Obama must have had flash backs from his 1st grade class president debate. If you’re going to act like a spoiled child and say “me too me too!” at least remember the name of the soldier’s whose bracelet you’ve supposedly been wearing!

About a month ago I entered Bob Buskirk’s new design giveaway. After all this time, I completely forgot about it. That is until I got an email saying I won! I didn’t get the grand prize, but I did win 50 Answers from BuyAnswerLinks.com (provided by my buddy Jon Warass). This is the first time I’ve won a contest from someone’s blog.

I’ve never used BuyAnswers, but I’m sure it can’t hurt. I’ll probably use it for Gator Envy since that is my site with the most content and my top priority. If I can get Gator Envy to page one for some of the top Gator keywords it would bring a HUGE boost in traffic, memberships and ultimately forum activity.

I’ll let you know how it goes.

A couple of weeks ago I blogged about a new Wordpress iPhone app coming. I was pretty amped about this app because I often find myself having a lot of downtime in the car traveling or at the mall shopping with my wife. Now with this app I can work on my blogs away from my pc.

So I downloaded the Wordpress app this morning and thought it would be appropriate to write this blog post using the app.

Set up was very east. It took 20 seconds to download and install the free app. Adding my blog to the app was also easy and took less then a minute. All you do is enter your blog URL, user name and password.

When adding a post it allows you to create a title, add tags, select your category and even add pictures that you’ve taken from the iPhone. So far it’s very user friendly. I’ve had no problems typing this post… Thank god for the auto spell corrector.

So that’s pretty much it. This whole post probably took less the five minutes. I’m about to push save and publish so hopefully it shows up right.

When I can’t think of a topic for a post I’ll head over to DP for an idea. I came across this thread in the Marketing Section. Why do more than 95% of marketers fail?

My initial response was that they quit or give up. But let’s take a look at what some of the other responses were.

• Impatience
• Lack of knowledge and creativity
• Lack of focus
• No determination
• Dishonesty with themselves
• Inability to study every day
• Under capitalization

These are all good responses, and I agree with most of them. If you don’t have the determination to succeed in your marketing campaign then you will ultimately fail. You need to set your goals, build a plan, and execute the plan. Being impatient is a sorry excuse for failure. Even a newb knows that to achieve great things, it will require time.

Now, where the question “Why do more than 95% of marketers fail?” loses some people, is that not all failures are bad! Sometimes you will fail a few times before you succeed. It’s happened in almost every entrepreneur story you’ll read. Very, very few people hit a homerun with their first swing.

If you look at the list above and find yourself struggling with a few of them, dissect the issue and search for help. Reach out to friends and see how you can tackle the problem.

I wonder how many websites one person can handle owning. I’m talking about websites that require daily work, not just slapping up 50 proxies sites and doing nothing with them. I’m talking about content sites, like blogs or forums. Do you think there is a limit? I own a dozen or more and feel like I really can’t do anymore.

I have plenty of ideas for websites, and own dozens of domains that are just itching to get turned into websites. I just don’t have the time to do it. Maybe someone who does web publishing full-time can manage 20 websites a day, but if this is just a hobby… I don’t think it can be done.

So what do you do when you have too many websites?

1. Sell off a few of them - I’d concentrate on selling off the dead weight. Maybe some sites require more time, but don’t produce as much revenue. Dump those first.

2. Hire staff - If you run a network of 20 blogs and you only have time to post on 10 a day, then hire some staff for the other blogs. You can find content writers on DigitalPoint or job boards (problogger) for pretty cheap. If the sites make money, it will be worth it to spend a few bucks on staff, which will free up your time.

3. Shut them down - Sometimes it’s best to just shut a site down and let the domain expire. I’ve done it several times on failed projects.

4. Consolidate - Maybe you have 3 fishing blogs and don’t have time to post on all 3 everyday. Why not consolidate your 3 blogs into one big blog. Pick the best domain, and just important the database from the other 2 blogs into the one you picked. Then forward the domains of the old sites to your new one and you’re done.

The point is, feeling overwhelmed in this business sucks. And everyone always thinks they can take on more projects. Everyone has a ceiling. One person can only do so much.