I am writing this story to all the Internet Marketing rookies like me! Well, now that I think about it, you are probably not like me. I am a 57-year-old Internet Marketing grandmother who lives in a small house in upstate New York.
Anyway, just this past December I was financially desperate. I won't tell you my whole sob story, but the bottom line is that I was out of money and still had $1000s of bills to pay each month!
I was a branch manager at our local Citibank and when the mortgage crisis hit I was one of the many innocent victims of the corporate greed that created much of this mess. I lost my job and in just a few short months all of my savings were gone as well. Finding a job in the industry was a lesson in futility so I was forced to re-invent myself.
By chance I started reading Your Portable Empire by Pat O'Bryan and that's when I decided to try Internet Marketing.
Shortly thereafter I started looking around on the internet. I bought a couple of ebooks that taught me what to do. I literally followed the instructions, WORD FOR WORD. One book was about how to write articles and ebooks and the other was about generating traffic to your website.
Here is my encouragement to you! I had never done this before! I was a writer and I had a laptop, but that's about as much as I could bring to the table. On top of it, I had virtually no money! So I had to make things happen on a shoe-string budget!
I ended up spending less than $100, wrote and started selling two eBooks of my own . . . and within just over 4 weeks, I made more than $10,000 with Internet Marketing. What I’ve since learned is that this is even more amazing since the two eBooks I wrote and I sold were both priced at only $10 each.
Here is what I did:
1. I wrote about a subject that interested me.
2. I got an inexpensive web hosting package and made my own blog(very easy).
3. I built a free WordPress blog at wordpress.com
4. I created a Squidoo page and pointed it to both my blogs.
5. I wrote about the subject and created about 10 posts. I kept adding more and more content throughout the process.
6. I wrote my first eBook and priced it at only $8.
7. I wrote a few articles and submitted them to free article directories.
8. I wrote another eBook and priced it at $10.
9. I continued to post to my blogs in addition to answering emails.
10. Within in a few weeks, I was on page 1 of Google(not nearly as hard as I thought)
11. I opened an account with PayPal to handle the transactions (no cost)
12. I stayed focused even though some days weren’t as encouraging as others.
So now that I’ve had this first experience, I am totally convinced that focused work and determination can create an income through Internet Marketing. Truly, I just wrote about a subject close to my heart. I sold to common men and women who were looking for information – not internet information, but information to help them in their lives.
I was honest, respectful and gave excellent customer service to everyone who contacted me. I learned how to put together an email list and now I am working on ways to sell products to my more than 1400 buyers!
There is still a lot I don’t know. I continue to experiment and learn everyday. I’m excited about the future and encourage each of you reading this post to stay focused, spend your money wisely on good quality tools, and BEGIN!
If a grandmother living in the middle of upstate New York and can make $10,000 in just over 4 weeks on her first Internet Marketing offer, then anybody can who is willing to follow the same or similar steps for success! I have no doubt!
If you would like to read more come visit me at Internet Marketing Grandma.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Mothers Day Gift Baskets by CB Gift Baskets
To find that perfect Mothers Day gift basket can be a tedious chore. At CB Gift Baskets that chore is now made much easier. With hundreds of gift baskets to choose from, customers can now enjoy the addition of Mothers Day Gift Baskets from CB Gift Baskets as well.
CB Gift Baskets has long been a staple in online sales of the finest gift baskets available on the internet. Having been in business for over seven years they have been able to perfect and refine their presence as the internets leading gift basket retailer. Still a family business which is owned and operated by husband and wife, Rachel and Ron Adams, their dedication to quality products and customer service is what has allowed them to stay ahead of their competition.
To build on the success of CB Gift Baskets, Rachel and Ron have now added Mothers Day Gift Baskets to their stunning selection of fabulous goodies. All gift baskets offered at CB Gift Baskets are hand-made with only the highest quality products available. Ghirardelli chocolates, Nonni’s biscotti and Gavina coffee are just some of the exquisite selections in some of the gourmet food giftbaskets offered this Mothers Day and everyday.
