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Originally Posted by Barefootsies
What I am saying is,... it's a lot of trial and error before you make it. You have to find something that works first, and then replicate it on a scale to make it a living. Most do not have the patience to work for themselves, much less to do it online.
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This seems to be the trend, with my luck I'll be stuck trying my own methods for ages - I'm glad that I'm starting now then - because it's going to take some time.
Having the freedom to work for yourself is extremely inspiring to me, I'm happy to work late nights, weekends etc because I know that I'll reap the rewards at the end of the day, not the company I work for or my boss. That's one of the major advantages of working online I guess.
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Originally Posted by Nicky
Loads have been written over the years but 95% of them are not relevant any more. Some general stuff like marketing and niche understanding is still the same but as far as all great projects and tutorials that used to go around nothing is even close now days. Pre 2002 was great in that essence.
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That's true, it's surprising how little tutorials there are out there.
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Originally Posted by garce
That's pretty much 100% correct. A couple of years ago I offered to host websites - not just blogs - and give basically free reign to anyone who wanted to be a part of a network that actually made some money. Two people took me up on that offer. I had LOTS of enquiries about running a free blog host, but I actually expected people to work in exchange for the traffic and hosting.
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Did you offer some sort of advice or guidance on how to actually get started? If so, then once again that sounds like a golden offer!
How did those two people work out in the end? Did they manage to succeed? I mean if they benefited from traffic and your guidance then the others were silly to miss that opportunity, especially if they were just starting out?