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UnseenWorld · 01-31-2002, 10:24 PM

I agree wholeheartedly. I get very annoyed at all the people who think along the lines of "put up a quick and dirty copy of someone else's site on a free server and they will come." What a joke!

Here's my story: Five or six years ago when I jumped into this business, my income was $12K (that's annual, folks). I won't reveal last year's gross income (I'm working on taxes now, so I'm quite aware of it), and believe me I've come a long way.

I work seven days a week every day of the year. Even when I'm out of town visiting my daughter, I spend at least two or three hours answering e-mail, ICQ'ing, and making sure updates happen (usually a matter of simply renaming a file I FTP'ed before leaving). A more typical day will see me getting up around 9, having breakfast and tidying up until 10 when my helper arrives. We work until 4 p.m., stopping only for lunch (and I mean only to make lunch, for we go back and eat at our desks while we work).

At 4 p.m., I head into town to take care of shipping and banking and whatever shopping may be required (office supplies, groceries, etc.). My helper has left by 5 p.m., which is when I return. But my day is not over yet. I work pretty much continuously until something like 1 or 3 a.m.

A day in which I have to do a shoot is even more hectic.

Sacrifices? Because a growing business needs a constant influx of cash, I have learned to live without a car. I do this partly by living in a very convenient place, at a bus terminal that has buses going into town constantly, so I don't even really need to check a schedule. I just go and wait and rarely have to wait more than 10 minutes for a bus into town to go by. I also get around by bicycle quite a bit, which is good for my health, so I have no complaints. When I REALLY need a car, I rent one. However, that is a rare occasion, because generally that kind of money is a needless expense.

Persistence. Most of the lasting advances a business makes are incremental and evolutionary, not sudden and revolutionary.

AMP, I think you're right: Most of the "webmasters" here are very young and naive and not really very business oriented. They are oriented toward quick and easy results, and since that rarely happens (or lasts, when it does happen), they will be gone in short order. Unless they grow, of course.

01-31-2002, 10:24 PM
UnseenWorld Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Portland, OR, USA Posts: 5,279	I agree wholeheartedly. I get very annoyed at all the people who think along the lines of "put up a quick and dirty copy of someone else's site on a free server and they will come." What a joke! Here's my story: Five or six years ago when I jumped into this business, my income was $12K (that's annual, folks). I won't reveal last year's gross income (I'm working on taxes now, so I'm quite aware of it), and believe me I've come a long way. I work seven days a week every day of the year. Even when I'm out of town visiting my daughter, I spend at least two or three hours answering e-mail, ICQ'ing, and making sure updates happen (usually a matter of simply renaming a file I FTP'ed before leaving). A more typical day will see me getting up around 9, having breakfast and tidying up until 10 when my helper arrives. We work until 4 p.m., stopping only for lunch (and I mean only to make lunch, for we go back and eat at our desks while we work). At 4 p.m., I head into town to take care of shipping and banking and whatever shopping may be required (office supplies, groceries, etc.). My helper has left by 5 p.m., which is when I return. But my day is not over yet. I work pretty much continuously until something like 1 or 3 a.m. A day in which I have to do a shoot is even more hectic. Sacrifices? Because a growing business needs a constant influx of cash, I have learned to live without a car. I do this partly by living in a very convenient place, at a bus terminal that has buses going into town constantly, so I don't even really need to check a schedule. I just go and wait and rarely have to wait more than 10 minutes for a bus into town to go by. I also get around by bicycle quite a bit, which is good for my health, so I have no complaints. When I REALLY need a car, I rent one. However, that is a rare occasion, because generally that kind of money is a needless expense. Persistence. Most of the lasting advances a business makes are incremental and evolutionary, not sudden and revolutionary. AMP, I think you're right: Most of the "webmasters" here are very young and naive and not really very business oriented. They are oriented toward quick and easy results, and since that rarely happens (or lasts, when it does happen), they will be gone in short order. Unless they grow, of course. __________________ SIG TOO BIG! Maximum 120x60 button and no more than 3 text lines of DEFAULT SIZE and COLOR. Unless your sig is for a GFY top banner sponsor, then you may use a 624x80 instead of a 120x60.