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How I Built a Dropshipping Store That Made $6,667 in Under 8 Weeks

How I Built a Dropshipping Store That Made $6,667 in Under 8 Weeks

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” – Les Brown 

I believe that everybody has the potential to become a successful entrepreneur, and I set out to illustrate this for you.

I wanted to document my entire process of building, launching, and running a dropshipping business, so you can follow every decision that I made, and use my journey to fuel your own success.

In 8 weeks I built and launched my store. During those 8 weeks I made $6,666.73 in revenue.

Let me be clear, I’m no genius. I’m just an ambitious entrepreneur, like you, with a huge drive to succeed.

I was running this business in addition to my 9 to 5 job (which isn’t related to ecommerce at all), so I had to work on my store after work, or on the weekends – just like many of you.

Even with all the obstacles in my way, I did it, and if I can, you can too.

So, follow along with my journey to find out how I chose my products, which marketing tactics worked best for me, how I made my first sale, and learn the challenges that I faced as an entrepreneur.

Let’s get started! 

Finding a Niche

When I start a new business, I always like to think about what I’m going to sell first.

Even though there are amazing online tools which can help me find a profitable business idea, I usually start by brainstorming on a piece of paper.

Why did I use paper? I’m a huge fan of keeping it simple, so I just wrote down everything that came to mind for 10 minutes.

I don’t want to overthink the ideation process. There were good ideas in my head, just like there are in yours, and all I had to do was put them to paper. 

I used the following criteria when I was picking my products:

  • No food. (I didn’t know about the quality of food from overseas)
  • No electronics (easy to break which can lead to a lot of returns)
  • No heavy goods (high shipping costs)
  • Low-priced items (if a refund was necessary I wouldn’t lose that much money)

Now, these were just my criteria for a product. There isn’t an exact science behind this, but I’ve found success using these criteria in the past, and successful entrepreneurs double down on what works. 

I came up with nine solid product ideas (as shown above in green) with some further thoughts (circled in yellow).

I already had some rough ideas for what I should sell, but I still wanted to check the bestselling lists from:

I’ve found success in the past with products that can be found in at least two of these marketplaces.

After checking these marketplaces, I settled on three product ideas.

1. Pineapple Bracelets

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Both Amazon and Etsy had the same products in their bestselling listings, which was a good sign that there was demand for this product.

2. Steel Strap Watches

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Watches with a steel strap also proved to be popular. Seemed like these products could be a good option.

3. Pineapple Hats

And again; both Amazon and Etsy listed similar products in their bestsellers list. I found it very interesting that both platforms had pineapple hats.

I had three ideas, so it was now time to validate them.

Niche Validation

Validation is one of the most important steps when you’re starting your own online business. 

This process will allow you to understand if there is demand for your idea (product) or not.

If you skip the validation process your business can end up being a waste of both time and money.

Niche Validation #1

As I had three ideas, I had to find the one which had the most potential to become a success. The easiest way to do this was to use Google Trends.

All of these product ideas seemed great. There weren’t any crazy trends, but there were definitely signs of an increasing interest across the board.

With this graph I had the confidence to continue moving forward with these product ideas.

Even though “steel watch strap” had a higher search volume on Google, my intuition told me that I should look more into the pineapple products because:

  • The search volume for both pineapple products was on the rise,
  • These products fall under a specific niche,
  • There is a wide variety of possible products to sell.

I already mentioned that spending too much time on finding products to sell isn’t ideal for me. 

Then it hit me. I thought to myself: “why not build a huge pineapple dropshipping store?”

I wanted to stick with my gut feeling, and move forward with this idea. So, it was decided: I was going to launch a pineapple store.

Finding Products to Sell

Now that I’d decided on the niche for my store, it was time to start researching some products.

I started by checking Amazon to gauge if the pineapple products were available. 

I made a point to take advantage of the drop-down suggestions (as shown in the images below) after I had entered my search term.

This was a very important step. These suggestions are based on the activity from buyers who use these websites, and their algorithms have learnt which products I might be interested in.

Ultimately, these algorithms are meant to coax me into purchasing more from the platforms. And if they work for me, they’ll also work for my audience.

So, I simply searched for the term “pineapple” without pressing enter, and made a note of the results.

