More About My Online/Blogging Life

Arika tagged me last week, and I’m finally getting around to answering her… sorry Arika!

Anyway, this meme is all about my online/blogging life.  Here goes!

1.  How long have you been blogging?

My first blog was my Beacon Financial Tips & Tools blog, and I started it in early 2006.  A few months later, I started Tax Tips for eBay Sellers, then Financial Tips for WAHMs. 

I update Financial Tips for WAHMs the most frequently, and it’s probably the blog I have the most fun with, posting pics for Wordless Wednesday and participating in memes like this one.

2.  What inspired you to start a blog and who are your mentors?

I started a blog because I wanted to reach a younger crowd for my financial planning business.  My typical client is 55-65 years old, but I really wanted to work with younger people, so I started blogging.  It was a good move, and has turned into so much more than just marketing!  Starting a blog was probably one of the best marketing strategies I’ve ever implemented.

As far as mentors, I don’t have just one mentor.  I belong to several mastermind groups, including Mom Masterminds, and I’d say those groups of like-minded people are my mentors more than one or two people are.

3.  Are you trying to make money online, or just doing it for fun?

Well, I went online to expand the business I already had in place – my financial planning business – but it really is a lot of fun too.  I love checking Twitter every morning, and the various forums that I participate in.  It’s like having the office chatter, without the office!  And… I can turn it on or off as I want – the best of both worlds!!!

4.  Tell me 3 things you love about being online.

1. The people I’ve met.  I can’t believe how many great people I’ve met and the relationships I’ve formed… all online!
2. Having instant access to whatever I need, whether it’s information, tools, other people’s opinions.  I can’t even remember what it was like NOT to have such instant access to whatever info I need right now!
3. The ability to work from home.  Without the Internet, I wouldn’t be able to work from home.  I’d still be miserable working in some office for someone else.  Need I say more???

5.  Tell me 3 things you struggle with in the online world.

1. Too many distractions.  I love twitter, blogs and forums, but they can also be a huge distraction.  Since efficiency is a huge key to my business being successful, I need to work on this!
2. Too much information.  As much as I love having instant access to whatever info I could possibly want, it can also be too much. 
3. Wanting to have everything!  Whether it’s a new computer, a new software program, etc., there is always something new and improved that I just have to have.  Thank goodness I have restraint!

Well, that’s my life online!  Hope I didn’t bore you too much   I think everyone I would normally tag has already been tagged, so I won’t tag anyone this time around.  My fault for taking so long to respond!