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Where you are right now is at a crossroads – the Internet (and your own searching) has brought you to a new choice. Like all of these, it’s a new direction to take with your life.
For me, this has been several years of research into the various choices people have in trying to start up or expand their small business online. Lots of work. Lots of dead-ends.
Along that route, I was scammed more than once – and finally to the tune of several thousand dollars. And I learned to solve these scams using what I had uncovered. So I got my refund from that last one and moved on.
Now, I’m giving all this away – because I’ll tell you one thing: while you can make all the choices you want, and take any path at all – they’ll all lead to one final destination. Just one: where you were heading originally.
Now, this is or isn’t a shock to you. Maybe a realization, maybe not. Might just be common sense.
I found out that wherever a person was headed when they got scammed — is still there. Taking what you might have thought was a detour through “Scamsville, USA” (or whatever country those scammers existed in) was just another stop on your tour.
Whether or not you consider you were scammed, you have that lesson – in spades.
And you’re set to get on with life – one of these, “Oh — right. Now, where were we?”
So take stock of what you are most interested in and pour the coal on that. Just don’t think you can second-guess it. You have just so much time on this planet to spend. You might as well spend it doing what really helps you find the greatest happiness you can.
Believe me, I’ve been there, done that.
And frankly, I finally figured out some months later that I simply need to give away everything that is the wrong path for me. Just drop it all into whoever else is interested and get on with things.
That is why this site resurfaced – had to take responsibility for all those who had come in on this line – who were hoping to get some coaching on how to start-up or expand their own small business online.
Funny thing is – while I compiled all of this into a book and was ready to pile in on making all these online lessons and such, just so I could help people find out how to market their stuff for real – my heart wasn’t really in it. I saw it was going to take me several months to get this all into shape with the online lessons, videos, etc.
And so I’m giving it all away – for free. You can do (almost) whatever you want with it. It’s under a Creative Commons license , which means that you can use anything and everything about it – as long as you don’t do it for commercial reasons. (Or cut me a piece of that pie you’re carving up.) Just link back to where I post it.
A friend of mine (one of several I met during this long, strange trip we’ve all been on) set up some wordpress hosting and has volunteered some space on his server to host all this material I’ve set up. So I’m taking him up on his too-generous offer. Figure he can use it to help people through his hosting offer.
All this material, from years of research, is coming out in blog form – one post per day for months. Meanwhile, I’m posted the book on Lulu.com just so you don’t have to wait.
However, I’m not supporting any of it personally. I’m moving on with my own life – I just don’t have time to mess with this. It’s just too damned easy to market your passion and create an income online. I’ve worked it all out – and it’s changing in some minor details just as I work to post it. But it’s getting posted here so you can have it and work with it.
My passion isn’t marketing, though. That was just a necessary evil which led me to get scammed and learning what I needed. If it is yours, let me know and I’ll give you all the material you want to set yourself up with a great business doing just that.
Otherwise, subscribe to this blog and you’ll get your lessons via RSS on a near-daily basis for the next couple of months. Or just buy that book (in print or download).
Because I’ve moved on and found what makes me happy. Been at that cross-roads and found all those signs and all those paths only point in the same direction I’d already been heading.
Good Hunting — and — Cheers!
#1 by Elcoj on August 24, 2009 - 4:17 pm
robert.sixteenhosting.com to GoogleReader! Thanks for your excellent post. I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future. Undoubtedly there is a lot to learn in this area and I just want to sit at the feet of a master to learn – if that’s not too much sucking up?!? Thanks again.