Some people have made some amazing money from their efforts. One site flipper created and sold enough brand new niche blogs to earn $1000 in just 24 hours.
Plenty more people followed along and soon enough the market was flooded with websites for sale. Most were sold on "potential". Someone would set up a blog, add a few posts and claim it was easily worth $100. Never mind the fact he had done little nor no keyword research, there was hardly any content, it got no traffic and the liklihood of the buyer actually making any money with it was slim.
The same goes for ebook sites. Amateurs were throwing together badly written ebooks of a few thousand words, creating what they called a "sales letter" for it (you should see some of these things!) and then offering them up for $2000+ sometimes.
At one point, you only had to list a website for sale there and it would fly off the shelves. I know - I was selling them myself and could make $100-200 per day working just a few hours.
But now it seems the tables are turning. And for the better.
You see, the market is so flooded, that it has turned into a buyers market. People looking to invest in a website can pick and choose exactly what sites they'd like to buy from a huge selection of possibilities.
Prices are dropping due to the over-demand as the amateur site flippers try to contsntly undercut each other to seal just one more sale.
And yet, there are still people making decent money flipping websites. These are the people who can see the game changing and are playing by the new rules.
They are:
1) Produce A Site To Be Proud Of
No more throwing together a few badly written articles and trying to sell them. Try to create the sort of site that you yourself would want to buy. Think about creating value. Add loads of articles ot a blog, create a really meaty ebook that you could genuinely imagine yourself selling (and feeling proud of). Now sure, there are some people who have been doing this all along (such as Kate Anderson and myself) but there are also a lot of sellers trying to peddle nothing short of junk. Be aware - they won't be around much longer.
2) Value A Site On Where It Is Today
Too many sites for sale are new and the owner talks about how much "potential" there is. Or the seller says a site used ot make $5,000 a month but now only does $1,000. Don't worry, they say, it still has the potential to make $5,000. What you need ot appreciate is that you either need to get it back up to that $5,000 a month yourself before selling it, or expect a valuation based on it's current income of just $1,000.
The New Rules Of Marketing
My reply to this is, "Who told you you had to love your step-children?" The problem with this question is that you're trying to play a new game with old rules! Let me explain. You're assuming that because you love your own children, you should love your partner's children because now you are (or soon will be) their step-parent. The "old rules" you're playing by are for nuclear families. I think just about anyone would look at you weird if you didn't love your biological children. You been a part of their lives since birth.
Is it fair to expect yourself to love children, whom you may have only known for a few months, to the same degree as you love your own children? Does that even make sense? NO!
This isn't a nuclear family! The "new game" is a step family. Those old rules don't work here. Instead, they cause frustration and guilt. Your goal should NEVER be to emulate a nuclear family. Instead, it should be to have a healthy and happy step family. This does NOT mean a step family is less than nuclear families? Absolutely not!! It just means they're different.
A step family matures in stages. As those stages progress the feelings that everyone has for one another should progress as well. At the beginning everyone can feel uncomfortable and awkward. It may feel like all of the sudden, you're living with a bunch of strangers.
I often advise new step-parents to try to focus on developing a "coach type" relationship with their step-children early on. Kids look up to a coach because they are another adult who is fun and can teach them things. A coach's role is NOT a disciplinarian and they aren't expected to love the kids they work with.
That's the type of role you want to play. They already have a parent who is responsible for disciplining them and making sure they follow the rules. You should focus on getting to know them and developing a relationship with them.
Over time as the family grows, love may or may not come into the picture. But that really isn't necessarily the goal. Your goal as a step-parent should always be: to be another positive adult in this kid's life. Whenever you get frustrated or question how to react, I encourage you to ask yourself, "Will this action lead me toward or away from being another positive adult in this kid's life?"
So take the pressure off yourself. Don't forget, you're not playing by nuclear family rules. Don't forget that the successful creation of a happy stepfamily takes years, NOT months. Relax and give everyone the time and space they need to flourish.
Step families are complicated. There are a lot of people, living in one house, with no close ties. This can lead to hurt feelings, disappointment, and arguments if you haven't parepared yourselves adequately.
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