30. 2 Simple Methods You Can Use to Make Good to Great Money Blogging

Hi

Welcome back.  I thought I would share with you another of my articles I have written recently entitled ‘2 Simple Methods You Can Use to Make Good to Great Money Blogging’ © Carol Harridge

I am really enjoying writing articles and submitting them.

Here is the article and I hope it is helpful.  Please leave your comments and if there is anything else I can write about for you please let me know.

There are actually 2 main types of business methods online Internet entrepreneurs utilize in order to generate income from blogging.

• The 1st way is the most common way one can turn their blog in to a profit-making money machine and that is by selling advertising to various businesses and trade names/ brands for those who desire to reach a particular blog’s readers.

• The 2nd kind of profit-making blog is the kind that assists a single brand name better its overall image by establishing extremely strong connections between the blog itself and the product that is being displayed there, in the mind of their potential customers.

Both of the above types of blogs have the potential for resulting in generating a great deal of money in profits, particularly if the original developer of the product has a razor sharp mind for promoting their product, advertising and marketing it.

If you are blogging with the objective being to sell advertising space on your blog site, there are 2 essential methods you can use to take on those sponsors who wish to insert their advertisements on your site:-• You can outsource and let others do all of the groundwork for you, which requires paying them some of your profits, or…

• You can carry out all the work yourself, and, in turn, hang on to all of the profits for yourself.

With the first choice mentioned above, a great number of people actually make money on their blogs by selling space via Google’s AdSense program. My blog uses this technique.

The advantages this technique provides for one is many, as only a small amount of input is required by the blogger to start pulling in profits.

However, on the other side of the coin, a great number of people find out that they don’t make that great an amount of money using this method as they had hoped their blog would provide to them.

If you choose to sell advertising straight to the businesses that desire to put their banner ads and/ or sponsored links on your blog site, then this method can actually take quite an amount of time to establish, but it is frequently quite profitable indeed. This would be a great method you may want to use also if you have a If you have a large number of contacts you already know that are part of specific industries related to your blog’s main topic/ niche/ theme. You are more than likely one step ahead if you already have a very sound background experience in sales, and are skilled at pitching sales offers, as this method will be a great one for you, one where you can generate quite a lot of money leasing blog space at your blog site to these interested businesses.

On the other side of the coin though, by far the major setback with this method is that you frequently must develop quite a large blog following of readers first before you are able to catch the attention of many of these advertisers, resulting in this method maybe taking you quite a number of month’s background work to achieve prior to you commencing to make profits from your blog.

Blogging is becoming quite a profitable venture to be partaking in, and, as a result of this, many

well-known, firmly established businesses are working out how they too can become part of this craze/ action.

One of the clever ways businesses are taking advantage of this blog craze is by establishing blogs that offer a type of friendly overall look for their business.

Frequently, a corporation will hire an experienced blogger to produce a blog that is expressly created to attract, and interest, that type of business’s customers and also to nurture positive connections with the company’s brand in the customer’s minds.

It would not be the first experienced author who has often, over time, dreamed of making money via blogging that has ultimately been contacted by a business with the express purpose of offering them quite a sizable amount of money for this type of appointment.

Which one of the methods do you prefer?

Do you like them both?

Which method(s) will you use?

Good luck with profiting from your blog.

For further information about Blogging, Internet Marketing, Making Money Online, Auctions etc please visit http://CarolHarridge.com

Good luck with your blogging!

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Carol_Harridge

Well.  That’s all for today!

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to read this post.

Have a great day everyone!

Talk again soon,

Until next time,

December 1st, 2009 | Posted in Learning Internet Marketing, My eBay/ Internet Learning Journey, eBay | 6 Comments

29. Effortlessly Convert All Your Visitors In To Loyal Opt-In List Subscribers

Hi,

Thanks for stopping by.  I thought I would like to share some more information with you about Opt-In lists.

This information is taken from another of my copyrighted articles.

Effortlessly Convert All Your Visitors In To Loyal Opt-In List Subscribers – Carol Harridge ©

It is very possible indeed to easily convert every single visitor who visits your blog/ squeeze page etc in to becoming an extremely loyal subscriber to your Opt-In List, and who stay with you because they come to know, like and trust you.

In the case of people who visit your website/ blog etc., but who ultimately don’t remain too long, but, instead,  actually leave, then it is highly likely they will not return again unless there are very convincing reasons indeed to be found at your site, and by staying with you, for them to do so.

It is usually a fact that the majority of us act quite spontaneously when using the Internet and working online, and the reality of this being that the resulting consequences of this natural sort of action is that it is highly likely that most of us quite easily not remember what we were initially looking at, nor where we have visited, as many as ten web pages before.

However, the real outcome of this is that this visitor/ these visitors to your site may not ever return to your blog/ squeeze page/ website ever again.

So let’s look at this more closely by using an example of possible visitor numbers.  Let’s say around one thousand visitors pay a visit to your website etc, only to depart reasonably quickly and never return.   Just envisage the sum total of your possible profits that have now disappeared completely, merely because they just don’t return to you.   Imagine the profit returns if you had at least been able to convince a small number of those visitors into becoming your customers and joining your opt-in list.

Quite a number of people state that it is in the creation of unique content that keeps a number of the visitors returning and, it is true that content definitely is important, especially when it is unique.  However, quite frequently unique content on its own is not the complete answer, by far. The genuine, true, long-term answer really entails converting your visitors into loyal, long-standing subscribers of your opt-in mailing list.

Prior to your visitor leaving your website/ blog/ squeeze page etc, you really need to convert them in to becoming a subscriber by way of them simply being able to opt-in to your mailing list. The method you use for doing this is by simply asking for your visitor’s name and email address via the use of a simple opt-in form.

