Hi I’m Lissie

Welcome if this is your first time here. This is my personal blog about an on-line journey to make passive income - one website at a time! I'm no real expert - but I have slowly built my online income from zero (or less if you count the hosting expenses) to around US$3000/month. Read more »

Passive Income – The Dream and the Reality

Hi and welcome to my blog about starting up and running an online passive income business.  This is a little different from most of the others that you may find if you Google for “make money online”. There are no fast cars, or skinny gorgeous women here! Sorry – probably just lost of bunch of you right there. Also – you know that secret about how to make millions of dollars while you sleep …  Well if I knew that I wouldn’t be maintaining this site would I duh! Actually this site is genuine -the pictures really are of me, I really do make money online and I am quite happy to tell you how I do it. Can you make money doing what I do? I have absolutely no idea – probably not though – most people aren’t prepared to put the work in. If I haven’t scared you off yet and you actually like what I have to say feel free to subscribe to my blog’s feed to be notified when I get around to updating the site. Why Passive Income? That’s my dream – lying on the beach getting paid while I sleep. Who wouldn’t like that! That’s why [...] Read more »

Latest update

First Video!

OK you were warned! Here’s my first video! Unfortunately I sound like a giggly school girl on speed, fortunately I don’t do much talking! The second go was a bit better when I did the front and end bits. I think I freaked – having the light setup to shine on my face was waaay to close to being on stage!  Anyways – I cheated – this is an interview with the owner of SEO Cobra - and he’s way better on camera than I am – which is lucky really!  For those who hate video – the brief points are: the November launch was a stress test for both the software and the staff involved and this resulted in changes to the rules for users.  rules were changed in order to protect the sites,  the rules may change again, as the Internet environment changes.  the point of this service is that it provides variety – there are plans for sites that cover video, article directories, web 2.0 style sites etc.  the idea is that the links in the network will continue to be worth something in 6 months and longer into the future.  the aim is to be G-proof, for [...] Read more »

Earlier…

Pinterest For Backlinks, Affiliate Sales, and Recipes

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I am liking Pinterest! SY gave me a heads up about why I should use Pinterest ages ago, and sent me an invite. I ignored it. Then she told me I REALLY needed to have a look, and finally I did. I fig[...] Read more »

Right Keywords + Right Platform = Cash!

Gum Digger with His Tools - (Kauri gum made some people a lot of money in 19th century NZ - if they looked in the riight place) Dargaville

Who needs new keywords then?  Well any of us who want to make money online in my experience. As I mentioned recently, I’m using Wizzley to make some fast cash - though this approach will make [...] Read more »

Empower Network Scam or Legit?

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I was introduced to the Empower Network by an acquaintance at a rare blogging meetup in my home town.  I have said that I’ve sworn off scams – but this one came looking for me – i[...] Read more »

Internet Marketing Business Plan – 2012 Edition

Cape Reinga, on a bad day, the Pacific is meeting the Tasman somewhere in the background

Sorry this is a bit of long one, even for me! You might want to read my previous posts first if you haven’t (and they are shorter!): 2011 Looking Back, 2012 Goals – Introduction. Short ver[...] Read more »

2012 Goals – Introduction

Ugly photo! December 2011 - though they did send me a medium when I asked for an XL!

As I mentioned in passing in my last post 2011 – wasn’t the most exciting year of my life.  Personal Goals  Gonna hit big 50 this year, which is cool because it means we can dance in the[...] Read more »

2011 Review Looking Back

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Hmm, looks like although I’ve used Chris Guillebeau’s approach to planning before, I’ve not actually blogged about it!  I don’t have a lot of time for most “self improve[...] Read more »

All I Want for Christmas Are Long Tail Keywords – Keyword Researcher Review

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Yeah Christmas or whatever you choose to celebrate or not in this happy/stressful/profitable time of the year!  I think its fair to say that 2011 has been a bit of an up and down year in terms of Int[...] Read more »

I See Video In My Future – And Its Very, Very Scary!

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Let’s face it – I am scared of the camera – well one that takes moving pictures anyways! I don’t really have an issue with photos of me per se, particularly if they are stored [...] Read more »

Wizzley Review: The Answer to the Hubpages Scam?

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Are Lissie and her scams right? Well its hardly my fault that scam is a the word Google likes to give this blog authority on. Well OK maybe it is my fault! And so yes I can use it to my own benefit as[...] Read more »

NZ Electoral Law is an Ass – I Will Comment Today!

Mt Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand

Yeah this is my first and probably last political post on this blog! Yeah I don’t mean the politics of A-List and Z-List bloggers I mean genuine NZ politics. Yeah NZ is having an election and fr[...] Read more »

Archives

Making Money Online – the Reality

Hoi An, Vietnam - real sellers

I started off without a clue in this business.  I’m not saying I was uneducated – I had a degree in science and had even done some marketing courses. I was computer literate – in fa[...] Read more »

The Keyword Academy

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I have quite a few posts about  The Keyword Academy so I thought I would gather them all together in one place. I’ve been a member there since April 2009 and being a member has transformed my o[...] Read more »

Resources

Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, Wellington

As this blog gets bigger and bigger I find I am forever sending people the same links over and over. So here it all is in one place.  If you want to use the tools I use then this is the place for you[...] Read more »