In a world the place seemingly everyone has gone utterly loopy and insane… I’m nonetheless right here, running a blog on the Dumb Passive Earnings weblog, trying to retain at the least slightly little bit of sanity on the earth.
For actual… go searching and see what I imply. Up is down. Left if proper. Proper is improper. Unhealthy is nice. The world is flat. And also you aren’t allowed to query something for concern of being persecuted as some kind of offender.
However nonetheless… the weblog should go on. So right here I’m, spouting off my dumb ramblings on the Dumb Passive Earnings weblog! Lol. Oh! And I’m proudly Running a blog within the USA! Extra on that beneath…
The Featured Picture
Pictured from left to proper are my two sons (Eli & Ethan) and I standing at a disc golf basket after ending up a gap at Hammond Hill DGC in Hastings, MI. I noticed the solar setting behind the bushes, together with that wildly spooky massive tree, and thought that may make an ideal image. Even earlier than making use of the magic of enhancing and filters – I believe it turned out nice!
Each of my sons and I’ve develop into utterly obsessive about the game of disc golf. We set a purpose for ourselves to finish 100 full 18-hole rounds in 2022, and I’m proud to announce that we are going to hit our purpose with ease! We’ve already accomplished greater than 90 rounds, and it’s solely mid-October!
We had been taking part in a few observe rounds at Hammond Hills the weekend that this image was taken – in preparation for a match at that course that we entered, which befell the next weekend. My oldest son, Ethan, was stoked after he took residence first place within the junior division on the day of the particular match!
Matt’s Dumb Ass Weekend Replace
A couple of massive life adjustments have occurred because the final time I wrote and printed considered one of these ‘weekend replace’ posts. I’ll briefly cowl every in your studying pleasure…
Day Job Replace
For many of the previous 2 years, I’ve been working 10 to 12 hours per day, 5 days per week as a truck driver for FedEx. All through the covid scare (and past), work was plentiful for these of us who needed to maintain working.
Nonetheless, the lengthy hours at my day job made it tough to concentrate on any of my web advertising and marketing ventures. Particularly, my primary challenge was to keep up and attempt to develop the software program enterprise that I co-founded – AmaLinks Professional. I used to be nonetheless capable of keep the enterprise, nevertheless it grew to become actually difficult to search out time to do a lot on my finish to attempt to develop the enterprise.
Extra just lately, issues have modified on the day job, and I now discover myself on a 4-day work schedule! I’m nonetheless working 10 to 12 hours per day, however solely 4 days every week now as a substitute of 5. Within the close to future, I’ll have Mondays off each single week. What a candy schedule!
My weekly day job pay is struggling in consequence. I kind of obtained used to these 50+ hour paychecks each week. But it surely’s good. I now have a full day every week the place I can concentrate on my web endeavors!
Web Advertising and marketing Replace
Partially on account of my lack of time to attempt to develop AmaLinks Professional, together with private circumstances within the lifetime of the opposite AmaLinks Professional co-founder – we determined to promote the enterprise. We wrestled with the choice and weighed the professionals and cons and determined, in the long run, that it was time for each of us to maneuver on.
We began the method to listing the enterprise with Empire Flippers in mid to late March of 2022 and ended up closing on a deal in early June of 2022. We spent the remainder of the summer season transitioning and transferring possession of the enterprise and serving to the brand new proprietor get 100% in control on the processes we had in place for operating AmaLinks Professional.
On account of promoting the one factor I had been engaged on (on-line) for practically 4 years – I’m now left with just about ZERO {dollars} in month-to-month web revenue. I’ve uncared for the Dumb Passive Earnings weblog for a few years now and I solely have one area of interest web site left that also will get some seasonal site visitors with minimal earnings.
100% Give attention to Dumb Passive Earnings!
I’ve been running a blog on this Dumb Passive Earnings weblog since 2012. A lot of the early years, I used the weblog as a spot to doc my journey as I discovered how one can become profitable on-line. All through the years, I discovered myself venturing off to strive numerous on-line aspect tasks in an effort to strike it wealthy on-line!
Properly – I’m again, and now I’m solely running a blog on this weblog 100%. No extra aspect tasks. No extra software program merchandise. No extra partnerships. No extra area of interest web sites. No extra Amazon FBA merchandise. No extra nonsense. Simply my weblog – the Dumb Passive Earnings weblog – 100%!
