So looks like it’s time to say goodbye to year 2009. Whew, how quick time really flies! The time I first started this blog is still fresh in my mind and now Im close to 2 years with this blog.
Anyways since most people are still enjoying this holiday, I believe they won’t have any time to swallow marketing tips, blogging tips or whatever. So for today’s recipe I am putting out a list of the best and worst things that happen to me (not just blogging and business) for the year 2009 (in no chronological order):
Note: Bare in mind that some entries here can be irrelevant due to the fact Im typing drunk (not that much) and I still have that hangover,lols). Either way isn’t it sweet that even Im drunk I still have something for you. 😉
Best of this year
- Went in love (the usual teenage love affair)
- Won an Ipod from Market Leverage (w/c was converted to cash)
- Won a gift card from another ML Contest.
- Finished my 3rd year in college w/o any problems at all.
- Become a more responsible person (both family and community-wise)
- Sold old sites for a total amount of $1230
- Purchased a nice Presario Laptop
- Bought another walkman phone and then a smartphone
- Attended several good conferences
- Invited as a speaker in a local SEO Conference (I rejected it though)
- Gained weight during the summer (good because I am skinny)
- Leverage my online earnings and used it in offline business dealing with nuts.
- Had 2 extremely successful internship stints
- Finally did a redesign with this blog.
- Never had a month without an advertiser/sponsor
- Orlando made the NBA Finals
- Achieved my goal of being as frugal/thrifty as possible.
- Had a superb relationship this year with my parents.
- Made a lot of new good friends while still keeping in touch with old ones.
- Had myself interviewed thrice and getting mentioned a lot of times in the blogosphere.
- and many more.
Worst of the year
- Lost weight during the internship
- Got a cease and desist letter twice
- Got a legal letter from Yahoo! Search
- Lakers won the Championship
- Lost over $1000 in affiliate marketing
- Lost my skill in playing guitar and keyboards
- lost my skill in playing basketball
- Have never been involved in sports for the whole 2009
- Got banned for a month in Digital Point Forums
- Bought some stupid info products
- Never got my blog featured in a local newspaper here
- Let some of my good domains expire & get picked up by someone
- Still Pagerank 0 for MelvinBlog
- Has not launched 4 out of 5 of my big projects this year
And that’s it. The list goes randomly crazy and I really never thought I would share some of the stuffs there with you guys. 😀 Either way, I would love to here yours too and you can do so in the comment form.
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