In today’s post, I would like to cover an area, a lot of people are afraid to comment on. And to me, I was, but as I grow in myself and my business, I can see a need to be fully transparent in all I do. So I have come up with this post called “How I Work”.

On January 1st 2011, I am earning all my income from online work, and some offline consulting work. For me this is a major step and I have taken time to prepare for us. Have I done the right thing ? Only time will tell, but with all the guidance and help I have received I feel right now it is. But if I find it is not work out as I expected, I shall take other steps. Since I was 16 I have been self-employed, yes it has been a struggle and there have been times when I would have earned more money being on the dole or welfare, but I never lost sight that I need to work, and carried on.

When you look at how I earn / work, it is broken down into 3 main areas -

1) Product Sales -             eBay, Amazon, Etsy, and own site.

2) Affiliate -                       Adsense, CJ, Amazon, EPN, Squidoo and Sundry

3) Consulting / Training – Also in this area is Outsourcing Work, I do for eBay sellers etc.

The affiliate side of my business I work on as and when. I build mini sites and blogs and leave them be. If I see a site suddenly receive lots of traffic I might turn it in a bigger site, but normally just let them drip feed money into my account.

The product sales is where I earn the major part of my business and is where I try and build month on month.

Lastly the third area is like the icing on the cake, and is an area I am looking at building in 2011.

I hope this short blog post has helped you see how and where I earn money in my business and will give you some tips and ideas to grow your income in 2011 and beyond.