I’m running late with the promised course on zero-dollar online startups, but bare with me. I’m writing like a maniac and I’m 10 lessons long already, but I still need to capture a few screen-shots to illustrate the whole thing.

I’m leaving nothing behind on this, so bare with me because it will be worth every extra-day.

Also, at the same time I’m unwinding from writing all the “make money” stuff by making a new layout for this blog. Many of you don’t know, but I’m a Photoshop freelancer, and porting my design to a complex platform like WordPress has been a challenge, but I’ve been learning a lot. And hitting my head against the wall, a lot as well!

I’m juggling all this with a full-time job (don’t ask), and with life itself. That’s the holdup right there. don’t even think for a minute, that I’m dropping the ball.

Also, while we’re here, I have two other issues to talk about.

People are emailing me asking whether I’m promoting this or that next-big-thing-out-there product by mister-big-time-guru and what will be my bonus for it.

To answer in one word: NO.

I’ve been doing some introspecting and I’m leaving Internet marketing (at least the so-called arena). The reason for this is that there are way too many wannabees out there that are cluttering every marketing resource available, making a bad name for all hard-working and honest marketers out there. Direct-mail, video, twitter, facebook, you name it and there’s at least a few wannabees there offering everything but the kitchen sink, just for your name and email address, because they read somewhere that “the money is in the list”.

Now, I understand that this may sound a little pro-guru, but it is not. I’m all against most crap that flies off guru’s slave-driven minion ghostwriters and programmers, but I can’t cope with these kids trying to shove every freakin’ promotion down peoples’ throats.

So, for the time being, I’m off.

I still am going to promote products because I have to live too, as you surely understand. But I’m not just doing it to relieve you off your hard-earned money in exchange for old crap in a new box. Sorry if this disappoints you!

And the last thing I wanted to talk about is blogging about blogging. You probably have seen the meteoric rise of such blogs. This is due to a couple of free e-books out there, and I really do not want to be connoted with this sudden rise.

I’m here to stay. I’ll kind of blog about blogging, but I’m not Shoemoney, Problogger, John Chow or even John Cow. I know they are pretty much the authority on blogging about blogging. And they are pretty damn good doing what they do (more about that on a future rant).

But I’m going a slightly different route. I’m going to blog about niche blogging. Sounds the same? Well, it’s not, but you have to jog along with me to find out. I really appreciate you being a reader, and it would much honor me to find that you are tagging along. And don’t be shy… I look forward to read your input.

So are you there still?

How ’bout leaving a comment? It’ll take you a minute, tops, and it will make you instantly cool 

Jog along & enjoy the view.

Miguel