The Future's Bright... The grey, misty September drizzle barely registered as we waited in line in the school playground. Every now and then the watery sun made a half-hearted attempt to burn through the cloud, and for a moment I could swear I saw a hint of a rainbow. Around us dozens of parents waited anxiously as their children ran around the yard looking for old friends, meeting new ones, laughing and shouting with excitement.
Carol and I stood, waiting patiently for the sound of the school bell to signal the start of the first day of our daughter's life as a pupil. She was oblivious to the significance of what was about to happen, we were only too well aware. Despite the feelings of anxiety on our daughter's behalf, pride and happiness overwhelmed me. Pride at our daughter's progress from nursery to school, from being an infant to a little girl. Pride at how smart she looked in her green and white uniform. And pride that Carol and I had done a reasonable job in bringing her this far in her four year-old life. The happiness was tinged with regret. I was happy because I was here, in the playground, on her first day of school, waiting to give her one last hug before sending her off to a new world of wonder and excitement. I knew only too well that not all dads are able to spend the precious few moments before their child's first school day like this. But I regretted that I wouldn't be there to pick her up, that I wouldn't be there when she got home, full of the drama of the day. And I wouldn't be there the next morning when she went into the classroom for the second time. Instead, I'd have to make do with kissing her goodbye before I left for work and talking to her about school as I put her to bed. Eight hours in the office plus three hours commuting each day doesn't leave much time or energy for spending quality hours with my children. Yet I know I'm luckier than most. Lucky because I come home every evening in time to see them before bed. Lucky because I get to spend all weekend with them. But most of all, I'm lucky because I have an exit strategy from the endless drudgery of office work and commuting.
I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and it's getting bigger and brighter. I can see myself waiting at the school gates as our children run towards me, full of the excitement of a day's new knowledge, and eager to share the new words they've learned and the stories they've been told of far away lands and the people who live in them. It's that vision that I focus on while I'm building the business that's going to make these things possible. It's a business that will not only generate enough income for our family to live on comfortably but will grow and become a solid, equitable company that I can pass on to the children when they're old enough. One that will pay their way through college and allow Carol and I to retire somewhere hot by the sea. That business is this website. It's not easy building a business part-time with a full-time job and two young children competing for time and attention, but it is possible. It's possible because, after years of searching, I found a tool that allows me to focus on building content, growing traffic and generating income without having to worry about technical stuff like HTML, email databases, traffic statistics, and RSS feeds. I create the content, build relationships with my visitors, and generate income. It does the rest.
If I run into a problem or find myself short of ideas, there's always someone on hand to offer some friendly advice. And if I think of an improvement that would make my site even better, you can bet someone has already thought of it and is adding it to the list of things that this incredible tool can do.
SBI registered the domain, researched the keywords around which each page is built, provided the step-by-step building blocks to create each page (I didn't know any HTML at all when I started), optimised each page to keep the search engines happy, and provided more easy to read, fun, and geniunely useful guidance than any product of any kind I've ever used. SBI also hosts the site, manages my email newsletter and its auto-responder, takes care of my link building program, and keeps my email free from spam and viruses.
Its safe to say that without it, this site and my other two profitable websites wouldn't have been possible. If that sounds like hype, I'm sorry - it's not meant to. It's just that I'm very passionate about what I do and SBI really does make it possible. I can't help but evangelize it.
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If you're thinking about starting a web business or looking for a way to promote your existing business online, click here to see what SBI offers compared to its competitors Me? I'm working as hard as time allows and disciplining myself to add a few pages a week so that one day soon that light will be right in front of me, and I won't have to regret not being there when my kids come from school. Instead I'll delight in being able to help them with homework, play with them after school and take them to all the wonderful places on our doorstep that we always meant to visit but never seem to have the time to see. There's nothing special about me. I'm not a web expert and I'm not a business person. I just have a determination to improve my family's lifestyle and to do better by my children. And I've found a way of making it possible. I'm on my way to the life of my dreams, you can be too.
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My stomach churned and I could see from the look on Carol's face that hers was performing similar acrobatics. In his pushchair, our18-month old son sat quietly watching the older children enjoying their last few moments of freedom before classes began.
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