This means that when your visitor fills in their name and email address they will now be signed up to your opt-in mailing list, and you will be able to follow up with these subscribers via emails, which can be individually sent, which is very time-consuming, but also holds an important place in communicating with your subscribers, but, also, instead, via joining, and using, for a minimal monthly fee,  a very good autoresponder company, which then results in you being able to automate your emails to your subscribers.

Now that your visitors have filled in their name and email address and opted in to your mailing list this will give you the opportunity of your subscriber now considering your offer further, or, over time, as they begin to know, like and trust you more, you may be able to present further offers to them.

It cannot be understated how important it is to convert as many visitors to your sites/ offers into your subscribers as possible in order to achieve the loyal opt-in subscribers who come to know, like and trust you, and for you also to be able to eventually earn the prospective profits you will rightly then earn, but, instead, this being via the simple, prudent and trusted way.

Visit other’s blogs/ websites etc and see what methods they are using and emulate the success of others.

I would love your feedback and comments please as to whether/ how this is beneficial information for you and if there is anything I can provide to you that you may be searching for.

Thanks so much for dropping by and I look forward to your comments, recommendations etc.

Well.  That’s all for today!

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to read this post.

Have a great day everyone!

Talk again soon,

Until next time,

November 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Learning Internet Marketing, My eBay/ Internet Learning Journey, Other Great Ways To Earn Great Income | No Comments

28. Some Speedy and Simple Ways to Build Your Successful Money Spinning Opt-In List Today

Hi and Welcome Back.

Today I am going to share another of my Articles that I submitted to Article Directories.  It concentrates on building a successful optin list.  I hope you enjoy the information I am sharing and do appreciate any feedback you may have for me.

Some Speedy and Simple Ways to Build Your Successful Money Spinning Opt-In List Today

© By Carol Harridge

We Have All Heard That The Money is in the List Haven’t We? Have You Got One? Well! It Definitely Is Important For You To Build Your List As Soon As Possible For Today And Tomorrow! Let me share with you the very best, most successful, fastest ways to do this.

Let’s put a scenario forward that depicts you as being at a place where you have finally come to appreciate the importance that you really do need to have a good quality list that has opted in to you. You now feel you have read numerous articles and information about the importance of having a good quality list, attended coaching programs related to the topic, as well as seminars etc and also questioned a number of experts for their advice on this topic. You have also read a vast number of success stories that related to people who were now earning a huge amount of money from their own opt-in lists. All of a sudden you find you are in a place where you believe you now know all there is to know about opt-in lists, and about how to create them etc., having followed all the learnings you have partaken in right down to the last letter, you feel, but you have found you are still not making any money worth writing home about, and with definitely no profits showing for all these efforts.

In reality, there is a possibility you might even have lost money at this point. You may have even decided to outsource to get some writers to assist you, but this has resulted in extra costs to pay them. You may have even built a reasonably large list this way but find that only a small amount of people are actually buying from you, which has definitely resulted in loss of profits. You may not even come to this realisation until a few months down the track when you work out your profits and losses for this time.

You begin to wonder what went wrong? You may start to question as to why so many others have been successful at this when you feel you have “failed”. Usually the most frequent mistake people make is that they jump right in too fast. They haven’t researched their chosen topic enough to find out if it is a popular one to share with their list that is what their list is looking for, and that they could actually make money from this topic/ product if they shared it with their list. Just because we send out to our lists, does not mean that people are actually going to buy from us.

Just a little advice, if you have already started building your opt-in list but feel that you failed at doing so correctly the last time, it is so important to not give up now. These issues are all part of the hiccups of life. Everyone goes through them as part of their learning curves. Do not worry! You will be able to revive your previously unsuccessful endeavor. And for those just starting out to build their opt-in lists, I would like to share with you Some Speedy Simple Ways To Build Your Successful Money-Spinning Opt-In List

• It is important to not start sending out to your lists with products for them to buy from you. You really need to get your list to know, like and trust you first. They have only just joined your list and they do not yet see you as an expert, nor someone they can trust purchasing from quite yet. It is time now to send out many free articles etc to them, as well as information to them that you really know something about. It is also time to share some of yourself with them, so they get to see you as human, approachable, a person. Also visit Forums related to your niche so you can gain first-hand knowledge of what people are currently looking for – what their needs and wants are, and then you will be able to target these in the correct way.

• Not only should you visit Forums to see what people really want and need but you should also join Forums related to your niche as well. This is your opportunity to provide support, knowledge, expertise, advice and information to people you are ahead of with knowledge, in order to help them genuinely, of course, but also to build up their trust, and when you have accomplished this you definitely will be able to start building your very own opt-in list. You will also, at the same time, be building trust with other Forum members, and building friendships, as well as future business partnerships. You can also ask them to join your list, and you theirs. It is quite a true thing that friends almost always are very good customers. Also, share with your customers/ those on the Forums a link to your site – your Blog? so they can get to find out more about you and what your business is all about. The absolute truth is that money will not flow towards you until your customers and subscribers know, like and trust you. They are looking for products or services that are a very good exchange, in their eyes, for the parting of their very hard-earned cash. They really aren’t going to purchase items from you, as a result of your advice, when they really don’t know you, nor whether they like or trust you at this stage.

• It is extremely important to search out, and uncover, a product or service people really want and need to purchase from you. When you have researched thoroughly to find what they really do want and need, even though this actual niche may not be an area you feel you are particularly strong in, it is important to push forwards and use this information to produce something you now know they actually do want and need. Just devote the essential time, effort , research and learning in to a finding, and producing, a product or service that you are actually able to sell as easily to your customers or subscribers that equally provides this same opt-in list, simultaneously, with products and services they will now definitely be able to utilise.

