The Coli Side Hustle / Business Thread

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Follow the same steps I gave million. Plugins are essentially additional features that can be added to your website. When you're in the back end of your blog you have to scroll down to plugins and add new then search for yoast.

I recommend checking this resource out, it explains a lot bout SEO, increasing web traffic, blog ideas, keyword research, etc. You need to create a free account though

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thank you man, what do you mean by index and how can I do that?
 

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thank you man, what do you mean by index and how can I do that?

No prob. Indexing is basically Google's way of discovering your site/blog and adding it to their search engine. It's a pretty simple process but I don't wanna confuse you so just use the link below or YouTube it if you're still having trouble. Make sure you have the yoast SEO plugin or another SEO plugin before you try to index though.

Get your content on Google - Search Console Help
 

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Link me to it.. are you using WordPress? You gotta make sure your blog is indexed, otherwise it has no chance of being found on Google. Make sure you have a SEO plugin, it'll guide you when you're creating blog posts.

You also gotta do keyword research to find out what keywords people are searching and work your blog posts around that.. you can do keyword research with the Google keyword planner.. look for keywords that have low competition but a medium or high amount of searches.

Hit up popular blog sites and contact them bout being a guest poster for them or if they wanna use one of your blog posts.. that way you can get a back link which is basically a link back to one of your blog posts which will help you rank in searches.

I wouldn't use adwords for your blog unless you were selling a product or service
bruh, u gotta pay to use the keyword research from google?
 

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LOl its saying I gotta pay for it and get adwords with it.

What you can do is create an Adwords account and add your card to the account. You won't get charged caused you're just looking up keywords for SEO.. the only way your card would get charged is if you assign keywords to ads you create and people click the ads.
 
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Use Google :troll:

Sike nah..it's really nothing more to explain to be honest with you bro...you evaluate ads and judge them according to Google's rating criteria....thats pretty much it...I signed an NDA so I can't get to into any specifics (another reason i wish this forum was private) but when you start working you gonna see that's exactly what it is most of the time

as far as the hiring process goes, If you send in your resume and a recruiter hit you up you might have to take an IQ test...I took one but I've seen people that worked for ZC in the past say that they didnt have to so it might be something new....once you pass that then the onboarding process begins...you basically have to sign a whole bunch of documents (sometimes twice) and once you do that they give you an orientation date...a month or two could pass between the time that you sign your documents to when you actually start working so be prepared for that...when you finish orientation Google will give you their own set of tests....once you get your results back from the tests, aside from updating you on changes to their guidelines, they pretty much leave you alone after that
A recruiter hit me up and I took the IQ test yesterday. Didn't realize it was gonna take that long to get on, but if it's that flexible, might be worth it as a side hustle while I build my other business as opposed to getting another 9-5.
 

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My main work is music right now (yes, this is actually profitable for me) and the side stuff is software/games development. I do have a couple of free products and educational materials out, but this year I'm hoping I can swap the music to side-game status and have the game development become my main focus.

I'm not exactly a one person team, but I'm still the only programmer at my disposal (fancy that) and creating all the other content is a pain in the ass. There is still the potential to collect a few stacks teaching, though :jbhmm:
 

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A recruiter hit me up and I took the IQ test yesterday. Didn't realize it was gonna take that long to get on, but if it's that flexible, might be worth it as a side hustle while I build my other business as opposed to getting another 9-5.
How did it take for you to get a response from your initial email?
 
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How did it take for you to get a response from your initial email?
I emailed my resume on the 14th, got a response from a recruiter to fill out a questionnaire on the 18th, sent the questionnaire back the same day, got another email on the 20th saying I qualified to move forward with the vetting process and took the initial IQ test the same day. So in all, a week from my initial contact to getting to the first test.
 

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My main work is music right now (yes, this is actually profitable for me) and the side stuff is software/games development. I do have a couple of free products and educational materials out, but this year I'm hoping I can swap the music to side-game status and have the game development become my main focus.

I'm not exactly a one person team, but I'm still the only programmer at my disposal (fancy that) and creating all the other content is a pain in the ass. There is still the potential to collect a few stacks teaching, though :jbhmm:
What type of music
 
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