Archive for December, 2008

Everyone’s an Expert

As I’ve bounced around the web looking for information on blogging, I have been taken aback by the abundance of “experts.”  For every question, there are 1000 experts ready to respond.  Most of them fall into one of two categories.
Posers who hide behind fake credentials, bogus stats and a pretty blog or website that oftentimes [...]

Time to Forget Everything I Know?

I really thought I was prepared for this online adventure.  I’ve had operations experience, marketing experience, even IT experience.  I’ve been pretty successful in what I’ve done.
On one hand, none of that prepared me for what it will take to launch a successful internet info business.  I hate to say I could just threw money [...]

Can’t Focus? Have a Plan.

I am one of those folks who struggle mightily with concentrating on the task at hand.  One bit of advice that I am reminded of is the importance of having goals and a plan to meet them.
Have a Plan. It pays to plan what I am intending to do before I do it.  I need [...]

Post Regularly

Looking at blogs that I admire, they all have frequent posting in common.
Some post daily, but very few will go more than a week without new content.
Many are on a regular schedule where new content is posted on a certain day each week.
Comparing this to other mediums, I can see the importance.
Think about some other [...]

Losing my Marbles

Have you heard the analogy relating ”marbles” to “weekends with our children?”
Over the course of 18 years of childhood, we have around 900 weekends to spend with our children.  Imagine each one being a marble.  As each week passes we remove one marble.
At birth, we have a glorious jar filled to the lip with 900+ marbles.  Lots [...]