The Random Blogger

(See my previous post, My Internal Jukebox for what this category is all about.)

(See my previous post, My Internal Jukebox for what this category is all about.)

I was thinking yesterday about bullies - don’t ask me why, as I couldn’t tell you, but maybe I was recalling what it was like when I was at school and bulled frequently for a year or so.

Anyway, here’s my thought.

Assuming that:

1. Bullies typically prefer to bully somebody smaller than themselves (e.g. because it’s easier and safer).
2. People who are bullied tend to continue this activity themselves (e.g. because that’s how they think people behave, or for revenge, or because it stops them being bulled).

… then this should lead to an ever-decreasing size of bullies.

Which in turn should lead to smaller and smaller people being bulled.

Which means the number of people available to be bullied should decrease.

Which should ultimately lead to the complete disappearance of this cowardly behaviour.

Now, as there are clearly no shortage of bullies around these days, that presumably means my assumptions are flawed, somewhere.

Any thoughts?

There are thousands of people looking to break free from the humdrum 9 - 5 job every single day, and yet when they start looking online for ways to do this, there is so much information available that it’s overwhelming.

I’ve been in the Internet Marketing business for about five years now, in various guises, and I know that it’s getting harder, not easier, to find good information that you can trust and that actually works.

Let me just list a few of the many ways you can earn money online:

• Run an ecommerce site
• Affiliate marketing
• AdSense
• Create and sell your own information products
• MLM (aka Network Marketing)

Now, the problem with almost all of these is that you need a fair amount of technical knowledge (e.g. to build websites in the correct way) and marketing knowledge, and with the way that things are going online (e.g. more competition every day, Google changing its search algorithms on a frequent basis, the high cost of pay-per-click advertising - if you get it wrong), it really isn’t for beginners unless you have a sound plan and are willing to follow it, without distraction.

You see, that’s another problem with Internet Marketing - you’ll soon be inundated with the next best thing since sliced bread, and all this does is make you take your eye off the ball, and instead of moving forwards with what might turn out to be a good money-making project, you put it on hold (maybe indefinitely), while you try out that new thing you just bought.

And while you’re trying that out, something else comes along, and so the vicious circle continues, ad infinitum.

We actually had plans, when I left my well-paid regular job, and they fell apart almost instantly for reasons that are not relevant here, and we ended up running an ecommerce business.

Now, it’s much more rewarding than anything I ever did in my corporate life - saving dogs from horrendous deaths makes a genuine difference to the families we help - but I actually work longer hours now than I ever did.

Part of that is because it’s our own business, and that’s what tends to happen, and part of it is because the only real way to differentiate ourselves from our competitors is to offer 24 x 7 support to our customers - it’s greatly appreciated by those that make use of it, but it does mean our work and sleep patterns get all out of whack constantly.

So, bearing all of that in mind, what can the absolute beginner (or newbie, as they are unflatteringly called) do to earn an honest buck online?

Well, there is one way that most people could get started with almost instantly, and I’ve managed to obtain a FREE video for you that details (more or less) everything that you need to know.

The first thing you need to do is to download the following file to your computer, by right-clicking on the link and selecting the Save As… option.

• HowToMakeMoneyOnlineFastForDummies.wmv

Now, this file is 52MB, so it may take a while to download!

Once you’ve downloaded it, you’ll need to play the video, which is in Windows Media Player format, and most Windows computers will already have a version of this software loaded and ready to go.

So, grab yourself a drink, sit back and watch this video today - it could well be the catalyst you need to get yourself out of the rat race.