About
A couple of years ago, I started looking for ways to replace my income and doing business online seemed like the best option. My husband and I had a prosperous 9-5 business that went downhill when our sole supervisor’s life fell apart. Note to self: spread the management level to others in the organization and don’t put all of your eggs in one basket!
Other than a desire to work online and from the comfort of my home office, I had no Social Media/Internet Marketing or Advertising skills other than what I had picked up in my various corporate jobs along the way.
Online Internet Marketing training is virtually a box of chocolates…you never know what you are going to get once you sign up. So I did what you are doing right now— I started learning step-by-step and day-by-day to grow my online business.
Here is a brief account of my Internet marketing journey from regular corporate employee to an affiliate marketer, blogger, and Internet business consultant.
- May 2008-Feb 2009 Read and self-taught myself on everything I could get my hands on regarding Internet Marketing, Social Media marketing, advertising, blogging, html. Became a member of a travel pyramid scam, then joined another pyramid organization (I didn’t know what these were at the time I joined) that sold health products, and finally, joined another pyramid organization selling health and beauty products. Quit all of those over this time period.
- Feb 2009 – May 2009 Launched blogs on a variety of topics. Joined Affiliate Marketing sites. Continued education and learning Internet Marketing and Social Media.
- May 2009 – Present Started working for a musician as a Promotion Assistant. Picked up other miscellaneous jobs through an online job bank to supplement my income. Continually growing my skills in Internet Marketing, Social Media as I continue to grow my Blogs:
- www.affiliatebizcafe.com (an educational site for Affiliate Marketers)
- www.diannehumphries.com
- www.disneyworldopolis.com (everything Disney!)
- www.101mobilemarketing.com (an educational/informational site for Mobile Marketers)
and a few others. I am presently in the process of cleaning up and re-organizing, adding paid themes to some of the above sites.
- March 23-April 6, 2010 Traveled to Japan to accompany my husband on a business trip. One of the great perks of this way of life: took my laptop and worked on the internet from Japan. (This was my main objective when starting my online business: taking my business anywhere in the world I happen to be at the moment).
I really poured myself into learning everything I could about Internet Marketing. I follow some great people but it took a LOT of trial and error to find the true “good guys” out there.
There is a lot of confusion about what Affiliate Marketing, Internet Marketing, Social Media and all the myriad of different issues are all about. You have to be able to see the forest through the trees.
Doing business online has been a great amount of work but, at the same time, a lot of fun. My goal is to one day be right up there with some of the greats in the industry.
Best of all, my business allows me the free time to travel frequently at the drop of a hat. My husband’s career allows him free time which, if I were working at a 9-5 job, would not allow me to take off the time I need to enjoy his company when the opportunities present themselves.
Got that feeling of wanting to do something else but don’t know what it is? Want to see what else is out there besides that 9-5 JOB?
Let me know how I can help!
