Today Starts Week Two Of The Challenge

We are going into my second week of our challenge to earn $10,000 in 90 days. Today starts week two of the challenge I made to myself. So, you ask, "How is it going?" If I continue at this rate I should earn about $500 by April 17. I could lie and say, "I have done everything I planned to and more. Money is pouring in." That is far from the truth. I am still trying to eat the elephant on one big gulp. It is almost overwhelming, BUT........read on. (Yes, I interchange we and I. This is a joint venture for my wife and I but, I am the main IM person)

So far, I have read and reread some of the Bum Marketing materials and other internet marketing ebooks I have or have just received. This is what I always do. "If you do what you've done, you'll get what you've got". I have to quit reading, studying and visiting forums and get down to business.

Maybe I told you that I get up everyday between 4:00 and 6:00 a.m. This is my quiet time the reflect on what I am doing and where I need to go. Today I was up at 3:54 and got busy.

What was different about this morning was that I actually started writing down a DEFINITE plan. I have all sorts of written plans, ideas and ramblings. Today I wrote about specifically what I plan to do in this challenge to meet my financial goal. After a week, I am just starting step one of actually planning how I will do this. I was making a list.

The reason I started getting more specific is because of an e-book I am reading, "5 Bucks A Day" Click to see!. It is a technique to learn to create and follow through on any internet project and earn 5 Bucks A Day doing it. The idea is not to make huge amounts of money on one home run, but to find a project that you can create $5 a day once it gets going. Of course $5 a day is not enough to live on so you repeat the process over and over. "5 Bucks A Day" tells you how to do this with any type of internet marketing you are currently doing.

"5 Bucks A Day" does not teach internet marketing techniques like AdSense or AdWords. It does not teach writing or article marketing, or any other IM technique. It teaches you how to implent these techniques to improve your ability to produce income online. I believe this is one of the best ebooks I have come across. Let me tell you I have a lot of ebooks and internet marketing course. I have John Reese's $999 course, James Martell's Corey Rudls (RIP Corey), Rosalind Gardeners and a lot more major name courses. Go read the page and listen to the audio "5 Bucks A Day" .

Let me tell you, getting started is a lot harder than I thought it would be. I have my own business selling on Ebay. I sell used computers and test equipment out of a 6000 square foot warehouse full of obsolete electronics. It is getting hard to make a living doing this. However, the warehouse rent has to be paid each month and Ebay is what I do best, so I have to make a living then worry about internet marketing in my spare time.

Before making this challenge to myself, my time at the warehouse began at between 6:45: a.m. and 7:30 a.m. My day ended at between 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Our usual closing time was closer to 7:30. This is SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. I squeeze internet marketing into that schedule.

Do I work every hour I am at the warehouse? NO! That is a problem too. I need more focus in everything I do. Focus is what I am working on most right now. It has to be mixed with actual IM product creation. If all I do is focus, nothing will happen.

I am seeing more answers to how I am going to accomplish many more of my goals because of this $10,000 challenge than I have without it. My wife and I are talking more about our business plans. We are sharing ideas and even arguing about them a little (not much). We see a need to make our dreams a reality and this challenge is an opportunity to achieve something substantial in our business lives.

Shortly I will post pictures of my wife, Sharon, and I. Also I will create a page telling about us.