Making Work From Home Money with Joe Hogue. Ep. 38

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For many baby boomers, a new outlet to exercise creativity, entrepreneurial urges, or developing an additional stream of income that requires less than $1,000.00 per year to start is intriguing. Meet Joe Hogue of My Work From Home Money blog. In 1.5 years he has created over $35,000.00 a year income out of thin air, and it continues to grow.

Approximate Show Notes

• Why he started (3:00)
• How he narrowed down a topic. (4:36)
• The 3 ways to make money on line. (4:50)
• Start with what you enjoy.
• How many hours per week? (8:00)
• So you start a blog. What are the components that bring the money? (9:30)
• What blog site owners miss.
• Joe has 10 books published over the last 2.5 years. (11:30)
• The first step is learning the blogging business. (12:40)
• Generating $2,000. per month from one source. (14:20)
• Not dependent upon one source of income. Has 3 streams. (17:00)
• The businesses on his website have been vetted. None marginal. (18:30)
• His mantra: “I am the average person with above average success.” (20:24)
• The key skills to learn. (21:40)
• Deciding to do what most won’t.
• The biggest cost to blogging is….(26:30)
• What outside resources have been helpful for Joe. (27:29)
• 95% of bloggers quite in six weeks
• Music
• Death and dying.
• Looking back from 95.

Resources

My Work From Home Money

My complete guide on self-publishing and how it's a natural fit for bloggers.

A start-to-finish guide for starting a blog and getting it ranked on Google

Love this infographic on how your investments should change according to your age, needs and risk tolerance

Music

Frank Sinatra - Fly Me to The Moon

James Brown - Living in America

TimBuk 3 - The Futures so Bright

Juanes - Angel

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