Whilst it is certainly a fact that it is better to sell products and services you have expertise and/ or an interest in, maybe not many people will have the same interests as you, and you therefore may be selling something to your customers that is not going to be beneficial at all to them, nor profitable to you. When you actually do take the necessary time to research something they want and need thoroughly enough you will actually, in the process, become more knowledgeable in that area and you will definitely see profits result for your efforts. The power of word-of-mouth advertising cannot be underestimated either, so the building of these genuine relationships based on knowing, liking and trusting, that take time to establish, and when achieved it I also important to provide your customer/ subscribers with advertising material as well that they can share with others so they can help spread the message virally about your product or service.

• It cannot be underestimated the importance of forming strong friendships with your opt-in list of purchasers / subscribers. There is an incredible amount of articles/ products/ services/ reports available out there on the internet, but there is no substitute for obtaining information as to what products and services are the best out there to procure, than from someone you know, like and trust and that is where you come in having built that firm relationship with them that is based around these 3 important areas.

• Also, it is important as you may be fortunate enough to have people opt-in to your list who have already established their own successful opt-in list, as you will be able to form a strong, business partnership with them as well. Experience is definitely the greatest teacher and these experienced opt-in list builders will be able to relate to you things to do and things that might be better not to do as they have already experienced the successful steps and the pitfalls themselves. Even though situations can be quite dissimilar for different people and circumstances, the overall learning curves they have been through can still be extremely beneficial to cut your journey shorter. There really are quite a lot of things you should steer clear of and these experienced people on your opt-in list will be able to help you avoid them.

To build a successful and profitable opt-in list is definitely not an overnight event. There are lot of things to prepare, and much effort to apply. Everyone’s opt-in list starts from zilch, even the “gurus”. As your opt-in list grows, and it will if you follow the essential steps to do so, it is vitally important to preserve the quality of your opt-in list. You should keep it ordered and manageable. If you need to outsource and get assistance in some areas, then it is important that you do so. The most important thing is to ensure your customers/ subscribers are pleased and happy with the service you are providing, that they know, like and trust you, and they will then definitely be eager to purchase from you. Good luck with your successful opt-in list building!

Simply visit http://www.internet-marketingbootcamp.com to find out more…

I have established my own opt-in list, that continues to grow. To discover more list building secrets visit http://www.Internet-MarketingBootcamp.com.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Carol_Harridge

I hope this information has been helpful to you and I really do look forward to feedback, questions, recommendations etc.

Well.  That’s all for today!

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to read this post.

Have a great day everyone!

Talk again soon,

Until next time,

November 9th, 2009 | Posted in Learning Internet Marketing, My eBay/ Internet Learning Journey, Other Great Ways To Earn Great Income | 2 Comments

27. Where Have You Been Carol?….>>>

Hi,

Thanks for stopping by.

I have had a number of things occur that have limited my time to be able to get back to Blogging for quite a few weeks.

But here I am once again.

My blog content concentrates on Internet Marketing, marketing online, the power of auctions and eBay, family, friends, topics of interest, product reviews, recommended products, making money online etc.

I have been writing quite a few articles over the last few weeks.

I am happily going to share those articles with the people who have opted in to my list as well as to you who have kindly visited my Blog.

I love writing.   It was something, for many years, I did not feel I was capable of doing.

However, in teaching children, and reviewing their work etc, I realised I was able to write and so started to put pen to paper.

I love writing/ typing my Blog and also writing Articles, Reports etc as well as creating Sales Pages.

I thought I would share with you some information I wrote about eBay a few weeks ago.

I submitted to various Article Submission Services and am very proud to have received my “Expert EZine Articles Author” Logo you can see over to the right on this blog, under the calendar.  I am also extremely proud of the fact I took Rich Schefren’s advice and visited http://onlineidcalculator.com with the result of being determined as having a Digitally Distinct online presence.  That logo is also over to the side under the Ezine one.

Here is my copyrighted article I submitted regarding eBay.

Carol Harridge © Article on eBay-

10 Hot Tips on How to Sell Successfully and Profitably on EBay

You can certainly make a lot of money selling your own no longer wanted or needed possessions, and all you need to know is how to successfully sell at auction sites, especially on eBay.

eBay is probably the most popular online auction site by far, as many millions of transactions, of a buying and selling nature, occur there each and every single day. Today I am going to share with you 10 hot tips that will assist you when selling your unwanted/ no longer needed possessions on eBay, or for that matter, any auction site.

1. The 1st step is that it is important to have opened an eBay buying and selling account. They are both free to set up.

2. Always write a very descriptive Title for your item, to ensure your item appears more frequently in the search results so potential buyers will be able to find it more easily.

3. Always take your own photos of your items. People are much more inclined to purchase items that have a real picture of the item clearly displayed.

4. Make your Description of your Item very clear and concise. Ensure it is well spelt. Use phrases that are easy for people to understand. Keep it friendly.

5. If you do not want your item to sell below a particular price, then it would be a very good idea to set a reserve price for it.

6. If you are happy to sell your item for a specific amount, then it is advisable to use the ‘Buy It Now’ option.

7. Continue to find, and read, of other tips on how you can successfully sell on eBay.

8. It is very important to log in to your eBay account and frequently check your emails. People may have questions about your items and it is important to answer these as quickly as possible.

9. Always take time to watch your items that you are selling to see how they are going.

10. Make sure you post your item quickly once it has sold. This will ensure you get good feedback registered from your buyer.

This all might give you the impression that is rather difficult to become skilled at selling profitably on eBay.

However, in fact it is really rather easy. All it takes is a small amount of persistence to be profitably selling items on eBay relatively quickly. If you want to follow a step-by-step, proven online eBay system to make good money quickly and easily, that you can setup and commence today.

Simply visit http://www.AuctionStrategiesExplained.com to find out more… Carol Harridge is strongly regarded as a successful eBay seller and Internet Marketer . To discover her selling secrets visit http://www.AuctionStrategiesExplained.com

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Carol_Harridge

Thanks so much for visiting my Blog today.