Amazon’s suggestions:

I cherrypicked these results for the products which looked most interesting and, combined with the results from my research, I compiled a list of 10 ideas:

  • Pineapple corer
  • Pineapple decor
  • Pineapple backpack
  • Pineapple float
  • Pineapple popsocket
  • Pineapple necklace
  • Pineapple earrings
  • Pineapple dress
  • Pineapple bikini
  • Pineapple hats

I was very happy with these results, but I still took the time to dig a little deeper and explore some more products.

After all, the more product research you do, the more likely you are to find products which will be successful for your business.

I spent around one hour reviewing these products, and I came up with a couple more solid ideas for my inventory.

I now had 17 product ideas in total. Bare in mind that each product also has dozens of different variants and color options, so my store’s inventory was looking good so far.

Read the full article here:

https://www.oberlo.com/blog/how-i-built-a-dropshipping-store-that-made-6667-in-under-8-weeks

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Business Bits

And Valuable Tips

Business Bits and Valuable TipsThus far, all the months in the year came in speaking to my heart and blessing my spirit.

Although things were very quiet on the business side of things during the Summer months, I continued working in order to keep business flowing and afloat. I made up my mind to walk by faith thankful to led by the Holy Spirit. 

While things were slow, I still continued to take inspired action because I love what I do. It has and always will be my focus and goal to be a blessing to you. 

This week started out receiving phone calls from some people I have helped to launch their own entrepreneurial journey.

One young man, who lives in Texas called me to inform me that he finally decided to start his tee shirt business. It is a dream he’s finally putting in place with all the tangibles he has to ensure that he is able to manifest his heart’s desire.

His business, 7 Day Confession, is becoming an enormous hit in this as well as in other countries.

Another lady who I’ve been helping called to tell me that she finally landed a better job as she had to get out from where she was due to stress.

Someone who I created an awesome tag line for is getting sales for her tee shirts and glass jars business. Things are happening for so many business owners and I am elated. 

As female entrepreneurs opportunities are constantly available to us and are being presented to us on a sometimes daily basis. I’d love to see you take advantage of all that is placed before you. I want to see you soar by incorporating those opportunities, which of course will be relevant to your empire. It’s how God works. It’s how we leverage our businesses and how we add steps to our ladders. 

I’m gearing up for the fall as I’m working every day to showcase my new beauty products for maturer women. 

Whatever you are working on do it with all your heart.

Trust and believe that you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.

Remember God has given you the power to get wealth. Trust in the Lord with all your heart. If you get stuck ask God for direction and seek His face. Make your requests known to God.

Encourage yourself. Speak blessings over your life and business and don’t forget to bring all the tithes into Gods storehouse. God will daily load you with benefits.

May you and your business be blessed now and forever in Jesus name. Amen. 

Cyndi

www.everywomanslifelovingjourney.com

The Abundance Prayer

Mountain Moving Month of May

A New Month For Awesome Beginnings

“Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands…” Psalm 90:17

10 Legitimate ways you can earn money online

10 Legitimate Ways You Can Earn Money Online!

Mountain Moving Month of May is a time of newness.

Every day from this month on should be a time of renewal in your business. And with thanksgiving overflowing from your heart, you should be in a place of confidence where faith meets you every day to help you to soar to your highest potential.

As female entrepreneurs we are equipped with the tools and resources to make our brands and businesses different from any other business out there. Wisely using those tools and resources opens us up to amazing and wondrous things.

When we use all that God has given us we open up ourselves to endless possibilities to get wealth and since God has given us the power to get wealth we should be enjoying an abundance and overflow of financial prosperity pouring out from the windows of heaven.

Do you know that there is an enormous difference between needing money or wanting money? 

Whenever I ask God to help me to get more money it’s because I need more money. What about you? When you to God our Father and you ask Him for more money to flow into your business is it because you need more money or is it because you want more money to perhaps buy that little extravagant something you have been watching, but did not have the money to buy what you wanted. Well, with so many legitimate ways to make money, we should have streams of income pouring into us and from the works of our hands.

Here is an article that was sent to me that tells you how you can easily create financial wealth and enjoy all the benefits that are your inheritance.

When you make up your mind to incorporate some or all of these streams and make them your own get ready to open your hands to receive your harvest. This is such an exciting time for you to learn new things. Now is the time for you to really enjoy using your gifts during this Mountain Moving Month of May. I want you to enjoy building your empires using your wisdom and knowledge.

