So, Who the Hell Am I?
This is the post were I tell you a little bit about who I am and why the hell I've created this blog. I can just feel your excitement pulsing through my internet connection!
I suppose I could give you the long version (and believe me, it is a looonngg version), but i'll spare you that. Here's the short version: for about five years I served as the Vice President of Technology for a major mortgage company here in Southern California, and one of the top mortgage companies in the U.S. About two years ago i got tired of the long hours, endless stress, and constant demands of the job, so I took the equity I had saveed in my house, and the savings I'd acquired via stock options and other company benefits, and moved to a beautiful part of the California mountains. I invested my money in the purchase of a coffee shop and was certain that this was my dream come true... living in the beautiful mountains, owning a small business with plenty of time to pursue my other hobbies: writing fiction, computer technology and finally starting a family. But I was due for a rude awakening. The business did terribly. Snow (which is the life-blood of any busines in the mountains) came so late as to mean an almost non-existent ski season. Rains washed away part of the road up the mountain, meaning an even more deadly end to the tourist season. it was the worst season for business anyone had seen for years. i've put in more that $200,000 in just trying to keep my business afloat. now, i'm on the verge of banruptcy, having lost aeverything that i'd buildt in this dream that never bore the fruit i had hoped or expected it would. yes, probably much of it was my faut -- i wasn't cut out to own a store-front business. i don't enjoy all the headaches of dealing with customers on a daily basis, employees, and being tied to certain hours (this means getting up at 5 a.m. to make coffee and muffins every morning), and trying to constantly coming up with new ways to drum up business, dealing with the seasonl fluctuations of business... and so much more!
i've thrown away more than a $100,000 dollars to find this out, and on some days I definitely wonder if i haven't just been a stupid idiot. but i have learned a few things. 1) i want to own my own business; 2) i don't want someone telling me what hours i have to work or what i have to do; 3) i definitely don't want a business that involves a physical storefront... with the overhead, employees, and headach that that entails.
and that is what my >$100,000 has taught me. argue with me if you will whether it was a fair trade or not.
but at least i know that I 1) want to continue to live in the beautiful mountains, out of the concrete, and suburban scrawl, and 2) i want to be my own boss.
That is what led me to investigate the possibilities of earning money online. for the last month, i have been spending every waking moment reading, researching and attempting every possible avenue for making money online.
and i have decided on two things: 1) it IS possible to earn a living online, and 2) it is freaking hard to seperate the crap from the real opportunities.
so that is what this blog is about. once i put my mind to it, i rarely fail to succeed. and i'm not going to start now. i've decided to find a way to make money online, and that's what i'm going to do. so this is the diary of how i'm going to do it. if you choose to follow along with me, i'm sure you'll enjoy watching me make plenty of mistakes, but i also hope from reading this blog that you will avoid some of these some mistakes yourself. and hopefully, those who follow this blog will benefit from my mistakes, but also benefits from my successes as well (and hopefully there will be more of the latter than the former!)
and mabe there's a little part of me that hopes that those who read this blog will help me as well. I'm as lost as anyone when first embarking on the mysterious journey of building a business online. and i promise that any help that i receive that builds toward my success, i will pass on to the readers of this blog, so we all can success together.
so that is the answer to the question: "who the hell am i?" and maybe a little of the question of: "why the hell did I start this blog in the first place!"
I look forward to finding success with all of you in the future!
sincerely,
--eonxl
I suppose I could give you the long version (and believe me, it is a looonngg version), but i'll spare you that. Here's the short version: for about five years I served as the Vice President of Technology for a major mortgage company here in Southern California, and one of the top mortgage companies in the U.S. About two years ago i got tired of the long hours, endless stress, and constant demands of the job, so I took the equity I had saveed in my house, and the savings I'd acquired via stock options and other company benefits, and moved to a beautiful part of the California mountains. I invested my money in the purchase of a coffee shop and was certain that this was my dream come true... living in the beautiful mountains, owning a small business with plenty of time to pursue my other hobbies: writing fiction, computer technology and finally starting a family. But I was due for a rude awakening. The business did terribly. Snow (which is the life-blood of any busines in the mountains) came so late as to mean an almost non-existent ski season. Rains washed away part of the road up the mountain, meaning an even more deadly end to the tourist season. it was the worst season for business anyone had seen for years. i've put in more that $200,000 in just trying to keep my business afloat. now, i'm on the verge of banruptcy, having lost aeverything that i'd buildt in this dream that never bore the fruit i had hoped or expected it would. yes, probably much of it was my faut -- i wasn't cut out to own a store-front business. i don't enjoy all the headaches of dealing with customers on a daily basis, employees, and being tied to certain hours (this means getting up at 5 a.m. to make coffee and muffins every morning), and trying to constantly coming up with new ways to drum up business, dealing with the seasonl fluctuations of business... and so much more!
i've thrown away more than a $100,000 dollars to find this out, and on some days I definitely wonder if i haven't just been a stupid idiot. but i have learned a few things. 1) i want to own my own business; 2) i don't want someone telling me what hours i have to work or what i have to do; 3) i definitely don't want a business that involves a physical storefront... with the overhead, employees, and headach that that entails.
and that is what my >$100,000 has taught me. argue with me if you will whether it was a fair trade or not.
but at least i know that I 1) want to continue to live in the beautiful mountains, out of the concrete, and suburban scrawl, and 2) i want to be my own boss.
