Hey wanna hear something odd?
I went to a car auction last week. As I walked past the auctioneer he made an odd joke about not wanting to make the big guy upset or anything. My head spun around looking for the big guy that the auctioneer mentioned on his mic.
I did a double take as I realized, hey its me.
A while later, a late model GM Impala came up for auction and I heard from across the auction floor that it was going for 1600 dollars. I made my way around groups of unmoving people and several car lanes to get close.
By the time I got there, a horde of people had descended on it and the bid started moving quickly upward from 1800.
I walked quickly around it and but that time the price was 2,000 dollars.
I looked at the odometer reading and the price popped to 2,100 dollars.
Pausing 2 seconds in indecision allowed the price to move smoothly to 2200. I put up my hand and it - the price went to 2300.
Finally I was noticed and the fast talking auctioneer set the price at 2,350 dollars. Then the strangest thing happened, everyone looked at me and there was silence. The bidding simply stopped.
The talkative auctioneer tried for the next 30 seconds but no one would place another bid on the car. Finally, he made some joke about big arms and frightened competition and the bidding was stopped.
So, I got this nice 2004 Chevy, worth about 5-6,000 for a mere 2350.
Guess sometimes size does matter.
So, what's the point of this?
I was laughingly discussing this with a friend of mine and we agreed that this could not have happened online. As an online marketer, you can do nearly anything in with your teeth unbrushed and without that lip gloss. Online one can't be intimidated by some one else's bad-ass big arms, their bad smelling perfume, short dresses any of those other aspects.
Picking up a niche market that you believe in, googling it, getting a domain name and using a content managment system like Joomla or Wordpress to quickly put up a site, then actively marketing that in similar discussion boards and other blogs is -- in one runaway sentence **all you need to do**
An online home business is like a dream job. Sometimes demanding, a little frustrating but definitely worth the reward for the 5% who figure out how to make it work.
Running an online business is like a dream home job. Demanding, sometimes frustrating but definitely worth the reward for the few who figure out how to really make it work.
Or, and this is my favorite - Get out on a beach. Feel the warm sand under your toes, bring that laptop and try not to let your annoying Attention Deficit Syndrome get the better of you -- as scantily clad bodies get between you and your view of the warm inviting water, ahhh I mean your computer screen.
I went to a car auction last week. As I walked past the auctioneer he made an odd joke about not wanting to make the big guy upset or anything. My head spun around looking for the big guy that the auctioneer mentioned on his mic.
I did a double take as I realized, hey its me.
A while later, a late model GM Impala came up for auction and I heard from across the auction floor that it was going for 1600 dollars. I made my way around groups of unmoving people and several car lanes to get close.
By the time I got there, a horde of people had descended on it and the bid started moving quickly upward from 1800.
I walked quickly around it and but that time the price was 2,000 dollars.
I looked at the odometer reading and the price popped to 2,100 dollars.
Pausing 2 seconds in indecision allowed the price to move smoothly to 2200. I put up my hand and it - the price went to 2300.
Finally I was noticed and the fast talking auctioneer set the price at 2,350 dollars. Then the strangest thing happened, everyone looked at me and there was silence. The bidding simply stopped.
The talkative auctioneer tried for the next 30 seconds but no one would place another bid on the car. Finally, he made some joke about big arms and frightened competition and the bidding was stopped.
So, I got this nice 2004 Chevy, worth about 5-6,000 for a mere 2350.
Guess sometimes size does matter.
So, what's the point of this?
I was laughingly discussing this with a friend of mine and we agreed that this could not have happened online. As an online marketer, you can do nearly anything in with your teeth unbrushed and without that lip gloss. Online one can't be intimidated by some one else's bad-ass big arms, their bad smelling perfume, short dresses any of those other aspects.
Picking up a niche market that you believe in, googling it, getting a domain name and using a content managment system like Joomla or Wordpress to quickly put up a site, then actively marketing that in similar discussion boards and other blogs is -- in one runaway sentence **all you need to do**
An online home business is like a dream job. Sometimes demanding, a little frustrating but definitely worth the reward for the 5% who figure out how to make it work.
Running an online business is like a dream home job. Demanding, sometimes frustrating but definitely worth the reward for the few who figure out how to really make it work.
Or, and this is my favorite - Get out on a beach. Feel the warm sand under your toes, bring that laptop and try not to let your annoying Attention Deficit Syndrome get the better of you -- as scantily clad bodies get between you and your view of the warm inviting water, ahhh I mean your computer screen.
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