Staying Paid

Too Long For Twitter, Too Short For a Blog Part One: 2AM, I Must Be Up To Something

Posted on June 14th, 2008 in Breaking Fear, Business, Creation Station, Empowerment, General, Marketing Blog Songs, Cheerleader J, Creation Station, InfoProduct Creation, Joint Ventures, Life Update, Ongoing, The Search For Solution Z, Website Flipping

140 characters is not enough for everything I have to share with you during these little “chats” of ours. However, I don’t always have enough content to come here on the blog and start posting. So I figured I’d do a quick mashup of all the things that are way too long for twitter, but not long enough on their own to deem blog posting:

J, The Cheerleader. Folks, you heard it here first on Staying Paid: this lady is going to be fire. I mean, I spend a lot of time just trying to get people to make that first real sale online, and I can tell you there’s some folks who could have all the knowledge and still not make it in this internet business game. Not because they aren’t great people, but they don’t want it bad enough.

I think J wants it bad enough.  And when she gets that first “aha!” moment (I just started teaching her salesletter processes, basic copywriting, capture page generation, and some uber-lite SEO), she could easily be on the same level as another favorite marketer of mine, Liz Tomey. Heck, I’d love to see that happen, because I get a rush when I see other women enter this business and take no prisoners.

The Big Move. I live in a 2 bedroom apartment, and it’s really way too much space for little ol’ me. So I’m packing up, but I’m doing something a little different: I’m selling 90% of everything that’s in this house. Oh, I’ll keep my laptop, monitor, clothes, shoes, things like that. But all the books I haven’t read in months, magazines, sheets that aren’t getting used…it’s all gotta go. I truly believe that in order for me to have a clean start I have to get rid of everything that’s making me feel bad, or connected to my “negative” life here. I’ve just been carrying junk around because I’ve been told that’s what you have to do in order to keep going. Well, I don’t want to do that anymore.

My First InfoProduct. In late 2006-timeframe, I purchased a copy of Desperate Buyer’s Only. If you’re saying “dang, that book is overhyped”, your’e right. And it deserves every sliver of praise possible. I didn’t even put it linked in my post to please the skeptics. That book got me on this path to real seriousness, laying out the foundation of what really makes people buy products in a way that doesn’t make you feel silly.

So I began digging, thinking about my life, about experiences and issues that have made me feel some sort of negative feeling. I then realized that it was time to get serious again and build something I could be proud of.

So I began writing. And tweaking. The salesletter, that is — I decided to go play with video some more. I’m on a very big Camtasia Studio kick,  after I bought the software and didn’t do anything with it! For all this time I had this $300 software sitting wishing I’d make even just a short tutorial or so have you …no room for regrets. Let’s just say I’m making up for lost time!

That project is rolling along nicely. I’m making notes, drawing up questions. I have a feeling that there’s several products built into this subject and I can cross sell them to different niches. I’m going to keep you all in the loop too, don’t worry! There will always be free premium content here as time passes - I love sharing information.

Website Flipping Championships. I’m competing in the World Championships of Website Flipping over at WebsiteFlippingMasters.com, competing for that almighty title and hopefully showing ‘em how we “stay paid” around here! Stay tuned to this space because I’ll be bringing y’all the play by play, what I’m doing/thinking/trying to accomplish with each website…this is going to be super fun and super challenging all at the same time!

The Road Ahead, and Mindset. As I started getting super-serious and taking action, I’ve gotten more confident. I’ve gotten more vocal. I like the results from both. But now it’s time to sleep. It’s almost 3am, and here I am, talking to all of you and dreaming about new niches to profit from. The fast times of a nichelady, huh? Don’t forget to follow me on twitter!

And remember: word hard, play hard, love easily.

Tonight’s early morning blog song: Stabbing Westward - Bizarre Love Triangle

I’m waiting for that final moment, to say the words that I can’t say …