Welcome!
This blog is meant to be a resource for all your untapped potential riches. When I say riches I mean monetarily and socially, realized and unrealized, public and private. I want to help you see all that is available to you as an individual RIGHT NOW that you're just not seeing. This blog is broken down into categories that I will be developing as the weeks and months go on. Right now there is only one topic and category: The Internet. Since you're already here, reading this, you know its potential otherwise you wouldn't be here. In this post I'm going to help you see just how vast the resources are on the internet, free for your use. Below is a list of sites that provide value to you for free or for a minimal charge. By taking full advantage of them in your business or website you will realize the latent potential you have. Obviously this is not a complete list, however, I am trying to change your perspective on what is possible. In future Internet category posts I will go into detail on each site and what is available in them, you can skip over the ones you're already familiar with.
For future posts I will be covering these categories and topics:
Social
Friends, Parents, Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, Church, Synagogue
Local
Library, Parks, Food banks, Food stamps
Employer
Software, Meeting Rooms, Internet Connectivity, Laptop, Phone, Insurance
Home
Electricity, Cable, Ease of Travel, Central air/heating, Automatic Dishwashing, Washer and Dryer
Federal
Postal Service, Military Spending, Social Security, SNAP, SSI, TANF, WIC, Grants, Open Borders, Cheap Gas, Oil
Internet
https://smallbiztrends.com/2016/06/top-free-business-listing-sites.html
Skills
Technology expertise, Platform expertise, Social skills, Motivational tricks, Job interview tips, Work pitfalls, Benefits utilization
Google.com
Vast indeed. Google indexes over 30 trillions websites. Google basically is the internet. If you have a business and don't have a website searchable by Google, then you're not participating in all that is available to you. Make sure your site is SEO or Search Engine Optimized to increase your chances of being found by Google's crawlers. This is a good place to start: https://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo
Google also has its own office productivity tools that I use extensively. Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Drive.
Bing.com
Bing is Google's main competitor. Be sure to make your site available on Bing as well (https://www.bing.com/webmaster/help/why-is-my-site-not-in-the-index-2141dfab) as people are using them as well. Get on them all! Duckduckgo.com is another site that is gaining steam as people are tired of being tracked on the internet. Duckduckgo provides anonymous searching.
Yelp.com
If you have a business and aren't on yelp, you're probably not getting as many customers as you could be. Yelp provides people with an inside opinion from those who have already tried your services. Whether its food, a massage, dentist, hotel or phone repair, yelp is helping customers and businesses communicate how good (or bad) the experience was.
AngiesList.com
In much the same way as Yelp, AngiesList provides customers with a way of previewing and validating businesses. They specialize in professionals and businesses who provide services for customers in their local area. If you already own a business you can register here (https://office.angieslist.com/app/join/?cid=AL)
Craigslist.com
This is the internet's want ad. Come here to buy, obtain or sell almost anything with no frills.
EzLocal.com
Post your business here and give people more information about what you provide. They help with getting your local business get more traffic from local people.
Facebook.com
You can create pages here, for free, to gain a presence on facebook for your business. If you're not already taking advantage of this then you're leaving free exposure on the table.
LinkedIn.com
This site is not just about finding a job anymore. They have redesigned themselves as a social media feed site. Having a presence here can improve your standing with potential employers as well as provide you with traffic to your business.
Youtube.com
Even with all the controversy surrounding the demonetization of videos for no apparent reason, youtube is still the biggest game in town. They offer free space to host videos. They provide tools to manage your "channel." Since they are run by Google they are integrated into your Google account and can be linked to any of the many tools that Google offers.
Udemy.com
This site allows you to post courses you make and they handle all the hassle of distribution and money gathering. You just pump out quality content (on what you already know best) and they send you money. It couldn't be better!
Teachable.com
Much like Udemy you are given a platform to host your courses that you charge money for. The best thing is you can host the same course on both of these platforms (I asked them and they are ok with it).
Upwork.com
This site is where you can hire someone to help you with any of your technology needs. As well you can become a freelance employee providing services to those who need it. Any expertise you already have you can offer at a rate or full project cost that you set. It's an example of how work is done more and more in the time we're in.
Fiverr.com
Here you can offer small tasks for "a fiver" (meaning $5). Anything that you know someone will pay a small fee for you can offer here.
This is just a brief summary of what is available and only the top layer of what is available on these sites. As I develop this further I'll be going into each site in new posts for each individual site.
Thanks for reading!
