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The Candid Internet Marketer, Hagerstown, MD (2026)

08/17/2019

OK, I’m ready!

Good or bad, my landing page is done. In all honesty it was ready a week ago, during the Vegas weekend. The changes I’ve made over these past few days were minor, and I’m pretty sure that after I changed it a dozen times, I went full circle to a version that’s almost identical to the original one.

That tells me that it was not the material that wasn’t ready, I WASN’T.

My brain could not accept the fact that it could actually be that simple. Not easy, don’t get me wrong! This isn’t some life hack, push a button and become a millionaire type of thing, but it’s simple stuff. What was difficult for me was to wrap my head around it.

If you know what steps to take and how to combine it all together, you can make it work for you. It just requires a little bit of effort and someone who knows what the heck he/she is talking about to guide you through the maze.

These guys literally took me by the hand and walked me through the entire process step-by-step. Anything less than that would not have worked for me, given the fact that I knew absolutely nothing about internet marketing when I first started.

This is why, as I was saying in a previous post, I chose to promote the very training program I went through when I decided to learn how to market online.

It’s worked so well for me to this point, though I know that I’ve only scratched the surface with my recent achievement, and that I have oh, sooo much more to learn. After all, I’ve only completed about 25% of the course.

I’ve debated whether I should actually put my link below, in case anybody would be curious to see what I’ve been working on.

I decided against it a few times, but my husband laughed at me, so I finally said, what the heck…if I’m such a chicken, I am probably in the wrong business.

So… here it goes:

http://go.firstdigitalmark.com/PDF-download-LP

08/16/2019

Alright here’s the full story of why I went to Vegas...

A few months ago I was surfing through Facebook just like you are right now.

An ad hit me with some guy getting out of a car that I couldn’t afford and walking through a house I only saw on the Million Dollar Listings t.v. show.

He was talking about how breaking free of your boring, unfulfilling life was actually possible.

In fact, this guy literally worked at a coffee shop serving up Latte’s making a few bucks more than minimum wage, not long before this video was shot.

It was wild, and though I was skeptical, I kept on watching and listened on what he had to say. I’m glad I did…

Anyways, if you fast forward to today, I actually shook the man’s hand himself. The guy in that ad, who actually owned that fancy car and lives in that massive mansion in Vegas.

And that SAME guy, showed us STEP BY STEP how to do it all! Not only in his online courses and during the webinars and online mastermind meetings, but he threw the massive event this past weekend in Vegas to help us accelerate our journey together.

It’s incredible how much wisdom and decades of condensed experience could be packed in just a few short days. It would have taken me years to gather all this information on my own and learn all this through trial and error. Worth every penny and minute spent and more.

I’ve been working on it still, since I got home, checking every link, double checking all the copy, format and tracking…everything appears alright, but still I’m mortified to press “publish”…

I promised myself I will do it tomorrow, after looking over it one more time…

08/15/2019

I’m back! And hopefully so are you🙂

So why did I go to Las Vegas, NV to meet with some of the most successful people in the world? I’m looking over my notes, and here’s what stands out:

✅ I’ve always heard “Your Network = Your Net Worth”

Every successful person I’ve ever studied or met has shared that quote with me. I had to find out for myself. What better way than to lock myself in a room with hundreds of successful people and learn what they know? I’ll share with you a secret tomorrow one of these millionaires (not to brag, but yeah, I rubbed shoulders with them just a few days ago😁) shared with me.

✅ Getting uncomfortable is how Steve Jobs & Mark Cuban became Billionaires

It’s true, Mark Cuban did an interview a few years back and mentioned that he would purposely sleep on the floor while he was launching a new company to keep the discomfort levels at an all time high.

✅ Learning from the “Best of The Best” is an opportunity I’ll NEVER pass up.

Seriously, when you see real results from real people in real life... you can’t argue with it. People may lie, but results don’t. I’ll never take advice from someone who I wouldn’t trade lives with and you shouldn’t either!

✅ It’s just plain FUN!

Look, when you can get with a room full of incredibly humble and giving people who want to see each other win... it’s a no brainer. Why wouldn’t you want to spend every moment you can with them?

Exactly.

Well, that’s why I was in Vegas... my question is...

How come there were only a few hundred people in that room? If you ask anybody around you whether they want to be successful, I bet every single person will answer YES. So why is it that only a fraction of us actually take action?

This opportunity was presented to thousands of people at the same time, yet only a few hundred took advantage of it and were there in the room. I guess this answers the question why only 1% of those who embark on the success journey, actually get to the destination.

08/14/2019

I got home from my 3-day Las Vegas live event, and I literally needed 2 days to get back to some sort of routine, although I actually hope that I will never go back to the exact same routine as before, because I feel that an internal shift has taken place over these past few days, and my priorities have forever changed.

