Comments on: I’m Alive http://buildingfromnothing.com/im-alive/ Online Entrepreneurship Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:08:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anna http://buildingfromnothing.com/im-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-9296 Anna Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:28:27 +0000 http://buildingfromnothing.com/?p=1130#comment-9296 @Anne - Yes, well, I haven't been able to clone myself but I have been able to gradually build up my team of assistance and gradually train them on the various tasks I do - one step at a time. So that I have been able to begin to reclaim my life, one step at a time. It's an ongoing process but the more I build my team, the more time I have left over to earn more money and do more of what only I can do (including jogging, for which I've not yet found outsourcing possibilities). I love Odesk but have only used it as a buyer. I suppose it must be good for sellers too, as they wouldn't be there otherwise! @Anne – Yes, well, I haven’t been able to clone myself but I have been able to gradually build up my team of assistance and gradually train them on the various tasks I do – one step at a time. So that I have been able to begin to reclaim my life, one step at a time. It’s an ongoing process but the more I build my team, the more time I have left over to earn more money and do more of what only I can do (including jogging, for which I’ve not yet found outsourcing possibilities).

I love Odesk but have only used it as a buyer. I suppose it must be good for sellers too, as they wouldn’t be there otherwise!

]]> By: Anna http://buildingfromnothing.com/im-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-9295 Anna Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:25:39 +0000 http://buildingfromnothing.com/?p=1130#comment-9295 @ Sharon - Yep @ Sharon – Yep

]]> By: Anna http://buildingfromnothing.com/im-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-9294 Anna Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:25:21 +0000 http://buildingfromnothing.com/?p=1130#comment-9294 Hi Jeny! Thanks for leaving your comment! I appreciate it. It can be hard to keep at it when every day there seem to be so many other priorities - but even if you miss a few months here and there (like I do) I suppose the important thing is that you keep at it. As long as you do want to keep at it! I also had to make a decision at one point - if my day was 95% full and there was only enough time left for either blogging, or going outside and doing something in the real world after a day in front of the screen, which would it be? I suppose the latter won. I love blogging, but we all need to live as well and sometimes life barely allows for that. Oh, I just checked your last blog post and I think that is GREAT for being new! I'd be ecstatic too :) Hi Jeny! Thanks for leaving your comment! I appreciate it. It can be hard to keep at it when every day there seem to be so many other priorities – but even if you miss a few months here and there (like I do) I suppose the important thing is that you keep at it. As long as you do want to keep at it! I also had to make a decision at one point – if my day was 95% full and there was only enough time left for either blogging, or going outside and doing something in the real world after a day in front of the screen, which would it be? I suppose the latter won. I love blogging, but we all need to live as well and sometimes life barely allows for that.

Oh, I just checked your last blog post and I think that is GREAT for being new! I’d be ecstatic too :)

]]> By: Jeny http://buildingfromnothing.com/im-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-9293 Jeny Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:04:01 +0000 http://buildingfromnothing.com/?p=1130#comment-9293 Hi, I love your article. You kinda took the words right out of my mouth. I started a blog last year thinking that I'm on a roll but I find that it does get pretty overwhelming over time. Coincidentally, I just talked about how I took a 3 months break from blogging just because..... I have a vague idea on what my blog is because I just write everything i feel (I call it Jeny's Closet) and trying to find my voice so I love it when I come across blogs like yours. Hi,

I love your article. You kinda took the words right out of my mouth. I started a blog last year thinking that I’m on a roll but I find that it does get pretty overwhelming over time. Coincidentally, I just talked about how I took a 3 months break from blogging just because…..

I have a vague idea on what my blog is because I just write everything i feel (I call it Jeny’s Closet) and trying to find my voice so I love it when I come across blogs like yours.

]]> By: Sharon@Corporate Chair Massage http://buildingfromnothing.com/im-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-7035 Sharon@Corporate Chair Massage Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:27:28 +0000 http://buildingfromnothing.com/?p=1130#comment-7035 That is always the trick. Finding the time to do everything we need to do, and everything we want to do. That is always the trick. Finding the time to do everything we need to do, and everything we want to do.

