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Mothers deserve their payday, too! |Free Online Cash System
Today's mothers rarely get recognition for all that they do. No matter the circumstances, the average mom works far harder than she is ever compensated for. Many seek out ways to generate money while staying at home, so they can continue to do so OR leave their job.To make free cash from home is a blessing for many and moms deserve their pay too
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Marketing Makes Me SICK!
Hey, I know that title is a bit 'rough' and you may be thinking it is a tactic or ploy to get views. NOPE. I truly feel that way today! I am SO sick of all of the 'experts' charging for their secrets while the rest of us flounder around the internet like a fish out of water.
No, I am not a negative person, I really am not. I am just tired of busting my you-know-what, to find out that the 'nice person' is STILL going to finish LAST! *argh!* Why is it that being 'nice' royally ruins a person? Why is it that people will take advantage of the 'nice people', get what they want, and then leave the other person out to dry?
I recently came to the awareness that people I thought were my 'friends' were actually just using me to pivot off of, to their own success. And, the sad thing is, it is STILL being done to dozens of others. I can't tell anyone anything, because they won't listen to me. Who am I? To them, I am just a stay-at-home mom with too much time on her hands and more kids than they'll ever know what to do with. And, to a degree, I get where they are coming from. I don't rank #1 on Google. I haven't spent thousands to be trained in business. I don't have any degrees or fancy certificates.
What I do have is the heart of a servant. I care more about these people and their well-being, then they will EVER know. I don't have to know them personally. They are people just like me, wanting to improve their lives. They are people with families. They are people that have tried an endless stream of 'opportunities' JUST so they could have a slim chance at their dream life. Who am I to take that away from them?
But, at night, when I lie down to sleep, I pray for them. Because, I know something they don't. I know that all of THEIR hard work is building up someone else. I did a video once about branding YOU. Making a name for who you are, what you believe in and what you have to offer the world. I don't think but a small handful truly 'grasped' the message. And, that small group was comprised of people that already knew what I was saying and had learned that long ago. They already had established themselves. The other 90%+ of the viewers continue, to this day, to market someone else.
I wish I could share with them what I have learned. I wish that people could just be kind to one another. I wish that, instead of promoting a product/service/team/company/Guru... people would just grasp that no one follows a "no name". People buy the name brand product because it has been brainwashed in to their brain that it works! Most people don't follow the 'underdog', but rather, they seek out the "Guru" and follow them. That's great for the "Guru", but where is the person that did ALL of the hard work to market the "Guru"? They are left out and either give up, or move on to something else, only to repeat the vicious cycle.
It has been a rough road for me this year. I have worked really hard to make a name for myself and every time I am feeling like I am getting somewhere, I find that a door has been slammed shut in my face. But, as the saying goes: "When one door is closed, another one is opened." I believe and have faith that my God will take care of me, and that if I stay strong, and seek out the open door, I will never fail. The only way I could fail is if I give up. I hope that others out there in the business marketplace seek out the open doors that are in front of them. That they never give up and therefore, never accept failure or defeat.
~J~
No, I am not a negative person, I really am not. I am just tired of busting my you-know-what, to find out that the 'nice person' is STILL going to finish LAST! *argh!* Why is it that being 'nice' royally ruins a person? Why is it that people will take advantage of the 'nice people', get what they want, and then leave the other person out to dry?
I recently came to the awareness that people I thought were my 'friends' were actually just using me to pivot off of, to their own success. And, the sad thing is, it is STILL being done to dozens of others. I can't tell anyone anything, because they won't listen to me. Who am I? To them, I am just a stay-at-home mom with too much time on her hands and more kids than they'll ever know what to do with. And, to a degree, I get where they are coming from. I don't rank #1 on Google. I haven't spent thousands to be trained in business. I don't have any degrees or fancy certificates.
What I do have is the heart of a servant. I care more about these people and their well-being, then they will EVER know. I don't have to know them personally. They are people just like me, wanting to improve their lives. They are people with families. They are people that have tried an endless stream of 'opportunities' JUST so they could have a slim chance at their dream life. Who am I to take that away from them?
But, at night, when I lie down to sleep, I pray for them. Because, I know something they don't. I know that all of THEIR hard work is building up someone else. I did a video once about branding YOU. Making a name for who you are, what you believe in and what you have to offer the world. I don't think but a small handful truly 'grasped' the message. And, that small group was comprised of people that already knew what I was saying and had learned that long ago. They already had established themselves. The other 90%+ of the viewers continue, to this day, to market someone else.
