I wanted to use this opportunity to write up a quick blog post about a young musician that I have grown to know over the past few months named Emily Brooke. When moving to Nashville I actually had zero intention of actually working in the music industry; however, I also did not expect to run into one of the most talented young singers that I have ever met! Emily Brooke, who is currently only 12 years old, WILL BLOW YOU AWAY with how well she can sing and perform…. Emily is not just a good singer for her age… But she is a GREAT singer in general and no doubt will be a major star VERY SOON!
After meeting with Emily’s family a few times and being VERY impressed with their dedication to both of their children (shout out to Blake the future Pro baseball player), I knew that I wanted to help Emily and I sincerely BELIEVE in her. Without divulging too much in this blog post, I will leave you with a cliff hanger … MORE DETAILS TO COME ….
I think the most important thing I want to get across through this particular blog post is to check out Emily Brooke right now if you have not already done so… She is so good and will BLOW you away with her talent… I have included some links below for you to check out, please tell your friends/family about her… Also, if you have iTunes be sure to download three of her originals from the iTunes store!
Check out Emily Brooke:
Like I said… You are going to hear a lot more about Emily from me in the future! She rocks…..
My businesses have provided me with some awesome networking connections over the years, I love having the opportunity to meet and connect with other entrepreneurs around the world. With Facebook it has become increasingly easy to stay in touch with those that you meet. Until recently I had my Facebook hidden so only friends-of-friends could find me; however, I decided that this was a hindrance to those who may know me through work/business.
I recently decided to make my profile public so it can be found on search engines; however, I wanted to write a short blog post with the link.
My profile —– > Jonathan Burdon on Facebook!
My Dad and I...
In my last blog post I did a write-up explaining/outlining two of my biggest online businesses… After a long/boring post, I thought I would write a shorter post about my new favorite sport’s team, The Nashville Predators! When I first moved to Nashville I honestly had 0-interest in hockey… Honestly, I love sports… Basketball, baseball, football, golf… you name it… but hockey fell into the same category as soccer did to me, I just wasn’t a fan. That all changed after my first experience in Bridgestone Arena.
Days after moving to Nashville my friend Lance invited me to go to a game with him… I had nothing else to do AND the games are literally played across the street from me so I decided to give it a shot. When I went to the game I was shocked at how much I enjoyed it.. I honestly didn’t know any rules but what I did know was that the atmosphere was very exciting and I had to root for the home team! The Predators were struggling when I went to my first game, it looked as if they were going to fail to even make the playoffs; however, this all changed and eventually led to what would result in me getting addicted to Nashville Predators hockey! I’m not saying it was me (just hinting it) but after I moved to Nashville and started going to games the Predators season turned around and the winning streak began. The crowds at the games grew larger and so did the energy. I literally kept track of NHL points on a daily basis to see how the Predators were doing and nervously watch game after game to see if they would make the playoffs. To my pleasure the Predators made the Playoffs and my yearly hockey ticket expenditures started going up as well!
I had the opportunity to go to four of the Predators six playoff home games and all of them provide the same CRAZY intense atmosphere. Honestly, I have been to many sports games and NOTHING even came close to providing the energy that the Nashville Predators playoff games provided. I now have a better understanding of the sport of hockey and I have a great respect for the Predators’ team and the fans! Although the season ended early this week, I was not disapointed by the fun/entertainment that I received from Nashville’s hockey team… Congratulations on making it further in the Playoff’s than every before in Predator history!
I hope you enjoy a few of these pictures that I took with my iPhone during Predator’s games…
PS. I am currently in the process of purchasing a new business… Details on it to come in a soon-to-come blog post.
AlreadyHosting.com
110mb.com
If you find yourself wondering what I do for a living… Your not alone! In fact, some of my closest friends have trouble understanding what exactly I do with my businesses. So… I decided to write up a quick post explaining my two main online businesses and hopefully be the end you will have at least a little bit of an understanding of what I work on all day….
