A Change in Direction and Focus …
In my previous post I talked about why this blog was no longer going to be an exclusively make money online blog. I mentioned an article from Jay at DatMoney, and Jay was kind of to post a comment. He notes in the comment that he had a friend who changed his blog from mmo to anything he wanted to talk about, and he has met with much success. I plan on doing the same thing.
It’s not like I no longer want to make money online, it’s simply that the focus has changed. Rather then coming from a place of wanting to make money online first, I’m going to focus on my interests and passions first, and then try and monetize that. You know what I mean? Before, I think I was really putting the cart before the horse, so to speak, whereas now I think I’m coming at it from the right angle. Take the site I set up earlier (you can read about it’s creation in the “niche inspector” category) at www.acne-solution-tips.com. The information there is actually good, but do I feel I’m really adding anything new to this topic? Thankfully, my acne days are long behind me. Did I have fun researching and writing the articles for this site? I’m curious by nature, but acne isn’t one of the topics that is high on my list. Do I want to set up another site similar to this one? Not particularly.
So, the question is, what is my plan going forward? Well, here’s what I’m going to be focusing on with this blog for the foreseeable future.
1. Politics / economics – I’ve always been interested in this stuff. However, I’m really going to focus on creating little youtube video’s on various topics, aside from just writing. I talked before in a previous post about how impressed I was with the video that was done on the declining American dollar and gold. This is the kind of thing I’m looking at. I think it would be a lot of fun.
2. I think I’m going to build a site all about Vancouver, where I live. There is so much to do here, and I haven’t been to too many places since I was a child. When you live in a great place, you typically don’t explore it that much. You figure, well, I can do that tomorrow. Not anymore. I’m going to really explore this city this summer, and I’m going to create a cool website about it. Stay tuned.
3. Health and Fitness Stuff. I’m always interested in health and fitness, plus I have some somewhat unconventional views on the subject.
4. As far as the Make Money Online Stuff, I think I’m mostly going to quote Aaron at FullTiltBlogging. If you’re interested in this, I suggest you go to his site and check it out.
Anyway, that’s where I’m at right now. For the rest of the week, I’m really planning on looking into the social networks, as I can see this being very helpful going forward.
Till next time,
- Dave
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May 3rd, 2008 at 11:10 am
Yeah, Brian looks like a real pirate!