Top 7 Internet Marketing Benefits for Mothers

by Diane Corriette

When your life revolves around family and raising children it can be nice to have something that you can develop for yourself as a mother even if the only purpose is to remind you that you are a person too and not just “Jake’s mom!”

I believe that the internet provides an awesome opportunity for mothers who want to be able to look after their family but also enjoy the feeling that comes from bringing in an income (no matter how small).

Internet marketing continues to grow in popularity as more mothers build and develop their own internet based business and here are 7 internet marketing benefits that I believe relate particularly well to mothers:

1.    Flexibility: Let’s face it when Jake is sick having to find someone to look after him is a nightmare and most mothers want to be at home if their child is unwell. Running your own internet based business means being at home when your children need you most.

2.    Little commitment: All businesses need a commitment to grow and flourish but with the internet you can start and stop that commitment as family needs dictate. Of course your results will reflect that but it is one of the reasons why moms love working online.

3.    Save money: When your internet business is at a stage where it is bringing in a regular income for you and you are working at home full time you can save money on the commute to work, having  to buy lunch, needing suits and other clothes, childcare costs and other expenses.

4.    Make money: Of course the unlimited potential that the internet offers in terms of how much money you can make is what attracts people in the first place but as a mother even if you didn’t want to focus on huge amounts it still offers you an opportunity to contribute to the household income.

5.    Not needing a product to sell. Many mothers will love the fact that they don’t have to create their own product to be able to benefit from internet marketing. Having products that you can sell on behalf of a supplier for a commission is an easier way to go, although I recommend eventually creating your own product once you are familiar with how everything works.

6.    If you don’t know how to do it you can get help. If you have the income to pay for other people to do work like setting up your website and designing graphics then it will save you a lot of hours trying to do it all yourself. Not being able to do these things is no longer a barrier because there is always a company you can outsource it to.

7.    Getting help from other mothers: Work at home moms or WAHM’s is a huge area in internet marketing and you will be able to find a network of other mothers who work from home and who can support your development.

Internet marketing appeals to anyone who is looking for a flexible working environment with huge opportunities which is why millions of people take a look at money making opportunities on the internet every week.

As a mother the internet offers a particular attraction becomes of the flexibility it offers for fitting in around family commitments and because of the income potential it can provide when your business is a success.

Like anything in life it takes time and dedication to nurture and grow your business into a money making machine but once you do the opportunities are endless.

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Diane Corriette provides free information on easy and low cost ways to make money online at http://www.womeninternetmarketers.com/easy she also shares her internet marketing mistakes at http://www.myinternetmarketingmistakes.com

Five internet marketing mistakes you should avoid making

by Diane Corriette

When you first start out in internet marketing it can become pretty overwhelming pretty fast and before you know it you are spending 10-12 hours online without actually making any money for your efforts.

I started online back in 2005 and what I have found in my relative short internet marketing life is that it doesn’t take much to end up with more debt than income, which is what promoted me to write about it.

Wherever you are in your journey towards running your own successful internet based business I hope writing about my internet marketing mistakes will help you avoid them.

Internet Marketing Mistake #1
Joining way too many email lists and trying to listening to what every expert was telling me to do and becoming overwhelmed. My inbox was full of information but some of it was saying different things and I became confused about which expert to listen to. If you have 10, 20 or more emails coming in from different people consider unsubscribing from the ones you don’t read and focusing in on the ones you do.

Internet Marketing Mistakes #2
Listening to many voices expect one. I took on a mentor very early on and I am glad that I did but I didn’t give his advice long enough. While he was mentoring me I was still listening to all the other experts and sometimes ignoring what my mentor said because of something I read in an email! If I was doing it all again I would tune out all the other voices and only listen to my mentor for the time that I was with him and a few months after that until I had achieved the goals I set myself.

Internet Marketing Mistakes #3
Believing the hype! Yes we all get caught up in product launches and ticking clocks that tell you the price is about to go up, or special fast action bonuses only for the first 100 people. I got caught up in it all time and time again. I ended up with fast action bonuses that I never used anyway and products I never got round to using plus a huge credit card bill.  If I was doing it all again I would only be focused on buying products that directly relate to my business goals and I would stop to think about exactly what value that product will bring to my business.

Internet Marketing Mistake #4
Not building a list. I was running my internet based business for 12 months before I realized that I had no real business because I had no list. It was only when I took part in my first mastermind group and everyone began to talk about group promotions that I realized I had no one to promote to! Building a list would definitely be my first priority (after finding my target market of course).

Internet Marketing Mistake #5
Not staying focused. With no target market, no list to build, no idea about what I really wanted to achieve I moved from one business idea to another. Whatever the latest product was I bought into it in the hope that somehow the product will be the thing that happened me decide what I wanted to do.  If I was doing it all again I would definitely take my time reading the information provided by experts and use that to help me decide on my target market and business vehicle that I would use to make money online.

So those are my 5 biggest internet marketing mistakes and I hope you go out of your way to avoid them because it will save you a lot of frustration and a very large credit card bill!

Limit the number of emails hitting your inbox, find yourself a mentor and only listen to their teaching, don’t get caught up in the hype, build your list once you know your target market and stay focused on what you want to achieve.

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Diane Corriette provides free information on easy and low cost ways to make money online at http://www.womeninternetmarketers.com/easy she also shares her internet marketing mistakes at http://www.myinternetmarketingmistakes.com