

Author & Creator

Timeless Treasures Mentioned Above (the journal)

Awesome Mindfulness Journal

The Body Love Mindset is a daily journal created to guide you into self awareness, increase body positivity, and discover more mindful living. This tool of love, features 365 days of journal prompts centered around self love and shifting your mindset to become a better version of yourself. There’s plenty of room for reflection after your daily meditation. Did I mention as a bonus, this journal includes my signature, The Body Love Mindset guided meditation to get you started?

This guided journal will help you:

Set positive intentions and daily reflections to create the life that you want.
Feel more confident in your body by meditating on words of self love and kindness.
Learn to love the person that you see in the mirror everyday by centering your thoughts and self acceptance.
Create a safe space to face your shadows and keep you grounded.
De stress and start healing your relationship with food and body, through mediation and writing.

By the end of the 365 days, you will feel more vibrant, more confident in your body, and have the tenacity to create the life that you want. A mind shift happens when you decide that you want it. Are you ready?

It's time to do something for yourself. Don't forget to gift this journal to a friend who needs this journal as well.

Get the journal

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Why Patreon?

Hey there! Hicunni here, Author & Creator

How To Live In Time patreon is creating podcast and digital resources for mindful living.

This is a great way to show you:

behind the scenes of how I create my podcast
what we do~how we live as a homeschool family
from fun food creations to sneak peeks of new products and how to's

Also, with your support, it will take care of expenses associated with my blog and podcast, as well as help jump start my future printing company.

As an Amazon Associate and Affiliate For Multiple Companies, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Still here? There's an awesome FREE Affiliate Marketing Bootcamphere

The #1 Resource That Never Expires

We are welcoming a new month and there’s always so much to do. This post is one of my mindful musings (blog posts) shared under the Timeless Treasures category. Timeless Treasures are things that I love that don’t have an expiration date. These items, ideas, concepts don’t grow old or wither away. Just like your soul continues to live, these treasures will continue to live on as well.

If you found the front page of this website, you will see what most call a freebie or optin. It’s an incentive or call to action to connect with visitors on a more personal level. For those who want to really stay connected, there will be an opportunity to do so later. (Look for an update soon).

Back to the optin

How many times have you opted into something that sounded great but ended up being fluff? How many times have you received the ‘freebie’ but never used it? Oh my goodness, I can’t tell you how many times, I was left with regret for giving someone my email address. It’s that shiny object syndrome. We get all excited about seeing the free stuff and thinking we need to add just one more pdf...to make the difference. If you just have one more ebook, you will have the golden ticket to get the job done. I had to think long and hard of what I wanted to have as the optin for this website.

So what do you need?

You need something you can use not just once but reference it over and over again. Everyone wants to learn how to make more money, how to live a lifestyle where they can homeschool, or travel whenever they want. However, no one ever really talks about what people have to go through to get there, or the tools you need that will sustain you as you are creating that life you want.

How do you maneuver through the day and still feel like you are getting things checked off of your list? How do you keep your sanity and keep it all together? Guess what? You will never have enough time.

Well, my optin is my How To Live In Time Starter Packet. This packet will help you make the most of the time that you have... and create the life that you want.

There are 3 main items included in this packet:

Joy Recipes for Abundance ebook
Mindset Hacks Checklist - pdf
The Body Love Mindset Guided Meditation - audio

Let’s talk about each one.

Joy Recipes for Abundance became an Amazon International Bestseller in less than 24 hours in several categories. The organizer, brought myself plus 24 other entrepreneurial women together to coauthor this book. We share our recipes for joy and abundance through tales of overcoming, determination, and gratitude. This is an up close and personal view of how we are showing up on this online space and what it took to get here. Oh, if you want the paperback, you can purchase it here.
Mindset Hacks Checklist is really a gift of self-love. These are simple intentional to-do's that can be incorporated easily into your morning routine or evening downtime. You owe it to yourself, self-love is the greatest self-care.
The Body Love Mindset Guided Meditation is my signature meditation. This guided meditation helps to release self doubt, lowers stress, and gives you the confidence you need to focus, be more productive, and transform your beliefs about your body. Start rotating this in your morning routine and/or evening routine. Make note of any changes and the entire experience in your journal. Need a meditation journal? You can purchase my new journal here
To Recap

This packet was created to help you:
- Learn how to enjoy the moments that you have.
- Learn how to find the treasures of life in your day-to-day activities.
- Learn how to set yourself up for abundance instead of lack and limitations.

Change Your Mind Change Your Life. If you don’t change your mind, the life you want is just an unfulfilled dream. Get the tools to create the life you want.

Get the How To Live In Time Starter Packet below.

Chat soon:)

Hicunni Chandler

Author & Creator

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