Marketing: Getting my business name out there for little or no cost beyond seo. I’d love to know web site/places/promotions that have worked for others. I’d love a list of places I can submit coupons to for my site for free. I know you are referring to online, but I would also would want to know effective places offline for marketing products that get sent nationwide.

Blogging: I know I need a blog, but I’m kind of clueless. One just on my web site content will have limited appeal. Do I do a broader based one (ie one womans adventure into business) and occasionally put in links to my web site and items? The scope of the site and where to start is what has me stuck.

Affiliate info. I know you are down on affiliate programs on web sites, but I have a program where people can become affiliates of my site which is reverse of what you are talking about. How do I get people to sign up for it? I get a lot of hits from the affiliates I do have.

What I really need help with now, is finding something I truly love to do. This seems like the right place to ask because you of all people know what you are passionate about, and most of the members I have seen comment know what they are passionate about too. For me it’s a mystery; I need help piecing together what I’m good at with what I want to do.

I’ve reserved the Zig Ziglar book you recommend at the library, and I have a feeling it will help. I’ve also read various other books but so far I don’t have a lot of clues. After prolonged thought I still can’t answer the question, what would you do if money were no object? A new section on your personal blog with motivational articles, like finding what you are good at, would sure help me. Just hearing others’ stories of how they found their calling would be awesome. Maybe another post like this where everyone can respond?

I doubt I am totally alone in this problem, since there are so many sites out there offering ways to make money online. Instead of just searching for a business to make me money, I want to find something I am truly passionate about so I care enough to succeed.

I would like more information regarding analyzing results from our SEO. I have Google Analytics installed, but I get little use from it other than viewing the number of hits on my site and keywords that people searched for and were led to my site. I’m sure there is a great deal of information to be extracted from the data which could be useful to SEO, up just not sure where to start!

Thank you so much for all of your help!

Amanda