Catharsis:
Pronunciation: \kə-ˈthär-səs\
Function: noun
2 a: purification or purgation of the emotions primarily through art.
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By Justin Matthews, on August 31st, 2010
Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket is a very old saying that is still true. Even in this electronic day and age, putting all of your everything into one thing is not good. It is also not good to be spread too thin, having too many projects that just get put off as life intrudes.
The hard part is the balance. I have been fighting that balance for the past couple of weeks and losing. I have too many things going on. I thought everything was beginning to balance and then some little punk goes and hits me with a virus that totally shuts down my main computer. Not that I don’t have another that I can use even if it is slower, but still, have you ever had to stop and half rebuild on anther machine? It is frustrating.
I have spent entirely too much time trying to fix
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By Justin Matthews, on July 19th, 2010
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It is simple to read a ton of stuff on the net about making money online. It is easy to start trying but they don’t tell you actually how hard it is to do “things” right.
There is information about how much work it takes, you do have to look for it. Many of the people who actually make a great living online work their butts off.
Now, I have been around the blogosphere for a while now, almost 7 months. I have seen so many make money quick things out there that I can spot a sales pitch in about 12 words. I have taken steps to try and make sure anything I sell doesn’t sound like those. As of right now, I have nothing but one fiction ebook to sell.
This weekend I have been working on 2 of my sites that I hope to be making money with right
Continue reading What they never tell you about making money online.
By Justin Matthews, on June 10th, 2010
Well folks the time is here and I don’ tknow if my ass is getting worn out yet or it is just the chair. It has been 5 full months now that I have been posting on this blog and playing around. I am getting ok traffic and it is time to start charging for each blog post!
No of course I am kidding. My posts on here and for fiction Saturday will be free forever. But today I want to talk about money and how to separate people from it. I have been listening to Nathan Hangen’s podcasts in bulk lately and he has inspired me to get something going now.
What I am looking for today is some input. The time has arrived that the new baby is imminent and I need to get some cash in to cover the bills. I am trying to come up with a product that
Continue reading Time is up! *&%$ or get off the pot!
By Justin Matthews, on June 1st, 2010
I recently got a great gift from Erika over at RedheadWriting.com. Details are not important but the end result was a consult with a real honest to goodness graphic designer, Zac Chisik from ChisikStudio.com.
He sent me a form to fill out to get an idea about my business in order to design a business card. Simple thing right? Well I found that I didn’t really have a solid, defined structure for my business. I had to totally rethink exactly how I wanted to define my business.
I took a good hard look at my business, what I wanted to call the actual structure, and then define things like target audience, voice, personality etc. I think this maybe a useful exercise for anyone in business.
I am not sure what the time frame should be, every year? Every six months? Here is my advice. Look at your business. What is the main name of
Continue reading Simple Concept, Total Rethink
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Loyalty and Business Sense.
I have been sitting on this post for a day or two but today I want to write it. I started thinking about how great it is to start building traffic and actually having people reading my blog. It is exciting to be putting out a product and having someone consume it. A product that is part of my brain and has required no sweat or muscle to produce.
I have been excited to get replies to my comments on other sites, and on my site. It is exciting to be “out there” and getting noticed. If I keep on this way I will be famous in a few years. That is my hope at least.
I was also thinking about loyalty. I have several blogs in my RSS reader and I usually keep up with them fairly well. I have been commenting more and have been plesantly surprised at responses. Those blogs
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