I wish I could share with them what I have learned. I wish that people could just be kind to one another. I wish that, instead of promoting a product/service/team/company/Guru... people would just grasp that no one follows a "no name". People buy the name brand product because it has been brainwashed in to their brain that it works! Most people don't follow the 'underdog', but rather, they seek out the "Guru" and follow them. That's great for the "Guru", but where is the person that did ALL of the hard work to market the "Guru"? They are left out and either give up, or move on to something else, only to repeat the vicious cycle.
It has been a rough road for me this year. I have worked really hard to make a name for myself and every time I am feeling like I am getting somewhere, I find that a door has been slammed shut in my face. But, as the saying goes: "When one door is closed, another one is opened." I believe and have faith that my God will take care of me, and that if I stay strong, and seek out the open door, I will never fail. The only way I could fail is if I give up. I hope that others out there in the business marketplace seek out the open doors that are in front of them. That they never give up and therefore, never accept failure or defeat.
~J~
Monday, June 2, 2008
It's ALL Mine!
What the heck does that mean, you ask?
Well, for about a year, I have had a domain name...MY name... http://www.JoyMarino.com .
And, for MOST of the year, I have been re-directing it to everyone else's sites. I used to have it directed to my MySpace page, but, I would flip-flop with it, never actually 'settling' any one place.
Don't ask me why...ok, go ahead...
Why is that?
Because I am 'wishy-washy'!
I am still so gun-shy of making a name for myself on the Internet. I mean, I am out there. You can find me all over. But, there is something about having a self-promoting site that seems...well, selfish.
I can be selfish, of course! But, I don't wear that 'coat' very well. It's like a wool sweater. It itches me and irritates at me. It doesn't flow well with who I am. I am a cotton t-shirt and denim jeans type of girl...always have been.
Anyway, I am doing my usual "Edith Bunker" here, where I go way off topic.
So, after the disaster with You Tube, I decided not to do videos for awhile. I just don't feel it is worth my time and effort to battle with it anymore. The emotional roller-coaster is why I turned to Internet marketing, and away from leads and sales.
So, I went to a free website that I had set up a while ago and got to work. I started a page that is about ME. WHOA! It's not a sales page or a splash page. It doesn't tell my whole story, but starts at where I am now, in my life.
I took that year old domain URL and pointed it to my web page. I added a picture my husband took in Tennessee last year (it is an awesome picture) and put it on there. I threw in a quick, "contact me" sentence and was DONE.
So, now, I am just going to market ME. I have a lot to offer people and after doing some studying, I have found my niche. Which was in the back of my mind as I created my website. I want to reach people very much like me.
I have spent most of my life trying to please ALL of the people ALL of the time. I think that is where most of my "failure" stems from. But, in reality, as I have said before, if I learn something from past experience, it can never truly be a failure. I need to attract more people like me, and then let it spiderweb from there.
So, http://www.JoyMarino.com is out there and LIVE to attract other stay at home moms, who have talents and gifts lying dormant, who want to have more in this life and GIVE more to their children then they can now, or then they ever had themselves.
With billions of people on the planet, I KNOW there are many other moms out there...
JUST LIKE ME.
Moms that have so much to offer the world...if only someone would be honest, ethical and morally responsible to show them the way. I found that, and now I am offering that back to the world.
Thanks for reading.
Blessings,
Joy
Well, for about a year, I have had a domain name...MY name... http://www.JoyMarino.com .
And, for MOST of the year, I have been re-directing it to everyone else's sites. I used to have it directed to my MySpace page, but, I would flip-flop with it, never actually 'settling' any one place.
Don't ask me why...ok, go ahead...
Why is that?
Because I am 'wishy-washy'!
I am still so gun-shy of making a name for myself on the Internet. I mean, I am out there. You can find me all over. But, there is something about having a self-promoting site that seems...well, selfish.
I can be selfish, of course! But, I don't wear that 'coat' very well. It's like a wool sweater. It itches me and irritates at me. It doesn't flow well with who I am. I am a cotton t-shirt and denim jeans type of girl...always have been.
Anyway, I am doing my usual "Edith Bunker" here, where I go way off topic.
So, after the disaster with You Tube, I decided not to do videos for awhile. I just don't feel it is worth my time and effort to battle with it anymore. The emotional roller-coaster is why I turned to Internet marketing, and away from leads and sales.
