I Have Decided to Say Goodbye Taking a Different Approach

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The majority of you members have jobs working for other people and are striving for the day when you can finally fire your boss and work at home full time. Trust me that is an enjoyable feeling, and can easily become a way of life for many.

Well I have been my own boss, working from home, for the past 7 years. Rolling out of bed and sometimes taking advantage of wi-fi and working while in bed. Though I do love being able to work in my PJs if I want to, I have decided to say goodbye to that form of full time work.

WHAT? YOU THOUGHT I MEANT WA?

PLEASE! You should all know by now that I am here for life. No, I meant saying goodbye to being my own boss and working full time from home. I know that seems backwards to most, but to tell the truth, I miss conversing with other people that are in person rather than online.

No, I am not giving up my own online businesses but have decided to scale it back a bit. For starters I have begun to phase out my eBay business. This was actually my original plan when I first joined WA. I wanted to create an ecommerce website and quit selling on eBay to avoid all of the fees.

But then WA got me hooked on affiliate marketing and even my original plan of leaving eBay and starting an ecommerce site changed. Now I am making another change. Perhaps it will be for just a year or two, but I can say that during these past 2 weeks, I like this change.

WHAT AM I DOING NOW?

I get paid $70 CASH every day Monday to Friday ($350.00 per week) to drive a Lincoln Town Car Limo like the one above for a few hours helping people to get to and from their doctor and hospital appointments. The only difference from the car I drive is that mine has a sunroof.

Not only do I get to drive a luxury vehicle and get paid cash off-the-books, but I do not have to wear a suit and tie like the majority of limo drivers do, nor do I have to get out and help people in and out of the car. I am basically driving a luxury taxi, so-to-speak. The car also has a kick-ass CD stereo system.

TAKING A NEW APPROACH TO BUSINESS BUILDING

I do this driving around in Northern New Jersey in the morning hours and I am back home after lunch time, which is when I tend to my online business. I am now meeting new people, helping them with their medical transportation, and promoting my affiliate marketing websites to them.

So far I have a couple of people interested in WA and others to my Free Cancer Cure website. Naturally the latter is the most popular as I do transport several cancer patients. Though I do not see me doing this new gig for a long period of time, it has become a new way of getting people to my websites.

Seeing how half of the people I have transported in the past 2 weeks have been repeat riders, I am making connections and getting them interested in my websites. I even had a woman who is a media consultant, ask me if I wanted to join her on a free dinner boat cruise to network with others about my websites.

OPPORTUNITY COMES IN ALL FORMS

The point to all of this is that there is more opportunity out there that is not in the online space, where you can promote your online business. You do not have to rely solely on Google rankings or social media to get exposure and ultimately traffic to your website. Word of mouth still works pretty darn-good.

So I ask you these questions, are you promoting your online business to your co-workers? Is there someone you see often while traveling to or from work that you have shared your website with? Even if these people may not be the types that would be interested in your niche, they may know someone who would.

As for me, I got a little bit bored working solely from home for the past 7 years. I needed to add some new interaction with people outside of the internet marketing space. You would be surprised at how many interested people there are out there who would like to know about online marketing.

Start spreading the news of your affiliate websites and what your online goals are with people you know at work and around town. They may network you with some other interested people or take interest for themselves. You will never know until you speak up and tell people what you do.

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He Robert, it sounds like you've find the perfect combination for you, good luck, marion

Thanks Marion. Yes I have found a great combination and have been looking for something fun like this for quite a while now.

Great decision. I can really understand the drive to get out of the own home some time, too much sitting in front of the computer. Great that you found such a fun job. S. you are inspiring me to wait for an opportunity knock at my door!

I would never ever do a job that was not fun, and this is a fun job. I get to drive around in a luxury car, meet people, help people, formulate the conversation where I can steer it towards one of my 4 different websites, and possibly pick up some new sales. Plus I am getting paid cash to do all of this. It is a win-win for me.

Opportunities abound. Best wishes for your success at your newest one.

True, opportunities are all around us. We just need to find new ways to get to them...and make money in the process if possible.

Hey Rob.Not a bad job at all for half a days work.Glad also that you are able to reach out via other ways.I do think that human interaction is important and can understand you getting bored from working full time at home.

I want to reach out and tell people about affiliate marketing, but there is something that is stopping me.Some of the folks would want to see results, in other words see 'the proof'

In my mind, I am thinking though I made a few sales, it's still not enough to convince them.What do think? any advice?
Cheers
Roops

Results do not have to be about sales.

There is NO business in the world that you can start and instantly have great results in sales. Every business needs to be created and grow. It took billionaire Jeff Bezos 2 whole years before Amazon made a profit.

Explain that to people and then show them your website. Show them the results of your training and website creation. If they are expecting to see fast monetary results, then tell them that is not how growing a business works.

Results come in many forms and money should never be the first result that people expect. If they do, then they do not know how a real business is operated.

Fantastic stuff.Thanks for that . Really appreciate it

You are welcome Roopesh

Congratulations on the change of pace. Getting paid to network is bonus!
Dawn :)

Thank you and yes it is a bonus and a refreshing way to get more eyes on my websites.

I believe that the printed word is still a valid way to get business, ads, brochures, newspapers. We tend to forget there are a lot of people who don't get their kicks from online marketing, I was one of them. Well done!

Let us not forget business cards too, which is what I am using with the people I am transporting. The attached pictures below are of the cards I am using to promote my WA website and I will soon be getting cards for my cancer cure website.

They are great! The one thing I will be adding to my card will be a QR code.

I know what you mean about needing to talk to others. I work from home full time but am also disabled so have difficulty getting out and about and I loooong to talk to others at times. My family can only take so much WA waffle lol. All the best :)

Being confined to meeting people online is not as productive as one who has never worked from home full time might think. Though I do love being my own boss, this new change allows me to get more customers in a different sort of way.

You have to do what you have to do! Sounds like a positive change and I couldn't be happier for you.

It is a refreshing and exciting change that will enhance my online businesses.

Well done and congratulations,

I have to say this about Americans, They are so positive and open to anything interesting and it seems that it would be like selling snow to the Eskimos.

I have been twice to the States the last time 2007 Christmas and New year to New York for 2 weeks, I could not believe how friendly the people were then.

Cheers

Lou

Thanks.

Generally we are friendly, but even more so to those from out of town. It is our way of saying, Welcome.

Then again there are some people that can be rude, but there are always bad apples in the bunch.

Great Post Boomer .. Yes "walk & talk" and "drive & talk" is a great way of meeting people .. And research shows that "isolation" is one of the biggest "work from home" challenges .. I have been working from home since 2004 (not in Affiliate Marketing) so I get what you are talking about. Good move! Cheers, William.

I have mostly been someone who needs to interact with people, and though interacting through online channels is great, it doesn't beat interacting in person. That is why this change is a new frontier in getting more eyes on my affiliate websites.

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