My story so far

dhuang · Jan 2nd, 2008, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by AndrewG

Thanks Yankees. I'm definitely not giving up! Usually when a business venture of mine fails I fall into a depressive sort of state. But this time was totally different, I just dusted myself off and within days I was working on Lyved.com.

Consider me subscribed!

AndrewG · Jan 2nd, 2008, 12:38 PM

Thanks! I really appreciate it. My content and writing style will continue to improve so stay tuned.

Poudda · Jan 2nd, 2008, 01:44 PM

Very nice site. I like how positive it is. Couple ideas for thought:

Play on the "y" ie: "y-not?" "y-this site?" "y-are we here?" things like that:

Not sure about the spelling of Launched - launced?

Anyways. Like very much. keep it up! nice to see you being creative and applying your imagination.

Cheers!

AndrewG · Jan 2nd, 2008, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by Poudda

Very nice site. I like how positive it is. Couple ideas for thought:

Play on the "y" ie: "y-not?" "y-this site?" "y-are we here?" things like that:

Not sure about the spelling of Launched - launced?

Anyways. Like very much. keep it up! nice to see you being creative and applying your imagination.

Cheers!

Oops, yeah that was a typo. Thanks. As for the "Y" aspect, I was trying to think of something like you mention. I'll have to keep brainstorming on that.

-Andrew

bizboy · Jan 2nd, 2008, 08:36 PM

Seems your on the right path, you will have great success.

AndrewG · Jan 3rd, 2008, 01:32 PM

Thanks bizboy! Just a little update: someone added one of my articles to Digg and as of right now it has 58 votes! It hasn't made it to the homepage but I'm very pleased. Check it out http://digg.com/health/Creating_a_Mo...al_Environment. The article will probably interest many of you.

PhxMJ · Jan 4th, 2008, 10:27 PM

Good stuff! Love the domain name ... nice, short, and very brandable!!

AndrewG · Jan 4th, 2008, 10:56 PM

It took me about 2 weeks and hundreds of ideas but I'm VERY happy with Lyved. I'm glad you said it was brandable because that was my main goal. I didn't want to limit myself to just a blog.

PhxMJ · Jan 4th, 2008, 11:12 PM

Originally Posted by AndrewG

It took me about 2 weeks and hundreds of ideas but I'm VERY happy with Lyved. I'm glad you said it was brandable because that was my main goal. I didn't want to limit myself to just a blog.

In that branding process, I would suggest to make the "Y" in Lyved very special. Make it mean something. The "Y" is what differentiates your site from "Lived" so market and focus on the "Y" in your slogan and logo.

For example,

"Because YOU want more from life"

or

"Because its not the HOW, its the WHY."

or

"Say Yes to Life"

And in your logo, make the Y different. Larger, a different color, anything to set it apart from the rest of the site. You want visitors to remember "Lyved!" not Lived.

HEre is an example I threw together in 2 minutes:
Name: hotel.gif
Views: 163
Size: 2.2 KB

These are just some simple branding ideas.

AndrewG · Jan 4th, 2008, 11:19 PM

Yeah I'll have to emphasize the Y just like you and Poudda said.

Thanks

PhxMJ · Jan 4th, 2008, 11:20 PM

See above logo ... easier to show than to tell.

AndrewG · Jan 4th, 2008, 11:41 PM

How about something like?:

I'm not sure about what my slogan would be though.

AndrewG · Jan 5th, 2008, 08:56 AM

BIG UPDATE: I'm sure some of you know of John Chow, he runs a VERY profitable blog that has hundreds of thousands of readers a month. Well I emailed him the other day about a possible guest post on his blog and I hadn't heard back from him till today and he added my post to his blog! John is very picky about what he adds to his blog so this is very difficult, I've tried dozens of times to get on his site over the past year, but I never gave up. This could bring me a huge amount of traffic and new readers. You can check out the post here: http://www.johnchow.com/the-greatest-things-about-life/, please leave some comments and vote on it if you can.

-Andrew

PS I let everyone know about the traffic later tonight.

AndrewG · Jan 5th, 2008, 09:46 PM

As of a few minutes ago I received 63 visitors directly from JohnChow.com. It's not as many as I thought but I think it's because I'm not offering a product or service so most people are interested in visiting my site. However, I am VERY thrilled that I was accepted as a guest blogger on one of the top blogs on the internet.

AndrewG · Jan 7th, 2008, 08:10 PM

Update: Well I published a new article yesterday called 20 Ways to Change the World. I had the post submitted to Digg. At first it got a good amount of votes, then it slowed down, but it came back with many more votes and was promoted to the homepage of Digg! With over 480 votes! I received about 560 visitors from digg as of a few minutes ago. You can check out the link on digg here. I have received a lot of negative comments both on Digg and my own blog but I'm not letting it get to me. Here's the original link, have a look at some of the crazy comments but also the positive ones. At this same time my article also got stumbled! Stumble Upon is sort of like Digg. I received another 520 visitors from there. Check out the stumble here. So the past day I've had 1,175 unique visitors to Lyved. Obviously the traffic will die down A LOT tomorrow but I'm very happy that my articles are being well received by most people.

