Containing the Chaos!

I have to admit, I have been a program jumper and it has gotten a little chaotic. I am finally narrowing down my focus to the opportunities I am seeing result with.

Avon: I mostly work this offline right now. I joined at a bad time for me because I'd just had my baby and still didn't quite know which way was up. I nearly gave up, but then I decided that since I still had quite a few brochure/catalogs laying around, I would at least get those out to people and see what happened.

I put the brochures in a plastic bag provided by the company and enclosed a letter introducing myself and offering a discount on the first order. I then tossed the packets onto my neighbors' driveways and porches. The phone started to ring! I started getting orders! I kept tossing brochures, and every time I've gotten 1-2 new customers.

I continue to order more brochures every campaign (new brochures come out every 2 weeks and they call them campaigns). And get them out into the public.

As far as online, I am working with an incredible team with Global Domains International. The Fasttrack Team Truly believes in the "no man left behind" concept. Everyone pitches in and helps the other members build their teams. It's a win-win situation and my downline is finally growing after many attempts with GDI. I am going to be ordering "sizzle cards" soon to include with the Avon brochures I distribute to add some offline advertising to my efforts.

I have decided that Revenue Sharing isn't really for me. It's a little too high of a risk for me right now. I do, however, join these programs and upgrade for the minimum so I can get a 1:1 ratio for my surfing. I do not promote the programs themselves or use them for income, but just for advertising. I also use Paid to Click (PTC) & PTR (Paid to Read) programs to earn free advertising.

In addition to a full time telecommuting job, a husband, a baby girl, and a mentally disabled man we care for, I have my hands full.

Whole Lotta Clickin' Goin' On!

I last updated my stats on April 14. At that time, my LinkGrand balance was $0.32 with 7 referrals. I recently got an email from them as an advertiser (I usually roll my credits into free advertising) that they were having a special. I think you got 10% more views if you used one of their filters or something. I didn't pay much attention.

What DID get my attention though was how many more ads are available to read since that email came out! Evidently many advertisers took advantage of the offer, which means more ads for members to click on! As of today, my balance there is $1.14. I still have only 7 referrals, so that is purely from my own effort! Obviously, I need more referrals to really make some money with it, but this is without hardly promoting it at ALL, just by my own efforts.

I have seen some referral exchange programs that I remember signing up for a long time ago. I am going to look into those again and will let you know what I find out!

My goal is to post a new stats update this week, so stay tuned!

We interrupt our normally scheduled program...

...to bring you this 4 month update on my beautiful baby girl!

I still can't believe she's MINE.
Her latest tricks include:

- Playing with her feet & removing her socks.

- Putting everything she can get her hands on into her mouth.

- Rolling over front to back and halfway back to front.

- Sitting up in her stroller for cruisin'.

- Looking pretty adorable (if I do say so myself) in her shades (see pic)

CrAZy DaYs!

Well hubby and I just got back from what we've been calling the "first leg" of Miss M's world tour. We went up to Smith River to visit his grandma (Miss M's Great-Grandma!) and grandpa. Well, grandpa has been on his last legs for quite some time, and we knew that. BUT, we didn't know just how bad it was. He looked absolutely awful when we saw him Friday night. He was skin and bones with dark, sunken in eyes. BUT, he recognized my husband and called him by name. He said he could see Miss M and commented about her.

The next morning we called Grandma on our way from the motel back to her house...and found out, Grandpa had passed away in the night! We were supposed to be home Tuesday, but this turn of events extended it until today due to the funeral.

Wow, this story could get long in a hurry so suffice it to say, we had other stops to make on this "tour" and ended up backing into something, shattering the rear window and denting the rear door of my van. Then, on our way back to grandma's from Oregon, the van broke down about a half hour from Grandma's. We had to get towed to the nearest town and get a ride back to Grandma's. Oh, guess what else! I forgot my regular glasses (wearing my sunglasses at the time!) in the VAN! Well, that turned out OK because it turned out the car was ready at the mechanic anyway. So, $200 later, it turned out to be a clogged fuel filter.

Catch my breath...all that to say, sorry I haven't been online...and we're about to embark on the "2nd leg of the tour" starting Wednesday, so I will catch up on as much as I can. I want to start a tracker for the primary programs to keep readers abreast of my progress! I'm trying to find the best way to do that, so stay tuned!