Facebook has a way to keep your list of followers organized. This marketing tip will explain how and why you should manage your Facebook lists. It will allow you to pin point target your followers and let you socialize with the ones who will benefit your business.

You’ll find out how to manage your personal friends and business contacts on Facebook. This tip will show you how to use friend lists effectively and how to categorize and organize your lists so they are beneficial to you as you grow your network.

You don’t want a big list of 5,000 people you don’t really know, cause they could spam your wall, clog up your newsfeed, etc. You want to filter out the important Facebook contacts.

OK, here’s how you get ‘r done!

1. Go to the Friends tab on your Facebook profile page.
2. You will see a Lists area on the left side if you’re new, or a Create New List button at the top if you have friends already. Click  on the Create link.
3. Now choose a category for your new list. Be logical and create lists like: friends, family, business, etc. Your friends can belong to multiple lists, so don’t add too many categories. You are just trying to get the right messages to and from the right people here. It’s a good idea to create a special Active list for those who interact with you often.
4. To add friends to an existing list, just click on Edit List at the top.
5. Then either type in a name or click on a friends photo to add them to the list.
6. After you have selected who to include on your list, make sure you click Save List.
7. When you make a friend request, you can click Add to list, and put them in a category in the dropdown menu. This will categorize new friends right away. Get into the habit of doing this and you will build a much more powerful and easy to manage contacts list.
8. Great you now have your Facebook friends in categorized lists!

If you are planning on sending messages to a list, remember that you need to keep it below 20 members and warn them that their replies will be seen by everyone else in the group.

To message more than 20 people at a time, consider multiple lists (like Biz, Biz1, Biz2) or start your own Facebook group.

Lists are great for family, close friends, mastermind groups, etc. that nobody else needs to see. They are absolutely necessary for to grow your Facebook business. Hope this Facebook marketing tip helps.

Where Are They?

In this huge jungle of Internet Marketing you get to meet some really great people and you never know when or where it’s going to happen.

Most people are just drooling over the Big Gurus (what’s in that name anyway?), while they are passing over some really talented, nice people. I’ve traveled all over the country to seminars, bought all kinds of fancy courses and classes and I’ve been on all the social sites, networking with people and building my business.

I finally got to meet one of those great people who has mastered the whole game of Internet marketing a while back. Her name is Cenay Nailor and we didn’t meet at a seminar, we found each other on MySpace.

Please don’t get me wrong, there are some really great gurus out there, and many of them really overdeliver as a mentor, but I must admit that meeting Cenay and having someone I can freely email and mastermind with — is priceless… just like Mastercard!

What Is My Message Today, You Ask?

Well, first, if you have been listening to what I am saying, you are probably already working online, using social bookmarking and attending seminars, because that’s where all the real action is taking place today.

Second, when you are attending seminars, please look me up. I am the farm gal from Nebraska and please, come shake my hand.

Third, and most important, realize RIGHT NOW, that the real star may not be the “worn-out” (yikes, did I say that?) speaker in front of you, but instead, the low-profile, quiet, interesting person sitting right next to you! So mingle, mingle, mingle.

I don’t know if you are like me, but I just love that commercial about how you should be nice to everyone because you never know who plays the lottery and might be the next millionaire. :0)

So, when attending a seminar or even just building your list of friends, open your eyes, ears and heart and look around and you just might find your perfect business match and forever friend.

I am grateful for this marketing experience and you should check out Cenay on her “How Do You Do That?” video blog.

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Nowadays, there are tons of social networking websites available in the internet. If you use them, you will be able to keep in touch with your friends, find long lost relatives, and even make new friends. However, social networking isn’t just what you can get from Facebook.

This marketing tip will show you how to take advantage of Facebook as a website that you can use to market your business or your products and services. There are quite a lot of social networking websites that you can join today. However, if you really want to join one of the best sites for marketing your products or services or really generate targeted traffic for your website, then Facebook is a great choice, especially when combined with other social sites like Twitter for example.

