Are You On Target For Success? March finishes on Tuesday 31st.  That’s next Tuesday.  So by next Tuesday, one quarter of this year will be over.  That means that to be on target, you should have completed one quarter of the tasks that you will complete by the end of the year.  Your business plan [...]

It was Mothers’ Day on Sunday in the UK.  It was also my little boys’ birthday and we had a barbeque to celebrate with Godparents and family.  It was also the day that Jade Goody finally lost her battle with cancer. Jade was born a “nobody”, a “regular Jane”, from South London.  She gained huge [...]

These Top Tips are derived from those given by Bob Parsons, of GoDaddy fame, that I’ve put my own spin on.   They apply just as much to success in life in general as to offline and online success.  Feel free to add your own if you’ve got something to share. Get out and stay [...]

According to my Grandma, procrastination is putting off until tomorrow something that can be done today… unless of course you can put it off until another day!  She hated it and never understood people who did it. But most people do it.  Why? Procrastination is related to time management, depression and lack of energy and [...]

Most people suffer from stress at some time in their life.  I know I do.  I get it particularly in my shoulders and neck and that can lead to tension headaches and worse.  Building an online business tends to increase the level of stress, at least during the early years when you’re trying to get [...]

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If you want to rank in Google, you need to have backlinks and a lot of them.  And whilst no-one knows exactly how Google works, it is widely agreed that high quality one way backlinks carry the most kudos.   Not too long ago, one way backlinks could be had simply by dropping a webmaster [...]

Everyone knows that if you want to be successful online, you have to get into social marketing.  In fact, social networking is widely believed to be the key to making friends and key contacts online. Over the past couple of years or so, online social networks have exploded in their popularity, largely because they allow [...]

I got sent an email today about how a three-year-old earned a gazillion dollars online in 22 minutes.  Well I may have exaggerated the details a little but you get the idea?  To be honest, I’ve been online now for about two years.  I haven’t earned enough to cover the costs of being online most [...]

I’ve been taking a lot of time recently (family and other commitments willing) to revisit what I am planning to achieve online.  And I found myself getting excited when I visualised the size of my online “empire”, what it will include etc.   Then I tried to figure out what my USP should be – my unique selling point [...]

A successful mindset is an essential part of being successful.  All the self-made multi-millionaire entrepreneurs say so.  So who am I to disagree? They can think themselves into a success mindest by seeing setbacks and failures as learning experiences, knowing when to quit because something’s just not working, and knowing when NOT to quit…  You can have all the knowledge [...]

I am Susan Owen-Thursfield and I set up susanowenthursfield dot com as my personal blog to share my own thoughts, opinions and experiences as I build towards internet success. The posts here will be based on my real-world experiences as an internet entrepreneur as I juggle the real life pressures of being a WAHM of twin boys, [...]