My Home Business: An Adventure Game Online
I quite like computer games. Particularly Adventure Games that you can play online. In the occasional idle bank holiday season I have been known to take on the character of heroine, wield a sword and set off into the unknown to fight dragons or goblins or whatever else the warped mind of the game’s creator has produced.
Win or lose, though, after a few hours of this, I do have to ask myself what it’s all leading to - in the real world, that is. At best, I have exercised my mind in solving problems and overcoming obstacles. At worst, I have wasted several precious hours for very little reward.
I called this blog ‘My Online Business Adventure’ because I do see it as an online adventure, and in many ways far more exciting than an online adventure game, with greater rewards.
In online games, you usually set up your own character with its various skills and personalities. This is a little like setting up your own website with its particular niche, and you can use your own ‘real’ skills to enhance your business.
Your ‘weapons’ are your marketing tools: blogging, advertising, list-building etc.
What about those goblins and dragons? Well, those are the scams out to take your money, or those people who tell you your business is a waste of time.
But these can be overcome: this is where your trusty armour comes in: common sense, honesty and developing a thick skin!
In a game, you can choose to visit different ‘areas’ and face various challenges. In the world of internet marketing there are endless subject areas that you can choose to focus on. And as you set off into the unknown, there are always a few wize wizards (or mentors) around to help you on your way.
In an online game, there is usually a forum where you can ask questions and meet other people. In an online business there are many forums where you can ask questions and meet other people.
In many online games you have the opportunity to find gold or build an empire. The world of the online business is no different - except that the gold is real and your empire is your dream that you can turn into a reality.
Someone once said that treating life like a game makes it fun and enjoyable; it allows you to take yourself and life less seriously and find problem solving easier. In the same way, treating your online business like an adventure game can spur you on to be the real hero you know you are inside.
And what do we play games for? Why, to win of course!
So, play an adventure game online for real: Use your skills to build an online business - and be a winner!
Ros Bott
To start your own adventure, go click here: Financial Freedom Online
Tags: adventure game online, online adventure, online business, online games
June 10th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Ros,
you are so right, it is a game, and the winner get a check in the end of the month, some of the losers too BTW
Tanny
Free Internet Home Business Ideas
June 10th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Hi, Ros:
A great comparison between gaming and marketing - it makes sense! I know I certainly get a rush and a thrill from some of the marketing obstacles I overcome and some of the successes I achieve. Thanks for making me think about that today!
GT Bulmer
http://www.StarrBizz.com
June 10th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Great analogy, Ross. It’s very true, a business is more or less an ‘adventure’. We have to have a game plan to take this adventure or else we’ll give up easily before the end of the game.
Lily
June 11th, 2008 at 1:35 am
What a great post Ros!, You are so right, everything in life should be treated as one great adventure, it makes the bad times so much easier to bear. The same thing should also be applied to your business, get out there and fight those goblins, with the help of our wizards we can and will win the game!
Carol
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June 11th, 2008 at 4:00 am
What a Great Post and so true ! Let’s all start the game.
Thank you Ros.
Michele
June 11th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Wow, Ros! That’s the blog I wish I’d written! I think about Internet marketing and life in general in just those terms! Games are fun. Life is a game. Let’s play to win and have fun at the same time!
David Hurley
http://grasp-the-nettle.com
June 13th, 2008 at 5:08 am
Hi Ros,
What a fantastic blog post and such a great way of looking at internet marketing - I had never thought of looking at it that way. Maybe I can use this analogy to get my husband interested in internet marketing since at the moment he has a lot of interest in gaming and zero interest in internet marketing
Cheers,
Suzanne
June 17th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Hi Ross,
This is GREAT! So many times I allow my adult side take over with all of the serious stuff, I forget to let that little boy inside play!
All work and no play does make “Eric” a dull boy.
Thanks for the wake up.
I’m going fishin!
Thank you,
Eric
June 18th, 2008 at 10:30 am
games wii…
yep! for me wii is also the best console on earth…
June 25th, 2008 at 8:29 am
What a great blogg this is. I could not agree more with what I have read here today. I too have made similar experiences to what I learned here and now run a successful online business. But I am forever reading bloggs to learn more about what is “out” there.
July 5th, 2008 at 4:40 am
I enjoy your writing - can’t wait for the next instalment![IMG]http://www.emoticon-village.com/img2.jpg[/IMG]
July 5th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
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