Beech Lodge private Nursing Home, Ireland
You Are Never Too OLD
By Robert Farey
My great granddaughter said I was too old to learn
to use a computer. The trouble with the younger generation
is that, they think that just because you are getting
old, you are also becoming stupid. At seventy three
I suppose I do seem ancient to a twelve year old.
Never mind. I decided to show them by example. A second
hand computer and an old Epson printer cost me £200.00.
Evening classes on how to use the internet were free
to oldies like me.
I soon had myself set up with ‘Freeserve’
with my very own email address. They call themselves
Wannadoo now.
It was not long before I was getting e-mails from hundreds
of people and companies that I had never heard of before.
I learned my lesson regarding junk mail. I changed my
email account and started all over again.
There was an affiliate program that looked interesting.
I kept on getting references to it from various sources.
The idea of earning a little extra money to boost my
pension was very appealing.
I took the plunge and signed up. They gave me a ready
set up web page with everything controlled from the
home base. All that I had to do was to advertise the
program and the money would come pouring in. (What a
hope.)
Two months went by with no income. Just outgoings.
It was then that I discovered a book called ’30
Days to success. ’ By Stone Evans. (You can get
it for free.) This is one man who knows what he is talking
about. It showed me exactly where I was going wrong.
Ten days later I received an e-mail from PayPal to
say that two payments had been made into my account,
A total of eighty six dollars. Not a great amount but
the first of many.
It was not long before I had a steady couple of hundred
dollars coming in each month. It was working because
I was working to a system. If you work the system, the
system will work for you. (I proved it.)
What will work with one affiliate program will work
with others. I expanded the system by signing up to
a new affiliate program every two weeks. I set up my
own website with links to each of them. It is easier
to advertise one website with links to several affiliate
programs, than to advertise each one individually. Besides,
using your own website it is easy to capture the email
addresses of your prospects and customers so that you
have the opportunity to mail them with other offers.
I am affiliated to nine companies at present. I was
going to aim for a dozen, but I would rather have more
time with my grandchildren and their children than have
to work that extra hour each week. After all, I am supposed
to be retired. I can now afford to send the whole family
to Disney-land without having to count the cost.
I work about fifteen hours a week and leave the rest
to the autoresponder, clickbank and PayPal.
As long as I can find time to reply to my e-mails and
make a few other checks I can do whatever I like, when
I like.
I can even do it on holiday using my brand new laptop.
If my great granddaughter had not told me that I was
too old to learn new tricks in the first place, I would
still be counting the pennies and watching television
for the rest of my days.
Hurrah! for the younger generation.
You are never too old. I proved it.
.…..Robjfar……..
Bob Farey has been on-line since 1998. He sells a number
of e-books and reports with the newcomer to the internet
in mind. The remainder of his income is derived from
a selection of affiliate programs.
Go-to: http://www.robjfar.biz/
to visit his latest program.
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