Markus Frind, the owner of PlentyofFish.com, runs his free online dating site, from the comfort of his own apartment in Vancouver, BC. You would not believe that a site with over 14 million page views/day is operated by a single man (with a little help from the wife). The site makes between $5 millon to $10 million in advertising per year. Late last year, Markus made it on the news with Global Canada.

Markus Frind recently quoted in his blog how the media has caught on the free online dating site and changing what online dating means.
“I tried to arrange something in secret with only a few hours notice.     It completely blew up with lots of news papers showing up,  The today show,  local TV stations and  CNN called and said they would be there (There was so much media there by the end of the night no one has a clue who was all there)  and New york times has been calling people this morning.”

PlentyofFish.com, which once produced $40/month income, was also featured in the MSNBC article. In the aritcle, Frind stated that all paid dating sites will soon go away and free online dating sites will take over.

When we all visit PlentyofFish.com, the first thing that comes to our mind is how ugly the design is. But does the ugly design really matter  when the site is ranked the top 100 sites in the US (based on visitors) and raking in millions of dollars each year? I don’t think so……

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The hardest part about working on your own (I know a lot of people can relate to this) on the internet is putting in the time and effort. I often tell myself “I will do it tomorrow”, but I really never get to it. That tomorrow can turn into months or years (6 months for me) if you do not have the motivation or desire to work on your online projects. Well  I am taking a step forward and that tomorrow is going to be today.

What motivated me to start again…..
Last week, I had an ear infection that made me vomit constantly and made my world dizzy.  I should have missed a week of work, but instead I fought through the pain and went back to work just after a day. Even tho I felt horrible, I had to be there (even tho it’s my own restaurant) because two of my staffs had grad that week. After paying  $100 for my medication (what a rip off), it somehow got to me, it made me want to work on the internet again.

Another thing that motivated me to start again, was coming across John Chow’s eBook. After reading his book it really motivated me to want to start again! Seeing that he makes $11,000+ just off his blog, really inspires me to give the internet work another shot. I am not going to say I will make $10k off my blog, but I do have other website projects I want to get to.

I will try to post once a week stories about  sucessful internet entrepreneurs that will help motivate both me and you to keep on working harder to meet our goal.  

So after all this being said, it begins today!

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