The Diary Of An Internet Marketer

A couple of weeks ago I sold my Hoodia website for $500 which has got me motivated to try the site flipping side of internet marketing.  So since then I have purchased three websites with the intent of improving them and selling them for a profit.

Although the Hoodia site was one that I built from scratch, I am going to see how I go with the ‘buying and selling’ sites.  I have also purchased two domain names that I plan to build another 2 websites from scratch with the purpose of selling.

You can keep up to date with all my site flipping news at my other blog www.workfromhome-internetbusiness.com/blog  which I have updated more often with all the site flipping information.

If anyone is intersted in flipping websites then I do recommend giving it a go as it is quite a lucrative method of making money online.  You can find out more at Flip That Site and start flipping away to make some nice profits.  I’m considering actually putting up some of my older sites for sale that I don’t really have time for, so I’ll keep you updated on that too.

Thanks for reading
Take care
Sheryl
www.workfromhome-internetbusiness.com

I hope you enjoyed part one of my story where I discussed my typical day as a part time internet marketer. If you have not read it, the link is here:

http://www.thediaryofaninternetmarketer.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-part-time-internet-marketer-alan-cheng/

Here is my typical day as a full-time internet marketer.

I decided to leave my office job on October 2007. It took me until February 2008 to finally have my last day with the company where all my colleagues wished me the best of luck. The next day I went to work in my own office.

It was a dream for me to have my own office and business. I’ve finally achieved it. Two months later, here is what my typical day of working as an internet marketer is like.

7am - Wake up, drink some water and go for a 15 minute run. I’m following a system called PACE where I can exercise in a short amount of time and lose weight quickly. Just what I need.

7:25am - Have a shower and healthy breakfast

8am - Plan my day using pen and paper. Put the tasks on my PDA.

8:15am - Read my emails. See what other people are promoting.

Marking down the ideas and any news in the internet marketing industry.

8:40am - leave the house

8:45-9:45am - Read an internet marketing ebook or any self development ebook during the bus ride on my PDA

9:50am - Arrive in office. Download the latest virus patches on my PC. Reply to any emails or MSN messages.

10:15am - Write to my blog

11am - Finish writing my article and submit it to directories and mail groups.

12pm - Work on a product. At the time being, I’ve just finished writing my ebook ‘Article Marketing Strategies’. It took me a full month writing it and setting up, preparing videos, getting testimonials etc…

It will be a lot easier next time, since I’ve written down all the steps I need for writing a book and releasing it. You can download a free copy at http://www.trafficbeast.com/ebook

1pm-2pm - Lunch (A relaxing one. Either with friends or old colleagues)

2pm - Work on a product. I switch off my mobile phone, MSN and emails for this session. I get a lot done during these 2 hours.

4pm - Build relationships. Either MSN, Skype or forums.

4:30pm - Buying traffic. Either pay per click, SEO or social media.

5pm - Studying. Watching videos, reading ebooks, information from membership sites etc… During this hour, I take notes on everything. For any ideas which I have from this reading, I put it in an ‘Ideas’ folder on my computer for later use.

6pm - Get the bus home. During this time, I write down ideas for blogs posts, articles and also continue to read any ebook on my PDA.

7:30pm - Dinner with the family.

8pm - Watching TV with the family. Making sure the show is suitable for the kids. Otherwise I’m going to get asked embarrassing questions!

8:30pm - Playing and speaking with wife and kids. This is my normal schedule. If you’ve read part one of this post, everything is the same until 10:10pm.

10:10pm - I only work for one hour after the kids have gone to bed. I have the living room to myself now. During this hour, I will check the statistics of my marketing, commissions and answer any emails.

11:15pm Speak with the wife. If she’s too tired I’ll read the Warriorforum on my PDA using WiFi. I normally fall asleep before midnight.

Bear in mind that I get a full 7 hours sleep since I’ve worked for myself. This is very important and I really hope everyone reading this will try and sleep more as well.

Since I’ve gotten more sleep and started doing some exercise, I find myself being more energetic and my brain is more active throughout the day. On the bus rides to and from home, I don’t fall asleep anymore while reading.

