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I’ve never really liked the question “What do you do?” It’s not the question that’s the problem, it’s just that I have yet to craft a response I’m happy with. I make money by creating successful websites and I’m currently buying lots more. After this year though I want my whole network to be running on autopilot, so it wont be something I’m doing.
I spend most of my time helping other people make money online; mostly through this blog. I could call myself a blogger but that suggests I make my living through blogging. To me, a blog is simply the medium I use to share my value.
For a while I would say that “I help people quit their day jobs” but that’s not always true. Not everyone I help wants to quit their job and not everyone has one. I cringe at the term “internet marketer” as a way to define myself, so I’m going to open up the comments to any suggestions you might have for me.
The reason I’m saying all of this is because today I want to give you the keys to my life and share some of my methods to doing what I do – whatever that may be. I’m going to cover writing first as I think that will be of interest to the most people, and then continue with my tips on buying websites in order to make money and finally share insights on how I stay productive.
Writing
If you’re new here you might not notice that I write around 5,000 words per week for this blog. It’s not really that much, but it is fairly substantial when you consider the fact that I never write more than two posts per week. I don’t consider myself a writer in the typical sense of the word, although writing is something I do enjoy and do want to get better at.
The software I use to write, is Writeroom. I’ve covered it recently in this post and this one, so I’m not going to go into too much detail here. In one sentence, Writeroom is a text editor that takes over your computer screen so you’re left with nothing but a black screen and green text — just like the fake programming you see in movies like Swordfish.
The first thing I do before writing a single word is turn off my internet connection. Being able to surf the web while writing can be useful for things like checking facts and getting links to other articles, but once I open a browser, I get distracted too easily. If I need to check something or add a link I’ll simply type “FILL THIS IN” so once I put the post into WordPress I know where to make changes.
Besides minimising distractions when writing articles there are also a few philosophies I follow which I think help me a lot. The first is that I completely ignore the size of the audience I’m writing for. ViperChill has grown by over 500 subscribers in the last 13 days (which is crazy to me) so I’m aware of the growth here but I really don’t think about it. If I ever think “Wow, 5,000 people actually care about what I have to say” then I’ll probably worry about writing something people don’t like. If that happens then my style will change and I’ll lose the reason people are subscribing in the first place.
I write for one person and one person only. And that’s you.
Although I write just for you, all of my post ideas only have to be approved by me. I’ll only write a post that I would want to read. If I don’t want to read something, then I shouldn’t expect other people to. I’m still amazed there are people reading my articles despite how long they are, but I want to read long, in-depth articles, so that’s why I write them.
There are plenty of other bloggers happy to cater for those who want short posts. If you’re writing your blog for everybody then you’re writing it nobody.
Finally – and this might sound genius to some but unorganised to others – I only write when I feel like writing. Write Right now I’m lying on my couch with my Macbook resting on my legs. 20 minutes ago I was reading Make it Stick by Chip & Dan Heath and felt the urge to start writing another post.
I understand not everyone can write spontaneously because many people rely on their writing to make them money and others feel like they have to write on certain days each week. I don’t rely on this site for any form of income and this blog has no schedule so I don’t feel pressured to meet deadlines. It may not be the best way to grow a blog, either, but it’s what I enjoy the most. Enjoying what I do is more important to me than anything.
Buying Websites
The last website I built from scratch was in November 2009 for my million dollar case study. I have enough websites around my passions to keep me busy, so now I’m starting to think like a businessman. Instead of building sites from scratch and waiting months (usually, but not always) for them to take off, I simply buy websites that are already profitable that I believe I can get more out of.
My first rule in buying sites is that I won’t buy one unless something about it sucks. Having something suck means I can improve it, which generally means I can make more money. I don’t always buy sites to improve on them and make more money; sometimes I just see there’s a clear way to minimise expenses which in turn increases profits.
One thing you’ll see a lot of if you go hunting for websites to buy yourself is that a lot of people sell on “potential.” I don’t buy on potential. If a site is making a decent amount of money ($1,000+ per month) and has a decent earning history then the most I will pay is 18 months revenue ($18,000). The main reason people try to sell websites on potential and thus increase their price is because they don’t want to put the work in to make that potential a reality.
