Random Musings on Internet Marketing and Online Business

by The Smarter Wallet on October 7, 2009

Musings On Online Business and Internet Marketing

It’s been a long week, but it was packed with events. I was actually out of town from Thursday last week till this past Sunday as I attended an online marketing conference called IZEAFest. I decided to invest some time and money on things that may hopefully improve my online business. I’ve been running my blogs and a few other sites as a business now, and it’s gotten to the point that I’m wondering what the “next step” should be: there’s always that desire we have, as entrepreneurs, to take our business to the next level, and well…. it means making the effort and putting in the money to get to that point.

Part of the experience that took me all the way to Orlando Florida from my hometown in Northern California involved networking with fellow bloggers. I’ve discovered that being around other online entrepreneurs makes it apparent that we all pretty much think alike. We aren’t just thinking about how far we can take our online ventures, we’re also thinking about what other projects we can enter into next. Are there things we can collaborate on together perhaps? What kind of obstacles do we face, what common concerns do we have and what shared goals and ideas do we harbor? In the end, as a group, we all thought that we got a lot more out of networking with each other than we did from attending the conference, and it was definitely well worth the trip.

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{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Matt S. October 7, 2009 at 3:53 pm

Hello–
Thanks for the mention.
Best of luck on that “next step.” Sure seems like you’ve built a good foundation.

2 Manshu October 7, 2009 at 5:41 pm

That sounds like a pretty interesting and fun conference. I hope you had a good and productive time.

3 The Smarter Wallet October 8, 2009 at 4:31 pm

Thanks for asking Manshu! It was enjoyable and was a good opportunity to bond with others of like mind. Hoping to participate in more of this in the future!

4 J Money October 14, 2009 at 5:25 am

Oooohhh I love Next Steps! So full of hope and ambition. And also reminds me of those American Pie movies 😉

5 The Smarter Wallet October 14, 2009 at 7:12 pm

J Money….
So much to do, so little time! 🙂 Priorities, priorities…..

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