Archive for October, 2009

Website Building Update – Week 9

October 30th, 2009 by Clayton

Okay, so I’m over two months into this crazy ordeal and I have made some good progress. No sales yet this month (and it looks like I won’t get any for October at all at this rate), but all other metrics are steadily improving.
Traffic is holding constant for Websites #2 and #3. They’re pretty young [...]

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The Direction This Blog Is Going

October 30th, 2009 by Clayton

So, I had a few fun and light-hearted things I wanted to write about, but I think I’ll save them for a little bit. It just feels odd to follow the ASU suicide with them right now.
I’ve been contemplating the direction of this blog lately.
I don’t really want to become “another personal development blogger.” Not [...]

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Thoughts on the ASU Suicide

October 26th, 2009 by Clayton

Yesterday was a bit of a drama for me. I just graduated from ASU only a few months ago with a masters degree in architecture.
Today, my friend Chris gave me a heads up that a “male graduate student” committed suicide by shooting himself in front of one of his professor in the Architecture building at [...]

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Tim Ferriss Diet – Week 3

October 26th, 2009 by Clayton

This diet has become incredibly easy. I think the really challenging part comes sometime within the first week or two. After that you just get used to eating beans, meat, and spinach all the time. It still sucks that you never really feel full after a meal.
I’m definitely losing weight. I feel very thin and [...]

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The Blessing of Poverty and Simple Living

October 23rd, 2009 by Clayton

Being broke is actually a very enlightening experience. I would recommend that everyone do it at some point in their lives. It really makes you understand what you really need to live off of.
Back when I was a cubicle drone, I made $42,000 per year, which let me live pretty comfortably. In fact, I lived [...]

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Website Building Update – Week 8

October 22nd, 2009 by Clayton

About two months into this, I’m starting to see some progress. A lot of the pages on my first site are hanging out on page two or three in Google for their respective keywords. This is really exciting! Traffic is starting to pick up a little bit, and I hope sales do too!
This week has [...]

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This Moment is Your Point of Power

October 21st, 2009 by Clayton

After having a discussion with my girlfriend about why some people are “losers” I wanted to make a post here on the topic. I imagine if you made it to my blog, you probably don’t believe in luck and that whether or not certain people end up rich or poor is just based on a [...]

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Tim Ferriss Diet – Week 2 – Recreational Eating

October 19th, 2009 by Clayton

Today is the beginning of my third week on the Tim Ferriss diet. In case I haven’t made it clear, this diet is extremely challenging.
I’m not sure if it’s the fact that I’m not eating any bread or grains, but I feel really dizzy and weak most of the time. I think it’s some kind [...]

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Template Living

October 16th, 2009 by Clayton

One interesting thing about doing keyword research is that you get a hidden peek into what people actually search for in search engines. Here you have the unedited truth about people’s desires and interests. Some keywords are rather mysterious. Why would thousands of people search “boyfriend me” each month, and what could they possibly be [...]

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Website Building Update – Week 7

October 15th, 2009 by Clayton

So, it’s been seven weeks since I started laying the foundation of my first site. Now, seven weeks later, I’m nearing completion of the third site.
No sales yet in October. Kind of a bummer.
But I did get a butt-load of articles approved on Ezine Articles yesterday. I’m now experiencing a slight bump in traffic, but [...]