Do you remember the Song by Three Dog Night "One"? When it comes to starting anything new i think we all go through "One is The Loneliest Number That You Can Ever DO" ! When it comes to feedback i find that I really have to trust my gut and trust it. Even if I am wrong i will learn from it and the world will not come to an end, we must move on. Do you really have a choice not to move on?
As I work on new projects, search the internet for new answers and discovering wonderful opportunities I find myself full of the knowledge and it is time to apply it. Will it be perfect? Heck no! Will it be good enough? It will have to be, now won't it? I write it, post it and let it go. Next!
I am finding that focus, commitment, persistence, due diligence and trust in one self are the keys of building character. Just like building a house, if you have no idea what you are doing it will take you longer than some one that knows how to build a house already. But after you build that first house i am sure the second will be a bit easier. it should, right?
As anything goes, the more you do it the better you are going to get. And if you are a little like me there is always more to learn and expand on. I just like discovering new things and as i keep on expanding I am getting better at communicating these things I learn. I think this world that we want to transform into is heading back to some basic human fundamentals and good and bad are at battle all the time. Sometimes I wonder who it is that doesn't have faith in the human being and the power of being human. Who ever they are they are dead wrong as we are an awesome spices of reason.
Well enough of that and I would like to end ny sharing my new project and niche i created.
Please visit and let me know what you think...Please!
http://www..myaeroponics.com
Have a Great day,
Scott
Friday, February 25, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Staying Focused in My New Career
It seems like I have fallen off a train. I was going on along so well with writing and spinning my wheels. But I do believe everything happens for a reason and someway somehow I am guided to the things I need to know.
If you are a little like me you check your email and go to your social sites and post and chat and can spend a bit of time doing that. Not that spending time doing that isn't good to do I can say that I will get caught up in it and blow a lot of time getting nothing done.
But while I was getting nothing done at least I was reading some of the email lists I belong to. Some of the people I follow through email send me some great stuff that helps me along the way. One this week was focus. I stepped back and said to myself are you ready to apply the things you know. Command my destiny and future?
I then decided to do more than what I thought I was doing and went back to an idea that started out this summer and went on the back burner. With all the things I know about putting up a web site and a wordpress blog I decided to go back to this project and do it the right way. At least the way I think is right.
But so far so good. I read this week that to really get something accomplished and get good at it will take at least 100 hours. I use to feel the same way about performing other peoples songs. it would take me 100 performances before I could do it in a comatose.
So I am working on my new blog www.MyAeroponics.com and sharing one of my hobbies growing plants indoors. I am using this blog to write about my experiences going through an internet business start up through writing and creating. Other blogs I have like Scott's Corner I like to use as a catch all of things I find as this is my first blog and did not really know what i was doing. Another blog I write at is about blogging more in 2011 where I write about technical stuff I find. I also write at hubpages. But more on that later.
So as you can see focus is everything. I thought I would share that focus is everything and I will be right back at it. But I had to post this as it is a very important to focus in on that target to achieve a bulls-eye and focus in on it.
So if you are going through a change too, focus will be your friend. And if it doesn't hit the mark right away don't give up.Stay Focused!
If you are a little like me you check your email and go to your social sites and post and chat and can spend a bit of time doing that. Not that spending time doing that isn't good to do I can say that I will get caught up in it and blow a lot of time getting nothing done.
But while I was getting nothing done at least I was reading some of the email lists I belong to. Some of the people I follow through email send me some great stuff that helps me along the way. One this week was focus. I stepped back and said to myself are you ready to apply the things you know. Command my destiny and future?
I then decided to do more than what I thought I was doing and went back to an idea that started out this summer and went on the back burner. With all the things I know about putting up a web site and a wordpress blog I decided to go back to this project and do it the right way. At least the way I think is right.
But so far so good. I read this week that to really get something accomplished and get good at it will take at least 100 hours. I use to feel the same way about performing other peoples songs. it would take me 100 performances before I could do it in a comatose.
So I am working on my new blog www.MyAeroponics.com and sharing one of my hobbies growing plants indoors. I am using this blog to write about my experiences going through an internet business start up through writing and creating. Other blogs I have like Scott's Corner I like to use as a catch all of things I find as this is my first blog and did not really know what i was doing. Another blog I write at is about blogging more in 2011 where I write about technical stuff I find. I also write at hubpages. But more on that later.
So as you can see focus is everything. I thought I would share that focus is everything and I will be right back at it. But I had to post this as it is a very important to focus in on that target to achieve a bulls-eye and focus in on it.
So if you are going through a change too, focus will be your friend. And if it doesn't hit the mark right away don't give up.Stay Focused!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
New Career Niche
As I listen to the news today and the world seems to be making money again. But I wonder where that money is flowing. The DOW is going up but I have no money there anymore since I got ripped off so i know i am not making money there anymore.
