Archive for ‘ Lifestyle Design

January 12, 2010

How to Evaluate a Niche Market

What is a Niche Market? One of my 2010 goals is to make at least $500 in supplemental income. While there a million and one ways to do this, I thought it would be an interesting (and ultimately beneficial?) experiment to focus on online niche marketing. The core idea, from what I’ve come to understand, [...]

January 5, 2010

Experiments in Lifestyle Design: All the Jobs You’ve Ever Had

What do you want to be when you grow up? At age seven, the answer was easy. I was a dreamer. I want to be an archaeologist! I want to wear a cool hat and creep through cramped tunnels! I want to chase bad guys and speak funny languages and eat monkey brain soup! You [...]

January 1, 2010

2009 Quarter 4 Update: A Year In Review

Well folks, this is it. The beginning of a new year and decade, for many of us a refreshing reminder to reflect, realign and re-motivate. I spent New Year’s Eve amongst close friends, sequestered from the snow in my apartment. It was just the kind of subtle and low-key night I needed to ring in [...]

December 20, 2009

Sunday Sandbox: Name That City Geography Game

Astana, Kazakhstan Cityscape Last week’s idea: Calling all blog ideas! Get those creative juices flowing. Don’t think about the vision, think about the basic idea. Find your content. You can always market an idea behind the content. Start with these two: Email From Grandpa – a blog that posts quirky emails from family members. Patriotic, [...]

December 13, 2009

Sunday Sandbox: Calling All Blog Ideas

Climbing Half Dome, Yosemite National Park Last week’s idea: Start a nonprofit organization and put together athletic feats that involve thousands of people. Have entrants create small teams in a Relay For Life fashion, raising money and pledging to give to a specific to-be-determined cause. The first event could be a coast to coast walk/run. [...]