Posted by Administrator on
February 5, 2008
My many offices
I think I am going to add the line to my new business cards “OFFICES WHEREVER THERE IS FREE WIFI” I am in Freebirds right now writing this post. I may be in Schlotzsky’s on Thursday during lunch to do some more blogging. I have broadband at home but I am finding that I need to get some more posting done sometime during the evening as well.
Posted by Administrator on
January 24, 2008
Definitely overslept
The blogging is cutting into my sleep but I have to keep blogging. I haven’t sat down to write it out but I am trying to think of a schedule to put myself on. I need to be done with writing before noon. But I also need to get at least 6 hours of sleep before I go in to work. I can get one post done during lunch if I take my laptop to a WIFI spot. I did that on Monday. I was able to eat, write and get back before the hour was up. I don’t really like lugging everything with me to work but that is the way of things. So it looks like I’ll be eating at Freebirds twice a week. It is really close to where I work.
Posted by Administrator on
January 19, 2008
It’s working
I just paid my cellphone and broadband bills with my PayPal debit card. I am treating this like a business. I have posts I am doing that are sponsored and some ads I am running on my blogs. So all the income goes to that account and I pay as many bills as possible out of it plus the quarterly taxes and a contribution to church. That way I will be able to use the money from my job to pay credit card debt. I’ll also be using that money to pay all my internet related expenses. My hosting bill is coming due in a month or so. I haven’t had too many problems with this host. I am looking at another company but I don’t know if I want to do the move. I have a little while longer to think about it. I also want to set up a store to sell a few items I have in mind. I will need to keep some inventory on hand. This isn’t JIT manufacturing. I have a few bumpersticker ideas I have thought of and I’ll be looking at some wholesale opportunities.
Posted by Administrator on
January 19, 2008
Blog Advertising…Blog Marketing
I have been working on building up my blogging business for a couple of months now. I’ve written posts about a number of websites and products and have passed along links to friends who might have a use for the things I have written about. Yesterday I was in a restaurant and saw a woman using a purse from a company I wrote a post about. I talked to her for a second and she received the bag as a gift and really likes it. I don’t know how the person who gave it to her found out about it. It may have been from a blog advertising campaign the company was using or it could have been some other link off the internet or an infomercial. The important thing is that sites like Smorty dot com have created an advertising channel out of blogs which allows companies to spread the word about their products to more people around the world. If they aren’t doing it already, I would expect ad agencies to include blog advertising in a comprehensive package. So for probably a small amount above the standard rate a company can spread their word through blogs in addition to print and broadcast. I am really glad to be a part of it.
Posted by Administrator on
January 15, 2008
Blogger CRS
Starting to write a post and feeling an eerie deja-vu feeling and wondering, “…did I already blog this?” There are two ways to handle this. I could go ahead and write the post and then check to see if I had already written it. Or. I could open another tab and check. I think I’ll open the 2nd tab. CRS stands for can’t remember shit.
Posted by Administrator on
January 11, 2008
Time Management: Need to get on track
It’s not that I’m sinking fast or anything. I am doing a lot more blogging, some of it sponsored, and trying to get my blogs listed in more places. At the same time I need to get started exercising regularly. I had a problem with my foot a couple of months ago and around that time we had quite a bit of extra overtime at work. So I let the walking go. Then the Winter Holiday Alimentation came and went and having managed to not snack myself completely to death I need to get back to my eating habits that I had back in the summer when I was losing weight. So I am getting the planner in shape and will embark on trying again to get stuff written down so I can get it done in a reasonable fashion. I am writing between 6 and 9 posts a day now and I cannot do that while I am walking. I carry a notepad with me and jot down ideas for blog posts when they hit me. And I hate it when I forget the pad because I will be sitting in front of the computer staring at this entry screen trying to remember what the hell that brilliant idea was a few hours back. Most weekends I’ll be blogging some throughout the day unless I am either working or have plans with someone. I am going to try and keep this topic updated weekly.
Posted by Administrator on
January 7, 2008
Tags
I have activated the tag feature of the new WordPress software. Hopefully this will get more people coming by the site. It was actually easier than I thought. The instructions are at RichGilcrest dot com. It took all of fifteen minutes. Just remember you have to perform the changes to the index.php file in your theme folder in the WP-Content folder, not on the main index.php file.
