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Christian InTech Articles - Ezines
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10 free resources for a happy healthier Internet marketer
Marketing on the Internet can be tedious not to mention expensive. While it may be awhile before you can get away from the 18 hr days many of us experience in the beginning we do not always have to spend as much money as we think we do. There are...
Autoresponders Are a Publishers Best Friend
How many times have you subscribed to a new ezine, and then when the first issue of the ezine arrived, you were scratching your head as to how your email address ended up on the list? Our lives are often so tedious that little details often slip ...
Little Red Riding Hood Went Walking in the Ezine-Woods Alone
And she forgot to check under Grandmother's nightie. Don't let this happen to you!
Little Red Riding Hood went walking in the woods alone, and then … she forgot to look under grandmother’s nightie.
Are you doing this with your ezine?
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Twelve Principles For Success On The Internet
Most, if not all, who have enjoyed a relatively great degree of success in their Internet ventures will agree with the following: 1. Have your own web site and domain name. The benefits of this are that you have a shorter URL, it is more memorable,...
Work Hard Wisely For Success
This past week, I had another ezine publisher contact me and ask if I would be willing to do an interview for an article he was writing. I am telling you this because one of the questions he asked got the light bulb blinking. The question "How did...
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Net Marketing: A Passion Or An Obsession?
It had been a long day. I'd started at 4 a.m. reading and sifting through
a mountain of emails; placing ads in ezines; researching new ezines to
place more ads; writing an article; editing two other articles; and just
trying to learn a few things along the way. I promised myself I would take
some time to relax and lay in the pool. By 8 p.m., I was still on the
computer…tired, grouchy and hungry. I never did spend any time in the pool.
Desperately needing a break, I went outside to sit on the patio. As I was
sitting there, I asked myself, "Why am I doing this? Why am I spending
10-12 hours in front of the computer?"
Asking myself those questions caused other ones to flood into my mind.
First they were:
- When was the last time I sat outside and just listened to the summer night
sounds?
- When was the last time I read a book for pleasure and not to learn
something?
- When was the last time I called my best friend just to chat?
- When was the last time I REALLY listened to what my husband was saying…
when my mind was not working on headlines/ad copy?
- When was the last time I went to dinner and a movie with my husband?
- Do I really need to get up at 4 a.m.?
Then those questions led to THESE questions:
- Why did I get into Internet marketing in the first place?
- Are the elements that attracted me in the beginning still there?
- Where do I see myself three years from today…five years from today?
- Where does Net marketing fit in my life…and do I still have a life?
- Do I really need to get up at 4 a.m.?
And those questions led to THESE questions:
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Why do I feel so driven to get so much done in one day?
- How much time each day do I want to devote to marketing?
- What am I trying to accomplish each day (in Net marketing)?
- Do I really need to get up at 4 a.m.?
And FINALLY:
- Has Internet marketing gone from a passion to an OBSESSION?
- Am I still having fun?
- Do I really need to get up at 4 a.m.?
I suspect these are questions we ask ourselves frequently. I think we
ask these questions when we are tired, burnt-out and frustrated…those
times when we feel like failures and think we're never going to "get it."
I know that's how I felt that evening.
I was able to answer some of the questions. Some I still need to think
about. In particular, trying to understand where that thin line between a
passion and an obsession is.
I think we HAVE to step away from the computer every once in a while.
We NEED to ask ourselves these questions and explore the answers we
come up with. And here are perhaps the two most important questions of all:
- Am I ignoring the special people who enhance my life?
- Am I forgetting that I only have today?
"It is not the length of life, but the depth of life."
Emerson
P.S. I threw my alarm clock in the garbage.
About the Author
Jo McNamara lives in Orlando, FL, with 8 cats and 1 husband. Find out how
an "Average Jo" was able to say, "Good-bye" to alarm clocks (it's in the
garbage); rush-hour traffic; time clocks and…"Hello" to earning a comfortable
living in Internet marketing. Go to:
http://www.what-works-online.net
Or mailto:what_works_online@sendfree.com
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