I left my employment as a teacher on December 31st 2007.

I know my BIG WHY now, with a crystal clarity that I didn’t have before today. More importantly, I understand that nagging gut feeling that I couldn’t articulate for so many years. It was called unhappiness and I never knew.

So, as a newly “ex” teacher and newbie at marketing online, the rest of the entries in this blog will detail how I find ways to overcome the hurdles of a completely new and for me, an almost totally unexpected way of life. The details of how I went from scared beginner to gradually build a list of subscribers. I’ll detail the ways I am learning from experienced people, how the different courses and ebooks rate: the ones that deliver the useful information that is helping me grow my business. I’ll describe the opportunities that I am using to help me reshape my life, including: uVme and elottery from VWD; Prosperizer the most supportive of new start up projects; traffic exchanges and viral list building. I’ll tell it the way it is and describe my cock ups and crowning glories in the hope that you the reader can take something from my experiences and shorten your learning curve on the way to growing your business.
With all best wishes,
Ray of Team CosmicRays
aka MisterC
Oh and by the way, look out for The Northern View!

PS.
What wouldn’t we all do to be at the top of Google’s search results? Well for a limited time - and I suggest you’re quick- 1 on 40 are beta testing their package for getting subscribers to the top of, not just Google’s, but at least 39 other search engine’s results. They guarantee to do this within 120 days and if you get in during this beta phase, you won’t pay them anything until you are top for your 5 keywords for at least a week. Even if it doesn’t work, it’s got to be worth a punt! It’s the first no hype - no brainer I’ve come across in this game. When you go to the web site, just be aware that there is a client login and an affiliate login that you need to keep clear in your mind or your records, to navigate their websites easily. Get ready for the traffic and sales flood!

I was reading another of the many ebooks that I have downloaded over the past several months and this one, for a change, really grabbed my attention. Something clicked and I started scribbling on the shopping list pad like a mad man. Success in 10 Steps, by Michael Dlouhy, resonated with my feelings about marketing in a way that hasn’t happened since I started this journey towards rebuilding my life and self esteem. The author, Michael, pointed out that you have to have a damn good reason for wanting success in our line of business if you want to get through the difficulties that crop up in any new venture. This industry has an appalling failure rate currently running around the 95% mark. Doesn’t exactly sound like the best arena for the Mid Life Marketer’s Kickstart! Well, Dlouhy’s comments flicked a switch and the writing poured out. As you can see.

My next posting here will tell you how I slowly gave myself the reasons for making this kind of work a success…