In my never ending quest to stimulate my lump of gray matter, I was browsing 43 Folders and watched a video by the writerbloggerspeaker Merlin Mann that captivated my attention for a short time. In the video he mentioned the prime number marketing technique that is so overdone these days. For those unaware, simply put, using prime numbers in a headline as a list tends to generate more clicks as it is more digestible for the average attention deficit prone, “I want it now”, internet surfer. It’s a lot easier to lose weight in 5 easy steps! right? The same principals are used in pricing any kind of ‘guru style make money now’ style ebook. ( 43folders has some good stuff and Merlin Mann is a nut-job just like me so check it out )
(note: my internet connection dropped at this point and after resetting my router I am struggling to remember where I left off…my brain obviously thought it was important enough to start a post)
Well, I could sit here for hours and not remember my initial thoughts so I will continue blabbing and hope a little current finds it’s way back into the brain cells that hold the info…
I’ve been working on my own for over 4 years now and find it’s getting harder to maintain a clear goal for myself and decide what I hope to achieve before I am the Roadrunner. Most of the things I do ‘for work’ are relatively mundane and uninteresting (searching for good keyword phrases and building sites to earn income is really kind of dull). I’ve read quite a bit of material on how to achieve a happy balance (insert all the crappy titles of all the crappy entrepreneurial books) with work and life but it always comes down to the phrase “do what you love”. I think the problem might lie in the fact I have been working for someone else’s dream since I was 12. That’s a long fucking time. I have expert level knowledge in things I have no interest in and years of management experience in an industry that bore’s me to death. My interest’s at this point in my life are varied and UN-specific, great for conversation, not so good for a business.
——-this is getting way off track methinks…and pessimistic——-
Peace!