Here are the things that I learned in 2008, the year that made me who I am right now, been through alot, done alot, earned alot!
Always go for new projects
Even though I had a good thing going, I took a chance and made blueverse and now it’s one of my main incomes! Going for new things is always a good option. Have an open mind about what kind of projects you might wanna take on
Be Cosistent, never give up
I’ve said it over and over again, giving up is not an option! If you are in it to win it then you have to keep pushing becuase sucess is right around the corner, all you need to do is hang in there and keep your hopes up high.
Spend money to make money (sometimes)
Well, it is definitely true, you have to spend money to make money sometimes, for example, blueverse would not have gotten so popular if I didn’t invest 1500$ for its initial theme back in Jan 2008. Loosening up your wallet gives you great results from time to time, but don’t over do it.
Keep an open mind
Money is money, no matter how you make it, whether its blogging, designing, coding, writing, selling..etc whatever you do online you make money somehow, so never consider switching roles from a blogger to a designer as a downgrade or anything because either way you’re getting paid.
Parking domains isn’t all that profitable
I would never suggest doing the whole parking domain thing as a profession after last year, the domain industry, in my opinion had a major fall out, just about any new or creative name that could’ve been a good site/resource was registered and then either parked or put on sale for xx or xxx, it’s not the fact that I’m jealous, it’s the fact that the domain is being wasted when it could’ve been developed into something useful..
Feedburner will always have bugs
Hell could definitely freeze over, we may even have a xmas party there but feedburner will always have bugs, specially in their feedcount, it was like every other week I see a 400 reader drop in my count and get paranoid….until I realised feedburner is just a dog full ‘o’ fleas..but I still love it.
Wordpress is really pro-active
Whether its theme link spamming or vulnerabilities in the script, wordpress will always come through with a solution, they always have and they are really mantaining their record.
Flipping sites is extremely exhausting
If anyone of you is a site flipper you know exactly what I’m talking about, buying a site or even making a small site just to sell it and make some cash is really hard, the work it takes to make sure that it not only works for you but for the new owner as well, is what get’s my nuts in a grind…
Attention whore sites are the best to work on
Personally if I have a site that requires alot of attention but gives me good results, that would be the only site I’d work on 7 days a week, take blueverse for example, every other day I’m amazed at how far it has come!
Adult (Porn) affiliates aren’t all that good..
Been there, done that. It’s hard work (no pun intended), getting conversions on adult affiliates is harder then selling air purifiers online.
Spending money is fun (for a while)
I earn quite alot for my age, but I spend alot more..so it’s hard to resist temptation when you just wanna blow the last $500 on tech stuff or clothes or gadgets or whatever that may seem god at the time, if you save up that same money, it could come in need one day when you need it the most!
Drunk Blogging doesn’t make blogging fun
Yea, it just makes you write dumb shit that doesn’t make sense, but it seems really deep when you’re under the influence…
And that’s about it, I’m looking forward to another great year.
January 5th, 2009 at 11:31 am
It is good you have learned so many things in just one year. This year will be better for you. Pray hard and work smart. Happy new year
January 6th, 2009 at 3:43 am
Some great points in here. I agree that you should always be pursuing new projects! It's the best way to grow, though it's important that you don't forget your existing ones.
And I hope parking domains fades out. I'm with you that I think letting great domain names go to waste is unfair and a terrible practice. Let them go!
January 6th, 2009 at 3:48 am
You got the great experience last year. That's great! Perhaps the new year will teach some other lessons.The question of spending money is actual now. WE must be frugal ,I mean not the whole life, but the situation we are going through.
January 6th, 2009 at 5:19 am
These are some good tips that I am going to try to initiate for the New Year. Sometimes it is hard for me to stay motivated because I am always getting side tracked with other things.
January 6th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Drunk blogging that is crazy, you're crazy man… why is the room spinning, I'm going to go lie down.
But seriously, good luck this year.
January 6th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Funny post, the drunk blogging one I can relate too, been there. I'm always doing new projects, actually one of them is an adult thumb site, maybe I should drop it now after reading this.
January 7th, 2009 at 4:20 am
Something your learned last year are really interesting, I mean the last 2 ones, haha
January 7th, 2009 at 8:56 am
LOL, some life lessons in there
January 7th, 2009 at 9:57 am
happy new year. This is very inspiring
January 8th, 2009 at 2:52 am
You really think that made that much of a difference, that spending 1500 for a new blog theme? But all your other tips are spot on. Consistency is the key to success. My new year's resolution was to post every day, and I'm already seeing the results of that.
January 9th, 2009 at 4:38 am
Going in for new projects that is really makes progress in my life.Having fresh ideas I feel inspired.
October 10th, 2009 at 6:41 am
It's too good, nice information…………..thanks……
October 17th, 2009 at 1:31 am
Very well written post however, I would recommend that you turn the No Follow off in your comment section.
Keep up the good work.