I’ve been meaning to do this for some time now…… Make a new start at earning online.

September 2012

I started off developing various websites following different strands of Internet Marketing in the Complementary Health market, and it has to be admitted the results have been rather hit and miss.

handling a paypal disputeSo finally I’ve decided to consolidate my experiences of starting an online business onto this personal website, where you can learn about my progress online – and how, when you learn from the mistakes I made, you can

  • Save Time
  • Save Money
  • Save Stress

As of September 2012, my start date, content here was a little sparse – but watch this space as I fill it up!

Update November 2014

Oh dear – those few words above my “Update” heading, were the sum total of how I introduced my new blog just over two years ago.

Happily I have learned so much since then, and hopefully improved – despite the highs and lows that got in the way!

Yes – there have been many personal crises along the route that caused me to stumble, and progress has been slower than hoped for.

The low points of my two years on this blog have been…

  • The death of my partner John in November 2012 – not long after the start of this blog – really knocked me sideways, and it was a while before I got started again.
  • A crisis where the supplier of the health service that was the biggest of my online earners suddenly “banned” me from trading world-wide because I was cheaper than many overseas suppliers. My income took a hit AND I had to rework websites, ebooks, squeeze pages, cancel affiliate programs – the works 🙁
  • In October 2014 both my parents were terribly ill and, as they live 5hrs away from my sister and I, it was impossible for us to care for them adequately while running our respective businesses – so I had to more or less down tools so my sister and I could split forces until we could organize a care package for them.
  • I still have a busy offline business, and every so often I get overwhelmed with work from my offline clients – but hey, what a great problem to have.

That brings me onto the high points, which have included…Lucy-web

  • Another lovely new grand-daughter, and time spent with the family helping out over that exciting first week – what could be better and more precious than that time?
  • My younger son’s wedding.
  • Some great holidays: a couple of cruises, a trip to Greece, one to Stratford on Avon, several line-dancing weekends, and in early November 2014 my most recent holiday at my elder son’s cave house in Spain.

I’m not sure how I would have coped with the lows – or been able to take time out to fit in so many highs, if I hadn’t been self-employed, working from home, and able to down tools (or automate) whenever I needed to.

So – for me the Internet lifestyle is about time freedom rather than the glitzy life-style that many Internet marketers promise. No comment about how realistic their promises are!

Still here! September 2024!

Did I focus?

Errr…. well, I did for a time; I started a coaching program looking at affiliate marketing and list building.

As my skills improved I found that I could take on ‘more’ because I’m promoting different affiliate products via my email list.

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Did I Add More Blog Content?

Yes! In fact, as of September 2024 I have two extra blogs:

In the intervening time AI has come along – undreamed of back in 2012

So it’s all change, again – but learned a lot and I’m still enjoying my blogging, and online ventures.

I’ll be honest – the original content here was so dire that I deleted it. In fact there were many ‘broken links’ because the bloggers who had commented on my post had disappeared.

At least I can say I’m still here, and have been blogging from 2012 to 2024. What will the future bring?

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