If I really love an industry and want to start a site in it then I would happily buy based on potential. However, I already own sites based around the things I love and don’t need anymore in that category. Flippa is my number one resource for buying sites but it is very competitive at times so I also have a few lesser-known marketplaces that I browse and sometimes find real gems in.
I will never buy a site without speaking to the seller on some form of instant messaging service (usually Skype) and the questions I usually ask include:
- Why are you selling?
- What are the sites expenses?
- Will you sign a 6-month non-compete agreement?
- How many hours per week do you work on the site?
- What is that time spent doing?
I of course ask for earnings and traffic proof as well before purchasing anything. At times sellers use something like Awstats or Webalizer to show how many hits a site is getting but these massively inflate figures. On occasions like this I’ll ask the seller to install real-time analytics for a few days so I can get a real view of where traffic is coming from.
For transactions less than $10,000 I don’t mind using Paypal but for sums larger than that I use Escrow as this keeps both parties safe from fraud. I’m going to do a monster post on buying websites and increasing their profits in the future so stay tuned for that.
Utilising Social Media
If you haven’t read my about page then you may not know that I spent 18 months as the social media manager of companies like Hewlett Packard, Land Rover, Nissan and various popular newspapers. This of course was not for the whole company but usually country specific projects such as Land Rover UK and working to help promote ‘X’ they were working on.
I did get to work on some very cool campaigns, especially with Hewlett Packard (who are one of the rare companies willing to test new ideas in this space) but after a while I really started to hate my job. I loved it when I began, and the company I worked for did nothing to make me like it less, but there were a few things that bothered me.
Some of these things include:
- Having to ask “friends” online for favours (diggs, links, tweets) and weakening your relationship
- Working with clients who simply said “social media this” while clearly having no idea what social media actually is or how awful their website was
- Waiting months for site changes to be implemented (especially with large clients) yet still being expected to have made a huge impact on their traffic stats while this was going on
- Struggling to get excited about different industries in order to be creative when I could be working on my own projects where creativity was effortless
I hope I don’t sound bitter, because I have a lot of respect for people who do this job and there was a time when I loved it, but I slowly but surely came to dislike what I did.
On a personal level you may have noticed that I recently deleted all of my tweets on twitter. That’s around 3,400 updates and 2 years of information gone instantly. I received about 25 emails asking why I did this and the simple answer is that I want Twitter to be an extension of this site, rather than overly personal with information about me. There were a lot of immature tweets from my 17 year old self on there, as well.
Before I relaunched ViperChill I thought “What would happen if I wrote longer articles than anyone else and posted them less frequently?” Well, now I’m thinking, “What would it be like to have a Twitter account that offers nothing but value in 140 characters or less?” It has to be better than hearing about my hangover or the Bacongasm (?) that cured it.
Maybe nobody cares about the short nuggets that I share (example 1 and 2) but I guess I’ll find out. I still use it personally (social media is about being social, after all) and I will not just share quotes or ideas, but you’ll see a lot less action from me over there.
As far as other sites go, I don’t really use any. I have deactivated my Facebook profile (this is probably temporary) as it steals far too many minutes in my day. I have other ways of contacting all of my friends and I speak to my family back in the UK on Skype. Even though StumbleUpon sent 22,000 visitors to ViperChill in January, I couldn’t tell you the last time I logged into my account there, either.
“Wait. Aren’t you supposed to be this social media guru dude and you don’t even use these services?” First of all, I’m not a guru and don’t think anyone in this space is. The best social media “experts” are the ones who take risks, learn from what worked (or didn’t) and stay up to date on the industry. That’s it.
Most importantly, though, I think if your product or offering is good enough, people will start talking about you. The posts here often get hundreds of tweets, hundreds of saves to Delicious and tons of comments. I don’t game Twitter or Delicious to make that happen.
If I still worked with clients then what I’m writing now would be very different. Being paid to do social media is way more than understanding blogs or how these sites work – but I’m happy enough with knowing how to get the most out of these services, rather than feeling like I have to for someone else.
