Tired of GET RICH QUICK SCHEMES? 

I could turn this page into a long, colorful page that promised you that if you read it to the end and click the provided link that you could be making in excess of $ (some high figure) in one month.   I would then fill it with graphics and testimonials and include a java script app that gave you a reduced price for the deal if you just don’t leave.

 My products would be a collection of “.PDF” files telling you endless methods and success stories from famous internet GET RICH GURUS some recordings in mp3 format.  If my site is really something, part of your reward for your money might be an instant web site (including a sales page and checkout form just like mine) for which, you can pay extra to get your own domain name and a “DELUX HOSTING PLAN” to sell my products.  I also have included in my fine print that I will sell your email address and any other information you may include to an indeterminate number of internet marketing spammers.

 What happened to real ideas and thinking?  Is everyone on the net a drone?  When will it all stop?

Well, it all stops with you!  The thinking that makes you click on these links is like a bad habit.  It promises you satisfaction but never satisfies.  Yes, you might find some gleanings of information that is legitimate, helpful, and has some application if you apply it correctly, but for the most part you would do much better if you took a different road.

My favorite stories of people who have made that extra money that is needed or launched out on a new successful career are outside the realm of the scene mentioned above or anything much like it.

 One story I remember is of a woman who had a condescending husband that gave her $2,000. “Start-up” money for a new business.  He was then telling a friend (one of his corporate cronies) how the money would soon be gone and his wife would soon forget her ambitions and return to her role as stay at home mother and wife.

As it turns out his wife was more ingenious, productive and fruitful than this cigar smoking corporate big-wig imagined.  In a short while she had compiled a collection of products that could be easily purchased wholesale.  These were packaged together with other matching or like products that house wives (her target market) would love to have but usually had to buy separately and match by themselves.  An example would be something like: dish towels, serving trays, utensils, place mats, and napkins with matching rings.  She then had these professionally photographed and put into a brochure to be mailed out to her prospective customers.  Placing a small ad in publications that she liked to read along with the mailed brochures got her sales started.

When the money started coming in, she reinvested it in more product; the brochure turned into a small catalogue, the ad size grew and within two years time, her husband (eating crow) quit his corporate position and joined her in her business which was then grossing $2,000,000 per year.

Another that I love is my friend who started a million dollar business on the back of a napkin.  At a lunch with a friend, he drew rough plans for a remodel job for his friend’s house on his napkin.  He then made a few calls to other friends in the construction business and arranged for detailed drawings, permits, and sub-contracted labor.  Within a short while the remodel was completed and a construction management business was born.  The business was grossing in excess of $3,000,000 in two years.

These stories are true!  That is part of the excitement.  If you look closely you will see some elements that are missing in the “get rich quick” scenarios.  The main elements that I notice are thoughtfulness, organization, ingenuity, and hard work.  One other not specifically mentioned that I know was a part of the construction management venture and highly suspect was a part of the other is prayer.  So built in is a touch of the Devine.

So there you have a real article about real people on a real web site including a “plug” for my best friend (God and His son, Jesus).  Hopefully it is more wholesome and tasty than some of those other things you might find on the web.

Try this at home.  It can’t hurt and it might just turn out to be something for you.  P.S. you can click off of this sight or to another page and you won’t be stopped by a pop-up sales banner.  That should be nice.
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