Tsatkin » San Francisco http://www.tsatkin.com Thoughts on Online Marketing and Life Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:52:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 25th Birthday – Life Is Good – What I Am Thankfull For http://www.tsatkin.com/25th-birthday-life-is-good-what-i-am-thankfull-for/ http://www.tsatkin.com/25th-birthday-life-is-good-what-i-am-thankfull-for/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:40:24 +0000 Alexander Tsatkin http://www.tsatkin.com/25th-birthday-life-is-good-what-i-am-thankfull-for/ Wow, I can’t believe I am turning 25. I know to some of you that may seem young, but I still remember being 15 and thinking what is my life going to be like at 25 and how far away it seemed. Time sure does fly by, but I can honestly say that I have few regrets. Although I haven’t accomplished every goal I wanted to, I am more than on my way.

Here is a list of everything I am thankful for in no particular oder:

My Family  – I have a solid relationship with my folks and my sister. Althought I live 3,000 miles away, thanks to modern technology I feel like I can keep in touch with ease. Both my parents are healthy, employed, and happy. My sister just returned from a study abroad program and Italy and is about to go into her senior year of college. Exciting stuff.

My Girlfriend - It isn’t often in life that you meet someone who you are so compatible with. I am lucky to have found my girlfriend so early in life. Almost 3 years later we are still going strong and we continue to grow closer with every passing day.

My Dog – Boomer is one of the coolest dogs you can have. He’s a little guy but acts like a tough guy. He can just as easily tear apart a stuffed toy as lie down next to you to watch tv.

My Friends - Old friends and new friends, it is great to have relationships with people who always keep you on your toes. Everyone I know adds something to my life either by challenging me to be better, or by giving me a good laugh.

My Freedom -  I was finally able to get out of wage slavery. Even today as I am writing this, I realize how lucky I am to take the day off without having to answer to anyone but myself. For once I feel like I am ahead and don’t have to stress over paycheck to paycheck living.

My Hobbies - After years of sacrifices I am finally at a place in my life where I can get back into my hobbies. In particular, I learned how to ride a motorcycle and got myself a scooter to scoot around the rolling streets of San Fran. I am even getting back into dancing, this time house instead of breakdancing. Hopefully I will be able to combine popping, breaking, and house and create my own style.

Life is good :)

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My girlfriend has finally convinced me to get a dog. And I can say that I am a proud new dog owner of a new chihuahua jack russel named Boomer.

boomer the dog

We got this little guy from a dog rescue called Wonder Dog Rescue. He came from Los Banos and is probably about a year old.After a week I can see why people put up with dogs. I won’t lie, I love being a new dog owner. I work from home, so having a dog around has really helped me get through the day. For example, when things aren’t going well and I start getting pissed the little dog looks up at me and cocks its heads and reminds me that this shit doesn’t matter.

I also quit smoking a few years ago and realized that having a dog is a nice replacement. What do I mean by that? Well, the best part about smoking is the people you meet. You go outside for a smoke and can start a conversation with almost anyone. Dogs are the same, other dog owners will talk to you instantly, heck even people who don’t have dogs will talk to you when you got a cut dog like Boomer.

It may seem like this world is full of dog owners, but there are still many dogs that don’t have a home. If you have room in your heart and your home I recommend you become a new dog owner as soon as possible.

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We finally picked out our first dog, and since I never had a dog before I have been spending hours trying to learn as much as I can and buy all the right gear to be a good pet owner.

My girlfriend and I finally signed a new lease so we will be moving early October into our new place. It is a little more expensive and is slightly better than our apartment now, but the great thing is they allow dogs, and in the city its tough to find a place that does.

I decided to set a new goal with making money online. From talking to people it is obvious that having a specific goal, or income figure really helps your brain figure out the most optimal way to get there.

My new goal is to make 5k a month from risidual online income by 2009.

I have been really thinking about what is the quickest most effective way to do this and what I have realized is by creating the 30 sites that I did after leaving my full time employment I have the assets to make it happen, but it will be slightly different from what I hoped.

All of my sites are floating right now and the cream is slowly starting to rise to the top.  One of which has really picked up and generates about 250 dollars from ads and ebay affiliate. My goal now is to replace that income with some legit banner sponcors to total about $1,000 in consistent monthly revenue.

The other four will come from blowing out the rest of the sites that are getting fairly close to breaking through by building some links. And also leave some of my PPC campaigns that have slow trickle profit of about 20 bucks a day per campaign.

Hopefully this blog post will act as a reminder so I do not stray from what I know has to get done.

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