Ron Walter

The Business of my Blogs

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

To Pivot or Start Something New?

I have a decision to make. My money maker of a website has the potential of becoming obsolete by year’s end. While I’m already planning to build something new in addition to that site, now I have to decide whether to pivot with the existing site, or stay the course by building something seperate. What […]

The Business of Blogging

I think I’m finally figuring out where to go with this blog. I can thank the EntreCourier website for that. Or the success I’ve experienced with that, coupled with interactions with bloggers. I’m realizing that maybe I can meet a similar need for content creators and bloggers that I am meeting for independent contractors in […]

How did EntreCourier get off the ground?

When I started this Vlog, I talked about getting to the point where my EntreCourier.com website was starting to get some traction. How did I get there? What happened? EntreCourier actually was started in 2018. I posted a few things, never really had any traction, and didn’t feel like it was a good fit for […]

The Entrecourier

Compare Hurdlr vs Stride Tax: Which Is The Best Free Mileage/Expense App for Delivery With Doordash, Instacart, Grubhub, Uber Eats etc.?

Compare Hurdlr vs Stride Tax: Which Is The Best Free Mileage/Expense App for Delivery With Doordash, Instacart, Grubhub, Uber Eats etc.?

You want to track your miles, income, and expenses but aren’t ready to pay for a program, so which is the better free app to do so – Stride Tax or Hurdlr? Let’s take a look at both programs, compare Stride Tax vs Hurdlr, and see which is the best free mileage/expense tracking app for […]

How will the election results affect Doordash, Grubhub, Uber Eats, Instacart?

How will the election results affect Doordash, Grubhub, Uber Eats, Instacart?

The election is over, for the most part, we think, so how will the results affect those of us who contract with Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats, Instacart and others? A couple of Senate seats are still up for grabs, and the Presidential election hasn’t officially been decided yet. There are court challenges ahead, but I’ll […]

What is the best mileage tracker GPS app for delivery drivers with Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats Postmates, Instacart, and others?

What is the best mileage tracker GPS app for delivery drivers with Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats Postmates, Instacart, and others?

In an effort to answer the question of what the best mileage tracker GPS app is when doing delivery for gig economy apps (Grubhub, Doordash, Postmates, Instacart, Uber Eats, etc) I decided to put several of them to the test. All at the same time. So what is the best mileage tracker app for delivery […]

How to Avoid Contract Deactivation from Doordash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, Postmates: Seven Steps

How to Avoid Contract Deactivation from Doordash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, Postmates: Seven Steps

If you rely much at all on the income for your delivery business, you want to stay on top of how to avoid deactivation from your contracts with delivery gigs like Doordash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, Postmates, and others. How do you avoid deactivation from Doordash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, Postmates and others? Look at this as […]

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 […]