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I’ve Been Tagged and Bagged

June 28th, 2007 · 20 Comments

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Donovan from BlogThatOutside has tagged me on “The Face Behind The Blog” meme.  We have David Airey to thank for starting this evil idea!

I must say, this is my first meme and apparently the whole point of this meme to to garner more details about myself. Hmmm….this blog is about marketing and the Internet, not about me!!

Okay, I’ll play along, but I warn ya’ll, I’m going to tag 5 other bloggers who’s blogs I read and want to learn more about them.

I’m just a Big Ol’ Texan who enjoys his Family and playing outdoors when I’m not working….which is quite a bit. I own a construction consulting business that I run out of my home and I have some websites/blogs that provide just a “wee bit O’ coin change” on the side.

donsred.jpgI’m a pretty easy going guy I think. You’ve heard the saying, “Don’t sweat the small stuff. It’s all small stuff“, that’s me. I love to go down to the Beach house for a long weekend a couple times a hear and just chill out on the deck with a couple cold ones watching the World go by. When I get serious about my free time, I take a few days off and hit the Beach for Bull Redfish and Sharks. (catch & release only)

I’ve had several “jobs” in my life, I’ve worked in the oilfield when I was in my teens into my early twenties, worked in a factory that made wire products like large anchoring cables, drove a truck for a major auto parts corporation and I delivered horse trailers for two large manufacturers.

During all those times, I always had a small cash business going on the side. I love Entrepreneuring.

Every since I was a kid, I’ve loved making money on my own. It’s not about the “stuff” money buys that drives me. To me, money is like a score keeper in the game of entrepreneurship. It’s the challenge of creating a business from nothing and growing it that motivates me. On the other hand, I could also be perfectly happy living on the Beach or in middle of Alaska without a penny to my name. I like wide open spaces with just a little hint of danger mixed in. I’ve always felt like I would have liked to have been a Mountain Man or Pirate ‘back in the day’.

I believe being an entrepreneur allows one’s soul to be free. At least that’s the way it works for me. I’ve had ”bosses” and I can do without them. To me, bosses are like politicians. The know less than I do but act like they know everything. Being an entrepreneur gives me the kind of freedom I need to thrive as a person. 

my wife and I, Lake Tahoe 2005I’ve been messing around with making money on the Internet a little over ten years now. Oh how I wish I knew then what I know now!

My Family brings me the most joy in my life. None of what I do would be worth a pile of cow chips if it wasn’t for them.

Okay, that’s about all I’m willing to tell…LOL…which was way more than I had planned!

Now, the 5 people who’d I’d like to learn more about are:

Here is a list of people who’ve already participated in “The Face Behind The Blog.”

Gayla at Mom Gadget
Char at Essential Keystrokes
Paul at Reflections
Rob at 2Dolphins
Zep at The In-Sect

Ingo at Stixster
Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace
The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull
Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World
Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com

Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home
Dennis Bjørn Petersen at Petersen Inc.
Randa Clay at Randa Clay Design
Drew McLellan at The Marketing Minute
Becky McCray at Small Biz Survival

Phil Gerbyshak at Make it Great!
Steve Woodruff at StickyFigure
Dave Olson at Live the GREAT life that you desire
Greg at Become a Remote Control SEO
Ariane Benefit at Neat Living Blog

Genesis at the At Home Mom Blog
Armen at iFFECT.NET
Mihaela Lica at Online Public Relations
Tara at Graphic Design Blog
Doris Chua at Home Office Women

Edward Mills at Evolving Times
Tony D. Clark at Success from the Nest
Jonathan-C Phillips at SmartWealthyRich
Karen at A Deaf Mom Shares Her World
Lisa Gates at intrinsic life design

Rammel Firdaus at rammelfirdaus.com
Carol at Pentimento
Adam Kayce at Monk at Work
Thomas at Technical Blogger
Tammy Lenski at I Can’t Say That!

