About Earning Money

I’ve been involved in online businesses in some form or another ever since I wrote my first shareware program back in 1993 and distributed it via local BBS’s and the fledgling web at the time. I’ve made money in a sort of hit-or-miss fashion on the Internet ever since. I’ve done web site development, web hosting, affiliate programs, network marketing, search engine optimization, pay-per-click management, and a host of other things for both myself and clients. The problem is that I’ve never really taken it all that seriously, since I during most of that time I was in school, the military, or had a “day job.”

Things have changed. A divorce, changes in the economy, failure of another business, and the changing landscape of the U.S. nuclear industry [my former profession], have all led me to want to make a serious run at this whole Internet business thing.

In addition, I’ve held the label of “real estate investor” for over 4 years, but I didn’t start taking that very seriously until 2006. I now look at real estate as the one thing that can lead to long term wealth production and a comfortable early retirement. Your own small business will generate the income to provide for your needs, and the excess capital that business spins off should be invested elsewhere. For me, I choose to put it into real estate.

Why am I telling you all of this? Because I want you know that I’m not some guy that’s already rich and decided to bring my business online or become an overnight real estate “guru.” Even though I’ve dabbled in online business ventures for years, I’ve never been super successful at it. I’ve never had a five figure month in online sales, and I’ve obviously never been able to replace my J.O.B with income from the Internet. I’m just a regular guy with a regular job, but still with bills, trying to figure out how I’m going to get out of the rat race. Thankfully, I know enough about how to do so to make it happen, and am actively in the process of doing so.

In addition, I’ve spent untold hours taking personality tests, reading books, researching education opportunities and different careers, trying to find my one true best career in life. I was lucky to finally find the perfect career for myself, and am in the process of molding that career into the lifestyle that I want. I feel I can share with you what I have learned about expanding your career opportunities, increasing your value to both yourself and an employer, and fitting your passion to your job, rather than the other way around.

So, I’d like to invite everybody to bookmark this blog and join me on a journey into the world of online business, real estate investing, and other fun stuff. My goal is to document my successes and failures, and hopefully allow others to learn from my mistakes. Your comments and feedback are appreciated, and will help keep me going. After all, let’s face it, when you work alone there a million OTHER things that you can find to do besides work.

So, welcome aboard, and let’s see what can happen!

Yours in success,

Jassen Bowman, EA