5 more working days and I no longer work for someone else!

Thanks so much!

And yes, he's available. You can search for @BarryWalls on here (it's in his sig) or you can visit the article site in my sig and click on the links. He has limited space though, so best to get in while you can because I'm telling EVERYONE! lol

I absolutely love reading this kind of thing. Success stories are the best kind of stories!

Internet marketing has made so many peoples dreams come true and I'm glad it has made yours come true as well.

Good luck!

It seems I was already following you too Peter!

Thanks for the congrats guys! It's a wonderful feeling! Well, it'll be wonderful on Friday afternoon at around 4pm at my farewell celebrations!

In answer to your questions Darrin, let me elaborate for you. Firstly, I get paid too much in my full time job to get benefits, and going by how this is going, will continue to get paid too much to get benefits of any type. Oh well, I'm sure I'll survive without them! lol

I need around $200USD per day for us to "get by" (assuming the Aussie dollar does't shoot up in value any time soon!). That is, we won't lose the house etc if I can generate that kind of income. Two Fridays ago I had made $100USD by lunch time.

I have around 13 clients so far, and a few of them are repeat clients. So what I make really depends on the number of articles they require. Many start with 5 or 10, but others want 20, 50 or even more. In total, I've brought in almost $1000USD in a month.

Keep in mind though, that I've not put 100% effort into growing this because of work, because the first month is especially difficult and very full-on. Although after next week, it will be a completely different story!

Initially I will need to put in up to 10 hours a day to achieve the results I am after (big goals!), although eventually I will only need to do around 5 hours a day. Or I could do 10 hours one day, none the next! The beauty of this is that you can be flexible and work your hours around your daily activities. I'm also more productive first thing in the morning and late at night, so may find I have to split my work day.

I hope that answers your questions!?

I've already had a little taste Jenn, and I totally agree with you!

The next five days are going to take FOREVER to pass!!

Thanks everyone!

Yeah, my boss can be a bit of a cow at times, but I am sure with time I'll get to like her!

Hi guys and thanks for your comments.

Nik, in response to your comments, I suppose a "job" is based on perception IMO. I classify my full time, working for someone else gig as a "job", but my writing, I classify as my "business". For me, that's a HUGE difference!

Yes, I am initially trading my time for money, but that is only because I am in the initial stages of setting up my business. It won't always be that way.

Also, I am yet to meet anybody who can set up a 100% passive business that makes money from day 1 anyway, but by no means would I classify their work as a job. As an internet marketer of many years, yes, I can make money while I sleep, but there's been a lot of hard work done first for that to happen! But again, I do not classify my work as my job.

I understand what you are saying about the learning you can undergo over 7 months, before making your first sale, but if you've been on the WF and really taken notice of what people are saying, there are plenty of strategies posted on here that will make you money within days - I know because I tried one as an experiment, using a huge niche, to see if it would work. I made my first sale, starting from scratch in 11 days. I then tweaked it, added more to it, and now I teach others how to do the same (or better). I've been a bum marketer and while people say the usual "rinse and repeat" over and over again, I know from experience it's just not that simple - in most cases.

Irene, thank you so much for your post. I tend to write how I speak but through the course I've learned to structure my articles a lot better. Barry - you might want to take note of what Irene has said, although I think for me, the content in the course was sufficient to get me to where I am! At this stage I am going to see where this takes me, however it could be a good project for down the track.

John, yes there is a fair bit of faith in there, but that is because after receiving Module 2 I can see its potential and I am already seeing the results of using the strategies in this module. I have no reason but to have faith because so far the course has delivered 100% on what was promised, so who am I to doubt it? (Each module comes one month after you received the last one by the way, not on the 1st of the month (unless of course, that's when you purchased it!)).

I've been involved in IM for years and have done a LOT of courses, NOT ONE of them delivered within ONE day. Barry doesn't make that promise, but that's what happened for me. And THAT is one of the main reasons I am so excited about this. And not only did it deliver on day one, but it kept delivering each day after that!

And it's not only me that's excited by this. I have a friend on FB who started last week. He sent me a message last night telling me he was thinking of turning work away because he had too much. A good friend of mine is also experiencing similar results - but these people aren't members of the WF, which is most likely why you haven't heard from them.

And no, I'm not working with Barry (I'd drive him nuts!!). The first time I had even heard of him was when I read one of his posts on that "I made $20 after 7 months of work" post. I PM'd him from there and asked him to coach me. Since then my life has changed and I feel that by telling the world, then many more lives can change too. If people are suspicious of that, then that's their perception.

As Barry said though, it is REALLY hard work at first. I was juggling a full time job, two children and a husband. I was up at 5am, went to work all day, came home, fed the kids, put them to bed, then worked again until sometimes midnight, then the next morning I would do it all again. And then there were the weekends... I even took a week off work to catch up on my backlog!

If you're not prepared to put the hours in initially, then you won't see the same results. So as Barry said, this isn't a magic bullet and you won't make a gazillion dollars straight away! But it is an avenue for anyone who can write to profit from that activity in a strategic way.

