Just To Let You Know...

Originally I was a teacher, a music specialist who loved teaching and got a real kick out of seeing children developing their love of learning and of the world around them

I got the travel bug and when I was twenty one, I boarded a ship with a friend and for six weeks we traveled North, across the Pacific, through the Panama Canal, into the Atlantic and so to England.

For the next 12 years I shuffled between the UK, Greece and New Zealand, constantly restless, unable to decide where I really wanted to be. Then, I made the decision - NZ it was to be, so I picked up a husband and we made plans to return.

The next years were a mix of babies, door-to-door selling (no internet), market research and washing dishes.

I opted to return to my studies and enrolled at University. This was an outstanding period for me. The thrill of learning and being with people who were really interested in knowledge and discovery, was a revelation.

But, the need for cash intervened so I spent the next few years working on my own retail business (in the tourist industry) and a vegetarian cafe. Now that was a grind.

Finally, 6 months after a total melt-down I took a job at our local Hospice and spent a fabulous 6 years looking after 8 shops, 2 warehouses and a clutch of wonderful volunteers who kept it all going.

And that kept me enthusiastic and fired up till the time came to retire.

And then...

My fascination with an internet career came about a couple of years after my retirement.

You know how it is. Possibly, no one actually needs you anymore. (Unless you have grandchildren). You have done a fair bit of volunteering.

You have had the big retirement trip and spent a good deal of cash so likely you need to re – assess your financial situation. Let’s face it, no government pension will keep you afloat.

So – what to do next?

GET A JOB?

Understand that I belong to those people who ‘love the process’. You know – you love learning, you love starting something new, you love the discovery.

So – I latched on to the internet. We were moving across to the other side of the world to live so that was good too. I could take my ‘job’ with me.

*I answered an ad on Facebook. It was the kind of ad that today would get your Facebook Ads Account shut down. In my innocence I spent a couple of thousand dollars to buy training and a web-site. NO!

*I started a blog. I figured this would be a great way to make some money. Write, add a few ads and Bingo! Income. I bought some ‘coaching.’ NO!

*I studied SEO, attended webinars and bought lots of ‘shiny objects’ that all had the same name – you know it –  The #1 Secret to Everlasting Online Success,  0r, The Last Thing You Will Ever Need to Buy’.

*I affiliated with a major company that offered personal coaching. Spent a heap more money. (They have now been put out of business)

*I opened a Shopify store – worked my butt off. Sales were few and far between. Closed it!

Now the constant drain of money that I was spending to sustain my efforts began to bite.

WHAT WAS GOING WRONG?
Why was I not doing well financially, even though I was loving every minute of my day?
I gave the problem a lot of thought and read a lot of books

AND I BELIEVE I UNDERSTOOD!