A journey from Internet marketing stasis to business mastery and financial freedom (I hope)

What is this blog about and why have I started it? Two very good questions. I’m glad you asked.

Well, I’ve been kinda struggling at this Internet Marketing game now for quite a while and I’ve decided it’s time to really figure it out. To stop just reading, watching and listening about how to do it and to finally take the steps I need to create a successful online business.

It’s not that I haven’t tried anything before but I guess you could say that I was really just dabbling in it. I’d have a go at one thing then as soon as another tempting money making scheme was dangled in front of my eyes I’d jump straight onto that bandwagon.

It’s no wonder I haven’t mananged to make a success of any of it. I haven’t stuck at anything long enough.

And it’s not just Internet marketing. I’ve been a sucker for everything. Info products, affiliate marketing, AdSense, arbitrages, financial trading, spread betting, network marketing, ebay, direct mail, biz-ops and even gambling. You name it, I’ve been to the seminars, bought the books, the videos, the audios, the software and the whole kaboodle. Sometimes I even look at the stuff!

I don’t want to keep buying all these expensive hard disk fillers and door stops but I can’t help it. I get seduced by all these sales letters telling me that this is the one that’s going to bring an end to my life of drudgery and instead bring financial freedom and sunshine into my life. You know, where I get to sail the World in that expensive yacht and drive that flash car to the supermarket. No promises, of course, but it made gazillions of dollars for all these other people.

I know it’s all hyped up guff but I’m so desperate to find my way - to reach the levels of success that ‘everyone else’ seems to be having – that I’ll go for anything.

And they know it. These guys are good marketers. They know exactly how to push my buttons and get me to whip out my credit card.

A few years ago I started logging all the stuff I was spending money on to reach my goal of financial independence. I had to stop. It was getting depressing every time I’d add another £70 here or $1500 there while knowing full well that I’d got zero return from all the previous stuff I’d bought.

Is there no limit to how dumb I can be?

The collective knowledge in everything I’ve bought must surely be enough to achieve what I want. Surely. Somehow it hasn’t happened because I haven’t managed to apply it.

But all that’s about to change. I’m going to get focussed and really figure out how to make something work.

So this blog is really a declaration to myself and, by making it public, I’m now accountable to you.

I’m going to chart my rise from Idiotic Spendo-Maniac to Successful Entrepreneur.

And if you’ve read this far (without skimming) then I hope you’ll join me on my journey. Along the way, I promise to share with you pretty much everything I’m doing with any insights into what’s working and what’s not. You never know, it might even help you on your journey.

It’s getting on for half past midnight now but I wanted to get this started tonight, especially as I have a few more things I want to share over the next few days.

Where do I start? Right here and right now! Well, okay, after I’ve had a bit of sleep…