Ron Walter

My Digital Journey

Documenting My
Digital Journey

I’m learning as I go. Learn with me as I figure out how to make
a living and follow my passions through an on line business

I’m not an expert. Not even close.

The reality is I have no clue what I”m doing. I learn what I can. Sometimes from experts, sometimes from other learners, sometimes the old school of hard knocks.

I launched a site, sort of a passion project. Then I started another site, got serious about growing the content and the audience.

Now I see the potential for creating income out of the second project. Could that income support diving more into my passion, the first project? How do I balance the two? Can I develop the income from the one without it completely distracting me from the other?

I’ll share my journey as I find out.

Paradigm Squared

My passion project

I completed my Masters with an eye towards ministry with older adults. I also learned this area of ministry is very low priority.

Paradigm2.org was launched to encourage churches to grow this area of ministry. Provide Age Resources And Develop Inter Generational Ministries.

The PARADIGM paradigm. Paradigm Squared.

EntreCourier

I took on some side gigs delivering food with Uber Eats, Grubhub, etc. Once I figured out how to treat it as a business, I found it could pay quite well.

I launched EntreCourier to provide tips and advice for other couriers,

I saw a potential training ground for my work on Paradigm. I learned that consistent quality content can grow an audience. Now I try to learn how to monetize that growth.

From the Blog

Building My Own Office

I was the guy who rarely put anything on my office walls. Maybe a calendar, sometimes, but rarely, a picture. So I’m a little surprised how excited I’ve been about getting moved into my new home office. I pretty much got to build it myself. I spent far more time researching colors than I ever […]

When Should I Consider Blogging Full Time?

When does it make sense to go all in on your blog and online business? I have to admit, I’m getting ready to jump the gun a little. I’ve got a plan to move into this being my primary income source in October. It’s August and I’m wondering about diving in earlier than that. Right […]

Failure to launch?

I tell myself that everything I’m doing is all about supporting the ability to get Paradigm off the ground. (For anyone who doesn’t know what I’m talking about, Paradigm2.org is a website I built with the goal of encouraging and equipping churches and church leaders so they can better minister to and with older adults) […]

The Entrecourier

Delivering by e-Bike for Doordash, Grubhub, Uber Eats

Delivering by e-Bike for Doordash, Grubhub, Uber Eats

Is it possible to earn decent money while delivering on a bike or e-bike for gig companies like Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats and others? On episode 84 of the Deliver on Your Business podcast, we talked with Kevin Ha who operates the Financial Panther website. He does most if not all his delivery work now […]

Contract Violations, Fraudulent Activity Deactivations, Doordash, Grubhub and Uber Eats Cracking Down.

Contract Violations, Fraudulent Activity Deactivations, Doordash, Grubhub and Uber Eats Cracking Down.

What’s going on with all this activation talk lately? What’s up with all this cracking down on contractors lately by Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats and maybe others? And how can you avoid being deactivated? Spend much time lately in Reddit or Facebook groups for drivers and you see people left and right who are being […]

What’s the best way to accept or reject orders? Top Dasher, #Declinenow, Premier Status, #NoTipNoTrip?

What’s the best way to accept or reject orders? Top Dasher, #Declinenow, Premier Status, #NoTipNoTrip?

Should I accept every offer or should I subscribe to #DeclineNow or #NoTipNoTrip or any of those other ideas? What’s the best philosophy? What is the best strategy for accepting or rejecting deliveries on Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats, Postmates or others? IS there a best way to accept or decline orders?

Seven Characteristics of a Business Owner You Need as a Delivery Contractor

Seven Characteristics of a Business Owner You Need as a Delivery Contractor

Is it possible to be consistently successful with your delivery business as a contractor with Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats, Postmates, Instacart, Amazon Flex, or any of the others? Especially in a year like 2020??? It’s like this year was created just to shout out to us how out of control we are. And we are […]

Paradigm Squared

To Be or Not to Be (nonprofit, that is)?

To Be or Not to Be (nonprofit, that is)?

You see a need, a really huge and unmet need. You develop a vision around how to address that need. And now you are ready to tackle that need. Where do you go from there? I see a need within the church. We have more older adult (65 and older) than youth (18 and under) […]

Of Eyes and Hands, Heads and Feet, and Necessary Church Members.

I’m not sure when it happened. Was it in the great worship revolution? I’m pretty sure it was happening well before then. Maybe it’s happened for a long time and we just never noticed it. When did the eyes finally get up the nerve to tell the hands that we don’t need you? When did […]

Pastors in My Generation Struggle Finding Work Due to Ageism. Is it Our Own Fault?

Pastors in My Generation Struggle Finding Work Due to Ageism. Is it Our Own Fault?

As I move into my later 50’s, I’m seeing more and more of my peers struggle to find work in the church due to their age. Is my generation falling victim to an ageist environment that we had a large part in creating? Ageism is perhaps the last of the acceptable ism’s and it is […]

Old Age Issues Have More to Do With Our Youth than Our Oldth. How Should That Impact Our Ministries?

Old Age Issues Have More to Do With Our Youth than Our Oldth. How Should That Impact Our Ministries?

Close your eyes and think of yourself twenty years older. Forty years older. What do you see? Does the thought of growing old scare you? Do you see wheelchairs, canes, nursing homes? How about hearing aides, or severe memory loss? These are things we often assume are inevitable. We assume incorrectly. Old age is not […]