Facebook is considered by a lot of people as the best place to go to when it comes to marketing and networking. With over 250 million active subscribers, you can see that it could definitely have some potential in increasing your sales.

The great thing about Facebook is that it will be able to provide you with tools that can be used to effectively market your products and services. However, you need to know how to effectively use the tools in order for you to really fully take advantage of the website.

These marketing tips can help you use Facebook to market your products and services for free.

1. The first tip is that you need to make an awesome profile. With a great profile, you will be able to attract more people to view it. More viewers will mean more people will be able to know about the products or service you are offering. Try to use Facebook as part of your online branding and try to include a nice photo of you. Also, include your contact information, your website address, work experience, personal interest and your education. Always remember that a complete profile is the best way to go in Facebook. Be as transparent as possible and let people get to know you.
2. When you are already a member of Facebook, try adding friends. You have to remember that Facebook is a social networking website where you will need to make friends and build relationships. The more relationships you build in Facebook, the more effective your marketing efforts will be. The great thing about Facebook is that you will be able to see the friends of your friends. By building an extensive network of friends, you will be able to boost your marketing efforts in no time at all. Just be sure not to grow your Facebook list too fast. There are limitations and if you exceed them your account can be deactivated. Know the rules.
3. You can also join groups or create your own group. In Facebook, there are different kinds of groups that you can join. You can try joining groups that have similar interests, such as yours. Or, you can try joining groups for coaches, wealth building and marketing experts, for example. By joining or creating your own group in Facebook, you will be able to make hundreds of contacts that can help you in letting your business grow.
4. You may also want to syndicate your blog using RSS. In Facebook, it is possible for you to place your blog in your profile through RSS. With this feature, you will be able to let people read your blogs and even further boost your marketing efforts. With an increased number of readers, you will get more leads which also mean more business.
5. Make sure the Facebook does not become a time sink for you. There is so much to do there that you will be tempted by the games and othe applications. You have to remember, with crystal clarity, what your focus is and why you are on Facebook. It’s shouldn’t take more than a half hour of your day. You may even want to get a viritual assistant to help will some of your Facebook duties so you can proceed with more important business.

These are just some of the things that you can do in Facebook to effectively market your website or your business. Through these marketing tips, you will see that you will be able to increase traffic and get even more traffic to your online businesses.

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I don’t consider my self a Twitter marketing expert, because I don’t have a million followers, or even 100,000. But I do think that for my purposes, (sharing what I know), following quality people is the key and the 40+ thousand followers I am lucky enough to be associated with are appreciated by me a lot more because of it. Sharing my Twitter marketing tips and being helpful and credible builds trust, attracts faithful followers and results in a new method of social networking. Just one Tweet may or may not make a difference, but when you add them up over time, a bigger picture starts to emerge.

Twitter Marketing tips are easy to come by. You need to watch which advise you listen to however. There is good and bad info out there and just one bad Tweet can totally ruin your credibility with your followers. This is not something you want to happen. You can use Twitter as a consumer as well as for branding yourself, marketing, customer service, real-time searching,and even direct sales. Twitter is a valuable tool and you do not want to screw it up.

There is a lot of advice on what you should do with Twitter, but based on the increasing ways people mis-behave, there seem to be many ways to fail as well.