As I look on to where the money is there is no doubt that there is money on the internet. Now how to extract some of that. I read a lot and I have seen all the get rich quick programs out there telling how to make thousands in 30 days. Now I have to say that it might be able to be done, but you better have a bank roll.
If you are like me you don't have that money to invest, but you have the time. When it came upon the time of realizing that my financial security was being put at risk because of the markets decreasing I had to start making choices. One choice was i do not have the time to go back to school and start over again. At least in the formal way. The internet supplies vast amounts of knowledge for free, so I took it upon myself to train and learn.as I go. Maybe not the best way as it is easy to get caught up into doing something wrong.
I have found few mentors that really want to help anyone but into their pocket.And that is understandable because they are really doing what I am doing. Trying to make a buck at this internet stuff. But I think it comes back to a few simple basic things if you want to be in business selling stuff. You have to have something that people really want and will reuse every month and or every day.
I have to admit that there a lot of good programs out there to show you how to make money on-line but you will never ever get all the information you need to connect the dots for you. Most of the things you need to know are small in details and will be discovered by accident or because you search for the information you seek.
There are some basic steps though that anyone who wants to have a internet presence needs to do and that is to have a blog. In matter of fact i will predict that you will have over ten by the time you find what it is you can make money at. And who knows you may well have over one hundred if you do things a different way to make money.
Affiliate marketing is no doubt the way of the future at making money. But how many of your friends would support you and say get their movie tickets through you? Unless you blast them with ads to what you do, they still might buy from your competitor. I have had this happen to me more than once and it always amazed as to why they did not go through me. So selling to people you do not know will be where to concentrate at, not people you know. Just ask them to take a look, they will give you leads, but won't buy from you. Something about selling to family just doesn't mix well.
But I think affiliate marketing is a silent way to make money. Look at adsense! It is a hush hush way to make money. I am sure Google takes a breath everyday as they know people will click on the ads. FaceBook is no different with their Pay Per Click program.
So if there is one thing I can say about my New Career is that blogging appears to be the hearth to any business on line these days. Especially one that is starting out. But what if you do not know what or how to go about it. Well that is where searching comes in and finding that free info from a reliable source.
I am in the process of writing such a manual on the First Steps to Blogging. I believe it will cover some of the things that I learned the hard way. All the information I have learned has been through many sources and most said the same things but each gave me a different pieces to the puzzle.
Well that is about it for today. I am working on my book and am practicing what i am putting into the book as I am creating another blog from scratch to sell a product I have made. It should be interesting since most books show you how to sell someone else's stuff. I will share latter.
As I look on to where the money is there is no doubt that there is money on the internet. Now how to extract some of that. I read a lot and I have seen all the get rich quick programs out there telling how to make thousands in 30 days. Now I have to say that it might be able to be done, but you better have a bank roll.
If you are like me you don't have that money to invest, but you have the time. When it came upon the time of realizing that my financial security was being put at risk because of the markets decreasing I had to start making choices. One choice was i do not have the time to go back to school and start over again. At least in the formal way. The internet supplies vast amounts of knowledge for free, so I took it upon myself to train and learn.as I go. Maybe not the best way as it is easy to get caught up into doing something wrong.
I have found few mentors that really want to help anyone but into their pocket.And that is understandable because they are really doing what I am doing. Trying to make a buck at this internet stuff. But I think it comes back to a few simple basic things if you want to be in business selling stuff. You have to have something that people really want and will reuse every month and or every day.
I have to admit that there a lot of good programs out there to show you how to make money on-line but you will never ever get all the information you need to connect the dots for you. Most of the things you need to know are small in details and will be discovered by accident or because you search for the information you seek.
There are some basic steps though that anyone who wants to have a internet presence needs to do and that is to have a blog. In matter of fact i will predict that you will have over ten by the time you find what it is you can make money at. And who knows you may well have over one hundred if you do things a different way to make money.
Affiliate marketing is no doubt the way of the future at making money. But how many of your friends would support you and say get their movie tickets through you? Unless you blast them with ads to what you do, they still might buy from your competitor. I have had this happen to me more than once and it always amazed as to why they did not go through me. So selling to people you do not know will be where to concentrate at, not people you know. Just ask them to take a look, they will give you leads, but won't buy from you. Something about selling to family just doesn't mix well.
But I think affiliate marketing is a silent way to make money. Look at adsense! It is a hush hush way to make money. I am sure Google takes a breath everyday as they know people will click on the ads. FaceBook is no different with their Pay Per Click program.
