Wednesday,
June 18, 2003 8:37 AM
Journal Of A NewB Part ii
by Nap
damn
EbonyTraffic, it has been awhile since I wrote you all. All
I can say is what a week. This industry is literally kill
or be killed. Never before have I been in an industry where
competition arrives literally on the HOUR. Competition is
nothing more than a stat on a message board. Everyday I see
new members joining EVERY single message board I frequent,
and I only visit eight. All I can do is thank God for letting
me basically learn the basics of this industry as quickly
as I have. I feel as though I'm playing a sport basically.
For example here is an analogy that former sports players
would be able to relate to. Back when I played sports I used
to have to play through pain because I was always the smallest
on the field or court so I had to work that much harder, usually
hurting myself. No matter how hurt or tired I was I would
have to basically do it because I had no choice. Getting better
in this industry is like that to me. Four hours is now my
normal amount of rest that I get per night (which I might
add is on my sofa because I can't make it to my bed). Seven
in the morning and I'm up, one contact killing me, yet I don't
have the time to take it out. Every single second counts while
I'm in this learning stage. This shit is really crazy. Now
luckily I can see my progression, so I haven't gone insane
yet. I can now look back on my older galleries and think "what
the fuck was I doing?" My stats are finally starting
to roll in, no sale yet but shit my stats are moving the way
they are suppose to be. I also have a pretty nice method of
submitting/organizing my galleries. Considering the fact that
I am hand submitting all of them I had to come up with a system
that wouldn't drive me fucking crazy. I really do have a new
found respect for everyone in this industry who has accomplished
things…traffic, sites, full time or part time status. If you
are actually making head way in this industry I am basically
in awe of you. Not ass kissing but a new found respect. Any
who I got some shit to write about in this journal so here
we go.
Coming Up With a System
Well what can I say, without a system I'd be fucked. Correction,
with out a system that is actually working I would be fucked.
If you don't know what a system is then I will try to explain
it. Keep in mind that I don't have too many hours of sleep
logged on my bed so it might sound funny. A system - a series
of steps to get your work done, all the while keeping you
organized and aware of your current situation. The way I came
up with my plan was almost like I was figuring out a math
problem. I had probably 8 variables, all of which were completely
different from the other, but affected each and every other
variable in the equation. Trying to tie the variables together
was actually the easy part; the hard part is testing it. Luckily
I haven't had any major problems with my system (still working
the bugs out) so no unneeded anxiety, yet. Also the fact that
I actually SEE progression shows me that the system works.
It might not be perfect but damn it, it works. I also know
that the more I use the system the better I will get and also
the system will get.
Getting Organized
Now besides just coming up with a system you have to get
organized first. This has by far been my most time consuming
task. There is so much information (well not very much in
comparison to others) that I have to account for, and then
manage to shuffle into a form of data that can be used by
my system. This actually reminds me a lot like I'm writing
a program. For example after I get the system up and working,
not perfect but working, then I take all the different ideas
that I have and some type of way get them to work in that
system. Now I haven't programmed in years but it feels like
I haven't missed a step. Getting organized is actually more
important than anything else. You can always change a system
to fit your information, very easily, but getting your information
to fit a new completely different system WOULD be a bitch,
taking away from time that you already DON'T have. Last but
not least learn something new every day. I try to learn as
much as I can EVERY day. Be it searching for people who have
advanced in this industry, posts on message boards, to asking
any and every question that pops up in my crammed little head.
If you screw up then so what, don't even consider it a screw
up because you attempted something that the majority of the
people wouldn't have even thought of doing. I have really
learned that you have to fail in this industry to learn. Well
excuse me; I have to fail in order to learn. And when I say
fail I don't mean just complete and total failure, I mean
you either didn't get the desired result that you were looking
for, or you are totally off in left field. Learn from others
mistakes as well. That is damn near the best reason for me
going to the big ass message boards because everyday there
is another horror story about how they fucked up and don't
know where to go from there. Luckily I found Ebony Traffic
and the wonderful people of the board who are helping me through
this stage. I would have found myself making the same mistakes
had it not been for a lot of you all. Anyway that's my 30
minutes so I have to get back to work.
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