I am sorry for the delay in posting. I took the wife and kids to Disney World for ten days. When I got back, I had to go on two service calls for work. Needless to say I have been pretty busy and posting to the blog has not been really high on my list of things to do lately. I have to cut grass, help my wife wash clothes; all of the things associated with coming back after a long trip.
I tried to go to the archives today but I just could not make myself do it. I was within a mile of the building and turned the other way. I am still in a bit of a funk when it comes to genealogy. I have been like this for the past few months. Family Tree Maker 2008 has a lot to do with my losing interest in the hobby. I am at a crossroads and just do not know how to proceed yet. I am not sure if I want to keep going with 2008 or go back to FTM 16.
I have also been thinking a lot lately about how to make money online. That would be a great thing to do, in theory, but it is much harder than it sounds. It would be nice to quit work and stay home, just to play on the Internet for a few hours a day. I have been studying all of the methods of making money on the net, for about the past two years, and all I have done is waste money and time. I have spent probably $4,000 in the past twenty-four months and gotten very little return.
I used to run Google ads on this site and made around $20.00 per month. That is hardly worth the trouble and not even enough to cover my expenses. I have tried doing other things. I have a genealogy auction site www.usafamilytree.com but it is not exactly a big hit. Genealogy is not a big money topic anyway so I was probably doomed from the start. I have spent a lot of money advertising that venture and also received very little in return.
I know I am getting a little off topic but this is what has been on my mind lately. Some days I feel good about genealogy and the prospects of making money with it. Other days I wonder why I even bother. I like to share what I find yet I would love to get paid to do so. The idea is to be able to give my readers the info for free and make advertisers, like eBay, pay me a commission for sending people their way. Everyone wins in that situation.
That sounds easy but trust me, nothing about it is easy! No one clicks on ads anymore. Everyone knows they are ads and totally ignore them. The only way to get someone to click an ad is to trick them but what good does that do? You might make a few pennies but you piss off your viewers. It is a vicious circle.
In short, I am still less than interested in genealogy and I want to make more money than I make now. This sounds like a recipe for depression. Hopefully I will be back to me usual, productive self in a few days.
I tried to go to the archives today but I just could not make myself do it. I was within a mile of the building and turned the other way. I am still in a bit of a funk when it comes to genealogy. I have been like this for the past few months. Family Tree Maker 2008 has a lot to do with my losing interest in the hobby. I am at a crossroads and just do not know how to proceed yet. I am not sure if I want to keep going with 2008 or go back to FTM 16.
I have also been thinking a lot lately about how to make money online. That would be a great thing to do, in theory, but it is much harder than it sounds. It would be nice to quit work and stay home, just to play on the Internet for a few hours a day. I have been studying all of the methods of making money on the net, for about the past two years, and all I have done is waste money and time. I have spent probably $4,000 in the past twenty-four months and gotten very little return.
I used to run Google ads on this site and made around $20.00 per month. That is hardly worth the trouble and not even enough to cover my expenses. I have tried doing other things. I have a genealogy auction site www.usafamilytree.com but it is not exactly a big hit. Genealogy is not a big money topic anyway so I was probably doomed from the start. I have spent a lot of money advertising that venture and also received very little in return.
I know I am getting a little off topic but this is what has been on my mind lately. Some days I feel good about genealogy and the prospects of making money with it. Other days I wonder why I even bother. I like to share what I find yet I would love to get paid to do so. The idea is to be able to give my readers the info for free and make advertisers, like eBay, pay me a commission for sending people their way. Everyone wins in that situation.
That sounds easy but trust me, nothing about it is easy! No one clicks on ads anymore. Everyone knows they are ads and totally ignore them. The only way to get someone to click an ad is to trick them but what good does that do? You might make a few pennies but you piss off your viewers. It is a vicious circle.
In short, I am still less than interested in genealogy and I want to make more money than I make now. This sounds like a recipe for depression. Hopefully I will be back to me usual, productive self in a few days.
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