Comments on: Back To Basics

By: Nancy - Internet Business

Nancy - Internet Business — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:26:30 +0000

Thanks for your insightful article and excellent advice. I think as you get older you realize that your own intuition is the best. I think you also get less intimidated the more you try.

By: RP

RP — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:29:05 +0000

Hi Sara, thanks for dropping by and for your always valuable comments. Indeed, who knows what that photo site could have developed into … we will never know about what we don’t try, that’s why I was attracted so strongly to Caroline’s article. The only ’sure’ thing about this online world is Wayne Gretsky’s hockey advice … you miss 100% of the shots you _don’t_ take.

In 1998 I was employed in a very responsible (and pretty highly paid) ‘expert” job in the IT field. I was a big user and fan of Digital Equipment Corp business systems. DEC also was a sponsor of AltaVista, which was the first search engine that was able to visit every site on the web. I read about (an ridiculed) a couple upstart college students who were going to “waste their time” trying to put up yet another search engine when DEC and AltaVista were already the best in the world. It was 1998, the students were Larry Page and Sergey Brin … good thing they didn’t listen to the experts, eh?

Don’t listen to too much smart advice, even your own, is now my motto.

By: RP

RP — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:19:35 +0000

Hello Lester,

Thanks for dropping by and for leaving such an interesting comment. Indeed I think that is one of the big problems, especially with people writing about the making money space … they spend so much time telling people what _not_ to do that people get petrified of doing the wrong thing.

There really is no ‘wrong’ thing when it comes to writing about what you are interested in. There may be ways in the future that you want to refine or reshape your efforts, but hanging around waiting for that one great ‘best’ idea is the most costly thing you can do.

Do what you know and let the rest of the issues sort out as they may … the most important thingis to “do”.

By: SarahG

SarahG — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:55:33 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. I create sites that I understand and know about. My latest venture will be doing what I do best, programming and selling what I code up.

I was once thinking about setting up some central photo gallery site for people to get their own gallery, maybe even sell their photos on. I was told to not reinvent the wheel as there were plenty of scripts out there for galleries. A year later, Flickr came about. Sure, I probably couldn’t have created what they’ve got but I was thinking along those lines.

It’s a case of do what you want to do, stick to what you know or learn to walk before you run, and don’t put off to tomorrow what you could do today!

By: Lester Jordan

Lester Jordan — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:20:43 +0000

Hello – I have just accidentally come across your very interesting Blog and would just like to add that you are dead right. What do you love? What do you enjoy? Then try and figure out how to make money out of something that interests you – me and my friends did. Are we making money Er..NO but we are having fun and we have created a website we are proud of plus we do think that one day we will make money.
Look for the niche relative to your hobbies and interests.
Even if it takes longer than you had hoped to make money, you will be doing something you love.
Lester Jordan