01.23.12 Posted in Achievement, Finances, Goals, Personal, Posts by Ryan W.
Most people do not know what they want. The other day at Starbucks, I watched the person in front of me get smoothly upsold from a cup of coffee to a $20 tea sampler set. I’m not saying that the guy was pressured into buying it; he wasn’t. I’m not saying that he got ripped [...]
06.23.11 Posted in Achievement, Finances, Goals, Inspiration, Personal, Posts by Ryan W.
It’s amazing how smart, ambitious, driven people let intelligence and wisdom go right out the window when it comes to the choice of who they’ll spend their life with. I know what some of you are thinking: “But you can’t apply the rules of logic to matters of the heart!” That’s pure crap. The laws [...]
02.28.11 Posted in Finances, Goals, Personal, Posts, Technology by Ryan W.
One of the things I love about freelancing is that it gives me an immense amount of flexibility in choosing how much of my time to monetize. People often talk about the value of their time, but until you freelance, that concept might be hard to really understand. When you work 40 hrs a week [...]
02.07.11 Posted in Blogging, Entrepreneurship, Finances, News, Personal, Posts, Social Media by Ryan W.
If you’ve been reading my monthly income reports, you’d see that my goal for 2011 was to get my blog to the point where I could live off of the monthly income. In December 2010, I met my goal of 20% growth over November. Just barely, but I met the goal. If I can average [...]
01.04.11 Posted in Blogging, Entrepreneurship, Finances, Goals, News, Personal, Posts, Social Media by Ryan W.
I’ve been posting monthly income reports for a few months now and I thought I’d combine the December 2010 report with the overall report for 2010. You can read the November 2010 report here. December 2010 Blog Income Report Here’s November and December: The news here is mixed: I hit my goal of 20% growth [...]
12.10.10 Posted in Blogging, Entrepreneurship, Finances, Future, Goals, Misc, Personal, Posts, Social Media, Technology by Ryan W.
I started blogging every day in early 2007, but I lapsed after a few months and then blogged on and off over the next few years. I don’t think I ever made more than a few dollars per month, until I started blogging again this year. In August 2010, I started a daily habit of [...]
12.09.10 Posted in Education, Entrepreneurship, Finances, Future, Inspiration, Misc, Posts, Technology by Ryan W.
I used to think about the growth of US GDP and wonder where it was coming from. I assumed that it was either from exploitation (we’re getting someone else’s share) or from population growth (we produce more because we have more people). Now, some would argue that we are growing wealthier by exploitation, but I’m [...]
12.01.10 Posted in Blogging, Entrepreneurship, Finances, Goals, Misc, News, Personal, Posts, Social Media, Technology by Ryan W.
You can read the October 2010 income update here. So here are the numbers for November: Adsense Amazon Total August $0 $41.40 $41.40 September $78.13 $18.15 $96.28 October $104.90 $80.33 $185.23 November $35.56 $639.40 $674.88 More good news: my blog income is up about 265% over last month.
11.11.10 Posted in Blogging, Entrepreneurship, Finances, Goals, Inspiration, News, Personal, Posts, Social Media, Technology by Ryan W.
About three months ago, I decided to end my hiatus from blogging and start posting Monday – Friday. I have a few other sites where I post, but 95% of my daily posts are on RyanWaggoner.com. I originally started blogging just for the sake of improving my writing and building a personal brand, but after [...]
