Today I put my money behind a decision I made a couple of weeks ago.
But let me back up and do the prologue.
I'm a 44 year old single mother of six kids (and one favorite daughter-in-law). Three of my kids are still at home. I've had a tough life. I know I'm not the only one, but I've had my share of wandering in the wilderness and wrestling with the angel. I've come through a lot. I've healed. I can look back and see how far I've come.
Last year this month I made a very important decision. I thanked God for all the blessings and healing I had so far and I realized that I was in a newer place in life. A place where the struggle wasn't so big and where I could maybe think about my dreams again. And I told God that I needed to learn the money piece in my life.
From childhood up to that point last year, my life was marked by poverty. I am aware enough now to say that I am 100 percent responsible for my life and what I created. So last May I realized that I had come to understand and heal so much about my life but now it was time to learn what I needed to learn and do what I needed to do in order to create money. I had a good life I was grateful for, but I'm still alive, young, and kicking and if I want to make my dreams come true, I need the dough. I would need to learn how to be that swimming-in-money person. Woo hooo!
So the last year has been very deliberate and interesting about the choices I have made and the projects I have chosen to pursue. I've met some amazing people, grown as a person including among other things my ability to focus and persist, and made progress toward some priorities and dreams. I've been learning social media, marketing, website building, content, coaching, graphics, and tons more. I've been blogging and making videos.
But there's no cash yet. Ha ha.
A couple of weeks ago I encountered a YouTube ad of a young man on a raft in tropical waters enjoying his life and mentioning how rich he was and could work from anywhere. I don't want to say it hit me like a bolt of lightening, but I did watch the whole video (without pressing 'Skip Ad') and then I clicked to read more about it on a web page. Honestly it's a little bit of a blur now because I'm not sure what happened when because at first I was not feeling like I wanted to redirect from my current projects and I felt a little of that distrust that is common over internet transactions especially the 'money promise' ones. On the other hand, I found myself continuing to come back to the info, listened to every free video they offered. I gave my email to be on the list and got some more messages and videos from the guys who were fronting the original info (more about 'the guys' later, I'm sure). These 'guys' actually really helped me make the decision because I could see they were real people and their enthusiasm was infectious.
I tried to think about if this was the right opportunity for me at the right time--if I was ready for it. I knew I was a different person even from last year. I have different ways of thinking, making decisions, committing, and executing now. But I knew if I did it I wanted to go all in and not half-assed. I wanted to wear that professional identity.
Not just regarding the particular system and company I was investigating (will tell you in a minute). But whether or not I wanted to become a master at this particular industry.
Which is . . .
Affiliate marketing.
A year ago I would have said No, thanks. Shaking in my knees of putting myself out there like that.
Five years ago I would have said, huh? wha?
But for some reason right now Affiliate Marketing sounds so. damn. fun!!!
I could see myself teaching, serving, connecting with people all over the world (always a priority for me) plus playing with my family, my friends, and in the true expression of myself. And the cash potential (once you put the work in)--wow!!
So after the thinking and feeling process and trying it on, I decided.
Holy yes. I am an affiliate marketer.
So then I knew that I could start learning from anywhere not just this particular system. So I googled.
And googled. And googled. And took notes. And started making plans that I wasn't sure were doable but sounded cool! And got overwhelmed quite a bit. So I took a breather and decided to slow down and first things first.
So I decided for a D-day of beginning which is today. And I've decided I'm going to take this in steps. Get plenty of information, yes, but in bits so that I can apply what I learn and get it to work for me. Then onwards!!
And I decided to start this blog because--well, I can't help myself. If I know something or am learning something, I always want to share. And I thought some people might like a start-from-scratch or start-from-zero or affiliate-marketing-for-dummies kind of narrative. It will help me keep on track, also.
So this is what happened today.
I paid my $29.95 "application" fee for Six Figure Mentors. That is Stuart Ross and Jay Kubassek. Let me just say for any whom it might matter that the $29.95 doesn't bother me at all. Totally do-able and it makes sense to me to pay that much even to get a peek into the minds of gentlemen that are making millions. Not to mention generous and integrity-minded. I knew I wasn't going to get the whole package--they never said I would--but I knew this was just enough (tons, really) of information that I would need to start preparing at least. It would be more than enough to digest at this stage for me. I know there are successive stages of membership at increasing cost and increasing benefit, but soon enough. I also said hi to the chat box and got a nice hi back from a live customer service lady. (I told her how excited I was and she was appropriately welcoming.) I also shot a thank you email to the affiliate 'guys' who were how I learned about Six Figure Mentors (SFM).
And I started learning. It's a lot of video watching. Right now I am listening to things with titles like Module 1, etc.
I have also been listening earlier this week and today to a (free) telesummit called The Adventurous Entrepreneur run by a young lady named Emily Utter. She is interviewing affiliate marketers and similar folk who know what they are doing online and who are living a travel everywhere lifestyle--exactly what I am shooting for. (NOT a homebody!) Sometimes when I listen to things like this, I can't use all the information immediately, but even when I just let it wash over me and feel the energy and hear the excitement in people's voices, it just raises my mindset as well. So very worth it.
So that was Day 1. See you tomorrow!
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