What’s totally different this time round? I’m not utilizing the weblog as only a place to doc my private journey. These ‘weekend replace’ posts will nonetheless try this, to some extent. However most of my concentrate on this weblog going ahead goes to be round publishing web optimization content material associated to ‘passive revenue’ matters, of which there are a lot of.
I’ve already gotten a great begin with among the articles I’ve printed over the past couple of months. I’m not seeing outcomes but. Not even shut. Visitors to this web site is pathetic on the time I’m scripting this. However I plan to stay with the plan and preserve publishing web optimization content material clusters. I undoubtedly plan to get site visitors again to the place it as soon as was after which continue to grow it from there.
The Phrases Written in Crimson
Given the hatred and division that I see on the earth at the moment, I’ve little question that it stems from the truth that the world (as a complete) has turned away from God and rejected his son (Jesus). Woe to those that have rejected the son of God and woe to those that have triggered others to do the identical.
Here’s what Jesus stated in regards to the world and its hatred for YOU… if, the truth is, you’re a believer, as I’m.
“If the world hates you, do not forget that it hated me first. The world would love you as considered one of its personal should you belonged to it, however you might be not a part of the world. I selected you to return out of the world, so it hates you.”
“Anybody who hates me additionally hates my Father.”
That’s spine-chilling if you concentrate on it. For those who hate Jesus – you hate God himself. The God who created the heavens and the earth and the whole lot in them.
Seize your individual copy of the Bible for limitless entry to truths like this
Properly… This can be a ‘Passive Earnings’ Weblog
My efforts to revive the Dumb Passive Earnings weblog include articles I’m publishing that revolve round what I’m calling the 3 primary varieties of passive revenue. I plan to publish articles that focus particularly on many various professions.
The apparent first occupation that I made a decision to cowl is truck driving, as I’m a full-time truck driver for my day job. Whereas doing my preliminary analysis, I discovered that the search outcomes had been missing on the subject. Google clearly didn’t perceive the question and thought that folks had been trying to find how one can make passive revenue by proudly owning a trucking firm.
Properly, as a truck driver myself and any individual who is aware of LOTS of different truck drivers – I can inform you that the overwhelming majority of us (like 99.83%) haven’t any curiosity in anyway in proudly owning and operating our personal trucking firms. We’re simply drivers and we simply wish to drive and receives a commission.
Nonetheless, loads of us wish to earn some revenue on the aspect (the third sort of passive revenue) along with what we earn as truckers. And most who’re in search of extra data on the subject should not even conscious of the significance of the primary 2 varieties of passive revenue.
Because of this, I wrote and printed what I think about to be the perfect piece of content material on the web for the search question – passive revenue for truck drivers. My publish really has what the searchers are in search of as a substitute of a bunch of ineffective data that they don’t need relating to proudly owning a trucking firm.
I Can’t Cease Shopping for Stuff on Amazon
Summer time has lastly ended, and right here in Michigan, we’re lastly having fun with some cool and brisk fall climate. As we sat exterior for 4 hours yesterday in mid-40-degree climate with clouds and lightweight rain, watching my daughter play softball – I bought this value-pack of disposable hand heaters.
We preserve these readily available, particularly in our autos, through the lengthy winter months right here in Michigan. You simply by no means know after they may come in useful. To not point out… hand heaters of some kind are completely important when taking part in winter rounds of disc golf.
Running a blog within the USA
I had this concept some time again, and I haven’t carried out it fairly but. You know the way some bodily merchandise brag (normally with some kind of sticker on the field) in regards to the product’s origin with an image of an American flag and the phrases, Proudly Made within the USA.
Properly… I assumed that possibly a few of us who weblog within the USA might do one thing related! What if we proudly displayed the American flag on our blogs, possibly within the footer or the sidebar, with the textual content – Running a blog within the USA (or one thing related).
What the heck… I’ll make an instance proper now!
And I’m again… 2 hours later – as a substitute of constructing only one instance picture, I created a number of pictures (to divulge to others) in numerous sizes and with totally different colours of textual content. I additionally created a Running a blog within the USA web page the place individuals can see what this factor is about and entry the photographs free of charge.
