I hope everyone enjoyed the sappiness of the last blog update.  I really only wrote it for one person - and no, not Janise.  It was my buddy Frank, and sure enough I got the reaction I was hoping for a few hours after I wrote it when he sent me a message stating “omg you are such a faggot”.  It was worth being a faggot just so I could picture his face reading that crap.

We’ve been busy and out a lot this Summer.  It’s been really nice because my whole “working as little as possible” thing is going really well.  To me it’s really the little things that I appreciate the most.  Back when I was in workaholic mode and working non-stop, I found I couldn’t enjoy a lot of things like going downtown with my family, because I kept thinking “I gotta go back and work!”.  So it’s stuff like taking my kids out on the morning dog walk and just walking around for an hour or until they’re bored, with no care about when I get back home.  Or being asked “Want to go to the beach today?” at about 10am and saying “Yeah sure” and 20 minutes later we’re off.

The main difference is that I don’t have work that I HAVE to do - I just have work that I WANT to do.  So I’m not waking up in the morning thinking “Okay I have to do this today”.  I can wake up and say “Hey I feel like writing articles today” or “I feel like relaxing today and reading books”.  It’s rather nice.

Not much else going on - been reading some Vince Flynn and he is awesome.  Just racing through his books.  More just wanted to get that gay ass post of mine off the top.

Holy shit do I ever feel overwhelmed right now.

With my trip to Edmonton, then my mom and sister being over for a total period of 3 weeks, this month work wise has been mostly a write-off. Due to that I’ve got all this shit building up on my to do list that I have to get done. Worse, I keep getting ideas for other projects I need to do. I also have projects on the go that need to be finalized.

Then there’s 5 websites and counting that I need to do huge overhauls for, and have to work on those.

All this and the day to day stuff.

It’s so bad I even paid a content writer in advance for 40 articles about a month ago, and I still haven’t given him the list of articles, as I still have no clue WTF I need done.

Yet while I feel overwhelmed…

I fucking love it.

I love this work, and I love the idea of just sitting down and working away. There’s nothing greater than setting a goal - to do all this work for example - then just fucking doing it. When you work your ass off and work hard, it makes those beers feel even better.

Just wanted to write this because I enjoy writing, and getting stuff out there really makes me think clearer, rather than having it swirling about in my head.

Now I’m off to watch about 8 hours of Lost to get caught up before the finale.

While doing work, of course.

So back in November, I started work on a new casino project.  It was going to be a very simple question and answer site offering online casino information.  I launched this at the end of January, with the URL CasinoQuestions.org.

However, after a week I decided this just wasn’t going to work.  It’s all about positivity - people don’t want questions, they want answers!  ANSWERS!

So I went out and picked up the domain CasinoAnswers.org, and went about building that, forwarding everything to it etc.

Well, one thing that never left my head was the possibility of getting CasinoAnswers.com.  I was quoted $3k for it which to be honest I didn’t want to pay - the idea of $3k for a domain name repulses me.  However as I worked more and more on the website over the last few days, I realized that this website was fast becoming one of my best websites, and all the work involved in it, everything I have planned for it - yeah, I have no doubt this is going to be a huge brand name within a year.

So i sucked it up.  $3k down the drain, and I now introduce to you: Casino Answers.com

Enjoy!

Well I’m back home from London/Manchester and it was a BLAST.  A little bit too much alcohol consumed, but overall fun as all hell.

Here’s the sad thing - after launching my latest site Casino Questions I made a vow - to not build any more sites in 2010.  I’ve built too many sites lately and now what I want to do is just sit back and work on them, improve them and make them the most valuable resources on the web.

The only problem is - no-one believes me

I’ve told about 8 people now that I am not building any new websites in 2010, and every one of them just laugh.  No-one thinks I can do it - I love building websites, seeing the transformation from paper to WWW.  It’s always amazing.

However in all honestly I’ve ran myself ragged in 2010.  While I must say I do think my sites are pretty awesome, most of them are not as valuable as they could be.  Basically I want every one of my sites to be the best possible site for that niche.  And I’m determined in 2010 to simply focus on that, rather than expanding my portfolio.

It’s not going to be easy - I almost bought a new domain today FFS - but I’m going to try my best.

Anyway just wanted to get that little rant out.  NO MORE NEW WEBSITES!

Well I’m off to the London Affiliate Conference tomorrow - a conference for us gambling affiliates.  I always look forward to these - honestly, it’s past the stage of educational for me.  I also don’t really go to make business deals etc - it’s more a place to hang out with friends who are in the industry, and get motivated again.  I mean - I’m always motivated - but I always come out of these conferences fresher than ever.  There’s also a lot of people that I’ve met there that I have became great friends with, and I always meet new people while there, so very pumped about it.

I find it’s like a cornerstone of the year for me too - it’s a time to end old things, and move onto new things, work wise.  For example when I went to Budapest last year - before I went I worked like crazy, and I was actually up until 4am the day I left(noon flight) finalizing a new website - a casino bonus website.  Then when I came back I ended up basically taking the next few months “off” - not working too much for the most part.

Also Frank remembers how motivated I was after that conference - we managed to build a Keno site in exactly one fucking day!

Anyway it happened again - as I type this it is 4:20am.  My flight leaves at 6am, and I’ve been up all night building yet another website.  I’ve been working on this website since like November very slowly - and I’ve went on a mad rush in the last couple of weeks to get it finished.  I aim for it to be the premiere online casino information resource, where you go to find anything you need to know about casinos.  It’s also going to be a very content rich site eventually, although it’s a bit sparse just now with just 22 articles.

I don’t plan on any new sites for the rest of the year.  When I return from the affiliate conference I plan on focusing on my existing sites right now, as there is some that really do need some TLC to help up conversion rates.

Anyway - my new site, yeah.  As I said - I want it to be the premiere online casino resource - the place where you come with ANY casino questions.  Therefore I do believe the site is aptly named:  Casino Questions.

Off to cause me some havoc across the pond.