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Things you need to make money online

September 8, 2008 by evl

I just thought of a few things needed to make money online and would like to share it. Patience Working on the internet takes time, you have to wait for affiliates to come back to you, you have to wait once you've signed up at a place for them to approve you, you have to wait for search engines to scan your site and then you even have to wait for the search engines to send traffic. (if you dont socialize). You have to wait for Google to give you a pagerank and then you have to wait for a Alexa rating to get more advertisers to make you wait more for the money you will get in 3 months time after you waited for the advertisers Waiting is part of the daily internet life. Especially in a country like South Africa where we have the worst internet connections in the world. Having a fast connection might help you a bit but you still need a lot of patience to be a full time money making blogger because things just dont happen overnight. Anyone can make money online if they have enough of this thing called patience. Most blogs only last 3 months because people dont have patience. There are so many examples why you need patience to make money online. Traffic Without traffic you might as well write a decent post on a piece of toilet paper and keep if for when you really need the toilet. Traffic is what drives money on the internet. The more traffic a site gets the more the site is worth. No traffic, no money. No matter what you have on your site, if you get traffic you can make money. Traffic is humans visiting your site. Not those nice people who leave you random links in your comment sections. No they are called bots. What you want is humans reading your content. And for that you need great content which I will come to later. Time Apart from patience you need time to write, socialize, comment, learn, research and once more write again, seo, analyze, get motivated. Domain Please get your own domain. Read this post why:------ Plan If you dont have a plan, you wont know what to do next. Where you are going with your blog is a important thing to know. If you dont know where you are going how can you get there? What is your target or if you plan making a living online, how do you plan on getting there? Stragedy Stragedy is different from plan. Stragedy involves planning with a roadmap, how will this be done? The plan is the path to the end result but you still need a stragedy to get there. Niche Having a niche gives you something to target as well as a reason to advertise. If you have no niche you cant really advertise and get your blog branded. You need a slogan that says: this is what I do and what this blog is about. Other bloggers Without other bloggers you will not make any money online. Networking with other bloggers helps your blog grow as well as their blogs. Networking is what makes blogging work, without this one thing blogging would be kind of dull. Content This will determine if you have a great blog or not. How you write it, how much time you put into your articles. Is it original? You need to make your content stand out from the rest. Having ordinary content will not give you a job on the internet. Having ordinary content will make your blog melt in with the rest of the crowd. It's not a bad thing but if you want to make a living from your blog you really do need original content. Endurance This is different than patience. To make money online you might have to struggle sometimes and even make no money at all. The thing that might make it work at the end is endurance. Keeping on when things are not going well with your blog is always a good idea. Design The design of your site matters. Are your ads well integrated? Can people find your rss button easy? Another thing that matters is how well your ads are camouflaged to not make your site cluttered. Your logo is also important for branding your site. Rankings Rankings do matter, this is because most affiliate companies use rankings to choose who they would go with. The better your rankings the more work you will get SEO Search engine optimization matter because that might be the only way people will find your site and also the only way to turn those visits in clicks on your ads. Knowledge and Passion I would love to write about Tech stuff because I really like gadgets and stuff like that. But the problem is my knowledge of certain things that I like is not enough to write articles about the certain topic that would stand out. Thus I would be able to blog about it but not make a living of it. So there might be more things, maybe I missed something. Feel free to add it in the comments. Thank you for reading.

Bush toilet Oribi Gorge close to Durban

August 22, 2008 by evl

 

I am not actually sure if Oribi gorge is close to Durban but I am sure it is. This is a photo of the toilet right at the gorge. Some view this is.

This is the perfect place to get lost in the bush. There are even lions. Well they are in enclosures but still, you get the sense of adventure.