I decided to share some Tips on Social Marketing DON’T's on Twitter

1. Don’t describe yourself in an obscure way on your profile. Make yourself transparent. Share who you really are with your followers. Be real.
2. Don’t put up a Twitter profile without a picture of YOU. People want to see who they are dealing with.
3. Don’t have a plain and uninteresting background. Make it stand out and brand you. Your Twitter page is what will impress or repulse followers when they click on your @username.
4. Don’t auto reply to followers with a link to your website or blog. Even worse… a link to a sales page. They aren’t ready yet. Let them get to know you and trust you first. Twitter is SOCIAL marketing.
5. Don’t Tweet about some great resource and then not share a link.
6. Don’t follow over 100 people an hour. Twitter will slap you hard! You can also only follow 1,000 a day. Play by the rules.
7. Don’t post about totally stupid stuff. Nobody cares if you just went to the bathroom, watered your house plant, stubbed your toe, etc. Make it interesting. Post photos, videos, great content, RT good info and then share a couple links to some product you think is outstanding. Make sure you post something that would be interesting to you.
8. Don’t schedule your posts to show up every few minutes. People will get sick of seeing you.
9. Don’t forget to watch your language if you want business people to take you seriously. Keep it clean. Kids are on Twitter too.
10. Don’t over abbreviate so much that nobody can figure out what you’re saying. Use spell check too. Your misspelled words will tell your followers that you’re either dumb or don’t care. Present yourself in the manner that you want people to see you. What is your goal with Twitter? Make it a success.

I hope these Twitter marketing DON’Ts help you to grow your list of followers. Just be yourself and let people see the real you. You will make some great connections and find some great business partners. Just be real and Tweet on.

Just about everyone has figured out by now that Twitter has an amazing potential to be a fantastic sales tool for their business. There are, in fact, many other benefits to Twitter besides direct sales that are just as valuable if not MORE valuable. If you build your Twitter account the right way, you should be taking advantage of each and every one of these benefits. This Twitter Marketing Tip shows the top 7 ways to use Twitter to build your network and monetize it.

1. Direct Marketing

The reason most of us are using Twitter is to get our messages out there in front of thousands of very targeted people. You can do this in several ways using Twitter. The first way is by simply putting your link in your Twitter profile and having people come to your website or blog to check you out.

Many people who visit your Twitter page will click on your link and decide to visit your website. If you are targeting people correctly, this can be a fantastic source of traffic for your website or blog. Some of these people will come back time after time, if they like what you’re saying. Many will even purchase the products you recommend.

The second way to get your sales message out on Twitter is to create Tweets with your links right in them. Please don’t be obvious and say things like, “Hey, check this out.” or “Click here now.” That will make you stick out like a spammer for sure. Instead, write a compelling headline that will attract people’s attention and entice them to click on your link because it interests them. Getting and keeping people’s attention is of utmost importance on Twitter.

2. Networking

Networking and building business relationships are the key to building any successful business. Almost every important milestone or big success in my own personal business can be attributed to knowing the right people to get things accomplished.

Twitter allows you to network with thousands of people in your chosen targeted field, people who have the skills you need. I don’t know any other way besides Twitter where you can find such a huge amount of targeted people to network with so quickly. Just be really careful that you choose the right people. Check out new contacts very carefully before making decisions. Try to build relationships so you get to know the people you may end up working with.

People ask how you can benefit from a huge list of followers. Well, you are noticed when you have a big following. Many are against having lots of followers, but how often do you talk to your mom, dad, sisters, brothers, uncles, aunts, etc? You can still have a relationship with people even if you don’t directly talk with them daily or weekly.

You are just opening up a line of communication. If someone wants to talk with you, they can. If you send emails out to your list, you don’t really talk to each of them either. But, you’re still building up a relationship and influencing them.

3. Joint Ventures

This is kind of like networking… but it’s networking on steroids. One of the easiest and fastest ways to make money on Twitter is to build up relationships with people in your specific niche market and then invite them to joint venture with you. Here’s a secret the guru’s don’t want you to know.

Shhhhh… It’s all about building relationships.

The gurus network constantly to make their money. They go to lots of conferences and seminars each and every month. It’s not just to speak and sell products. That’s second on their agenda. The real reason they travel constantly and show up all over the world isn’t even to brand themselves and learn new techniques. All of these reasons are important to the gurus, of course, but they’re not the most important. Want to know what it is? It’s to network! They sometimes call it “The Back Scratchers Club.” What happens when you join your list with someone elses list? It can double or triple your list and you only have to work with one person. That’s called leverage. So find people in your niche to joint venture with on Twitter and watch your business explode.