So, I went to a free website that I had set up a while ago and got to work. I started a page that is about ME. WHOA! It's not a sales page or a splash page. It doesn't tell my whole story, but starts at where I am now, in my life.
I took that year old domain URL and pointed it to my web page. I added a picture my husband took in Tennessee last year (it is an awesome picture) and put it on there. I threw in a quick, "contact me" sentence and was DONE.
So, now, I am just going to market ME. I have a lot to offer people and after doing some studying, I have found my niche. Which was in the back of my mind as I created my website. I want to reach people very much like me.
I have spent most of my life trying to please ALL of the people ALL of the time. I think that is where most of my "failure" stems from. But, in reality, as I have said before, if I learn something from past experience, it can never truly be a failure. I need to attract more people like me, and then let it spiderweb from there.
So, http://www.JoyMarino.com is out there and LIVE to attract other stay at home moms, who have talents and gifts lying dormant, who want to have more in this life and GIVE more to their children then they can now, or then they ever had themselves.
With billions of people on the planet, I KNOW there are many other moms out there...
JUST LIKE ME.
Moms that have so much to offer the world...if only someone would be honest, ethical and morally responsible to show them the way. I found that, and now I am offering that back to the world.
Thanks for reading.
Blessings,
Joy
Another One Bites The Dust (YouTube)
So, it is Sunday evening and I am working on learning some new marketing techniques. I sit back and read some very good material about marketing with videos. As always, I open another tab on my Internet browser so I can log in to my account. I pause, before typing in my password.
"Ah, yes, have to remember I changed it after having my MySpace page deleted," I thought to myself.
I am so used to using a similar password for most of my marketing sites, that I had almost typed the old one in. But, I remembered and did my thing, clicked 'login' and waited.
"WTH?!?!?" To put it lightly, that's what came out of my mouth.
My account has been 'temporarily (permanently, in truth) suspended.'
This is the second time since February that my YouTube account has been deleted. Again, with no warning or explanation as to the reason why.
I go to the Help section in search of some clue as to "WHY?" But, of course...NADA. Some generic FAQ answer that really didn't help me at all.
This comes on the cusp of having my MySpace page removed last week, and my business opt-ins (leads) slow to barely any at all.
Now, I can take this chain of events a few different angles.
1) Someone is trying to snuff out the 'competition'. Give me a break. I'm a stay at home mom!
2) Someone just has it "in" for me. Can't figure out why.
3) Bad luck (or something like that). I mean, come on----some of the videos on YT are far worse and less entertaining,some are downright rude and inappropriate.
4) An opportunity to move away from what I was doing; move towards what I am supposed to be doing.
Now, since I put it last, you can probably guess, that's where I am pointing my mindset. Regardless of "WHY", the bottom line is this: it happened, get over it, move on!
So, now the dilemma is truly in what direction do I steer this vehicle? I know that videos and social networking can really work well to leverage your time and efforts. But, what am I supposed to be doing and WHERE should I be doing it?
I hope and pray that some direction or insight comes to me very soon, because I don't think my business will grow much if I don't get moving forward. Thankfully, I didn't have all of my (marketing) eggs in one basket, and therefore, I have other avenues to pursue.
Anyway, thanks for reading! I will update as I can. Hopefully, my blog is safe. ;o)
Blessings to you!
~Joy~
"Ah, yes, have to remember I changed it after having my MySpace page deleted," I thought to myself.
I am so used to using a similar password for most of my marketing sites, that I had almost typed the old one in. But, I remembered and did my thing, clicked 'login' and waited.
"WTH?!?!?" To put it lightly, that's what came out of my mouth.
My account has been 'temporarily (permanently, in truth) suspended.'
This is the second time since February that my YouTube account has been deleted. Again, with no warning or explanation as to the reason why.
I go to the Help section in search of some clue as to "WHY?" But, of course...NADA. Some generic FAQ answer that really didn't help me at all.
This comes on the cusp of having my MySpace page removed last week, and my business opt-ins (leads) slow to barely any at all.
Now, I can take this chain of events a few different angles.
1) Someone is trying to snuff out the 'competition'. Give me a break. I'm a stay at home mom!
2) Someone just has it "in" for me. Can't figure out why.
3) Bad luck (or something like that). I mean, come on----some of the videos on YT are far worse and less entertaining,some are downright rude and inappropriate.
4) An opportunity to move away from what I was doing; move towards what I am supposed to be doing.
