Hey guys how are you all doing? I had one of the worst days ever on Wednesday!
I went around door to door handing out flyers to promote one of my websites, five and a half hours of walking around is not what I classify as fun. I didn't think it would be that hard!
There were times on my journey that I wanted to give up (after 2 hours and again when the sun went down) but every time I thought about giving up I would remember that I'm doing this for myself, to try and change what I'm doing in my life...
Ok I know you are probably thinking why would I want to change a perfectly good job to hand out flyers... Well the answer is simple I want to work for myself and if that means I need to walk around for 5 hours every week until xmas so be it, cause it's for myself not for anyone else.
You have to be very self motivated to want to start your own business cause when it gets tough there is no one there to hold your hand...
When it gets tough just remember why you are doing it, and hang in there things always get better you just need to climb over the obstacles and you will see the rainbow at the end of the tunnel, stay focused and things will work out.
Well in total I have handed out 2000 flyers and I'm printing another 5000 this weekend, but I think I will get some help by outsourcing some of the work to make it a little bit easier... In total though I want to hand out over 20000 flyers before Christmas so outsourcing some of the work sounds like a good plan to me.
If you can find ways to make it all a little bit easier don't be afraid to use it
Anyway thanks for taking the time today to read this have a good day..
Friday, 18 November 2011
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Coming up with good ideas to start your own business
Hey what's up everybody? I hope you are all well?
As you all know, I'm trying to start my own online businesses and things are going very well at the moment.
I have finished one website which is all about gift ideas (called "giftsideas.co") which has a variety of different gift ideas for Christmas for the whole family. This past weekend, I printed flyers which I now need to start handing out this week. I'm hoping to do that tomorrow afternoon.
My second website is called howtotransformyourself.com and it's all about exercise and getting the body you have always wanted. The response I have had is quite amazing, with loads of people viewing it and coming back again which is awesome to see...
I have two more great ideas which I have thought of and I will start working on these two very shortly, I wish I could tell you all about these ideas but it's best for me to keep it under wraps for now...
But everything seems to be falling into place at the moment with everything I'm trying to do, I've joined these Meet-ups which is great because I'm learning so much through them, which is helping me even more.
Well I hope you all have a good day and chat to you all again soon.
As you all know, I'm trying to start my own online businesses and things are going very well at the moment.
I have finished one website which is all about gift ideas (called "giftsideas.co") which has a variety of different gift ideas for Christmas for the whole family. This past weekend, I printed flyers which I now need to start handing out this week. I'm hoping to do that tomorrow afternoon.
My second website is called howtotransformyourself.com and it's all about exercise and getting the body you have always wanted. The response I have had is quite amazing, with loads of people viewing it and coming back again which is awesome to see...
I have two more great ideas which I have thought of and I will start working on these two very shortly, I wish I could tell you all about these ideas but it's best for me to keep it under wraps for now...
But everything seems to be falling into place at the moment with everything I'm trying to do, I've joined these Meet-ups which is great because I'm learning so much through them, which is helping me even more.
Well I hope you all have a good day and chat to you all again soon.
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Another Meet up this time a scanners night
Hey what's up everyone? How is everyone doing?
In my previous post I spoke about going to a "Meet up" meeting. Last night I went to my second Meet up and this one was called a Scanners night: Idea storming.
It is hosted by John Williams who is the founder of Scanners night and bestselling author of "Screw work let's play".
Their introduction to the evening goes something like this "Scanners nights, your chance to immerse yourself in a room full of friendly like-minded people who are excited about writing books, building blogs, launching businesses, starting their own event, using social media to promote their art, and making their escape from the 9-5. Join us"
I must admit that at first it wasn't quite what I was expecting but by the end of the evening I walked away quite excited and had definitely learnt something new.
Instead of teaching us all the things they said they were (which would have taken ages!) going too, what they did do was show us quite a few websites that are there for everyone to use which will change what they are doing in their life if you want too...
So for instance if you want to publish your own book then there are two great websites to check out. The first one is called http://www.lulu.com which is a self publishing book printing solutions company that does books, eBooks, photo books this is great for people trying to write and publish their own books, other people can then buy what you have written that's if you want them too...
Another website for publishing a book is called http://www.blurb.com
Something else they spoke about was a website called http://www.blogtalkradia.com which is a Internet radio station website where you can create an online radio show, blog talk radio. It's the largest Internet radio network. By just using your phone and a computer you can broadcast your own Internet radio show from anywhere and share it which everyone, this is great because you can add a widget to your blog and people can access it from there too.
The next website was great it's called http://www.qik.com there you can record and share live video from your mobile phone, what you do is download an App for your phone. You can then send a live video feed that can then be sent live to friends and family you can automatically post it to social media networks or broadcast to your own blog and video sharing sites.
Another site that is pretty much the same is http://www.livestream.com
The next website was called http://www.kickstarter.com which is great for people who are looking for funding to start their own projects and need funding to do it. What you do is write down what you want to do and how much money you need to complete your project, if people like your idea then they sponsor you.
We then got to hear from other people that were there and got to share our ideas and see if we could help them with their ideas and to see if anyone could help us on our projects...
I walked away from the evening really bubbly and excited to try and put my ideas into practice.
I am already trying to find the next Meet up to attend, I can't wait!!
Anyway have a good day everyone and try join a Meet up
In my previous post I spoke about going to a "Meet up" meeting. Last night I went to my second Meet up and this one was called a Scanners night: Idea storming.