Grab your pen and pad and write out the new plan for your newfound income. Write down every goal and elaborate on each one to ensure that you have clarity before executing your great plan and then you can focus on doing greater because God’s Virtuous Women Entrepreneurs you are remarkable!

Here’s the link to the article that I know can have a major impact on your business and in your life!

How to Make Money Online: 10 REAL Ways to Earn Money Online

Cyndi

www.beautyandtheface.com

 

 

How To Build Your Business for Success

A Special Gift for God’s Virtuous Women Entrepreneurs!

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How to build a business for your successHow to build a business for success is exclusively for you.

How to Build A Business with the Gifts You’ve been given is my gift to you.

When you are willing to learn how to build a business for success from your creative self and being, you have made a covenant with yourself to transform your own life and anyone else who may be involved. 

When you take time to read my ebook, How To Build A Business with the Gifts You’ve Been Given, and you make the choice to apply it to your business, you have just taken on a completely differently and new mindset.

You are saying to yourself, SELF, I CAN DO THIS! And you do it from a place of faith accompanied by confidence.

For God’s glory, I write to be a blessing to you.

I hope all that I share with you has helped you to either further your business or has helped you to create, design and propel your new business.

I am thankful for being able to relay to you messages of hope through some of my many writings as you work to use your gifts.

Did you know that you are multi-talented. Are you aware of the fact that there are endless tools and great resources available to you to ensure that you succeed in the highest way possible.

Your fruits await you from the seeds God has gifted you and planted within you. You have the knowledge along with the wisdom and understanding to lay a rock solid foundation for your business and for your life.

Remember to take inspired action as you enjoy this amazing transformational journey.

I hope that you enjoy this brief ebook packed with valuable information on How to Build A Business with the Gifts You’ve Been Given.

It has truly blessed my life and it is my prayer that it will bless yours as well.

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Be blessed,

Cyndi

www.giftboxbeautee.com

Taking Inspired Action and Use Your Gifts

To Get Wealth and Manifest Miracles In Your Business

Take Inspired Action and Use Your Gifts!

Taking Inspired Action and Use Your GiftsMy son’s front door I happily decorated.

 

Good Tuesday Morning God’s Virtuous Women Entrepreneurs,

I pray you are all doing great and consistently and brilliantly building your empires.

Taking inspired action and using your gifts. Use your power to get wealth to manifest miracles in your business today. You’ll be glad you took this amazing business changing advice!

Today I’d like to share with you a conversation that I had with my oldest son in hope that it may be a form of motivation for you as you aspire to soar to greatness today and every day!

I have four children; a daughter who lives in the United Kingdom; a daughter who resides in the DC area; a son who lives with me; (he is my youngest) and a son who recently bought his own home not far from me; I live in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA.

My son called me this morning on Facetime to show me something he was going to purchase from GrandinRoad. He always, and I mean always likes to ask for my opinion whenever he makes a purchase. When he bought his house and this is his first home, he consulted me on some things. Unfortunately, he didn’t listen and heed my advice when I tried to tell him about this gray couch he insisted on buying for his living room. I thought it was really drab. I told him that he needed a couch that would compliment his walls and hardwood floors, but he just had to have that ugly gray couch that, in my opinion, did not go with anything in his house. 

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When the couch arrived it was too small and the color, as I tried to tell him from the beginning was all wrong! I also tried telling him that he could get a couch for a much better price than the one he was buying from Pottery Barn. Pottery Barn is lovely, indeed, but their prices are through the roof; again, he didn’t listen and decided to stay with making all of his purchases from PB. I didn’t argue because I know that cheap can become expensive if you’re not smart.

Taking Inspired Action and Use Your GiftsThe table for dining!

Anyway, he went back and revisited the sofa situation and ended up sending the gray couch back for the oatmeal colored sofa that I had recommended before you bought the gray couch and my oh my, what an enormous difference the oatmeal couch made in how his living room; it popped in radiance.

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We went shopping at PB over the next few weeks where he ended making all of his purchases for his home. From coffee and end tables to rugs to be placed under his tables as well as mirrors for the wall along with accessories for his countertops situated just under his cabinets. Talk about lovely, I did my thing! SMILE!

When my son called me on Facetime this morning as I wrote earlier in this post, he wanted to share/show me the next purchase he was making for his home. The conversation went from him asking me my opinion about Grandin Road to me telling him about prayer and using the gifts God has given him.

