Entrepreneur’s Monthly Revenue : Back it up!
Did you ever come across a young entrepreneur’s blog where the author has posted their monthly revenue? If you’re like me, you have come across many of these blog posts and were left wondering why the author posted these significant numbers without any supporting information as to how that money was obtained or the underlying processes that were involved in brining about that revenue.
I really can’t understand why so many young entrepreneurs do this. It usually begins by some reader asking the author to post their revenues. Many times, the author will gladly post a screen shot of their credit card or paypal deposits and that’s just about it – they neglect to show how that money was actually made. Furthermore, they don’t provide any information that would educate another entrepreneur on how to make money just like they are.
But what really, really angers me is when someone asks the author to explain how they obtained such success and they simply ignore the request or say that they “don’t share financial details.” Ha, well if you don’t share financial details, then why the hell did you post those monthly revenues to begin with?
My feeling is that many of these entrepreneurs – you know who you are – feel the need to showboat and brag about how much they are making. Does this really boost your ego? In fact, I also think that some of these bloggers are straight-out fabricating those screen shots of bills in an effort to make themselves seem super-successful when they really are not. Heck, without information to back up the numbers, then I’ll always be left skeptical.
Simply posting screen shots of your revenues doesn’t impress me or most serious young entrepreneurs looking to learn how to make money on the net with their business.
Want to know what’s really impressive? It’s impressive when the business owner/blogger goes the extra step to not only post those monthly revenues, but to actually document and show the processes of how that income want obtained; the decisions that were made and the ideas that were implemented that lead up to those numbers. Numbers alone don’t mean shit!
Com’on guys…. Isn’t entrepreneurship-blogging all about sharing what you know and educating entrepreneurs on how to succeed just like yourself? Please, correct me if I’m wrong.
I’m not saying that you have to spill your guts and share all of your secrets – that’s just insane! I’m saying that if you’re going to be posting numbers on your site, then why not go all the way and back those numbers up with content. Doesn’t that make sense? When you half-ass it we never really gain a true understating of how you made that money and how we can apply your success to our own businesses.
I don’t know… maybe I’m wrong and bloggers shouldn’t be forced to back up their numbers. Or maybe I have a point and bloggers should do everything they can to help and educate other young entrepreneurs on how they obtained success. Maybe there is a middle-ground somewhere that I didn’t address.
What do you guys think?
Well, I read these blogs all the time and never noticed anyone mentioning their income sources. Dave, maybe it’s just a few cases that you’ve encountered.
Honestly, who cares what other people do. The way I see it is if you don’t like what they do, then just don’t do it and forget about it. Don’t let it get to you. You can’t control what other people do so why bother worrying about it. Focus on yourself! That’s at least how I try to live my life.