Well flying from Pittsburgh to San Francisco was not that fun. My flight was at 9:20AM, which was to Vegas (a 4.5 hour flight). For one I hate long flights, but I really did not get much sleep the night before since I was excited about the trip. I tried to sleep on my first flight, but that just gave me a sore neck. Getting off in Vegas I had about 2.5 hours to kill so I got some food and jumped on my laptop to get some work done. If you have never been to McCarren international Airport in Vegas they have slot machines all over the place and if you hate the sound they make, like I do it is quite annoying. Finally I got on my flight from Vegas to San Francisco. I landed about 3:30 western time.
I was met at the airport by friends who live in San Francisco. Instead of going right back to their place they took me down to check out the city. We took the BART into the city and when we came up from the terminal I was extremely surprised! There were people everywhere and tons of stuff to. In Pittsburgh the downtown area is mainly offices and things like that, not many people go down there to go shopping. Well in San Francisco it is a lot different, there are stores all over the place. We went to Union Square to relax and that gave me a chance to take a few photos of some of the buildings.
We ended up going back to my friend’s house and just hanging out the rest of the night. The weather here is awesome too. When I left Pittsburgh there was ice on my windshield, so 70s is a nice change! The rest of the week should be a lot of fun!
If you are a content creator like me then you are always working to put out new content. If you are not actually making the content you are editing and finalizing it. This takes up a lot of time and if you have to meet a deadline you can really stress yourself out trying to make that deadline. A couple of years ago I had this problem, especially with school and a real job. I got really stressed and ended up not doing anything for an entire week! Content sites rely on new content so if you go any long period of time without updating you lose visitors as well as revenue.
Have a Good Start
Like I said I did not work for a week because I was so stressed. Instead of getting back in the same routine just for it to happen again I took a day out to just write articles / reviews. That way I have a good amount of content ready to be posted. That day was really hard but it paid off because I had content for the entire week.
Have a Routine
I took 1 day to write a bunch of articles, but I could not do that each week. After you have a good amount of content you should setup a schedule where you pick days to do certain tasks. Say Monday you write a few articles, Tuesday you follow up on e-mails and do some editing, then Wednesday write a few more articles. As long as you have a schedule and keep with it you should be able to pump out content on a constant basis.
Timestamp is your Friend
If you are using any type of content management system or blogging software it should have a timestamp feature, where you post articles, but they will not be published until the time you specify. This means you can post something on Monday and have it be published on Tuesday. So on Tuesday you do not have to worry about posting anything, just concentrate on other work.
Being overloaded with work can lead to burn out and that is a killer for content creators. I’ve been the victim of burn out a few times and it has really hurt my websites. That is why I try to work at least 1 day ahead if not more.
I will be heading out to San Francisco on Saturday for ad:tech. Ad:tech is a conference that focus’s on marketing. They have 10 shows all over the world. So why did I decide to go to the San Francisco event? Well for one I have a few friends who live in the city and friends like John Chow are going to the event so I decided why not? Also I’ve never been out to California, the furthest west I have been is Las Vegas so I figured going to this event will give me a reason to go out to California, plus it will be good to get out of Pittsburgh.
The reason I am heading out on Saturday is that I’m going to be meeting up with some friends and they are going to show me the city. If I’m going all the way out to San Francisco I need a few days to explore the city, not just go for the conference. Also San Francisco is the home of Justin.tv and I hope to meet to crew their and stop by their offices one of the days that I’m there. Fellow Justin.tv broadcasters Jspin and Krystyl will be there too, so I am going to meet up with them.
At ad:tech I hope to meet a lot of new people and tell them about what I do. Networking is probably the main reason I am going to this event. Meeting new people, sharing ideas, and finding new ways to make money online are all things that I hope to accomplish at ad:tech. Also I am sure that John will make the trip a lot of fun, he always makes every trip I am with him at fun. I will also get to meet fellow bloggers that I have talked to online, but never met in real life.
If you are heading out to ad:tech in San Francisco leave a comment or drop me a line in an e-mail.
As I said when I announced the winner of the iTrip Auto contest I was going to the hockey game. If you are new to this blog then you don’t know that I am a HUGE hockey fan. I played hockey all through high school and have been watch hockey as long as I can remember. For a while hockey was kind of sad here in Pittsburgh, we were at the bottom of the NHL each year, but after the lockout we were lucky enough to get Sidney Crosby and now we have Evgeni Malkin and Marian Hossa. So hockey is real big in Pittsburgh now, we have sold out every home game this season!
Since every game is sold out it is really hard to get tickets. Luckily my friend’s dad’s company has season tickets, so we are able to go to 4-5 games a year. What is even better is that the seats are in the Igloo club. The Igloo club is a section of seats on each side of the rink right at center ice. These seats carry a premium, not only because of their location, but also there is special Igloo Club lounge area. This area has a full bar, concessions, and private bathrooms.
The game was on a Sunday afternoon and it was against the Rangers. For some reason it seems we always have trouble with the Rangers, but today we dominated. They had an early 1-0 lead, but we took that away and won the game 3-1. Watching players like Crosby, Malkin, and Hossa play together is just amazing, no wonder why the Pens have sold out every home game this season.
I made a video of my time at the game, enjoy.
If I have learned anything from working online is that you learn a lot from other people. I don’t think I would be where I am today without the help of people I have met from blogging. I’m sure all of you know who John Chow is. If you don’t then you should, he is a blogger making $30,000 a month from blogging and a close friend of mine. It seems like everything he does is profitable! He is launching a new service where he will teach you how to make money online, one on one! Making money seems to come easy for him and he wants to share his knowledge with you. He gets close to 1000 e-mails a day from people asking how to make money online!
This is your perfect opportunity to work with him one on one! He is only taking 25 people into this program, so you better get in if you want to make money online. Luckily for you he told me about this program before anyone else! The big sites should be breaking this news tomorrow.
So how does this program work? The new site is called ToGetRichisGlorious.com and it is a modified wordpress site where John will be posting daily videos that will teach you how to make money online. They will be just like lessons that you can follow. Only registered users can see the posts and comment. Besides this you will be given a Skype account that you can use communicate directly with John. Also private ToGetRichisGlorious.com e-mail accounts will be given to you for e-mail communication. As I said the site will be updated each day with a video as well as blog post.
The program will cost $499 a year and as I said John is only taking on 25 people so he does not have hundreds of people asking him how to make money. Even better John has given BobBuskirk.com users a 50% discount, so at checkout type in “Bob” in the promo code box to receive 50% off your year membership. This is a great opportunity for people who are new to get right into the business and start making money fast! As I said we are the first site to break the news so sign up fast before the spots run out!
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