A Conversation Worth Remembering

Chatty Me

Talking is one of the things that I do and enjoy best. I grew up hearing my father's numerous stories about his crazy adventures in life and admire him whenever he can make people laugh with his silly jokes. And now that I'm a grown up and have adventures (and mischiefs! ) of my own, I took the liberty of taking his place in making the people around me listen to my stories and laugh at my equally silly jokes. Yes, I really enjoy spending long hours on a conversation. You can ask my husband how annoying I can be. 

Oh, now I miss my Dad.

Anyways. 

I had the chance of meeting up with my Dad's cousin, who happens to be a successful businessman and accountant. I told him that I'm running a start up and he got easily interested. (I dunno if it's the fact that I'm into business nowadays or maybe it's because I'm his favorite niece! Kidding!)

Since I don't want to name who my Uncle is, let's just assume that the guy above is him. :)

The Insightful Conversation

Being able to talk to a man who knows almost everything about starting, running, and reviving a dying company is refreshing. I was able to learn a fresh perspective and get answers to my endless number of questions. We talked for about 3 hours over dinner at Shangri-La Mall in Mandaluyong, pretty much about my life in general, my kids, my husband, and Doodle Mind Solutions. However, the only thing that strikes me most is this:

"It's not easy to run a start up, it can sometimes make you cry. There are times when other companies will offer something good, it will make you think twice and grab the opportunity. But then again, you should not. Because if you want your business to succeed, you have to stick it, like it's the last thing you'll ever do. Tenacity is the rule of the game. It's a proven recipe for success."

Reflections

I remember one night when I was just blankly staring at my computer screen, thinking about how to get clients and hit a home run. I have to admit that it's frustrating, so much that I want to talk to my husband about the idea of me getting another job and drop our start up. Though I know pretty well that he won't approve. 

Eventually after three months from our launching date, I'm very proud to say that I'm still here - with one client (yay!) and continuing to work my butt out for my start up!

So yes, I might have to agree with my Uncle. No matter how much it excites me to grab an offer from another company, I need to say NO and keep in mind that all I need to do is to sit on the fence - continue doing what I'm doing and the chance of scoring some runs will eventually come. After all, I'm known for my stubbornness. Maybe it's yet another opportunity to show the world the moxie in me.

Change is good!

Yes, change is good, especially when you have all your loved ones backing up on your plans. :)

I've been a bit busy lately, thinking and planning on how to get a chunk of the $35M revenue that Google is eyeing some years from now (this is one of the things that is very well retained in my mind during the gPhilippines event a couple of weeks ago!) It's so enticing, really, that it caught my attention automatically. I've been dying to carve my own sweet place in the internet world and now, I think that it's mighty high time for me start the ball rolling!

So how exactly I'm going to do that?

Nothing fancy, I think. I'm planning on offering my skills as a content writer and a SEO specialist. I'm planning of building my own team. :)

Good morning! :)

I woke up pretty early today (that's 3:30am) to finish my SEO report for a wine store based in US. Me and my three friends (I call us "seofemmefatales") did their on-page and off-page optimization for more than a month now.

Wish I could show some stats here regarding the site's progress, but that's not allowed. Sad.

Anyways.

Happy morning to all of us! Keep safe and may God bless the Philippines.

xoxo.

Crossing my fingers for Analytics

After quiet some time, I finally figured out how to include Google Analytics tracking code here at my blog. I just hope it will work!

Here's one of my guides: http://www.bloggersentral.com/2012/01/how-to-install-google-analytics-on_4555.html

Check it out too, if you need some help with the Analytics.

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Site Revamp

I've been used to seeing and hearing this word ever since I tried to learn SEO. Site revamp. Whenever there's a website that hungers for ranking but is hindered by the physical make-up of the site, making it somehow unfit for indexing. Yes, site revamp could be the best bet for that scenario.

Oh, c'mon! It's not that I want a revamp for myself. :D

I want a revamp for this blog. A colleague of mine actually told me a while ago that I need it because my blog looks dry. And I think I agree.

So this is a part where I need some ideas. Care to share your thoughts?

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Daily Dose of Learning

Life is all about learning, so they say. We learn everyday, either by experience (which, they say, is the best teacher) or vicariously (which, in my own point of view, is the better teacher). Anyhow, what I'm trying to say is that, everyday is always an opportunity to learn new things - new concepts, new ideas, new tasks, discovering new interests, gaining new knowledge, and learning new sets of skills.