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Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, It’s Back To Work We Go

August 25, 2008 by John Dilbeck
Filed under: Affiliate Marketing, Sitesell and Site Build It, Webhosting 

Summer is coming to a close.

No more vacations. No more lazy days in the sun.

It’s time to go back to school and back to work.

This raises the question, “Do you like your work?”

Over the years, I’ve had a few jobs. I liked some of them and had a hard time dragging myself out of bed to go to others.

It’s incredible how much of a difference it makes if you like your work.

These days, I love to wake up and get started. First, I make a detour to put on some coffee, and then I go turn on my computers and printer. I log into the account I’ll be using (I have several accounts set up on my Mac and each is customized for specific tasks) and go get a cup of coffee while my computer loads the applications and documents most commonly used for the things I’ll be doing.

Total elapsed time, under five minutes, tops. No commute, no traffic, no outrageous gasoline prices. If I didn’t make coffee, I could be at work in about one minute.

You’ll notice that I didn’t say anything about getting up in the morning. That’s not the way I work. As I write this, it’s a few minutes after midnight and I’m going strong. I had a nap this afternoon and I’ll be working for a few more hours, probably.

Work has been a bit slow this evening, because I was keeping one eye on the closing ceremonies of the Olympics while I worked. I was reminded of how much I enjoyed watching Michael Phelps win his eight gold medals. I was also happy to see Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh win their gold medal in beach volleyball, making it a history-setting back-to-back win in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.

But, now the Olympics are over and I can return my full attention to what I’m doing.

It’s the time of year to get back to work. I love what I do. Do you?

I could make more money if I went back to consulting or being a systems administrator, but I just don’t need the stress and long hours, any more.

I enjoy researching products and services and recommending the best I can find to you and other readers of my blogs and websites.

I love working at home, on my own schedule. If I’m tired, I rest or sleep. If I don’t feel like working, I watch a movie or read a book.

When I feel like working, which is most of the time, I work on improving and expanding my websites, forums, blogs, lenses, and communities. I meet interesting people all around the world and receive very welcome commission checks from the few companies I recommend.

It’s not at all like it was back when I was paving roads and pouring concrete in the heat of the summer and cold of the winter. I never slice into the palm of my hand as I did back when I used to open about 200 dozen oysters at a seafood restaurant every evening. I don’t suffer from millions of stinging glass fibers as I did when I packed fiberglass insulation. Those were not my favorite jobs – not at all.

So, what makes it possible for me to work at home and make money using my computer and an Internet connection?

I’ve invested a lot of time and effort to learn affiliate marketing, and I’m doing better every year. This is a fairly easy business, but doing it as well as I can takes some effort and discipline.

If I’m not careful, I spend all my time building new websites, starting new blogs, and doing all the other things I can do half-asleep. Up to a point, this is a useful exercise, because I’ve been able to test lots of things to see how they work, or don’t work, for me.

I’ve joined hundreds of affiliate programs to learn how they work from the inside and have found that most return either very little or no return on my investment of time, effort and money. However, I’m determined to be successful at this and every time I learn something I don’t like about an affiliate program, I recognize what I do like about the programs that work for me.

As I’ve mentioned before, my favorite is the SiteSell Five Pillar affiliate program. Not only do they offer an outstanding product, Site Build It!, they also have the best affiliate program I’ve been able to find.

It has all I’m looking for:

  • An excellent product
  • Great support and training
  • An active and supportive forum
  • Lifetime commissions
  • Recurring annual commissions
  • High commissions per sale

So, I enjoy promoting Site Build It.

You know what I say, right, “If it’s not good enough for me, it isn’t good enough for you.”

I’m a very happy SiteSell customer and I use Site Build It! to power my Act On Your Dream! website.

I have big plans for that site and I’ve been doing a lot of behind-the-scenes work on a complete redesign and expansion of that site that I plan to complete before the end of the year. It won’t look much different, but I believe you’ll find it more useful.

Gee, John, get to the point, already!

Sorry about that. I do tend to get long-winded (or should that be long-fingered), don’t I?

OK. Here it is.

My life has changed for the better because of Ken Evoy, SiteSell, and Site Build It! I’m living my dream of working at home in the mountains far from the nearest city and doing what I want when I want to do it. That’s what I call freedom.

It all started when I found, and bought, Make Your Site Sell! a few years ago. I learned from that ebook what I needed to do to redesign and rebuild my websites so that I could make money via affiliate marketing. I was happy to pay for that book and I earned back my tiny investment hundreds of times since putting into action what I learned there. Now that ebook is a free download.

I liked Make Your Site Sell! so much that I became a Sitesell 5 Pillar Club member and started earning money by recommending it to other people who were looking for legitimate ways to earn money online.

Later, when Site Build It! was introduced, I bought a subscription and put it to work. One of these days, when I have more time, I’m going to buy another subscription and create another niche site.

If you’ve been considering purchasing Site Build It so you can learn how to build a successful online business, this is a good time of year to get started.

Did you know that over half of SBI! owners own more than one SBI site? Some own several.

