If you've ever purchased a home, dreamt about purchasing a home, walked through model homes that you would want to move in to, decorated a home, remodeled or expanded a home than you should most definitely be able to relate when I say that your blog should be looked at like a piece of real estate. Think about the first home purchase (whether you've made yours or not) and the phrase "this would be a great starter home." Point being, everyone has to start somewhere! With time, you expand, remodel, purchase a second home, customize a home from the ground up, and add a guest house, swimming pool or whatever the case may be! You start small and ultimately you finish big. All the while it has been a continuous process of growth! Let's put it into perspective.
Your Starter Home
Let's say that you are like me and you get your first Blog Home via a free site such as Blogger or WordPress - you know the track home community where everyone's home pretty much looks the same on the outside and the inside! You put a little into it, stay put for a year or two and then you quickly realize that you want more. You decide that you want hardwood floors, French doors, plush carpet and palm trees. You add a little here and a little there. Because the investment was small scale (free) you quickly begin to realize that your options are limited and with your taste and style you quickly realize that it's time to upgrade.
Your Second Home
You've now moved on. You've done some shopping around, you've looked at some other model home blogs and you've got your eye set on something new. You quickly find that there are some really nice "themes" on the market that you can purchase this time around so that you can look, be and feel different! You've got options! Hardwood floors, granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, French doors, plush carpet options! You select a theme and begin to play around with the décor. You stay put here for another 6 months to a year and you again decide that you want more. You need and deserve the finer things in the Blog life! Baby let me "upgrade you" is what you say!
Your Custom Home
You are no longer a rookie. You've been there and done that and now it's time for the big leagues and so you decide to go "custom." You've learned that you get exactly what you pay for and hence when it's free or darn near free, your results are typically reflective of that and/or you quickly realize that it's not so free afterall! You begin to interview architects, planners, custom home builders and interior designers. You've decided that you are getting some much deserved return on investment (ROI) with this baby and you are in this one for the long haul. You realize the value of planning and having a "team." You begin to invest by putting in some valuable stuff (content), you begin to monetize (via advertising and affiliates), and you begin to see an income stream off of your investment this time around! Bingo - you've realized a return!
Multiple Homes
You've got a taste of the custom life and now you've got your site set on a vacation home or two. The Dominican Republic, Hawaii, South Beach... are places that you love to frequent and so why not set up shop in multiple locations (niches) and capitalize on multiple opportunities at once on auto pilot! This is the life right - and it all began with the start of a free blog - your first starter home and a dream!
Take a look back at your starter home, your second home, the investments that you made along the way, where you are now and where you see yourself going in the future! Location, location, location! It is everything when it comes to real estate and realizing a return on your investment. Timing and positioning can also be everything when it comes to real estate and realizing a return on your investment. Taking advantage of and creating opportunities for yourself via the Blogosphere is where it all begins or where it all may have begun for you! Your blog can be your biggest asset in your home based business. It simply starts with your "first time home" and it expands from there as your vision, dreams, goals and income expands.
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