I hope this information has been helpful and I do appreciate your comments, requests, and recommendations.

Well.  That’s all for today!

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to read this post.

Have a great day everyone!

Talk again soon,

Until next time,

November 2nd, 2009 | Posted in Learning Internet Marketing, My eBay/ Internet Learning Journey, eBay | 4 Comments

26. Great Launch And Thanks Heaps!…>>>

Hi,

Thanks for stopping by.

I have had a very exciting week.

John Thornhill, Internet Marketer extraordinaire, Mastery Coaching Mentor, and eBay PowerSeller, along with other Affiliates, officially launched my Product Auction Strategies Explained over this last week.  I am so honoured John felt my product was of such a high quality that he would go JV with me.

It was an exciting time and I thank them all very much.  There are other JVs who will be assisting in the next couple of weeks and more Affiliates are coming on board, as we speak.  The product is doing extremely well.

I was blown away.  The product commenced at the bottom of ClickBank, and on the first day of launch rose to Number 14 and the 2nd day was at Number 9.  1 week later it is still at Number 10.  Wow!  I am so excited.

Affiliates and JVs have earned really good commissions to date, so a great opportunity to continue to promote it exists as it is a product that will be as relevant in the future as it is today, and, so therefore a great oppportunity to earn extra money.  There are heaps of ideas for promoting it in the Affiliate’s section at http://AuctionStrategiesExplained.com/Affiliates-Page.html.

I have had heaps of great feedback, which I truly appreciate.

It was a product I created because I wanted people to see how quickly and easily they could commence earning money selling on eBay.  eBay is a powerful way for people to earn money almost immediately.  There are many ways discussed in the eBook as to what to sell.  The eBook itself is also a Roadmap to getting started selling.  I genuinely used what I described in the eBook to start and earn $400, $500, $600 a week.  I was merely selling things from around the home.  I still have much from around home to sell.  Other methods of what to sell, and how, are also discussed.

I will share with you the honest truth of how this eBook came in to being.

I created the Sales Page, and all the other pages you view when going to the site.  I have created the mini course and the brandable report that can also earn Affiliates income.

Here is how it came in to being…

I was a Relieving Assistant Principal in a Primary School, in a teaching career I absolutely loved.  I had a wide variety of curriculum areas I was involved in/ leading within the school, district, region and state.  I sadly had a freak accident at school that took away my career and hospitalised me for the majority of 6 years.  I was an extremely ill person, in chronic pain, requiring specialist medical assistance and treatment, and almost lost my life on several occasions. I also had several overdoses of my essential drugs given to me, 3 major surgeries, 44 anaesthetics, countless canulas, portacaths, 3 major blood infections and so on.  It was a struggle for survival but I never gave up.

My husband battled on in those years to help bring up our teenage children and we also had my Mum living with us who developed Alzheimer’s after a few years.  To say life was not a battle would be an understatement.

We had lost our 2nd totally needed income overnight.  There were medical bills, legal bills, children’s need’s bills, teenage and education costs, Mum’s costs etc etc.  We also had a mortgage.  We managed for the first few years financially but time passed and so did our ability to cope financially.  The mortgage was getting larger and I was not getting any better.  I felt deeply for my family and what they were going through because of all of this.

I started to look for avenues to make an income online, on my good days/times to assist if I could as I knew I was a conscientious, hard-worker, self-motivated etc.

At first I became involved in Network Marketing, eventually becoming a Silver Director in one company, followed by almost 20K in another company.  I will not go deeply in to the story except to say I found I was able to work Network Marketing very well and to this day the majority of people I recruited and trained and supported are still my friends.

I eventually realised this was not for everyone and decided to leave.  It was all much deeper than this and there were lots of reasons why I did, but I will not go in to those.

I, knowing how I loved the computer, and being reasonably savvy with it, decided Internet Marketing was something I would like to try.

I was so green, and little did I know that I was to be taken on a very expensive ride.

I was so disillusioned and thousands of dollars we really did not have were expended to end up going nowhere.

I suppose I could have given up and said it didn’t work and there were a lot of cheats and shonksters out there just wanting to take your money and then fly the coop with no support etc.

But, I have never been a giver upper, and fought through those years I was ill in hospital.

I also knew there were genuine people that were out there.  And there were…. (When you’re on a good thing stick to it….)

Enter John Thornhill, Dave Nicholson, Daniel Sumner, Steve Barrows, Alex Jeffreys, Garry Parkes, Tony Sharpe and Avril Harper.

My faith and belief was restored with them.

I joined John Thornhill’s Coaching and learned so much, an incredible amount and I recommend this course to everyone who wants to learn Internet Marketing step-by-step.   My product is hugely due to his incredible training and…

I also joined Avril Harper’s course and Tony Sharpe’s System G (Tony is also my friend).

They too have helped me enormously.  I would NEVER have been able to launch my product without their assistance, along with Dave Nicholson, Daniel Sumner and Steve Barrows, who just creates the very best graphics, headers imaginable at Planet Divinity.  He has designed all of my graphics including the header and footer for this website.  He is brilliant.

I am also thrilled now to be being part of Alex Jeffrey’s Coaching and also Rich Schefren’s.

It was because of my loss of thousands of dollars I really wanted to present a product to people, where if they followed what I did, and I really did do it, they too could earn great money almost immediately selling on eBay, without having to spend the thousands of dollars I did to learn that information.

I love Internet Marketing very much too, but there is a journey to learning it and starting to earn some money, so I felt using a similar method to what I had used that I described in the eBook, one could either earn good money for extra cash/ take eBay selling on full time to earn great money/ use it as another stream of income as it is immediate income, or use it to supplement their learning etc of internet marketing, until this took off.  I will now always use both as I believe in multiple streams of income.

