Well, I finished my last final and I have to say I kicked ass. Especially considering how hard it is to memorize the names of generals from the Civil War when you’ve already officially made a decision that renders all such knowledge completely useless.
But the motto I’m trying to follow now is to keep as many options open as possible, which means NOT screwing myself over by ditching the finals.
My condition for doing this is that I have to leave school in such a way that I can pick it up again whenever I feel like it. But that day feels pretty distant right now.
For the whole background story check the Jackie Chang inspired “Who Am I?” section. But the current situation is that a friend of mine has written a pretty solid ebook and I volunteered to make a website for it since I need practice with this stuff anyway (and it may actually bring some money).
I have three main projects right now that I want to focus on:
- The website for my friends ebook. He’s a writer and an expert in his field, but he just doesn’t know how to get his ebook out there. Incidentally, neither do I but I’ve got enough time on my hands now to figure it out.
So I’ve agreed to help him and we’re going to split whatever money we can make from it. I’ve actually been working pretty diligently for the past two months learning this stuff, and we made our first sale on the website last week (but we had to temporarily pull the site to settle some legal stuff).
- A product of my own which is currently still in development (= doesn’t exist). I will start by writing an ebook, and my gut is telling me that it should be about 80 pages long. So after I get back from visiting my hometown over New Years I will make a serious effort to churn out 10 pages of draft a day.
This way I should have it finished in two weeks in theory, but my gut is saying it will take at least three.
- Finally, this blog. I figured it would be a good way of getting the hang of this blogging business, and since I’m big on keeping journals for future reference, I could kill two birds in one stone.
I’m hoping this blog will be the dark horse of the race. For now it’s just a way for me of learning the ropes while venting, but my long-term hope is that this is going to turn out to be a great resource for anyone else who wants to start online marketing from scratch, and that people who visit this blog will sign up for some of the sites I recommend so I can get some of that action too.
So whatever site you see linked on here click it and, if you like it, sign up for it – I’m only going to recommend sites that I find useful, and most god-honest marketing sites let you try their product out for 30 days or more with hassle free returns. So you’ve got nothing to lose, and a chance to put food on my table.
If you’re getting in to the online marketing thing you will more than likely want to check these sites out at one point or another, so you might as well do it from my awesome blog.
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