I have a new sense of urgency now, and after meeting and listening to so many successful people, a new perspective.

I have to admit something, but first a question...

Have you ever felt something was real, but you never actually experienced it in “real life”?

If you’re anything like me, which I feel confident you are, then your answer is YES.

We get these spots of momentum or emotion that just feel right even though it’s all happening in this online universe we live in.

Over these several past days, for the very first time I was able to bridge the gap between that feeling and reality.

What am I talking about?

I’ll give you a hint... I flew into Las Vegas, NV last Friday to meet a massive group of successful people.

If you followed my previous posts you probably know that I’m an aspiring internet marketer and I’ve been working on it for a few months now. So it was time for me to meet in person the mentors, the industry titans which I wish to emulate, and fellow students like myself, which I had only met online, or followed from a distance.

I won’t go into too many details, but here’s an exercise one of the speakers asked us to try out:

“Share with me a time you felt something so real, but never experienced it in real life”

If you so feel inclined, you can follow along and share with me your thoughts on that.

I have to go back to work now, so I have to cut this short, but if you come back tomorrow for my next post you’ll see more of this story and how it matters to me and possibly to you.

08/11/2019

Mission accomplished! What appeared impossible 3 days ago, it’s actually a done deal! My funnel is complete!!!

Is it perfect? Have I done everything right, have I missed anything? I don’t know, I guess I’ll find out soon enough, but it will be a heck of a lot easier to fix a few bugs than it was to build the whole thing from scratch!

I also made up my mind about what I am going to promote first.

I compiled a whole list of products that I love, but these past 3 days convinced me that no product I’ve personally used (I made a promise to myself that I will only talk about things that I myself tried) had such an impact on my life.

So, what a better one to start with than the internet marketing training course that brought me to this very point.

I’m still to figure out how to go about it, so I do it my way, but I’m excited! I always look for things to be passionate about, and right now I’m like a kid with a new toy! I want to show it to everybody!!!

08/11/2019

3 days packed with action, work and meaning... what can I say I’m a sucker for live events!!!

08/09/2019

Never underestimate the power of your own mind…for better or for worse…
“You need two things to succeed in this business (any business, really): the right mindset and the right skill set”. This was one of the first things I heard when I signed up for the internet marketing training program.
I jumped right into the skill set, fully agreeing with the “right mindset” requirement, and totally ignoring it at the same time (dah, of course! I’m here aren’t I? proof enough). Wrong!
I did not fully understand its importance, until after I exhausted all the wrong ways to go about it.
I tried treating this new endeavor as a hobby and only work on it whenever I felt like.
I tried keeping my old habits, do the same things over and over again and expecting different results.
I tried focusing on just how much I didn’t know, getting overwhelmed and discouraged just by looking at the curriculum.
I tried complaining, blaming, feeling a victim. Commiserating with others in the same boat, while at it.
I tried feeling inadequate, stupid, guilty, the whole spectrum.
Needless to say, none of that worked, and I just about quit. Then, I decided to give it one more try, and start fresh from the beginning. And there it was, just at the beginning: “Start this journey with the proper mindset and make sure you set up your expectations right.” Huh? The word journey hit me for the first time, along with the realization that I had not clearly stated my expectations yet. It had been more of a “fingers crossed, I hope it works” kind of thing.
Then I took a look at who I was hanging out with online, inside the whole community of more or less advanced students, tutors and trainers. Instead of seeking the guidance and help of those who had already made it through the maze and were generously offering their support, I was somehow gravitating towards the ones who had an even more difficult time than myself. And then it occurred to me that I wasn’t more comfortable around them because we were at the same level as far as the skill set was concerned, but because we were all sharing the same state of mind of “this is too difficult for me” and “for a novice, this is impossible to accomplish”. Subconsciously I was looking for validation and quite possible an excuse to quit.
This is when I understood that if I was to have the slightest chance, my attitude had to change radically.
I started asking for help from people who were successful, and do my due diligence at the same time. I started networking with other people, who though not much more advanced than myself, were actively looking for solutions instead of bitching about how hard it was. I learned as much from sharing our mistakes as I did from getting guidance from tutors.
I then signed up for the Awaken live event which literally marked the turning point in my mindset conundrum. What a heartwarming, mind-expanding and energy polarizing experience! It made me come out of my shell. I believe I talk on behalf of all participants when I say that it galvanized our feelings and forced us into rapid emotional development to such an extent, that in the end, we knew more about ourselves and each other than we could ever imagine at the beginning of our 3-day experiment.
Now, 3 months later, I’m heading out to another live event that I fully expect to have just as big of an impact, though this time it will be none of the touchy-feely, dive into the depths of your soul trip, but rather all techy, hands-on, get to the nuts and bolts of it, 3-day workshop.
I am actually writing this post while waiting for my flight to depart from BWI to Las Vegas. But I will not be hitting the casinos while there that’s for sure. It will be 3 days of gem packed training, 9 am to 7 pm, and I am pleased with the fact that I was able to keep up with the 8 weeks of prep work and complete all the prerequisite requirements, a task that would have seemed daunting just less than 3 months ago.
I didn’t become a genius overnight, I didn’t discover any secret formula and I didn’t stumble across any stash of NZT (yes, I do fantasize about that sometimes😊). All I did is start believing and stop doubting myself. Oh...and also, I stopped fooling around and put the necessary time and effort into it...😁