Day-to-Day Life
I’m not going to give an account of everything I get up to on a daily basis because, honestly, I doubt that you care. What I am going to do is share some of the things that help me in life (not necessarily marketing related) that I use on a daily basis and hopefully they will help you too.
I’m very much into the idea of outsourcing my life. On a personal level I “outsource” my cleaning, washing and ironing three days per week to my maid. On a work level I outsource 95% of what needs doing such as design, SEO and other forms of marketing. From day one I’ve always known that I want to oversee the work on my projects, rather than be directly involved in everything. The only site I own which requires my involvement is ViperChill. I love that.
I’m very grateful for the position that I find myself but don’t discount that I worked very hard for a long time to be able to get here. I don’t forget what it was like to spend my days putting sizing labels on clothes at TK Maxx (T J Maxx, in the States) for £4.90 per hour.
My goal here in South Africa is simply to maximise the work I’m doing and make more money. This month has already been the most profitable of my life so I know I’m on the right track. It’s not enough to me that I don’t have to go into an office each day; I want my brother and sister to be able to say the same thing. I have big goals, but as one of my favourite sayings goes, “Life’s too short to stay small.”
Two things I use in my daily life that really help me are EFT and the Sedona Method. If my Mom ever read what I just wrote (I don’t think my family care about what I do – which you still have to help me define in the comments, remember) she would cringe. She helps people with disabilities find and move into homes with the right type of accessibility and a number of them receive EFT once per week. In her words it is “a load of rubbish and a right con.”
The only reason I tried EFT was because one of my best friends – who is a millionaire and professional poker player – swore by it for helping him get to where he is in life. If you want to learn more about EFT then check out this excellent introductory video (it’s long, but give it a chance). Quite simply, if anything in the world is ever bothering me I’ll either tap on it (EFT) or release on it (Sedona Method). Within minutes I feel awesome about everything.
As far as productivity goes, I like to use time schedules. I realised at one point last year that if you give yourself all day to do something then that’s exactly how long it will take. I now give myself time limits to do certain tasks and will literally stop working on something as soon as that limit is reached. Whether or not the work is finished.
If it’s not finished, then I’ll give it another time limit later in the day or on another day. I never force myself to work on anything, but when I do pick something I want to work on, I’ll only give myself a set time to do it.
Last but not least is something I setup last week thanks to this post from Pat. I have both an iMac and a Macbook Pro but mainly use the iMac to work on. I decided to edit my Mac hosts file (you can do this on Windows as well) to block myself from websites that distract me (Twitter, Facebook (when it was activated), Get Clicky, etc). If I want to go on those sites then I have to change computers.
This is definitely forced productivity but it’s working very well so far. I used to use Self Control for Mac but I found a way to override the block and I didn’t have enough self control not to do so.
Now I’ve shared how I do what I do, I want to pass the mic over to you: how do you do what you do?
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Thanks for this post Glen.
I like it because:
1. It gives an idea what you do everyday. Sort of.
2. You explained why you delete your tweet.
About scheduling, I still remember your post on PluginID about using pen and paper to make plan – back to basic. Which what I do everyday to structure my day.
Cheers~
Yep, I wrote about that months ago and still use it to this day
I had a discussion with a friend recently and he told me why writing things down is far more effective than typing them out. Apparently, when typing, you only use a limited number of neurons in your brain. A lot more are activated when writing something down by hand which makes whatever you’re writing down more important and easier to remember.
Thanks
Really interesting post! Thanks for sharing, Glen. I was wondering the other day how it changes a person (like yourself) the moment you start dealing with fairly large amounts of money (to buy websites, for example). I’m sure this affects how you spend money in your daily life as well, doesn’t it? Does it result in more careless spending, buying things you don’t need, for example? If fascinates me because the transition to having little money to a lot of money to spend can come gradually and almost without you ‘really’ noticing it (and thereby affecting the way you spend money without you noticing it). Anyway, really enjoyed this post!
Hey Bart,
Thanks, and you’re welcome.
