Lloyd Hester

Category: Online Marketing

  • Earthquake In Bali – Rocks the House

    Earthquake In Bali – Rocks the House

    There was an Earthquake in Bali yesterday morning. Not long after we got up at around 6.30 in the morning. There was a loud rumbling and the house shook. The water in the swimming pool sloshed about so much it came over the edge. There were waves! That was a sight to see.

    It had the whole household up very quickly, shame it was not a school day as Katie has not been up this early since… well actually never this early I don’t think!

    It only went on for about 30 to 40 seconds but it is a very scary thing to happen I can tell you. Now I think I may be jinxed.

    I lived in the Canary Islands for 17 years and there were one or two small tremors in that time, then we moved to England for a couple of years and we were there when the biggest earthquake for years again rocked our house and cracked the garden wall.

    Now we live in Bali and I find out that we are living on the ring of fire, as it is known. I thought that was something you got after a hot curry. This is the second quake to hit Bali since we have been here and I am hoping that it was the last.

    I am all for a bit of excitement but this is a bit over the top if you ask me.

    Anyway back to business..

    One thing about the Internet business is that you can run it from anywhere in the world. Another thing, is that if you outsource the majority of your work then you have to spend very little time on it. Having others make money for you is the way to go.

    And after this ground shaking event, and no I don’t mean when I fell up the stairs, it may be time to move on.

    As long as we have an internet connection we can work from anywhere. Communicating with staff who live in Brasil, India and the Philippines via skype and email allows us to run our little empire.

    We have just setup a couple of new websites that we think will generate a little extra income almost on autopilot. Check them out and let me know what you think? www.PortratiPaintingGallery.com is live but needs a bit of work. It is a website to promote oil painting portraits from photos. We have an amazing team of artists that really know there stuff and produce some great works of art.

    www.izabellamorgan.com is another one ready to go. Sharon and Astrid designed a range of beachwear that we will promote through the luxury hotels here in Bali and once established, across the World through a network of agents. So all good stuff.

    I got portrait painting gallery ranked on Page one of google, msn and yahoo. Yahoo has dropped down to 35 now but still on first page of google. Not bad in a week eh? That is pretty impressive by anyone’s standards you must admit (He says in a smug voice 😉 )

    I will keep you updated with how we get on with the ranking of this site over time and let you know how much traffic we generate and, how much we make from it.

    Until then from .. 🙂

  • Testing Is The Key Testingalotlloyd

    Testing Is The Key Testingalotlloyd

    Testingalotlloyd What is that all about eh?

    This word only exists in my brain and it is used as a test word to check where my article is found.

    It is important to test everything that you do. For example, if you are writing articles or doing blog posts then you need to know where best to post them.

    Also if you are going to create a number of web 2.0 pages then you also need to know which ones you should spend time on as they should all have unique content on them

    It is not worth spending time to create a web 2.0 page if it is not going to get seen by the search engines.

    IT is not difficult to check this and you do not need fancy or expensive software to do it either.

    All you have to do is to create an article and embed a unique word or phrase into it.

    After a few days then search for the keyword on google, yahoo and msn as well as any others that you want to check.

    This can also be used to check how fast your website is indexed by google or the other search engines. if you make a post on your blog then check the publish time and check every few hours to see if it appears. Easy eh?

    I use special words in my posts and articles and when it is eventually indexed we will see where my post is syndicated. Over time if the word is found in other sites then we know that the article is being used. You can then check it out to see if your content is being plagiarized or the proper links are being displayed.

    Also check out this oil painting of Sharon and Morgan (my wife and one of my daughters)

    http://picasaweb.google.com/lloydhester/BaliFamilyPhotos#

  • Plan your Work and Work Your Plan

    Plan your Work and Work Your Plan

    It is so important to have a plan to work to.  Now, I don’t mean goals, although these are important in my opinion.

    I have learnt this the hard way over many years and the difference, once you learn your lesson is amazing.

    if you do not plan your work by creating a list of things to do and following that plan you will be like a ship in the open seas without a compass, or SAT NAV these days!

    I also try and do the to do list at the end of the day for the following day.

    For some reason I tend to be able to think clearer about what has to be done  for the following day rather than trying to make my list at the start of my day.

    If you are going to work online in you own internet business then you need to be as efficient as possible.

    Outsourcing is a great way to build your business which you shoul do as soon as posible. However, you will not be able to do it unless you are able to list the job that needs doing in order and in a way that makes sense.

    So get into the habit of making a plan and following it and then, when you come to employing your first member of staff you will already be  a step  or two ahead of most people online today.

    Make your daily list of all the things that you need to do and then prioritise them and start at the most important. another tip is to start the thing that you least want or like to do. Set yourself a time limit and get stuck in. Try to get as much done in the time you have allowed and don’t get distracted. Focus all of your attention on that task.

    You will be suprised at how much more you wll accomplish and before long you will be doing it every day 🙂

  • Making Money Online -One Thing That Nobody Tells You

    Making Money Online -One Thing That Nobody Tells You

    Making money online and working from home is a dream for a lot of us.

    There is a wealth of how to courses available on every different subject you can imagine. Everything from FOREX trading to selling on Ebay.

    The problem is that there is so much choice that it is hard to know what is right for you.

    People get blinded by the temptation of earning their fortune online, they read the numerous sales letter and get caught up in the hype.

    Pressing their buy now button and spending their hard earned cash on a course that fails to meet the promises made.

    The biggest problem however, is not the fact that the course fails to deliver, the main problem is that we all have different talents and abilities. Some of us are good at facts and figures, analysing things and paying attention to detail, others are great at ideas or designing but have great difficulty in understanding html or php.

    The secret to success is to first work out what you are good at and make your decision based on that not on the compulsive, persuasive sales letters that all sound so simple to copy.

    I have spent time searching for something that can help with this decision and there is nothing available.

    I have been involved in a number if different businesses over the years and I have always used other people or companies to assist me in tasks that I was not competent at, or did not like to do.

    Yet, with my internet business I tended to do everything. This slowed me down no-end and meant that I spent days of wasted time learning things that could easily have been outsourced.

    The internet is a minefield and those wishing to get involved need to spend time assessing their skill and ability levels.

    Making money online is easy if you spend time doing things you like and are able to do. so beware of the sales letters and choose something that you are good at before you get going.