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I love it when this happens. I've had a similar experience with blogging and owe everything to it. It moved me from Nebraska to California, has won me big clien

by kadavy 16y ago

I love it when this happens. I've had a similar experience with blogging and owe everything to it. It moved me from Nebraska to California, has won me big clients, and even provides significant passive revenue.

tocomment 16y ago
Can you tell us more?
- kadavy 16y ago
  Well, when I lived in Nebraska, there was a startup that discovered me (one of the founders met a guy from the company where I worked at a restaurant). I had them as a client and then they hired me and moved me. Having the blog with online portfolio really helped - not to mention that I learned the technology side of web design from managing my blog. When I was tired of CA, I moved to Chicago. I still love the Silicon Valley way of business though. Someone working at oDesk found me through a blog post around that time and then I started working with them as a client - remotely. They've been a great client, and having them didn't hurt in winning new clients. I have the top hit on Google for "lump in mouth." The page gets about 25k hits a month, plus spun off into a forum, http://lumpinmouth.com http://lumpinmouth.com I make some okay ad revenue from that. I also have one of the top hits for "transfer itunes" from a blog post I wrote about a method for transferring songs, ratings, playlists from one computer to another. That also gets a lot of traffic, and I sell affiliate iPod utilities through a separate site I created. Additionally, I have been able to sign up direct advertisers. Its funny when I think back to all of my friends who were confused when I started blogging "are you getting paid for it? Why are you doing this?" (you have to understand the Nebraska mentality) They couldn't understand doing something for pure enjoyment. Of course, I did end up getting paid.
  - mikelbring 16y ago
    What area in Nebraska? I live in Hastings :(
    - kadavy 16y ago
      Omaha, so a different world from Hastings, really
      - mikelbring 16y ago
        Yes defiantly different.
    - secos 16y ago
      First off, Hey kadavy, its been a while, when you coming by Omaha again? :) Mike, I'm in Omaha now. You should come check out our scene sometime. Feel free to email me at matt@nimblelogic.com
      - kadavy 16y ago
        Hey Matt! Good to see you. I'll be heading to Omaha as soon as I get a good reason to. No family there anymore :(
        secos 16y ago
        Damn. Never got you here for BarCamp. Maybe BigOmaha next year?

by kadavy 16y ago

tocomment 16y ago

Can you tell us more?

kadavy 16y ago
Well, when I lived in Nebraska, there was a startup that discovered me (one of the founders met a guy from the company where I worked at a restaurant). I had them as a client and then they hired me and moved me. Having the blog with online portfolio really helped - not to mention that I learned the technology side of web design from managing my blog. When I was tired of CA, I moved to Chicago. I still love the Silicon Valley way of business though. Someone working at oDesk found me through a blog post around that time and then I started working with them as a client - remotely. They've been a great client, and having them didn't hurt in winning new clients. I have the top hit on Google for "lump in mouth." The page gets about 25k hits a month, plus spun off into a forum, http://lumpinmouth.com http://lumpinmouth.com I make some okay ad revenue from that. I also have one of the top hits for "transfer itunes" from a blog post I wrote about a method for transferring songs, ratings, playlists from one computer to another. That also gets a lot of traffic, and I sell affiliate iPod utilities through a separate site I created. Additionally, I have been able to sign up direct advertisers. Its funny when I think back to all of my friends who were confused when I started blogging "are you getting paid for it? Why are you doing this?" (you have to understand the Nebraska mentality) They couldn't understand doing something for pure enjoyment. Of course, I did end up getting paid.
- mikelbring 16y ago
  What area in Nebraska? I live in Hastings :(
  - kadavy 16y ago
    Omaha, so a different world from Hastings, really
    - mikelbring 16y ago
      Yes defiantly different.
  - secos 16y ago
    First off, Hey kadavy, its been a while, when you coming by Omaha again? :) Mike, I'm in Omaha now. You should come check out our scene sometime. Feel free to email me at matt@nimblelogic.com
    - kadavy 16y ago
      Hey Matt! Good to see you. I'll be heading to Omaha as soon as I get a good reason to. No family there anymore :(
      - secos 16y ago
        Damn. Never got you here for BarCamp. Maybe BigOmaha next year?