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What VNWR & The DFN Has Done For Me

Short answer: Made me profitable.

Long answer:
Well, it really needs to be those three words, or a really loooong answer, but I'll do my best to keep it sensible. I came to VNWR in March '02, I'm writing this at the end of August '02, so I've nearly had six months on the board. What I have learnt in six months alone, would have taken me at least six years to learn without it. Throwaway line? No, I thought about it a long while before I wrote it. So why is it so good? hmmmmmmmm, I'll write enough that ought to convince a newbie, but it will barely scratch the surface.

I arrived at VNWR with around six free sites under my belt, all on free hosts, all built with Frontpage, all making the very occasional sale. In fact in two years I had banked about $450, but that was OK, it had cost me nothing. The first thing I did at the board, was cruise some posts, I had read through a lot of these style boards before, and immediately realized there was no flaming in evidence, that lifted my interest immediately.

Next I found the newbie tutorials for newbies, started reading, started printing, and carried on reading. This was followed by the NPOWS, now I was really excited, and pissed 'cos I'd run out of paper for the printer. I actually spent a week just sitting reading, and then re-reading what I had printed off. That is not my style normally, being male I never read the instructions for anything until I've broken it.

Next week was spent on teach yourself handcoding HTML, actually I was amazed to find that I got the basics down in under two days. Two of the most valuable days of my life I would say now. This was the point when I also started posting and asking completely inane questions, and that was the best bit yet. I didn't have to just milk this resource, run and get on with it, I could ask whatever I liked, no matter how stupid, and still get civil and speedy replies.

Of course being me, I had to see how far I could go, but I can honestly say, hard as I try, no body ever got pissed, or ignored my increasingly numb questions. So if you're worried about posting and looking silly, don't, I intentionally pushed the envelope as far as I could, so you won't even get close believe me.

So, in order to keep this reasonably short, has it worked for me so far?
Yes Yes Yes

Being in full time employment, and working away for periods from time to time, this is really just a hobby for me at the moment. But this hobby has in the last two months paid for all my cigarettes, booze and paint for the outside of my house (the last one not my choice obviously). Can it work for you? Again, yes. Whether you do it 1 day a week or 7, you can earn from it, but obviously the more time put in, the bigger the potential reward.

If you wanna make it work, some must dos' for you. Read the board on a regular basis, there is wisdom there every day. Read all the Newbie tutorials for Newbies, even if you don't understand half of it to start with, every so often a penny will drop if you've read the information. Read the NPOWS, not all at once maybe, and then start building, free sites and the triple initially. SUBMIT EVERYTHING ALWAYS! It will pay off, you may not see it for weeks or months even, but it will pay off.

Badbee