Jack's Back! I had been listening to the evening news and heard the announcement that John Farnham had announced his return:)
This just had to be another sign that I was on the right track. The euphoria from the seminar had died down to a large degree and really I was no closer to making my family fortune via Internet Marketing. I had however started to read lots about it and to make sense of some of the more technical terms. I mean I now knew what a blog was...still couldn't seem to keep my posts from going to cyberspace! and I knew that an E-Book was one that you downloaded..again I am still a tad disappointed by that as well..and I knew that I had to rank on Google's SEO listing for people to find my stuff. Would also like to brag that I actually knew what a SEO was.....Search Engine Optimization.......go me:)
Now all of this to you, the experienced Internet Marketer or Seminar Groupie, this is no big deal at all, but for me it was major! This was the start of my not being blasted by words and being defeated before I'd had a chance to have a go. As a kinesiologist I am constantly working with clients to address Stress Triggers and emotional trauma from words, so I knew that to succeed I had to be not stressed by terminology. Now my good friend contacted me about another...wait for it....Seminar! Again being held in Brisbane and this time she had the free tickets. Would I like to join her.....would I what.....you betcha! I figured I had survived the last one and at least I knew what to expect this time, and the best bit....I would understand all that was being said:) I know exactly what you are thinking and I have to agree......It was nothing the same. This time there were several guest speakers each of them experts in their fields and each with a massive learning opportunity. Once again I was gobsmacked and spent much of the day with my jaw on the ground. One of them a guy called Brett McFall spoke just to me...."create abundance, enjoy work life balance, work smart not hard, and the icing on the cake...make money while you sleep!" and all of this easily! Now it all sounded great but honestly the "making money while you slept" was a real good option for me. I love to sleep:) I looked around the room and again saw people from all walks of life, ages, nationalities and a pretty even mixture of male and female, each person being open to new concepts and ideas. Again the notion that even a novice computer illiterate could easily, with the right guidance and a personal determination achieve financial security. All one had to do initially was take some ACTION.Remember my story, a stay at home Mum, who at 46 who decided to study and get a diploma of Kinesiology and managed to study and achieve good grades for subjects like chemistry, anatomy and physiology, nutrition, and not to forget that abstract concept of kinesiology and natural therapies. Then to get my Diploma and have the GFC nearly wipe us out financially so that our family lived in a constant state of anxiety, stress and depression. My Green String the inspirational poem was going to make a difference, all it needed was for me to conqueror Internet Marketing and the computer.
We sign up......my friend and I...committing that between us we would understand what we needed and give each other moral support. Of course we had the support of the person whose program we were buying as well. All in all a win win win situation:) Was I aware fully of what I was getting myself into?...not a chance! Here's a sneak preview...Dvd's to watch at least one per month, workbooks to complete, blogs to write and post, key word research, market research, niche markets to find, cd's to listen to, programs to download, groups to join.....EEEK!
About this time my friend and I, realize to survive we needed to be very committed and arrange to spend at least one day a week on our internet work. We would do this methodically and draw up a plan, and stick to it. It would require baby steps and as much as we both wanted it now....first we had to breathe! Oh and of course we were one up on most others we knew how to de-stress and to use a technique called Frontal/Occipital....a visualization process so we could dream the dream, see it, feel it and taste success:)
Breathe!
Day two Internet Marketing Overload!
What an amazing day that had been! I listened in awe and some disbelief at what was being shown and told about having a successful business on the internet. I was certainly being encouraged to think outside of my personal "square" and to embrace the idea of this whole new world that was opening up at my feet. Both presenters had very different styles, however they were both very inspiring and I might add very uplifting.
By the end of that day I had bought a book for 4 paperclips, exchanged a @20 note for $40 and had my brain exploded and buzzing at the same time. If that wasn't enough a challenge was issued.......
Whoever sold the most copies of a book called.....Yota, which by the way had the most amazing Dragon and gold coins on the front cover!, would win $1000. That was certainly a great motivator, and on the journey home I had not only decided that I would win it, I had worked out what to spend it on as well. Lucky for me when I got home I could get straight into selling my copies of the book. This book was written by Sean Rasmussen, Aussie Internet Marketer, one of the inspiring seminar presenters.
The children were all out and my husband had been called into work.....peace and quiet for me:) Money for jam was the thought that popped into my head. However remember that energy called the Universe, well she had decided I was getting ahead of myself and the first glitch of the night was.......NO Internet! Surely not, I didn't even have any kids on hand to fix it....ugghh! I had so many plans, and lots of homework and I needed the internet to do them.