From what I can tell from the majority of investors they feel I have hit the mark and are happy with the product and for that I appreciate it very much as that was my wish, and I thank them very much for investing in me.

I took time off from my eBay selling to work on this eBook.  It is, I have been told, innovative as it has videos and audios embedded within the actual eBook that launch either automatically or on clicking.  There are great free bonuses and also some videos that are a minor extra outlay that harmonise with the product.

I am now recommencing selling items from around the home, as I have many to sell, and will continue to use the methods described in the eBook.

Well.  That’s all for today!

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to read this post.

Have a great day everyone!

Talk again soon,

Until next time,

September 30th, 2009 | Posted in Learning Internet Marketing, My eBay/ Internet Learning Journey, eBay | 6 Comments

25. Auction Strategies Explained – Launches Officially Today!

Hi and Welcome To My Blog!

I am so excited.  My product is officially launching today September 22nd 2009.

I have included a video that explains everything.

The link to my website which enable you to  get the unbelievable discount price of only $27, which has been set for launch, and will last for only a few, short days.

The link is http://www.AuctionStrategiesExplained.com/Discount-Page.html.
Also, if you would like to earn some money from the promotion of this product please go to the Affiliate’s page at http://auctionstrategiesexplained.com/Affiliates-Page.html .
There are many different ideas there to assist you to make some good money on this launch.
Thanks also to all the people who have helped me get to this point and to all my JV partners.
I would like to extend a special, huge Thank You to John Thornhill, Tony Sharpe, Avril Harper,Dave Nicholson, Alex Jeffreys, Dan Sumner, and Garry Parkes.

I will appreciate your guidance and support etc forever.  I could not have reached this point without you all.
Have a great day everyone!

Talk again soon,

Until next time,

September 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Learning Internet Marketing, My eBay/ Internet Learning Journey, eBay | 11 Comments

24. Auction Strategies Explained – Launches Tomorrow! Vale Di Williams!

Hi and Welcome Back!

Auction Strategies Explained launches officially tomorrow.

Profit From eBay!

I want to once again share the exciting information with you that you can really earn some great money with this product!

My official launching date for my above product Auction Strategies Explained is actually tomorrow on 22nd September.  It launches 9am UK time and 6pm AEST.

It is very exciting as there is 75% commission earnings offered on this product for Affiliates, and many great affiliate tools to assist people to make good money with,  in a wide variety of different ways, are listed on the Affiliate’s page at  Auction Strategies Explained.

Just scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the link to take you to the Affiliate’s page or you can use this link:  Affiliate’s Page.

If you have never been an Affiliate before, now is your opportunity to start and earn yourself a great commission in the process.

Really I am, as I have shared with you before, an Internet Marketer, but I also sell on eBay.  I really do believe we should set up multiple streams of income.  eBay affords one a very good income stream, almost immediately on starting selling at the eBay website, and all this with very minimal start-up costs and fees.  This extra stream of income has also supported me greatly in my Internet Marketing venture, assisting with my coaching fees as well as covering extra bills on the home front.

There is a bit of an art to selling on eBay but that is where the above eBook helps people with how they can easily get started selling, and also with what to sell and how to sell.

Auction Strategies Explained is about easy eBay and Auction incomes, describing step-by-step, how to quickly and easily make a great extra income stream selling on eBay.  It explains what to sell, and how, and all with videos, screenshots and audio, but yet presented in an easy-to-understand and follow manner.

I never want anyone to ever go on the expensive learning curve I have been on in my search to learn how to sell on eBay and make money with Internet Marketing.

I have many people to thank for getting me to the stage where I am now at as well as to be launching my product.  There are, sadly, scams out there and I have been on that expensive journey.  However, I can safely say I have now found the people and programs I trust and want to stay aligned with on my continued journey.  I also know the ones to trust to share with others so they do not have to go through what I have been through.

I would truly like to thank John Thornhill, Avril Harper, Tony Sharpe, Dave Nicholson, Steve Barrows, Daniel Sumner, Alex Jeffreys and Garry Parkes for their coaching, friendship, support etc.  I will be eternally grateful to you all.

In Remembrance Of A Very Special Friend

I was going to put out quite a few more things over these weeks, in regards to my launch, as well as about the above people, but, early last week I was to get some devastating news that my best ever girlfriend had passed away.  My thoughts have been elsewhere for the last few days.  Actually, for the past few months, but this still was unexpected to occur quite this soon.

I want to take this time to share with you about this special and unique friend and person, Di Williams.

Her name was Di Williams.  I was fortunate enough to meet her a few years ago.  I was a Network Marketer and Di was a person I met over the phone and brought in to my Network Marketing business.  She was an incredibly gifted person musically and extremely computer and internet marketing savvy.  She had many other talents as well, including song writing and training police dogs and the list went on.

We hit it off straight away and talked almost daily on Skype.

She used to have her own band and I was fortunate to hear some of the amazing songs she had created.

Sadly, a few years ago, she was bashed by a patient and remained, from that day on, in chronic pain.

But, you never heard her complain.  She always thought of others, and asked after others.

We used to talk  for ages and found we had so much in common.  Our friendship grew daily and we really acknowledged our friendship was a very special one.

Di had mostly been confined to bed for a couple of years up until I met her, having to take very powerful pain killers to try to ease her pain.

However, when I went to Queensland on 2 occasions over those years, she made a special effort to ensure we got to see each other, for which I was so proud of her for as it took great courage and strength to do so.

I loved the computer and the Internet, and had, among other areas, including Music, been in charge of those areas in my last few schools I taught at.  However, I had not been involved in Internet Marketing and it was Di who spurred my interest over the first couple of years of me meeting her, whilst I was still building a Network Marketing business with my team.

