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30
Nov
Do What You Love
Denyse

Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.  ~David Frost

I think too often people start an on-line business looking to make a killing on line.  They hear stories that they can quit their jobs, and work their own hours and make tons and tons of money doing this.  They listen to the gurus and buy into all of the schemes hoping that this time it will work.

I believe it is the wrong approach to starting your own business.  I have had several businesses in the past and they have all sprung out of doing something that I love.  In the early 70’s to the mid 80’s I ran an Antique business that allowed me to buy things that I loved, research things that I knew only a little about, and keep those things I could not live without and make a profit on those that I could.  It was a great business for a collector and lover of Antiques.  Because I loved it so much, I enjoyed all aspects of it, the buying and the research and the selling.  I was able to succeed at something that I loved and turn it into a business.

I did the same thing when one day at a quilt store I saw the most beautiful lamp shade.  I had to make one for myself, so I figured out how to do it, without taking a class, and it really came out well.  Other people saw the shade and loved it and wanted one.  I loved making them and soon was making them and putting them on Antique jugs and was able to sell them along with my Antiques.  I had again found a way to turn something I love, crafts, into a business.  It was fun, and because it was fun it was not a labor, but something I loved doing.  They were easy to sell, and the selling of something I made gave me a satisfaction that you cannot get from selling something else.

My love of crafts is what started me in my Art Rubber Stamp business.  I had taken a 2 hour class in Rubber Stamping in 1993 and fell in love with it. I was buying just about every stamp that I thought was interesting that I could find.  It was only a few months later that I started to research how to manufacture them and started my own line of stamps with my daughter Laura.  That line is still going today and we now have over 3000 images.  I loved stamping and crafts and it seemed natural to turn it into a business.

Even though you are doing what you love, it is still a lot of hard work.  In the last case, we had to design the product, make the product and then sell the product.  We put in long hours and every single week went over 40 hours.  It was not a quick get rich scheme, it was and still is a lot of hard work.  Yes, I can work the hours I want to work, so that is a big plus.

This is true in anything you attempt for a business.  You have to love what you are doing.  If you are miserable, it will be no different than working for someone else.  You will take it out on family and friends and even worse you will take it out on yourself.

If you are thinking about your own start up, think about what you love.  If you love the internet, then you will like a business that is related to it.  If you love crafts, there are lots of items you can make and sell on line on a craft site or even your own site.  If you love writing, there are lots of marketers looking for freelance writers.  Whatever it is that you love, that is where you should look to start thinking about your own business.

Owning your own business can really be a joy.  That is the secret to it though, you have to allow yourself to have fun with it and to be challenged by it. I know I am every day, and I look forward to the new challenges now as I develop with my daughter our new sites and our new businesses.

Category: How Important Are You to Your Business, My Take on Internet Business, Uncategorized  Tags: , , , , , ,  4 Comments
21
Nov
Change Up Your Thinking on Your Internet Business
Denyse

I have been marketing online for some time now but I have never
see anything as crazy as this before.  Maybe it is time to change up some of your thinking on your Internet Business.  Are you working too hard selling things for other people. This program just launched this week and it really sounds great.

Today is the day PLR changes forever..

Jeremy Burns has been selling out his PLR packages for many
years now and I really wish that I had grabbed every one of them ever created.  However, I did not know about them until recently.  You know every so often something comes along in the Internet world that you just have to do and you have to share.

This new package just blows ANY PLR package I have ever seen out
of the water.

First off, the crazy part….

Jeremy is giving away a course that should easily sell for $500
without rights for free, but get this… it’s not just free, you
get PLR rights to it also.

http://videodiskgoldmine.com/cmd.php?af=1096511

Then comes the main package.. this takes PLR to a complete new
level. You get 10 “Physical” products all with PLR.

Yes, I said physical PLR, I couldn’t believe it either. It really seems hard to believe as every one is always plugging digital.  You must have seen like I have thousands and thousand of e-books out there.  I mean from the first day that Laura and I started doing some serious Internet marketing people were plugging these books to us.  Yes, we even bought into a reseller package that turned out to be a complete dud.  It was just books that had been rehashed time and time again.  Nothing worse than reading old material not even said in a new way. Have you had that experience?  If you have then you know what I am talking about.


You really should see this now, he explains every thing in a
video at the top of the page, and if your Internet connection is
to slow to play the video that’s OK too, its all spelled out for
you on the site.  I know I personally could not get the video to work in FireFox, but it opened fine in Explorer.

If you ever had any interest in this kind of thing I would suggest that you take a look at this right away because it will be sold out fast
I have no doubt.

http://videodiskgoldmine.com/cmd.php?af=1096511

What if you are brand new to Internet marketing and don’t know a thing about setting up your own web site, or selling products?  Well I almost forgot… There is also 3 hours of video training
included to teach you step by step how to setup the reseller
websites in case you are new and have never setup a website
before.

http://videodiskgoldmine.com/cmd.php?af=1096511

I am pretty excited about this product and that is why I am suggesting that you look into it.  I know that this is not for everyone.  But if you have ever wondered what you are doing selling other people’s products, maybe today is the day that you think seriously what you would like out of your Internet marketing business.  There is nothing at all wrong with doing affiliate marketing, I do a lot of it and it is fun and exciting.  But imagine the fun of watching your own product sell.  Well here is your chance.

Category: Internet Marketing Products, PLR Products, Products That I Think Are Worth Looking At  Tags: , , ,  4 Comments
15
Nov
Chasing the Money Butterfly
Denyse

Is the road to the Internet really paved with green bricks of money?  You have heard so many times that anyone can make money doing Internet Marketing.  If that is true, why have so many people had a problem making that first sale on line.  What do the “gurus” know that you do not know?  What makes them so “lucky” and you are still struggling to make that first big sale?