]]> By: Anne@Effective Time Tracking http://buildingfromnothing.com/im-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-7005 Anne@Effective Time Tracking Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:44:49 +0000 http://buildingfromnothing.com/?p=1130#comment-7005 Welcome back Anna and thanks for the update. I know exactly how you feel and have been hoping someone would hurry up and invent the human cloning machine so I can hire myself to do twice the work! I have heard about the Odesk site before and will have a good look at it (when I have a spare 5 mins) as it seems like a great way to make a few extra bucks. Good luck with everything and I will look forward to you next articles. Welcome back Anna and thanks for the update. I know exactly how you feel and have been hoping someone would hurry up and invent the human cloning machine so I can hire myself to do twice the work!

I have heard about the Odesk site before and will have a good look at it (when I have a spare 5 mins) as it seems like a great way to make a few extra bucks.

Good luck with everything and I will look forward to you next articles.

]]> By: Anna http://buildingfromnothing.com/im-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-6999 Anna Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:54:20 +0000 http://buildingfromnothing.com/?p=1130#comment-6999 @my swarovski - I'm sorry to hear you weren't happy with 99designs. Were you ordering a graphic? What went wrong? I have used Rent-a-Coder successfully. I still use them but I mainly prefer Odesk, and only go to Rent-a-Coder now if I can't find what I want on Odesk. One gripe I had with RAC was that in the beginning, I had to wait long periods of time before my listing was approved and published. By then, it was often too late. Particularly when one considers the time zone element of working with providers in Phillipines and the Indian Sub Continent. After I had run several bids, they removed the requirement for my listings to be manually approved, but by then I had already migrated to Odesk. Odesk listings are instant. I have had many occasions when I needed a task done and I had someone working on it within minutes of me posting the job. The simpler the job, the faster the bids come in, and the more bids there are. I also find the Rentacoder design to be difficult to navigate and read. Odesk has some navigation issues to get used to, but it is much easier to read and follow. I hope that helps! @my swarovski – I’m sorry to hear you weren’t happy with 99designs. Were you ordering a graphic? What went wrong?

I have used Rent-a-Coder successfully. I still use them but I mainly prefer Odesk, and only go to Rent-a-Coder now if I can’t find what I want on Odesk.

One gripe I had with RAC was that in the beginning, I had to wait long periods of time before my listing was approved and published. By then, it was often too late. Particularly when one considers the time zone element of working with providers in Phillipines and the Indian Sub Continent. After I had run several bids, they removed the requirement for my listings to be manually approved, but by then I had already migrated to Odesk.

Odesk listings are instant. I have had many occasions when I needed a task done and I had someone working on it within minutes of me posting the job. The simpler the job, the faster the bids come in, and the more bids there are.

I also find the Rentacoder design to be difficult to navigate and read. Odesk has some navigation issues to get used to, but it is much easier to read and follow.

I hope that helps!

]]> By: my swarovski crystal beads http://buildingfromnothing.com/im-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-6998 my swarovski crystal beads Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:31:03 +0000 http://buildingfromnothing.com/?p=1130#comment-6998 Hi Anna i would love to hear your experience with rentacoder, i used 99designs.com last month and i was very unhappy, i guess i tried just to see how their business model worked, seems like they have inexperienced coders and designers, thats why im wondering if you used rentacoder and how your experience was? thanks so much and love reading your blogs :) Tommy Hi Anna
i would love to hear your experience with rentacoder, i used 99designs.com last month and i was very unhappy, i guess i tried just to see how their business model worked, seems like they have inexperienced coders and designers, thats why im wondering if you used rentacoder and how your experience was? thanks so much and love reading your blogs :)

Tommy

]]> By: Anna http://buildingfromnothing.com/im-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-6921 Anna Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:34:24 +0000 http://buildingfromnothing.com/?p=1130#comment-6921 @comforpedic - Thank you! Truthfully I could update that one a lot more often as well. Plenty of photos still sitting on my hard drive ... @comforpedic – Thank you! Truthfully I could update that one a lot more often as well. Plenty of photos still sitting on my hard drive …

]]> By: comforpedic http://buildingfromnothing.com/im-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-6920 comforpedic Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:29:24 +0000 http://buildingfromnothing.com/?p=1130#comment-6920 Even if you can't always afford to get to this blog, it's nice to see that you are keeping up with your photography. Even if you can’t always afford to get to this blog, it’s nice to see that you are keeping up with your photography.

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