Taking Inspired Action and Use Your GiftsThe couches that he insisted on buying. We had to revisit this, but with my help he got it right!

Take inspired action and use your gifts to get wealth became my focus for my son.

The conversation quickly turned into making money. My son has been blessed to be able to build one empire and is now in the process of building another one. I told him that all business deals may not be good ones and that he needs to ask God if anything that he gets involved in is what God wants him to do. I then read a few prayer bullets to him; he immediately said, “Mom, can you send me those!” I was elated to. I told him that by taking inspired action he is opening himself up to receive many miracles from God. After I finished telling him about the prayer bullets our conversation turned to my youngest son, Bj and my oldest son said this to me; He said Bj could be making $20 an hour taking tolls on the Pennsylvania turnpike instead of making $13.00 an hour. I broke it down to him like this;

Bj is working for someone who is extremely disorganized. Bj is an expert at social media. He grew his Basketball Society business from a few hundred followers to 10,000 plus followers on Instagram in a matter of weeks. One guy said that Bj came in and did what he just could not do in reference to building the man’s brand. He is excellent at writing and marketing and he loves it. It is his passion. I told my oldest son that Bj is using his gifts and talents, in addition to his skill set to create his own empire. Bj went to this new job working for someone who had no clue about business and in a week’s time Bj created a new business by using Canva and Instagram and this opens the doors for Bj is get his wealth because he’s consistently and passionately using his gifts for God’s glory even if he doesn’t realize that it’s for God’s glory. So that $20 an hour cannot be compared to $13.00 an hour because Bj is doing what he loves and this will net him a whole lot more than $20 an hour in more ways than won!

I then preached on for about another 15 minutes or so and my son attentively listened and hung on to my every word.

If you’re in business for yourself, make sure that you are taking inspired action. If you have a business and it’s not what you love, then you need to take time out to think about doing exactly whatever it is you love doing. This way you ensure that miracles will be manifested in your life every day. It is important for you to use all the tools and resources God makes available to you. Sure, it may be a lot of work revamping and recollecting your thoughts in an effort to start over, but when you work from your passion you will never work at all and your life will never be the same. I promise.

Take inspired action and use your gifts. Give God the glory as you use your power to get wealth and while you’re at it, you’ll be manifesting miracles along the way!

Be blessed,

Cynthia

www.cynthiagboyer.com

 

21 Ways to Achieve Wealth and Success

Prosperity and Abundance

In his book, Rich Habits — The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals, Tom Corley outlines several habits that distinguish the wealthy from the nonwealthy.

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It got me to think, How many people operate on autopilot and don’t stop to monitor their everyday patterns? Below I’ve summarized 19 of his habits for success (nine culled from his book and the next 10 from his recent article in Success) plus two of my own. If you’re not actively engaged in these 21 things, you are, in effect, leaving money on the table.

1. Setting good daily habits.

Good habits are the foundation of wealth building. The difference between successful and unsuccessful people lies in their daily habits. Simply put, successful people have many good habits and few bad ones. If you understand that your bad habits may be preventing you from becoming wealthy, that realization will be the first step in your improving your circumstances.

In his book, Corley invites you to take out a sheet of paper and list your bad habits in one column and then invert each one to place under a new column for good habits. It should look like this:

Bad Habit/Good Habit

I watch too much TV. I limit myself to one hour of TV per day.

I don’t remember names. I write down names and remember them.

Then for 30 days, follow the guidance of your new good habits list. You’ll be amazed at how much you can accomplish.

2. Regularly creating goals.

Successful people are goal driven. They create goals all the time. They plan their day the night before with to-do lists.

People who are headed for success think for the long term. They have daily, weekly, monthly and yearly goals. But what’s a goal without a plan to reach them? So not only do successful people have goals, they also come up with ways to achieve them and hold themselves accountable.

3. Engaging in self-improvement daily.

Successful people are always looking for ways to improve themselves. They read every day and are students of their profession. They don’t spend their time on activities that don’t bring them closer to their goals.

I recently attended an event hosted by author Brendon Burchard, who said he consistently blocks out time to create. Successful people like Burchard know that time is too valuable a commodity to waste. They spend their time on the things that will move the needle for them in their business: Being committed to self-improvement means you engage in activities every day that will stretch you.

Seek ways to expand your knowledge. This won’t always be easy, but people grow from things that pose a challenge. Once your knowledge grows, opportunities appear.