It is hosted by John Williams who is the founder of Scanners night and bestselling author of "Screw work let's play".
Their introduction to the evening goes something like this "Scanners nights, your chance to immerse yourself in a room full of friendly like-minded people who are excited about writing books, building blogs, launching businesses, starting their own event, using social media to promote their art, and making their escape from the 9-5. Join us"
I must admit that at first it wasn't quite what I was expecting but by the end of the evening I walked away quite excited and had definitely learnt something new.
Instead of teaching us all the things they said they were (which would have taken ages!) going too, what they did do was show us quite a few websites that are there for everyone to use which will change what they are doing in their life if you want too...
So for instance if you want to publish your own book then there are two great websites to check out. The first one is called http://www.lulu.com which is a self publishing book printing solutions company that does books, eBooks, photo books this is great for people trying to write and publish their own books, other people can then buy what you have written that's if you want them too...
Another website for publishing a book is called http://www.blurb.com
Something else they spoke about was a website called http://www.blogtalkradia.com which is a Internet radio station website where you can create an online radio show, blog talk radio. It's the largest Internet radio network. By just using your phone and a computer you can broadcast your own Internet radio show from anywhere and share it which everyone, this is great because you can add a widget to your blog and people can access it from there too.
The next website was great it's called http://www.qik.com there you can record and share live video from your mobile phone, what you do is download an App for your phone. You can then send a live video feed that can then be sent live to friends and family you can automatically post it to social media networks or broadcast to your own blog and video sharing sites.
Another site that is pretty much the same is http://www.livestream.com
The next website was called http://www.kickstarter.com which is great for people who are looking for funding to start their own projects and need funding to do it. What you do is write down what you want to do and how much money you need to complete your project, if people like your idea then they sponsor you.
We then got to hear from other people that were there and got to share our ideas and see if we could help them with their ideas and to see if anyone could help us on our projects...
I walked away from the evening really bubbly and excited to try and put my ideas into practice.
I am already trying to find the next Meet up to attend, I can't wait!!
Anyway have a good day everyone and try join a Meet up
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Meet ups with the huffington post
Hey what's up everyone?
So in one of my pervious blog posts I spoke about podcasts and how much I've been listening to them lately? I have found that the information that I've taken away from just listening to these podcasts is great.
The one podcast I have listened to is called Internet business mastery and as you all know by now I'm trying to start my own online business, because of listening to those podcasts... They talk quite a bit about meet-ups and how you should go to these meet-ups.
Well last night I went to my first meet-up with Beata and all it is, is meeting up with like minded people to talk and learn about what you are passionate about and let me tell you there were loads of people there.
One of the things I'm passionate about is blogging...
Blogging for me has become about telling my story and letting everyone know what's going on in my life at the moment, well this blog is all about that... So anyway we went to this meet-up last night and the huffington post were the guests speakers there.
The huffington post is sort of like a newspaper, they talk about politics, news and everything else that is going on... but the way they work is by getting bloggers to write there stories, the huffington post reads these stories and uses them as the content on their website...
Because they have millions of people reading their stories every month, the stories that you are writing then get seen and read by a wider audience of people, which is great.
Why post your blog there you might be asking? Well the traffic this will generate to your own blog will be amazing, it's basically getting free advertising for your blog...
What do the huffington post get out of it? Well they are getting free editors to write their stories for them, a win win situation really.
If you're a blogger and you want to try it out then go to www.huffingtonpost.co.uk or .com
And give it a go, you never know maybe one day you are a world wide sensation..
And as for myself I'm already looking for my next meet-up online, I think there is a photography one on Sunday I might give it a go and see how that turns out, I think it could be quite fun..
Anyway have a good day everyone, see you on the flip side.
So in one of my pervious blog posts I spoke about podcasts and how much I've been listening to them lately? I have found that the information that I've taken away from just listening to these podcasts is great.
The one podcast I have listened to is called Internet business mastery and as you all know by now I'm trying to start my own online business, because of listening to those podcasts... They talk quite a bit about meet-ups and how you should go to these meet-ups.
Well last night I went to my first meet-up with Beata and all it is, is meeting up with like minded people to talk and learn about what you are passionate about and let me tell you there were loads of people there.
One of the things I'm passionate about is blogging...
Blogging for me has become about telling my story and letting everyone know what's going on in my life at the moment, well this blog is all about that... So anyway we went to this meet-up last night and the huffington post were the guests speakers there.
The huffington post is sort of like a newspaper, they talk about politics, news and everything else that is going on... but the way they work is by getting bloggers to write there stories, the huffington post reads these stories and uses them as the content on their website...
Because they have millions of people reading their stories every month, the stories that you are writing then get seen and read by a wider audience of people, which is great.
Why post your blog there you might be asking? Well the traffic this will generate to your own blog will be amazing, it's basically getting free advertising for your blog...
What do the huffington post get out of it? Well they are getting free editors to write their stories for them, a win win situation really.
If you're a blogger and you want to try it out then go to www.huffingtonpost.co.uk or .com
And give it a go, you never know maybe one day you are a world wide sensation..
And as for myself I'm already looking for my next meet-up online, I think there is a photography one on Sunday I might give it a go and see how that turns out, I think it could be quite fun..
Anyway have a good day everyone, see you on the flip side.
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