16 days into it…..

12-6-10 Monday

I went to work Friday morning to find out I had been ‘let go’ from one of my jobs.  I never really got a clear answer as to why and I guess I really don’t care other then I will suffer financially for now.  I am hoping it will be a blessing in disguise as this now allows me to put more time and energy into the business.  I went home and thought about what I was going to do.  My email inbox was full so I decided to start looking through my email and reading anything and everything related to internet marketing.  While I was reading through my emails I decided to check my phone and see if I had missed any calls or texts.  I noticed a number that was unfamiliar so I decided to call it back.  Hector answered the phone and he explained to me that he is an associate of Jonathan Budd. Jonathan Budd is all over the internet and Hector was calling to follow-up with me about a subscription to their program.  They have many Video Webinars and eBooks and seem to be an infinite amount of web tools and resources available online.  While talking to Hector on the phone he gave me some advice that I already had followed, but is was very encouraging to me to hear it from someone who is successful in Internet Marketing.  He told me to gain all the knowledge in the world about marketing on the internet before making substantial financial investments to programs, services and/or products, etc….That was a refreshing call for me as I was a little frustrated with how the day went.

Friday was an important day for me and my business partner and we both are now writing blogs and one of the blogs will be online by Sunday at the latest.  I did watch and listen to a recorded phone conference call, converted into a video as well, that was all about Attraction Marketing.  Attraction Marketing is getting prospects to come to you and I found this to be self-explanatory,  but the video went into much greater detail.  I found this very useful and now understand the concept much more than I did before and will be utilizing this education in internet marketing.  Kim and I are also going to get a subscription to Inc. magazine as they really seem to have very solid information.

Saturday was a long day at the liquor store, one of my two remaining jobs.  Kim got to play bingo at his employee Christmas party and he didn’t win a thing(I find this amusing).  When I got off work I dove right into researching the internet about hosting a blog site for free.  Affiliate programs would also be a part of my main focus as well for the evening.  I decided that WordPress was the way to go for my blog for now anyway.  I will always continue to find other resources available for hosting, keywords, website names, and so on.  Wordpress seems pretty straight forward and simple to use.  I discussed this with my business partner and he too became very interested.  We were just going to put my blog on WordPress to start, but he decided he was too anxious to get his going as well.  Saturday evening I received a response from a letter I had written.  The letter was about asking for advice from other Network Marketers and Affiliate Marketers.  Paul Wakefield, an internet marketer I follow on Twitter, replied to my letter, I emailed him, with some pretty good information.  Paul gave me a little advice on how to start out and a couple of tips on what to avoid.  He also did mention in the letter that if I expect to get free information in greater detail from an Internet Marketing Expert that he would be surprised.  Paul asked me to give him the names and numbers of these experts if they do give me substantial information.  I might give him the names and numbers when I come across this free information from experts, but more importantly I’m driven to just flat-out prove him wrong that this can be done.

Finally the day has come, the day we decided to get our blog on the internet-Sunday, December 5th 2010.  Kim and I reached an internal business goal and that was a deadline for getting our blog up and going online by no later than today…SWEET!!!!  We worked individually on our own blog sites.  We found our theme layout, some widgets to have on our site and other optional content to have alongside our blogs.  We both consulted with each other and reviewed each other’s blogs and now they are online.  We figured out how to use WordPress from a basic standpoint and found out how to add affiliate links to our content which was my major concern.  We were able to create nice looking sites that have our blogs on them.  Now we just have to keep it up to date and refine it as we go.  The idea for the future will be adding more blogs and linking them back and forth that will ultimately give us multiple income streams.  I will keep you up to date where my venture is heading with my partner regarding our blog(s).  I am going to get working some more on my blog and research their site tools so I can become a PRO at blogging.  Stock photos also seem to play a significant part in blogs so we subscribed to a stock exchange program and will give my two cents on this later when I discover more about it.  I am also hoping the Jets beat the Patriots tonight on Monday Night Football….Jets 0 Patriots 3 midway through the 1st quarter……..

KEEP GAINING KNOWLEDGE!!!!!!!!