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OleSkuleAbout OleSkule
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II have been with WA since March of 2014. Progress has not been as fast as I desire but it occurred to me that some of the competing websites are gigantic. It will take time to build to that level.
I spent 25 years in the classroom. The Feds changed the curriculum so much that I hated going to work. I loved coaching football and track and was very successful at it. Even the fun was taken out of that with all this new classroom legislation.
The longer I am with WA the more I realize it is a unique and wonderful place. No other site on the web can compare.
I have created some daily goals to try and keep moving forward every day. It is a work in progress. I share them with you in hopes that it may help your progress.
1) Never give up. Hold on for at least 2 years.
2) Write 2 new articles a week.
3) Share WA in at least one new place a day.
4) Make one improvement a day to your website.
5) Complete one Bootcamp lesson a day.
6) Follow 100 new people a day in WA.
7) Always check LIKE for all comment directed to you.
8) Everyday reply to all Approved Comments on your site.
My ultimate goal is to make enough money so my wife and I can quit our jobs and travel across the country on a full-time basis. By my calculations, it would take at least $100,000 annually. That figure may take years to reach!
My beautiful wife and I have two passions. One is travelling across the country with our little trailer and sight seeing. Two, is LSU football. We are both alumni of Louisiana State and we love our tigers. Love purple, live gold!
I spent 25 years in the classroom. The Feds changed the curriculum so much that I hated going to work. I loved coaching football and track and was very successful at it. Even the fun was taken out of that with all this new classroom legislation.
The longer I am with WA the more I realize it is a unique and wonderful place. No other site on the web can compare.
I have created some daily goals to try and keep moving forward every day. It is a work in progress. I share them with you in hopes that it may help your progress.
1) Never give up. Hold on for at least 2 years.
2) Write 2 new articles a week.
3) Share WA in at least one new place a day.
4) Make one improvement a day to your website.
5) Complete one Bootcamp lesson a day.
6) Follow 100 new people a day in WA.
7) Always check LIKE for all comment directed to you.
8) Everyday reply to all Approved Comments on your site.
My ultimate goal is to make enough money so my wife and I can quit our jobs and travel across the country on a full-time basis. By my calculations, it would take at least $100,000 annually. That figure may take years to reach!
My beautiful wife and I have two passions. One is travelling across the country with our little trailer and sight seeing. Two, is LSU football. We are both alumni of Louisiana State and we love our tigers. Love purple, live gold!
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halinphilly
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Following. I admire your goals. Nice to see you setting the bar so high.I wish you massive success! Keep it ol' school!
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Hello thank you very much for the follow I like you advises it is actually very true, I was trying to access your webpage but I couldn't get on it.
Best wishes
Sul
Best wishes
Sul
WebPanther
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Hello Oleskule, Thanks for the follow back. Wishing you much success with your internet venture.
gogogertz
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Since you are following me I invite you to follow or friend me on google plus at: https://plus.google.com/u/0/117867108306527774467 Thanks!
growthcoach
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Hey OleSkule,
please check out this blog post I submitted last week: Building Meaningful Twitter Relationships With Large Brands
Let me know what you think, and any suggestions or ideas, that could add more value to this type of post in the future. Thank you.
I have caught the helping bug. It's contagious here at WA.
Alexander
please check out this blog post I submitted last week: Building Meaningful Twitter Relationships With Large Brands
Let me know what you think, and any suggestions or ideas, that could add more value to this type of post in the future. Thank you.
I have caught the helping bug. It's contagious here at WA.
Alexander
Strider2014
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Hi, Very good advice which I will do my best to follow. Thanks for the follow and I wish you good luck with achieving your goals. I truly believe that we are in the right place to do it. Gordon
silverwing
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Thanks for the follow, which I returned. Cheers to your success in reaching all your goals!
steviemac15
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OleSkule, thank you for the follow. I live in Missouri, but am originally from Arkansas. So therefore, I am a Razorback fan. Don't hold that against me, I think we have more in common than some here.
SusanRocks
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Hi thanks for the follow! Just looking around here at WA... it's pretty awesome!
JacobDantz
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Thank you for sharing about your passion, being real embrassing the reality of online competiton and daily goals.
