[...] The Difference Between Hard and Hard Work This is such a great post and reality check for all those new to blogging, social media, and online business. Heck, business in general. Love this — “Results from business are rarely achieved easily. And as much as we’d like to use case studies as a template for what we should do, the truth is that someone else’s approach (much less that approach distilled into a two-page PDF) is often not going to line up with our business.” [...]

[...] a number of posts by people far more eloquent than I about this very subject. Check here, here and here for starters. Notice the constant mentions of “time”, “time consuming” and [...]

[...] I took my two youngest kids to our local county fair last week. The gate we entered allowed us to pass directly Through the games section you know this section all the games are run by really well warn individuals, put it this way you would never see them at grandma’s unless of their a relative. These Carney’s Con, bullshit, manipulate weasel or do whatever than can to sell you three balls for 5 bucks while pointing to a Stuffed animal as big as or bigger than your car. You vision ways of tying your prize to the top of your car and wonder Where to get the rope. Back to reality, for your time and investment after your successful c completion of the task at hand You now receive your just reward, your prize a plastic toy about the size of a quarter. You think to yourself How stupid what a con how could I fall for it. These carnival people are expected to act this way. But like the social media capture page addicts they are after a fast buck’ and they either do not want to put the work in or won’t take the time to developed a quality relationship built on the value that’s really needed. A great article written by Amber Naslund The Difference between Hard and Hard Work [...]