4. Regularly taking care of personal health.

 Each and every day successful people make an effort to eat right and exercise. Eating right is of utmost importance. Exercising daily can become a regular habit, just like taking a bath. People who exercise routinely have more energy to get things done. How are you doing in this area?

5. Often making time for relationship building.

People who are successful are other-people focused. They take time out of their day to strengthen the bonds of friendship and form long-lasting relationships with others. Networking is something they do all the time. They reach out to their contacts and look for ways to help them with no expectation of in return.

The most beautiful sound on Earth, I once heard someone say, is your name. So make it a goal to learn the names of every contact you meet. Aren’t you impressed when someone remembers your name? I know I am. So stand out as different and start remembering names.

6. Doing things in moderation.

You live in a balanced way if you do activities in moderation. This means having a balanced approach to work, eating, exercise, consuming alcohol, watching television, surfing the Internet and so forth. As a result, people will enjoy your company. If people like being around you, then you will be more apt to collaborate or find the new business partner that you need to take your business to the next level.

7. Getting things done.

Don’t put off to tomorrow what you can do today: Accomplish things. All people have fears, but successful people push past them. They don’t procrastinate. They get the important things done, no matter the cost.

In Rich Habits, Corley explains that when the thought of putting off something enters the mind, immediately shed notion by saying, “Do it now.” He says repeat these words 100 times if necessary. Just don’t stop till the task is done.

8. Keeping a positive outlook.

Consider the most successful person you know. Is that person positive or negative? Most likely this individual is positive, enthusiastic, energetic and happy. This person chooses to see the good in others and in himself or herself. To this person, problems are just opportunities waiting to be uncovered.

Every day people are bombarded by news of bad deeds and doings. Successful people minimize their exposure to this type of thing and instead opt to fill their minds with positive ideas from books and magazines.

9. Regularly saving money.

According to Corley, successful individuals put away about 10 percent to 20 percent of their gross earnings in a savings, investment or retirement plan. Not everyone can afford to do so, but what percent are you putting away?

10. Rejecting self-limiting thoughts.

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Successful people command their thoughts and emotions. As soon as bad thoughts intrude, they cast out anything that challenges their ability to succeed at the task at hand. They do not dwell on negative notions. Their self-talk is positive and not overly critical. They replace bad thoughts with good ones.

Because successful people engage in self-improvement daily and are constantly involved in positive things, they don’t allow themselves time to indulge in negative emotions.

11. Living within means.

Wealthy people avoid overspending. Among many of those struggling financially, some are living above their means. They spend more than they earn, live from paycheck to paycheck and are drowning in credit-card debt. If this is you, resolve today to turn things around for you and your family.

12. Reading daily.

Many successful people read 30 minutes or more every day. Reading can increase your knowledge and know-how. When you read, often you are seeking to improve yourself. This automatically sets you apart from your counterparts. You will stand out from the competition.

13. Limiting TV watching.

Did you know that many successful people limit the amount their TV time to one hour or less a day? How much time do you lose in front of the television that you could be spending doing something more productive?

14. Doing more than what’s required.

Successful people regularly go above and beyond the call of duty at work. Even if something is not in their job description, they will volunteer to do it. Wealthy people make themselves invaluable. As an entrepreneur, you may not have a boss. But in what ways do you go above and beyond for your clients? How do you wow them?

15. Talking less and listening more.

When you listen, you learn. And as the adage goes, that’s why people have two ears and one mouth. When you take the time to really pay attention to what another person is saying, it can truly help not only you but your bottom line as well. When you listen, you are in a better position to help others.

16. Not giving up.

Don’t give up when the going gets tough. Successful people hang in there. They pivot. They try something new. They persist. They may have to change their direction, but they keep moving forward.

17. Spending time with like-minded ones.

There’s a saying that goes, “Show me who your friends are and I’ll show you who you are.” I believe that. People are only as successful as those they choose to surround themselves with. Good associations can help you more quickly achieve your goals.

18. Finding a mentor.

Many people who have had a mentor have attributed their success to that person. Mentors can help you achieve your goals faster and keep you accountable. They can share valuable experience that can cut your learning time in half.

19. Knowing your why.

When you know why you’re doing something, you will get what you want quicker than if you don’t. Having a purpose is essential to being successful in business and in life. Why do you want to be successful? Why do you really want to be wealthy?

