Sometimes, I just laugh at myself!

In this life, I am very, very good at one thing. Just one thing. Making money is not it!

I started Internet Marketing just over two months ago with $550. A "friend" of mine sold me a package called "AdSense in a Box." At his suggestion I purchased 10 years worth of reseller hosting (from what turned out to be a terrible company) and a couple domain names.

When I was looking for information on how to load the site, I was informed by someone else that Google would "punish" me(?) and close my brand-new AdSense account for posting so much duplicate content... Stuff that is already posted across the web. My "friend" who sold me the package is now un-reachable.

Next I purchased an Article Marketing course. I went to work and spent most of two months getting ready, writing almost 200 articles and 3 eBooks, only to find that nobody told me my niche is really too small to be very profitable... Seems with the money I spent on his course, he could have told me that? Not to pass the blame, but for the money I spent, he might have mentioned it. (He knew what my niche was going to be.)

And next, when my articles are getting rejected from EzineArticles (which has been resolved now) another "friend" suggested that I start my own Article Submission service. So I bought this "Your Very Own Article Directory" package from him (not realizing I would have to find a way to drive traffic to that site also-- I'm completely new, remember). He also sold me a "forum" program for $15. (phbb, which I now know is actually completely 100% free.) And when I couldn't load either one of them, he was nowhere to be found. :confused:


Now with my bank account $27 over-drafted (will be more tomorrow when the fees hit-- hooray for me!)



So I sit here laughing. After all, $550 is not that much to pay for an education. I spent tens of thousands on a college education that has turned out to be perfectly useless.

And, the series of mistakes and the financial pain I am feeling right now, it has all lead me to find the Warrior Forums... I have learned more in less than a week of finding this place than I did in my two months of effort prior.

You all offer so much great information, and everyone genuinely seems to care about each others' success. I am very impressed, and very thankful. Once I'm successful, I will find a way to pay you all back.

Thanks to all of you!