4. Branding

I personally think this is one of the biggest benefits of using Twitter. I know that for my own business it has been even more powerful than direct sales. I have always built businesses by having a good following of people who I network with and by having them send me referrals. Since starting my Twitter account, that recognition is growing exponentially.

People who I’ve never spoken with, people who weren’t referred to me by someone else, are already familiar with me because of my Twitter brand and many of them have the impression that I am an expert in my chosen field. When you have people coming to you like that, completely pre-sold on the idea of doing business with you, it’s priceless!

5. Feedback

You can ask any question you can think of and get an answer on Twitter in just seconds. I personally have thousands of people that could view my question and possibly answer me back. It’s like having Google, with real life experience, right at your beck and call. You can ask for feedback on a blog you’re working on, you can ask a question about the product you are thinking about buying or selling. I even ask questions about my dogs. People are just waiting to help you with their honest opinions.

6. Customer Service

Businesses have always been aware of the fact that their online reputation is very important. Now, with Twitter, they have to be extremely aware, and in real time.

One bad Tweet can travel very, very far with the power of a simple RT (Retweet). You need to be on your toes with what you are Tweeting about and how you are promoting or branding your business. It can really put the hurt on your Twitter brand if you make someone unhappy with less than top notch customer service.

On the other hand, if a customer takes the time to Twitter a frustration with your business, it also gives you the ability to immediately react and fix the problem (publicly) before a bad thought or idea can become associated with you or your business as well. So use Twitter to give great customer service to your customers. This pays long term dividends.

7. Media Coverage

We all know that this world we live in loves the media. TV, Internet, Videos, etc. are a way of life now. What would we do without it?

Well, Twitter covers this too.

You can post photos of your puppies, videos of your latest project or product, online training podcasts or videos that you have on your blog, just about anything you can think of. Your Tweets can alert you to the latest trends, new online products, a sale at WalMart, whatever. You can reverse this and Tweet in a video about what you want or have for sale. There is just no limit to how you can use Twitter to improve and monetize your life.

There are 100′s more Twitter benefits than these 7 I’ve just covered. People are constantly finding new ways to integrate Twitter into our lives everyday. I believe we have yet to see some of the amazing things that will come from Twitter. If you’ve found another way Twitter is benefiting you, leave a comment and share your Twitter Marketing Tip with us.

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Have you set your keywords up on Twitter alert? If you use social marketing to grow your list, you need to.

If you don’t, you’ll never know when your next possible client is Tweeting about the very problem you can help him solve. You might miss a media contact who wants to interview you about your personal expertise! Some newbie might be looking for information you want to share.

Make sure to set up a wide variety of your own business keywords and phrases, and then go follow and respond to people appropriately.

For branding and seeing where you may want to comment, also set up some alerts for your name and your own domain name(s). Make sure to include any common misspellings or variations.

There are several good sites to set up Twitter alerts :

• One is at http://tweetlater.com.  they provide a bunch of great  Twitter tools, besides the alerts.  @dewaldp provides some wonderful customer service there.

• Another one is at  http://tweetbeep.com . They just came back online this week after some server challenges.  @mdjensen (Michael Jensen) is it’s creator.

• A relatively new one I just found is http://twilert.com made by @danleach.

Hope this helps and have a Twitterific day!

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You know, today’s world is so fast paced. It’s so easy to get caught up in chasing the rainbow… living for that “someday” when things will finally be right

When…

We’ll finally have enough money to enjoy life. We’ll finally be out of debt and out from under the pressure cooker of life. We’ll finally have a career we love or a business that brings in loads of profits. We’ll finally have the time to spend with our family and share those relaxing moments together. We’ll finally reach the level of success and status we crave. We’ll finally have things under control enough to be able to kick back and enjoy a little down time.

So when does that day come?

It seems like most people are living life in limbo, going through the motions, just waiting for that “someday” to finally arrive when you can step off the merry-go-round… exhale… and actually start to enjoy life.

