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You have no control over your content, like the guy who had used Blogger for 14 years and one day his site was shut down without warning & he lost all his work. 14 years gone! Today the reason was illustrated once again when Facebook went down for a while.
... do more work or charge more for the work you do.
Either is viable, but focusing on doing more billable work can easily put you on a constant high pressure treadmill.
When you concentrate only on reaching a certain total sales goal, it becomes tempting to take work at prices lower than you should just so you can get one step closer to the income you need.
If you're taking any work that comes along, it costs you in 2 ways:
When most business owners think of selling online, they think of it as a Yes/No question: either they do sell online or they don't.
The reality is that there are so many possible new revenue streams you can create that it's not a Yes/No question.
Recently we launched a new online store for Distinct Impressions that's a great example. DI is an established boutique in historic Downtown South Boston, VA, that sells gifts, fashions, and custom apparel, and offers embroidery and screen printing services. Their e-commerce project now brings in: