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May 1, 2012

“Big-city wages, small-town prices” is a damn fine business model

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Here we go. The insanely-bright Harold Jarche (who I really enjo­yed mee­ting in Toronto a few months ago) gives a few rea­sons why/how blog­ging trans­for­med his life:

1. I live in Sack­vi­lle, New Bruns­wick, Canada; popu­la­tion 5,000. Even our time­zone is unk­nown to many peo­ple. Without my blog, nobody would ever have heard of me. This Spring, I have four spea­king enga­ge­ments out of town (Mon­treal, Ottawa, Washing­ton DC, Rome). Without my blog, I am sure that IEEE and many other orga­ni­za­tions would not have invi­ted me to speak.

Bingo. “Big-city wages, small-town pri­ces” is a damn fine busi­ness model: I did it myself for many years when I was living in Far West Texas.

I live in Miami. I have no clients here. They’re all in pla­ces like Bos­ton or New York or Texas or Cali­for­nia or Lon­don. Yet most mor­nings I hang out on the beach.

Blog­ging allows me to stay crea­tive and mobile… and like Harold here, far from the mad­ding crowd, if that’s what I desire.

Any­way, feel free to join the con­ver­sa­tion, just like Harold: Visit FreedomIsBloggingInYourUnderwear.com, steal some car­toons and maybe check out the book. Exactly. Thanks. Rock on.

[P.S. “Hyper­links sub­vert hie­rac­ries” is me quo­ting Clue­train, of course.”]

Tags: blogging, business model, freedom is blogging in your underwear, Harold Jarche

5 Responses to ““Big-city wages, small-town prices” is a damn fine business model”

1. skimmas says:

   May 2, 2012 at 2:59 AM

   the post title would make a damn fine car­toon.

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2. Harold Jarche says:

   May 2, 2012 at 6:51 AM

   Can’t wait until your book comes in. Around here, mail gets deli­ve­red by sled dog, so it takes some time

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3. Saurabh Hooda says:

   May 3, 2012 at 5:10 AM

   Web is big oppor­tu­nity to anyone who can do something crea­tive. Small town or from metro city doesn’t mat­ter. Thanks for intro­du­cing us to Harold

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