In a previous post, I talked about how knowing and doing everything can be a major mistake for anyone working online. There’s absolutely no reason to waste time learning and doing things that other people can do for you in a shorter period of time, and probably with better results, no offense.
On elance.com, you’ll find thousands of specialists who will bid on any project that you may need help with. It kind of works like eBay. Click to continue…
Today is Thanksgiving, and I just wanted to say thanks to you all for your readership and wonderful comments. It’s been just over a month, and I already have about 50 subscribers and over 200 visitors each day. That’s truly amazing to me, and your kindness inspires me to write even more. I hope you are enjoying everything you’ve read so far.
In the light of Thanksgiving, I want to thank you all by linking to each and every person who has left a comment. I’ve found my favorite posts from from those who have commented with a blog url and have listed them for you below. I recommend directing your browser to any that may seem interesting to you.
And of course, I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Click to continue…
When I’m working on a project, I’ve always felt the need to be totally involved in each stage. By doing so, I am able to make sure things are done correctly. If things go wrong, I’ll find a solution. I’m in total control.
This even goes back to my middle school days. I was once assigned an English project with two of my classmates. The task was to present a poem, in any media format, and share it with the class. We decided to do a video presentation, and I was in charge of the video taping for our group. Well, I did more than just video tape.
I composed and scored the music for the video, I was the narrator, the editor, and the presenter too. I took on almost all of the tasks myself because I wanted to make sure they were all done correctly. Was I being a jerk? No. My classmates were more than happy to let me do all of the work. Was I working really hard? Yes, obviously. Was I being resourceful? Absolutely not. I had two classmates willing to put in work, I just did not give them the chance. Our project received an A+, but looking back, I was not being smart. Click to continue…
Lindsay from Writing For Your Wealth announced a contest last week about writing a fable (under 300 words) that is appropriate for your blog’s audience. Here is my 156 word entry that I would love to share with you. Click to continue…
So there’s this guy named Fred. Fred is an entrepreneur and a long time DJ. He’s superb on the microphone and on the turntables. Fred the DJ is sick and tired of carrying all 500 of his records to each gig he performs at. He has 10 crates full of vinyl, each weighing about 40 lbs. Being the idea man that he is, he comes up with a great solution for his problem, and wants to sell it on the market.
His solution is a stand up “coffin case” for vinyl records. It’s a durable cabinet-like case with dolly-like wheels that can easily carry over 500 records in one pass.
Overall, he spends about $4000 to finally build his prototype, ship it overseas to a manufacturer, and finally have it come back as a final product after two revisions. The factory price for each record case works out to be $160 dollars. Click to continue…
I remember the good ol’ days, back when I was in high school when I could eat cajun french fries with meat and cheese, and never gain a pound. I was playing soccer, a black belt in karate, in the marching band, and I was out playing flag football with my friends. I was in decent shape.
You can say I’ve thrown all of that out the window. It was pretty bad when I was working 9 to 5 because I never felt like I had time to go to the gym or “play” any more. Plus, it’s difficult to eat a good lunch when there are 10 fast food places right by your office. Now, it’s even worse.
Now that I’m working from home, I find that my eating habits are terrible, and I don’t even leave my desk most of the day because I’m working on new projects. This is not the passive income lifestyle I wanted. Click to continue…
Every morning I wake up, check my email, brush my teeth, and go downstairs to have a nice breakfast with my parents. And every single morning my retired dad asks me the same question: “So how much money did you make while you were asleep last night?”
I usually answer with a number between $75 and $150, which means I usually sell between 4 to 8 books while I’m asleep. He always responds with the same phrase:
“That’s Ridiculous.”
Now, I’m not quite sure what he means by that. He usually shakes his head a little, but he adds a little smile. I can interpret this in a few ways. One, maybe he’s using the word “ridulous” in the sense that it’s FREAKING AWESOME, like when I sit on the beach and watch a surfer catch a massive wave and I say “that’s ridiculous.” Or instead, he could be saying to himself “How could it be that easy?” I was curious, so I asked him. Click to continue…
With all of the people commenting and watching my every move on eHow, you’d think I was possibly running for president or something! Anywho, I just wanted to say thanks for all of your responses to my “I Need Your Help” post. I don’t think I’ve ever had that many comments come through on a single post in such a short period of time.
I’m glad to see that I’ve started a kind of debate over the benefits of writing on eHow vs. writing for yourself on your own blog. I’m glad this is happening because I’m hoping I will be able to answer people’s questions as to which one is better for them. Click to continue…
I received a comment about 5 minutes ago about The Math Behind My eHow Experiment, and it’s left me a bit confused and uneasy about my entire experiment. I really appreciated the comment, don’t get me wrong – and it may have come at the perfect time, so I need your help.
Here is the exact comment, regarding my 5 article a day (aka 1825 articles a year) experiment: Click to continue…
I spent time last night writing an article on eHow about my big little experiment, why I was doing it and how I will be able to easily write 5 articles a day. I was a little dissapointed this morning to find that my article was removed from publication, because it contained “Unsuitable Article Content.” Boo.
Although it was true that my article was not an exact step by step process, and I did mention some of my personal goals, I had already received 9 comments within a few hours from fellow eHow users about how motivating the article was, and that it inspired them to write some more articles for eHow themselves. That was the point of writing such an article, and again – I’m a little sad it was removed.
eHow actually allowed me to rewrite the article to fit their “Suitable Content Requirements,” so thats what I did. Now its basically about how to be an efficient writer on eHow. Although it can still be motivating to people, it doesn’t have the same feeling, at least for me. Here is a link to the newly fashioned article, in case you were curious. Click to continue…
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