My Vision for & Some Additions to Mastery of Meditation
Mastery of Meditation Development
Building the Best Free Yoga & Meditation Blog
Mastery of Meditation, Yoga & Zen came into being in January 2007 and the only thing that surprised me about this expression of this fellow Anmol, was that it had not happened earlier. Spirituality and Meditation has been my passion since childhood and sharing with all of you my knowledge and experience has been a most natural process. In other words, I love teaching.
Over the years, in parallel with my spiritual life, there has been a full and rich "regular" life as well. With university, marriage, children (they are awesome :-)), job, etc, etc. But, as this blog has grown, I see some changes in the horizon and I wanted to share with you this outlook of mine.
Mastery of Meditation, as is common with most blogs, began slowly, but as it matured and developed, it’s growth also began to accelerate. Recently the blog crossed the 100,000 page views per month threshold and is continuing to grow exponentially from there. For a relatively new website, from an internet perspective, it is doing very well. A BIG THANK-YOU TO ALL MY READERS for making this happen :-D.
As you can imagine a great deal of time and effort now goes into keeping up with the demands of such a large blog. I love it actually :-D, and cannot think of a better way to be of service to others and true to my passion. Furthermore, I would like to see Mastery of Meditation grow even more and help more people reach their highest potential. I would also like to see it continue to develop in terms of features and content. I would like to add a forum, to help with the discussions, expand certain categories such as kids yoga, add more videos and e-books, and even add free live classes via webcam if possible. Eventually, I would like this to be one of most comprehensive, free websites for the sciences of Meditation & Yoga (some say it already is :-).
What this does mean in terms of life for me though, is that I have some tough choices to make in terms of how I spend my time.
In that regard, the change I would like to eventually see happen, is Mastery of Meditation becoming my full time job and the source of income I need for myself and my family. Before I go any further I want to assure everyone here that I am not planning to start charging for any of the content, nor am I planning to create a premium area or anything like that. All the content, videos, articles, classes, etc, will always be for free. So what am I thinking :-D…
I am planning to try the following 2 means of generating some income so that I can start to transition to doing this on a full time basis.
- I am planning to add some advertisements to the website. This should at minimum help cover the costs of running the blog, and depending on traffic, it may become a viable source of income.
- I am planning to add a Donation box in the near future, so you can contribute to the mission of building this free spiritual resource if you like.
So the reason for this post is that if you see some small income oriented changes to the blog, you know the thinking behind it. Again, I wanted to thank all of you for helping me realize this dream of teaching what I love, and for helping build the largest, best and free Meditation and Yoga resource on the web.
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on April 29th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Anmol, I see no problem whatsoever. Just keep doing what you are doing. Advertising can be helpful to your readers, especially if you target it well.
on April 30th, 2008 at 6:31 am
hi anmol, you seem to be reading my mind. i was thinking of the exactly the same 2 things that you mentioned. i would really like to make a donation and ads are fine, too. thank you.
on April 30th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Hi Anmol, I very, very much appreciate your web site and utilize your teachings daily. I am also a business owner and would like to get your advertising rates, as I would be honored if you would contact me to be a sponsor or place an ad.
on April 30th, 2008 at 11:22 am
very reasonable, Anmol. I am a web developer and I’m currently building my own blog, the path you’ve chosen is the same I’ve planned. I hope that I have enough to say to start my site rolling too.
on April 30th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
I feel that your including advertisements and a place for donations is very appropriate for the excellent service you have been providing.
Robert
on April 30th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
we appreciate what you are offering already. you should grow and grow in every aspect and we are with you wholeheartedly. our best wishes and prayerful blessings are with you.Thanks
on May 1st, 2008 at 11:41 am
i join the other thousands for this wonderful site and you deserve all the income you can generate to keep it going. all the best to you.
on May 1st, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Thanks for the support. Btw: I am fast becoming a very big fan of your awesome blog as well :-D.
Cheers,
Anmol
on May 1st, 2008 at 9:59 pm
It’s really nice to hear back from the readers, thanks for the encouragement. Glad we are on the same wavelength ;-).
Cheers,
Anmol
on May 1st, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Great to hear you are enjoying the teachings. Will surely reach out to you in the very near future as I develop this aspect of the blog. Am certain we can partner together.
All good wishes to you on your business as well.
Best,
Anmol
on May 1st, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Feel free to reach out anytime you have blog related questions. Glad you are starting one and wishing you every success with it.
Cheers,
Anmol
on May 1st, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Thanks for all your positive feedback. Your comments are really inspiring to me and I appreciate all your support.
All Good Wishes,
Anmol
on May 5th, 2008 at 8:09 am
Hi Anmol,
Good on you for what you are doing, I admire what you have done and the high quality videos and information you put up for free. Maybe you can collate all of these and over a DVD commercially as well with a few extra sets not available on the site. Also you could do this with a book as well well, I would be interested in buying these. Just a thought.
Regards
Sony
on May 5th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Thanks for the vote of confidence and the ideas as well. I like the idea of a DVD with many valuable sets. Others also have been requesting this or any books I have put together.
All the more reason for me to move into this arena on a full time basis :-D.
Best,
Anmol
on May 5th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Hi Anmol
I would definately purchase the DVD,
I have an idea about another set you could incoporatate.
The tibetan five exercise rites, I have been doing those for about a year now, I have made some modifications after watching your videos, and guess what they are much better.
Ravi and Ana put a version of this in their first DVD, they modified the sequence though, which I would rather not do.
Regards
Sony
Regards
Sony
on May 7th, 2008 at 9:57 am
There is no problem with the ads, although you will find this to be a topic that really sets certain people on fire. It would be best to really work to generate the best type of ads. I am not well versed in this sort of thing, but the knowledge is out there. :)
You may have already heard this plenty of times, but donations generally do not generate enough of an income to make a substantial difference. Good karma or no. (Wink, Wink.) Have you thought of writing a great ebook for a minimal price? You’ve got a great deal to impart to others, and I am sure a surprising amount of your readers would be interested in buying it to support your site.
The DVD is a nice idea. If you go down that road, set it to Region ZERO. Haha.
Just a thought.
Takuin MInamoto
on May 9th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Thanks bro for stopping by and offering your support and valuable advise. It had crossed my mind, what region to set the DVD to? I think you have developed psychic powers :-D.
You have a great great blog which I am happy to have discovered.
Great to have your presence and energy here on Mastery of Meditation.
Cheers,
Anmol
on June 15th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
If I still had a blog, I would have written a post exactly like this. :) I’m excited for you Anmol, and I wish for you that this becomes reality!
on June 17th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
I really did like your blog. Thanks for the good wishes and I hope the same for you with the Spiritual Stories website as well.
Best,
Anmol
on June 18th, 2008 at 1:55 am
Hi Anmol,
Thanks for the feedback on the blog. I enjoyed it also, but I just found I was not updating much and getting very little feedback so I decided to focus my energy towards other online endeavors.
I think a blog may be in my future, but chances are it will be a bit different and probably more focused. I’ve got a few ideas I’m entertaining, so we’ll see!
on June 18th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
So much boils down to energy. Looking forward to it’s resurrection though :-D.
Cheers,
Anmol