Now, since I put it last, you can probably guess, that's where I am pointing my mindset. Regardless of "WHY", the bottom line is this: it happened, get over it, move on!
So, now the dilemma is truly in what direction do I steer this vehicle? I know that videos and social networking can really work well to leverage your time and efforts. But, what am I supposed to be doing and WHERE should I be doing it?
I hope and pray that some direction or insight comes to me very soon, because I don't think my business will grow much if I don't get moving forward. Thankfully, I didn't have all of my (marketing) eggs in one basket, and therefore, I have other avenues to pursue.
Anyway, thanks for reading! I will update as I can. Hopefully, my blog is safe. ;o)
Blessings to you!
~Joy~
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Average Jane Biz *Review* EZ20Now
Now, I want to preface this blog by saying that I am NOT jumping programs and I AM fully devoted to the Free Online Cash System. I feel that it is necessary to disclose that information, in the event anyone mistakes this blog for something other than it is.
With that being said, I am happy to share with you the popular "EZ20Now" business opportunity that you may have noticed marketed online lately. My husband and I were able to invest $20 in to this business and give it a test drive. We wanted to see if it was a genuine system, or just another "bait and switch." We went through a friend that was having success in the EZ20Now business and copied what he did.
Well, neither my husband and I are webmasters, or professional website builders. We are handy with HTML and website coding. HOWEVER, we DID struggle with getting the coding squared away to get the site up and running. It took some time and fooling around to get it right, but after all was said and done, it was up and running.
The next step was to market the website. We added it to every resource the EZ20Now founders make available. Now, keeping in mind that it is the SAME resource all of the other EZ20Now owners were using, we also tried to 'think outside of the box' and find other avenues to market, such as forums, videos, etc. We used a tracking URL to see how much traffic we were actually generating and be able to target the marketing techniques that worked best.
The unfortunate part for us was that we had no lead capture page. You can call it a splash page, landing page, etc. Basically, that simple page you go to and enter your contact information. Because of that, the hundreds of visitors that did not purchase the program are forever lost to us. Which is a shame, because maybe the FreeOnlineCashSystem would have better suited them. All of the visitors saw the same marketing page as all of the EZ20Now owners have. Nothing personal, intimate, relational to get them interested in us as business owners and human beings.
We tried to create a capture page and yet, we struggled again, trying to get the HTML code to work with the existing code for the website. Having some experience in marketing, we opted to create another way for visitors to get to know us and request information. This still did not yield the results that we had hoped for. Especially, with all of the time we put into marketing it. Even with one sale, if we put in more than 20 hours per sale, we were earning $1 an hour and that was insane.
Yet, despite the tone of the last few sentences, we DID make one sale. We had 100% ROI (return on investment) and so from this point on, anything else is profit. We left our website in rotation of various traffic exchanges, in the event the timing is right for someone else. But, we have had our experience and are satisfied with breaking even.
The one sale we made was to a gentleman who was quite savvy with HTML and I believe he had his website up within an hour. This is not the average consumer though. Now, if a person decided to utilize the third party hosting company that EZ20Now recommends, they will see their site in a couple of days, but with far less stress than we had. They can read the e-books and other benefits offered in the back office, and get familiar with the product, while they wait.
It is a viable business with a product that is worth the price tag, and bonuses beyond that. The creators are consistently working to improve the benefits for all EZ20Now owners. For us, it was a lot of work to get the website up and running and the alternative was extra money spent on a hosting company to do the work on our behalf.
We give the EZ20Now system 4 out of 5 stars.
Joy Marino
aka
Average "Jane"
With that being said, I am happy to share with you the popular "EZ20Now" business opportunity that you may have noticed marketed online lately. My husband and I were able to invest $20 in to this business and give it a test drive. We wanted to see if it was a genuine system, or just another "bait and switch." We went through a friend that was having success in the EZ20Now business and copied what he did.
Well, neither my husband and I are webmasters, or professional website builders. We are handy with HTML and website coding. HOWEVER, we DID struggle with getting the coding squared away to get the site up and running. It took some time and fooling around to get it right, but after all was said and done, it was up and running.
The next step was to market the website. We added it to every resource the EZ20Now founders make available. Now, keeping in mind that it is the SAME resource all of the other EZ20Now owners were using, we also tried to 'think outside of the box' and find other avenues to market, such as forums, videos, etc. We used a tracking URL to see how much traffic we were actually generating and be able to target the marketing techniques that worked best.
