Newbie

You have found one of the best forums around. Even if you don't fully understand the world of webmastering, marketing, web design and others, you can still find plenty of great information by just going to the proper category and asking as many questions as you need and you will receive plenty of responses from willing people trying to help you out. And if you feel like taking a day off from the work stuff, you can just come here to the general discussion area of the chat room and talk about just about anything within reason. So welcome Lori. It's good to have you as part of our WF family.

always glad to help newbies

Thanks for the welcome gurusconcept.

Not rude at all. I need to hear the truth and I can handle it. I am obviously not doing something right and it is important to find out what will work. Thank you for your reply.

Hey Lori - fellow newbie here and just thought I'd say "hello" and wish you all the best!

PS: Just seen you're from Texas, a place I hope to travel too one day to write a book... OK, not so significant it may seem BUT I'm always on the lookout for Texans with recommendations on where to go to watch the best high-school football (American Football) teams...

Anyway, all the best and I hope some of the guys and gals on here can help you out!

Thanks George. The hill country in Texas has some really good high school football teams. When you have plans to visit the State, let me know. I would be happy to tell you everything I know about Central Texas.

Your website looks awesome. Very simple, attractive design.

It appears we are both starting in IM about the same time. It is very overwhelming. I read everything I could get my hands on for several weeks, close to a month and although I learned a lot, I was very confused, unsure how to start or which direction to take. So I stopped reading and started writing. I love to write, have been writing for years and decided to do something that I know and enjoy.

I have spent the past two years as a consumer advocate, helping people fight foreclosure. People would ask me to help them, saying that they were not getting anywhere with their bank sometimes after a year or longer. I write letters and/or a press releases for them and they would not only get one call, but several calls from their bank immediately after the bank received the letters. I research chains of title, home loan securitization information and state foreclosure laws. My background is a paralegal for close to two decades. I honed my writing skills working for attorneys and as they were able to bill for my time, I learned a skill I never would have thought valuable. I was wrong. And I'm glad I was wrong.

I wrote out a plan and made goals. I started a website, wordpress blog, and started writing. I am going the PLR route to start. It is my intent to have that business successful to bring in enough money to fund my other ventures. I will be writing website content for interactive media companies and that will be an income I can live on, comfortably.

I am no stranger to owning my own business. I started a resident agent service, incorporating businesses, forming LLCs, partnerships, etc. after I left the lawyers. I started that business with $10, created my own website, and when it grew to six figures in revenue, I sold it.

I am not cut from the corporate ladder material and don't play well with others, i.e. I am an employer, not an employee.

An entrepreneur has to have the ability to work hard, smart, and keep a positive attitude. I have no doubt I will be successful and that attitude will help fuel the fire and I will be enjoying the life of self employment, leaving the drudgery of the 9-5 as only a distant memory.

Failure is not an option.

I hope we can share our journey and encourage each other along the way. Keep the faith, Ben.

Hey Lori,

Welcome to the forum.

I have a friend in Kemah, Texas, so it's good to have you on board.

There are a lot of good people and great information available here on the Warrior Forum, and it can actually be overwhelming sometimes.

If I can offer any advice it would be this: Take your time. There are so many offers and products available, and it's easy just to keep buying and buying without implementing. I think the best thing to do at first is to focus on exactly what it is you want to achieve, and focus on that alone. Although there are so many great systems and strategies available, it may very well sidetrack you and slow you down.

It sounds like your forum idea is getting traffic, so unless you are able to harness that flow of people, then visitors will remain visitors and not contributors.

I wish you all the very best in your ventures.

Peter

Ive started forums in the past and the problem i've always had has been getting contributors. i closed my forum in the end due to constant spam which seemed impossible to fight lol, it seems you're on the right track so all you can do is stick with it and maybe offer some sort of incentives to post ?

Welcome to WarriorForum Lori.
You came to the best place of IM world. In here, you will from the forum something about the IM and the people here will truly support you in your learning. Information from successful people is shared in here and that we learn from them.
Again, welcome Lori and enjoy your stay in WF.

Hi all. Fellow newbie here. I have been active ON forums before, but this is my first foray into actually creating an IM business for myself. I get to the point at times where I think I am going to explode with all the new information, and just have to shut it down.

What I love to do is write, but I do get lost in the researching about how to optimize the work I've set out for myself. I'm a baby boomer, but can't stop working yet, but oh how I want to! I'm hoping this venture will be just the thing I have been wishing for in my life. I love to write, and spend so much time at the computer anyway, why not make some money at it?

Anyhow, nothing substantive to say but one question -how in the heck do you get to the page that shows all the forums? I am stumped today. I don't know why I can't get there. Just be patient with this newbie and maybe somebody direct me to the link? thanks so much all of you. I hope to be able to give back to the community real soon.

NEVER MIND. Sheez. Just figured out the answer to my question.

Thanks Lori. I am being very realistic about this journey but at the same time can't avoid being excited. Your post reminded me of that story about Einstein, who tried many times and failed before he was successful at the lightbulb.

If J K Rowling can turn napkin scribbles into a multi-million dollar venture, I can turn my venture into at least a situation where I am financially at ease from now on.

Still working on wp blog. Wrote a good squeeze page. Making progress.

The wonderful world of IM has fueled a fire and I cannot wait to get out of bed in the morning.

There is nothing better (at least for me) than not having to answer to a boss. Well, I do answer to a boss, me, and I'm harder on me than any corporate boss would be. I choose to work for myself and will make my business successful, as opposed to working for someone else and making their business successful.

I have so many plans and ideas. It is very exciting to be involved in an industry with no ceiling, no political games, a worldwide market, and endless possibilities.

Yes doingwrite, some of the most successful have used a bar napkin to get started.

There are not many business ventures one can start with very little money and earn six+ figures. The road to success is controlled by us, business owners, and we are in complete control of our future.

It's a great day today.

Welcome to all new warriors. Wish you have a great time here!

Hey welcome to the wonderful forum, great supporters every where happy to be a warrior.

Hi and welcome to the forum, this forum is great for some fantastic ideas, and it has a great bunch of folks. You can easily get innundated with too much info to work with, the general consensus is to stick with a topic that you would like to work with, and then get some ideas from the forum to market and promote it, be it blogging, article marketing, directory submissions e.t.c

welcome to the forum all