I’ve been meaning to do this for a while now and finally got around to it.

I’m giving everyone the opportunity to ask me any two questions they want and I’ll answer them. This isn’t a live event or anything. This is just you leaving your two questions in a comment below and in two weeks (July 9, 2010) I’ll be answering them in a blog post as well as on video.

What I’m Looking For

I would like everyone to simply leave a comment and not send me emails and the reason is because if you leave a comment and someone else has already asked the question you wanted to, you’ll know (obviously) and that gives you the chance to ask something else. Hense, more questions and a bigger audience.

These can be any questions. If it’s too personal I’ll obviously not answer it and will let that be known so you can ask me something else. All I ask is to please keep it clean. Just use common sense.

What To Expect

What can you expect from me?

I’ll mention you and your question and my answer on the post. I’ll do the same in the video.

This will run for two weeks and I’ll make sure to keep you posted via each blog post I do AND in my Pop Newsletter.

So, got any questions for me (I hope so! ) Ask away!

Lately I’ve been doing an insane amount of work behind the scences of this blog and will have just that much more to show for my efforts. In fact, I still have more to do and a part of me still thinks that all the work I’ve been doing is actually mostly busy work and not accomplishing as much as I still could have.

All that being said, I’m going to be getting the first Pop Post up on Thursday this week and will have a cool video going up tomorrow that’s a more personal approach and gives you an idea where I stand with family and such.

Also, Friday will be my follow up on why you shouldn’t blog with a post on why you absolutely should blog.

This article isn’t all that long and I just wanted to get a quick update to everyone.

Any questions please contact me.

I talk about caring enough about your readers to listen to them and give them what they want as long as you believe in it too, in my ebook coming up. The reason is because I understand how important your readers are to your blog and your business. Without them, you really are nothing, it’s just that simple. You can post entries to go back and read yourself but if you want this to work then you’ve got to get out there and give before they come and take. That’s just how the game works.

As you know I have a lot of changes coming up for this site and need you now more than ever. I am going to be making a lot of changes that I hope turn out to be very positive for both you and me. With that being said I want to ask you one simple question: What would you like to see happen with this site?

I know that I need you and I can’t do this without knowing what it is you want so now is your chance to tell me what you’d like this site to do for you.

Keep in mind that I’m working on a new design so that’s already taken care of. However, even so, I’m always open to good advice so even if it’s got to do with design change and such, please feel free to speak up and let me know.

Looking forward to what you want from me!

This is probably a title that attracted some attention and it should. Believe it or not this post isn’t actually about making any kind of money with your blog or even NOT making money with your blog. It’s well worth the read so read on.

Penny

I don’t know about you but I see pennies every day of my life on the road and even in my couch. They’re everywhere and they’re all the same. Same color and same size and they’re all worth the same too. But, they all add up very quickly and before you know it you have a small bit of cash in your hand. Of course pennies don’t add up very large amounts of money but they’re still worth something and money is money after all. Bottom line, they’re small and worth the least but they’re every where and easy to find.

Nickel

No harder to spot than your penny but the nickel is worth 5 cents and adds up much quicker because of this. You can probably find these in all the same places and they’re all the same color as well. Nothing more to these except they add up much quicker.

Dime

Not much more to add here. The dime is worth 5 more cents than nickel is and can be found in all the same places as well. Just more money.

Quarter

This guy is worth quite a bit more than even the dime and is a bit harder to find. You can still pick these up pretty easily but even so, you won’t find these every where. A cool thing about the quarter is that these are popular for more use like washing machines and candy machines in the mall and such too!

Ah… The Dollar

I’m talking about a paper dollar here, not the coin. The coin is even more rare as far as I know so we’ll stick with the paper dollar and that’s exactly why. You can find a dollar laying on the street or something as well but finding a dollar just lying around isn’t likely to happen so much as other money as mentioned before here. The dollar adds up a lot faster than all of these combined because it’s worth much more.

What does all of this have to do with your blog?

You decide.

What do you want to get out of your blog or better yet, what do you want your reader to get out of your blog? Do you want to be everywhere and easy to find like the penny or much harder to find but worth a lot more like the dollar?

Personally I would like to know that I’m both. In fact, better yet I would really like to know that I’m just a little bit of all of the coins put together.

I want to be easily found like the penny which can be picked up pretty much anywhere and is worth something the more places you find one as they add up quickly.

I want to be in the same position as the nickel as it’s worth a bit more than the penny and still very easily found.

I want to be like the dime where I can just as easily be found once again and add up even faster yet.

I also would love to be like the quarter and add up even quicker and be discovered even more places as well as valuable to even more of a variety of different people with different needs.

And I would absolutely and completely love to be like the dollar bill which kicks all their asses in value and is just a bit harder to be found but still hold a place around the web when all the change is added up over time.

