Many times people have asked me this question: "How can you do all that you do, alone, as a single person?
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So I decided to answer that question on a slow summer Tuesday.
Short answer: I do not "do it alone".
Semi-short answer: After years of doing everything myself and doing most tasks "by hand" I found the key to freedom. I can sum it up in a short phrase for you:
"Automate everything (you can)".
Long answer: If you are a single person trying to build and run an online adult "empire" of ever-expanding size at some point it becomes nearly impossible to do everything yourself. You can only work 16 hours a day, 7 days a week for so long without a complete meltdown....
So you need to figure out a way to maximize your efforts and free yourself of the back-breaking daily grind of doing repetitive tasks alone.
GET YOURSELF SOME OUTSOURCED EMPLOYEES.
I have 7-10 employees (the number flucuates depending on the work load). They include:
video editors
video uploaders
full-time designer
PHP and Java programmer
Social Media marketer
I own and run about 32 paysites, a network and an affiliate program. How can I do all this as a "single person"? I can't, and couldn't, for very long, and yet I DO "run it myself" in that I'm the Boss, it's my "World" (Mister Peabody World) and everyone else is just living in it. I communicate with everyone online so when I look around my little office it certainly feels like I'm doing it alone - but I'm really not.
It's Magic!
There are many resources you could be taking advantage of here on the World Wide Web. Feel overwhelmed? Feel "stuck in a rut"? Can't take your business to the next level? Consider using sites like
fiverr.com and
odesk.
Some will balk at paying money to make money but those who complain are satisfied with where they are tho they may bitch endlessly about not "making it big". You simply MUST spend money to make money at some point or stagnate.
So how much to spend? Where to spend it? NO better allocation of funds could be found than through hiring employees. PEOPLE will make your business grow more than advertising, more hosting accounts or any other expense we spend our money on as Webmasters.
Hope this glimpe into my inner workings have helped some (or any) of you. NO ONE should spend their life in front of a monitor unless you're so broke you're willing to work for $2 an hour and live in India.
* For the Idiots: "single person" does not exclude married people.