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Rev Up Your Earnings and Keep Costs Low as a Senior Marketer

One thing many senior marketers worry about is how much it will cost them to start a business online. Luckily, you can start a business at no cost to you, if that’s the direction you need to go in this moment.

At a later date, you can always take a little bit of your earnings and reinvest it in your business so that you can pursue a different business model that does require a minimal amount of investment.

But this is not a situation, like an offline business, where you have to be able to afford rent, insurance, employee wages, and advertising. Instead, your workspace is the virtual world, and that can include everything from a cheap domain that you have a blog on to a zero cost social media profile where you promote your business from.

When it comes to costs, a domain is only going to cost you no more than £10 a year – and if you search for a  coupon code, you can even get your first one cheaper than that.

Hosting, which is what you need to connect your domain URL to so it can house your files, can be found for a small  monthly fee. WordPress (which is the blog tool) is free! So this is very affordable for seniors on any budget.

There are some things you may need in your fledgling online business, but you can avoid paying for these at all, or at least not pay a lot for them. A good email auto-responder tool that lets you build a list of subscribers will usually give you a trial basis for a timed amount or up to a certain number of subscribers.

Graphics design tools like Canva have both free and paid versions. So you can just use the free level when starting out. Plus, there are free stock photo sites where you can get images instead of paying for them.

Video editing software like Camtasia can break your budget as a senior, but there’s a freeware option called CamStudio that’s just as good and won’t cost you a penny! You can also find free options for keyword tools, too.

If you need content for your blog, emails and to sell as products, don’t hire a ghostwriter if you don’t have the talent to do it yourself. Simply purchase inexpensive private label rights content for a minimum fee.

Or, see if artificial intelligence (AI) tools can help you come up with ideas and content that can help you until the money starts coming in. But don’t rely on them fully because you want your personal and authentic voice to shine through.

One area where many senior newbie marketers get taken advantage of is in thinking they have to buy any and all courses that will teach them the ropes. Before you invest in these, you need to be absorbing as much free information on blogs, as an email subscriber, and in videos.

Then, take time to find out who would be the best person to learn certain marketing methods from, and see how they operate ethically. Pay attention to product launches where you can get courses at a significant discount, too. 

Some will tell you that you need to pay for high-ticket coaching where you get advice from them in a one-on-one setting. Don’t take out a second mortgage or spend all of your money on coaching when it’s not a necessity – do it later once you are ready to level up and can afford to reinvest your earnings.

There are some things you have to make sure you’re not splurging on unless you do have the budget to invest in it. Paid advertisements are one. While it’s nice to send a flood of targeted traffic to your site, it’s not necessary if you learn how to optimise your content and get organic visitors.

SEO (search engine optimisation) isn’t something you should have to pay for, either. While many buy tools and hire agencies to do this for them, this is something that, if you’re on a budget, you can learn and implement on your own.

In fact, any plugins and themes that are recommended to you are optional, not mandatory for your online success. Consider these luxury items you want to revisit at a later date, not something critical to your ability to earn money online.

Analytics tools that you’ll see being touted as a way to gather data about your niche and demographics are another area where you have free options, like Google’s complimentary analytics data that you can use on your site.

It’s sad to say, but there are many unethical marketers who will prey on senior citizens and their desperation to earn a living online. Because of this, you have to be very protective over yourself and how do you spend your money.

Don’t expect to have everything mapped out on day one, or even the first week. It takes a little bit of time to learn everything you need to know as a solo entrepreneur, and more time to implement it.

Take things slow and make a task list of everything you need to achieve, marking them off one by one until you complete a project. If you are under an immense amount of financial pressure, you can turn to freelance work, or get a job offline in the interim as you learn how to grow an online business.

There are so many opportunities for seniors these days in the Internet sphere. No longer are you forced to seek a job outside of your home. You can retire in style and still set up a business where you are earning passive income on a steady basis that will supplement your retirement earnings and allow you to live the kind of life that you deserve and want.

If the state of the economy and the future of your personal finances causes you to feel uneasy, it’s better to get a jump start on this career option rather than wait until the inevitable happens and you are forced to deal with the situation in a desperate manner.

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