Whinge (definition).

Yes that is what I feel like doing right now.

Why?  It’s just how I’m feeling right now.  I’m feeling like I’m falling behind on things that I need to be doing - online and off.  I’m focusing on the online stuff here - but DAMN it’s a strange feeling.  I feel like there are a million and one things I should be doing (I’ve got my list!) and I think it’s the fact that I’ve not really been working on them in the way that I would love too.  I think it’s a case of not having enough quality time in my evenings to devote to the online things I need to do - and then I fall behind and then I’m sitting here having a right ol’ whinge about it - and I’m sharing it with you!  OOOH, I’m sure you’re feeling very special about being apart of it

I’m also whinging about the way I’m seeing things online lately.   I see the affiliate marketing/make money online marketing is starting to bulge at the seams - so many people are now online talking about what they’re doing online - which is so awesome - and at the same time really scary for me.  Why?  Because I read so many of those blogs in a day that I’m left feeling like I’m falling behind in everything - so many great ideas - so little time.  Then it’s a case of I want to be unique and not a sheep that follows the trends… and that can be dangerous too - in the sense that by the time you read about an awesome trend it’s often too damn late.  You end up making a few bucks but not the thousands or hundred thousands of dollars that others have made doing the same thing - because they got into it before it was the “trend” of the week.

I’m feeling rather suffocated by the amount of people now blogging about this sort of thing - the same thing I’m doing.  Reading different blogs with the same sort of content on each one - but I’m not willing to drop them from my RSS reader… I end up skimming through a lot.  Feeling kind of sad that really - we don’t share a whole lot of the inner workings of what we do online - because we don’t want our “niche” exploited or over-run with enthusiastic affiliate marketers all looking for a piece of the pie.  Understandably.  But at the same time - I don’t know - I feel like a little more info about what you do daily would be kind of interesting to see.

Tell me - what do you do in a “day in the life of an online entrepreneur”?

I’ll tell you what I do to get this ball rolling…

Usually my weekday consists of:

• Working from 8-4:30 at my day job
• Doing the family thing till around 8:00pm
• Distractions with more family things till around 9:30pm
• Work on my little empire 9:30 - 12:30am (yes… morning)
• Go to bed

Then I’m up and repeating that for the rest of the week.  There are days where I’ll end up crashing and have to go to bed at 9:30 pm because I’ve been up so late.  But I’ve always been a bit of a night owl and it is the only time when I’m not completely distracted with the house and family.  It’s a bit of me time.  Of course I’m tired - and it’s not all fun and games.  I’d love a chance to have some time on the weekend where it’s just “online work time” - but those moments are few and far between.

… and having that whinge has made me feel a little better

So here’s your chance to tell me - what do you do in a “day in the life of an online entrepreneur”?

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Just a little update to the sidebar of the site - I’m including a visual of my online goals.  So far it’s just Google Adsense.  Once I’ve achieved it… onward and upward to new goals.  Just my way to remind myself of why I’m doing what I’m doing.

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You might have noticed that the site has undergone a bit of a change with the template and so far so good - no major glitches and things are going pretty well. You might also have noticed in the top right corner a banner… a corner banner with the “Breast Cancer Research Month” written on it. I figured I’d do my part for the month of October - in raising awareness about the illness and also the code kind of fell into my lap. Stanley over at websiteribbon.com contacted me telling me about his cool site, where you can create these corner ribbons - for free.

There’s no catch - you just put in the information you need and voila - there’s a javascript waiting for you with your text/link/colour of ribbon. Now I had a bit of a dilemma as to how I would put it on this site - do I put it in the header? Or the Index? Well, through trial and error - I’ve managed to figure it out (it really wasn’t that hard - ya!).

We’ve all seen corner images and advertising - but I’ve never really figured out how to do it. Now I don’t have to I can just go to websiteribbon.com and make one for myself. Might be handy if you’re doing a promotion… or just raising awareness… or linking to a cool page on your site. It’s just a bit different from your everyday promotions and thought I’d give Stanley a shout out - and say thanks for a cool bit of code that’s free to use and easy to install!

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Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.

I am a master procrastinator, but I do think I’m getting better at getting the ball rolling and doing things. I’ve even seen an increase in my revenue because of it. It’s not tons of revenue - but it’s going up… so that’s a good thing right?

I think I’m having one of those - I’m faced with so many things - new ideas, new technology, new software, more ideas… it keeps going on and on and sometimes I feel like I’m falling behind. So I started making lists. Simple to do lists on a piece of paper that I then taped to my desk. I taped it down so I would lose it! So far it’s working… I’m almost a week into working this way - with a set agenda - and I’m doing it. I’ve made lists before, but I think I just put too much on each day, fell behind in those tasks and then I quit. So this time around, I’ve kept it pretty low key and it’s working. In fact some days I’m ahead of the game, and you wouldn’t believe the happiness I feel when I think I’m actually ahead of the game and that much closer to that monthly goal.

Ahhh… the psychology of it all

So I do recommend starting a list - start small, set goals, and work towards them. You’d be amazed at how far you can go when you have a goal to reach. Sounds schmarmy… but seriously - it works.

Do you keep a to-do list handy or do you just wing it?

With my list - I have two sections. One I have the day to day things I’d like to accomplish and a calender printed up with the sites I’m going to work on each day. It keeps things straight, and also shows me which sites I’m neglecting… ahhh… so many of those. The other part of my list are goals I’d like to reach. Of course in the back of my mind I’d always had a goal list. But you know how that goes, things get in the way - like real life bills and all that stuff. So I’ve made a goal list to which I’m applying all my money I’ve made online. Be it that I can pay my hosting and domains, to being able to subscribe to online things - where you have to pay monthly. All of which would come out of my online earnings… I’m trying to make my online life self-sufficient, where I don’t need to rely on my other income to support it. (which I should have done sooner… but what the hell, I’ve got the list!).

Do you have a list of goals? What sort of goals are you looking to achieve online?

This month my goal is to make $100 with Google Adsense.

What’s your goal this month?

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Last night I busted my butt to get some content up on some of my blogs that I’ve been neglecting lately - I don’t know why… but I just haven’t been quite as enthused as I usually am.  It’s not a money thing, those sites are earners and they’ve got potential to make a nice passive income - eventually.

I guess I am just easily distracted.

That’s why I’ve written out schedule for the month.  If I can keep on top of it - I’m laughing for the end of the month.  It will be an interesting look - to see if adding more info to these sites will increase the traffic enough to bring in more clicks.

I’ll keep you posted

This month I’m hoping to get 2 more sites up and running.  I’ve got the goal of $100 a month with Google Adsense - and I’m hoping to make that happen with a few more sites on the go.

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