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| HobbiesMann Member
 
 Joined: 30 Jan 2009
 Posts: 14
 
 | # Posted: 25 Apr 2009 06:51 Reply
 
 I enjoy working from home with my own office looking out into my backyard garden. It so beats working for an employer.
 
 I have been working from home since 2001. At that time I was so sick of working for others that I quit my day job and took up residence online.
 
 I make my living online but it hasn't always been fun. I went through a long stretch where I didn't make much because I thought I knew what I was doing.
 
 Now I have a little network of about 30 sites over 8 IP addresses. Great for linking between my sites and for selling ads on my sites.
 
 I really didn't start to make money online consistently until started sharing my love of the hobbies I enjoy. Once I started blogging about my hobbies and pointing to money sites for affiliate sales the money started coming in.
 
 I also noticed that PageRank started moving up for my hobby blogs.
 
 I tried a few methods for getting sites ranked but I was following a method that didn't seem to work for me but rather than give up those sites I am refocusing my efforts and changing the niche focus.
 
 It took me a few years, part of which was my heart health, but now I work 5 days a week. M-W-F are blog update days and Tues and Thurs. are days for me to modify sites by adding useful plugins and writing more articles for article directories.
 
 I now have more time, but it took some organizing, to enjoy the money I earn online and the hobbies I love and write about so much.
 
 Life is good.
 
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| samueldarwin Member
 Joined: 10 Oct 2007
 Posts: 383
 
 | # Posted: 25 Apr 2009 11:45 Reply
 
 Great and this is the life I aspire and I know at one day I would be like you.
 
 Sam
 
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| garygoh Member
 
 Joined: 24 Mar 2009
 Posts: 81
 
 | # Posted: 25 Apr 2009 20:55 Reply
 
 Hi Hobbiesmann,
 
 Like Sam, this is what I would like to do and what I hope I can work at home in the very near future.
 
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| mountainmom5 
   Joined: 30 Aug 2007
 Posts: 1330
 
 | # Posted: 26 Apr 2009 00:01 Reply
 
 Thanks for sharing hobbiesmann. It is  always good to hear that things are working after all the work you put into it!
   
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