And did I mention flowers? Oh yes, flowers. The CB Gift Baskets claim- to- fame are their award winning flowers and floral arrangements available for every occasion. As Rachel explains, “Flowers are what made us what we are today. That is what we started with and it is still a very big part of our business. The most important aspect is ‘quality’ we focus first on quality and the rest takes care of itself”.
With unparalleled quality and customer service CB Gift Baskets will continue to be a staple in the gift basket industry for a long time to come.
If you would like to visit CB Gift Baskets their web address is http://CBGiftBaskets.com
CB Gift Baskets has long been a staple in online sales of the finest gift baskets available on the internet. Having been in business for over seven years they have been able to perfect and refine their presence as the internets leading gift basket retailer. Still a family business which is owned and operated by husband and wife, Rachel and Ron Adams, their dedication to quality products and customer service is what has allowed them to stay ahead of their competition.
To build on the success of CB Gift Baskets, Rachel and Ron have now added Mothers Day Gift Baskets to their stunning selection of fabulous goodies. All gift baskets offered at CB Gift Baskets are hand-made with only the highest quality products available. Ghirardelli chocolates, Nonni’s biscotti and Gavina coffee are just some of the exquisite selections in some of the gourmet food giftbaskets offered this Mothers Day and everyday.
And did I mention flowers? Oh yes, flowers. The CB Gift Baskets claim- to- fame are their award winning flowers and floral arrangements available for every occasion. As Rachel explains, “Flowers are what made us what we are today. That is what we started with and it is still a very big part of our business. The most important aspect is ‘quality’ we focus first on quality and the rest takes care of itself”.
With unparalleled quality and customer service CB Gift Baskets will continue to be a staple in the gift basket industry for a long time to come.
If you would like to visit CB Gift Baskets their web address is http://CBGiftBaskets.com
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Work from Home Simple Solution
I bet you would love to make millions of dollars to work from home online wouldn’t you? You have probably tried every trick in the book, right? But have you ever tried being honest?
People hate to be sold. They can sense it like an animal senses fear and as soon as they do they shut down. Or in internet marketing jargon, “they click the back button”.
That is something you, as an entrepreneur never want. When you look at your traffic data and see that a large percentage of people only stay on your site for 0 – 30 seconds, you know something is not right. If you are using targeted keywords, which most of us are, your users should want to look further into your site. Research has shown that the reason most people leave a website after clicking on a relevant ad is because they feel the content is not credible. In other words they don’t believe you! You are probably trying to sell them instead of talking to them.
When you write an article, post to your blog, or generate a sales page you should talk to your visitor the way you would talk to a friend. Think about it. Would you give your friend a sales pitch? Would you want your friend to give YOU a sales pitch? Of course you wouldn’t. So don’t do it to a visitor to your website. Consider your website your home. It is your little space in cyber-space. When someone visits your website treat them with respect and honesty. People appreciate that and pick-up on it immediately.
To write successful ebooks you must be honest. I don’t believe there is a more effective way of writing an ebook than to be honest and passionate about your subject. Write about something that really interests you and when you write from that point of view your content will be heartfelt, passionate and most of all honest. Your readers will recognize that and be drawn in to your story. People are a lot smarter than you think and chances are they will trust you and continue to read your material.
I know what I am talking about here because I have used this approach for years and it has allowed me build a substantial work from home online passive income. I only write about subjects that are interesting to me. I supply good, honest content and as a result I have been able to build a list of over 1400 loyal readers. The secret to my success is honesty.
If you look at the most successful and well established websites they focus on honesty, integrity and respect. For example; Amazon, Yahoo, Google, they all strive to provide a better user-experience and they have been very successful in doing so. Their policies and practices are all user-driven. If the user is happy they will return and these companies have proven that. What works for them will surely work for you.
