Demons & The 1st Post

Posted on 26th April 2008

As a programmer I should have started my first post with “Hello World” but due to the nature of the site and the demon branding I thought I would atleast explain why I chose a demon as my mascot. The truth is I’ve always thought demons were cool, I love science fiction and as a child spent way too much time reading Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone books. I guess it warped my mind into thinking demons, magic and warriors were cool things. So there you go that’s why I chose a demon as my online persona, the trade being slapped on because I started life as an eBay trader which I still do whenever I have time. 

So despite thinking Im some sort of demon that makes money online I’m actually a pretty normal guy and started this site and the forums in an attempt to share what I do online. Now the best way to describe what I do is that I buy and build websites with the goal of income generation. Some projects are fixer uppers others are fresh builds. After putting a little work into them if the income is good I usually sit on them for a while otherwise I have the option to sell them on for more than I invested (also known as flipping websites).

As per my about page (check it out if you want to know more about me) I’m a self employed guy who has managed to earn a living online by doing what he enjoys. This site however is not going to be a motivational promise of how you too can work for yourself, rather it’s about the art of being a webmaster, the art of buying, selling and running websites. It’s about programming, seo, marketing and of course case studies of the many sites and projects I have worked on in the past.

So if you’re looking for some good content about web development and managing and running websites then stick around because there’s plenty of good stuff to come. However if you’re looking for a quick fix to lifes problems then you’re better off moving to one of those cheesy make money online blogs that promises you the secrets of making money online, the secret handshake and all that rubbish. What you will find here are factual case studies and examples of projects I have taken on as well as my views and opinions on a variety of web related topics.

On that note I’m going to wrap up this opening post so that I can go away and start working on my first case study. Most likely it’s going to be my site signaturebar.com which I purchased sometime back in November 2006. I’ll probably discuss its development and metamorphosis over 2-3 different posts but I’m hoping to release the first one later this week. So enjoy the site, check out the new forums and above all get ready for some interesting articles over the next few months!