Chris Brown at Branding & Marketing
Rory Sullivan at Hamelife
Derek Wong at Going The Wong Way
Embuck at embuck.com
Ms. Q at QMusings

Shelly Tucker at This Eclectic Life
Steve at Ramblings from the Marginalized
Troy Worman at on!blog
Lilith at Lilith’s Owl Nest
Revov at REVO-OVER

Karin at Stop/Start
Sha at Sha Money Maker dot com
Derrick Sorles at Life By Design
Ken Xu at Mysites Advisor dot com
Roberta at Roberta Ferguson

Donovan at Blog That Outside

Contact me if you link back to this post and I’ll add you to my list.

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20 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Paul Enderson // Jun 28, 2007 at 12:49 pm

    Thanks for the ping Don - it’s good to meet you! :)

  • 2 Roberta // Jun 28, 2007 at 1:11 pm

    Hey, I tagged Sassy first! :)

  • 3 Ken Xu // Jun 28, 2007 at 7:17 pm

    Hi! Thanks for the link! :)

  • 4 ladynred // Jun 28, 2007 at 7:19 pm

    wow! that’s really a huge fish. It must be tasty!

    Thanks for comments you left in my blog.

  • 5 Chris // Jun 28, 2007 at 7:44 pm

    Dang Don! I like your style! I think we could solve most of the the worlds problems after a few cold ones on the deck of that beach house! When are you heading down there again?

    Seriously…It’s nice to know some background on the person “behind the blog”.

    I gotta get working on my tag now.
    Chris

  • 6 David Airey :: Creative Design :: // Jun 29, 2007 at 2:35 am

    Thanks for joining in, Don.

    Nice job with the big catch!

    I’ll head back to mine and add you to the original list now.

    All the very best.

  • 7 The Face Behind The Blog Collection : David Airey :: Creative Design :: // Jun 29, 2007 at 3:04 am

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  • 8 Donovan // Jun 29, 2007 at 6:17 am

    Thanks for participating, Don. I could certainly take a lesson from you to not sweat the small stuff.

    That’s a nice fish you caught there. We don’t grow them like that here in Oklahoma.

  • 9 Karen Putz // Jun 30, 2007 at 9:23 pm

    Don’t sweat the small stuff– one of my mantras! :)

  • 10 The Sassy Southerner » The Face Behind The Blog // Jun 30, 2007 at 11:53 pm

    […] have been tagged twice for the Face behind the blog meme. Affiliate Watcher and Roberta tagged me. Woo double the love. So here […]

  • 11 Sassy // Jun 30, 2007 at 11:56 pm

    Hi, thanks for the tag. I finally got it done tonight :)

  • 12 Double Tagged // Jul 3, 2007 at 1:43 pm

    […] now you know 7 things about me. The next tag was from Don at AffiliateWatcher.com. The theme for Don’s tag is the “The Face Behind […]

  • 13 Dennis Bjørn Petersen // Jul 4, 2007 at 6:50 am

    It’s great to see how far this list gets.

    Could I by any chance persuade you to change the petersen-inc.dk link to http://www.thebetanews.com ? And the same with the name please? Petersen Inc. to The Beta News I just moved to a better domain ;)

  • 14 Finally, My Meme Tag Post // Jul 4, 2007 at 11:26 am

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  • 15 Leanne Wildermuth : Artist by Nature Blog » The Face Behind The Blog // Jul 4, 2007 at 1:28 pm

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  • 16 Derrich // Jul 8, 2007 at 2:12 am

    I’m a little behind on this. Just don’t want you to think I was ignoring you. But I’ve got the 8 Things… post coming. Thanks for tagging me here, though, Don.

  • 17 The Face Behind the Blog | Blog That Outside // Jul 8, 2007 at 2:38 pm

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  • 18 Thomas - Technical Blogger The Face Behind The Blog Collection « // Jul 10, 2007 at 8:24 am

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  • 19 David Airey :: Graphic Designer » The Face Behind The Blog update #2 // Aug 2, 2007 at 8:03 am

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  • 20 Michael from Pro Blog Design // Aug 10, 2007 at 7:35 pm

    Wow - That is some fish!

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