I know it is better to be positive than negative. But speaking from experience sometimes you can do things that are bad for your home business without realizing it. You might even think you are doing right thing when in fact you are hurting your online business. So here are some "top 5" ways you can throw your work-from-home opportunity down drain (and how to avoid doing so):

1) Have no plan, vision or goals. Sure, you may find success in your home business by accident. But you are more likely to keep your online business alive (and have it grow) by setting some direction. Besides, without a plan and destination how would you even know if you achieved success? Do some dreaming about what you would like your home based business to be in 2 years. Then set some attainable but challenging goals based on your vision. With your goals in mind, chart a plan for your home business.

2) Do nothing. "If you build it, they will come." Wrong - who told you that? One of most frequent mistakes made by newcomers to online business is belief that if they can just build a nice looking website then they will earn money. Of course some marketing ploys feed on that assumption, luring Internet marketing rookies to purchase only website they will ever need. Just like an offline business, your online opportunity does not usually sell itself. You need to somehow bring potential customers or clients to your business website. This takes hard work, consistency and determination to succeed.

I still remember day I read about this strategy in an excellent newsletter and was blown away. I went straight to my computer and started using what I learned and I was amazed at how much money I made!

I had found golden keywords straight from bank – or at least ones that went straight TO my bank!

What keywords? MISspelled keywords. That’s right – I actually found profit in something people are doing “wrong.” Any time someone spells a word wrong on internet, I stand to make a hefty profit!

What are misspelled keywords?

Misspelled keywords are words that are frequently misspelled by searchers on search engines. An example would be to type "intrenet" instead of "internet" - you would be surprised as to how many times misspelled keywords appear.

Why to use them?

Misspelled keywords can be very profitable because there is little competition against them and they still bring very targeted traffic. Optimize for them because others likely are not. Also, use pay per click with them because most other are not!

What are some of advantages?

There are many advantages of using misspelled keywords, here are a few:

1. Little competition - most are focusing on competitive "correct spelling." 2. High searches - most make same spelling mistake and many make mistake so you still have a high number of searches.

3. Easier to work with - because of less competition these words are easier to optimize for.

4. Cheaper - you can buy pay per click traffic on these keywords for far less (more on this later).