An exciting day for me

Well, I’ve started my first online business. It’s nothing fancy, but I’m very excited.

It feels good to actually see something that I’ve worked on from the ground up, and completed.Well, there are a few tweaks I would still like to make, but it’s basically done.

You can check it out at FreeWordPressInstall.com.

Here’s what I’m doing:

I’m installing and setting up WordPress blogs. For free. I’m doing this for free because in order to take advantage of my service, people will need to sign up for web hosting through my affiliate link. The payouts in the hosting industry are excellent.

I had this blog set up by a service very similar to the one I’m starting, so things have really come full circle for me. I know that there is a market for this type of service, because I was once the customer. Now I just have to put my marketing skills to use.

I’m not doing any type of customization or design services for WordPress. Just simple installations and setups for first time WP users. I’ll leave the design and custom stuff to the smart people :-)

It’s simple, but hey, I’m a simple guy.

On Friday I’m going to be posting more about why I started this business and some of the logic behind the decisions I’ve made when getting it up and running. The post will be called An Example of Jobstyle Design. Note: John Bardos from Jet Set Citizen coined the phrase “Jobstyle Design,” and I love it.

So what’s next for me?

I’m going to be starting some websites. I’ve got a few niches in mind, so I’ll be getting started on those as early as this afternoon (I have trouble not doing anything!).

My goal is to eventually outsource everything that goes into these sites. Making affiliate income and checking my email once a day to see how my content writers and link builders are doing sounds great to me. Next week I will be explaining  more about my strategy behind these niche websites.

What you could do for me…

I appreciate the fact that you are even reading this post right now, and that’s really all I can ask. But… If you feel like being extra generous today, maybe you could send out a quick Tweet about my new business. Getting some business on the first day would bring me to a whole new level on the excitement meter :-)

One last thing…

I honestly would have never done this if it wasn’t for you. I have gained so much inspiration from those of you who take the time to comment on posts here, and to say hello on Twitter. Also, reading all the brilliant posts that the entrepreneurship/lifestyle design community puts out there on a daily basis kept me very confident in what I was trying to accomplish.

So thanks. I mean it.