Experience is worth it!
This is not mine, but It was a good reminder that experience is worth it and to charge for the value of your services. … Read More »Experience is worth it!
State of Mind
How often do you get home?
It has been a tough couple of travel days, and decided that the night was better spent catch up on work. For dinner I chose… Read More »How often do you get home?
Trail Walking Hazards
Funny story about the outdoors. My wife and I were walking on a popular trail around our town. I was behind her to let… Read More »Trail Walking Hazards
I Know One Thing – Part 2
I know one thing: I need to do more…
I set the stage in Part 1 of this post which is an effort to document my current state of mind regarding where I am about my goals in this adventure.. I realize now that:
Income comes from conversions from traffic you attract.
It is funny… Many of the podcasts and videocasts show only the successful approaches, but just a single handful (that I have been able to find) refer to the you how much time they actually spent to get to that point. Just like home remodel shows on TV!
There are many different skills that come together when approaching this business. Some thoughts on the each of the different areas follow…Read More »I Know One Thing – Part 2
I Know One Thing – Part 1
I know one thing: I need to do more…
Yes it is a bit of a spin on the ancient Greek phrase know as the Socratic Socratic paradox,:
“I know that I know nothing”
or
“I know one thing: that I know nothing”
Early on I said that I wanted make an effort to record my experience as I move along in this adventure… This entry is not a particularly “good news” one, as I am currently struggling a bit… Good or bad here it goes…
After creating a couple of sites I thought would get SOME traffic… Surprisingly (maybe not after you read below) very little has come in…
September 2012 and beyond.
This will be the first post of what I hope to be an informative and useful series ahead. They will be under the category: Online Business
I have been in the technology business for over 25 years, and for the vast part of them, they have been 
good years. My work has consisted of helping corporations (large and small) develop, deploy and maintain technology-based solutions. I have written and created hundreds, if not thousands, of emails, reports, PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, and such. Spent tremendous amounts of hours in conference rooms, planes, trains and automobiles, not to mention the large list of hotels I’ve stayed at. I really have no complaints to talk about. Overall, it has been a good time, done some great projects and developed long-lasting friendship. Although things have not come “easy”, I’ve accomplished most of the goals I’ve set out to do (in retrospect they were probably not high-enough) with a combination of hard work, teamwork, good luck and good wine along the way.
I like what i do, but sometimes…
… it can get to me. 95% of the time I love what I do. I managed to turn my hobby into a career… Read More »I like what i do, but sometimes…