The change in income levels I saw (from around $3k per month to $15k per month – before taxes) was fairly dramatic for me last year and I’m not sure how well I handled it. I gave a lot of money to my family and even bought my brother a new car as his first child arrived and he really needed one.
I’m making substantially more than that now and I have to admit, I still don’t handle money very well. I could save a lot more than I do, but even with my slightly outrageous spending at times (buying a 27″ iMac and 32GB iPhone in one day as an impulse buy), I’m definitely not in any financial worries.
I’m definitely not one to watch when it comes to being sensible with your money, but I’m working on it. I have to
Hey Glen
It is good to hear more about what you do. You speak a lot of sense. I have realised recently that enjoying what you do is one of the most important things in life and am making sure I am following that line as much as possible recently.
“Most importantly, though, I think if your product or offering is good enough, people will start talking about you.” – I completely agree. When people are really inspired or wowed by something they will pass it on.
In terms of what you do it seems to me that you are an entrepreneur that also teaches people how to be one too.
Thanks for the EFT link …I have been meaning to have a look into that for a while.
Jen
Hey Jen,
Awesome to see you over here, as always!
Hmm, I like it. “Serial entrepreneur” sounds cool
No problem. Thanks!
Thanks for this post. As someone who tends to sell quite a few sites (but doesn’t really do any buying) I’m glad to see someone else talking about “potential”. Too many sites are sold on potential and I try to always advise people who want to get into site flipping to sell a site on *results* and that you’ll get far more interest and a far better price if you do so, so it’s nice to see a *buyer* who backs me up on that.
Likewise, it’s nice to see a seller who doesn’t try to sell people on potential.
Thanks for the comment, Richard!
Maybe you could define yourself as a senior visionair?
I can tell English is not your first language
Haha j/k.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Lol, yes should be senior visionary
About writing, I do not schedule my writing, I make use of time that I am being “locked” away, like going to and from work, where I use my fancy mobile to write my articles and when I get home I check the spelling and schedule the time it should be posted. I am just in the beginning part of “freedom” and I know I have a long way to go.
My tactic however is to post regularly and I must confess that making content good is not as easy when you are under pressure to perform, but I have solved that by making sure I am ahead with my writings – at least 3 posts, so that I can allow my self to “suffer” from temporary writers block, which can be devastating for my plans.
But back to you, all you say is good and the comment above on back to basics is always true, the less fancy things are, the higher the quality of work usually proves to be.
As to the question what you do, I would say you are an Internet Citizen Employee, making your living virtually by doing things you love.
Oh yeah, nice of you to donate to Rhea Drysdale!
Hey LG,
I can relate to that. I already have articles for Monday and Thursday next week ready to go live. I don’t have to worry about not updating (not like I do, anyway). It’s funny, I’m usually more impatient for an article to go live because I’m keen to see the reaction.
Good initials: ICE
Rhea rocks!
Maybe a good response when people ask you what you do is, ‘internet entrepreneur’.
When you hire designers to do tasks for you, is it designers from South Africa or somewhere else? Just curious.
Bamboo!
I hire designers online and not one has been from South Africa. I give pretty good specs so I don’t need to go through anything with people in person. I’m talking more about graphics rather than web design (I prefer to design my sites myself).
I am the same way – I usually work when I am most productive for the task at hand. For example, in the late afternoon I can write effortlessly (as well as early morning). Same goes for workoing out. either very early morning or sometime in the evening.
As far as timetables go, I appreciate the idea you laid out in cloud living (have to reread this chapter). I try to get 2 or 3 major tasks per day. I just write them down on a scrap piece of paper.
For writing mind maps seem to help me a lot. With a mind map all I need to do is just sit and write, instead of thinking etc…
Cheers
The only time I use mindmaps is when I’m trying to remember which websites I have hosted where, unique nameservers etc.
Besides that, I’ve never really found them beneficial (though I know a lot of people do).
Thanks for the comment, Yavor.
Not to be an ass-kisser, Glen, but Viper Chill is the most enjoyable read for me. I like reading about most everything you write. It’s fun to know that you’re as easily distracted as I am by the internet and how you set your own standards. Excellent.