I can manage to focus for long periods of time and get a lot more done. I feel a lot happier and sharp.

On Saturday and Sundays, again I work for 2 hours each day. Normally I just think about the business, reply some emails, planning and building relationships with other internet marketers.

As you can see, my life is still not very exciting. This excludes Saturday and Sundays but that’s another story.

I have setup the routine above for all my weekdays however, I must stress that it changes depending on whether I have any projects on hand. As I mentioned, I was working on my ebook for the past month and the majority of the day was just spent on writing and studying.

Here you have it. The life of one internet marketer. You may notice that hard work is still much needed.

The major achievements I’ve had duing my full time as an internet marketer are:

- building my blog at http://www.trafficbeast.com  

- finished writing my free ebook ‘Article Marketing Strategies’

- wrote many articles

- built a lot of relationships with other internet marketers

- studied a lot of internet marketing products

- contacted a lot of friends I haven’t contacted before

- actually feel the freedom I have with the family and my life

At the moment I love what I am doing and I love my life. I thank God for providing me with such joy. However, if you notice, the life is completely different to what is advertised as the ‘internet marketing lifestyle’. Believe me. Hard work is required to succeed. Don’t believe in easy, set and forget systems.

I hope you enjoyed reading about my life as much as I enjoyed writing it. I know it’s probably not what you expected from a full time internet marketer but perhaps this is a wake up call for you to start working hard and build your own business.

Alan Cheng
Owner, Traffic Beast
http://www.trafficbeast.com  

I am going to talk about 2 different phases of my typical day in internet marketing.
One is how I spend my day on internet marketing when I had my full time job.
The second part is when I finally left my office job and did full time internet marketing in February of this year.

Part-Time Internet Marketer

I worked full time for many industries as an IT Manager. Investment banks, construction industry and the garment industry. Basically I needed to leave the house at 8am and return at 7pm.

Here’s my typical day.

7:30am - get out of bed and have a cup of coffee to wake myself up.
8:10am – during the 50 min. bus ride to work, I get my PDA out and plan on what I need to do for the day (this is regarding my internet marketing business of course). Sometimes I read an ebook using by PDA as well. It depends on the mood I’m in.
9:05am – have breakfast by myself and writing down any ideas I have for writing articles and marketing. I truly believe in article marketing so I spend a lot of time writing.
9:30 – 6pm – During office work, I take a few moments checking emails and submitting articles when I have the chance. Adds up to about 30 minutes per day. Wish I can do more but work is hectic.
6:30pm – During the one hour and 10 mins bus ride home (heavy traffic), I write an article using my PDA (it’s a Dopod 810. Can’t live without it).
7:45pm – Have dinner with my family.
8:15pm – Switch off the television. Talk and play with the kids.
9:30pm – Read bedtime story to my daughter.
9:40pm – Watch TV in the living room while my son goes on youtube with my laptop. My wife is in my daughter’s room reading and talking about her day etc…
10:pm – Read bedtime story to my son
10:10pm – My internet marketing work begins. I normally work 2 hours unless something disastrous happens.
- finish writing the article on my PDA (10 mins)
- Submit my articles to directories and publishers (15 mins)
- searching for affiliate products to recommend (15 mins)
- read my emails on the tons of internet marketers’ emails I have sign up for (30 mins)
- write content for my website or drive traffic to my website (30 mins)
- check my affiliate stats, adsense reports, update my expense report etc… (15 mins)

Midnight – Speak to my wife if she’s still awake for about 10 minutes.
12:10am – Read the Warriorforum using my PDA noting down any ideas I have.
1am – Falling asleep

On Saturday and Sundays, I work about 2 hours a days as well. I love my family life. My kids are still very young so I’m not going to miss any part of their lives.

About once very two months, I will stay in a cheap hotel with wifi and lock myself in the room for 7 hours. Either writing a salesletter, ebook or reports. I find these 7 hours to be very productive. No phone calls, no MSN and I don’t read any emails.