Are You Chasing After That First Internet Sale?
Are You Chasing After That First Internet Sale?

If you are already making all of the money that you want on line, then I am really happy for you, and you can share with us your tricks and tips.  If you are not, maybe some of the ideas that I have to share might help you make you first Internet sale.

Do you find yourself trying to chase after that first Internet sale without a lot of  luck?  You keep getting email after email that tells you that it is so very easy.  All you have to do is tap into your friends and relatives and they will be your first customers.  I do not feel that is the proper way to go.  Yes, when I was a small child selling Girl Scout cookies, I did ask all of my neighbors, relatives, and friends if they wanted to buy a box.  I did get some “nos”, but it is pretty hard to say “no” to a curly hair little Girl Scout standing at your door.

You are a grown-up and attempting to enter the business world.  Of course, it is the virtual world of the Internet, but it is big business!  You have to be a professional at everything that you so.  You have to enter this venture with integrity.  You must above all be honest.  It will never pay to be dishonest about a product just to be able to sell it.  You can not even stretch the truth.  If you do not believe that a product is a good product, then do not waste your time trying to sell it.  There are so many really great products out there that are worth your effort and that you can honestly tell others that you endorse it. 

If you are real and honest, people will come to trust you and respect you.  If you are always looking out for a great product to promote, your customers will be anxious to hear what you have found and why you think it is a great product.  Do not try to sell to them every time you talk to them.  BE REAL.  Be yourself, and the sale will come. 

I think that there is a lot of value in really researching what you are trying to sell.  I was doing some Affiliate Marketing a few months ago and I got an email asking me if the product was a scam.  I spent a lot of time researching the product and looking at the sites that were suggesting that it was a scam.  I came across a ploy by some Internet marketers to set up an advertisement that said “——scam”.  If you read their blog it would state all the reasons why the product was a scam, and at the end they would in turn try to sell you their product.  The original product had nothing wrong with it, however, they got the buyers attention and in turned tried to force them into a customer.  In my opinion, this is not using honest business tactics.  No doubt it got them some sales, but it left me with a very sour feeling about ever dealing with that business.  I learned a lot more about the product I was originally selling, but I also learned a lot about the type of business person I did not want to be.

Know your products, believe in what you are selling, be honest and truthful and you will be on the way to making contacts that will turn into customers.

Category: How Important Are You to Your Business, My Take on Internet Business  Tags: , , , , , , ,  2 Comments
27
Oct
Yes, What Is It All About?
Denyse

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.  ~e.e. cummings, 1955

This wonderful Quote by e.e. cummings was spoken when I was only nine years old.  I never read it then, and did not come across it for many years.  I am sure I never would have understood it then as I was far more concerned with the hula hoop, my new poodle skirt, my wonderful cat eye marbles, my Jill doll, and Girl Scouts.  That summer was my first year at sleep-away camp and it was a very exciting time in my life.  I would not have given a second thought to such a deep and meaningful quote.

I had important things to do that year, it was the first time I had a lay teacher and I did not care for her one single bit.  I could not wait to pass into the next grade and have the comfort of the nuns again.  And as I said, I was going to sleep-away camp.  That meant a new sleeping bag, a brand new mess kit, my very own flash light, and a real adventure away from home.  Maybe that summer was the very first time that I was able to be “nobody but yourself”.  I was away from my family, and the only person I knew at camp was my very best friend, Gloria.  I was away from the watchful eyes of my Parents and my Memere who also lived with us. I was out on my own.  I was left to see who I was and what I felt.  The transformation was a wonderment in itself.  You are challenged to be all that you can be, yet you are still allowed to be just who you are.  It was a magical time, and maybe it laid some of the cornerstones of my life.

This blog, is me exploring new things and sharing along the way things I discover.  I am learning each day new things about myself, who I am, where I am going and what it is like on the way.  I am also learning new things about Internet Marketing and Social Media and lots of other exciting areas.  I will be sharing both the good and the bad.  Things that work, and things that just did not pan out as I expected.  Promises made, that are not spoken truths and others that are more than I ever expected.

The beginning of this year I declared it a year of change.  I talked a lot about it on Twitter in Jan and Feb and I had intended to start this blog then.  Life got in the way, and I put it off.  I have discovered that there is no perfect time…that time is now, that time is tonight as I share my first posting with you.  The main thing I planned to change this year was my attitude.  It is a big undertaking, as I often listen to others and forget that it is more important to be who I am and to feel what I feel and to express it openly, in other words to be real.  In the past I have listened to negative people, and I found that you can easily start to hear those negative thoughts in your own mind.  So change in attitude.

Part of the change is developing a new business and knowing it will be a struggle, and having to start to let go of one that means a lot to me.

I did not know that there was to be a bigger change in my life this year with the passing of both of my parents within 13 months of each other.  This is a significant change in my life and a big one to adjust to.

So I hope that you will follow along with me as I journal about lots of things going on in my day to day life.  This might range from the fun things to the not so delightful events.  I will be talking about my twitter friends and all that they have given to me.  I will explore products that excite and ones that fall flat.  I really look forward now that I have gotten my feet wet, to explore Denyse, the real person she is, her weight struggles, her business adventures, the friendships she makes along the way and the things that she values that makes up the person she is.  Come take the road with me, I seem to follow my favorite poet Robert Frost and take the road less traveled.



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