Want an online business idea that actually works? It not only works but it’s the ideal way to grow a profitable online business for the long term.

I talk a lot about creating authority sites as an online business idea in order to build a long term online business. After all, this is what I’ve been doing the longest online and have had the most success with in my endeavors.

Recently, I added a new blog post to one of big content sites. I centered it around a three word keyword phrase that seemed to get decent traffic.

I did nothing else but make the blog post. No social bookmarking, no linking or promoting of any kind.

But because I had built this site up to somewhat of an authority site, that post was listed in all three search engines within a day or to.

I made the post on June 21st. From June 25th to July 13th it was #5 as far as keyword traffic to my site.

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Finding a niche seems to be one of the biggest obstacles I’ve seen with my coaching clients when it comes to building an online business.

They don’t know where to start or how to find a niche.

It’s really not that difficult but many people have a mental block the same with they do when it comes to writing.

If you’re struggling to come up with niche ideas, sitting in front of Google or Wordtracker and not being able to come up with any keywords as a starting point, then get away from the computer. Read the rest of this entry

Apparently, a lot of people would like to work from home.

According to a recent Yahoo/Harris survey, a whopping 70% of Americans said they have thought about starting their own business.

In addition, millions each year start home based businesses.

People thinking about starting their own business listed the following as the main reasons for doing so:

• For a passionate hobby/doing work I love 35%

• To be my own boss 20%

• To make more money 16%

• To create something people need 11%

• For the challenge 11%

• To get rich/nearly rich 3%

• Other 4%

These are all great reasons. Interestingly, I think they can all be placed under one banner. Freedom. Read the rest of this entry

If you want to make money blogging there are a few things you need to know.

First, making money blogging is not as simple as a lot of people want you to believe.

Don’t believe all the hype of sales letters and blog posts that you see. There is work involved.

You can’t just throw up a blog, make a few posts and expect the cash to roll in.

However, if you are prepared to put together a solid game plan and put in the necessary work, blogging can be a fantastic and easy way to make money working from home.

But you need to realize that you need a plan, just like with any other business.

If you were going to spend $350,000 to open a retail store, I doubt you’d just rent a building, purchase a bunch of random stuff, toss it into your store and open for business, expecting people (traffic) to stampede to what you have to offer (your blog’s content), and whip out their credit cards for your products (your offers on your site, whether it’s adsense or affiliate links).

So if you still want to make money blogging, here are eight steps you can take to start generating traffic and pulling in profits. Read the rest of this entry