So if there is one thing I can say about my New Career is that blogging appears to be the hearth to any business on line these days. Especially one that is starting out. But what if you do not know what or how to go about it. Well that is where searching comes in and finding that free info from a reliable source.
I am in the process of writing such a manual on the First Steps to Blogging. I believe it will cover some of the things that I learned the hard way. All the information I have learned has been through many sources and most said the same things but each gave me a different pieces to the puzzle.
Well that is about it for today. I am working on my book and am practicing what i am putting into the book as I am creating another blog from scratch to sell a product I have made. It should be interesting since most books show you how to sell someone else's stuff. I will share latter.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
My New Career Gives Me Time
Lot's of extra time in My New Career and management of that time is crucial.but I find it hard to give that eight straight hours like a job. In matter of fact I don't even call what I am doing a job but more like what I would call work. So is a job really work or is a job really just above broke. But the change up I am doing is work but well below broke as there is no pay check here.
I can understand the fear to do what I am doing and that most would call it crazy, if not mad.or even insane. But when it comes to a change like this where no pay check is coming in every week or every other week, it seems to be insane. The only reason I am even able to do what I am doing is because of the things I did in my past. It is all good and I am fortunate to have the opportunity to be able to change my career this way.
If it was not for the internet I wonder what I would be doing right now after watching my business of fifteen years go down the drain with the collapse of our economy. I did try to weather it out. My overhead was low enough to hold onto it but when it isn't paying the bill anymore and the market has declined for the product it is time to move on.
I like to write and do not have a problem putting myself out there, I can talk to a crowd and entertain an audience. I know because I have done it. I have trained people because I have done it. I can teach and share wisdom and thought because I have done it. But that is the past and I can only bring it forward and understand it.
I wish i could say that my training is over but it isn't. I have always been a student and keep my options open to learning something that will take me where it is I want to go. At least i think it is. Sometimes it is a distraction and does waste my time, but I always hope to pick up the l; little things more than the big things.
I can say too that nothing has come easy. it has taken much practice and the more I practice the better I get at writing. I can remember when writing a 400 word article was difficult and would take me the majority of the day. Now when I start writing I find myself seeing 2400 word articles. Which is too many words. Great for a book but not for an article. So I will break it up and make a couple articles out of it and possibly do a few re-writes to publish in article directories.
The other thing that I have found out is that activity produces new readers and subscribers. I understand SEO and how in the long run of it's importance. But in the beginning it is best to set up your SEO but the next biggest thing you can do to syndicate your site is through article's.and other sites. Socializing is also good but I find it to be a little more grueling, but I share anyways while most are just posting their stuff and not really interested in my stuff. It is just the way it is as the social seen is not my target market but my viral market.
As My New Career builds and develops I will continue to post here and at my other blogs where they are a little more themed and I am sure I will create other blogs as I learn, develop, change and adapt to the never ending changes in our world.
I can understand the fear to do what I am doing and that most would call it crazy, if not mad.or even insane. But when it comes to a change like this where no pay check is coming in every week or every other week, it seems to be insane. The only reason I am even able to do what I am doing is because of the things I did in my past. It is all good and I am fortunate to have the opportunity to be able to change my career this way.
If it was not for the internet I wonder what I would be doing right now after watching my business of fifteen years go down the drain with the collapse of our economy. I did try to weather it out. My overhead was low enough to hold onto it but when it isn't paying the bill anymore and the market has declined for the product it is time to move on.
I like to write and do not have a problem putting myself out there, I can talk to a crowd and entertain an audience. I know because I have done it. I have trained people because I have done it. I can teach and share wisdom and thought because I have done it. But that is the past and I can only bring it forward and understand it.
I wish i could say that my training is over but it isn't. I have always been a student and keep my options open to learning something that will take me where it is I want to go. At least i think it is. Sometimes it is a distraction and does waste my time, but I always hope to pick up the l; little things more than the big things.
I can say too that nothing has come easy. it has taken much practice and the more I practice the better I get at writing. I can remember when writing a 400 word article was difficult and would take me the majority of the day. Now when I start writing I find myself seeing 2400 word articles. Which is too many words. Great for a book but not for an article. So I will break it up and make a couple articles out of it and possibly do a few re-writes to publish in article directories.
The other thing that I have found out is that activity produces new readers and subscribers. I understand SEO and how in the long run of it's importance. But in the beginning it is best to set up your SEO but the next biggest thing you can do to syndicate your site is through article's.and other sites. Socializing is also good but I find it to be a little more grueling, but I share anyways while most are just posting their stuff and not really interested in my stuff. It is just the way it is as the social seen is not my target market but my viral market.
As My New Career builds and develops I will continue to post here and at my other blogs where they are a little more themed and I am sure I will create other blogs as I learn, develop, change and adapt to the never ending changes in our world.
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