The unfortunate part for us was that we had no lead capture page. You can call it a splash page, landing page, etc. Basically, that simple page you go to and enter your contact information. Because of that, the hundreds of visitors that did not purchase the program are forever lost to us. Which is a shame, because maybe the FreeOnlineCashSystem would have better suited them. All of the visitors saw the same marketing page as all of the EZ20Now owners have. Nothing personal, intimate, relational to get them interested in us as business owners and human beings.
We tried to create a capture page and yet, we struggled again, trying to get the HTML code to work with the existing code for the website. Having some experience in marketing, we opted to create another way for visitors to get to know us and request information. This still did not yield the results that we had hoped for. Especially, with all of the time we put into marketing it. Even with one sale, if we put in more than 20 hours per sale, we were earning $1 an hour and that was insane.
Yet, despite the tone of the last few sentences, we DID make one sale. We had 100% ROI (return on investment) and so from this point on, anything else is profit. We left our website in rotation of various traffic exchanges, in the event the timing is right for someone else. But, we have had our experience and are satisfied with breaking even.
The one sale we made was to a gentleman who was quite savvy with HTML and I believe he had his website up within an hour. This is not the average consumer though. Now, if a person decided to utilize the third party hosting company that EZ20Now recommends, they will see their site in a couple of days, but with far less stress than we had. They can read the e-books and other benefits offered in the back office, and get familiar with the product, while they wait.
It is a viable business with a product that is worth the price tag, and bonuses beyond that. The creators are consistently working to improve the benefits for all EZ20Now owners. For us, it was a lot of work to get the website up and running and the alternative was extra money spent on a hosting company to do the work on our behalf.
We give the EZ20Now system 4 out of 5 stars.
Joy Marino
aka
Average "Jane"
Average "Jane" Biz *Review* Free Online Cash System
In the pursuit of researching businesses to supplement our family income, I decided to do some case studies on business that I see online. These business opportunities lead the viewer to believe that the opportunity is free and that you can make hundreds or thousands of dollars "overnight". Of course, not everything is what it seems.
Our first case study is about a little-known system that was launched on December 15, 2007. It is called the Free Online Cash System. This particular business was created to enable people to pay a low cost to get started and yield large results.
After some 'growing pains', the founders, Jah Kafele and Keith Cameron, stumbled upon a way to introduce the business to any individual, anywhere in the world, with no out of pocket cost to that person. The Free Online Cash System went through a metamorphosis and became what is is today.
My personal experience with The Free Online Cash System is a positive one. I found the system in late January of 2008, shortly after the memberships started to increase, due to the magnetiscm of the program itself. I was skeptical that there was truly NO out of pocket cost and was determined to wait and see.
Now, because it worked out so well for me, and many people I introduced to the system, it has become my primary business. But, setting aside my respect and adoration for the Free Online Cash System, its Founders and the Community of Members, I will say that there is a bit of work involved.
In order to join the Free Online Cash System with NO out of pocket cost, a person must complete 2 "Phases". These phases are a bit tedious and you must be very careful to read the terms and conditions of the third-party resources. This is not a problem for most, but for some it can be too much to deal with.
In response to the concerns of the guests that wanted to become members, the Free Online Cash System Founders decided to create a way for people to join without completing all of the "Phases". This, though, requires a payment to be made in lieu of the advertised NO out of pocket.
Members have come through the 'doors' and started to generate free cash, as they call it, for themselves in both ways, with or without paying anything. The option is left open to the guests as to what they want to do. But, now at least, people have the option.
In addition, the training and support were like nothing I had ever experienced. My own sponsor was available via email, phone or instant messenger any time that I had questions. If he was not able to address my questions, or was unavailable, I could freely contact the Founders for answers or suggestions.
Likewise, the training is specifically designed to help the newbie get going, as well as provide resources for the advanced marketer, again, with NO out of pocket cost. They hold two calls for training per week, besides a regularly updated training page. They open up the training calls for Q&A before getting in to the content of the call. And last, but not least, the members that come in to the Community, bring with them various levels of experience in various types of marketing, and share them with other members of the community.
In summary, after 4 months being involved with the Free Online Cash System, I can comfortably state that it is a true opportunity for anyone that wants to get started in an online business with NO out of pocket cost. I have personally recognized the Founders and the majority of the Member Community to be helpful, supportive and available. I have not been 'hit' with any hidden fees, charges or upgrade requirements, as there are none.
I give the Free Online Cash System 5 out of 5 stars!
Joy Marino aka Average "Jane"
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