Sadly, a few months after I met this amazing friend, a terrible tragedy occurred in her family, one no mother or parent should have to go through,  and I was no longer able to have the contact we had had for a very long time up until this time.  I totally understood and was devastated by her shocking news.

Missing her immensely, but still deeply concerned for her during this time, I branched out and away from Network Marketing to start my Internet Marketing journey.  I could not turn to her for advice, and understood this, but sadly was to go through a long period of spending a huge amount of money we really did not have to try to learn and build an Internet Marketing business in order to bring in totally needed extra income.  We were taken for a row, to say the least.  We lost a lot of money we could not afford to lose in the process.  I learned a lot on this journey.

Then along came those wonderful people I mentioned above who I can honestly say I have learned heaps from and I will acknowledge that I would not be where I am currently at in Internet Marketing and eBay, without their support, friendship and assistance etc.

Di, a few months later, was to start communicating with me again, but her incredible loss, naturally,  was always there now.

As I said before, she never complained but she certainly had good reason to if she had wanted or needed to.

We continued to talk on many things and we had so many similarities in our journeys and interests it was truly uncanny.  We were always amazed each time we uncovered another similarity.

There was never any BS with Di.  She was as honest as you can get, as trustworthy as you can get and totally WISIWIG.  I loved that in her, as she said she did in me.  We were definitely on the same plane.

I was also extremely fortunate to meet my best friend and soul mate Bruce who is now my husband of 39 years.  He is my rock and has been an enormous support for me during this difficult time.   I am so grateful I met him and so glad we are still together.

I have had many friends during my lifetime, and many are still close friends I treasure.  Di was just so extra special.  The rose that stood that little bit taller in the garden bed of roses.

Sadly, a few months later she was to be diagnosed with lung cancer.  When she described her type of lung cancer to me, I felt it was a really bad form of it and extended quite a distance through her body.  My father had also had lung cancer and it was an incredible journey for him, and with him, over a 2 year period until we lost him.

But Di was always positive she could beat it as she had already gone through much grief and pain with her other injuries.  She began her chemotherapy etc. and eventually was given the all clear which was truly out-of-this-world, wonderful news.

However, a few weeks later she was to let me know that it returned in a different part of the body (her liver), devastatingly, but, she still, always optimistic,  thought she could beat it.  She was even making plans to come down to visit me from Queensland, with her husband so we could all go out for dinner together.  Sadly we never got to do that.

She was in hospital the week before last, for a few days, as she had a heavy cold, but a time was set aside for us to be able to talk again for last Monday night, but the appointment, devastatingly, was never able to be kept.

I would not be telling the truth if I did not say it but I have cried a river of tears over these last few days.

I only write these things because Di was an amazing person and friend right to her final days.   I want to acknowledge her uniqueness and “specialness”

I believe everyone should have the opportunity of knowing what a special person and friend she was, as well as mother, wife and grandmother.

Her family and friends will truly miss this special person – Di Williams.

I will remember her forever.

I am unbelievably grateful she is no longer in pain.

Vale, Di Williams, special friend extraordinaire!

I truly want to thank you for stopping by and reading my blog.

I believe eBay and Internet Marketing form a perfect partnership.

All the best,

Until next time,

September 21st, 2009 | Posted in Learning Internet Marketing, My eBay/ Internet Learning Journey, eBay | 1 Comment

23. Auction Strategies Explained – eBay And Extra Income!

Profit From eBay!

Profit From eBay!

Hi and Welcome Back!

I thought I would share some exciting information with you that can really earn you some great money!

I am officially launching my above product Auction Strategies Explained on 22nd September.  It is very exciting as there is 75% commission earnings offered on this product for Affiliates and many great affiliate tools that can really assist people in a wide variety of different ways are listed on the Affiliate’s page at the site Auction Strategies Explained

If you have never been an affiliate before, now is your opportunity to start and earn yourself a great commission in the process.

The Affiliate’s Page is at Affiliate’s Page

I am actually an Internet Marketer, but I also sell on eBay, as I believe we should set up multiple streams of income, and eBay brings in an income stream almost immediately on starting selling there with very minimal start-up costs.  I have found this extra income also supports me greatly in my Internet Marketing.  There is a bit of an art to it but that is where the above eBook assists people how to get started and what to sell.

As the above product Auction Strategies Explained is associated with eBay and describes step-by-step  how we can all quickly and easily make an extra income stream selling on eBay, what to sell and how,  then I also wanted to share other great, inexpensive products I have been fortunate to come across that definitely work in harmony with my above product.  I never want anyone to ever go on the expensive learning curve I have been on for eBay and Internet Marketing.

I would firstly like to review a great product I recently came across called ‘Thrift Store Goldmines’ >>> Click Here!<<<

I will be reviewing others honestly in the future too.

‘Thrift Store Goldmines’ >>> Click Here!<<< was created by Brigitte Martinez, an eBay seller of many year’s experience.

This product is  inexpensive at only $47 US, but is packed with heaps of valuable advice, tips and hints.

Brigitte’s focus in this eBook is on Vintage items.  She has a wealth of experience in selling on eBay focussing on this niche and is extremely successful in selling in this niche area.

The eBook was only a short read – 61 pages,  but still filled with very valuable information.

I loved her personal, friendly, fun approach to her writing.  She started with a great opening to the eBook that immediately drew me in to want to read more, and also helped make me feel like I had known her forever, that she is one of ‘us’ and willing to share information with us.

It was a very concise eBook with lots of supportive screen shots, descriptions, explanations and photos of actual listings, and also contains links to completed auctions so we know what she is talking about is actually occurring, has occurred and can occur for us too.

She has certainly given great advice in her eBook ‘Thrift Store Goldmines’>>> Click Here!<<<

I also loved her humorous captions.

A great eBook I really recommend is ‘Thrift Store Goldmines’ >>> Click Here!<<<

Along with Auction Strategies Explained I also recommend this eBook by Brigitte Martinez.