Well, my friend, I’ve got news for you…

TODAY is the only “someday” you’re ever going to have. Right now, this moment… TODAY is your only point of power. It’s all there is. Yesterday is over…
tomorrow doesn’t exist. So why do we continue to live like we’re in a  big dress rehearsal… or practice game?

Why do we settle for half-lives… where we act like all we’re doing is trying to “get through it”?

This is it. This is YOUR LIFE…

So let me ask you a question… If THIS is as GOOD as it gets… is it GOOD enough?

Look around at your life right now. Is this what you want? Are you happy? Are you sucking the juice out of life… or do you crave something more… something much more?

And I’m not talking about “things” or “stuff”…

I’m talking about deep, fulfilling relationships and spending quality time with the people you love the most in this world.

I’m talking about following your bliss and discovering the incredible joy of actually doing the things in life that make your soul sing. I’m talking about unleashing your greatness and making the world a better place by the contribution only you can make. I’m talking about discovering who you really are and living up to the unlimited potential that’s the core of your being.

Time flies… whether we’re having fun or not.

Kids grow up, parents and grandparents grow old, and passion dies away while we’re waiting for “someday” to arrive so we can start living.

Don’t wait…

It’s time to STOP settling for what you don’t want and start living this very moment as if it were your last… because you never know when it will be.

Like Buddha says, “Be Here Now!”

That means, be present in your life and experience it AS IT HAPPENS. Don’t live in the past… wishing things could have somehow been different and don’t live in the future… worrying things will never change.

Take the first step right now…

Grab your kids, your parents, your grandparents, your dog…or anyone you love… and spend some quality time together.

The time is now…

This is your moment…

MAKE IT COUNT!

It’s the same reason 99.99% of the population will NEVER make it big online and never have their own successful business…

Let me tell you…

I was a struggling marketer for several years. I know what they’re going through, because I’ve done the same things, made those mistakes.

I’m still learning every day, but it’s really coming together for me now.

In these last few years I have had countless newbie’s approach me for advice and guidance in their businesses. I find there is something very strange and disturbing about what they are doing!

Think about it. Every single question that I seem to get is always….

“What are The Fastest and Quickest Ways to Become Successful?”

• Should I find and create a great product?
• Should I sell products for affiliates?
• Should I just give free services away online?
• Should I teach other people how to do what I do?

Those ideas are all fantastic. Any one of them will work and you can make a lot of money. However, they are NOT really the whole answer.Why not?Let me give you an example: Just say you create a great product tomorrow. How do you expect to sell a bunch of them and to whom? How will you market the product to all the hungry buyers?Because, if you have NO LIST and NO consistent traffic to your site there is NO WAY you can sell your product to the right people, targeted people.Are you going to spend money on paid advertising? That can be very risky. In fact, if you are not careful, you could end up throwing thousands of dollars right down the drain without any return on investment (ROI).

How do I know all these facts?

Because I was one of the victims, I’ve done it. I’ve spent close to $3,000 on Google Adwords without any ROI. It was a total loss! First I blamed Google. Then I thought, well, other people do it, why not me? How come I’m not making any money here? I must be stupid!

But wait a minute…When you know the facts, you do NOT need to worry about whether your campaign will be successful or not. It is ONLY a matter of how much time you spend to build it. This system works.

What is it?

You need to build a LIST. (Not just a regular list!)

You need to build a VERY RESPONSIVE list.

A list that allows you to build relationships with your readers from the first day they opt-in to your database.

Why this is important? That’s very simple too! A lot of marketers build a list and ABUSE that list by sending people offer after offer. It doesn’t really matter if the people want what is being offered. They just keep sending emails and offers.They do NOT build a great relationship with them by giving their list a proper education. They just want any email address to send out an offer to, and another, and another, and another. Finally, the poor prospect opts out and is never heard from again.

