This being the ‘Season of Goodwill’ and all that fakery mumbo-jumbo; I decided that it was time that I showed some goodwill myself, and did so by making massive reductions; and I mean as massive as I can make in some cases.

Not all of the products in the arcade are mine; but everything that is created by myself is heavily discounted in bulk: The more you purchase, the more you’ll save. – And you may be rather surprised… But I don’t want to tell you everything about it before it opens.

I’m hoping to open it on Monday 14th – and then in only a limited capacity: You see, to be perfectly honest with you I’ve made a rather crucial timing-error again. -  My inexperience is still evident. – I should have started preparing for this time of year around August/September time; but due to circumstances to some extent beyond my control I found myself ill-prepared at the beginning of December: -

Learning Curve

I had to prioritise either the learning-curve, from which I would gain experience now and in the future; or go into the season with only very limited vision of the marketplace as I almost attempted to do last year with only a bit more than a clue, but realised by foresight that I was not clued up enough to even be able to attempt doing so at that time and ended up not attempting the exercise.

Of course, the learning curve, in tech-matters, in writing, and also in marketing, is a lifelong thing and is ongoing. However a crash-course was needed, as I found, at one point, that I was almost half-way through the year, with a little more tech-experience to add to my lifelong-experience, a writing-style that was progressing, but a marketing-strategy that was still sadly lacking in many of the necessities required to be successful.

Lucky me: I found BMC

It was just after that that I heard of the BlogMaster’s Club Course which was being run for its first time by internet entrepreneur David Risley. Without hesitation I enrolled; and to be honest at first it appeared to be very similar to other courses I’d previously enrolled on, despite seemingly having a bit more depth in some regards.

As time went by, however, I found that the depth and quality of the tuition (USA = tutelage.) including the live personal instruction and totally constructive criticism that I requested from David; ‘The Professor’, was making things happen and I was learning things with regard to addressing certain areas which had been almost totally neglected through my lack of experience in blogging.

Turbo-boost

The course came to its half-way point; and suddenly everything appeared to step up a gear. Now not only had we all constructed a solid framework to begin using as a platform for the future – which appears to be the aim of all blogger-courses – but this course goes even further; more than twice as far as other courses of a similar nature: This course not only builds a solid framework, but it also builds the permanent-structure upon the framework; it puts the meat on the bones, if you like.

Is this a sales-pitch? No; the doors aren’t open yet to new admissions – I hear a rumour, though, that they may be open as soon as January 2010; so I’m just laying the groundwork for what is to come: I’m on the course still, and so far I recommend it to anyone who’s serious about anything from getting a little money from their blog to make it self-financing; right through to making a fortune from it and retiring early.

There is just so much material; good material, and although I’m keeping up with study, I’m finding that there’s so much to put into action from what I’m now learning that it’s just too much for me personally to accomplish all at once.

Continuing in a positive vein, there are a number of other good points yet to be spoken of with regard to the course: -

In your own time

Firstly; there is no rush: We have six-months to do the course and have the Professor’s attention. After that we have lifetime access to the course material; and I, for one, intend to study a lot of it all over again, which could end up taking a few more months as there’s just so much information and so much to gain. The standard of teaching is excellent: David Risley’s a born-communicator and a hidden genius if the truth be known. – But it’s just not possible, in my case anyway, to have access to all that much beneficial information, and then take it all in and apply it all within six-months.

Do I think the course should be longer than? No; because its not information overload: It’s quality teaching that is straight to the point, informative, in-depth, and going further and deeper into the subject than any other course that I’m aware of does. Stretching the course out any longer would just water it down and lose people’s attention. The course has been well-thought-out in advance, so that the natural progressive rhythm of the content presented holds the pupil’s attention, yet isn’t too much nor is it too little over too long a time; which would be boring: Instead it’s just right. – Spot on.

As soon as I know when things are opening up to a new intake I’ll be straight on the case; so stay tuned and I’ll be sure to give you a chance to see for yourself if you’re interested.

Oh yeah; as I was saying…

Now; back to the shopping arcade: -

I did say that it’d be opening in a limited capacity. Why? Well the last thing I want to do is to rush it: Rome wasn’t built in a day. I’m building a tiny village at the moment, rather than an empire. I want it to be good, even if that means good only in the sense of a small establishment for now; rather than a massive empire.

What can you expect when you have a look inside, then?

Like any shopping arcade, you can roam around at will, and choose what you want to purchase. While the deals on offer are cumulative-discount-purchases, they are sure to at least make you raise an eyelid if nothing else. Unlike many such online retail-centres; the funnel-effect doesn’t drag you deeper and deeper into enforced multiple-purchasing before you are presented with the next offer; rather you are welcome to come on in and look at what’s on offer on all levels, then make your purchase-choice or leave empty-handed and return again another time: Think of it as a trip to your local supermarket, rather than a visit from a high-pressure double-glazing salesperson.

Procrastination could be a thief of savings

There is just one thing, though, that you should know: The arcade is only, at present, temporary: It’s closing its doors on 5th January 2010 unless notified otherwise at the last minute, and will re-open at a later date with different discount-offers. – So if you want something on offer inside, don’t procrastinate and leave empty-handed too many times, or you’ll miss out.

As I said before, it’ll be opening on this blog next week; probably Monday 14th unless a last-minute snag crops up.

Be prepared for a bargain or two.