The Top 5 Reasons You Don’t Make Money Online
If you had to put together a top five list for things that kept you from making money online, what would be on it? I actually wrote down six things, and here they are:
#6 – Blogging. I use to blog several times a day. Blogging is not evil, but it was keeping me from working at things that made me actually money. I now only blog a couple times a week, is more of a journal. I try to avoid sounding commercial or heavily promoting anything.
#5 – Forums. Again, I use to visit a handful of forums multiple times each day. Great resources when used in moderation. But be careful as they can consume hours of your day without leaving any money in your pocket.
#4 – Social Sites. Arg, the time wasted looking through tweets, Facebook posts, and Myspace pages. If I had spent that same time on my sites, I’d probably be relaxing on a beach somewhere.
#3 – Email. I use Outlook, and had it set to download new mail every 5 minutes. I found myself checking it and reading new mail every time it came. Hours and hours wasted on email. I have now check my email twice each day, if that. Once at lunch, and once about one hour before I stop working for the day.
#2 – Environment – It took me a while to realize that what I allowed to surround me and my desk was keeping me from working efficiently. I usually had a TV on while I worked. Gone. Then I moved the desk to a room with a door. I bought a more comfortable chair, a bigger monitor, and a wireless mouse.
#1 – Myself – I am lazy, and it took a long time for me to realize there is no such thing as overnight success(or Get Rich Quick). It takes alot of time and effort to make money online. It is still the easiest job in the world, but you don’t get compensated unless you TAKE ACTION!
iFart vs Pull My Finger – The Real Story
Joel Comm made a blog post today about his very successful iphone application iFart. The excitement of its immediate success was soon met with insane jealousy by another developer. While the iFart application was being downloaded by the masses, a little app called Pull My Finger’s was falling like a heavy anvil off a tall cliff(yes, exactly like Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner… beep beep).
Soon Pull My Fingers Developer, Air-O-Matic, demanded $50,000 from Joel. Why? They claim he owed them money for his use of their product name “pull my finger” in his advertising. The claim has since been settled, but Joel is keeping a tight lid on what happened. Lucky for you I know how it all went down. Names were not changed to protect the innocent…