You can find any of these coins pretty much anywhere, literally. They all have their own value to you and they all add up quicker than one another. The dollar is much more valuable and is a bit harder to find, however.

Strive to be in each group and remain focused on your objective to the people who give you that value each day. They determine what you’re worth and how easy you are to be found. Give them value and work your ass off and soon, possibly, hopefully, just maybe your blog will go from the value of a penny into a nickel and all the way clear up to the dollar bill and more!

What do you think you would like to be?

Penny, Nickel, Dime, Quarter or Dollar Bill? Or all added up over time?

Your Computer Problems

There are a number of different people all over the world who use computers on a regular basis. Sometimes you use computers at work, at home, on the go or just about anywhere else.

Along with the number of ways these machines are used are just about the same amount of problems you probably hear about people having with them every day. This quit working, that went out, I pressed the “wrong” button and so fourth. All of this makes me wonder why people even buy a computer if they don’t know how to use it and have no intention to learn how to use it because they’re too busy complaining about how it doesn’t work.

The problem with everyone’s computer isn’t their computers, it’s them. You might be wondering how that can be when something as simple as a virus can sneak up and get into your computer. If you had the right software for your computer and spent some time learning how to use it effectively and actually used it for what it’s worth you probably wouldn’t have that virus. On the same note these kinds of things can still happen even with the learning and the doing you put into your computer.

With that being said how is it still possible that it’s your fault? What if someone actually hacked into your computer without your knowledge? That just isn’t your fault. It just happens, right?

Yeah. It just happens. But how is that even explainable considering they didn’t attack every computer in the world? Just yours. Think about that for a minute.

If I’m coming across too harsh, well, that’s too bad. I am saying all of this because it’s true. In life, even with your computer, stuff can just happen. That’s perfectly true. However, if you actually take the time and do whatever it takes to make sure everything is running correctly and put fourth the effort and knowledge into each task at hand you’re going to be a lot better off.

I’m not an expert when it comes to computers. I’m not even an expert when it comes to open source, Linux, Ubuntu, Windows, Mac, PC, this, that, any of it. This is just what I have learned and experienced from my own thoughts, actions, and doings throughout my life.

It’s Your Fault You Have Computer Problems. What Can You Do?

Help Yourself

This answer is a lot more simple than you may realize. What you can do and should do is simply take action. That’s it. Make it as simple as starting with a piece of paper and a pencil. Writing down what it is you think you know about computers and then write down what you want to learn about computers. From there just write down what you actually know about computers.

But how do you find out if what you know for a fact about computers is true information? This is where the REAL action is at. You simply find out. Take apart your computer if you want to and look inside. Honestly the worst that’s going to happen is that when you put your computer back together something messes up so bad that nothing works. Your computer is toast. If you’re worried about this (I know I would be) then find someone who knows about computers, ask them what they know and have them prove it (if they’re legit they will) and then have them help you.

Note here how I said have them “help you”. That’s right. Don’t just let them go off and do their own thing without explaining to you exactly what it is there doing and why their doing it. Make them show you what it is their doing so you understand the process. Hey, you’re doing this at all to learn more so you actually can find out what you know in the first place, right? If you know how to do all of this yourself then I encourage you to go for it!

What You Shouldn’t Do.

This is going to sound a bit odd but what you really shouldn’t do is keep sitting there on your butt and read the rest of this and do nothing about learning what the deal is with computers. If you have actually taken my advice here then you’re not reading this part and I can pretty much say whatever I want.

If however, you’re like most people, you’re still sitting there waiting for what you are going to be told to do next because you are actually interested in what I have to say. If this is true, thanks!

No Really, What You Shouldn’t Do.

Don’t waste your time and money taking your computer into the repair shop. That’s for cars. But they have to earn a living too and it’s their specialty. Yeah, you’re right. And how do you think they got good enough at what they do to earn a living doing it? It’s because they didn’t go to a shop and have someone take care of it for them and waste a but load of money. They actually took action upon themselves (this is the don’t be lazy part) and actually tried. Once they figured it out they realized they didn’t need someone else to help them with their problems.

Now they joke about their computer issues with their buddies and how people come into the store and want their computer fixed and how they are paid to do just that.

It may sound like I’m being a bit mean here but I’m really not. Hear me out. If you actually take the time and consideration to learn about computers or at least your computer and find out what’s going on, you’ll be one step ahead of the crowd and you just won’t need to depend on someone else when it come to what you should do and what’s going on.

People Help Others Out… It’s About The Community, Right?

Community

Yes. And if you learn what to do with your own computer you can nicely help someone else out and explain how they can learn too

Wait, wait, wait… Wouldn’t that mean you should find someone who knows more and actually have them teach you about what to do though? Yes. Isn’t that what you just said not to do because they’re paid to do that and you should learn on your own instead? Well, yes, and no.

