Breakthrough Band

About a month of late nights and coffee cups has passed and I am now set up with a blog entitled, Breakthrough Band - How to start a band and market it.  I have built this website from scratch, written some initial content, began a few categories for future content, enabled adsense to help monetize the venture, and set up a few social networking spaces for the Breakthrough Band to meet and connect with others.

Although I am well aware that this will take months more before traffic increases to this website and readers express loyalty and participate, I feel accomplished with the initial progress.  At the same time, I am already realizing the time and energy that it takes to run a blog on top of a full time job.  Not to mention... my full time job.  I am in the office just after 7am every day and leave around 6pm.  After dinner, I usually wind up at a coffee pub and work from 8pm to 10 or 11pm working on designing, writing, and promoting my web site.

The long term goal, of course, is to increase traffic and readership and begin to make some money and gain some momentum so that I can quit my day job and become a writer full time.  If you read my profile on the Breakthrough Band web site, you will also see that I would love to follow my own advice on the blog and start my own band.  Just another reason that I need to quit my full-time job if I ever plan on grabbing hold of my dreams.

This blog will not be updated frequently for the time being because I do not have the time to devote as of yet.  However, major events or changes will be documented here.  Feel free to follow along on this journey at the Breakthrough Band website, http://www.breakthroughband.com

An Introduction to My Pursuit

The concept of making money as a blogger is something that I am quite familiar with.  I have researched the topic on a few occasions and even started 4 or 5 blogs to test the waters.  One of the most obvious pieces of advice for anyone with a plan to make money on their own is to make a commitment and stick to it.  Funny enough, as I have started 4 or 5 blogs before, I am not sure if I have ever gotten past 4 or 5 posts before giving it up.  It takes time, effort, wit, patience, passion, and the commitment I mentioned earlier.

I am in a place of my life right now that, although is good, is not fulfilling.  I will spare the details of why I have chosen to make a change in my life.  The important thing is that I am prepared to make the commitment.  I want to take risks and grab hold of my dreams.  Although this blog is not the primary vehicle for my journey, this is a place where I can document my struggles, my trials, my successes, and my failures.

I am not an expert blogger.  I am not an experienced blogger.  I do not have the answers.  What I have is a desire to learn and grow.  It is my hope for this blog that two different types of people will follow.  The first type of person is a team mate.  This is someone who is in the same position as me, seeking change and a new opportunity.  The second person is a coach.  This is someone who has walked this path before and can offer advice and tips.

If you have questions, ask.  If you have answers, I humbly ask that you share.

- David