It seems like such a long time ago that I blogged (on the now defunct Bankruptcy to Millionaire). I quit blogging one day at the drop of a hat… and it’s funny because I owe that blog so much.
While I didn’t become a millionaire in 4 years, as was my goal, starting and maintaining that blog got me to places I never would have imagined. That blog helped me find a voice and a passion for internet marketing. The passion that led me to what is now my (amazing) career path as an SEO for Expedia, and my own affiliate marketing business. It also led me to find a person that I am thrilled to call both my friend and my business partner.
And for one reason or another (be it time, or motivation) I just quit blogging. I let the domain lapse, and B2M and Tevin’s online blogging identity disappeared. Even looking back, I think this was the right decision. I was at a point where I was using my time better actually learning and making money (or at least trying). And if I recall correctly, my content on the blog really started to go down hill.
But since that B2M a lot has changed.
And I think now might be the perfect time for me to re-find my voice and reignite the passion I once had for writing and blogging on a regular basis. But this blog isn’t going to B2M 2.0. That blog talked about my endeavors of making money, my trials and errors (and believe me there were a ton of errors). I discussed tactics and theories. I wrote about hits and misses (and there were many more misses than hits. Eventually though, the blog became about me being “money hungry” and willing to sacrifice the integrity I had built up on that site for cheap tricks for monetization.
This site is simply not about making money, or SEO.
Some people have asked me if I wanted to start blogging, why not write about SEO. This is a completely valid point, and something I’ve wrestled with for some time. But in the end, while I feel like I have a strong grasp on the SEO and Internet Marketing industry as a whole I feel the topics are covered very well by the current bloggers out there. I feel I could add very little ongoing value to the conversation. So an “SEO Blog” just wasn’t the right fit for me, right now.
I may end up writing my thoughts about my career or my industry. But more likely I’d like to use this site as an outlet for motivation and inspiration. Maybe it’s sole purpose is to entertain the author and that may be it. But if along the way I can provide insight or inspiration to others… even better.
I hope to blog about my “Top Favorites” (ideas being Top 10 Favorite Episodes of Top Gear, or Top 6 places to grab a bacon cheeseburger in Tacoma, or Top 10 Favorite Movie Quotes… you get the idea). I’d like to start taking on “3o Day Challenges” and blogging about my experiences taking on those endeavors. Who knows, maybe it’ll be as simple as a journal entry, or a cool picture I took.
I want to leave it very open and organic. I know this means certain death for a blogs “popularity”. But fuck it. It’s mine and I’ll do with it as a please.
Cheers.
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