This is a BIG MISTAKE…

When you EDUCATE your list all the time, they will want to follow your lead. They will RESPECT you as being knowledgeable and as a leader. When every email you send gives them value and important information on a subject that they have indicated they are very interested in, they will open every single email from you and read it. They will be excited to hear from you.

When you answer their questions and help them in any way you can, they will come back for more.

When this happens, and most likely it will, every single time you have a great offer, they will definitely want to buy it from you right away.

Imagine having 5,000 people on a list who will buy your $47 dollar product every time you email them about it. Imagine having 10,000. How about 1,000,000?

Do the math!

You need money for a new car? Send out an email. You want a new house? Send out an email. You want a fantastic vacation? Send out an email.

How many subscribers do you want to have?
How many LOYAL readers do you want to have?
IT’S ALL IN THE LIST… Build it with love.

I recently found this article and it made a lot of sense to me. So I thought I’d share it on my blog…

Network Marketing is being taught at more than 200 colleges including Harvard Business School. After extensive research into the network marketing industry, Harvard Business School developed three criteria that a network marketing company must have in order to make it a most desirable opportunity. And what are they???

1. The company must be at least 18 months old, as 90% of all network marketing companies that fail, do so in the first 18 months.

2. The company must have a product which is both unique and highly consumable. Being unique in this case means that you have an exclusive product that can only be purchased from your company?s distributors. Having a product that is highly consumable means repeated sales, thereby guaranteeing customer loyalty versus a one time sale and having to locate new customers.

3. It needs to be a “ground floor” opportunity. Harvard Business School suggests that in order for the opportunity to qualify as a ground floor type, the number of existing distributorships should be less than of 1% in the country where this network company exists. In the United States, this figure is equal to 1.5 million people. Harvard Business School also stated that if there were less than 500,000 people involved, you would be on the cutting edge of a great opportunity. If the company has less than 100,000 distributors, Harvard Business School considers it to be a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Harvard Business School states that there are four distinct stages of growth in a network marketing company. They are:

1. Foundation – This usually lasts approximately six months. This is when a company develops its products and marketing plan.

2. Concentration – This period lasts approximately 2 to 4 years from when the distributor network is started.

3. Momentum – This period lasts from 2 to 4 years also. This is when the company experiences phenomenal growth. Both retail and distributorships explode in terms of expanding growth. It is during this period that the company virtually sweeps the nation. When a company’s sales reach 50 million, they reach what is called “critical mass” (sales go vertical right off the graph). Also, approximately 2/3 of the company’s growth of the new distributorships occur during this period of time.

For example: Let us assume you have an organization which is producing an override bonus check to you of $1000 per month. When the company reaches critical mass, distributors automatically experience a ten-fold increase in their earnings. In other words, $1000 per month becomes $10,000 per month. This is the reason for getting involved on the ground floor, so you will experience the benefits of explosive growth.

4. Stability – This period lasts for the life of the company. A network marketing company that is dedicated to the success of its distributors will experience longevity, thereby insuring that an active distributorship will realize continued earnings and growth.

Who out there doesn’t understand this and agree? I’d really like to get your comments and see what others are looking for in a home based business opportunity.

Blessings …From My Kitchen Table

So many people seem to have problems getting started with their home based business. I know I did and I’ve read that up to 98% of people fail in their very first attempts.

Most people forget that they are building a business for themselves and for their own reasons. Only what they put into it will they get out. Only what they sow is what they’ll reap.

Working from your home is the best business opportunity in the world. Home based business is built on the principle of ownership and free enterprise. It’s up to us what we do with it.

What should we do with it? What can we do with it?

We can build our business with the help of a duplicatable system or without. Our functions, tapes, videos and books, tools if you will, are all optional. We don’t need to hang out with leaders and have upline support. We can do it ourselves, but…

What we have to understand is that it is not the Company or the Product that makes any business great. It is the people who make the business great.

People get involved and learn because of people and they stay because of people. Choose who you want to be like carefully.

