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Nothing can beat time and knowledge gained over time. – There is no quick methods. No end all be all eBook. Even if you are constantly on Digital Point Forums, no amount of knowledge comes to you over night. The things I’ve learned which lead to my best successes are learned from trial and error. Oh and by adding your RSS feed to your user profile on digital point forums, that helps with traffic too 😉

Problogger networking enables you to stand out. – Darren had posted about making yourself stand out. By not only networking, but going to conferences, meeting people and interfacing on a face to face level does tons not only for your credibility but also makes you stand out. You aren’t just that one guy who always comments. (In my case, you’re that guy who had lunch with Darren Rowse at FOOA)

Adsense doesn’t mean much – Yeah it would be nice to earn a ton of money from a blog. Realistically that isn’t going to happen, and if t does it’s not overnight. Solid content, building your readerbase, and continually reaching out to readers is what helps you to excel. If you’re lucky maybe you can earn a few bucks on top of that… but that is if you’re lucky.

Selling a blog doesn’t mean content suffers – it only means the author can enable another online resource. I’ve learned this from a few people, Matt Coddington, sold NetBusinessBlog a while back. He’s still churning out content and by changing his direction without NBB, he can expand beyond “make money online.” Also my buddy Nomar, he used to be blogging over at KingNomar.com, but as of recently he’s started things fresh over at MonetizePro.com Bottom line here, sometimes you need to let go, take your earnings, and realize you can start anew.

Making contacts helps bring in traffic – From ProBlogger to Lithman.net to Derrich.com. Every time I’ve reached out and made a few friends I’ve found I usually two two things, backlinks and traffic. Networking helps not only with allowing people to share their experience, but also usually they share the links and traffic as well. What goes around comes around.

Happy Easter everyone!

With all this talk of eggs and baskets today I couldn’t help but think of all the ever-so-cliche phrase “don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”  Well you could… but if your eggs were dollars in the stock market, and your basket a few years back was say, Enron, well you would be screwed.

I’ve gone back this weekend and done a lot of thinking about what i’ve learned, what i’ve done, and what has worked for me.  I’ll be making some posts on the realizations I’ve made, but long story short, diversification is key.  I’ll have more for you tomorrow, but for now have a happy holiday!

I’m a big fan of the Get Rich Slowly blog.  The author, J.D., explains to his readers tactics and methods to use to become more frugal and in a safe manner, save more money.  Now this isn’t a get rich quick scheme or a make money blog.  J.D. writes through personal experience as a man climbing out from debt.  One of the most appealing aspects of the blog for me is not only the fact that he offers loads of real world advice (and the occasional recipe) but also it is a blog about personal transformation.  In his case from a man in debt, to a man who is now debt free.

After looking back at a few of my older posts I came across a post nearly a year old questioning the viability of making a name for myself and financial gains through only the web.  Who’s to say?  While I by no means am making the implication that I will live off my online earnings, right now I am very much considering maximizing my current efforts to make money online while searching for a new job.

J.D.’s most recent post prompted me to think of how I can gain the most from my current unemployment, but also I think I should look at this time as a chance for opportunity as well.