The reason my income should go up each year is that I am constantly learning new things to do and ways to do the same thing quicker. In the latter half of 2013 I went back to eBay, which was my first online love. I did eBay full time for 3 years until one day I said, "Enough." The reason is that eBay kept changing their policies, people gave negatives and were nasty in the comments and I just got fed up dealing with a constant supply of clutter moving through my house (and so did my family). And so started my journey into online writing.
But earning money from writing articles and later books is a slow process and so is the money. So, during 2013 I went back to eBay. Initially it was fun, but as the year went on I got more annoyed with eBay's complicated policies that are ever-changing, and then received two undeserved negatives. While I'm sure I will never stop doing some eBay, I have other plans for 2014 that are more residual than immediate.
I have 2 books in my head that I want to finish writing and publish. Youtube videos that I want to make, and a lot of clutter that I want to help people move. It's nice that I have so many options, but choosing what is the best thing for me to do next is not easy. Added to which, hubby is within 10 years of retirement and I'm dabbling in stocks to invest his pension money. And the homeschooling still continues. I will, of course, keep you my reader up to date with what I'm doing.
One of the biggest things I've learned is that on the Internet everything can be connected. So tweet, pin and share the Kindle book and eBay auction, add it to a tag line on a forum and do some offline work to balance your online work.
With that said, while I've been doing eBay I've also made some YouTube videos about eBay. They will appear on this blog in the next month or so.
So cheers to everyone reading this, let me know what is working for you and what is not, and I'll continue letting you know too. And have a blessed and prosperous 2014.
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