20. Not giving fear the upper hand.

Everyone has fears. Successful people don’t allow their fears to limit or define them. Fear inevitably keeps you in the same position and stunts your growth. Recognize your fears and seek ways to overcome them. Interview someone you admire and ask that person how he or she overcame a fear or pick up an autobiography and take notes.

21. Upgrading skills.

If you want to get ahead, there’s only one way to do it: Become better at something than you are today. What’s the one thing you can focus on for the next 30 days that will catapult you to rock-star status in your industry? Focus your attention on that. I heard John Lee Dumas from Entrepreneur on Fire define “FOCUS” like this: Follow one course until success. Will you?

Written by Meiko Patton

 

How To Write A Blog for Your Online Store

How to write a blog that generates not only traffic, but also sales, for your eCommerce or online store?

Is it even possible?

Maybe you’ve tried your hand at blogging and heard crickets!

Maybe you’ve labored over a blog post and felt that it’s just TOO hard.

Maybe you’ve thought about starting or writing a blog but you already have a million things on your plate.

How can you write and maintain a blog that brings readers and results?

In 5 easy steps.

Read on to find out what they are and how you can use them right away!

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How to Write a Blog for Your Online Store… in 5 Easy Steps

Step 1: Create a List of Topics Your Customers Want to Know More About

Start by first making a list of all the possible topics your customers want to know more about.

If you sell t-shirts, for example, they may love to know more about fashion trends, how to wear t-shirts to work and get away with it, how to add a custom feel to a mass produced t-shirt and so on.

If you make handmade jewelry, customers may want to know about accessorizing tips, how to care for jewelry, how to wear jewelry without going over the top, and so on.

You get the picture, right?

Sometimes, the questions your customers may have or want answers to would have nothing to do with your core business. They would be related to what you do.

How do you find out what questions your customers have? 

  • Study the emails you get and identify common questions in them.
  • Hang around in forums, groups and on blogs where your ideal customer is. Listen {in a non-stalkerish!} way to their conversations. What are they asking about?
  • Survey your customers. Yes, send them out and email asking them what are some of their frustrations with {insert name of niche} and what would they like to know more about it.

Once you have this list of questions, it’s just a matter of creating topics from them and putting them into an editorial calendar.

You don’t need anything fancy. An excel sheet with dates and days can be enough. The idea behind this is for your to plugin your topics on a regular schedule so you can batch writing your posts and stay ahead of the curve.

Say, you come with only 12 topics. Don’t worry. At 1 post a week, you’ll have enough content for 3 months. See?

Step 2: Write Your Post

The next step is writing your post. I recommend batch writing your posts. As online store owners, we have a lot on our plate. Fitting in 10 minutes here or 20 minutes there to write a few sentences for your post doesn’t make any sense.

It’s more productive if you schedule say an hour, every Tuesday to write. Block off distractions.

Shut down Facebook and Pinterest. And just open your editorial calendar, check out the topic… and write.

Step 3: Optimize it for Search Engines

Now that you know how to write a blog, your next step is to optimize it for search engines.

While a well-written post will be awesome for your readers, you do want it to be found by search engines too, right? That will ensure that your content gets picked up by targeted customers easily!

How can you get started with optimizing your content? What tools do you need? Would you need to fork out hundreds of dollars for them?

I know. I can hear those questions whirling around in your head.

Luckily, for you, we have rounded up the best FREE SEO tools to make this job easier.

Step 4: Drive Traffic to the Post

Now that you’ve published your post, you need to drive traffic to it. Luckily, you can automate this part, too.

Once your post is published, fire up a social media scheduler like Buffer and set up the post to be shared on social networks automatically. I’d recommend sharing it all through the week at different intervals.

Next, copy the first half of the post, plug it into your email marketing system, personalize it, add a subject line and whiz it away to your list.

Step 5: Rinse-and-Repeat

The final step is to rinse-and-repeat the 4 steps above. Before you know it, you’ll be blogging like a pro and enjoying the attention that your blog is getting and best of all, the sales that it’s driving up.

So, there you go… your 5-step guide on how to write a blog that brings sales for your online store.

