Just When You're Making Money Online - Google Cancels Blogger FTP

Ugh! Yes it is tax time and Blogger time. You've probably noticed over the last few years that The Agile Marketer is a Blogger blog - something I've enjoyed using for a number of years for my core site (this one) and many other profitable affiliate and AdSense sites.

The bad news is that on May 1st Google is pulling the plug on posting your Blogger blog on an externally hosted website. This is tough news for those of us who have many blogs - and, if you haven't guessed, something I've been working on for the last four weeks.

What really bothers me, however, is the fact that The Agile Marketer has reached #26 in Google for the exact search term 'Learn How to Make Money Online ' and #52 for the unquoted term - a very, very competitive keyword phrase (125M results).  This site has been slowly and surely moving up the Google ladder over the last 2 years with a significant amount of effort.

The rub now is that moving this site back to being Google hosted is going to cause a number of problems:

Pssst!! Here's a Secret - How to Make Money Online

Ah, the age old question - "how do I make easy money online without any effort"? Guess what, unless you are a lotto winner the answer is 'you cannot'. Please listen to me when I say this - you are not reading this to just make money - you are trying to establish an online business. What's the difference you might ask? The difference is a business has a vision, plan, growth potential, focus, etc.

"But", you might ask, "I can just be an affiliate and make extra money, can't I?" Yes, you can. However, you cannot make the kind of money needed to become an independently wealthy or earn a full living online. Now, you might counter with examples of those who have done it - but I would say they have a vision and direction but just don't know or have the business education to realize it. Take a very close look at some of the leading internet marketers like Mike Filsaime, Neil Shearing, Michael Cheney (affiliate link) and Derek Gehl. They are making serious money online because of their commitment and vision of their business. (This goes back to yesterday's posting on driving business growth).

Internet Marketing Secret - there is not an easy way to make money online, but, there is an easy way to learn how to build a business to make money online. Study the names above very carefully, take notes, find their links, see what they sell and list their core business focus areas. If you are patient, and truly productive you will make serious money. It will take effort and a little time.