I additionally carried out my concept within the footer of my weblog. Go forward and scroll right down to the very backside of this web page and see for your self!
Your E book Report is Due
The e-book that I’m in the course of studying proper now’s a basic by beloved creator C.S. Lewis, who’s extensively recognized for his kids’s e-book collection, The Chronicles of Narnia. Nonetheless, the e-book I’m studying will not be a kids’s e-book – slightly, it’s the creator’s try at explaining Christianity to Christians and non-Christians alike. It’s known as Mere Christianity.
I’ve solely two phrases to say about this e-book. Image me with each of my arms subsequent to my head, then slowly extending my arms outward whereas extending my fingers on the similar time – and making an explosion noise with my mouth. MIND – BLOWN!!!
Thoughts Blowing!
C.S. Lewis explains Christianity and all facets of it in such a novel manner that makes it easy for anyone to know. That is not a e-book crammed with Bible quotes trying to influence non-believers. Moderately, it’s one man’s phenomenal try at explaining the virtues of Christianity so that folks can relate and perceive.
Merchandise You Need however In all probability Don’t Want
It’s all the time enjoyable to examine the ‘offers’ part on Amazon for some nice finds. Consider it like strolling straight again to the clearance part in your native retailer, besides you don’t must stroll previous the entire often priced gadgets. You possibly can store Amazon offers proper from the consolation of wherever you might be proper now by way of the machine you might be studying this from!
For instance: Whereas scripting this publish, I checked out the offers part and located this useful little bathroom paper holder and shelf combo listed at 44% off it’s regular value. Please observe: the deal might not apply on the time you might be studying this, which very effectively could possibly be far into the longer term.
I Heard It on a Podcast
Right here’s one thing I didn’t know till just lately. In 2012, then-President Barack Obama signed into legislation the JOBS act. One unintended consequence of that act was the beginning of the net actual property syndication business – in any other case often called crowdfunding actual property.
This podcast options 4 leaders in that business speaking about how and why they obtained began and the place the business is at the moment.
Did You Know?
Nearly all of the inhabitants of america of America matches into a really small geographic space as in comparison with the entire dimension of the whole nation. Take a look at the areas in pink on the map beneath. The full inhabitants in these areas is larger than the entire inhabitants of the areas which are grey.
Wish to see extra cool and fascinating maps and details like this? I discovered this one on this web page over at factable.com.
Keepin it Actual Property
I’m now an actual property investor by way of crowdfunding! Whereas doing analysis for a brand new publish for this weblog, I ended up signing up for an account over at Fundrise. I figured that I higher have first-hand information on the subject if I’m going to be writing about it.
To date, I’m impressed with the general platform and the sign-up and funding course of. It went easy (like butter) and I’m already seeing optimistic returns (after solely a few weeks).
Fundrise lets you begin investing with as little as $10! That manner, you possibly can try the method for your self earlier than committing more cash to the huge market of actual property investing.
Fortnite, Fortnite – Let’s Go!
Sitting round with my children this previous Saturday night time… we turned on Fortnite. I performed first. I obtained a win on my first try! Lol. So what if I principally bush-camped, ran from the storm, and tried avoiding different gamers till I completely needed to struggle. I nonetheless obtained the win. My sons and my nephew (who was staying the night time at our home) didn’t get a win that night time. That’s proper! Ole dad was the higher participant, at the least for one night time. And I didn’t allow them to hear the tip of it. Lol.
AmaLinks Professional is Cool – Simply Belief Me on This 🙂
All the hyperlinks on this publish that result in Amazon had been created and inserted utilizing AmaLinks Professional – a premium WordPress plugin for Amazon associates. Full disclosure… I used to be the co-founder of AmaLinks Professional. I’ve since bought the enterprise, and I’m now an affiliate.
For those who like the weather on this web page that hyperlink to Amazon and need to have the ability to create them tremendous quick and simple by yourself WordPress web site – try AmaLinks Professional.
The Finish
This concludes this newest ‘Weekend Replace’ version of the Dumb Passive Earnings weblog. I’ve obtained to say… though these posts should not keyword-focused in any respect – I do take pleasure in writing them. I hope you’ve loved studying this as a lot as I’ve loved writing it.