Article written by Andrea of Launch, Grow, Joy.

www.launchgrowjoy.com

Investing

God’s Virtuous Women Entrepreneurs Presents Investing

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Investing In Your Business Begins with Investing in Yourself  

As a female entrepreneur you should be investing in your businesses everyday.  This is how your business thrives.  By making small deposits of thankfulness, knowledge, wisdom and understanding, you as a woman entrepreneur, can enjoy high profits that can alter your lifestyle and change the scope of your business.   In order to enjoy a lucrative business there has to be some form of investing.

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You possess a great wealth of knowledge.  You are a source of great energy.  Gifted with the tools that make your business thrive, you are a resource filled with all the components necessary to lift up your business and send it soaring out into the world of social media networking and making real connections.  You need to take your knowledge as you tap into your reservoir of wealth and apply it where your business needs it the most.  If your business is in need of a solid marketing plan, you should invest in making it your own unique marketing plan that has never been thought of or used before.  Create those attention grabbing marketing materials; postcards, pens, buttons and t-shirts that will bring you new customers. Think of a killer ad and commit to investing it into your business a little everyday!

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To really leverage, propel and grow your business you should be investing in yourself by committing to be consistent and doing things the way you know will sky-rocket you to success.  As entrepreneurs you possess a great wealth of knowledge, a reservoir that you can tap into whenever you need to grow certain components of your business.  You are wealth and you have all the riches you need simply because you’re you.  Now t’s time for you to invest in yourself make a deposit into your business and watch the return on your investment.  You will be pleasantly surprised at just how your business will sky-rocket.  

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You won’t fail.  You can’t fail because you are God’s Virtuous Woman Entrepreneur and you love doing business God’s way.  It’s never complicated.  It’s just plain and easy the way God intended for it to be.  Now go and make that investment. There’s an enormous return waiting for you!

How To Make Money in 2024

From the Beginning of the Year

Until The End of The Year

Good Day Awesome, Amazing and Phenomenal Women Entrepreneurs,

How are you. Can you believe that this year is moving along fast?

I had to share this post from 2019 because it is still relevant in 2024. Please enjoy this short read female entrepreneurs. It is great for your business.

I pray all is well with each one of you. My wish is that you are enjoying 2024. I also hope that you are implementing your own unique and brilliant ideas into the very core and the foundation of your businesses.

I wanted to share with you some of the things that have been going on with GVWE since the start of the new year.

First, let me tell you that someone is always trying their best to hack into what I am doing. As I attempted to log into the pages of GVWE, I couldn’t. I said to myself, as I always blame myself when I am unable to do or figure out things, what have I done wrong. Why can’t I log into my website. When I was finally able to access GVWE, I noticed a different name where my login details normally have my username. I logged out just to see if I’d be able to jump right back in, but of course, it wasn’t that easy.

So I prayed and asked the Holy Spirit to help guide me and He did just that. I went back in and changed all of my details.

Secondly, I am in the midst of preparing for Valentine’s Day. And the reason I am sharing this with you is to say this; if you have a product and you know it is the perfect product for making money for Valentine’s Day then I want you to start taking the necessary steps to achieving your financial goals in this one and done gifting season.

Decree and declare that this will be the year that you make money. If you want to make lots of money from the beginning of the year until the end of the year, you can. Make a covenant with yourself to make as much money as you want without ever doubting, but always believing and receiving!

So let’s begin with Valentine’s Day.  If you have yet to make a dime thus far this year, now is the time for you to be start. With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, this is the perfect time to make this goal of making money your priority.

Let Money Come and Let Money Flow.

Okay, now if you have a product I want you to think about your product and how it can change a life or help someone to solve a problem. For some men, they need help when it comes to buying Valentine’s Day gifts for their significant others and you already know that you make the perfect gifts that can be used for any occasion.

You know how amazing your products are. Stop and take time to think about and ask yourself, what can I do to make my product even more wonderful than it already is for Valentine’s Day, if that is at all possible. SMILE.

And then I want you to sit still and ponder some of the most brilliant ways that you can market your product and make it sell. If you want to make $2,000 this Valentine’s Day, get busy. Write it all down and then like a puzzle, piece it altogether to ensure that you are successful in making great sales.

To help promote your business and products you can create some spectacular flyers. Here are a few that i made myself this past Christmas and they generated good business for me. Go here to create and design your flyers for Valentine’s Day. It’s a fun and easy platform that can help you to propel your business this year.

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These are the flyers that I designed for Christmas for my Beauty and the Face Gift Box Beautee. They helped me to bring in great sales and my numbers were simply amazing. I also used word of mouth marketing. You can never go wrong with word of mouth marketing.