I have spent thousands on eBay information over my time and certainly do not recommend things lightly, as I have had my fair share of being taken for an expensive row.

Sadly, I have found out, a little late for me I’m afraid, that there is absolutely no need at all to follow in my shoes and spend thousands and thousands on eBay programs, either individually, or collectively,  as there are really great programs out there, such as the above, that are of minimal cost but contain pertinent, to-the-point, easy-to-follow, information to get one up-and-running using eBay for an easy-to-earn extra income stream successfully and fairly quickly.

I believe eBay and Internet Marketing form a perfect partnership.

All the best,

Until next time,

September 7th, 2009 | Posted in Learning Internet Marketing, My eBay/ Internet Learning Journey, Other Great Ways To Earn Great Income, Reviews, eBay | 6 Comments

22. Falling Down, Getting Up! – Not Giving Up!

Hi,

Thanks so much for visiting my Blog.

Due to circumstances beyond my control I have not been able to visit other’s Blogs as often as I would have liked, that is for sure.  I started visiting other’s Blogs today, and I have been blown away by what I have found to read and see there.    I could mention so many things I have read and learned just from today’s visits.

Yesterday was a day when I was feeling somewhat down and overwhelmed.

Today, however, I go and visit Heine Wentzel’s Blog, among others,  (Rod MacBeth’s Great Blog), and read his posting about Failing Forward, and watch the amazing video he downloaded to his site  from YouTube.  It is so uplifting and I absolutely loved his posting.

He said, “If you can associate with failing and this kind of “feeling down” and you need to get out of it real quick, watch this video. You WILL get up.

You will not mind failing forward fast.”

I Love Living Life. I Am Happy.

Truly an amazing person.

This followed on after late yesterday, following my “down day” that  I went to the video shop to see what videos they had available and was blown away by the fact a film had now been made about Christian the Lion, his life with John Rendall and Ace Berg, his previous owners, how he came to be owned by them, how he came to go back to Africa and how they all had an amazing Reunion a year later.  Not to spoil the story here is a clip of that Reunion.

When I saw it last year tears came to my eyes.  It is an amazing story of love both from the Lion and his

owners.  Please watch!

If you get a chance to get this Movie out, it is out now on Video and well worth viewing to hear and see this magnificent story in its entirety.

Heine got me thinking too about achievement and “success” as did a posting Rich made I read about what makes a leader which also brings to mind what brings about “success?”

I am so glad I am reading other people’s blogs and watched these videos.

They have really uplifted me and given me the courage to continue to move forward.

Thanks everyone and I will be visiting more Blogs over the next few days.

As I was saying, I was feeling overwhelmed yesterday and these videos and Blog readings have assisted me, as well as going back to my Plan and reviewing it and re-prioritising what I was doing and when.

I have sent out emails to potential Joint Ventures for my launch of my product auctionstrategiesexplained.com for the 22nd September.  I already have several great Joint Venture partners that have come on board, which I am truly excited about.

I have created an Affiliate’s page for 75% commission and it is located through a link at the bottom of the Home page of auctionstrategiesexplained.com – ebay should definitely form a part of our income – another stream of income – as it is an easy, cheap one to begin, which gives back profits almost immediately, which is what my product explains, how to do this all quickly and easily.

There are also 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes.

I look forward to talking with you again,

I would love your comments, ideas and feedback,

Until next time,

September 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Learning Internet Marketing, My eBay/ Internet Learning Journey | 12 Comments

21. 7 Keys To Online Marketing Success FREE Course…

Hi

Welcome to my Blog.  It is Carol Harridge here.

I have been working very hard on my FREE Course to those who Submit to my blog.

It is called ‘The 7 Keys To Online Marketing Success’.

I am proud to say it is now ‘Live’

If you would like to get your FREE 7 Keys To Online Marketing Success, simply put in your name and email address in the optin box up in the top right hand corner of my blog and hit the “Count Me In” button.  I will be pleased to send it to you.

On another note, I am also very excited as my product has been accepted to ClickBank, with no changes, only an addition required.

It is to be officially launched on the 8th September at around 5pm Australian time.

It is called Auction Strategies Explained.

I absolutely love Marketing online.

Those who have followed some of my journey so far are aware of the fact I lost my teaching career to a freak accident and spent the majority of 6 years in hospital.

We became a 1 income family almost overnight, with legal, hospital, mortgage, cost of living bills to try to meet on one income but with commitments to the necessity for 2.  Our whole life changed forever the day I had the accident.  We had teenage children to bring up also with all their needs as well as had my Mum living with us who also developed Alzheimer’s.

During the last few years our needs for extra income became even greater and our ability to cover costs became even harder and harder.

I went on a journey of Network Marketing where I did quite well indeed, but, and I have written of this before, decided for several reasons this was not the journey I wanted to continue on.

On my better health days I investigated Internet Marketing as I love the computer, learning and teaching and, as I have disabilities, felt this would be a good way for me to assist with the family income and costs as I could stay seated at my computer.

Sadly, I was to be taken on a con road where many thousands we really did not have were invested and I tried my hardest to put them in to practice to help change our lives and circumstances, but, in these initial programs the sellers appeared to have been more interested in filling their own bank accounts and were no where to be found to assist and support when obstacles to further success arose.  On to the shelf they went.

Disheartened, and even more financially in problems than before, but still believing there were honest marketers out there that did want to build genuine relationships, and really did care about my online marketing success, I kept searching.

I have now found great marketers, mentors and friends I have aligned myself with and that I have complete and utter faith in.  They are there to guide me step-by-step, support me, and genuinely care about my success.  I am so grateful, eternally, to John Thornhill, Alex Jeffreys, Tony Sharpe, Avril Harper, Daniel Sumner and last, but definitely not least, Dave Nicholson.  They have restored my faith in humanity and I have learned so much from all of them.  I know I have much more still to learn but that is great and I am looking forwards to continuing this amazing journey with them.

