Thursday, November 10, 2011

The Athleticism of Flipping

I received a notice from HubPages that I have reached a milestone on their site with my first anniversary there. They reminded me that the first anniversary is known, in the U.S. anyway, as the Paper Anniversary. They suggested that to celebrate this paper anniversary, I get myself something with that motif, such as a book I have been wanting to read, for example. Not a bad idea, that.

But I am expanding in electronic areas right now, and paper is less of a factor for me at this phase of my life, than it has ever been before.

So much for a paper present to self. What I really want is something that only I can actually give myself. It is the volume of individual articles I need to write to launch five new websites. That's my ideal gift-to-self. That's really what I need most right now.

My first anniversary on HubPages is not much to celebrate, since I have published very little there. But with my one-year-off Paper Anniversary of being a website flipper, I should be able to celebrate with any paper I might want. In fact, that green paper that flipping is supposed to generate for me is going to be the first reason to celebrate anniversaries in quite some time, for me.

I launched on HubPages a year ago thinking it would be a necessary step in establishing the Internet presence required to publicize and promote my book on the life of David Cooper. But with the stalling of that major project for lack of investment capital, I have very little to show for my first year on HubPages. Now, with the prospect of url flipping actually generating the income I will need to fully promote the book, as well as that needed to flush out some far more diligent paid researchers in a few geographic areas, I could be looking at quite a celebration of my site-flipping paper anniversary.

So here's to the hoped-for success of linking all of these components together in the coming year to really have something worthwhile to celebrate on my Cotton Anniversary with HubPages. I am hoisting a toast right now, to anniversaries, and to energetic and exuberant flipping. May the athletics begin.