That’s it. Not very attractive I know. But it’s the sacrifice I made so that I can have my own business which I finally achieved.

What I would like to say is, there is no excuse for not having enough time to spend on your internet marketing. You have to make sacrifices. I’ve made lots during the last 4 years.

My sacrifices include:
- not able to watch TV shows
- not going out with friends as much as I want to
- no time to read fictional books which I love
- no doing as much exercise as I should
- etc…

Life was not very exciting at the time. This is why I prefer to keep Saturday and Sunday free. It’s time for me to relax and enjoy. Otherwise I’ll burn myself out.

In part 2 tomorrow, I’ll talk about my full day as an internet marketer. You’ll be surprised at the difference.

http://trafficbeast.com/

Ok, so I have been slack again and haven’t posted for a while.

So here is my updates:

I wanted to try creating a website using Wordpress.  Not a blog a static website.  So I had an old site that desperately needed updating so I deleted my old files and started the site from scratch using Wordpress.  I am really happy with it too, it is such an improvement from the old site.  You can have a look at the site at http://www.workfromhome-internetbusiness.com and feel free to leave a comment here to tell me what you think.

I also started up a blog on the site just for the sake of adding content to the site, you can see that at http://www.workfromhome-internetbusiness.com/blog it is using the same theme.  Actually with this theme, which is a free Wordpress theme, I changed the colors around to make it unique to my site.  I have seen this theme used before with blacks and reds which was quite effective also.

I’m pretty pleased with the theme and it is an easy one to use and I think it’s quite well layed out.  So, I love my new site, very happy with it and that is about all my updates for now.

So I’m off to celebrate my sons 6th birthday.
Take care
Sheryl
www.workfromhome-internetbusiness.com

Recently I signed up to Facebook as it seems to be the ‘big’ thing lately but I just signed up and that was it, I didn’t really do anything with it. 

Then the other day I received an email from John Reese (Internet Guru for anyone that doesn’t know) who had sent out an email to his list asking them to add him as a friend on Facebook.  There could be a huge benefit by having some Internet Marketing people added as your friends on Facebook.

It is a great way to communicate with your IM friends and I think since John Reese’s email, anyone who doesn’t have a Facebook account needs to get one NOW!

It is actually quite fun and a good idea, so I really recommend that you do get yourself a Facebook account and start growing your list of IM.

http://profile.to/sherylpolomka/

So for those Internet Marketers out ther who have an account at Facebook, above is my link if you’d like to become my friend.  For those of you who don’t have a Facebook account yet - GET ONE!!!!

Take care
Sheryl
http://www.black-spider.info

Many people can’t believe how much I get done in a day. Well, you don’t make 6 figures a year sitting around twiddling your thumbs. Earning a living online takes hard work…lots of it. Anyway, I was asked what my typical day is like. Honestly, I don’t have a typical day because I am involved in so many things. But here’s an example of how crazy my day can be.

The day I wrote this, I got up at 7 AM and immediately got to work. I eat breakfast as I work at my PC. I start my morning my doing my advertising. I use mostly FFA Hosting and safelists that I send to in the early AM. It takes me about an hour to complete these tasks.

I then start my article writing for Ezine Articles and the many guest blogs that I write for. This usually takes me up until lunch time. Today, however, there were a few wrinkles in the plan. See, I just started a mentoring program for which I now have 12 students. I heard from about six of them today. It was a real crazy day keeping up with assignments.

While all this was going on, I was also working on my new project with a member of the Warrior Forum. We’re working on a new membership site that we’re hoping to finish up by June. In the last three days, I finished up three different workbooks for this site.

And then there are the customer service emails from people who have purchased products from me. I always support all the products I sell. So that means answering questions when they arise. I try to always get back to people within 24 hours.

In addition to this, I moderate 2 forums. It’s not a lot of work and it does have its perks. Being a moderator for a forum that doesn’t have a ton of traffic is nice. I’d never do it at the Warrior Forum though because I’d probably burn out in a day…even with all I can do.

