February 2007
Monthly Archive
How to sow your way out of debt
Posted by Karsten on 24 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: General
From time to time I go and take a good look at my server stats here on OutOfDebtBlog. Not only is it interesting to see how many visitors I’ve had, where they entered the site, how long they stayed etc., but also how they got here.
One very interesting stat is: What keywords/search terms were my visitors using when coming from the search engines? This is really interesting for two reasons. First of all - any webmaster wants search engine traffic, and lots of it, because it’s valuable visitors who are visiting your site out of genuine interest rather than being sent there through an ad.
Secondly - it’s nice to know what brings people to your site! First of all because you want to strengthen your site content around what your visitors want, but also because it’s food for thought.
One search term that brought me a visitor last week really made me think! This visitor was searching on the term: How to sow your way out of debt. Makes you wonder doesn’t it? My first question was “What on earth made Google send this visitor to my site?” And then “Can you really sow your way out of debt?”
The first question remains unanswered. Very few people knows the exact way Google works - though many will have a guess - and they are not about to reveal it either. It’s about as secret as the recipe for Coca Cola.
But I’ll have a go at answering the second question! Can you sow your way out of debt? The answer is yes! And no! It depends on what your mind can see.
In the physical - money is paper and pieces of metal. Anyone knows that putting paper and metal in the soil isn’t going to produce a crop - though I wish it would 
- so how can you sow money? There’s two ways you can do this:
- Use your money to buy seeds. Being a gardener you can take my word for it: You will get a crop worth more than what you paid for the seeds.
- Give money to someone in need. Being able to part with money that you seemingly need more yourself is actually sowing money - and doing it with a right attitude will bring you a great reward.
So - how can the answer be no? Well - if your eyes are not open to the principles of sowing and harvesting - you’re not going to try. Doing nothing takes you no-where. Buying seeds, and failing to put them in the soil, will not produce a crop!
Try to think about ways you can sow a seed - and start to take action. Train your mind to sow good seed into good soil (ie. give money to a worthy cause or put actual seed in some rich compost) - and start reaping the rewards.
Remember that it takes time for your seed to grow. You will not get to harvest your crop the next day - and your crop may need looking after - but eventually, sowing a seed will reap a reward.
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Posted by Karsten on 11 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: General, News
I know! Judging from the last post here on OutOfDebtBlog.com - and the length of time since it was made - one could be forgiven for thinking that everything went pear-shaped during the server move.
Nothing could be further from the truth! In fact it went as smooth as it possibly could have.
I had to take some time out due to illness in my family - but thank God - everything is OK now, and things are getting better than they ever were!
Also - I had to take a bit of time setting up another website - something I’ve wanted to do for quite some time, and since that website is coming into season fast, I had to get something done. This was another reason for the server move!
The new site is my second in a series of sites I plan to set up on things I’m passionate about. I have a passion for seing people set free from financial bondage, and I love to grow plants, fruit and vegetables, so I set up a site about that.
I believe you have to be passionate about the things you write about. If you’re not people can tell - because you’re not writing like a “real person” - and people will loose interest.
Having two sites up and running obviously means that I’ll have to spend my time on both, and that posting may be less frequent, but rest assured that I’m still going to maintain both sites the best I can.
I’m still striving to keep OutOfDebtBlog.com relevant to my readers, and serve high quality content on the subject. If you have any suggestions on issues you’d like me to have a look at - please post a commment to let me know.