Comments on: What Do I Do? http://www.darrenrowse.com/what-do-i-do Where I think out loud Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:07:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: forex morning trade http://www.darrenrowse.com/what-do-i-do/comment-page-1#comment-4162 forex morning trade Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:08:24 +0000 http://www.darrenrowse.com/?p=185#comment-4162 Hi All, This has been very helpful. some really good information and tips! It was useful for my team. Thanks for all of your hard work!I love all the info provided. I will stay tuned. Hi All, This has been very helpful. some really good information and tips! It was useful for my team. Thanks for all of your hard work!I love all the info provided. I will stay tuned.

]]> By: Kitty http://www.darrenrowse.com/what-do-i-do/comment-page-1#comment-1414 Kitty Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:18:36 +0000 http://www.darrenrowse.com/?p=185#comment-1414 Darren, you are amazing my friend! And I aspire to be like you, especially in the entrepreneurial world. Cheers, Kitty Darren, you are amazing my friend! And I aspire to be like you, especially in the entrepreneurial world.
Cheers,
Kitty

]]> By: Shai http://www.darrenrowse.com/what-do-i-do/comment-page-1#comment-1304 Shai Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:45:28 +0000 http://www.darrenrowse.com/?p=185#comment-1304 Dear Darren, I like and admire your dPS website. Do you have a background as a professional photographer? If not, how did you kick start the website and established your authority? Another question is that I noticed the posts in dPS are without date and I could not find an archive (I was interested to see how you began). What made you decide on this format? All the best, Shai Dear Darren,
I like and admire your dPS website. Do you have a background as a professional photographer? If not, how did you kick start the website and established your authority? Another question is that I noticed the posts in dPS are without date and I could not find an archive (I was interested to see how you began). What made you decide on this format?
All the best,
Shai

]]> By: Brittany Dunlap http://www.darrenrowse.com/what-do-i-do/comment-page-1#comment-932 Brittany Dunlap Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:13:59 +0000 http://www.darrenrowse.com/?p=185#comment-932 Thanks Darren for sharing. I find it amazing that you have the time and energy to do all of that each week. Good for you! That's great! I wish I had the energy to be so productive. Congrats! Thanks Darren for sharing. I find it amazing that you have the time and energy to do all of that each week. Good for you! That’s great! I wish I had the energy to be so productive. Congrats!

]]> By: Chris http://www.darrenrowse.com/what-do-i-do/comment-page-1#comment-907 Chris Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:09:03 +0000 http://www.darrenrowse.com/?p=185#comment-907 I've found the best thing to do is tell people I run websites, which provide information for consumers. And they generate revenue from advertising and promoting products in return for commission. That's about as simple as one can put it :) If you get into explaining marketing methods, how a website works etc you soon seen the listeners eyes glaze with confusion! I’ve found the best thing to do is tell people I run websites, which provide information for consumers. And they generate revenue from advertising and promoting products in return for commission. That’s about as simple as one can put it :) If you get into explaining marketing methods, how a website works etc you soon seen the listeners eyes glaze with confusion!

]]> By: Kathleen http://www.darrenrowse.com/what-do-i-do/comment-page-1#comment-895 Kathleen Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:24:11 +0000 http://www.darrenrowse.com/?p=185#comment-895 Love the candid post, Darren ~ and I enjoyed all the comments, too. Your ProBlogger information has help me, also. Looking forward to checking out your Twitter tips, too. And, yes - it takes MANY hours to get all the behind scenes stuff done *whew* and many more to keep it rolling. Now where were all those posts about how to set your priorities...? I think I need a refresher course before I tackle the next six projects! *roflol* Love the candid post, Darren ~ and I enjoyed all the comments, too. Your ProBlogger information has help me, also. Looking forward to checking out your Twitter tips, too. And, yes – it takes MANY hours to get all the behind scenes stuff done *whew* and many more to keep it rolling. Now where were all those posts about how to set your priorities…? I think I need a refresher course before I tackle the next six projects! *roflol*

