blog carnival – our blogging journey

My friend Ruth over at Web Career Girl is celebrating her 100th post and decided to write about her blogging journey. A fantastic writer and excellent blogging buddy. Ruth – congratulations and happy blog-go-versary!

We all got talking at VRED voice, an amazing forum by Michelle Adams that is included when you purchase her amazing new book Build and Sell Niche Blogs, a comprehensive guide on blog flipping.

We decided that a few of us would write about the reasons why we blog, our journey  and what we want to accomplish.

“Can A Blog Change the World?” by Ruth: “Blogging as an opportunity to use your voice for what you truly believe in, changing your world for the better”.

“My Blogging Vision” by Lisa: “When I started blogging back in October of 2007, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I’ve seen a lot of changes in my life since then yet my vision for my blog remains the same.”

“At the Speed of Blog” by Steve: “What I have seen in the way mankind has changed in the form of communication during my lifetime.”

“All About Me” by Donny: “All About Me – Well maybe not all. I wanted to take a minute and give everyone a chance to get to know a bit about who I am, how I got here, what I hope to accomplish and why I am looking to Internet Marketing and, more specifically, Niche Blogging for income.”

“Turning Dreams Into Goals” by Donna: “For the past year my dream has been to make enough money working online so that both me and my husband could work from home. We have a business that I currently run from home and I wanted to turn that over to him while I created websites.”

“Why I Blog and Why I’ll Continue to Blog” by Michelle: Inspired by others who ‘care’, I got to thinking about the world we all live in and how we have this amazing communication channel we know as the World Wide Web: I wondered if by blogging, can I change the world? Here’s some of the thoughts that quickly came to mind”

“Blogging Vision 2010” by Jen: “AkitaJitsu’s “Niche Blogging for Non-Techies” is all about answering technical questions about building niche blogs in a non-technical way. Jen (aka, Akitajitsu) started the blog a few months ago, and has written a plan for the blog’s future. She hopes this blog will become a popular resource for niche bloggers.”

“Blogging to Change the World – My World” by Leslie: “Blogging can be a hobby, something you do for fun. For me, it changed my world for the better. It made my life the dreamlife I always envisioned.”

“Niche Blogging” by Loren: “Making goals, missing goals and maintaining blogging relationships.”

the reason i blog

There is not any single reason why I blog. It’s a culmination of things. If you haven’t read it already, you can read the simply stephen story over at my main blog on green living (warning, it’s quite long).

Life has been a journey of twists and turns for me. As an introvert it has sometimes been a little bit too stimulating. I often use the expression slow like tortoise and sometimes I want to hide in my shell.

But if life has taught me anything, it is that the world is an amazing place with so many struggles, challenges, opportunities and stories from real people.

It would be a shame to take my trials and tribulations to the grave with me when the stockpile of experience could be used to help other people cope with their journey. So I do just that.

I bare all on my websites. Nothing hidden. I say it like it is in the hopes of helping people with their journey. If I can make a difference in one persons life, then it will all be worth it. My other passion is simple green living and you could say I am here to assist and protect people and mother earth.

the road to blogging

I’ve been playing with computers as a productivity hacker for about 25 years. Though not really a techie, I do ok. After a decade in the animal industry, I decided to change careers and start doing computer support work. This included a lot of business writing, including content for various high level websites. After 5 lay offs in a decade (because of all those mergers and takeovers), I decided to go out on my own and have been freelancing since.

It was time to stick it to the man. Though I’ve been doing that my whole life. In 2005 simply stephen was born. I provided writing services for websites and business.

I followed up and took a web design program in 2006 to help round out the skills. But after working with traditional websites & clients I decided to take a peak at internet marketing and lifestyle type work.

You know, the type of work that you can do from anywhere, anytime, while choosing to do what you will and won’t do. That’s it. That’s what I do.

I had been following Josh Spaulding for a while and he introduced a web mentoring forum now open to the public at IMD Forum. Shortly after joining I set up my first blog.

Oh, what a journey!

I’ve played the Google dance, lost money, earned money, bought products I didn’t need, tried different blueprints, got distracted, wrote guest posts, learned a whole lot, got focused and ended up here…I learn  the one thing that will help you follow your road, is to know where you want to go.

focus

And that’s what I’m doing. I’m focusing on helping people with living. Easy as 1-2-3

1. I help introverts with blogging on this site – the ideal way of living for many introverts
2. I help introverts learn how to cope with life obstacles
3. I help the everyday blogger & little guy learn about green simple living – made simple at simply stephen and keep an eye out for living on a dime (coming soon) to help you save money and stay green

That’s the full circle, it’s all about living.

I have a few little mini sites on some passions. Call them little side projects to keep my passions burning.

my ideal set of blogs

1. Helping people with Green Simple Living – (simply stephen – done)
2. Helping Introverts with Life – (cope with life – done)
3. Helping Introverts with Blogging – (have a niche day – done)
4. Sustainable Living & Housing Blueprint – in progress (yurtopia project – this is a journey in itself)
5. Helping People Learn Cribbage – done (cribbage rules – still working on eBook)
6. Adoption Reunion – in progress (eBook coming late this year)
7. Traveling Green – I’m going to be doing this soon and want to blog about it (part of yurtopia)
8. Helping People Save Money and the Environment – coming soon (living on a dime)
9. Hockey – I want a hockey site

So, my journey is a pretty fascinating one. There are still so many wonderful stories to come out. It is going strong and as the skill and focus is being developed it is getting more and more exciting.

I am a repository of stories and adventures that can help you with your journey. Some of them you would never believe. Just ask I love to help and  share.

We’d love to hear about your blogging journey too and if you don’t have one, let us help you create one.

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