Making extra income from your own website

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So what does building a site about bipolar disorder have to do with making extra income?

Hi! I'm Sarah. If you read my "About Me" page you know that not only am I bipolar, but that I have had manic episodes where I have done some very dumb things with money. Frankly, my manic craziness took me from being financially secure to a place where I desperately needed money.

My dream was to try and regain some of that lost ground by making extra income with my own business.

After all my manic screw-ups I badly needed a financial do-over, and I kept dreaming of being my own boss. For me, an important part of staying well is limiting as many stressors and triggers as I can. Working from home on something I am passionate about seemed perfect.

This is my story of how that dream of rebuilding my self-respect became a reality. It came about through building this website - and discovering I could also build a profitable business at the same time.

Imagine if YOU could take your hobby or passion one step further and make it into a business where you earn money for your efforts.

When I started creating this website, my focus was on sharing my story and as much useful information about bipolar disorder as possible. But I was broke! I was so short of money that even paying for cheap web hosting was a challenge. So I started looking around for website business models that MADE money instead of COSTING money.

How did I do it? You are looking at it!

I learned to build a money-making website!

I was lucky enough to find Homestead - award-winning web design software that makes it possible to create a website in minutes. Web hosting, domain and email are all included.

Homestead is perfect for folks who want to earn money online and develop the very valuable and marketable skills of website building, but do NOT want to learn a whole lot of technical mumbo-jumbo or programming.

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(Don't get me wrong, I don't believe in online "Get Rich Quick" schemes, you will need to work patiently and persistently in the beginning.)

One Sunday afternoon at a barbecue I heard a woman talking about how her middle-schooler had whipped up an A-grade website with Homestead in a single evening in order complete a homework assignment. The kid was 12!

She explained that her whole family used Homestead, and that she and her hubby both earned money online - he had a website about building or refurbishing computers on the cheap, and she was a Work-At-Home-Mum making extra income (a LOT of extra income) from her website about wrinkle creams.

I loved the enthusiasm and joy with which this couple talked about their website success stories - and instead of asking for money, they were giving away their secrets away for free!

When I asked about this they said they hadn't paid out big bucks for "Get Rich Quick" internet marketing scams, but had learned everything through Homestead.

Do you like my website? Does it get the message across in a clear way – does it help you to find out what it is that you are looking for? If you answer “Yes” and have your own interests and knowledge to share then you too can learn how to build a website yourself.

To make it easier for you the following link will take you to a quick tour: Learn how to build a professional website in minutes. By the makers of Quickbooks.

But I still needed a plan and a support system. This approach will give you all the guidance, support, tools, and the step-by-step recipe that you need.

Homestead is all about REAL people. If you also need that human connection and have any questions you can talk to a LIVE PERSON RIGHT HERE IN THE USA, or get your answers online or by email.

After MY FIRST YEAR ONLINE, the income from my site more than matched the interest I would be making off all the money I blew when I was manic. Not bad huh? My site revenue has grown every single month since then and I have rebuilt my financial foundation as well as my self-respect.

There are dozens - maybe 100s of ways of making extra income online. (You probably get spammed about some of the less ethical ways all the time!)

One of the easiest is ways is to build a beautiful and professional website about something that really interests you, and use Google AdSense to earn advertising revenue.

What I have described here is the way I HAVE MADE MONEY MYSELF AND CAN SPEAK ABOUT FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

If you want an excellent overview of making extra income online, a wonderful book is Ewen Chia's "How I Made My First Million on the Internet and How You Can Too!: The Complete Insider's Guide to Making Millions with Your Internet Business". Ok, it is very hyped-up title, but Ewen HAS made a fortune and instead of a super-expensive internet marketing "get rick quick scam", he explains all of his methods and secrets in an easy to read book you can buy from Amazon for around $12.

Bipolar is a debilitating disease that can disrupt your work and be financially disasterous. Depending on where you are at, this may or may not be suitable for you.

Working from home gets rid of a lot of stress and triggers - but it can also add some new ones. For example, it does require determination and self-belief. This may be too much effort if you are in the middle of a bad episode. However, if you are getting well and just need to find a way to catch up from your financial mistakes, like I did, then it is well worth a try.

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