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A new Name for the email list?

September 20, 2013 / / 0 Comments

I have been quite obsessed with this Pit Of Despair thing lately.  Maybe that is just a metaphor for my life right now.  Except I don’t have much to despair about.  I am not sure what is causing it.  I don’t feel banished to the lower levels.  I don’t even feel bad about the setup I have.  But, the pit it is.

And I have to say it like this…

So that got me thinking.  Should I change the name of my email list to something like “Crap from the Pit of Despair”?  Maybe not.  The real problem is me and not writing.  Maybe I do need to be chained to my desk with magical chains that don’t release until I have written 1500 words across various blogs every day.  That could be helpful.

There is just so much I want to do that I have not been doing.  Excuses abound and I am not going to bore you further.  I am going to get back into podcasting though.  And, you may have guessed it, I am going to call my new podcast “From The Pit of Despair”.  Let’s see how that goes and see if I can attract some readers and maybe some sponsors huh?

Here is one thing I would like to know.  Who is reading this stuff that I put out?  I know the venerable Ralph is reading, he is the only one who seems to make comments.  Bob drops by once in a while out of obligation but who else is out there?  Drop a quick comment, or an email or callme direct at…wait, that is probably not a good idea.  Comments are probably the best.  Let me know you are here.  Let me know you at least glance over this stuff.  I am going to get my act back together.  Look for Poetry Tuesday to return, as well as  Fiction Saturday.   Other observations are coming as well as the podcast on Wednesday or Thursday.

Thanks for reading, thanks for coming by.  Please let me know you were here, like Kilroy.

Have a great Monday.

-Justin

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I am a kid in the Blogistan Candy Shoppe

July 2, 2013 / / 4 Comments

You can get on the internet just about anywhere now.  You can read blogs and write blogs and comment.  It is so cool it’s not even funny.  There is so much information out there that it can be overwhelming and daunting.

I feel like a kid in the candy shoppe when I look around and try to figure out what it is that I want to read, watch, listen to, or write.  There are so many possibilities.  Is it podcasts?  Is it the latest TV show? Is it fiction? Is it technical? or is it about real people doing real things.  When  it comes down to it, it is all about us, the subjects of Blogistan doing real things and boosting each other up.

So I have a question for all of you out there in Blogistan (ruled by the Evil Prince Dave Doolin).

What is it you like to reach for in the Candy Shoppe?  What do you go for first in a world filled with wonderful things?

And a Second only slightly less important question: What would you like to see more of on this site?  I’ll tell you now, video is probably not going to happen.  I am seriously considering audio though.  How do transcripts of posts sound? Or would each recording need to be original?

Please let me know what you all think out there.  The community must be served.

Thanks in advance and with flourishing bows,

Your humble vassal,

Justin

What they never tell you about making money online.

July 2, 2013 / / 11 Comments
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It is simple to read a ton of stuff on the net about making money online.  It is easy to start trying but they don’t tell you actually how hard it is to do “things” right.

There is information about how much work it takes, you do have to look for it.  Many of the people who actually make a great living online work their butts off.

Now, I have been around the blogosphere for a while now, almost 7 months.  I have seen so many make money quick things out there that I can spot a sales pitch in about 12 words.  I have taken steps to try and make sure anything I sell doesn’t sound like those.  As of right now, I have nothing but one fiction ebook to sell.

This weekend I have been working on 2 of my sites that I hope to be making money with right away so that I can write more books.  And more fiction.  I am really trying to create products and interest in what I have to offer.  I am even working on a free ebook for my mail list subscribers and new subscribers, to be released soon.

The other sites I am working on are: First, BrendasQuiltShop.com.  This site I keep calling my wifes, and while it bears her name, and her stuff, it is more of a family business that I do the sales and web stuff for.  We used to have everything up on eBay and we sold some stuff over the years on eBay.  Details are on brendasquiltshop.com.

I decided that eBay was just too expensive to pay listing fees and final value fees for what we have sold.  I try to price stuff with what I think people will pay, that doesn’t leave much profit after the fees.  So I dug into the world of WordPress and integrated a shopping cart that I can list everything we have for sale and sell it myself.  If you get a chance, check it out and send me some feedback about anything I can do better on that site.

The second site that I have been working on is my main business site, AnvilForge Limited.  I am not going to link to it today, it is not finished to where I need it to be.  There is a bunch of copy that I need to write on the about page, and the sales pages, promoting wordpress installs and web maintenance as well as my blogs.

One of these days I will figure out how to write about being a Stay at home dad in a way that will make people want to pay for the privelege of reading it.  I am working on something with real value and not a bunch of worthless info that will sit on someones hard drive and slowly degrade into mediocrity.  Sure, I will have the original investment but I feel strongly about repeat customers and not turning into one of those guys who just sells systems that don’t really help.

So there you are, what they don’t tell you about making money is that it is hard work.  Sitting back and letting money drop on your head is not going to happen.  Yet.   Thanks for reading, I have to get back to work.

Still striving to never work for anyone again,

-Justin

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Simple Concept, Total Rethink

April 3, 2013 / / 1 Comment

I recently got a great gift from Erika over at RedheadWriting.com.  Details are not important but the end result was a consult with a real honest to goodness graphic designer, Zac Chisik from ChisikStudio.com.

He sent me  a form to fill out to get an idea about my business in order to design a business card.  Simple thing right?  Well I found that I didn’t really have a solid, defined structure for my business.  I had to totally rethink exactly how I wanted to define my business.

I took a good hard look at my business, what I wanted to call the actual structure, and then define things like target audience, voice, personality etc.  I think this maybe a useful exercise for anyone in business.

I am not sure what the time frame should be, every year? Every six months? Here is my advice.  Look at your business.  What is the main name of your company?  What “divisions” are underneath that company name?  Who is your audience?  What is the message you want to convey to your audience?  What kind of personality does your business have?

Take a look at all of these and make sure you are on track to dominate the world!

Have a good one,

-Justin

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