As I’ve mentioned, over the last week or so I’ve been pretty quiet. Aside from having more than enough projects (both personal and client-related) to work on, I’ve also been just watching and listening. I’ve been reading blogs in this space, and other markets. I’ve been seeing how people are interacting on, and what they’re saying on, Twitter. It’s been insightful to just sit back and observe.
And here’s one observation I’ve made recently: it seems like there are only three ways to act as an online entrepreneur. You can be reactionary, innovative, or stale.
Let me clarify those terms and what I mean by them.
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You know that “you have to be in the make money online niche in order to make money online” stereotype? While some stereotypes are true, this one is total crapola.
During my personal blog training sessions, I get to talk with bloggers in a variety of niches. But by far, the most popular niche that people come to me with is the make money online one. And I’d say the majority of the people I talk to are learning the basics of Internet marketing and how to apply those principles to their blogs in order to rake in the dough. I think it has to do with the monkey-see, monkey-do mentality. We see people teaching us and giving us examples using the make money online market, so to make it easier on ourselves we just stick with this market (even if we know nothing about it).
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You know what’s difficult? Trying to go on vacation, or dealing with an unexpected trip, when you’re responsible for an online business. It’s tough leading up to the departure. It’s tough while you’re gone. And it’s tough when you get back. It’s just the nature of the beast.
I constantly struggle with this. Every three months, my husband and I pack up and take the show on the road during his month-long breaks from school. We like to take little weekend vacations. We like to go overseas. I enjoy going to visit family for a couple weeks at a time on a moment’s notice.
One of the reasons I do what I do is so I can take it with me and not be at home. Flexibility – I love that. I like to think I’m getting better about how I organize these times away from home, but it’s still difficult to deal with being away every time I’m gone.
After some trial and error, I’ve found that creating a standard list of what needs to be done before I leave has helped make the transition from home, to on the road, to back home again a lot smoother.
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