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3 Ways To Monetize Your Squarespace Website in 2020
First of all, if you are using Squarespace to run your business, blog or nonprofit the first thing I want to say is, well done.
THIS ALONE TELLS ME THAT YOU ARE CLASSY, SMART, NO-FRILLS AND POSITIONING YOURSELF FOR SUCCESS.
I’m a Blogger, Author, and Life Coach and I do A LOT of research in within my own niche, and as a Creative Entrepreneur at large.
Like you, I am ever growing and figuring out where my balance lies and where I want to invest more of my time and money.
This balance will look different for each of us, but I can assure you that, based on all of my research and experience, these are the top 3 ways you can use your Squarespace website to generate an income in 2020:
First of all, if you are using Squarespace to run your business, blog or nonprofit the first thing I want to say is, well done.
THIS ALONE TELLS ME THAT YOU ARE CLASSY, SMART, NO-FRILLS AND POSITIONING YOURSELF FOR SUCCESS.
I’m a Blogger, Author, and Life Coach and I do A LOT of research in within my own niche, and as a Creative Entrepreneur at large.
Like you, I am ever growing and figuring out where my balance lies and where I want to invest more of my time and money.
This balance will look different for each of us, but I can assure you that, based on all of my research and experience, these are the top 3 ways you can use your Squarespace website to generate an income in 2020:
1. Ads.
Ads are the most passive method of generating income from your website, and also one of the most common.
Many people use ads as their SOLE source of income from their website- and if that is the case, the name of the game becomes attracting as many visitors to their website as possible.
(This is why there are so many of those skeezy websites trying to masquerade and get you to click on them. Because they get paid by the number of visitors to their website.)
Fortunately most people generating income through ads have more integrity and actually create useful and helpful websites, and draw people there by using social media and strong SEO.
Based on all of my research, the GOLD-STANDARD for putting ads on your website would be an Ad Optimization service such as AdThrive or MediaVine.
(I have no affiliation with these companies).
These two companies take out the guesswork, simplify the process and pay well. Although both of these companies require a certain number of pageviews before you are eligible, I still believe this is the best structure to sustain healthy growth using Ads.
So, at the risk of stating the obvious:
If you want to start making money on your website using Ads, growing your number of pageviews is paramount!
If you are having trouble growing your traffic, I would HIGHLY recommend visiting Carly over at Blogging Like You Mean it. She offers some AMAZING courses to help get your business off the ground. Some of them are even free!
2. Affiliates
Affiliateship has been on the rise BIG TIME over the past year.
When you become an affiliate for someone, you are basically advertising one or more of their products for them (usually by making a recommendation in a blog post or in your newsletter).
You do this by inserting a special link that can be traced back to you, and anytime someone clicks that link and ultimately purchases something, you receive a commission from the sale.
In my opinion, the most ethical way to use affiliates is to ONLY recommend products and services that you have used yourself, and that you can honestly HIGHLY recommend to other people.
And while there are many large affiliateship programs (like Bluehost or Hostinger), that allow you to sign up, browse products and really streamline this whole process- most people I respect and admire agree that: the best way to use affiliates on your website is to contact the companies you want to work with directly.
In other words, if you really love a product and service and want to recommend it, get in touch and see if you can become an affiliate!
The best affiliate partnerships for you are the ones that give you a high percentage and again, that you can honestly recommend.
I have a small handful of products and services I am an affiliate for, and I treasure them because they all offer products and services that I’ve used myself, love so much and am EXCITED to recommend to other people!
PLUS AMAZON!!
I use amazon affiliates as well, because it’s so easy to sign-up and who doesn’t want to recommend something sold on Amazon every once in a while?
Amazon affiliate is a great place to get started if you are new or experimenting with affiliate marketing!
(IMPORTANT NOTE: Amazon will shut down your affiliate account if you include affiliate links in emails. So DO NOT include amazon affiliate links in your newsletter. I know several people who have made this very innocent mistake and been penalized.)
3. Selling Your Own Products.
This is the most fun way to make an income in my opinion!
If you are a creative entrepreneur like me, then creating your own products to sell is the most appealing option of all!
You have a gift, you have something to share, and that is why you are here!
Maybe you are looking for a simple way to create and sell your course or mini-course right within your Squarespace website.
Or maybe you are still trying to Give A Shape To Your Dream.
Maybe you are an artistic, detail-oriented woman looking to expand your ETSY shop into a real online business, or looking to launch your new groundbreaking e-book!
Whatever journey you are on, the beauty is that there are now SO MANY great resources to help you make your dreams a reality!
I wish you the best in your endeavors and in the slow, happy, steady progress of making your dreams come to life!!
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The First Five Steps to Starting Your Dream Business
Do you have a dream brewing in your heart?
Something you can just picture yourself succeeding at and thriving in?
Everyday I talk to beautiful, smart Christian women who are pouring themselves into someone else’s plan-for-success.