-Andrew

Yankees338 · Jan 7th, 2008, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by AndrewG

Update: Well I published a new article yesterday called 20 Ways to Change the World. I had the post submitted to Digg. At first it got a good amount of votes, then it slowed down, but it came back with many more votes and was promoted to the homepage of Digg! With over 480 votes! I received about 560 visitors from digg as of a few minutes ago. You can check out the link on digg here. I have received a lot of negative comments both on Digg and my own blog but I'm not letting it get to me. Here's the original link, have a look at some of the crazy comments but also the positive ones. At this same time my article also got stumbled! Stumble Upon is sort of like Digg. I received another 520 visitors from there. Check out the stumble here. So the past day I've had 1,175 unique visitors to Lyved. Obviously the traffic will die down A LOT tomorrow but I'm very happy that my articles are being well received by most people.

-Andrew

That's very impressive! I've been checking up, but I haven't been able to read every post. I did have a chance to comment on one of the posts, though, and I believe it was the first comment you received.

Keep up the great work! It looks like it's starting to pay off already!

AndrewG · Jan 7th, 2008, 08:39 PM

Wow! Just checked my stats again for the latest update, the numbers have changed. I received 6,223 visitors from Digg and many visitors from other social news sites. Which brings my total so far to 7,223 uniques visitors!

Thanks Yankees. Yeah I did see your comment about the "Cabs to Riches" story. I think you were my first official comment.

dhuang · Jan 8th, 2008, 03:12 AM

Hey Andrew,

The video card in my new computer just died out, so I couldn't get around to reading your most recent posts, until I finally pulled out my laptop today... and WOW. Talk about loads of traffic in almost no time.

John Chow, Digg, and SU? Amazing stuff!

Congrats man, you certainly know how to generate tons of VIRAL traffic.

Btw, those Digg users can be serious pricks!

AndrewG · Jan 8th, 2008, 06:28 AM

Thanks dhuang. Yeah you wouldn't believe some of the comments they left. They're actually kind of funny.

Update: The official number of unique visitors for yesterday was 13,427!

Jorge · Jan 8th, 2008, 08:00 AM

Wow Andrew, congrats!

It seems like everything you do can turn into something cool!

Cheers

Jan 2nd, 2008, 12:38 PM	#62 (permalink)
AndrewG Level: (8) Acura Joined: Nov 2007 Locale: New Jersey Age: 20 Posts: 279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: My story so far Thanks! I really appreciate it. My content and writing style will continue to improve so stay tuned. __________________ “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” - Albert Einstein. Visit Lyved.com - learn about life and about living life!

Jan 2nd, 2008, 01:44 PM	#63 (permalink)
Poudda Level: (10) Toyota Joined: Sep 2007 Locale: Calgary, Alberta Age: 36 Posts: 122 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: My story so far Very nice site. I like how positive it is. Couple ideas for thought: Play on the "y" ie: "y-not?" "y-this site?" "y-are we here?" things like that: Not sure about the spelling of Launched - launced? Anyways. Like very much. keep it up! nice to see you being creative and applying your imagination. Cheers!

Jan 2nd, 2008, 08:36 PM	#65 (permalink)
bizboy Level: (11) Honda Joined: Dec 2007 Age: 24 Posts: 86 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts	Re: My story so far Seems your on the right path, you will have great success.

Jan 3rd, 2008, 01:32 PM	#66 (permalink)
AndrewG Level: (8) Acura Joined: Nov 2007 Locale: New Jersey Age: 20 Posts: 279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: My story so far Thanks bizboy! Just a little update: someone added one of my articles to Digg and as of right now it has 58 votes! It hasn't made it to the homepage but I'm very pleased. Check it out http://digg.com/health/Creating_a_Mo...al_Environment. The article will probably interest many of you. __________________ “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” - Albert Einstein. Visit Lyved.com - learn about life and about living life!

Jan 4th, 2008, 10:27 PM	#67 (permalink)
PhxMJ Level: Vince from Shamwow Joined: Jul 2007 Locale: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,345 Thanks: 152 Thanked 257 Times in 136 Posts	Re: My story so far Good stuff! Love the domain name ... nice, short, and very brandable!!

Jan 4th, 2008, 10:56 PM	#68 (permalink)
AndrewG Level: (8) Acura Joined: Nov 2007 Locale: New Jersey Age: 20 Posts: 279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: My story so far It took me about 2 weeks and hundreds of ideas but I'm VERY happy with Lyved. I'm glad you said it was brandable because that was my main goal. I didn't want to limit myself to just a blog. __________________ “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” - Albert Einstein. Visit Lyved.com - learn about life and about living life!

Jan 4th, 2008, 11:19 PM	#70 (permalink)
AndrewG Level: (8) Acura Joined: Nov 2007 Locale: New Jersey Age: 20 Posts: 279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: My story so far Yeah I'll have to emphasize the Y just like you and Poudda said. Thanks __________________ “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” - Albert Einstein. Visit Lyved.com - learn about life and about living life!

