When we talk about Internet Marketing, most people get a blank stare on their face and wonder what we are talking about.  Then, most people will start to think the worst – that internet marketers are peddling the “less than desirable” products, (yes, I mean “adult” products), or that everyone is involved in spam and all the other wonderful scams that are all over the internet.

There is usually a bit of shock that you – especially when you are a MOM (gasp!) – would be involved in such a shady business venture.

Well, to put the record straight for anyone who thinks that is all internet marketers do, I am going to give a bit of a run-down of some of the other possible ventures we are involved in.  And, for any of you who are wanting to learn a bit more about Internet Marketing, and start working from home – you can pick up some ideas of possible avenues you could try for earning your own income.

Today I just wanted to write about something that I believe is holding so many women back from finding the success they are looking for.  I know that I am guilty of it, and I know of many women I have spoken to who are in the same situation.

So – what is it that is holding us back?

Not having confidence in our knowledge, our service, our products or whatever else we need to have confidence in when we are in our own business.

I’m back!

Again, I ended up neglecting my blog – and it seemed that the longer I was away, the harder it was to bet back to it.  It is kind of one of those situations that you start feeling so bad for not doing something for so long, that it just seems easier to bury your head and ignore it.  Sad, I know – and there really isn’t any excuse.  I could offer some – like mentioning how busy I have been (which I have), but that isn’t really a very good reason.

Over the past few months, I have finally figured out how to try focusing my efforts – and to realize that I needed to follow in doing what I truly enjoy – not just what I “thought” was the easiest and best way for me to make money and grow a business I could be proud of.

After signing up with the direct sales company I had chosen as a consultant, I tried to do what was required to start seeing some income from it.  But, since I live in a very small, rural area- it wasn’t as simple as I thought it would be.  People just don’t have the money right now to be spending a lot on photo books and other products that they can get for less money through other sites.

OK – I haven’t been back for awhile.  I do have my reasons – which include the fact that I have been working very hard these past few weeks at building up my local web development business.  Along with that, I have put together a portal site for my local region which I have been heavily promoting.  And, of course, I am still working as a Heritage Makers consultant – in my free time;-)  (No – I don’t have much free time!)

Some days I really wonder where the glamor and thrill is of working from home!

Don’t get me wrong – I love my kids and am thankful every day that I get to be here with them!  But, some days…….

As always, I have been busy these past few weeks.  Even though I have pretty much come to the end of the big web design project I was working on, I am working hard at finding more work to keep going with.  I never thought I could enjoy working as much as I do when doing Internet Marketing related work and web design.

Having the chance to really make use of the skills and knowledge I have learned over the past 3 years was so exciting for me!  And, to see results so quickly, makes me feel pretty good too.

The site I was working on wanted me to help them with everything – because they were targeting an international market.  It is actually a very competitive market, and it will require more work still.

But, I have their site already getting steady traffic every day, and the stats show that the people coming to the site are exactly the ones they were wanting.  They have already had a couple signups for their mailing list (which I wasn’t even ready for!  I still had to finish setting the emails up to go out!).

Hi all!  I am so sorry for not posting for so long – again, I ended up getting bogged down with projects and couldn’t seem to find the time I needed to keep up with everything!

I have been busy getting things set up to do some online marketing to offline businesses in my local area who need help getting a website up and running, as well as helping them with some SEO and other marketing.  I got my first client just before Christmas, and have been busy getting their site finished up and everything set up for them.

They wanted to add a blog and a forum to their site, and they want me to do some optimizing and link building for them too – which is great!  Strangely, I enjoy doing all of this kind of marketing, even if I am outsourcing some of the more tedious tasks.

I never realized just how much the offling business world really doesn’t understand about internet marketing and how to use the internet to help bring them customers that are paying.  And, to use the internet for marketing and advertising – the possibilities are astounding, but for some reason, the offline world seems to think that the internet won’t really help them.

Well – I am going to offer a bit of an apology straight off the top, as I am sure that there may be some who are going to be offended or ticked off about my post today.  However, after doing some serious thinking and by being online for 3 years now, I believe that I know what I am talking about when I write this.

For the past couple of months, another WAHM and I have worked very hard at setting up a great community site to help other moms and parents who want to work from home.  We have added a ton of resources to help, we have offered our own help inside the forum – and we have basically set things up so that we have a platform to help everyone get to the point they are aiming for.

But – as I have noticed over my time online, it seems that unless you are promising an exact method – or one of those hyped up “systems” that “guarantee you will be making thousands of dollars a month by simply typing in numbers on your computer…..” – that people aren’t interested.

The ones who are, however, are the ones you know are serious about getting ahead.  They are serious about putting in the necessary work to succeed at whatever they are setting out to do.  Because, you know what?  There are no sure-fire, make money RIGHT NOW methods online, no matter what you may be hearing otherwise.