These about me pages always end up being hard to write, so I’ll try and keep it short. Honestly, there really isn’t much to tell anyway, but at least after you read this you will have some kind of idea who I am, and what this site is about.
Who am I?
My name is Randy, I’m 32 years old, and I’ve been working in the online marketing industry for about 5 years now. I have an awesome wife, Durana, and 6 very cool kids ages 12-16 <—– Combine this with working almost 365 days of the year, and our lives are never boring. We live in a very small town in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, and we will probably live here forever. I’ve lived in big cities all my life until we moved here, its just a little part of heaven and a great place to raise kids.
Like any good man, there is a wife behind the scenes holding it all together. If not for my wife I’m pretty sure I would be stuck in some job I hate for the rest of my life. I’ll never understand how or why my wife puts up with me, but thank goodness she does
What Do I do?
I’m basically an internet marketer now. I got into this industry pretty much by accident, and the initial challenge of it all got me hooked. The idea of building something and people on the other side of the world finding it and using one of my website was fascinating. Of course I was also intrigued by the concept of “making money while I slept”. Like other marketers, I’ve had my share of failures, but over the past few years I have managed to lay the framework for my retirement because of marketing. I am truly a blessed man!
I specialize on Online Gaming mainly, but with the help of my wife we have spent 2009 expanding into non-gaming niches which had proved to be a great move. Like everything else in life, timing is crusial, and luckily we are good at timing lol.
Experience
As I mentioned above, I’ve been in this business for almost 5 years now, and I’ve also had the pleasure of working with some great marketers and marketing companies. In 2009 I accepted two contract with major online poker rooms to act as a consultant to their marketing and SEO departments. Both of these companies were great to work with and opportunity to work with these companies was an experience that I will never forget. Although I have no plans to do anymore consulting in the near future, if the price is right you never know lol
What is this site about?
That”s a great question! I started Arkansas Gambler a couple years ago as a personal blog for myself. Since then it has evolved into a marketing and general purpose blog followed by almost 1000 subscribers. I never dreamed so many people would care what I have to say, but I’m flattered so many people follow. My intention is to continue to post my experiences, helpful tips, and general observations.
I’m positive that there are a million better blogs to follow, but I do hope that every once in a while you might find something useful on here!
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