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So finally you have decided you want be your own boss and make money doing what you enjoy. Do you have any business opportunity in your mind? Well doing what you love doesn't necessarily translate into viable business opportunities. You also don't need to have a big budget to get started and put your business ideas to work. Of course it all depends on the project.

When it comes to come up with a business opportunity, the first thing you should do is to decide what you expect, whether you want to get into opportunity that will provide part time income for you or make it full time and substantial income carrier. Then you should examine your own life and try to find the aspects of it that will help you get started. For instance if you are outgoing person who like talking face to face with people, you like socializing you are definitely should find yourself in business opportunity involving direct contact with people. However if you are kind of "behind scenes" person, maybe online marketing is just for you because you can market your web site and contact the prospects via email without need for face to face meeting.

If you're a freelance writer or other solopreneur hoping to attract new clients through your blog or website, you need to be sure these potential clients can actually FIND you online. That means you need to optimize your site(s).

After all, success on the internet really depends on traffic!

It's just that simple.

You need lots and lots of traffic to reach customers and clients for your services and products.

Here are some ways to optimize your site:

1. Post to your site regularly. If you don't post new content at least 3 times a week, then you have no reason for people to visit your site often, and the search engines won't have anything new to pick up either.

2. You need a way to capture names and email addresses on your site. Once someone visits your site, you want to have a way to reconnect with them on a regular basis. For that, you need an opt-in box and some sort of offer so they'll want to "opt in" and get on your mailing list.

3. Even if you have an opt-in box, without a clear offer for opting in, most people won't bother. Make it clear what you are offering to anyone who signs up for your list. Usually, this means something immediately, like a free report or free e-book even if people will also receive a free newsletter from you later, on a regular basis.

4. Be sure you have some sort of way to track your traffic. You need to know how much traffic you are generating but also where that traffic is coming from. It's also good to know what visitors are clicking on once they get to your site.

5. Install widgets and plugins to make your site more unique and to help get the word out whenever you make a new post.