Saturday, March 8, 2008

The Graveyard

Wow! Time flys when you are having fun.....I am working a 12 hour graveyard shift here at the E.R. and we had one blast of business and so far, and it is now 2:20 am, so good. Nothing too bad for any of our patients! It is just so weird because I am used to getting up at 4:30 am in the morning and now I will be going home to sleep at 6:00 am. I am grateful for the hours, the money is better at night and leaves me the days to work my home biz, Alohaladycards.

Last time I wrote alot about my animals and their care. This time I would like to talk about marketing. You would think after 8 years I would be rich already, right? Don't I get my downline built for free, get to join for free and do no work, no phone calls, no advertising? Aren't you going to do it for me?

Come on! Were we born with SUCKER tattooed on our fore heads? If it sounds too good to be true it is! Don't waste your time or your hard earned cash. YOU can succeed, no I am not rich yet, but I believe and envision myself at the end of this year, sitting in my hot tub on the back deck of our home. I have a plan to succeed and a vision of what that success will bring me! If you are new to marketing, please don't "program hop!" That's when if you don't make $5000 per week in your first month you move on to the next program. You also have to keep in mind, you need a product, something that people need and use. That product could be education. Many online opportunities offer education for newcomers. I personally like Empowerism where I have been a member since 2004. I still learn new things there. You can make some good money, but to be honest, it is hard to recruit for this program. That is because nobody wants to work, they want the quick fix, the instant money! But it is a good solid program that is celebrating 10 years last month! Congratulations to Janet Wilson and the Empowerism team, and us, the members!

It also doesn't take a rocket scientist to make money from cards. The greeting card industry is a billion dollar a year industry! Why go to the store look through tons of cards to find the right one, and you are probably, like me, looking for a belated card, having just remembered a special event or occassion for somebody you love! Now, quick, write that message, address it, hope you have stamps, put one on, and get it to the Post Office to mail. Usually this is done after work.

Or, you can receive an email notification 10 days prior to any special occassion or event, go to your site, choose from over 8000 online, high quality, real greeting cards, not e-cards, type out your message in your own handwriting, make your own card with your own pictures or pick one of the company's, you can just put a snapshot your loved one will enjoy on the inside of the card and click the SEND button. Done, pau, all over! Our company will cut the card, put it in an envelope, address it for you and put on the postage, then mail it! How cool is that? You can go to my site and just click on Send A Card button in the middle of my banner at the top of the page. Yes, I know, I have a wonderful tan from living here in paradise! There is an audio tape that will show you exactly how to use the system! I am going to receive a notification that you just opened a gift account, because I a going to pay for your first two cards, and I can then call you and answer your questions or do a gift account walk through, if you don't want to use the audio guide.

Three a.m. now and I need to get up and move around before my head hits the desk! One more thing about marketing, is, whatever opps you belong too, or traffic exchange or any site where you have built a downline, these people are your contacts, prospects and business partners! It is always a good idea to keep a word pad document with names and addresses all your contacts. Keep in touch and build a relationship with these people. You may leave the opportunity or business but you don't have to leave behind your contacts! Keep in touch, keep in touch, keep in touch!

Okay that's it, enough already.