 

01July2008 - margate to EL 105

What to look for when buying a Motorhome

May 31, 2008 by evl

Motorhomes can not be found anywhere in South Africa. But those that you can find is not always the best, or most the time they are not even roadworthy. But for those motorhomes you might consider buying you need to check the following: License: Not all motorhomes need the same license. Some motorhomes need a "people transport" license like the Unimog. Other motorhomes can vary in License etc. For instance, two motor homes being the same size might need two different licenses. The one's engine might be bigger than the other one or the one motorhome might require a special permit. Toilet: Well if you are going to be using this motorhome for what the name says there better be a toilet in it. Most 24 ft motorhomes come with toilets but you must just make sure that the toilet is actually working because fixing that small but important part of the motorhome costs a lot. Off road: You must also figure out where you will be going with this motorhome. Can it go offroad? Does it have a diff lock? Buying a motorhome that can only take you to places with flat roads can limit your camping and travels. Consider getting a motorhome that can go on and offroad.

I might not be a South African - Written by a Teary Black African

May 27, 2008 by evl

I might not be a South African But I'm black, my skin is the same as yours My colour is the same as yours My genes are African, nothing but African When your leaders were beaten by whites I was there to shelter them I was patient with them I offered them food, shelter, Most of all, I offered them protection I might be a South African I can't speak Zulu, cause I'm Vhenda I can't speak Zulu, cause I'm Shangaan I don't know what an elbow is in Zulu As much as you don't know it in my language Since when was Zulu the only South African language? Yes...............I'm not from Gauteng I was not born here, but I'm South African Where should I go if you beat me I'm not beating your father, mother, brother or sister who works at my area in the mines I'm not calling them makwerekwere though they can't speak my language. I might be dark in complexion I might have the foreigners looks I might have the foreigners body structure Now I am scared to go to the only place that I call home I'm scared of working down the street without my ID Whites wanted me to do that centuries ago Now you, my black brother is acting white Why should you Black South Africans do this? What makes you think that you better than me? Who told you that I'm responsible for your unemployment? Who told you that I'm less human If I need to go back to Vhenda........let all the Zulus go back to KZN Let all the Tswana's go back to Botswana Let all the Sotho's go back to Lesotho Let all the Ndebele's go back to Kwandebele Let all the Xhosa's go back to Eastern Cape Yes............let all the Swati's go back to Swaziland Is this not ignorance? Your unemployment is your responsibility Use your intellect Get up and work Let education empower you Seek humanity Before 1994 you blamed whites Now you are blaming me Who are you going to blame after chasing me away? Who are you going to blame after killing me? For what it's worth....................... I'm sorry I was not born here I'm sorry I can't speak Zulu I'm sorry for being too dark for your Joburg I'm sorry for cleaning the toilets you don't want to clean I'm sorry for doing your garden I'm sorry for repairing your shoes I'm sorry for protecting your leaders while they were in Exile Yes.....................what you call Exile...........is my country And most of all.......I'm sorry for building South African infrastructure Please my brothers let there be peace and prosperity amongst black African people.

Camping spots and your motorhome. What to look for before you book your camping spot

April 30, 2008 by evl

Traveling in your Motorhome in South Africa can have its downsides but mostly its enjoyable. One downside is when you get to a camping site and you realise that a few things you must have is just not there. So you booked for a week and you cant really stay because of one of these issues: No electricity Many camping sites or rather most camping sites have electricity but now and then you get to a camping site that does not have electricity, And if you have a luxury motorhome and want your things to work you better phone the camping site before the time and find out if they have electricity. Toilet pump dump Driving for with your motorhome and you get to your camping site, maybe you want to let those toxic things you left behind go out into the sewer but you realize that there is no place you can empty your toilet tanks. Always make sure if you are planning on emptying your toilet tanks that there is a place to do this. Water Water is one of the basic things in life you need to survive. But the funny thing is, we have come to a place that has no water. No a tap or anything. Yes, these people did not tell us. So for the most important part of your motorhome trip, make sure you have enough water and if you go to a camping site, just ask. You might sound a bit stupid but its worth the risk.