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Planting Bamboo

David — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:18:47 +0000

One day a man planted a bamboo seedling. He cared deeply for it, so each day he watered it and tended to it, always making sure it had the proper sunlight to grow. After a year’s time, the man saw that the plant had not grown at all, but he continued to water it, tend to it, and make sure it was nourished by proper sunlight. Again, after the second year the plant had not grown. He watered and tended it through the third year and the fourth. Suddenly, as if by magic, in the fifth it began growing. In fact, it grew two and a half feet a day until in six weeks it was ninety feet tall.

The things you start in your life – relationships, businesses, new endeavors, new projects, are all bamboo plants. This illustration is very closely mirrored in Network Marketing, except that if you’re in the right one, you can start making money fast, and when you hit critical mass you can’t believe the growth. Those who make twenty or a hundred thousand dollars a month are not smarter than anyone else – they just kept on when all the others left.

Calvin Coolidge said, “Press on: nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; un-rewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.”

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. Winners NEVER quit. With a winner, it’s not about “IF” – it’s about “WHEN”. What will YOUR life look like in five years?

April Fools!!

David — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:51:52 +0000

Did you get fooled today?? Check out some of the blogs that posted April fools jokes.

Apparently lots of people didn’t quite enjoy the John Chow one. Apparently they haven’t been around the internet that long. John Chow explains how to deal with it in his article How To Get Out of a Rick Roll.

Did you post a joke on your site? I didn’t have time to come up with one for mine.

Free Nintendo Wii

David — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:54:00 +0000

I have always thought of those “free nintendo!” and “free ipod” things were all scams. And I’m still a little skeptical. But I recently started thinking about it a bit more. There is a lot of money in advertising and online marketing, and what do these sites do? They force people to sign up for trials, view their products, and refer their friends to do the same, just to get the prize. And then there are those who don’t sign up, but still go to the web page and click around to see what it’s about. I can imagine that they earn enough money from this to more than compensate for the prizes that they give out.

I also saw tons of video’s on youtube about this claiming that it’s legit, citing CNN, BBC, etc as sources.

Check out this video on youtube

So… Why not try it and see if it is real?? I signed up, so we’ll see how it goes. You need to sign up/complete an offer with one of their advertisers, and then refer 6 people to do the same. I chose to go with zip.ca, which is a 2 week free trial of movie rentals. I have no intention of keeping it and plan on canceling it a couple days before the 2 weeks are up. Now, I just have to refer 6 people, and then I should get my Nintendo Wii in the mail.

If you’d like to try it too, we could find out if this is real or not. Go get your free Nintendo Wii!!

This could be a good way to get prizes for blog contests that could increase your traffic to your blog.

Making Money Online – Facebook Style

David — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:48:29 +0000

I’ve been exploring the idea of trying to monetize my facebook account recently. The idea is a good one, and many have done it, so why don’t I??

An Article on CNN Money about the Facebook Economy

I think that one of the reasons I haven’t gotten into this yet is lack of time. I am full time in school, and trying to finish up my degree this year. Another reason is I don’t feel confident that I could really make an application. I’m not a programmer, and all that I know is just from surfing the internet. And I know that I could learn, but again, its the time thing. Learning how would take time, which is hard to come by.

Monetizing Facebook

All that being said, I do want to look into this, and hope I will make time for it.

Domain Parking

David — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:51:59 +0000

I have never parked a domain, but a friend and fellow blogger has recently posted about his domain parking experience. His blog, Abbotsfordisboring.ca, is a simple blog that started off writing about thinks to do in Abbotsford. His most recent post, is about a domain that he parked WhereClothing.

I looked at the Sedoparking website and as far as I could tell, it didn’t say how much of the revenue it shares with you, it just said that it was one of the most “generous.”

Does anyone else have experience with this?? or had a successful domain name that has brought in a little cash on the side?? I’d love to hear about it!!