BlogRush May Be Dead But John Reese Still Living Large
John Reese sunk a reported $500,000 to create and develop BlogRush. He believed in it and thought it was going to be a great tool to help bloggers drive traffic to their sites. Unfortunately, things didn’t worked out as John hoped and BlogRush shut down last week.
While $500,000 is lot of money to flush down the drain, don’t feel too bad for John. As the below photos of his house and car shows, he’s still living pretty large.
I met John when I was in Orlando for IZEA Fest. Other than the fact that he has made $1 million in 24 hours and drives a $400,000 Lamborghini (he recently added a 2009 Nissan GTR to the stable), John Reese is a pretty normal guy. He’s also a great example of just how big one can get on the Internet. He tried and failed with BlogRush, but that’s what being an entrepreneur is all about. Better to try and fail then not try at all.
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One needs a Big heart to fail and yet keep standing. He believed in the idea and executed it
Loved his dedication towards his business and in his entrepreneurship.
Reply to this commentIt’s amazing what a little entrepreneurial spirit and the internet can produce. I might not be driving around in Lamborghini, but thus far the internet has provided a ton freedom for me and my family!
Reply to this commentYou are right Keral, you can’t fault a guy for trying and failing.
I second that AverageGal; it’s amazing what kind of income potential exists on the internet. Talk about a path to the “American Dream”; where else can you start a company for a couple of hundred bucks and grow it to a multimillion dollar machine in a matter of months and love what you are doing? The beauty of blogging!
Reply to this commentWow, those are inspirational pics right there.
Reply to this commentI like the first one most!
Reply to this commentMy jaw is on the floor, some one help me pick it up!
Reply to this commentI agree. I like that there’s no limit as to how much you can make online, unlike a 9-5 job.
Reply to this commentJohn has a back of steel
Reply to this commentI live right Next door to him, Very nice Guy.
Reply to this commentI live across the street - mine is the one with the Phantom in the driveway =)
Reply to this commentHow Neigboor. We should have a couple of drinks. its on me. lol
Reply to this commentMan, that’s an awesome house…
Reply to this commentI hope he didn’t that much money, as simple as that was, that could’ve been developed for a few thousand dollars on the programming side, and a few thousand a month for the servers
Reply to this commentIf you want to make it in a smooth swift move you have to invest some serious money.
Reply to this commentExactly. You can get everything for free in this world.
Reply to this commentDROOOLING OVER THE PICTURES!
Reply to this commentVery cool to see a pics of his house. I like the room with all the white board walls!
Reply to this commentJohn Reese is one of the nicest, most down to earth people I have met. All around great guy.
Reply to this commentYeah? I’d like to meet the man one day.
Reply to this commentHis house is very beautiful.
Mario
Reply to this commentCutting your losses is a part of a routine for every entrepreneur. I don’t think it is even can be considered a failure…
Reply to this commentyeh, infact income.com would be worth millions..
btw, how he made 1 million in 24 hrs ?
Reply to this commentwho’s john reese, how did he make a million dollars?
Reply to this commenthe’s the king of traffic.
Reply to this commentHe’s really living at a large estate. I envy him.
I still hope he could sustain those expenses that are needed for this kind of life.
Reply to this commentGreat example of success. Big motivation for me
Reply to this commentInspirational indeed…
Reply to this commentAwesome big swimming pool he has, my one is just inside the bathroom which called bath tub and can’t swim far, wow that is a fast car too, my car only max running 120km/h..
We blogger must try learn more stuff from this guys, they really do good, and really a good guider.
Reply to this commentI am not sure but EntreCard may be the second one
Reply to this commentI wouldn’t be surprised if EntreCard closed up shop.
Reply to this commentJohn is the man behind trafficsecrets.com. When the first trafficsecrets.com was released on 2004, he made $1 million in sales just under 24 hours. And he since then have had million dollar launches on several occasions.
Reply to this commentMan, I love his meeting room. Not to mention the house…
Reply to this commentI would love to say that I strive for fortunes (and I do) but tonight I am high on the future of the United States of America with new direction and hope!
Oh, good work Reese!
Reply to this commentWOW, this guy is loaded!! How the heck did you get those pics?!
-Mike
Reply to this commentI’m assuming they’re on John Reese’s site.
Reply to this commentSeems john reese is still “big” even he lost his toys. that is cool car i love lambo
Reply to this commentThats the way i live, lol
But it would be great to have that lambo.
Reply to this commentWow, I love his meeting room. Now that’s what i call INSPIRATION.
Thank you for the pics John.
Reply to this commentWhen you already have a business earning you millions than you can afford to fail without any consequences.
When starting with nothing a failure will break you apart.
