But I do pay my bills on time, drive a nice car, buy my family everything they need and most of what they want...
I do work at home, full-time... make my own hours... I AM living the life of my dreams and my income is constantly growing, even through a global recession!!
Your current story may very well be incredibly similar to what mine was a few years back... 99% of ALL Internet Marketers have a similar story because it IS very hard to figure out how to make a full-time living online.
You see, I was serving in the Army when my passion for Internet Marketing began. I didn't have a whole lot of spare time, but every chance I got I was on the computer with a very simple goal... to replace my military income, so when I got out, I didn't have to WORK for a living!
Guess what, I actually DID IT... but barely! When I got out of the army I had managed to get enough "mini-sites" up to bring in a decent Adsense income... I had an ebook out there making some money and a few other small streams of income.
It was enough to get us by and barely pay the bills, but it was far from comfortable!
But then, something that was nothing short of a miracle happened. A very well known marketer picked up my Article Marketing ebook and decided to promote it to his list of approx. 40,000 subscribers (at the time...)
That Single Email Generated OVER 600 Sales, which earned me over $8,000 in Profit!
If you can imagine, I was excited beyond belief... $8,000 is a nice sized bonus if you ask me. But what I was the most excited about was not the money, but the fact that he did it without being sleazy... without bugging the heck out of his list and by BEING TOTALLY HONEST!
I watched this guy for a month or so and he didn't send out constant emails, he seemed very honest and sincere... he was like a "REAL" person...
That's when the light bulb lit up... I had finally figured out the foundation for a profitable, non-sleazy email marketing campaign!
But, all you have to do is follow a guru and copy what he does, right? WRONG!
You're probably of the same mindset as thousands of other budding online entrepreneurs in the feeling that the typical "Guru" list is based on hype, lies and deception. If this is so, you're absolutely RIGHT! These guys aren't out there to help you... they're out there to SELL to you... if what they're selling you helps, good, if not, do you think they really care? Nope, they don't!
But, they make millions of dollars, so it must work, right? For them yes, for you and I NO!
THAT'S what they don't tell you!
They have dozens of buddies with lists the same size as theirs... they are all constantly creating new products and cross promoting to one another's lists... constantly building each others lists and making each other money!
You see, they can sell, sell and sell some more... they can be as sleazy as they want... they'll still make sales because people know who they are and most importantly, because their buddies are constantly building their list, so if they lose 1,000 people, they'll gain 2,000 tomorrow!
But, those of us who don't already have lists of 500,000+ subscribers have to do things a little differently. In order for us to succeed we must:
 Help People and Build Trust
Send Emails that Contain Good Information (not just promotions)
Have a Well Thought Out Schedule and Plan of Execution!
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What Email Marketing is REALLY About!