For more information visit me at Work from Home Simple Solution
People hate to be sold. They can sense it like an animal senses fear and as soon as they do they shut down. Or in internet marketing jargon, “they click the back button”.
That is something you, as an entrepreneur never want. When you look at your traffic data and see that a large percentage of people only stay on your site for 0 – 30 seconds, you know something is not right. If you are using targeted keywords, which most of us are, your users should want to look further into your site. Research has shown that the reason most people leave a website after clicking on a relevant ad is because they feel the content is not credible. In other words they don’t believe you! You are probably trying to sell them instead of talking to them.
When you write an article, post to your blog, or generate a sales page you should talk to your visitor the way you would talk to a friend. Think about it. Would you give your friend a sales pitch? Would you want your friend to give YOU a sales pitch? Of course you wouldn’t. So don’t do it to a visitor to your website. Consider your website your home. It is your little space in cyber-space. When someone visits your website treat them with respect and honesty. People appreciate that and pick-up on it immediately.
To write successful ebooks you must be honest. I don’t believe there is a more effective way of writing an ebook than to be honest and passionate about your subject. Write about something that really interests you and when you write from that point of view your content will be heartfelt, passionate and most of all honest. Your readers will recognize that and be drawn in to your story. People are a lot smarter than you think and chances are they will trust you and continue to read your material.
I know what I am talking about here because I have used this approach for years and it has allowed me build a substantial work from home online passive income. I only write about subjects that are interesting to me. I supply good, honest content and as a result I have been able to build a list of over 1400 loyal readers. The secret to my success is honesty.
If you look at the most successful and well established websites they focus on honesty, integrity and respect. For example; Amazon, Yahoo, Google, they all strive to provide a better user-experience and they have been very successful in doing so. Their policies and practices are all user-driven. If the user is happy they will return and these companies have proven that. What works for them will surely work for you.
For more information visit me at Work from Home Simple Solution
Friday, May 1, 2009
How I Made $10k in Just 4 Weeks!
I am writing this press release to all the Internet Marketing rookies like me! Well, now that I think about it, you are probably not like me. I am a 57-year-old Internet Marketing grandmother who lives in a small house in upstate New York.
Anyway, just this past December I was financially desperate. I won't tell you my whole sob story, but the bottom line is that I was out of money and still had $1000s of bills to pay each month!
I was a branch manager at our local Citibank and when the mortgage crisis hit I was one of the many innocent victims of the corporate greed that created much of this mess. I lost my job and in just a few short months all of my savings were gone as well. Finding a job in the industry was a lesson in futility so I was forced to re-invent myself.
By chance I started reading Your Portable Empire by Pat O'Bryan and that's when I decided to try Internet Marketing.
Shortly thereafter I started looking around on the internet. I bought a couple of ebooks that taught me what to do. I literally followed the instructions, WORD FOR WORD. One book was about how to write articles and ebooks and the other was about generating traffic to your website.
Here is my encouragement to you! I had never done this before! I was a writer and I had a laptop, but that's about as much as I could bring to the table. On top of it, I had virtually no money! So I had to make things happen on a shoe-string budget!
I ended up spending less than $100, wrote and started selling two eBooks of my own . . . and within just over 4 weeks, I made more than $10,000 with Internet Marketing. What I’ve since learned is that this is even more amazing since the two eBooks I wrote and I sold were both priced at only $10 each.
