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Over the last couple of weeks, I had completed two affiliate stores and now, it’s the time to work on them. I’ve been reading blogs of those who earn money from home to gain encouragement and inspiration. I have to tell you that life as a work at home mom is not a bed or roses. Nevertheless, it’s a decision I have made and I’m sticking to it!

In the past, I spent most of my time updating my home office blog and my list of other blog sites. Then I forget that I need to work on bringing visitors to my niche sites if I want my home office business to grow and increase in profitability. That’s the reason why I have been spending time on building backlinks via article submission and keyword optimization.

Like it or not, a small investment may be needed if you are serious about earning money from home – just like any off line business. There are many internet marketers who will tell you all you need is a domain and hosting and with free blogging platform, there is no hosting costs. But what they didn’t tell you is that this method may take years before you can see some traffic coming in or some adsense clicks to your niche blog or site.

Lately, I have invested in a few back linking strategies (see my right sidebar icons for reference) and I’m seeing couple of my niche sites ranking well on SERPs. So instead of spending 80% of my home office time on writing, I’m adjusting my priorities. I use majority of my time on back linking for my affiliate stores and niche sites and the rest of my time on writing and researching.

On the weekends, I focus on spending time with my growing preschooler who is active, curious and fun. We set lizard and spider traps around the house to keep those pests away and do fun things like painting and stenciling together. Basically I stop my work at home duties on the weekends and focus on parenting and family time.

Yes, all of us like to earn money from home but let me remind you that building an online business takes weeks, months and even years. Don’t expect success overnight and don’t be fooled by internet marketing hype and talk that you can earn five figure in one month. This is baloney – absolute baloney.

It was almost impossible to get much done in the home office when my preschooler was off for a week from school last week. All women who work from home can understand what I mean.

Since I tried not to leave him alone with the TV, I took responsibility in occupying him with activities like art and crafts, building blocks, simple games…etc. This is another one of those work from home challenges. As much as we all like to earn money from home, we do face obstacles, difficulties and hiccups. But no matter what you are going through, keep going on and don’t let your frustrations take a toll of you!

Last weekend, my boy and I went to grab some back to school items on Sale and I could see the smiles on his face when his work at home mom decides to take a break and bring him out. All kids want is a bit more quality time with their often busy and frazzled parents. Sometimes, we get too caught up with our plans to earn money from home that we can take things for granted.

Now that he’s back in school, there’s a sign of relief as I catch up with some overdue home office work. This is a week of creating affiliate stores after I upgraded my Datafeedr plan. Till then!

With the rise of unemployment rates, it looks like more people may opt to work and earn money from home. Many are also discovering the potential and perks of earning money from home with today’s super advanced technology. The truth is, no matter how ‘bad’ times are, opportunities are everywhere.

If you plan to earn money from home, you may have already heard about creating blogs and niche sites. While many work at home moms are profiting from adsense and affiliate marketing, many are still wondering why they still make enough to even pay for their own hosting. Starting a blog or niche site isn’t hard but earning money from it can be challenging.

Personally, I’m working very hard to succeed in the area of affiliate marketing. I used to think that as long as I chose a niche and started putting related content into the blog, the job is done. I never bother much about search engine optimization, keywords research or back linking.

Recently, I started setting my affiliate store for a new niche site and am working hard to optimize the site. For those who want to earn money from home via affiliate stores, you may find Datafeedr very useful to create your affiliate stores. If you aren’t sure if this is what you want, you can sign up for the cheapest package which allows you to set up one affiliate store. You can then set up more affiliate stores once you are familiar with the system.

With datafeedr, you can put together products for your niche stores from a long list of merchants including commission junction, shareasale, linkshare, clickbank and lots more. For instance, you can create a niche store on luxury watches and pull various luxury brands from the listed merchants as long as you are an affiliate with them. When someone visits your store, he can see all sorts of brands like Patek Philippe, Cartier, Omega…etc.

Learn more about how to earn money from home by setting up unlimited affiliate stores today!