Archive for October, 2009
Why the F— Am I Doing All This?
October 14th, 2009 by Clayton
I thought I’d take a minute and declare all of my goals, at the risk of public humiliation. Why am I doing all this internet marketing stuff? Why not just hold out for a white collar cubicle job like everyone else?
Well, firstly I’ve done that. It blows. The cube-dweller lifestyle is not for me. I [...]
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A Note on Comments to This Blog
October 13th, 2009 by Clayton
I just wanted to write a quick note to anyone who might try to leave a comment on my blog.
In your comment, please make it sound like you at least tried to read my post.
If you leave some stupid, generic comment like “Nice post, ” and link back to a website with any form of [...]
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Three Ways to Ensure You Fail at Anything
October 12th, 2009 by Clayton
So, in doing the diet I’ve been reading the tons and tons of comments on Tim’s blog. A lot of them are really annoying. Stuff like:
“I don’t like beans, can I eat cereal instead?”
“I can’t live without milk, can I put milk in the diet?”
“I know you said no bread, but can I eat bread [...]
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Moving Forward
October 9th, 2009 by Clayton
So, my first two websites are up and running. I’m aggressively building backlinks to improve their search engine rankings and bring in more than the small trickle of traffic.
Waiting for a website to rank is pretty maddening. It’s totally outside of my control and I’m a very impatient person. So, I’m just distracting myself by [...]
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Slow Carb Challenge
October 7th, 2009 by Clayton
So, for the month of October I will be doing the Slow Carb diet outlined by Tim Ferriss on his blog. I’m not really trying to lose weight. In fact, most people would call my wiry and thin. But I do have a few thesis pounds to burn off (three months of staring at a [...]
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Why I Made This Blog
October 6th, 2009 by Clayton
So, I guess I never really said explicitly why I made this blog.
I’m on what most people would call an unconventional journey. I want to live my life on my own terms. I want to be able to do what I want, when I want. I don’t want to feel trapped in a cubicle ever [...]
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A Sale!
October 5th, 2009 by Clayton
I made a sale yesterday. Sure, I’ve made sales before, but this one was different.
I didn’t have to pay for it. The traffic came totally free through SEO.
In these early days, when I log into Clickbank and see those rare little spikes indicating a sale, I really can’t believe my eyes. It seems unreal. I [...]
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Broke
October 2nd, 2009 by Clayton
Well. I just want to make it clear that I’m totally broke. I have about $1700 to my name and it’ll be $1200 after I pay rent today. Times are pretty tough. And I picked the worst time to graduate from school.
One thing I do have is time, which I’m pouring into affiliate marketing. I’m [...]
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