You also have to remember my code word...'Mum Not Geeky', boy was I in trouble. Then I had a brainwave, we had recently bought a little black stick thingy that was supposed to get you onto the internet. A wireless internet connection, was I game to plug it in and get it to go. My son had frequently given me some very strict instructions that if I was unsure about what I was about to do to the computer...do not do it! But surely I couldn't do too much harm, by just having a go? Fingers crossed and lots of good luck, I actually managed to get the thing to work and to get connected to the internet.
I mentioned homework, well that part involved writing a blog...not really sure what a blog was, I had to sign up to a rather dubious thing called facebook! and I had to sell as many copies of a book that I could. I had figured that 10 copies would be plenty. At this stage it was close to midnight and I had hardly started, in fact I was getting increasingly convinced that I had no idea of what I was about to do and how! I read over my notes and found that I was supposed to sell them via an affiliate link......a what? and again to whom?....and how? Rereading my copious notes again, it was starting to make sense sort of! I was to write a blog and attach an affiliate link and sell the books that way.
At the seminar it had sounded so very easy. Finally I managed to write a very blobby blog, and can I please ask if anyone finds any of my initial blogs in cyberspace could they either return them or burn them. I lost count of the number of times I pressed a button ( and I still not sure which button that was) and all my hard work would disappear...never to be seen again. So I would restart and it would happen again, and again...UGGRRHH! I might add by this time it was 3am and I had not sold a single book. I had however joined Facebook, and I was scared stiff at what I had done.
I am sure you can also be aware at how emotional I was at this stage, how the heck if it was so damm easy why was I finding it sooo hard. I was not only fighting blogs! I was also fighting tears of rage, disappointment and self doubt. If I couldn't even find someone to buy a book from me how on earth was I going to sell them a poem?
Enough of this, I conceded defeat and went to bed. I am sure that I had just gotten to bed when the alarm said it was time to get up. There was however a bit of hope for me, if I could get to see my son before I went to the seminar, I could get him to show me how to buy the books, I would buy 10 copies and sell them from my clinic. I would convince him to help with a good old fashioned bribe.....I would share the $1000 with him.
Armed with this plan........
Why Green String?Good question, why indeed. As you will know if you have been following this blog I had written an Inspirational Poem and was at a quandary as to what title to give it. Up to know I was using a very long title and it just didn't fit the poem. I was after something catchy and memorable!As I sat in my clinic trying this and that, my son decided to ask for my opinion on a fancy dress costume that he was making for an upcoming party. The theme was a jungle theme and he had spent considerable time looking for the perfect outfit. Unable to find what he was after, as he was leaving the last shop he spied some artificial fern leaves and figured that they would make a perfect costume. He also found a ball of string with which to tie them on. He was delighted!Now as his Mother, I felt it was my duty to tell him he could not just wear fern leaves in public without suitable clothes under them. I should have saved my breath, as he assured me it was a private party and he felt they were just the thing and he would lose the effect if he had to wear other clothes as well! Great here we were in the middle of a financial meltdown and my son was about to be arrested for indecent exposure. Just what I needed to take my mind off things...NOT! I went on to say that he would have trouble keeping them in place, when he produced his unique idea...a ball of string. He was quite convinced that this string would keep the fern leaves in place and all would be good..trust me he said I know what I am doing. Oh Boy!As he turned to leave the room, I suddenly realized that the coloured string was just what I had been looking for......a simple, catchy and perfect name for my poem....Green String! He was more than happy to let me cut off a length of the string and we parted, each to work on our own master pieces. I still thought he was mad, and was sure to be arrested, however I deep down believed he would not actually do it. I mean imagine how prickly it would be and the thought of sitting down...well the mind boggled!However I had more important things to do....the name was absolutely perfect....and to have an actual piece of string to go with it....wonderful! To get with the vibrational energy I attached a piece of the string to one of my magical $1m notes and placed it on our fridge. As each family member came home I told them all about the name and how soon our challenges would be over:) All I had to do now was to work out how to tell people about the poem, how to sell them the poem, how did they pay me for the poem, how did I get the poem to them and most importantly what format was the poem going to be in? I definitely required some help and guidance, a chance email very quickly got my attention........."You have won two tickets to an Internet Marketing Seminar in Brisbane" ....what was I waiting for?Oh and do you think my son wore his fern leaves?...I will let you know tomorrow:)
