Hello my fellow marketers! My name is Wil Smith. Perhaps some of you have read my posts on another blogging platform. Well, I decided to go with Blogger for many reasons. Highest among them is because it’s a free platform that integrates with all the Google components, like Google+, Gmail and YouTube.

Who Am I?

I want to start my first post on this platform by telling you a little bit about myself. Again, my name is William Smith. I was born and raised on the south side of Chicago, IL. Presently, I live in South Holland, IL, which is a south suburb of Chicago. I’m single with no kids, but I enjoy a very active social life. My music fetish is Jazz, and Chicago is a wonderful place to be if that’s your passion. It’s also a great place to come if you like to eat many varieties of excellent food.

I started Internet Marketing out of necessity. I was laid off my job on June 11, 2010 after 23 years as a Telephone Service Technician. I found it very hard to find another job during that time because the economy was so bad, as I’m sure you all know. So I tried my hand at other things, such as:

Used Car Salesman (May God forgive me)
Insurance Salesman
Home Inspector
Photographer

I could not generate the income I needed with any of those things, and I absolutely hated being a Used Car and Insurance salesman. Sales; any kind of sales is just not my thing. I just don’t like the idea of pounding and pounding on some poor soul, and spitting in their face until they finally say, OK… OK I’ll buy the friggin’ 1971 Ford LTD for $5,000.00, just leave me alone!!! Sometimes you have to do what you believe is the morally correct thing, no matter what the cost. So I gave up on selling used cars and insurance.

My Journey

I found myself at a cross-roads. I was 52 years old when I got laid off. I was making a pretty good living at the time averaging $60K to $64K per year over the last few years. I was living very comfortably at that time. Now that my income had been abruptly cut off, and the other things I tried didn’t seem to work out either, I thought to myself, what am I going to do? Enter Internet Marketing.

At some time during the summer of 2012, I decided to try Internet Marketing. Having done some research on it in the past, I knew this was a way that I could make a lot of money in a relatively short time; or so I thought! Knowing what I know now, I have to amend that statement to say, I knew this was a way that I could make a lot of money in a relatively short time if I do it properly.

My initial experience with Internet Marketing was a learning experience to say the least. I tried many different opportunities and got cheated and scammed repeatedly. I lost thousands of dollars. I remember entering a search term on Google, “legitimate home business” only to find the same cheaters and scammers were coming up in the search results. I was at my wits end! What was I going to do? I was determined to make this Internet Marketing thing work, but how?

I had to go back to a principle my mother (she’s 93 years old, thank God) taught me as a kid. She said, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” So that’s what I started doing. I realized that even though the programs I bought were scams, I managed to get some value out of them anyway in terms of education. There seemed to be consensus among them that one of the most important things you can do to be a successful Internet Marketer was to educate yourself continuously. I ran with that strategy, and slowly but surely I began to catch on. Then all of a sudden some of these opportunities I had considered to be scams didn’t seem so scammish anymore. I began to see that I just didn’t know enough about the business to succeed the way I was supposed to.

As I continued to learn the business, I began to see the potential for substantial earnings. I knew I wasn’t quite there yet because I was still making peanuts, but I knew I was on the right track. Then it hit me! I finally found the right training that got me headed on a collision course with success. Gradually, but at a much faster rate than before, I began to see significant improvements in my results. I was making money! Finally!! At this point, I’m not in the millionaire’s club yet, but at least now I consider it a legitimate thought. I have every confidence I’ll get there sooner rather than later.

I hope this post has inspired you struggling Internet Marketers out there to do what it takes to improve yourselves through marketing and mindset training. Internet Marketing is a very good way to make a fantastic living from the comfort of your home, or the beach, or the park, or wherever. I wish each of you all the success and prosperity you can stand, and I hope I’ve inspired you to push a little harder to achieve your goals.