Having spent the greater part of my Sunday producing a two hour mixed set of my top Vocal Trance songs of 2009, I can tell you that although focus is vital for success, having time to do the things you love even if they are not “going to earn you money” is mandatory!

One of my other blogs, TranceIsLife.com was started back in April as a hobby site simply for me to share my love of Trance music, it was an interesting site as I did a bit of work getting it up and posting videos and lyrics then lost interest, while I wasn’t paying attention, other people were.

In its short eight month existence it has grown considerably, with thousands of unique visitors coming in each day. Now that is a lot less than the 70,000 daily hits that come in to CarAdvice.com.au but it’s a whole different website ran as a hobby more than a business (similar to how CarAdvice was started at first). In fact there is currently no adveritsing what so ever and I still haven’t worked out how it can be monetized.

Anyway, after seeing the hits go up and up I got a little surprised, obviously no one else had bothered to build a proper vocal trance blog so I started to devote a little more time, mainly on the weekends to the site.

The point is, although it took me a good eight hours last night to put together my two hour mixed set, I’ve already had numerous emails of appreciation, which is amazing as I’ve never done any sort of DJing in my life! Nothing is more motivating than emails from complete strangers thanking you for making their day. I still get a few emails a week from CarAdvice readers thanking (or hating) me for an article I’ve written but this is different as its a scene which I am a total newbie in.

So TranceIsLife.com seems like its going to kick some major ass next year with more and more updates and a weekly podcast which I will aim to do each weekend. It’s main reason for success has been focusing on Vocal Trance only, which is the most popular form of trance for new comers and of course it has lyrics which is great for SEO.

What I’ve learnt from this whole thing is how ridiculous it felt for me to try and create a popular trance site and use it to become an internet  trance DJ, almost as ridiculous as wanting to drive the world’s fastest car and having it shown on discovery channel? Well I’ve done that so why did this sound ridiculous?

I suppose it’s that lack of belief in yourself, but once you have a success ladder that reminds you that you CAN do things that seem logically absurd, it’s much easier to believe in yourself.

I simply hope to use TranceIsLife.com to release my weekly trance podcasts and get my name out there as one of the better vocal trance DJs on the web.

Next year is going to be huge, I am working on a product to take your blog to the next level, putting the last 15 years of my internet knowledge into one package to give you all that there is for a successful blog.

Here is to 2010! Have a great Christmas and a fantastic New Year.

Alborz.