Webtrepreneur – The Journey Begins

Well the time is fast approaching when I leave my day job and embark on the next part of my journey.

For the last 8 years I have been a tenured Academic, lecturing in Information and Communication Technology and Digital Innovation.

I have been involved with the Web before the dot com crash, but that’s another story for another time. So what is this site about? I am going to cover my journey of making money online. I know, I know, I can hear you saying, ‘oh, not another how to make money online blog’, well yes and no.

Yes, there are many other blogs out there with the same focus; with a few main ones dominating the segment. Is it a wise decision to move into this segment? Darren Rowse, at Problogger.net (regarded by many as being the top in this segment) has a post today dealing with choosing a profitable niche for your blog. In it, he states:

“One mistake that many bloggers fall into when they discover the idea of making money from blogging is to start a blog on that very topic. The problem is that the ‘make money online’ niche is crowded, there are already many established blogs, to be successful in it you need credibility and runs on the board (or a unique approach to it) and it really has a limited audience when compared to many other niches.”

His comments here are valid, the segment is crowded, and credibility and runs on the board are important. Does this mean that you cannot break into this ‘niche’? I don’t think so. Do I have unique approach? I think so, but ultimately, the readers and users will be the judge.

While the focus of this blog will be making money online, I will cover other areas that interest me, and hopefully you also.

And the car? I just like it, that’s all.