I found there was much to learn, and I was happy to do so, as I love learning.

However, I needed money not only to invest in the programs of these new trusted mentors and marketers, but to put in to saving our home and paying all our bills etc.

I had paid out an enormous amount for eBay information over the last couple of years or so and really looked at this as a money-making option closely.

I excitedly found this was something I could do and was ecstatic to realise I would be paid real money for doing so almost immediately.

I found I was listing things from around the home and averaging around $400 to $500 a week.  This was exciting, and the money was money we really needed.

I feel that in the current financial climate, having a way to earn extra money without too much effort, and fairly quickly, then eBay is definitely a way to go.  It has the largest amount of potential online shoppers in the world, with millions of people buying on eBay every single day.  It is also a way to head towards a full-time income and quit your JOB if that is what you would like to be able to do.  The income earned can also go towards investing in learning other online marketing strategies if that is what one desires to do.  eBay is also another great option towards creating multiple streams of income.

That is where my book AuctionStrategiesExplained.com came in to being.

I wanted to share how easily I was able to start and earn good money fast without having to invest the enormous amount of money I had invested in to learning how to do this, and that was not overwhelming information, but rather succinctly summarised in to an eBook for easy reading and learning .

I also wanted AuctionStrategiesExplained to be a quality eBook, and have unique contents not often seen elsewhere.

Hence, I was to go on another learning journey that took me away from eBay selling for quite a while to enable me to complete this product.

I have been told there are not too many eBooks around like this one, if any.

It contains embedded videos and audios that can play automatically each time a person lands on the page and that close automatically when they leave.

There is also a version of the eBook I created that does not load and close the videos and audios automatically but only where these load if clicked on.

There is a complete audio reading of the entire eBook which can load and close automatically.

There are audio readings of each individual page that also can load and close automatically or another version that only loads those if you click on them to activate them.

The contents take one from being a complete Newbie teaching one  how to join eBay right through to advanced ideas for those who want to be PowerSellers or sell on a larger scale.

There are screenshots to take one on the journey step-by-step, as well as Camtasia Training Videos all embedded in the actual pdf eBook.

The videos are created to assist you, but also to allow people to feel like they actually know me and that I am a real person who cares, which I do.

There are worksheets included and homework steps, if you wish to complete those.

Also, there is a fabulous interview with John Thornhill, PowerSeller, Internet Marketer, Mentor and Coach extraordinaire, I was truly lucky to get.  He really shares some gem bits of information.

This eBook has been seen by such incredible PowerSellers, Marketers, Coaches, Mentors etc as John Thornhill, Avril Harper, Tony Sharpe, Daniel Sumner, Dave Nicholson.  They have all given it the thumbs up, which truly is an honour.  They have also given great Testimonials at my site of the same name AuctionStrategiesExplained.com.

I have some truly great JVs who are going to help me launch this eBook officially around the 8th September 5pm Australian time.

( I apologise humbly.  A family commitment has arisen and the launch date has changed to 6pm – 22nd September Australian Eastern Standard time, as a result of this).

I have an Affiliate program, the details of which are also at the same site where there is a 75% commission on sales and I am running a competition for 1st, 2nd and 3rd affiliate in sales, with $200, $100, and $50 prizes after the 60 day guarantee period.  I would be happy to have anyone who is interested on board – a great way to make some affiliate money.

It is an exciting time, and I really have put my heart and soul in to this product to give people a chance to be able to earn good money fast in the biggest online shopping market in the world in only a few short days, and at nowhere near, by far, the cost it has cost me to gain all the information I share succinctly in this eBook.

You know.  Just to divert again to something special.  It was my husband Bruce’s and my 39th Wedding Anniversary last Saturday 22nd August.  To say I was fortunate enough to find my soul mate, the love of my life, is putting it mildly.

5pm must have some valid meaning in my mind as that was the time we were married all those years ago and also my launch date for my product.  We are still very happily married.  Yes.  We have had difficult times but we have gotten through those.

My husband surprised me last Friday by taking a day’s holiday and booked us in to a beautiful restaurant – I would go so far as to say it is the best restaurant I have ever been to.  It is called Lochiel House, and is at beautiful Kurrajong Heights in the lovely Blue Mountains of NSW Australia.  If you are not Australian and reading this, or in another Australian state, or don’t live too close to Kurrajong Heights, might I say that if you, or anyone else you know ever visits near there, then this is the perfect restaurant to go to.

“Partners Monique Maul and Anthony Milroy are attracting diners from all over New South Wales to their restaurant in the foothills of the Blue Mountains. Specialising in regional produce, their menu takes inspiration from locally grown veggies and herbs, local nuts, goat’s cheeses and fruits. The seasonal menu could include oxtail ragu with saffron noodles and buttered crumbs or ravioli nudi with zucchini flowers, almonds, prosciutto, rocket and parmesan”.

Ivy Lodge/Lochiel House And Cottage, Kurrajong Heights, 1918

Ivy Lodge/Lochiel House And Cottage, Kurrajong Heights, 1918

Lochiel House Restaurant 2004

Lochiel House Restaurant 2004

About Lochiel House

About Lochiel House

The food, from outset to end of meal, to say the least, is exquisite.
Local produce is used.  Both worked for Neil Perry and Kylie Kwong.
They make their own breads to various flavours and also mix up their own flavoured butters.  We had Potato bread and prosciutto, truffle and parmesan butter – Wow!
Thanks for stopping by,

Until next time,

http://www.CarolHarridge.com

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August 24th, 2009 | Posted in Learning Internet Marketing, My eBay/ Internet Learning Journey | 6 Comments

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