But, SBI isn’t magic. It provides the tools and training, but you have to bring your brains, inspiration, knowledge, ambition, creativity, and motivation to the party. It takes a lot of work to build a successful business, even if you have the best tools available.

When you take it one step at a time, however, and follow the action guide that is part of the SBI process, you’ll find it manageable and achievable, even if you’ve never built a website before.

I’ve watched thousands of people on the members-only SiteSell forums go from that wide-eyed deer-in-the-headlights stage to offering sage advice to others a year later.

If you’re willing to invest a year or two in learning the tools, following the guide, and building your site, you may become one of the success stories featured in the case studies or have your site featured on the results page.

Of course, not everyone succeeds, and SBI doesn’t do your work for you, so if you’re not willing to spend a year or two to build something that can provide profits for years to come, then this isn’t for you. It’s work, no doubt about it.

But, if you have a passion for something and love researching it and telling others, then you already have the personality and some of the traits that make building an online business easier and more enjoyable.

Between now and August 29, 2008, at midnight, you have a choice. You can buy a one-year subscription to SBI for $299, or you can get two subscriptions for only $100 more.

Sure, you can keep both sites and build them yourself, but you may find that it’s better to give that second site to a friend, spouse, parent, child, or colleague. By giving that site to someone else, he or she will become your lifetime customer. If they join the affiliate program, they’ll be on your second-tier, a part of your team.

You can change your business life, and that of someone close to you, for the better.

Just remember to do it before the special ends on August 29 at midnight.

SiteSell and Site Build It! have helped me change my life and it’s working for thousands of other customers, too.

Why not you?

Act on your dream!

JD

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3 Comments on Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, It’s Back To Work We Go

  1. Sire on Wed, 27th Aug 2008 5:24 am

    2. I used to love what I do, but not anymore. It seems to be a constant struggle with the powers that be to maintain an even keel in out business. Every time we get things running the way we do they shift the goal posts and we have to start over again. I think that after twenty odd year I may actually need a change. Perhaps then, I will have the nice feeling of being happy to show up for work.

    Sires last blog post..How To Make A Monthly Income With Your Blog

  2. John Dilbeck on Wed, 27th Aug 2008 8:27 am

    3. Hi Sire,

    I’m sorry to hear that you’re not enjoying what you’re doing these days. It definitely makes it harder to work up enthusiasm and the self-motivation that’s necessary when working for yourself.

    All of us, now and then, need a change. I know exactly how it feels.

    Over a decade ago, I designed, programmed, and installed a database application for a private crafts school that handled all the administrative functions for classes, teachers, and registration. It took a long time to finish this, and most weeks I worked 100+ hours.

    I was doing this using FoxPro for Macintosh, and it didn’t help a bit when Microsoft bought the company, created a new Visual FoxPro for Mac, and then destroyed the product.

    So, I wasted a lot of time learning how to use Visual FoxPro for Mac, only to have to return to the older FoxPro version that worked great, before Microsoft became involved.

    We finished the application and the school used it for almost 10 years before they hired someone to replace it. By that time, I’d left consulting and was a full-time caretaker for my Mom.

    Just as I was finishing that database application, I was hired to help bring in the first Internet access to the three western-most counties of NC. I loved working with Bill and Bob Grove and the entire team at Grove Enterprises. But, this was a stressful situation that required a lot of learning, development, programming, and long hours. I am very happy to have been a part of the project, and I still use a dial-up account with the company that Grove sold the ISP to.

    For many years, I loved programming and consulting, but now I’m permanently burned out on it. When I quit, I returned to blacksmithing and it was a pleasure to look around my smithy and not see anything that said, “Microsoft.”

    When I became Mom’s full-time caretaker, I closed my smithing business and turned my attention to building an affiliate marketing business, which made it possible for me to keep her at home and care for her for over six years.

    During that time, I was almost as home-bound as she was. I ran quick trips to town about once a week and had to be back within about two hours so I could help her. When I wasn’t caring for Mom, I would work on my computer in the next room. Slowly, over time, I was earning enough that I could stay home with her full-time. Without my marketing business, there is no way it would have been possible.

    Unfortunately, earlier this month, her condition declined to the point that she had to be admitted to the hospital and now she’s in the nursing home and I don’t expect her to come back home, again.

    I promised to keep her at home and out of the nursing home, and I can no longer fulfill that promise. I can’t express how bad that makes me feel. The last three weeks have been very hard for my whole family.

    But, even on my darkest days, I can turn my attention to my marketing business and do something I truly love doing.

    I love researching, promoting, and meeting people all around the world – people like you – who I never would have had the pleasure of meeting, otherwise.

    I know how you feel about getting things going the way you want and then having all the rules change. It can be frustrating and dis-heartening.

    Sometimes, it’s just a low period and we can work through it.

    Other times, however, it is a time when we need to make changes to regain the enthusiasm of enjoying what we’re doing.

    I hope you’re able to rediscover your enthusiasm and find something you’ll absolutely love doing.

    By the way, I guess you’re at the end of winter and are looking forward to spring. I am so northern-hemisphere focused that I rarely think about the differences in the seasons.

    Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Sire. I hope you find much better days in your near future.

    Act on your dream!

    JD

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