You should not take your computer to get it fixed. You should instead talk with someone who knows more about computers than you do and ask them if they wouldn’t mind teaching you about computers. Once you know, you can certainly help another lost soul.

The Problem Is You… All The Way To The End Of The Yellow Brick Road.

As I stated above, the problem is always you. I could add a lot more to this and just might write an E-Book about this in the future but what it comes down to is just you. If your computer gets a virus learn to take care of it. If you’re truly stuck on what to do: Ask. Learn something. The next time it happens take care of it yourself.

You might feel as though I left a lot out of here that I could have added but as I also stated above I will probably write an E-book on the topic.

Do you think it really is your fault you may have computer problems or are computers still improving so slowly that they shouldn’t work any better than they do?

Please leave comments.

Thanks.

The time has come that I want to do something more with this blog of mine. A lot more. I don’t have much info as to what I’m going to do just yet so I’ll leave that a surprise to everyone. Check back soon for more details!

I have finally landed a job. It’s through a Temp service called Express Employment Professionals and I truly enjoy what I do. Where I actually work at every day (5 days a week, 8 hours a day, right now ) is Helena Industries. I know how to do the job well and I do it well. It’s quite fun and I am happy to have a job again after not having worked for quite some time now. This is going to be a short post but I wanted to post something becuase it has been so long. We’ll see where things go from  here and I’ll kep you posted!

Okay, I am just going to give you all a bit more advice before I stop posting stuff like this on here. I say that because I would rather post stuff on my blog that I like and recommend rather than post something on here that I am warning you to stay away from. Negative signals just don’t sell well. Anyway, www.zml.com may or may not be trusted. I don’t know. I looked up some reviews and saw good and bad which is actually what you want to see anyway. I also found some websites that said the site is a scam and after your credit cards. Who knows. I haven’t used the site but almost did and don’t have an intention of doing so anymore simply because it does sound too good to  be true, to me. If you have used it or try it out and it isn’t a scam and works as it says, please contact me at eric@bluepop13.com and let me know so that I may give it a try myself. Why would I rather put someone up for the risk? I am not offering to do that at all actually. It is your choice if you decide to try it since reviews and comments are out there already about it. If you do give it a shot and it doesn’t go well then you learned a lesson. If you give it a shot and it does go well then you can inform me and I might even give it a try. It is simply my choice to decide not to do it right now until I’ve heard something positive from an actual customer. Hell, I’ll even post a new review about it that supports it if I do try it out if someone contacts me who has given it a try and has had a positive time with it.

Also, check out www.bluepop13.com. That’s my website and I just put advertisements on there a few hours ago that if clicked on, I get paid. Hey, I’m just trying to sell something here the best way I know how. It’s Google Adsense stuff so it’s legit. Just spreading the word!

It’s  been a long while since I’ve posted anything on here and after reading what I just did it reminded me how many people are actually falling for scams all over the internet. So, I thought I would just take a few moments and let be known a scam I just found and help stop people from making the decision to actually be stupid enough to give out actual hard earned money for something they probably already know they absolutely cannot trust.

www.JoshMadeCash.com is a complete and total scam and waste of your time. Thing about it people… If making this kind of money was truly this easy why wouldn’t everyone be doing it? With the economy so bad right now the way things are, if this were real it would have people jumping at it and everyone would be filthy rich. It’s fake and stupid and needs to be shut down. Now I can’t shut it down and I have no intention of doing so myself. What I do want to happen is help people be smarter about falling for something like this by informing them as I find things like this.

Another scam site is this: www.Marylifeblog.com. Again, a scam. Don’t fall for it!

Something I would like to point out that I didn’t even notice until I read this and went back to look at things closer is this:

Best Answer – Chosen by Voters

Well, I thought it was time for another update. There’s not a whole lot I have to say today but I will do my best to give you something interestingly enough to hopefully keep your interest. Larry Winget of www.larrywinget.com has another book coming out and to be released on August 25 and I can’t wait. It’s called No Time For Tact. Cool name I think along with the rest of his books, in my opinion. I own the following books of his: You’re Broke Because You Want To Be, It’s Called Work For a Reason, Shut Up, Stop Whining, And Get a Life, and People Are Idiots And I Can Prove It! Wonderful books I think. I read right through them all and enjoyed them so much I’m reading them again. Great advice in those and if I actually start taking his advice I’m sure I’ll be better off than where I’m currently at!

On another note I’m a bit saddened today as I watched the last 2 episodes of Boy Meets World I had downloaded and now am going to have to find another good show to watch. Boy Meets World is a great TV show in my opinion. I really enjoyed that show and wish they had done at least one more season.

More to come soon, I promise.