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Tariffs, Trade Wars And Online Income: Why Diversification Is No Longer Optional

April 15, 2025 Gail Lowe 4 comments

Tariffs, trade wars and online income – is there a link? In today’s rapidly shifting economic climate, online entrepreneurs can no longer afford to ignore global trade policy. With new tariffs, rising tensions between trading blocks, and a growing emphasis on sustainability and localisation, the online income landscape is changing almost daily. Whether you are sourcing products, building digital content, or running an affiliate-based business, the message is clear: what worked yesterday might not work tomorrow. In this article, we explore what’s happening, why it matters, and how online business owners like you can diversify and protect their income streams

The Best Royalty-Free Stock Photos To Use In Your Blog

August 6, 2018 Gail Lowe 8 comments

In this article you will learn the importance of using images in your articles and also where to find the best royalty-free stock photos and images to use in your blogs. “A picture is worth a thousand words” so they say, and there is no difference when it comes to blogs. Our lives today are surrounded by images, some moving, some still – TV, billboards, bus stops and trains are all filled with adverts that mostly consist of images. That’s because the little idiom above is true – when we see a picture, thousands of words, feeling and emotions flood

Don’t Stress About Things You Can’t Control

July 29, 2018 Gail Lowe 8 comments

Don’t Stress About Things You Can’t Control I like in the UK near the local tourist attractions of Box Hill, Leith Hill and a quaint town called Dorkingm which is in the wonderful Surrey Hills in Southern England. For most of the year, Dorking is a sleepy little market town with just enough people to keep it interesting, but not too many to make it crowded. It suits me very well. Once a year, there is a large sporting event organised which comes through our town called Ride London. This is a large cycle race and event which starts in London,

If you always do what you’ve always done: try something different!

March 19, 2018 Gail Lowe 6 comments

Many people know this old adage: “If you always do what you’ve always done You’ll always get what you always got” It has a simple meaning that many of us can quote but do we actually do anything about it? Basically it is saying that: If you want things in your life to CHANGE, then YOU have to be the one to TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. No one can expect to get different outcomes or results if they continue to do the same thing day in, day out. Which means that you actively have to consider what things you are doing

Surprising Benefits for Wealthy Affiliate Members: What reviews don’t tell you

March 5, 2018 Gail Lowe 10 comments

Surprising Benefits for Wealthy Affiliate Members: What reviews don’t tell you Wealthy Affiliate is an internet and affiliate marketing training program that I have been a member of since September 2017. It is one of a few different sites that offer training in the business of setting up your own online business, but in my opinion, it is definitely one of the best. I have written a review about the business side of Wealthy Affiliate which you can read here, which talks a lot about the training, how it works, what you get for your money, and what it costs,

How to stay motivated today – focus on your WHY

January 17, 2018 Gail Lowe 10 comments

There is often a very fine line between success and failure and it is usually called ”motivation”. A wobbly in your motivation can lead to you not taking the actions you need to do to be successful, procrastination and becoming distracted by other things. Motivation is much more than just setting goals. Goal setting is often the easiest part, but maintaining your motivation by staying focused on the goals and finding ways to work towards your goal every day can be more difficult. Motivation kick-starts you, but it is also the vital element that sustains you on the way to

How to be successful at affiliate marketing: top 10 things you need

January 11, 2018 Gail Lowe 14 comments

If you have ever wondered what you need to be successful at affiliate marketing then read on. Obviously you need the practical tools of a computer and an internet connection, but after that, here are my top 10 things I think you need to improve your chance of being a successful online entrepreneur. 1. EFFORT. I honestly believe that you can’t sow tomatoes and expect to grown sunflowers! What you put into something is closely related to what you get out of it and affiliate marketing is not different. There will be a correlation between the effort your put into