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Hard work works

I’ve been away from the project for a couple of weeks now, trying to get other projects that aren’t purely self-interested, up-and-running.

The Three Fivers idea hasn’t progressed because of that, other than researching, which is essential - but ultimately no substitute for making money. Hard work works, as they say, and I’ve done none.

The obvious answer is to monetise the blog - if you’re reading this I’m halfway there. There are (research tells me) six ways of making money from a blog:
1. Advertising 
2. Affiliate marketing 
3. Selling your own products
4. Selling services 
5. Sponsored content
6. Donations

To give you the short story:
1. Maybe, but won’t make me rich
2. Not really my thing, but if there was no other way, I’d consider it
3. I don’t have anything to sell
4. I don’t have any services to sell either
5. Sponsored content - just makes me think of the cheesy tv host from the Simpsons
6. No.

Especially not donations - what would we learn from that?

Before Three Fivers even started I accepted that the three businesses would fail, but that in failing, there would be something to be taken from it - a lesson of what not to do next time.

So now to look into banner ads. I’m not hopeful.

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