You Are Already Rich,
_Dave_
This blog is meant to be a resource for all your untapped potential riches. When I say riches I mean monetarily and socially, realized and unrealized, public and private. I want to help you see all that is available to you as an individual RIGHT NOW that you're just not seeing. This blog is broken down into categories that I will be developing as the weeks and months go on. Right now there is only one topic and category: The Internet. Since you're already here, reading this, you know its potential otherwise you wouldn't be here. In this post I'm going to help you see just how vast the resources are on the internet, free for your use. Below is a list of sites that provide value to you for free or for a minimal charge. By taking full advantage of them in your business or website you will realize the latent potential you have. Obviously this is not a complete list, however, I am trying to change your perspective on what is possible. In future Internet category posts I will go into detail on each site and what is available in them, you can skip over the ones you're already familiar with.
For future posts I will be covering these categories and topics:
Social
Friends, Parents, Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, Church, Synagogue
Local
Library, Parks, Food banks, Food stamps
Employer
Software, Meeting Rooms, Internet Connectivity, Laptop, Phone, Insurance
Home
Electricity, Cable, Ease of Travel, Central air/heating, Automatic Dishwashing, Washer and Dryer
Federal
Postal Service, Military Spending, Social Security, SNAP, SSI, TANF, WIC, Grants, Open Borders, Cheap Gas, Oil
Internet
https://smallbiztrends.com/2016/06/top-free-business-listing-sites.html
Skills
Technology expertise, Platform expertise, Social skills, Motivational tricks, Job interview tips, Work pitfalls, Benefits utilization
Google.com
Vast indeed. Google indexes over 30 trillions websites. Google basically is the internet. If you have a business and don't have a website searchable by Google, then you're not participating in all that is available to you. Make sure your site is SEO or Search Engine Optimized to increase your chances of being found by Google's crawlers. This is a good place to start: https://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo
Google also has its own office productivity tools that I use extensively. Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Drive.
Bing.com
Bing is Google's main competitor. Be sure to make your site available on Bing as well (https://www.bing.com/webmaster/help/why-is-my-site-not-in-the-index-2141dfab) as people are using them as well. Get on them all! Duckduckgo.com is another site that is gaining steam as people are tired of being tracked on the internet. Duckduckgo provides anonymous searching.
Yelp.com
If you have a business and aren't on yelp, you're probably not getting as many customers as you could be. Yelp provides people with an inside opinion from those who have already tried your services. Whether its food, a massage, dentist, hotel or phone repair, yelp is helping customers and businesses communicate how good (or bad) the experience was.
AngiesList.com
In much the same way as Yelp, AngiesList provides customers with a way of previewing and validating businesses. They specialize in professionals and businesses who provide services for customers in their local area. If you already own a business you can register here (https://office.angieslist.com/app/join/?cid=AL)
Craigslist.com
This is the internet's want ad. Come here to buy, obtain or sell almost anything with no frills.
EzLocal.com
Post your business here and give people more information about what you provide. They help with getting your local business get more traffic from local people.
Facebook.com
You can create pages here, for free, to gain a presence on facebook for your business. If you're not already taking advantage of this then you're leaving free exposure on the table.
LinkedIn.com
This site is not just about finding a job anymore. They have redesigned themselves as a social media feed site. Having a presence here can improve your standing with potential employers as well as provide you with traffic to your business.
Youtube.com
Even with all the controversy surrounding the demonetization of videos for no apparent reason, youtube is still the biggest game in town. They offer free space to host videos. They provide tools to manage your "channel." Since they are run by Google they are integrated into your Google account and can be linked to any of the many tools that Google offers.
Udemy.com
This site allows you to post courses you make and they handle all the hassle of distribution and money gathering. You just pump out quality content (on what you already know best) and they send you money. It couldn't be better!
Teachable.com
Much like Udemy you are given a platform to host your courses that you charge money for. The best thing is you can host the same course on both of these platforms (I asked them and they are ok with it).
Upwork.com
This site is where you can hire someone to help you with any of your technology needs. As well you can become a freelance employee providing services to those who need it. Any expertise you already have you can offer at a rate or full project cost that you set. It's an example of how work is done more and more in the time we're in.
Fiverr.com
Here you can offer small tasks for "a fiver" (meaning $5). Anything that you know someone will pay a small fee for you can offer here.
This is just a brief summary of what is available and only the top layer of what is available on these sites. As I develop this further I'll be going into each site in new posts for each individual site.
Thanks for reading!
You Are Already Rich,
_Dave_
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