so do you have your wife/gf do your grunt work online?? i'm about to...

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bitsdawg said:
I agree with Zimok. If your wife is an RN, she must be bright. Why do you have such a condscending attitude?

Lots of us women do affiliate marketing. Why not let her start her own blog / website and do more than just link building? It will be better for her to learn by seeing the big picture, and a lot more fun for her.

You can always outsource or get software for link building. She's smart. Let her enjoy herself, and she'll be more productive.
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You and Zimok should read the full thread before making assumptions, my 2nd post in this thread:

dreamache said:
some of these responses, haha..

first, i'm not into affiliate marketing.. so she wouldn't be doing any of that.

second, i don't attend any shows so i'm not so worried about her finding a "super"-anything ;)

third, while this may sound unbelievable, we like spending as much time as possible together (been with each other for 7 yrs, married a bit over a year so far).. so i'm not worried about any negativity arising out of her being around more often.

as far as what I have in mind for her to do is concerned.. really simple stuff, not even writing articles, building links or making landing pages... just finding potential leads through social networking methods to help promote my design video tutorial site, and seek out leads for my other site propsd. actually just 1 extra client at propsd will secure her end, i do absolutely 0 promotion of that site myself.

..in other words, she'll be my personal spammer. :updown:
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We're talking no more than an hour worth of work here. She's not looking to make a full time living online.
 


I have my wife helping me with link building and article writing. I even made a blog for her that she pretty regularly updates. Go for it!
 
My wife has started writing a little bit for a couple of my niche blogs -- areas where she has some relevant expertise.

She's a great writer, and it's been a nice outlet for her to take her mind off her day job (she's a lawyer). Also, it has helped her think out of the box a little as far as what she wants to do with herself when she gets out of the big firm world.

I've also regularly used her as a sounding board, which has been really helpful.

I think it really comes down to what's your wife's skill set, what would she be interested in doing, and then keeping her away from stuff that is of no interest or is just disengaging "grunt" work (just outsource that shit).

Starting to build a social marketing & lead-gen strategy sounds like a great idea. It's one of the few areas that someone without technical chops can get started and gain traction quickly I think.

I say go for it. If it goes well, I would in the long run aim for developing some properties for her to have significant strategic and creative control over, with you playing the supporting role. Making it a balanced partnership is the only way it can be a fulfilling and profitable arrangement long-term.
 
dreamache said:
You and Zimok should read the full thread before making assumptions, my 2nd post in this thread:



We're talking no more than an hour worth of work here. She's not looking to make a full time living online.
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I wouldn't do an hours worth of anything if I wasn't interested in it. That's why I suggested getting her involved a bit more. Do you really think she's going to want to do those shitty tasks without being being interested in what she's doing? She may initially, but unless she builds interest she will gradually phase it out of her life.
 
dreamache said:
she's a full time RN that works 12 hour night shifts 3x a week. we just took a vacation in which she realized how much better she feels when she's able to wake up / sleep normal hours.. no day time positions are available.

so she wants to go to part time - which is basically 1 day less a week, which will make a big difference and allow her to take off 10 days in a row 2x a month since RN's can make their own schedule.

going from full time to part time = $900 net less a month. while we're fine financially and it wouldn't really effect us, i don't like the idea of decreasing income.

i'm thinking of coming up with a daily task she can perform to help promote a couple of my sites/services and see if she can make up that $900/m ;)

so here's the question, any of you have success with 'significant other' grunt work promotion? ;)
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Nice of you to refer to your wife as a grunt ... she must be proud.
 
i had mine write a weight loss blog for me once.. she was great.

then i spent most of the money on hookers
 
This world here, this is George's sanctuary. If {wife-name} comes into contact with this world, his worlds collide. You know what happens then? (Kramer raises his hands into the air and slowly brings them together in an explosion.)
 
greenleaves said:
This world here, this is George's sanctuary. If {wife-name} comes into contact with this world, his worlds collide. You know what happens then? (Kramer raises his hands into the air and slowly brings them together in an explosion.)
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QFT

I don't want my wife dealing with any part of my business. Why the hell would you want to bring a business into your marriage?
 
GF helps me have fun spending teh monies. Great help with the female slant on specific niches, however she's content on the sidelines and with her nursing career. She loves kicking my ass at cribbage. Keeper.
 
audax said:
QFT

I don't want my wife dealing with any part of my business. Why the hell would you want to bring a business into your marriage?
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Well, the two of you could form your own corp and then you'd have two full-time employees working for the company. You'd be able to take all kinds of business trips for networking purposes and you might even qualify for some kick-ass company health care benefits that you can't get as an individual. All meals that you order in that benefit the company could be written off as you're feeding at least 50% of your employees, etc...

Just a thought...
 
My girlfriend of the last 16+ years does the accounting, invoicing, some banking, filters news articles for rewriting, manages copy writers, updates news, manages some ppc campaigns, deals with affiliate managers and without a doubt could handle pretty much anything else I might ask of her.

All these guys saying "no, don't do it", don't know what the fuck they are talking about.
 
the way i see it, its us against the world. of course i want to include her in shit and have her dominate it like im trying to do.
 
Fatbat said:
My girlfriend of the last 16+ years does the accounting, invoicing, some banking, filters news articles for rewriting, manages copy writers, updates news, manages some ppc campaigns, deals with affiliate managers and without a doubt could handle pretty much anything else I might ask of her.

All these guys saying "no, don't do it", don't know what the fuck they are talking about.
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amen

my parents run a business together with a similar setup as yours, this is just the way shit should be done if both parties wanna give it a shot.
 
Bofu2U said:
I thought about getting my GF into it, she is very good at "oh yes you fucking will get us that payout" - but we'll see.
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i know what you mean, mine is good at "the food took way to fucking long, you are giving us a discount"

like she doesnt give a fuck what she says when she is pissed, its great
 
My wife and I are partners in everything. We've been working together just about as far back as we've been together, starting with a paper route. Now, with two toddlers, working together on something simultaneously is nearly impossible because one or the other or both of us is occupied with the kids. But we still operate in much the same fashion.

I really like it that way. But I can understand how a lot of couples couldn't stand working together. I don't see how they function as a couple in the first place, if that's the case, but to each their own.
 
Bofu2U said:
I thought about getting my GF into it, she is very good at "oh yes you fucking will get us that payout" - but we'll see.
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Haha - make sure you hold on to that one! Also, perhaps your lady will motivate you in new ways if you guys worked together. I always used to scream at my ex "I WILL NOT ACCEPT MEDIOCRITY FROM YOU WHEN I KNOW YOU ARE CAPABLE OF GREATNESS! IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT YOU PICKED THE WRONG CHICK!"

I think I was channeling Josephine Bonaparte at the time or something, lol
 
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