Building up a "make money online" business in any shape or form requires a lot of work, and not a small amount of risk. Sometimes, what you are risking is money. Other times, what you are risking is your feelings, or perhaps your self-esteem. When you put your face out there into the world, when you open yourself and share about yourself, people respond to it. Sometimes positively. Sometimes negatively. Sometimes a well-meaning combination of both.As my YouTube channel has grown, I've receive...

I did this interview back in April 2020. Jaryd Krause is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet, for reals. What I like about Jaryd (aside from his easy going personality and humility) is his drive to learn and grow. When other people might be tempted to coast and enjoy, he is still pushing hard to push himself personally and professionally. His business is about leveraging his experience building a portfolio of online businesses to help others do the same. Since I am very interested in th...

This is a interview I did with Leon Angus in May 2020. Leon is such a great model for what is possible if you really commit to learning and growing. Leon is a UK based marketer who is working part time as a tube driver, while dedicating the remainder of his working hours to building up profitable niche sites using the Amazon Associates program, in addition to other affiliate programs. If you want to see the video version of this episode, you can catch it here.Here's Leon's YouTube channel Con...

Building confidence in ourselves as we navigate in our only endeavors is a critical part of this journey. In the beginning, there can be a lot of anxiety or fear. It is an unknown world for many of us, and it feels a lot like taking action while wearing a blindfold. What's going to happen if I do this? Overcoming this anxiety and making my moves without any external support or validation is a major goal of mine in 2020. Part of this is having enough knowledge and skill to make good decisions,...

I had a great chat with Tyler Bishop, who is the CMO of Ezoic, a platform that aims to help website publishers optimize and maximize their site's performance and earnings. Tyler has tons of experience in the content publishing world, both as a publisher and as a marketer. Here's the link to the video version of this podcast if you'd prefer to see our faces. Here's the link to my newsletter.Here's where you can find Tyler on twitter.

I had a good chat this morning with someone in the community, who has the skills and knowledge to make the jump but can't get past the roadblocks that seem to be in the way. I wanted to talk a little bit about that chat (keeping this person safely anonymous of course), and share whatever value I could glean from it with you.For more content like this (and to the content I post over on YouTube), try subscribing to my new email newsletter hosted on substack: https://emilia.substack.com/

This is an interview that I previously published over on my youtube channel, and it is special to me because it is the FIRST ONE that I ever did online. Jon and I were both super nervous, and mostly we did it because we wanted to get better at doing it. I appreciate Jon's willingness to submit and participate, and we ended up having a really good time. What is this interview about? Mostly it is us talking about the challenges of getting started online, and we talked a lot about how Jon get st...

This is Part I of a two hour interview that I did with my friend Richard Patey, who is an experienced website operator, buyer, and seller. This interview was also posted over on my youtube channel, and you are welcome to actually view the action in addition to listening to the content if you like.Richard has a great email newsletter, where he shares both written and audio content. While it is a paid newsletter, he also offers free content, which I recommend that you check out. You can access ...

This is Part I of a two hour interview that I did with my friend Richard Patey, who is an experienced website operator, buyer, and seller. This interview was also posted over on my youtube channel, and you are welcome to actually view the action in addition to listening to the content if you like. In this portion of the interview, I got to ask the questions I often get from the community, about growing a website beyond the beginning to intermediate stages to something much more valuable. Do w...

I spent some time this morning working on my Adsense/Ezoic case study, which got hit pretty hard by the may the 4th update. I have had concerns about the speed of the site (with and without ads). So I worked on it for a few hours and then decided to record a short bit of content to remind myself what I did, and because there are a few of you out there who might get some value out of this process.Oh yes, and here's the signup for the free weekly newsletter I just started (and referred to in th...