Jan 4th, 2008, 11:20 PM	#71 (permalink)
PhxMJ Level: Vince from Shamwow Joined: Jul 2007 Locale: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,345 Thanks: 152 Thanked 257 Times in 136 Posts	Re: My story so far See above logo ... easier to show than to tell.

Jan 4th, 2008, 11:41 PM	#72 (permalink)
AndrewG Level: (8) Acura Joined: Nov 2007 Locale: New Jersey Age: 20 Posts: 279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: My story so far How about something like?: I'm not sure about what my slogan would be though. __________________ “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” - Albert Einstein. Visit Lyved.com - learn about life and about living life!

Jan 5th, 2008, 08:56 AM	#73 (permalink)
AndrewG Level: (8) Acura Joined: Nov 2007 Locale: New Jersey Age: 20 Posts: 279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: My story so far BIG UPDATE: I'm sure some of you know of John Chow, he runs a VERY profitable blog that has hundreds of thousands of readers a month. Well I emailed him the other day about a possible guest post on his blog and I hadn't heard back from him till today and he added my post to his blog! John is very picky about what he adds to his blog so this is very difficult, I've tried dozens of times to get on his site over the past year, but I never gave up. This could bring me a huge amount of traffic and new readers. You can check out the post here: http://www.johnchow.com/the-greatest-things-about-life/, please leave some comments and vote on it if you can. -Andrew PS I let everyone know about the traffic later tonight. __________________ “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” - Albert Einstein. Visit Lyved.com - learn about life and about living life!

Jan 5th, 2008, 09:46 PM	#74 (permalink)
AndrewG Level: (8) Acura Joined: Nov 2007 Locale: New Jersey Age: 20 Posts: 279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: My story so far As of a few minutes ago I received 63 visitors directly from JohnChow.com. It's not as many as I thought but I think it's because I'm not offering a product or service so most people are interested in visiting my site. However, I am VERY thrilled that I was accepted as a guest blogger on one of the top blogs on the internet. __________________ “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” - Albert Einstein. Visit Lyved.com - learn about life and about living life!

Jan 7th, 2008, 08:10 PM	#75 (permalink)
AndrewG Level: (8) Acura Joined: Nov 2007 Locale: New Jersey Age: 20 Posts: 279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: My story so far Update: Well I published a new article yesterday called 20 Ways to Change the World. I had the post submitted to Digg. At first it got a good amount of votes, then it slowed down, but it came back with many more votes and was promoted to the homepage of Digg! With over 480 votes! I received about 560 visitors from digg as of a few minutes ago. You can check out the link on digg here. I have received a lot of negative comments both on Digg and my own blog but I'm not letting it get to me. Here's the original link, have a look at some of the crazy comments but also the positive ones. At this same time my article also got stumbled! Stumble Upon is sort of like Digg. I received another 520 visitors from there. Check out the stumble here. So the past day I've had 1,175 unique visitors to Lyved. Obviously the traffic will die down A LOT tomorrow but I'm very happy that my articles are being well received by most people. -Andrew __________________ “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” - Albert Einstein. Visit Lyved.com - learn about life and about living life!

Jan 7th, 2008, 08:39 PM	#77 (permalink)
AndrewG Level: (8) Acura Joined: Nov 2007 Locale: New Jersey Age: 20 Posts: 279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: My story so far Wow! Just checked my stats again for the latest update, the numbers have changed. I received 6,223 visitors from Digg and many visitors from other social news sites. Which brings my total so far to 7,223 uniques visitors! Thanks Yankees. Yeah I did see your comment about the "Cabs to Riches" story. I think you were my first official comment. __________________ “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” - Albert Einstein. Visit Lyved.com - learn about life and about living life!

Jan 8th, 2008, 03:12 AM	#78 (permalink)
dhuang Level: (11) Honda Joined: Aug 2007 Locale: Houston / Atlanta Age: 20 Posts: 73 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: My story so far Hey Andrew, The video card in my new computer just died out, so I couldn't get around to reading your most recent posts, until I finally pulled out my laptop today... and WOW. Talk about loads of traffic in almost no time. John Chow, Digg, and SU? Amazing stuff! Congrats man, you certainly know how to generate tons of VIRAL traffic. Btw, those Digg users can be serious pricks! __________________ “Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t.”

Jan 8th, 2008, 06:28 AM	#79 (permalink)
AndrewG Level: (8) Acura Joined: Nov 2007 Locale: New Jersey Age: 20 Posts: 279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: My story so far Thanks dhuang. Yeah you wouldn't believe some of the comments they left. They're actually kind of funny. Update: The official number of unique visitors for yesterday was 13,427! __________________ “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” - Albert Einstein. Visit Lyved.com - learn about life and about living life!

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Jan 8th, 2008, 08:00 AM	#80 (permalink)
Jorge Level: (5) Porsche Joined: Oct 2007 Locale: Mendoza, Argentina Age: 26 Posts: 605 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: My story so far Wow Andrew, congrats! It seems like everything you do can turn into something cool! Cheers