In the meantime, I’m always brainstorming to try to come up with new products. This is an ongoing process that never stops. Sometimes I’ll think of things in the middle of the night. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve woken up my wife with yet another brainstorm.

My day usually ends at about 10:30 when I take pity on the rest of the family and agree to go to sleep.

So when people ask me how I am so successful, I tell them simply, “I work hard.”

There’s no secret to success and making money online. It’s just a lot of hard work and knowing what you’re doing.

Oh yes…you DO need to know what you’re doing.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim
Learn The Real Truth About Making Money Online
http://www.stevewagenheim.com/btl_squeeze.html

Avery Berman has written on this blog as a guest blogger and I have mentioned him once or twice since.  Avery wrote this post on the Warrior Forum today and so I just wanted to share it with you……

Warriors… before I go to bed I feel I want to make this post.I just took a step back a few minutes ago, and an overwhelming feeling of euphoria, accomplishment and satisfaction came over me.
As I stared at my inbox, looking at several “CB SALE” and “Payment Received” notifications, I came to a realization.

I’ve really done it.

About 7 months ago, I told myself I was going to succeed online, no matter what it took, no matter how long it took.
Here I am, just 7 short months later, and I’ve done it.

I make my full-time income online.
I’m only 18, and I never have to hold down a “real job.”
I will be the one hiring.
It only goes up from here.

I just wanted to make this post to say, again, Warriors… everyone… ANYONE can do this… and it feels damn amazing when you realize that you’ve succeeded.

To everyone who’s where I am, pat yourselves on the back and realize that you have reached your goals. (Which will only get bigger from now on.)

For all of you that haven’t yet… YOU WILL MAKE IT!

The only way you will EVER fail… is if you stop trying.

Never stop trying. Never give up. You will succeed. End of discussion

Well done Avery, you have done well.

You find out exactly how Avery has made his success at ‘Super Successful Secrets’.

Thanks for reading
Take Care
Sheryl
www.stayhome-mum.com

I pretty much spend my whole day online. I get up at around 9:30 everyday.  After I shower and do a few other things, I head to my computer. I am not always working directly on my online business but I am usually doing some sort of business related task, even if it’s just reading other business blogs, internet marketing forums, or replying to emails.

 

The first thing I do each morning is check everything; all my email accounts, sales, statistics, private messages, make sure my main sites are up and looking good, etc…

 

Then, I move on to forums. I am a moderator of 5 online business / work at home forums and visit a few more on a daily basis. There are always questions to answer, posts to catch up on, new threads to read, and spam to delete.

 

After that I check out a few of my favorite internet marketing / make money online blogs to see what everyone is writing about. There’s always something to learn and blogs are one of the best ways to get information. Some days I will spend a little extra time on blogs to comment on a few posts or submit some posts I really like to social bookmarking sites.

 

Once I’m done with that I go check some of my main email accounts again and reply to any emails I’ve gotten. Then, I do a little work on any new sites I am putting up or just maintain ones I already have up.

 

It’s about 1 or 2pm by now so I take an hour lunch break. Sometimes longer, sometimes shorter, but an hour is about average.

 

At about 3:00pm it’s time to update some more of my sites and blogs.

 

For the next couple hours I write at least 3 blog posts; one post for three different blogs. Then, I write at least 3 articles. Again it’s one article for three different websites. Then I publish them all.

 

Keep in mind that I have about 50 websites/blogs, and I usually update at least three of them everyday, although some of my main ones get updated much more often than the others.

 

Now it’s about 5 or 6 and it’s time take a break from my computer for a while. Although sometimes I stay on it to get on Myspace or Facebook, or something else totally unrelated to my online business. I also eat dinner some time around now.

 

At about 8pm I get back to business and start by checking my email, sales, and all the other stuff I checked right away in the morning.

 

Then, for a couple hours, I do some miscellaneous online business tasks that change almost everyday. It might be writing guest posts for blogs I help author, doing some article marketing, working on a new product, writing my newsletter, researching niches, or any of about a million other things that are a part of what I need to do as an internet marketer.