Don’t get me wrong. I fully believe that the more training you are exposed to the faster you’ll get it, and succeed. For example, if you go to college, don’t you pay for it? How much is four years of college today? Don’t you pay for all the books and lectures? I don’t think it’s free. Tuition is high.

When you go to college, do you get paid while you learn? I think not. You do your due diligence and after four years or more of learning and/or thinking about learning, you head out for your first JOB and do you start right out at top pay?

Nope! Bottom of the barrel for you. Now you start the climb up. And what do you get from dedicating yourself to long years at a JOB environment? Lots of stress and gray hair or maybe a gold watch, if you’re lucky. Wow, you might even get downsized. How rewarding is that?

What is so different about learning from the school of hard knocks at home while building your own business? Well, it’s way cheaper and IF you can force yourself to be focused and learn, it’s a lot faster.

This is the point I’m making here. It’s not the Company, it’s not the Products, and it’s not the big dogs making hundreds of thousands that can make you rich.

It’s YOU! Do you, can you, find it inside yourself to keep focused for as long it takes to become successful? As long as it takes to reach your goals?

The question you need to ask yourself is, how far have I moved from five years ago. Have I improved my life, my family’s life, my income, my mental and spiritual outlook on life, or am I in a rut?

Most people just set around and let life happen. Decades go by and nothing changes. To make changes you have go get out of your comfort zone and get new improved input.

You need to make a business plan. Put your life on a schedule and you’ll find so much more time in your day. You have to change the way you think. Open your mind to new ideas. Write everything down. It will change your life.

Can’t you think of all the seminars, books and CD’s as your very own home college? Can’t you see the money you bring in from the very start as your grade? You know you’re getting good grades if you’re making good money, right?

That’s how it works in a home based business. You are the Student and the teacher, the President of your company and yet, the janitor. Try to be the person you’d want to learn from.

Keep your brain wide open and clean so you can fill it with knowledge. Train yourself through trial and error repetition, split testing, reading, listening to any morsels of wisdom you can find.

Do the work. Keep the faith. Don’t give up!

Your graduation will be fantastic!

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I’m just a farm gal from Nebraska and my journey to working on the Internet is kind of long and detailed, but I’ll try to keep it short so you don’t get bored.

I’m not a professional writer. I’m sure as heck not a Webmaster. I didn’t even know how to get an email until about 6 years ago.

I’m just a woman who’s had to work hard and smart all her life. When life throws you a curve, you have to bend a bit, sometimes a LOT.

I’ve been married and divorced, and I have two grown boys and six grandbabies back in NE.

I’ve done it all…

I’ve done just about every JOB out there. I’ve checked in a grocery store, been a janitor, a maintenance supervisor, I’ve welded mufflers, managed quality control, yada, yada, yada…

I’ve owned a couple T-shirt shops, a ton of work from home ventures and my last business was as an over-the-road truck driver.

Yup, I bought a big Kenworth and ran it all over the US and Canada for a good long time.
I was thinking I could travel and get paid at the same time. Right!!! It was a good living and I saw a lot of country, but…

My beloved Mom fell and did some major damage, then needed full time care a few years back. A nursing home just wasn’t the answer, so I sold the truck and came home to care for her. She stayed with me for almost 5 years and I’d do it again in a heartbeat.

That’s when I had to find a way to make a living from my kitchen table…

So I bought a computer and started surfing the net. I tried about every Tom, Dick and Harry’s scheme out there. I failed miserably… but I never gave up.

I knew that there were people making money online and if they could, SO WOULD I! Well, I finally found my niche market and never looked back. I’m still learning every day. Still making money right from my kitchen table…

Mom passed away last year at 90 years young and I was so glad we had that time together.

A few months later I met Denis when we teamed up to win top distributor honors in an online company. We decided to keep the team together and I moved to Ohio. Now I have a soul mate and best friend and 4 of the cutest puppies you’ll ever see.

We travel frequently and love living out in the country with our pack. The only thing different is that now my kitchen table is sometimes a laptop on my knees as we drive down the road.

Blessings from my kitchen table…