]]> By: brittni: papernstitch http://www.darrenrowse.com/what-do-i-do/comment-page-1#comment-891 brittni: papernstitch Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:06:40 +0000 http://www.darrenrowse.com/?p=185#comment-891 I have been asked this very question many times, from my own family even. And I find that, for me, it can be difficult to put all the things I do into words. I run an online business and blog daily as well. But of course, each day is different while there are many "basic" routines that I fall into daily, there are countless other "to dos" which may be more difficult to quantify for people who are considered bloggers or online entrepreneurs because the idea is a bit more abstract. The job is not as common. Its not your standard office management job, in which the mere title alone evokes a basic understanding into what that person does. Of course, the people who read your blogs, I am sure, have an understanding of what it means to be a full-time blogger. But for those that don't, like your friend for example, how do you explain it to them without boring them to tears. Have an elevator pitch to suggest? I have been asked this very question many times, from my own family even. And I find that, for me, it can be difficult to put all the things I do into words. I run an online business and blog daily as well. But of course, each day is different while there are many “basic” routines that I fall into daily, there are countless other “to dos” which may be more difficult to quantify for people who are considered bloggers or online entrepreneurs because the idea is a bit more abstract. The job is not as common. Its not your standard office management job, in which the mere title alone evokes a basic understanding into what that person does.

Of course, the people who read your blogs, I am sure, have an understanding of what it means to be a full-time blogger. But for those that don’t, like your friend for example, how do you explain it to them without boring them to tears. Have an elevator pitch to suggest?

]]> By: Anne Galivan http://www.darrenrowse.com/what-do-i-do/comment-page-1#comment-887 Anne Galivan Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:09:55 +0000 http://www.darrenrowse.com/?p=185#comment-887 Well, you certainly got a lot of traffic on this one! What do I do? I'm a full-time home-schooling mom (mom for 26 years, home-schooling for 20). I own a contracting business with my husband (he does the contracting, I do the bookkeeping - which I am good at but hate doing *sigh*). I am a part-time college student working on finishing a degree I started 30 years ago. And one month ago I launched my own website/blog about home-schooling that I hope will one day add to my family's income but that is not my primary motivation for starting it. When I launched it I sent an e-mail to dozens of family and friends inviting them to take a look. The ones that bothered to (and many did) now know what I am doing, sort of - though I can guarantee you they have no idea the hours and hours of work (and frustration) it took to get this website off the ground. I sometimes tell people now to not take the Internet for granted! It's so simple to surf and read and shop, but what it takes to get websites launched - and keeping them interesting and running properly - is like climbing Everest in my book! Well, you certainly got a lot of traffic on this one!

What do I do? I’m a full-time home-schooling mom (mom for 26 years, home-schooling for 20). I own a contracting business with my husband (he does the contracting, I do the bookkeeping – which I am good at but hate doing *sigh*). I am a part-time college student working on finishing a degree I started 30 years ago.

And one month ago I launched my own website/blog about home-schooling that I hope will one day add to my family’s income but that is not my primary motivation for starting it. When I launched it I sent an e-mail to dozens of family and friends inviting them to take a look. The ones that bothered to (and many did) now know what I am doing, sort of – though I can guarantee you they have no idea the hours and hours of work (and frustration) it took to get this website off the ground. I sometimes tell people now to not take the Internet for granted! It’s so simple to surf and read and shop, but what it takes to get websites launched – and keeping them interesting and running properly – is like climbing Everest in my book!

]]> By: Neil Macdonald http://www.darrenrowse.com/what-do-i-do/comment-page-1#comment-886 Neil Macdonald Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:00:13 +0000 http://www.darrenrowse.com/?p=185#comment-886 I work online looking after newspaper websites, including their bloggers, but I blog for kicks, writing about science fiction. I haven't really thought about monetizing my blog beyond the basics as I do it for fun and as a creative release. Nice post Darren I work online looking after newspaper websites, including their bloggers, but I blog for kicks, writing about science fiction.

I haven’t really thought about monetizing my blog beyond the basics as I do it for fun and as a creative release.

Nice post Darren

]]> By: Stephen http://www.darrenrowse.com/what-do-i-do/comment-page-1#comment-885 Stephen Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:22:16 +0000 http://www.darrenrowse.com/?p=185#comment-885 When people ask me what I do my answer is simple "I work with websites". I never mention blog or Google - (if they don't get it) they're eyes just glaze over. If they show a bit of interest I elaborate, but more often than not, the conversation ends with "I just don't get all that interweb sutff, Twitbook n'that, I can't even switch a computer on!". When people ask me what I do my answer is simple “I work with websites”. I never mention blog or Google – (if they don’t get it) they’re eyes just glaze over. If they show a bit of interest I elaborate, but more often than not, the conversation ends with “I just don’t get all that interweb sutff, Twitbook n’that, I can’t even switch a computer on!”.

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