I offered various price ranges for my gift boxes. I started at $50 with $50 being the least expensive all the way up to $125 which was the most expensive gift box. In those prices I included my shipping and handling because I was grateful for the orders. I think if you offer something free to your potential customers you will retain them.  Now, when I say offer something free, it can’t be junk. When I say junk, what I mean is your freebie has to be something that has great value for your customer. It has to be high quality. This makes all the difference in the world in your business.

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A free gift can be something really nice from Macy’s. A big tip is this; if you can find something relevant to your product on sale at The Hallmark Store, Macy’s or even Boscov’s or perhaps Home Goods. You know all of these stores have nice products and usually of good quality.

You might add something like a mug, a really nice latte mug filled with chocolates or mints and beautifully wrapped with clear cellophane and a lovely red ribbon around it.  The possibilities are endless and with your great mind, you’ll be selling out of your products before noon Valentine’s Day or even before the love day arrives!

Look around you and be inspired at the things in your home, office or even outside in God’s majestic works. In no time at all, you’ll be on track to exceeding your Valentine’s Day sales this year and then we can focus on making $7,000 for Mother’s Day.

I’m here to help should you need more brilliant ideas. You can email me here at cyndisdesignz@gmail.com

Blessings now and forever,

Cyndi, Your Sister In Business and Christ

Speak Into Your Heart

Affirmations for Women

Because They  Work

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Affirmations for Women. I wrote them because I really need(ed) them and because they work!

Stuck in a place where I didn’t want to be for far too long, in my opinion anyway, I was lost, scratching my head, down, wondering and praying for miracles to happen. Listen, I wasn’t even going around in circles. I was just plain stuck.  I was doing the same exact thing every single day from one hour to the next with no significant results to journal.

Something Had To Change;

My Way of Thinking and My Way of Speaking

 

I knew if I was going to start enjoying working my businesses more than ever, something had to change and that something had to be me. I am glad that I realized the fact that I didn’t have a choice; I had to change. I had to change my way of thinking and speaking. That’s when I told myself and my husband that it was time to make a positive change for us and my businesses. 

I Welcomed Positive Thinking Into My Mind and It Warmed My Heart, Body and Spirit and Changed My Life!

 

I was ready for things to change in my life and when I began the practice of positive thoughts and saying to myself, I am a success, all kinds of opportunities, ideas and possibilities knocked down my door.

I had all the tools and resources available to me, but because I was focused on all the wrong things, which was not going or getting anywhere in my life, I became discouraged. Instead of me encouraging and believing in myself, I was thinking just how desperate I was to make money. I now realize that you cannot be desperate for anything. It is important that you relax and confidently believe in yourself, your unique skill set and great abilities.

The Manifestation Begins

 

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Even though my creativity was thriving and I was creating all kinds of unique and powerful designs and writing beautiful masterpieces that I had hoped would be a blessing to women everywhere, I was lost.

When I finally pieced everything together in my life and in business I began to gain momentum. I then started reading about affirmations and how they work. Believing in myself and now speaking these empowering transformational affirmations daily they helped me to become a more powerful magnet for the things I desired. When I began speaking affirmations every morning and evening and truly believing while taking inspired action in my businesses, I began manifesting a lot of things my heart longed for. And here’s the thing, when I started to use these phenomenal affirmations I spoke/speak them from my heart; this is where my treasure chest of gratefulness can be found. My mind played an integral part in manifesting as well, but the heart is where everything is rooted because it is true.

If you’re reading this and you want to change your current circumstance(s) or situation, be it in your life or in your business, Personalized Affirmations can start you on the road where you’ll discover that in you there is great power to get wealth. If you want money flowing into your life like never before then you must get this book. If you want to wake up to emails that read, you have $100 in your PayPal account every week or even everyday, then Personalized Affirmations is going to change your life in a profound and amazing way and possibly even quickly depending on your level of vibration. So get excited and be grateful. If you believe, you shall receive. 

Now go and start speaking your affirmations with feelings of elation and watch!!!

When you add these affirmations to your daily list of things to do and with continued use, you will be amazed at how quickly things will begin to flow to you and you’ll be saying I can’t believe this is happening!

Personalized Affirmations for Women because they work and change lives!

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Be blessed,

Cyndi