Reply to this commentI don’t necessarily think that’s true. You have to have serious drive. I’ve had a failed project, but I keep going.
Reply to this commentHe dare to fail and try again.
Reply to this commentThat’s why he is so successful.
My dream house! Sigh…
Reply to this commentI love the idea of the whiteboard room. That could/can be so useful especially for brainstorming/mind mapping! And during meetings too.
Reply to this commentIts sad to know about Blogrush. Happy to know about his wealth. What went wrong with that site. You are right it is better to try rather than not trying at all.
Reply to this commentNice house but that Lambo is so 1980.
Reply to this commentI LOVE his house. The outside setting with the seats is exactly what I want. And the pool.
Reply to this commentWow, he’s living the dream, isn’t he? And so are you!
Reply to this commentNow those are some friggin inspirational pictures. The idea about the white room is great, maybe I should make something similar ?
Cheers,
The Moneyac
Reply to this commentWow glad to see someone making money also sad that blog rush has been shutdown was really great tool to get traffic.
Reply to this commentPretty CooooL, nice car & outstanding house
Wish him the good luck and I wish it to myself too
By the way, I posted about BlogRush too.
John, Good Post!
Reply to this commentLove the guy’s attitude above all !
Reply to this commentCool house. What is the price tag?
Reply to this commentSweet pad! Love the ocean view from the infinity pool. Looks like John is living large.
Reply to this commentThat’s a nice lifestyle he has there.
Reply to this commentDefinitely a nice house; the whiteboard room is a splendid idea. Can you get more details on that John? Who manufactures them?
Reply to this commentAside from BlogRush, the house does look really nice, I also like the whiteboard room the best.
Reply to this commentIts certainly inspirational to see pictures like that.
I particularly like his meeting/brainstorming room, I’ve got one whiteboard in mine, I could use a whole wall of to write on.
Reply to this commentI would definitely find what to write on that wall
Reply to this commentWow John Reese is really living it up. He probably didn’t lose that much money when Blogrush shut down. Dang, maybe I should start my own software application.
Cool Gadets
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I agree with everyone who mentions how inspiring those pics are. Isn’t one motivational method to make a picture book of everything you want, review it everyday? I like the idea of taking the pictures like these from someone who has done it doing what we do (more or less). Makes it more plausible.
Reply to this commentA true entrepreneur
Reply to this commentI like the meeting room with the whiteboard walls. Seems like a great place to brainstorm ideas for the next big John Reese project!
Reply to this commentwow! internet can really make you rich! i’ll have my car someday too.
Reply to this commentWhat those pictures got to do with living large or success for that matter?
“Life consists not of abundance of things..”
The best measure of success is on the man’s character.
Damn! There goes my childhood bible lessons…
Reply to this commentGreat pics. Where do I read more about this $1MM in an hour gameplan?
Reply to this commentI am interested like the other folks. How did he get to $1mil? I think its very inspiring to hear about other peoples successes and how they did it. I will reach that goal just like you and John!
Reply to this commentLooks like John’s doing it tough since closing the site. lol
It is guys like him who help us decide what our goals should be. To actually lose a half million on another venture and yet your lifestyle is not affected. That is real financial freedom.
Dave
Reply to this commentWell i newbie here. ..nut i just want to say that i want to the next door…Damn
Reply to this commentFailing is all part of being an entrepreneur. I thing you have to look at is how he picks himself up after the failure.
Reply to this commentOMG his house is so awesome! I loved the sea sight…
Reply to this commentmight have earned a lot to bring this all
Reply to this commentNice house!!!
Reply to this commentI’m sure he cashed out when he was still ahead in the game, so shutting down BlogRush probably didn’t affect his economic situation that much. Speaking of BlogRush: Good Riddance.
Reply to this commentNow I see..no wonder shutting down Blogrush wasn’t a tough tide for him..
Reply to this commentI like the office. Discrete, quiet, small, and the black (white) board is cool. And income.com is a great domain.
Reply to this commentWhat a house and a car! I fell in love with the car.
Reply to this commentA setback for Mr. John nowadays but who knows one day he will bounce back with a vengeance. $500K is just a minimal amount considering his status as a successful online entrepreneur. We might just be surprised one day he will be spending a million dollar to reclaim his wounded PRIDE!!
Reply to this commentOMG his house is so awesome!
Reply to this commentWe often just see the success of people,and think that they never fail. To succeed you must take setbacks, sometime very hard ones that can hurt for years.
Reply to this comment“To thouse that much are given, much are also asked”
Wow! That’s amazing and very inspiring! I want a house like that. I guess the moral of the story is doing and making a mistake is better than not doing at all!
Reply to this commentI do wonder what YOUR house is like Mr Chow.
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