08/05/2019

So the ethical dilemma was: had I mastered the art of hypnotic writing (which right now I’m far from), should I use this powerful tool to convince people to buy stuff they don’t really need? And the answer is no, I shouldn’t.

Even for the marketers more concerned with profits than ethics, the answer is still no. This may sound counter-intuitive to many out there, but according to experts in the field, and the source I trust the most, my gut instinct, it’s true.

Consumers are fast catching up on tricks and schemes and yearn for transparency and authenticity. Inevitably those who solely rely on gullibility as their marketing strategy will sooner or later perish, the same way hard sales and sleazy salesmanship tactics are on their last leg. Not because there is a shortage of merchants willing to implement these practices, but because as consumers smarten up, they don’t work anymore.

The masters of bait and switch will have to step up their game, but if they are on the lookout for a new gimmick, they might be on the wrong track. I don’t need to hear from a marketing guru to get a glimpse of the right answer. All I need is to ask myself, as a consumer, what would make me open my wallet.

Skills alone won’t be enough anymore, but combined with genuineness might just be the ticket. So how do I become a good marketer and stay true to my values at the same time? For now, I believe that if I stick to products I truly believe in, I use myself and would honestly and full heartedly recommend to the ones I care about, I get the genuineness part cover. Then, of course, I’ll have to do the product justice and skillfully present it to the target audience that I am convinced will benefit from it.

Is it naive of me to think that it could be that simple? Perhaps. Will this totally ensure that the wrong person won’t buy and end up feeling they “fell” for it? Probably not, especially if I’m good at my craft. But for now, I’ll set this as my number one ground rule and take it from there.

It will be interesting to look over these notes in the more or less distant future and see how close or far from reality I was. But since that reality does not exist yet, at this very moment, the possibility to shape it the way I want is still there.

08/04/2019

THE NEWBIE’S DILEMMA
If you are like me, and somehow became intrigued by the idea of getting skilled in digital advertising, you may be inclined to set up some ground rules right off the bet.

Your focus may be different, but personally, I dwelt on the ethical aspect…a lot.

How do you become a master at hypnotic writing and stay true to your values at the same time?

If you ever came across a piece of advertising that presented a product you never “knew” you needed, in such a compelling way that made you want to buy on the spot, then my friend, you just came across a piece of hypnotic writing.

Far from being a novel idea, it has been perfected and distilled to pure science by marketers and there is quite a hefty body of literature to go with it.

A skilled marketer has the ability to find a product and know how to shine the light on it just the right way and from just the right angle, showcase it in such a way that it forces the readers’ brain to pay attention, really SEE it and more importantly really WANT it. Not a shabby skill to master, of course!

But here comes the ethical dilemma, for those concerned with ethics: had you mastered the art of hypnotic writing, should you use this powerful tool to convince people buy stuff they don’t really need and contribute to the financial demise of the chronic overspender or the naive shopper, for personal gain?
I’ll share my thoughts on it in my next post and meanwhile let you come to your own conclusion.

07/27/2019

The voice of reason and the leap of faith…as the left brain-right brain dialog continues 🙃

"Two babies are casually chatting in the comfort of their mother’s womb.

Do you think there is life after birth? The one on the right says. I believe there is. It must! This can’t be IT. Maybe we are just being prepared here for what’s to come out there.

Nonsense, the one on the left replies. Just think about it! How would you be able to survive out of water and without food? Our umbilical cord feeds us now, and even if somehow we remain attached, it is so short, we can’t go anywhere, not to mention we can’t walk. So life after birth is impossible! Logically!

I don’t know, the other one insists, maybe we discover we can do things we're not capable of doing now. Maybe we won’t need our umbilical cords anymore, we could eat with our own mouths, walk on our own feet, live out of water…It will certainly be more light…

Ridiculous! The one on the left says with finality. If that was true, how come nobody ever came back from there? Birth is the end of life! This is all there is, just make peace with it.

I don’t know man, all I’m saying is that Mother will still be there and I don't think she'll just let us die, the one on the right replies matter-of-factly."🤔

(source unknown...to me at least)

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