I’ve checked out Flippa once and need to look at it in more-depth. Something about it makes me feel uncomfortable, probably because the idea is new to me.
Can’t wait till your next one. If I come up with a short sweet sentence to describe what you do, I’ll get back to ya
Hey Moon,
Thanks. I see you commenting all over the web so I know I have a lot of competition
I look forward to it!
baconism…. now there’s something I am going to try
Bacon + Orgasm = Bacongasm
I’ll have to show you the genius in person the next time you’re around.
We made one in Amsterdam but it was a total disaster haha.
I believe “what do you do” is totally the wrong question at cocktail parties.
I Have a totally new take on this.
Cool post!
Do tell…
I’ve been reading your posts for a while now, but haven’t really posted on here yet. Just wanted to say that I love your site and that you, among others, have really inspired me to put my creativity to the test and try to break away from the norm and become financially independent.
About this post, it seems that once you make a lot of money online it becomes even easier to make more money (a.k.a. you can afford to pay someone to do the SEO and the web design). It’s the starting out that takes time, but once you reach a certain critical mass…BOOM! The skies the limit. Is this the right assumption? Obviously there is still a lot of work to increase profit, but it seems like once you’ve learned your lessons through trial and error and developed a method for yourself then it becomes much easier to automate everything (or at least it will allow you to spend less time trying to figure out what you know is simple, but because you’ve never done it before you can’t figure it out for the life of you!).
Kind of reminds me of a video game. In the beginning you suck. Your slow and you have crappy weapons. However, after playing it non-stop for 3 months you now know every cheat in the game and have beaten the bosses that were once unbeatable. Then you sell it……..and move on to the next challenge.
Hey Richard,
That’s great to hear. Thanks!
Yep, that’s exactly it. I worked my ass off for a few years to start making a lot of money on the side and now I can outsource most of the process.
Most of the work I do now is stats checking + strategy (the fun stuff!). I still like getting my hands dirty and putting real work in (like writing these articles) but I do outsource as much as possible now. My dream is not to sit in front of a computer all day — I don’t think anyone’s is really.
I was thinking about this today. I go to German classes and the theme today was Teamwork. Basically do only what you are best at and leave the rest to other people. I see now that it’s possible to outsource some of the stuff almost from the very beginning. For example once some cash starts piling in from the minisites, these funds could go into software (ranging $50-150) or hiring linkbuilders, etc.
This is my goal for now actually.
Cheers
I (very) recently found your blog and have found it immensely informative, not only for your great organic traffic articles, but also how you make this site so very personal. The authenticity is almost flattering and nearly unheard of in this market, let alone the internet in general. Thanks for the great read and I’m looking forward to reading more.
Thanks a lot! I know that writing about myself and my experiences sometimes turns people off (even though it’s all really about you guys) but it does keep the site personal, like you say.
Really useful, inspiring post Glen. A few weeks ago, I lost my iPhone on the metro. Indeed, DEVASTATING! Of course, the following week, without my precious iPhone, was one of my most productive in awhile. I’ve decided not to replace it. Just one less distraction. Turning off the internet connection entirely is a good suggestion. Disciplined focus while working… crucial.
Ah the Metro. I don’t miss those things. We only use that word in the UK, right?
I have to pay a lot of money for the internet on my phone here which is enough to stop me using it from too much.
Thanks for the comment!
Glen,
I read your blog occasionally as I’m usually drawn to shorter posts. My intuition told me to do so. After seeing that you use EFT and the Sedona Method I know why. I’ve made a recent effort to learn more about EFT and use it consistently. I meditate twice daily; it helps to remove the blockages which allows me to be productive in the moment instead of having the mind be distracted.
As for what I do, more synchronicity here. I was working with the same question this morning. I write inspirational blog blogs. I am a cash gifting mentor, which many people outside of network marketing or law of attraction circles have probably never heard of. I could call it being a personal development coach but I’m not be payed for any service in that arena. I could say internet marketer for cash gifting, but that made me cringe too. I just call it being an entrepreneur. I write about cash gifting, inform people how to share the opportunity with others, which in term prospers them. I also aim to inspire by writing short motivational ebooks composed of my quotes. That’s what I do.
