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bare minimum?

by dstegall
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Yes, my first post...

What is the bare minimum you would do for your business to keep it "afloat" when you need to take care of other things?

Faithfully,

Dawn
#bare #minimum
  • Profile picture of the author CliveG
    Hi Dawn,

    Welcome to the Warrior Forum.

    It depends on a whole range of factors. I like to have a number of seperate income streams that run on "autopilot" as far as possible. The result is that most of my work is setting up new income streams. Once you have done this you can take a month off with little problem.

    Hope this helps, Clive
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  • Profile picture of the author tommen
    When you are just starting your online business, there are a lot of work and much to learn like how to build a blog, joining affiliate programs for income and setup an opt-in list.When you have these done, you can manage with 5+ hours per week marketing your site.
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  • Profile picture of the author jasonl70
    I'll second what Clive says..
    I use ppc and seo for traffic, so it's easy to get things just running on autopilot. The only time I really 'do' anything is when I'm testing new ads or ideas, or when I decide to set up another project/income stream. Otherwise, I can go months spending nothing more then maybe an hour a week just checking up on things (which is what I did this entire summer ).
    The trick is to pursue an approach/model/system that doesn't require you to be constantly working just to keep it in motion.
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    • Profile picture of the author dstegall
      Thank you for your replies. Right now my site is set up as a blog with a weekly newsletter. I have only been posting a Monday Motivator and an article in the newsletter. I want to rework the site to lead visitors by the hand to get the information they are looking for and then ultimately to a product/service. It is a bit overwhelming and confusing at the moment for a beginner which I'm finding many of my visitors are.

      I've been busy working on my FTM site(related), finishing lessons, tweaking salespage, affiliate program, etc. I have too many to do's and not enough time. Until I can get caught up and lay a strong foundation, I'm looking for a way to do the "bare minimum" without losing subscribers. Hopefully, that explains it better.
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  • Profile picture of the author CliveG
    If you have not yet got a product for sale or some affilate links in place or even just Adsense, the bare minimum is to put something in place or you have not got a business. There is little point in having traffic if you don't do something with it.

    Depending on your niche your "Monday Motivator and an article in the newsletter" should be enough to keep people interested.

    Hope this helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kevin Riley
    Originally Posted by dstegall View Post

    Yes, my first post...

    What is the bare minimum you would do for your business to keep it "afloat" when you need to take care of other things?

    Faithfully,

    Dawn
    Check my e-mail and take care of my customers. I actually have a Mail Slave who placates any customers who have a question or a problem in my abscence. This Summer, I was 100% offline for over two weeks (while trekking through Swiss Alps and staying in a chalet in Klosters), and he kept things running smoothly.
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