Keep up the great work and may your dreams become reality with the right consistent action.
Keep up the great work and may your dreams become reality with the right consistent action.
DWHolley
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Hey Oleskule...Yes you have been here awhile, thank you for the honesty of your progress so far. I was just reaching out to thank you for the follow & say I appreciate the instructions you listed to stay in the game. Believing that you and your wife will achieve your goals.
Russell1957
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Thanks for following me. I LOVE your goals! Good luck on achieving them.
thanks for following me in the program i am new here and right now my first goal is to support my family with this site and not have to kill myself working outdoors any more. I love the outdoors and would like to keep it that way but i am a logger and my job is starting to make me not want to do anything outdoors any more and i need a change . So hopefully this site is a step in the right derection.
JayShaw11
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Thanks for the follow buddy. Also thanks on behalf of society for doing what you did for so many years, teaching being the noblest of all professions. With the kind of attitude and care that you had to do that difficult job for so long I know that you will excel here. Stay positive, be friendly, and seize the day!
Thanks OleSkule, for your follow and kind welcome to the Wealthy Affiliate family!
OleSkule
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That depends on me. My website has grown big because I am making a conscious effort to churn out articles each week. I have collected over a thousand comments. Now I am learning to share WA with at least one source a day to draw more traffic.
OleSkule
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Then you are as down as I am about Saturday vs Alabama. Sunday I was double whammyed by the Saints.
ImaLookySee
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Thanks for the follow! I'm just now beginning, but can sense the wonder of the community already.
jamesmincey
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Hello OleSkule...great name! Thanks for the connection. Im new to the community but already learned more than I ever expected. Looking forward to a long and successful future here at WA and wishing you the same! Best wishes!!!
AllynBeekman
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Thanks for following me, OleSkule (love that name). I really enjoyed your profile writeup. Like you, when I arrived in late July this year, I knew nothing about this type of business. Sometimes it makes you wonder if it will ever work but I am committed to making it so.
Keep driving forward and seize your passions!
Keep driving forward and seize your passions!
SoupGypsy
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Welcome. It was my pleasure to follow you. I know you will do quite well here. I understand the frustration of today's classroom. Teaching is second to meeting the Government goals. Kids suffer as do teachers. It's a shame our tax dollars go to such wastefulness. I come from a family of many, many teachers. They are dedicated to the success of young people and they, like you, are frustrated. They just try to keep their eyes on the student and accomplish their mission in spite.
Terri37
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Hi O.S. (I love your moniker, btw!). I am also a teacher, (virtual high five), and I'm fortunate enough to say that I haven't reached the point where I'm too fed up to keep teaching just yet. Then again, I teach at a private school - that might make a difference. I am in my twenty-second year, but only fourteen of those count toward my retirement due to switching regions. Between my husband's recent (and most unexpected) lay off and my own degenerating health, I need something that enables me to work from home and make a good living doing so. So, it sounds as though we have that much in common! Thanks you for following and here's wishing us both the kind of success that will allow us to follow our dreams of traveling! (BTW....New Orleans is my fav city in the USA!).
Sharon102060
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Hello. I think it's unfortunate that due to circumstances beyond your control you hate going to work, something that at one time you seemed to enjoy & have a passion for. I too have grown to hate my job; I've dedicated almost 24 years of my life to the same company & I used to love going in to work. Such is no longer the case. I haven't been happy for the past 15 years or so; the managers that are currently running the company have a totally different mentality than the ones who were there when I first joined the company.
The company has become far too profit oriented & a lot less caring as a result. They exploit the workers more than ever so that can make additional profits & give very little in return. I won't bore you with the details suffice it to say that job dissatisfaction is what attracted me to WA; I desperately need to find an alternate source of income so that I can quit my job.
I'm glad that you seem to have a solid business plan in place & appear to be well on your way towards financial security. I sincerely hope that you are successful in your business venture & that you attain your financial goals.
I think it's wonderful that you & your wife share a passion for travelling. I've no doubt that given time you'll be able to make your dreams a reality.
Best wishes!
The company has become far too profit oriented & a lot less caring as a result. They exploit the workers more than ever so that can make additional profits & give very little in return. I won't bore you with the details suffice it to say that job dissatisfaction is what attracted me to WA; I desperately need to find an alternate source of income so that I can quit my job.
