Shout It Loud

I am repeatedly surprised by the number of men and women who are currently focusing on the world wide web to earn an income. I own a group of different e-commerce businesses which as a group make me significantly more money than it was possible to ever realise having a full time job. I am not saying that I have to work less hours but I don’t have commute any more, allowing me to devote more time to study and learn new skills. I am now in a great position for the future and I cannot see me returning to full time employment.

Growing a set of companies is fulfilling, but I have had to explore and try methods of being more effective and working smarter. To look after my users and the financial performance of my concerns, I use a group of online services - you need robust small business management software to stay on top of the numbers and let you focus finding and look after customers. I purchased a Quickbooks login and a NetSuite login. I can use these useful tools from where I choose to work and they effectively allow me me to watch all of the businesses events as they happen.

Using my NetSuite login I am able to see all of the selling activities on my e-commerce systems and track the impacts of my Google Adwords marketing activities that drive prospects to my checkouts. I have deleted Microsoft Office which has been superceded by a Google Account with all of the services I must have, like electronic mail, document creation and spreadsheets. I can get at these services from on holiday or at home.

I have educated myself and broadened my skills set, I have found a wealth of free and amazing value for money tutorials which I have quickly studied. One of the most life changing lessons I have taken onboard is how to identify and farm out dreary tasks, to people who can do this quicker and at a lower cost. I can accurately tie the moment at which I broke through my income threshold to my discovery of the advantages of farming out some of the tasks absorbing most of my time, to me increasing my income to above that of my pay whilst in full time employment.

In Part 2, I get into detail about how I work smarter.