As long as I think and speak from my heart no matter what I do, or what I call myself people with similar interests seem to find me.
All the best my friend. I’ll be back.
another excellent post glen. I love how you are building this blog in such a non-traditional way. very impressive.
I came here trough Jason’s blog, and I’m very glad I did. You have very interesting approach, which I find “returnable”.
Another top post Glen – all sound approaches to working effectively.
The time scheduling is one of interest to me – I spent a few years as an IT project manager using waterfall appoaches, scrum methodology, GTD, etc. and found each had pros & cons, but were specific to their ideal context (waterfall good for well defined projects; Scrum better for incremental projects that are initially poorly defined).
Now that I’m working solo I’ve reverted back to using simple strip-boards as used in producing movies – its simply a chart (can be on paper/excel/other spreadsheet) with axis for days (y-axis) and projects (x-axis) then simply slot in work activities into each slot. The limitation being whatever amount of hours you wish to do per day. I try not to use social media until the alotted work for the day is done. It works for me!
Glen,
Again, you have the best signal-to-noise ratio in the business. I only wish I had the resources to be able to outsource most of the mundane work I have to do, and had the ability to devote 100% of my time to writing and doing what I really want to do, because I know I could produce stuff that’s of tip-top quality. Maybe it’s more of a question of prioritizing and giving my full energy to work on my blog, but I’m not sure.
All I know is that, for now, I’m gonna keep plugging away, and see what happens.
DJ! You use EFT??! That’s phenomenal. I didn’t know that. You just went up a few more notches in my estimation
I honestly believe the solution to the bulk of the world’s problems would be this: each individual person spends time alone, with **themselves**, for a minimum of 15 minutes a day looking *inwards*, meditating, or doing EFT/Sedona/self-hypnosis etc. [they all intertwine]… really observing what’s going on in their own minds, in their own souls, deep down—noticing, feeling, realizing, discovering what’s *really* happening inside oneself.
The MAGIC of what happens when you do EFT/meditation etc. is indescribable. And the noticeable effects are unbelievable. You start to really feel in tune with the world, and AMAZINGLY fun and exciting things happen to you. And it’s something you really just can’t understand until you’ve played with it a few times.
I hope you keep bringing up EFT and Sedona in your posts/writing, DJ. If you turn even a few people onto it, the domino effect will continue to happen. Thanks for mentioning it.
[Don't worry---your Mom will start to be accepting of EFT eventually, once she sees the effects
May take time.]
Thanks for the great post.
Dave
Dave,
When I’m already on the top of your list I can’t really go up any further
This is obviously something you’re very passionate about. I did write about the Sedona Method quite a few times when I owned PluginID but this is the first time I’ve wrote about EFT as I only recently started using it.
Great to see you over here.
Glen,
I love everyone of your posts. I learn, get inspired and start hacking away at my side projects.
In terms of what you do; why not “Experience Life”.
Cheers,
Mark
Good post, I am enjoying your website.
What you said about time schedules really struck home with me, it is exactly what i use when i really need to get something done. I usually use a stopwatch and work in one hour intervals with rest breaks in between. I really like the idea of writeroom & turning off the internet which you talked about above, sometimes working on a computer can be so damn distracting. I often find myself looking something up on Wikipedia, chating to friends or checking peoples new photos on facebook. I will definitely try it out.
Cheers!
Hey Glen, I use spreadsheet to plan my day but my side online biz really starts at 9 pm (because of my day job). I work on what I think are the most important things to move my business forward and keep it sustainable. When I can’t think of anything I’d just get down to the keyboard and start writing (or commenting on others’ blogs).
