Mapping Journey

Since Saturday is my day of rest and relaxation, I spent the entire day preparing to do so. There was household chores, laundry, gardening, cooking, a little pampering and lots of research. For the most part of the day, I spent the majority of my time brain-storming and doing plenty of research. After all the whole idea of this blog is to turn a profit from home without a budget.

As I assist with this journey, I couldn't help wondering what landed me in this financial rut in the first place. Even if it was the loss of my father (who was also my project manager) or my farce of marriage that turned out to be a big waste of time and money, I believe all things happen for a reason. When you're used to having disposable income, rarely do you ever search for freebies. Instead you just pay for what you want then go about business as usual.

The thing is, if I were not in this position, I never would've started this blog and I most certainly would not take the time to search the information highway for freebies. When I started building my email subscriber list, I used a paid service to do so. When I wanted to purchase a van, I tapped into my corporate line of credit and bought a van. Now that I'm all tapped out, I've been presented with the opportunity to assist you in our mapping journey to start from the ground up.

So, first things first. Our goal is to make a profitable business from the comfort of our home without any financing. That means lots of work and lots of research. Figuring out how to do what you want to do used to be as simple as taking a trip to the local library to read up on the subject. Nowadays, if you want to learn how to do something, just head on over to Youtube and enter keywords specifically related to the task(s) you are trying to complete. Easy enough!  If you don't have a Youtube account. Go to Youtube.com and set one up.

That being said the first thing we need to do is monetize our blog. If you haven't set one up yet, here's the link to sign up and get your blog live on the Internet, www.blogger.com. There are tons of free blog platforms, but this one is quick and easy to get started plus it's great for beginners.

Here's the plan:

1. Monetize our blog
2. Post to blog daily
• Introduce yourself in your first post
• Write your second post on the subject of marketing and place a link in your post to www.sparkah.com/seo 
3. Obtain author rank
4. Establish niche target audiences
5. Link to www.sparkah.com/seo
6. Obtain optin email subscribers via mailchimp (place a email optin form on your blog)

• Setup free: 
• blog (via Blogger, Weebly, Tumblr, Wordpress, etc.)
• setup Youtube account
• setup Google+ account
• setup  mailchimp account
• Reseach:

As I mentioned earlier, I'm taking off tomorrow. After we finish the preliminary process of monetizing our blog, we can begin our mapping journey to marketing and advertising, but first things first. Next week we will dive into more details about how we can build a thriving business without using any cash or credit. Hopefully this video inspired you to take action and complete the tasks listed above. In the meantime have a wonderful weekend.