I have a long way to go but at least I can go there in my tracky pants and slippers!

Oh, and as I've been typing, I have just had someone invite me to bid on a writing job because they "liked what (they) read about (me)..."!

Very Cool Michelle! I remember that last day driving home. I commuted about 70 miles so I had a long time to savor it

It was the best thing I ever did for myself. I didn't realize just how stressful of life I was living. It's so nice now not to be tied to that work schedule.

Thanks Will. To say I am one very happy person right now, is the understatement of the century!

I'm getting there Pam as I am sure you are, based on your experience so far!

Of course Mitch. There is no way I would be able to write all day, every day long term and of course leverage is the key.

Already I have been taught the power of leverage and there's apparently more to come in future modules, so I can't wait! :-)

So for now, it's a lot of hard work and long hours but I know that it won't be this way long term.

I don't want to hijack Michelles thread but I am just wanted to comment that I am actually already self employed (love my work) and earning a very good income. I could never go back to working for an employer as I love the freedom.

The difference with what I have learned in the (very) short time I've met Barry is that writing articles is just the tip of the iceberg.

What's generally missing is the knowledge to leverage that into a much bigger income than a $10 article sale. Thats why this is not really just replacing one job with another if someone is willing to really take the whole system seriously, and see past the obvious of selling an article for $10.

...back to you Michelle and hows your workload going?

Mr Hogan, congratulations!

Doesn't it just blow you away how quickly things take off??? It's truly amazing and also wonderful to see a program that actually delivers in days and not weeks or months like many others I have seen.

Ofthemix, you're right that you can get burnt out pretty quick if you're writing all day every day, but that's why this program is so good. You start off that way, but soon start to use leverage and offer additional services which skyrocket your income for little extra effort.

That frees you up to do other things, like make money from other sources or you can relax!

I'm so glad there are even more people experiencing positive results than I thought!

There's a secret handshake??

Now why didn't anybody tell me THAT?????

Congratulations Michelle! It seems that you have found something that works for you, and that you are good at, and thus you have achieved your independence.

A great motivational story for us newbies!

Thanks so much everyone! I really don't have to words to tell you how FREE I feel these days. It is wonderful to be in total control of my destiny!

Barry is a wonderful mentor and has really helped by forcing me to push myself beyond what I thought I could do. In fact, I look at what I am accomplishing now and am absolutely blown away!

I will be heading to the Gold Coast this Friday night to celebrate my newfound independence with a close friend of mine, so if you hear any wild, drunken cheering, it'll be me!

Thanks everybody. What I love about this most is being home when my eldest daughter gets home from school. She starts high school next year and so is growing up before my eyes, so I want to savour my time with her while I can.

Being here for her (and my little one) means so much to me and was the main driver behind my goal to work from home, and almost three weeks down the track, I am still absolutely loving it and learning so much from Barry - there's a whole new world out there that I really was not aware of!

My hardest obstacle to overcome so far is my ability to focus though - I'm working on that but know I have the incentive to do so.

Well you're definitely in the right place! I have learned a LOT of valuable things from being a member of this forum, so be sure to take in as much as you can without overwhelming yourself.

Write down your goals, find a strategy and focus on it 100%. Don't do what I used to do and flitter from one project to the next and you will do great!

Hey! Thanks for asking!

Things are progressing extremely well.

For now I am still writing all of my articles, but what used to take me over an hour (minimum!) is now taking me a maximum of 20 minutes, so I can write up to four articles an hour now, which has made a lot of difference.

I have several repeat clients and I have started outsourcing some of what I do. Not all of what I do is outsourced yet, because it is a gradual process, and Barry is now teaching me how to really boost my income with little additional effort. Also, I have some clients who have some very specific needs and we're on a bit of a "roll" with each other now, so I really don't mind writing for them - in fact I really enjoy it.

There are other members that are doing waaaayyy better than I am, and they started after me, so how quickly you can succeed at this is entirely based on your efforts, what you bring to your writing and in some cases, luck.

I even have a family member on board who nearly fainted when she was offered her first job within days of starting the course, and I think that is probably the biggest selling point of this course - the speed in which you can generate income, and it's not limited to a "select few" because your success is only based on whether or not you follow Barry's instructions (they're easy to follow by the way), and not how much writing experience you have.

How much you earn is then entirely based on how much you are prepared to put in.

Ok, I have children to organise for school - have a great day everyone!

Micheal, it all starts with just having the belief you can do it, and remaining focused on your goals. Anybody can do it through (as you said) hard work and persistance, which I believe is the key!

Thanks for the congrats!

Well done on attaining your goal of being able to quit your J.O.B Michelle.I am a newbie to this big world of IM and reading your success story really inspires me to acheive what you have acheived.

For 15 years i have worked at a manufacturing J.O.B being paid a basic minimum wage so my boss can stay rich.Three years ago i bought a computer and have been educating myself in the world of computers and being internet savvy.Its only recently though that i decided that i wanted to be successful enough to be my own boss and have a higher quality of life.

Do you have any wise words of advice for someone like myself who is just getting started in this whole wide world of IM?

Thanks and congratulations again.