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First my deepest apologies for not being consistent and staying away from my blog as long as I have. The truth is, I have been struggling with my marketing and making money online and just went into a funk and almost gave up. But I’m not a quitter and I truly believe that financial freedom can be attained online. So in reality, quitting was never really a part of the equation and I just needed to rethink my plan of attack for achieving my goals.

So I stepped back from what I was doing, cut back on some of the monthly membership fees that I felt provided No value, refrained myself from falling prey to any more of the marketing Hype for the “next” Big Marketing Secret, and some how ended up spending a good deal of my time building relationships on Twitter.

Twitter, you might say? Why would you waste your time on Twitter? Why not market “harder” instead of spending useless hours on Twitter? Twitter is just a “time suck.” No one makes money with Twitter.

If this is what you’ve heard and this is what you believe about Twitter . . . You’re WRONG!!

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This past Wednesday - June 4, 2008 - I attended my first live event - Howie Schwartz’s Online Profit Workshop - and all I can say is, “WOW” what a wonderful experience.  I had no idea what to expect and actually was a little nervous about going because I wasn’t sure my knowledge would be up to par with the content to be delivered.  I wasn’t that familiar with “Social Marketing” and “Web 2.0″ and that is one of Howie’s fields of expertise.

I had heard Howie a few months ago on a teleseminar with another well-known Social Marketing Web 2.0 genius,  Jack Humphrey.   I was simply amazed to hear what they had to say, but in retrospect, I was not ready for the content they delivered.  It just sat there in the back of my brain as I continued to focus my efforts in other areas.  The impression lasted however and the names would not be forgotten.  I continued to keep up with Jack through his Friday Traffic Report and heard Howie maybe one other time (not really sure of this as I think I had him mixed up with someone else).  In any case, I liked the quality of content they delivered and put them on my “worth following” list.

Then I heard Joel Comm on Ask.JoelComm.com answer the popular question,  ”What’s the fastest way to make money online?”  You can watch the clip here if you like but the short answer was, “Go to a conference!”  “Go to a conference!”  

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Let me ask you a question: Do you think it is easier to sell your product or services to a complete stranger or to a person you have had contact with before; whether it’s an email conversation, forum participation or even an existing customer relationship (i.e. already bought something from you). Without a doubt, it would be harder to sell to a total stranger who has no prior experience with you and/or your products or services.  First time buyers, who haven’t been referred by a family member or friend, still have to go through a process of: 

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