I'm glad that you seem to have a solid business plan in place & appear to be well on your way towards financial security. I sincerely hope that you are successful in your business venture & that you attain your financial goals.
I think it's wonderful that you & your wife share a passion for travelling. I've no doubt that given time you'll be able to make your dreams a reality.
Best wishes!
OleSkule
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Sharon,
Just follow the Bootcamps. When you are done, you will have a solid, viable business.
As far as your work, I am sorry. It sounds like management receives bonuses for production you receive squat. Bad managers are disliked and have no clue how to handle people. They always think the worst of people and not the best.
Extreme good luck and I hope you reach your goal soon.
Bruce,
Just follow the Bootcamps. When you are done, you will have a solid, viable business.
As far as your work, I am sorry. It sounds like management receives bonuses for production you receive squat. Bad managers are disliked and have no clue how to handle people. They always think the worst of people and not the best.
Extreme good luck and I hope you reach your goal soon.
Bruce,
Sharon102060
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Hello Bruce. Thanks for the advice & for your words of encouragement. I've finally selected a niche & am currently in the process of setting up my website, which I'm very excited about. Self-employment definitely has its appeal & I'm looking forward to taking control of my life & to the freedom & peace of mind that financial security will provide me with.
I wish you & your wife the very best of success & I hope that your online business thrives & brings you both great prosperity. Take care!
Sharon
I wish you & your wife the very best of success & I hope that your online business thrives & brings you both great prosperity. Take care!
Sharon
Kingfisher
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Hi Bruce
Firstly, I apologise for my late "thank you for your Follow". I have been simply overwhelmed by the sheer social activity here. I've never met such a great bunch of really helpful and knowledgeable people. Anyways, thanks again for your follow, and Live long and prosper!
Firstly, I apologise for my late "thank you for your Follow". I have been simply overwhelmed by the sheer social activity here. I've never met such a great bunch of really helpful and knowledgeable people. Anyways, thanks again for your follow, and Live long and prosper!
AllanSiegel
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I'm a WA "newbie," so I'm looking to establish good networking relationships to help each other as a community of like-minded entrepreneurs. It sounds like you are a man with a passion and purpose.
OleSkule
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Yes I have been here since March. I have really grown my website and now am ready to start pulling more traffic and placing more advertising. Three bits of advice: (1) Follow all 6 bootcamps to the letter everyday. When you finish all 6, you will have a money making business.(2) Research the domain name for your website carefully. The bootcamps will help you. (Do not try any other online ventures stick to this one exclusively. Other ventures will only distract you and slow you down here.
Good luck. I want to hear that you are doing well.
Bruce
Good luck. I want to hear that you are doing well.
Bruce
I'm in Paducah, on I-24.(west Ky.)...If you're through this way we have the Land Between the Lakes, which is huge and is beautiful this time of year..It's 30 miles south on I-24, between Kentucky and Barkley Lakes..If you're in the east of the state there's about 30 more!..I've been to the Cumberland Falls State Park in the Daniel Boone National Forrest...Lots of hills over there....Have fun and be safe.
Larry G
Land Between the Lakes is actually east of Paducah on I-24
Larry G
Land Between the Lakes is actually east of Paducah on I-24
KevinWiley
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Thank you so much for the follow, I enjoyed reading your bio and feel you have a wonderful goal. It brings to mind a quote I read a while ago. "Strive to make $1 with your internet busines and then just do 999,000 more times. I know you can do it.
I love your blog and my wife is from Louisiana hope you make your 100k soon so you can travel in your little trailer and have fun. I love to ride my Harley and Horses and go to the lake when I can, I hope to make some good money with WA so I can quite working so hard and go have fun.. Thanks for reading beacho2014
yayadee1044
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Awesome....hey you joined WA on my birthday LOL pretty cool I use to get a kick out of telling my husband hey you joine the army on my birthday at the time I just turned 9 and got married to him when I was 22 and I know it'll take a good while but I'm trying to buy a farm out the city limits its expensive but I'm going to that prime open space no neighbors for miles just good old country land and a 8 stall stable riding paths and being retired from teaching the passion is still there but after 30 years had to hang it up. I missing traveling need money to just get back out there but need the extra funds to repair my vehicle get a wheelchair lift, power chair and ramp built at my house so I can go out more again because the insurance refuse to pay for it.