They have their own goals and visions, but just struggle to see how they can make them a reality.
They are often too busy, too stressed, have too little time, too little money, and lack the direction to make their dreams a reality.
This was me for a long time!
Do you have a dream brewing in your heart?
Something you can just picture yourself succeeding at and thriving in?
Everyday I talk to beautiful, smart Christian women who are pouring themselves into someone else’s plan-for-success.
They have their own goals and visions, but just struggle to see how they can make them a reality.
They are often too busy, too stressed, have too little time, too little money, and lack the direction to make their dreams a reality.
This was me for a long time!
I would get so excited about a new program, and follow every single step, until I would lose steam, or realize that this was not really taking me where I wanted to go.
I think we often struggle to realize how adored and uniquely made we are to do our own thing.
There is so much out there calling to us, and it’s SO EASY to get absorbed in following in someone else’s footsteps.
But this isn’t what you were made for and you have more freedom than you realize!
I want to give you 5 steps to help you press in and build a strong foundation for following your dreams.
These are not what you would find in a typical business start-up course, but I truly believe that positioning yourself correctly from the beginning will be what sets the groundwork for keeping your life in balance, and letting you run freely on your own path!
1.Dance at God’s feet.
What I mean by this, is let your real self come out with God!
This is the safest place to let all of your deepest desires and wishes come out. Think of yourself like a little girl with her Daddy who she is able to just talk and dream freely with, with no judgement. Even though she doesn’t say all of the right things, there is still love and adoration in her Daddy’s eyes!
Give yourself permission to be yourself with Jesus.
Tell him what you really dream about. What movies and characters and songs and other people inspire you. Tell him how you picture your life! And don’t be afraid of how it sounds!
Maybe this can come out more freely and fully journaling to him in a notebook!
The point is that you give yourself the permission and time to open up and dream in the safe space with Daddy.
2. Surrender, pray and listen.
After you do the dancing and the dreaming and the getting it all out there- the next step is to quiet your heart, surrender, pray and listen.
Imagine yourself laying those dreams at God’s feet, literally. Surrendering everything you just told him you want, and telling him:
“I trust that you will give me what you want for me. If you want me to have parts of this dream, I will receive them gratefully and gladly, and the parts you don’t I trust that you have something different and better for me. I just want to trust you fully. Help me. I’m laying my dreams at your feet and listening, like a blank page in a book for you to write on.”
This is surrender.
And the way that God speaks most powerfully to us is through his word. So take some time next to read his word, and truly absorb what you think he’s telling you!
Repeat these first to steps DAILY for 30 days, and I promise you will find more peace, direction and clarity than you ever knew you could have!
3. Prioritize from the top down.
I highly doubt that you just have all of the time (and money) in the world to give yourself over fully to a new business or ministry venture. Especially if you are a wife and mommy.
That means that some things need to leave your plate in order to make room for this new pursuit.
And here is the most prudent and important advice I can give you:
Do not steal time away from your children, your husband or your relationship with God.
Those priorities need to remain a permanent fixture no matter what you take on- ESPECIALLY if you want God’s blessing over you life, your health and your pursuits. Because he has a way of slowing us down and letting us know when our priorities are out of whack (trust me, I know!)
Time spent on social media, your phone and television should be the first things that get cut! Fruitless, busy activities and time wasted on aimless and unhealthy relationships also.
If you want to do this well, cut the fat out of your life and start taking small steps that fit within the realities of your budget and your home life.
4. Invite Others In!
We need a community. We are the body of Christ and to each member he has assigned different gifts and roles, so we can all function together as something much bigger than ourselves.
Don’t try to be a one-woman show.
Reach out and talk to your pastor’s wife and other sisters in Christ about what your dreams and plans are.
I’m not sure what the end result for you will be, but God has a way of bringing us together and uniting us in purpose and cause.
Don’t hide!
5. Letting it go and moving it forward.
This is a balance. A dance of sorts.
We must continually surrender all of our dreams and motives to God, and sometimes there is a season for standing still and waiting to hear your next move.
But if you feel that God is leading you to move forward, do so prayerfully and resist the urge to plan out your entire future.
Sometimes God will give you just enough light for the step you’re on.
Step forward in faith.
And in all of this I can tell you this:
The best and most beautiful things are found in the intimacy with Jesus. If you think you are going to find an identity or sense of importance in your work, it will disappoint you.
The close places where your heart is fully understood and you are fully loved, that is where it’s at. No other person, or no amount of success can give you anything that good- and once you have that, everything else is just a bonus!
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This is a personal writing project meant to express my feelings and thoughts, not to be used in place of God’s word. Anything good and true that I write is only because he has blessed and gifted me to do so, but I am a sinner, saved by grace, and am prone to weakness, bias, harshness and fault. I hope that my words can lead you to seek more of your own personal walk with Christ, because HE is only place you will find real TRUTH and satisfaction.