AlreadyHosting.com
After trial and error with other online businesses (AND COUNTLESS HOURS OF RESEARCH) I came up with the idea of AlreadyHosting.com in the summer of 2008. The site started really small and was a side project as I shuffled school, work, and other issues that face a typical college student. As a college student, I was completely broke… Well sometime about 1 to 2 months after creating AlreadyHosting.com I made my first referral (for HostGator) and made $50…. At the time that was HUGE and very encouraging to me. So over time, I continues to promote & build AlreadyHosting.com, I literally spent every free minute working on the site, and it continued to grow accordingly. After about a 10 month, I found myself in a position that I could quit the three part time jobs that I held at Murray State University and could focus solely on the development of AlreadyHosting.com. Three years later, thousands of work-hours, and three designs later we are here today…
So now that you know the history of AlreadyHosting.com, you still may be finding yourself wondering…. What does the site do? I developed the site as an aid to beginner and intermediate web site designers looking for a place to host (store) their website files. I remember the first time that I created a website, the process can be quite confusing… And there are literally tens-of-thousands of web hosting providers ranging in price from $2 a month to $1000 a month, and I had NO CLUE who was good and how much was a reasonable amount to spending on website hosting.
AlreadyHosting.com can point people in the right direction… There are literally hundreds of web hosting providers in our directory that we have outlined/reviewed and also gave users and visitors the opportunity to leave their own reviews about the hosts. We also negotiate deals (as a middle man) with web hosting providers and we can offer discounted hosting rates to our users. AlreadyHosting is filled with articles related to web hosting, web design, search engine optimization, and marketing tips…
I make money (earn commission) when a user is referred to a web hosting provider from my site… I actually am an independent contractor for hundreds of hosts that are listed on my site even if they have negative reviews. So to break it down as simple as possible… Take a look:
A user who is looking for web hosting —> Finds my site —> Researches multiple hosts and chooses on that fits their needs —> Clicks on a link from my site and visits the actual web host —> Signs up and pays for an account with that host —> That host pays me a commission for sending them a new customer.
Hope that helps 
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110mb.com
Ok.. So now that you have a little bit of an understanding about what I do with AlreadyHosting.com… I thought I would quickly discuss my other major business called 110mb.com.
In June of 2010, I decided that I wanted to expand my business a little bit and saw a great opportunity with 110mb.com being up for sale. I knew that 110mb.com was HUGE, in fact it has been named one of the 500 most important domains on the internet. The site currently is the 2012-th most visited website on the internet (According to Alexa). With that being said, the site’s network receives over a million visits per day.. Which I knew could be monetized.
The problem with this site was its complexity… Although I had the business brains to take on a major task like this, I knew I would need a top-notch computer tech (guru), to maintain such a complex site… For this task I turned to one of my best friends, and smartest people I have ever met… Craig Clayton.
110mb continues to be a work in progress for our team (which has now been expanded with additional staff). The site has MANY issues when we acquired it and still today we are working to fix some of them, but slowly and surely we are improving the operation of this great service.
So what does 110mb.com do? Great question… It is actually a FREE web hosting service… Our free hosting service is VERY/VERY basic… However, we do offer upgraded (premium) plans that users can purchase if the free plan doesn’t meet their needs. That’s one of the major ways that we make money; however, we also make some from advertisers.
With a little help from my talented cousin Heather, we will soon be launching a whole new branch of 110mb.com, which I am very excited about.
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So there you go .. That is the very short cliff notes version of what I do for a living… But behind the scenes a do a TON of online marketing as well as flipping websites… I hope you enjoyed this little write-up… Maybe you have a better understanding of what I do with my time throughout the day.
God Bless.
As you can see, when it comes to blogging in the past I definitely have received a failing grade! I was sitting back this evening and thought I would start blogging more often and share some personal thoughts & stories with the few readers that may be out there… With that being said, I thought I would start by talking about my recent move to Nashville, Tennessee …
Jonathan Burdon in NashVegas!
I personally believe that in life you have to step out of your confront zone to fully experience all the riches that God has in store for you. Moving to Nashville in February was definitely a big step in my life and was most definitely a big change in pace. I decided to move to Nashville TN for business reasons, and plan to be here for roughly a year. Like anything in life there are always positives and negatives with every decision… For example, I really miss the people back at home and the great people of Crittenden County, and I miss being around my family every day; however, it does make appreciate them more every time I get to see them.
With that being said…. I have LOVED the experiences I have had in Nashville thus far, although I couldn’t live downtown my whole life… I do love being able to retouch with old friends, make new friends, business connections, and enjoy the many activities that Nashville has to offer (more about this in future blog posts).
It also feels really good to start blogging again… I can’t wait to write future posts.. In the mean while.. I decided to upload just a few pictures of my Apartment/Nashville adventure.
My Living Room (15 stories up)
View from My Balcony
Pool Area on 7th Floor Roof
