Exactly two weeks today on February 12 my home town welcomes the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.  It seems only yesterday that Vancouver was awarded this singular honor and now we are in the throes of last minute everything!

This morning the radio practically crackled with all the last minute things that the city is going through.  Today the flag bearer for Canada will be announced – speculation is rife as to who that might be and why.  Listeners called in to weigh with their preferences.

With coffee firmly cradled in my hands I got to thinking … I got to thinking that there are momentous events in our lives when you just jump in and learn to swim with the tide, and other times when you need to plan everything to the minutest detail.  I think that our first day at school is just jumping in while weddings, even elopements, take some planning and of course the bigger the happy day the more details to tend to – these are the Olympics of our lives. Would I be stretching it if I said that this thinking applies to internet marketing as well?  Stay with me.

Blogging is a just jump in event.  I think it is momentous because it sets us on a new career in the world of the internet.  Sometimes we don’t even know that, it just happens.  We know of course that proper planning ups the success factor as a blogger, but really, how many people do you know who sat down day one and said, yup, gonna create me a blog, choose my niche topic, select my primary keywords, optimize my site for search engines, monetize and then sit back and enjoy an awesome blog income life?

None!

If there is a blogger out there that is pulling in the big bucks who started out that way I have neither met nor heard of him.  Most bloggers, even the superstars, began by just jumping in.  Along the way they learned to swim.

Think of it this way: as a blogger in the water your skills improve and you jump from pool to pond to bigger pond to lake to sea and finally to the ocean.  How far do you want to go out in the ocean?

At this point the landscape takes on a different perspective.  The blogger is now a full blown internet marketer and is about to launch her own product.  Just jumping in can kill you.  Takes good detailed planning – form a team, design and develop the product, beta test, form strategic alliances and joint ventures, promote, check that all engines are firing on full throttle.

LAUNCH!

Now that’s what I would call an internet Olympic event!  How do you want to participate in such an event?  As a spectator?  A supporter?  A joint venture partner?  Or do you want to be the host and throw the party?

No matter how, before the launch ever happens, you have to just jump in!

To Your Awesome Blog Income Life!

Valentina