Recent Updates & E-mail Requests

It seems that 2010. has started busy not just for me personally but for my e-mail inbox as well. All across January, I have been getting e-mail messages from regular readers and people that decided to stop by and read a post or two. The messages have all been very encouraging and that is why I decided to dedicate one blog post to all the people that took the time to write.

The UPs and DOWNs

It sure is great when you can look back at your traffic statistics and see your progress. There are many times when the thought of giving up has crossed my mind. You get home, you are tired and cranky – especially if you have a full time job or a college that you are required to attend. Of all the problems you had the entire day, you now have to write something good on your blog. Sometimes it can be a real mind-twister. The more you try, the slower you move.

No matter how many times I wanted to give up, I have always imagined how much work I would throw away. How much time I would have spent for nothing. How many friends I would lose if I just shut it all down and started doing something else.

Support, advice and requests

During January I have been getting tones of e-mails from readers and it has made me really happy and motivated. I don’t mind the support but what really gets me excided are the requests. Requests like “Hey Gordon, can you write a post about website vs. blogs? I like your blog and I’d like to know what you think about it.” really put a smile to my face.

I have composed a list of future subjects I will write about here, according to the requests I got in all the e-mails. So if you sent an e-mail, subscribe to the RSS feed or newsletter because your question might be answered next!

Knowledge Reactor updates

I know that the site has been accumulating a bit of dust and spider webbing for the past month or two but that will chance soon. After giving it some thought I decided to rather release a bunch of material at the same time then a bit every few days. Some backstage elements on the website still need to be ironed out such as social bookmarking icons and other community-friendly plug-ins. Being the perfectionist that I am, everything needs to be triple checked

Another thing that keeps getting in my way is college exams – I have a bunch of them this month and they are going to require quite a bit of my time. Anyone who said that making any kind of income online is a piece of cake probably never tried it himself. No matter what you do, either affiliate marketing or writing a content site and putting up advertisement, you need to invest a lot of time, hard work and love into it. This is why I think that starting your own online business/blog/website while still working a full time job is the most difficult.

Conclusion

That’s all for now guys. I hope this blog has acquired some nice readership and that it will continue to keep their interest. Keep the e-mails coming and let me know how I can help you by writing something on my blog.

P.S. I am going to be giving away free advertising space both on the Knowledge Reactor website and on this blog so stay tuned and win some free ad space!