That is what led me to investigate the possibilities of earning money online. for the last month, i have been spending every waking moment reading, researching and attempting every possible avenue for making money online.
and i have decided on two things: 1) it IS possible to earn a living online, and 2) it is freaking hard to seperate the crap from the real opportunities.
so that is what this blog is about. once i put my mind to it, i rarely fail to succeed. and i'm not going to start now. i've decided to find a way to make money online, and that's what i'm going to do. so this is the diary of how i'm going to do it. if you choose to follow along with me, i'm sure you'll enjoy watching me make plenty of mistakes, but i also hope from reading this blog that you will avoid some of these some mistakes yourself. and hopefully, those who follow this blog will benefit from my mistakes, but also benefits from my successes as well (and hopefully there will be more of the latter than the former!)
and mabe there's a little part of me that hopes that those who read this blog will help me as well. I'm as lost as anyone when first embarking on the mysterious journey of building a business online. and i promise that any help that i receive that builds toward my success, i will pass on to the readers of this blog, so we all can success together.
so that is the answer to the question: "who the hell am i?" and maybe a little of the question of: "why the hell did I start this blog in the first place!"
I look forward to finding success with all of you in the future!
sincerely,
--eonxl
posted by mywebmistakes at 5:40:00 PM *PERMALINK*
3 Comments:
Thanks Rob! This is quite an honor for some who just started and is pretty much just blundering along!
Rob,
I have avery similar business background as you, with the exception of the fact that took a slightly different road to get to the point that we are both at. To cut to the chase, I also have aproduct that I would like to sell on-line, and you hit the "head on the nail" when you said it is difficult to filter the good from the "BS" or crap or all of those "get rich quick schemes" that make us all wonder why we can't be the one on those money factory infomercials that make it all look sooooooo easy, and the thought that "if it's as easy as those unbelieveably annoying guys make it sem on their infomercials, then why isn't EVERYONE doing it?" Well, that's where I feel your idea of this Blog comes into play and reveals its truly intrinsic value to all of us (and you) that ask the questions i have stated above. I would love to take this ride with you. Feel free to email me, and we can get the wheels turning together perhaps. I have investigated this dream and have found the ONE thing/secret (to which I have not found the answer to...YET!!!) That secret, or ONE factor that determines whether you (intended generically) will make millions, or end up where you are now with your coffee shop, which personally, I don't think you should cut loose just yet, however, I would like to hear more details about before I stand by that statement. As you probably know, most people give up on their dream/business of self-employment just before it turns around and becomes profitable. But anyway, back to that ONE issue that will either make the On-line business succeed of fail is.............
the answer to "HOW TO GET THE TRAFFIC TO MY WEB SITE?" That's it!!! That's all it takes. The solution is where you mentioned being able to tell the real from the bogus "kits" or stategies that acomplish driving all of that traffic to your site. Software that puts your site at the "top of the biggest" search engines, consultants that promise to "do it all for you", and finding the right keywords to embed in your site to get keyword searches by consumers to get them to your site as well. So...that leaves us or brings us back to where you are in your (and my) quest to succeed on-line. The answer...TIME, PERSEVERENCE, and some, NOT TOO MUCH, $$/MONEY/$$. And i do mean..NOT A LOT!!!! Get in touch with me...I think we should talk. I have time (resigned as well, just like you did), I had a web site business in the early 90's, which I gave up on, again...TOO SOON. And have learned a TREMENDOUS amount from my failure or poor decision, and had NO experience in before i did it, just dove in without a plan. that's another thing... I now try to never do ANYTHYING without a plan. I LOVE your blog, and as I am writing this , i am actually getting a bit excited at the thought of your approach to this. Attacking it more as an experiment, than jumping into a business, as I think we can both agree on based on your comments about your coffee shop, and mine on my prior business experience. Once we have conversed via email a bit, and if we both feel comfortable with the idea, perhaps we can begin to talk business by phone, and report on our findings etc. to each other as we proceed and just see what happens.
I have to tell you, I for one am sick of being a "talker" and would like to be a "doer". So...get back to me when you can. My email address is: froydienslip@comcast.net
Let me know what you think. Nothing to lose as i see it at this point, and i assure you...I AM NOT SELLING ANYTHING!!!!! Just a guy looking for the same answers as you are. Hope to hear from you soon!
WOW!!! That was some long entry! I am completely new to the whole Blogging thing. Apologies for anyone who read it.
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