Comments on: Social media: from hobby to job – this stuff takes real work

By: matthew

matthew — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:42:09 +0000

As a Newbie, I am always searching for articles that can help me. Thank you.

By: irene

irene — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:28:14 +0000

Hi there I love your post, always trying to get social media to work for me and it’s been a serious challenge.

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:20:00 +0000

I’d like to subscribe via google reader but not sure how to do that. Can you explain please?

By: Aubrey

Aubrey — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:01:26 +0000

I don?t usually reply to posts but I will in this case. :)

By: Is now a good time for a change? « Marenated

Is now a good time for a change? « Marenated — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:56:38 +0000

[...] way to grow your skill portfolio is to turn a hobby into a social media networking plan. Once you have created content, distributed it, gained revenue from it, promoted it, researched [...]

By: Jared Goralnick

Jared Goralnick — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:45:45 +0000

Thanks, Torley! You have quite the site yourself…and I hope to keep in touch. If I had your tutorials talent I’d be writing a lot less here :-)

By: Torley Lives

Torley Lives — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:37:41 +0000

Jared, we’ve already chatted a bit — thanx for your help with AwayFind and I really enjoy your site’s design. It’s so elegant and stood out the moment I came here. I knew I had to browse further!

By: Charlie Gilkey | Productive Flourishing

Charlie Gilkey | Productive Flourishing — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:17:40 +0000

Something I wrote in the comments has bothered me all day…

I wrote: “smaller blogs like yours and mine are going to feel the pinch.”

I should’ve said “smaller blogs like ours.”

Besides not using the proper pronoun, it makes assumptions that I have no justification for making.

Sorry ’bout that.

Great post! (Making up for lost time here :p)

By: Charlie Gilkey | Productive Flourishing

Charlie Gilkey | Productive Flourishing — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:36:36 +0000

I wouldn’t really take the commenting thing personally. It’s the summer dip – I’ve noticed comments are down across the board, so smaller blogs like yours and mine are going to feel the pinch.

On the 4HWW: it’s not a myth, but it’s misunderstood. If you’re doing something you love, then you’re probably not trying to get out of doing it anyways. I think Tim’s talking mostly about the stuff we don’t want to do rather than the stuff that’s filling us with purpose.

Your business is filling you with purpose. Your new blogging endeavors and friendships are filling you with purpose. If the things you’re not doing were manifestly filling you with more purpose, you’d be doing them instead.

Take care of yourself and what makes you come alive – we’ll be here when you come up for air. You’re right – your “problem” is a good one to have.

I always forget to say it in my original comments here – great post. Thanks for sharing!

By: Jared Goralnick

Jared Goralnick — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:25:48 +0000

Charlie,

Thank you for this–especially in this lonely post. Strangely many people have emailed me about this and “ambition creep” but it’s been quiet online.

But more on topic, you’re the great commenter here. And the much more disciplined blogger. I wish I were writing more on your site, too–but I haven’t been bringing my head above the water too much lately with all that’s going on. It’s a good problem to have, but hardly the “four hour work week.”

Thanks for checking in and see you around soon!