Here is what I did:
1. I wrote about a subject that interested me.
2. I got an inexpensive web hosting package and made my own blog(very easy).
3. I built a free WordPress blog at wordpress.com
4. I created a Squidoo page and pointed it to both my blogs.
5. I wrote about the subject and created about 10 posts. I kept adding more and more content throughout the process.
6. I wrote my first eBook and priced it at only $8.
7. I wrote a few articles and submitted them to free article directories.
8. I wrote another eBook and priced it at $10.
9. I continued to post to my blogs in addition to answering emails.
10. Within in a few weeks, I was on page 1 of Google(not nearly as hard as I thought)
11. I opened an account with PayPal to handle the transactions (no cost)
12. I stayed focused even though some days weren’t as encouraging as others.
So now that I’ve had this first experience, I am totally convinced that focused work and determination can create an income through Internet Marketing. Truly, I just wrote about a subject close to my heart. I sold to common men and women who were looking for information – not internet information, but information to help them in their lives.
I was honest, respectful and gave excellent customer service to everyone who contacted me. I learned how to put together an email list and now I am working on ways to sell products to my more than 1400 buyers!
There is still a lot I don’t know. I continue to experiment and learn everyday. I’m excited about the future and encourage each of you reading this post to stay focused, spend your money wisely on good quality tools, and BEGIN!
If a grandmother living in the middle of upstate New York and can make $10,000 in just over 4 weeks on her first Internet Marketing offer, then anybody can who is willing to follow the same or similar steps for success! I have no doubt!
If you would like to read more come visit me at Internet Marketing Grandma
Anyway, just this past December I was financially desperate. I won't tell you my whole sob story, but the bottom line is that I was out of money and still had $1000s of bills to pay each month!
I was a branch manager at our local Citibank and when the mortgage crisis hit I was one of the many innocent victims of the corporate greed that created much of this mess. I lost my job and in just a few short months all of my savings were gone as well. Finding a job in the industry was a lesson in futility so I was forced to re-invent myself.
By chance I started reading Your Portable Empire by Pat O'Bryan and that's when I decided to try Internet Marketing.
Shortly thereafter I started looking around on the internet. I bought a couple of ebooks that taught me what to do. I literally followed the instructions, WORD FOR WORD. One book was about how to write articles and ebooks and the other was about generating traffic to your website.
Here is my encouragement to you! I had never done this before! I was a writer and I had a laptop, but that's about as much as I could bring to the table. On top of it, I had virtually no money! So I had to make things happen on a shoe-string budget!
I ended up spending less than $100, wrote and started selling two eBooks of my own . . . and within just over 4 weeks, I made more than $10,000 with Internet Marketing. What I’ve since learned is that this is even more amazing since the two eBooks I wrote and I sold were both priced at only $10 each.
Here is what I did:
1. I wrote about a subject that interested me.
2. I got an inexpensive web hosting package and made my own blog(very easy).
3. I built a free WordPress blog at wordpress.com
4. I created a Squidoo page and pointed it to both my blogs.
5. I wrote about the subject and created about 10 posts. I kept adding more and more content throughout the process.
6. I wrote my first eBook and priced it at only $8.
7. I wrote a few articles and submitted them to free article directories.
8. I wrote another eBook and priced it at $10.
9. I continued to post to my blogs in addition to answering emails.
10. Within in a few weeks, I was on page 1 of Google(not nearly as hard as I thought)
11. I opened an account with PayPal to handle the transactions (no cost)
12. I stayed focused even though some days weren’t as encouraging as others.
So now that I’ve had this first experience, I am totally convinced that focused work and determination can create an income through Internet Marketing. Truly, I just wrote about a subject close to my heart. I sold to common men and women who were looking for information – not internet information, but information to help them in their lives.
I was honest, respectful and gave excellent customer service to everyone who contacted me. I learned how to put together an email list and now I am working on ways to sell products to my more than 1400 buyers!
There is still a lot I don’t know. I continue to experiment and learn everyday. I’m excited about the future and encourage each of you reading this post to stay focused, spend your money wisely on good quality tools, and BEGIN!
If a grandmother living in the middle of upstate New York and can make $10,000 in just over 4 weeks on her first Internet Marketing offer, then anybody can who is willing to follow the same or similar steps for success! I have no doubt!
If you would like to read more come visit me at Internet Marketing Grandma
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