Harmony ... you're simply BRILLIANT!
I wavered for over six months - and lost countless thousands - because some friends told me there was no way to make any real money online.
It's simply not true!
I quit my job in September - just a few months after starting my site - and I've never looked back. Online marketing has been one of the best decisions I've ever made and your site was one of the places that inspired me most.
Len Foley
Author of the best-selling,
"Sales Without the Sucker Punch"
I have been a loyal subscriber to your ezines Harmony, and you
are one of the very few that I trust and believe who exudes
credibility and honesty. That's why I have stuck with you for
about 3 years now.
I too am about to start my own Internet business soon, but I need
a 'guru' to guide me along, and you are one of those whom I rate
highly along with Terry Dean, Marlon Sanders, Jim Daniels, Phil
Wiley who I truly believe are sincerely out there to help the
public, and us newbies, and not just out to make a quick sale.
I aim to take this business full-time and I was hoping if you
could be a 'mentor' and recommend me courses to get me going. If
its one of your products that could get me goin', that would be
great. I am hoping that one day I could do a Joint Venture with
you, as I am already familiar with your honest approach to
things.
Anything from you, even a simple piece of advice is worth its
weight in gold.
Sincerely,
Mikhail Mansour
mikhail_mansour@hotmail.com
Harmony, in my heart you are one of the most honest and honorable
people I have ever communicated with on line.
It appears to me that "some of your readers" are not very
familiar with you as a person, and must have very little reason
to write you on a personal level. You have always said what you
thought/felt about any given issue/circumstance/organization, and
you have always in my opinion been very up front.
It is my greatest hope that you will continue to be the "Harmony"
I have trusted for over 2 years now ... after all ...
where would us newbies be if we didn't have people of your
integrity and experience to help guide us in our efforts on line
& off line.
Warmest regards
J. Roger Bertrand
I have recommended products and ended up with the same kind of treatment (described in a past issue of my ezine). So much so that I no longer endorse products.
Until now.
I'm not sure if my market will respond but I will be happy to place links to your products on my site. Hope all is well with your family.
Joanne Black
JoanneBlack.com
My Dear Young Lady,
You are the first publisher that I know of who has been so forthright concerning a promotion that had some underlying facts. If everyone selling products on the internet adopted your standards what a great place it would be.
As I have said previously I have always found you to be as honest as the day is long and for that my dear, you can justly take a bow.
As long as I am around NEVER forget that I will gladly give you a testimonial anytime.
With every blessing
Your devoted fan,
Ken Burgess
CEO/FOUNDER
Keys4success.com
ARTICLE:
I Never Wore Gucci; I Never Bought "Coach"
I never wore Gucci. Never bought $200.00 Coach bags. Never wanted a Rolex.
I've never styled my hair or worn my makeup like any of the models in the latest magazines, and I've never owned a pair of Timberlands, Manolo Blaniks, or even Levi's in my life.
No -- following the latest trends was not my cup o' tea.
At first, it was because my family couldn't afford to (and my next-door-to-rich #%^$%$ "guardians" were too cheap to hook a sista up). But after I came to my senses, I found another, better excuse:
I think all that stuff is just plumb idiotic.
JUST LIKE BLOGS.
What the #$%#%^ IS a blog? Why is it CALLED a blog? Who CREATED a blog? Where the $%%^#$ did this whole "blog" thing COME from? It materialized out of thin air, if you let ME tell it.
There's no reason to PAY for any special software or scripts to create the darn things. (There are a multitude of news and/or Web archive posting scripts that you can find for $0 all over the durn place. Like at http://coranto.gweilo.org for example. I'm using Coranto now.)
I literally can't think of one thing you CAN'T do with that script and its add-ons -- though it's a pain in the arse to figure out without a good manual (which they don't have). But to create something as simple to set up as a blog, none of the add-ons would even be necessary.
And get this:
The helpful (free) community of people in the support forums actually get back to you in usually -- *gasp* -- just a few hours. In minutes, most of the time. (And did I mention it's FREE, this speedy support? Script included??)
I'd rather "suffer" through using a free script and getting super-fast tech support from a friendly free community than spend $X amount on an over-hyped "special blogging script" (that's not free), to receive lackadaisical support from any one, cryptic, overworked Web entrepreneur ... whenever they get around to it.
We're talking BLOGS, for heaven's sakes.
Not home saunas or Maseratis.
Not only are these clumsily named widgets simply glorified Web diaries ... they're called BLOGS, for goodness' sakes!
Ugh.
It leaves a thick, cloying, "castor-oil-and-Vienna-sausage" taste in my mouth whenever it stumbles clunkily from my tongue.
And it sounds like it's short for something.
Some type of "B"-log.
"Business Log," maybe? "Biographical Log?" I dunno ... a "Boring Log" of my daily activities and other goings-on that most (sane) people wouldn't care about?
Ugh!
Frick a blog.
The sad part about it is, you'll probably see this little curious kitty overcome by the "blog plague" if these things are still goin' strong in a few months, or a year.
Somebody help me! I need preventative meds.
"Blog shots", anyone?
Just $10 at Harmony's Frick-a-Blog Urgent Care.
"HUR-ry, HUR-ry, HUR-rrrry!" :-|
(Yeah, whatever.)
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