 

When my work day ends, it’s usually about 11:00pm. Then, I watch TV until about 2:00am and go to bed. I do a routine very similar to this every Monday - Thursday. On Fridays I usually do a few major things that need done and end my work day in the early afternoon sometime.

Weekends are completely random, although I usually do get a few online business tasks done on those days too if I am at home.

 

That’s a typical day in the life of Trent Brownrigg - internet marketer, blogger, and online business consultant. I will help you make money online or start your own home business. Visit my sites for more details!

Today I want to talk about a young lad by the name of Avery Berman.  If you have visited my blog before then you may have read my previous post that was written by Avery as a guest blogger.  That was when I first met Avery when he volunteered to give me a guest post about a day in his life as an Internet Marketer.

Avery is an 18 year old Internet Marketer and he actually started making money online when he was just 13 years of age and now at the ripe old age of 18 he is doing extremely well.

I found Avery’s story really interesting and I couldn’t resist finding out more about his story and how he makes his money online.  That’s when he showed me his product ‘Super Successful Secrets’ and now I have gotten to know some of Avery’s strategies and techniques that he uses to make money online.  I must say he really does have some very good ideas and strategies for his online business.

The good thing about someone so young is that they have great imaginations and can come up with techniques and strategies that someone of my age just doesn’t think of.  So even though he is only 18 he can really offer some fantastic advice and he tells it in an amazing way.

I have gotten to know Avery a bit since he was a guest on my blog and he really is an awesome guy and you’d be just as impressed as I was with his story, it really is worth a read.

So if you haven’t heard of Avery Berman, trust me you are going to want to and you can do so right here.  I hope you get the same benefits that I did from reading his amazing story.

Thanks for visiting and Take Care
Sheryl

PS. As his new found friend, Avery has given me the opportunity to let you know about his product before he raises the ‘new product launch’ price to the normal price, so if you want to grab a copy get it before he puts the price up.  You can get it right here.

Do you ever find yourself working all day without a break?

Do you ever feel like you are missing a lot of your life because you just spend all your time on you computer?

It’s time to Stop And Smell The Roses!

I often find myself spending way too much time working on my computer and not enough time with my family and enjoying all the little important things in life.

After all isn’t the reason we want to earn an income online so that we can work less hours and spend more time with our families.  So it really is important to make sure that you do because it really doesn’t take long before you realise that a year has gone by and you feel like you haven’t done too much with your family.

Last year we took six months off and travelled around Australia.  Well, half of Australia, we started where we live in Adelaide and went up the centre of Australia up to Darwin stopping at Ayers Rock and Alice Springs on the way.  We spent a couple of months in Darwin and then headed over to North Queensland where we spent about 10 weeks in Cairns and then headed down the East coast before coming back to Adelaide.

Anyway what has all this got to do with ’stopping to smell the roses’?  When we were away we didn’t have anyone stay in our house but our neighbour, my Mum and my husbands parents all kept an eye on the place.  Every time we spoke to them on the phone or received emails they would always rave on about how nice our roses are looking.  We have a pathway that goes through the centre of our front garden and it is lined on both sides with red standard roses (Sir Donald Bradman Rose - that is one of our roses in the picture).  We constantly heard about how our roses were in full bloom and have never looked so good.  Of course when we come home my Mum had pruned all the roses so there were none for us too see.

We have been home for about seven weeks now and yesterday I noticed a rose and today there are three.  Our roses are starting to bloom again and they look lovely.  On the way home this morning after taking the kids to school I walked right past the roses and got to the front door and I stopped and turned around.  That’s when I thought, I really never take time to really stop and smell the roses.  So I went back and I did and they smell beautiful.

I know the saying is not necessarily to literally smell roses but to just take the time and do the little special things in life is so important.  And if you do have roses, make sure you do smell them every now and then.

You will be amazed at how much more you will achieve with your work when you come back to it after taking a little break and getting away from it for a while.  So don’t get too wrapped up in your internet marketing and always take the time to smell the roses.

Thanks for reading
Sheryl