Sunday, October 21, 2007
I'm Back
I don't know if anyone is still here, but I'm back. I've stayed away for the last few months, but it's time I got back to business.
I simply couldn't post anymore and I feel you should know the reason why. I didn't feel right about it. I had strayed so far from my original intent in starting this blog.
Originally in 2005, I had promised a blog that offered my insights as I started my first purely Internet business. I promised to reveal my successes as well as my failures.
But somewhere along the way, I got caught up in the whole guru thing. I got away from the success and failure thing and started acting like I knew it all.
It's not that I'm a total newbie to Internet marketing. I've made my living in it since 2002. I've had success for clients, increasing traffic, increasing sales, and providing hundreds of top ten search engine rankings.
But I have yet to transition from marketing consultant (trading hours for money) to full-time entrepreneur (running a business that pays me even as I sleep). After two years, the bulk of my earnings still come from my consulting; my revenues from my own sites still are not enough to be my family's sole means of support. Hey, did I ever say that starting a successful online business was quick and effortless?
So I'm here to set the record straight and get back to posting. Eventually, I'd like to bring back the regular features I've had, along with more personal anecdotes and insights (which readers have told me they enjoy the most).
To be honest, I don't know that much will change from what I've done before. Maybe this thing about overstating my success has just been in my head. Reading back on my old posts, I don't see much I would want to change. But I want to connect again with whoever's still checking this blog for signs of my pulse.
I'll start this week with some marketing insights that came from my daughter's recent wedding, mixed in with some other posts on some worthwhile deals that I've come across recently.
I hope you enjoy them. And if I start veering off again into talking like some multi-millionaire guru, give me a good, sound slap upside the head in the comments, OK?
Jeff
I don't know if anyone is still here, but I'm back. I've stayed away for the last few months, but it's time I got back to business.
I simply couldn't post anymore and I feel you should know the reason why. I didn't feel right about it. I had strayed so far from my original intent in starting this blog.
Originally in 2005, I had promised a blog that offered my insights as I started my first purely Internet business. I promised to reveal my successes as well as my failures.
But somewhere along the way, I got caught up in the whole guru thing. I got away from the success and failure thing and started acting like I knew it all.
It's not that I'm a total newbie to Internet marketing. I've made my living in it since 2002. I've had success for clients, increasing traffic, increasing sales, and providing hundreds of top ten search engine rankings.
But I have yet to transition from marketing consultant (trading hours for money) to full-time entrepreneur (running a business that pays me even as I sleep). After two years, the bulk of my earnings still come from my consulting; my revenues from my own sites still are not enough to be my family's sole means of support. Hey, did I ever say that starting a successful online business was quick and effortless?
So I'm here to set the record straight and get back to posting. Eventually, I'd like to bring back the regular features I've had, along with more personal anecdotes and insights (which readers have told me they enjoy the most).
To be honest, I don't know that much will change from what I've done before. Maybe this thing about overstating my success has just been in my head. Reading back on my old posts, I don't see much I would want to change. But I want to connect again with whoever's still checking this blog for signs of my pulse.
I'll start this week with some marketing insights that came from my daughter's recent wedding, mixed in with some other posts on some worthwhile deals that I've come across recently.
I hope you enjoy them. And if I start veering off again into talking like some multi-millionaire guru, give me a good, sound slap upside the head in the comments, OK?
Jeff
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