Dee~
Dee~
OleSkule
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Congratulations on getting out of education. I was in it until the day I realized the whole affair was a train wreck of lies. I hope you are very successful. I grew up in the country and I do not like large cities. I am a small town guy now. I am sorry about your wheelchair problems and I leave with advice. I too have my physical problems, I went to Social Security Disability. When they gave me problems, I contacted my Congressman and lo and behold no's turned into yes's. Good luck and stay in touch.
adioquerce
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Que legal o objetivo de voces, ganhar com a filial rica, e viajar oelo EUA inteiro, eu aqui no Brazil também pretendo viajar num futuro próximo até mais tchau.
Denzildave
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Thank you for the follow wish you all the best in your WA journey to success.
Anne112995
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Hi, nice to meet you. Thank you for the follow. I wish you the best of luck and success in your ventures. :)
Anne
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LESA
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My personal opinion is that you can't spend enough time seeing the world. I believe that is what we are here for, exploration. I know the feeling about leaving a job because you hated going there. I just left mine after 10 years for the same reason. It's scary at times, but I believe sometimes you have to take a leap of faith. Good luck to you
philsmkt62
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Thanks for the follow OleSkule.....best wishes on reaching your goals. You can complete them and make new ones to meet. Best of luck to you. Mississippi State fan here myself
Lindley
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Hi Oleskule- Great to have your follow. I will also follow you and wish that you will be able to realise your dream at WA.I have just joined the community and I am absorbing and digesting much useful materials right now . We keep in touch and keep well you both.Have a great Day.Lin
I hear that all the way about making enough that you can make this your primary income and you and your wife can travel across the country. My ultimate goal in this is to be able to use it to take care of my family and be able to spend more time with them since I'd be able to work from home.
Hey OleSkule...glad to hear of your resolve and of your story. My wife and I recently embarked on the full-time RV lifestyle. It's such a challenge...we've given up so much, but I'm happy to say that there are countless upsides. I pray it works out well! In any event, God bless you and I wish you all the best.
KristijanS
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Hey OleSkule, thanks for the follow. It's never too late to start learning something new, and it's good to have ambitious goals as you do. I wish you all the luck and I hope you manage to achieve them! Following you back...
AliceC
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Hi! I joined about a week ago and you followed me; I am just now going through all of the follows to thank people and look at profiles. I presently have a job in an elementary school, working with special needs kids. I am in BC in Canada where the strike is happening. I LOVE the kids, and hate all the politics. Thanks for sharing! Let's follow each other into success! -Alice
vstahlhut
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What a great profile! I too am old school, being born during the baby boom and raised in Los Angeles. I do have a facebook account, so I am one step ahead of you. Unfornately I do not have a twitter account, and do not know how to twit. I have never wrote a blog and am not sure about pinterest, other than I've heard of it. Hopefully I can learn more here with WA. But I have done the "copy/paste" selling on Ebay, which is still new to me and still somewhat complicated as far as keeping with what to sell. Hope to see you around here and much success to you.
garyrethford
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Thx for the follow, good luck to you. Me myself, I love the Missouri Tigers!!!!...lol
OleSkule
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Yea, Mizzou had a tough 1st year in the SEC but a great 2nd season. Always remember the best defenses reveal the best teams. Great offense is not really necessary. The SEC is a defensive league. That is what makes the league great. If you cannot play defense, it will be a long season.
Geaux Tigers!
Geaux Tigers!
pmenke
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Great story! My husband is from Pittsburgh, PA & he loves Pitt & Penn state. He watches every time they are on TV. He can't watch all the game (not available on cable), so it's a special occasion when he can see them. I watch with him, but am not as passionate as he is. But that being, said I do love the Steelers, Penguins & Pirates. Don't worry too much about not being that familiar with a computer or the internet, if you're like me it just takes practice. When I was going through the training, I saw the word BLOG, I thought to myself, I don't know how to blog! Well, look at me now, huh! Image that. Good luck with your upcoming success.
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