I use my Alienware desktop for both work and personal stuffs, because my Toshiba netbook doesn’t really have the power to do anything but writing. I’m trying to live up to Gary V’s philosophy of living and breathing your passion. He’s got a great point: if you’re passionate about your niche, why would you not want to work on that? I discount it a little and give myself enough time to sleep so I won’t collapse on the street and get trampled in NYC =D
I’m beginning to take control of my bad habits such as checking emails and twitter and facebook, and focus more on writing and real work that will either provide value, improve my brand, or increase my profit. I’d spent a lot of time learning about different stuffs related to building a successful online biz, but the stuffs never really ‘clicked’ until few months ago. It really does take 10,000 hours to master something.
Thanks for this post, I’m going to stop writing here and go back to my own writing, got a new post to publish today!
Hey Ken,
Thanks for sharing how you do what you do
Write a killer one!
Businessboy? No idea what I do either… It’s good though:)
Boy?? Ouch
One of the best articles I’ve read on this blog thus far, which is hard to say because I always love your posts… this was very helpful to me, especially the notes on timing everything and on EFT and such, I’ll try that out actually. I also was turned on to Flippa though I don’t think I have the experience to buy sites just yet, thanks again for all your amazing value and I think when people ask “What do you do?” say “rock it” because you really do rock it on this blog!
Wow Maren, awesome.
To be honest I had no idea how well this post would go down. It’s nice to see the positive feedback.
Thank you!
Very nice post Glen. I’m afraid if I keep reading your stuff I’ll also quit my day job without much preparations
I would suggest a title for you… Micro-Entrepreneur Evangelist.
and yes the book is Made to Stick, a wonderful read.
Keep rocking,
Sudhir
“if you give yourself all day to do something then that’s exactly how long it will take.”
Holy cow, I think this may be my new favorite quote.
Great post Glen.
Thanks, Chris.
I say you are Batman.
I have been following your blog for a while and in all honesty I don’t use any of your advice simply because I am not good enough in the field. I prefer to pay people to do these things and focus on what I am good at. However, having said that I think you can a truly great inspiration to all young entrepreneurs out there and I read your post because it inspires me to bigger and better thing.
Cheers pal, keep up the good work.
Sounds like you and I have very similar views on buying websites. I don’t do a lot of it but when I do I tend to buy sites that are making money and that I can improve upon. I also really like Flippa. I usually stop by there every day to see what’s being bought and sold. Anyway, thanks for sharing more about what you do. As you know I am a new reader here so I am still getting to know you and this post helped.
EFT…Sedona.
‘Nuff said. That’s exactly what I do every single
day and I don’t know how I used to get anything
done without it. Oh yeah.
I never did. LOL
I just noticed that you’re not on Facebook like 5
minutes ago. I even sent a message to Diggy.
Well now I know.
PS: Launched a new site 4 days ago and it’s already on
page 5 for it’s keyword. You gotta pick your battles
in this SEO game it seems…
Hope you’re doing well my guy!
Your blog came highly recommended to me. Unfortunately I have a great deal of difficulty reading your pages because of the small font and and gray text on white. I guess you only want to write for people with perfect vision. Good luck.
Maybe try the RSS feed?
Hey Glen,
Never heard of those two methods ETF and Sedona Method and definitely looking into it more.
Glad you mentioned your day-to-day stuff as a coincidence I posted what I do in a typical day. Though I went into more detail of the mundane stuff of my life that people probably do not care about though maybe some will.
i’d pay large monies to see magnus from the eft video battle hale to the death. winner gets to do a fatality ala mortal kombat too. magical.
been playing with silva method stuff too but most of it really hokey imo. the alpha “going deeper” brainwave stuff is really cool but further than that it all seems a bit iffy. and the going deeper stuff is sedona. the brainwave stuff def helps my studying big time though.
when people ask what you do, just tell them you invented facebook. obv.
I write my goals the night before. The next day I tackle them. I read positive quotes and the bible to give my strength and endurance.
I am new to your blog, but I am enjoying it very much! I am really looking forward to reading more of your posts and trying some of the things out that have made you successful. Thank-you for continually posting.
Hi Glen,
I’ve just discovered your blog. You seem to have a lot of helpful material here – I’m looking forward to reading through it all.
Can you tell us how your businesses are legally structured? What types of legal entities do you use?
Thanks!