TommyCarey
Level X3
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I get a lot of people asking me what I do for income and my basic response is usually something along the lines of "I work online helping website owners generate more traffic and sales" which is true, but a vague response of what I really do. But I didn't start doing this and that's why I'm posting this discussion 
How did you get started working with websites?
I myself started playing around with websites in 2002 or 2003 and got pulled in because I read something that said "Make $500 a day by just posting ads on websites!" and I opened my wallet and spent $297 on a sh*tty system that didn't teach me anything except for what Google adsense was.
After I attempted to get my refund, which was almost impossible to do because of how they set everything up, I realized that I had to optimize my websites in order to get higher rankings and then get clicks on my adsense advertisements in order to make any money. So I started learning on page and off page optimization, or SEO.
Learning SEO over the next few years while still working a full time job was pretty brutal. I would work 8 to 10 hours a day and come home to work another 3 to 4 and not get paid for it. But I think it was worth it in the end because I started making a few bucks here and there on my websites after they started getting ranked.
After I was proficient in SEO techniques and methods I began to sell my own SEO services to people who needed help. I did pretty well with this until Google banned me from Adwords. I literally went from making $1,000 a day with a $50 a day investment into Adwords. Not a bad ROI, right? After I got banned I began scurrying around to figure out how to generate the most amount of high quality leads since I couldn't use the biggest PPC platform anymore. I started working around on LinkedIn and other PPC platforms but it just never was the same
Fast forward to today and I now work online full time and I'm still doing SEO for clients and I have a few services that make me some passive income
How did you get started?
How long have you been playing with websites?
Are you working online full time or are you part time?
Keep up the good work
Thanks,
Razzy
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Are you working online full time or are you part time?
I am a Navigator on merchant ships so i can't work full time but whenever I have the chance i like to feel my laptop's keyboards.
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Well Everett, yeah on some vessels there is a full time internet connection. Starting 2017 it will be compulsory to have full time internet connection on ships. Anyway, a Navigator is one of the Officers who is "driving" the ship, while is en route to some port.
It's a demanding job which implies a lot of things but it's also an interesting way to build up your character and test yourself in critical situations ( keep in mind that, during storms, you don't have where to run :)) )
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[size=100]One day, I found myself unemployed. I got tired of uploading my resumes into online databases and filling out job applications giving out all of my personal identifying information to people who keep it and I don't know if they secure it from identity thieves. [/size]
[size=100]Wasn't getting any job offers. [i]So I decided to hire me.[/i] My kids gave me a computer, paid for the Internet, and for the rest ... I was on my own! So I Googled “free website” and up popped a DIY app to build my own website. The rest is history. [/size]
[size=100]The self-employment work-at-home road has neither been smooth nor easy. [i]But it beats doing nothing and wasting precious time whining about how cruel and unfair life is. [/i]Amen! :)[/size]
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Everett
I got started when I wanted to create my own online game. I wanted a text-based MMORPG game, think along the lines of those mafia style type of games. Yeah, those. I had a problem though, I didn't know anything about coding, what code to use, and was entirely lost. I was around 16 when I first found something called "opensource code". And messed around with that until I broke the code. I didn't know how to fix the script, and I googled how to fix the errors, and this is when I taught myself how to write PHP code.
How long have you been playing with websites?
Since I was about 16. So about 7 to 8 years in total. I usually play around each day to make my coding skills better.
Are you working online full time or are you part time?
I tend to believe I work full time online. I can not go on the internet and not make money. I would feel as if I was wasting my time since I am not being paid to have fun. [b]How did you get started working with websites? [/b] I got started when I wanted to create my own online game. I wanted a text-based MMORPG game, think along the lines of those mafia style type of games. Yeah, those. I had a problem though, I didn't know anything about coding, what code to use, and was entirely lost. I was around 16 when I first found something called "opensource code". And messed around with that until I broke the code. I didn't know how to fix the script, and I googled how to fix the errors, and this is when I taught myself how to write PHP code. [b]How long have you been playing with websites? [/b] Since I was about 16. So about 7 to 8 years in total. I usually play around each day to make my coding skills better. [b]Are you working online full time or are you part time? [/b] I tend to believe I work full time online. I can not go on the internet and not make money. I would feel as if I was wasting my time since I am not being paid to have fun.
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