GetCalhoun.com Blog

GetCalhoun.com, the Website of Calhoun County (and surrounding counties) Alabama has been around since 2002 serving the local interests.

In that time I, as the editor and owner have seen several "local" sites come and go. Mostly go.

GetCalhoun.com has had its share of challenges but it remains.

But the reason for this post is that I have had my challenges as well. Times are hard!

Hard times was part of the reason I developed GC like I did. Many smaller businesses can't afford so called mainstream media advertising. Ads on GC have ALWAYS been affordable as well as a good investment as far as the Internet goes anyway

Most companies can't afford television ads. Radio ads are always risky, because there are so darn many stations. You can drop a bundle very quickly with radio without seeing your money come back.

Likewise, newspaper advertising is gone in a day and is VERY expensive. Most folks simply don't have the capital.

All forms of advertising that you can get locally have their place. But mostly, it works only if you have a hot item that will show profit that you need to get the word out about.

The good news about GC is that for a small payment you get a page or two of advertising that lasts a year and is almost guaranteed to outdo your own website, if you have one.

Of course, I build complete sites as well.

Something else. Over the last few years I have also put in a lot of time in national and global Internet marketing. As Internet Marketers (IM) folks go, I'm in the upper echelon as far as experience and training. I have done so much of it that eventually, I got to the point that I even teach it to others.

But, with experience, sometimes comes wisdom. What I have learned...the hard way...is that very few IM folks ever "strike it rich." And of those, only a small percentage are actually able to make a dependable income

In short, Internet marketing should be approached as a really fun hobby, and not as a way to make a living.

The ONLY thing that I EVER found that works EVERY time its tried is a website like GetCalhoun.com...and I invented it! All that other stuff is just a colossal waste of time. Take that from a pro.

Therefore, if you're still reading, note that I have taken most of the information and links to my other IM work from GetCalhoun.com. I'm about 90% done with that stuff!

GC is much more like it was before my detour into the larger world of marketing. Now it nearly all local once again.

I confess that I never tire of visiting GC. Not working it...just visiting it. I love see the stats, make search engine experiments, and all of that web guy stuff. But mostly, I love to see the pages succeed in the search results for me and my clients.

GC is as much a part of the community as the Anniston Star, your favorite radio stations, your favorite television and cable channels. Even after a decade it is still loaded with potential, limited only by drive and interest to promote it to the county. GC is a UNIQUE website idea and model. That's saying something when you consider the millions of websites you can find to visit. Jeez!

Ok. Even as I'm getting out of outside Internet marketing, and getting rid of all the thousands of distractions those pursuits cause, it just so happens that I'm working my way back to my first love, and that is writing.

Thanks to the Amazon Kindle program I have several "books" published. For curiosity sake, perhaps you might be interested in taking a look at one of Calhoun County's oldest new authors..

See my books here... The Cowchip/AL Series 

As of this writing I have five books in print with more in the works. They are all set in Alabama. Sorry, chances are fairly excellent that you won't find yourself in them. But you may recognize some of the locales. You will also recognize some of the characters in the aggregate, because they are us!

If you should purchase one or all, and you like them, I hope you'll leave a kindly review on Amazon.

So, thanks for your continuing interest and support of GetCalhoun.com. Be sure to visit my advertisers and tell them that GC sent you!

Thanks!

Norman Morrison
Editor/Owner GetCalhoun.com since 2002