I worked offshore shortly after I came out of high school. For some bizarre reason, and bad advice to which I listened, I blew off all my scholarships and decided to hit the road. I would like to be able to type, “Whatever. I am over it,” but it would be a lie.
I worked my way across the country, sleeping on concrete picnic tables in order to save money. One of my jobs was working at an Autozone in Garden Grove, California. Some months later I wound up in Cutoff, Louisiana working for South Lafourche Labor Crews, a company that supplied roustabouts to oil companies. That job sucked outrageously mainly because Mitch was not a good employer and so I moved on, and back to college (on my dime.) I later heard Mitch’s company had been raided for all kinds of illegal activities sending him to prison, so my sense of time to go turned out to be very accurate.
After 14 years of marriage, a semi-successful insurance career and a blazingly successful Internet Service Provider start up which was robbed by my partners and subsequently was a major cause of divorce, I began looking at going back offshore. This was in 1998.
Pondering over how long it took to get my job, I honestly don’t have a sense of how many months it took me to land the job but I do remember that it was not a short process. Once I landed the job, I found myself living in a bunkhouse going through classes and training and depressed as hell because, boy, how the mighty had fallen. My business was gone and here I was, working for an hourly wage again. Thank goodness they started training us on how to exit a helicopter that had made a water landing and had turned upside down in the water. Nothing and I mean nothing will get your mind off feeling sorry for yourself better than keeping your focus on how to get out of a seat you’re held in by a six point seatbelt while you are submerged and upside down.
Once I got into the routine of working offshore I realized a couple of things. First, as long as I was on the job and on the clock, the clock was working in my favor. If I were home watching television the clock was working against me. It was an epiphany that took me reaching my late 30s, going through a robbery and a divorce to understand. Second, coming home after a month long stint to a fat bank account made me want to hold to the rod longer even when I was offshore. I got to where I was uncomfortable if I was not on the ship, barge, or platform working. Besides, it is agreeable work. Some of us started at 6AM and worked until 6PM, some from 6PM until 6AM. Some of use from 5 to 5, same deal.
For the single guy, it was a dream job. I once stayed nearly 90 days straight. That homecoming only made it worse for my hankering to be back on the ship because I could see myself getting ahead. Others worked the traditional two weeks on and two weeks off. Many had saved their money and used the oil field job to pay their bills and ran things like a contracting or backhoe business to pay for toys and fund their retirement on their off weeks. I am sure you understand when I say it took me a little while before thinking of being in business for myself again. I worked in the oil fields and I recovered from the robbery and the divorce, one day at a time.
I wish I had had these people’s help when I started looking. I can guarantee that should I ever look to returning to the oil fields and its honest, well paying work, these people will lead the way.
If you think working in the oil fields might be for you, and I highly recommend it as a place to work, try these folks on for size.
Best Regards,
Tim Singleton
“Mr. Singleton, we are interested in working with a few key individuals because our number one goal today is to identify a few key individuals with whom we can work and whose success story we can use in the future.”
Sounds good, right? Hell, more than that, it sounds fair.
“So what your saying is all you want is for me to work with your coaches to build a successful business and you get to use my success story in marketing your system, correct?”
“ Absolutely. All we want is your best efforts and willingness to be teachable and accountable.”
Teachable and accountable from my network marketing days I have come to realize means you are willing to get on their book and tape list which in some cases accounts for large percentages of their incomes, sometimes the majority of their incomes. The miracle butt cream they are pushing or the $6 tube of magic root toothpaste is apparently for the selling to others and pays limited percentages until you get to where you are moving a buttload of books and tapes.
Anyways. I am over it.
One such system swore to me that there was no charge, then about three quarters of the way through the conversation he started talking about a grant to cover the cost of the program. I asked why did I need a grant if all they wanted was my best efforts. I have to be frank in that I have looked at so many programs that this guy’s discomfort was humorous to me because he was so busted.
The point is they wanted to teach me to do a drop ship program using eBay and my own websites and all for the low price of $1,200.00. Well, DOBA charges a monthly fee and these folks had a onetime fee of $1,200.00. I negotiated that down to $300.00 mainly by saying that was what I was willing to pay or I was walking. They came back with $400.00 and I bit…in two equal payments of $200.00, of course, and with the provision that the first con man who called me not get paid because he lied when he said there was no charge.
If their service sucks in 30 days I will cancel and if they want to come after me in small claims, so be it, I will hammer them. I am hopeful that they can actually keep their word. The fellow I am working with seems to be an okay fellow. I am keeping the name of the company confidential for now. If I have not earned my $200 back in 30 days, or if I have, I will report on it.
There are some folks out there who are making a LOT of money. Sadly, I suspect a ton of it is done by overpromising, underdelivering, and having the best disclaimer and terms of agreement out there that money can by. Selling something for $39.95 has got to be the best gig in town because it is cheap enough that lots of folks will take a chance and too small for anybody to sue over when it does not perform up to snuff. Has ANYBODY bought a system for $39.95 that even earned them their money back? A few, it is true, very few.
All of which sucks and screws up the market when you really want to sell good products which are of equal value to the price you charge.
This company claims it will teach me how to build drop shipping relationships with people in that business and show me how to profitably use eBay and how to use eBay to drive people to my own website.
Well, we will see. After all, I have spent more than $400 on a date, on a bad date. Hopefully, they can actually come through. I will consider the program a success if it earns me in a month what I paid for it. Working at home clearly has to be built in sections and pieces, just like the house you want to work out of.
-Tim
You know, you find a product that is exciting because it clearly fills a need, it has a proven track record of success as a revenue stream, and you genuinely feel it will be a benefit to your client at least equal to the purchase price. You decide on a domain name to post your landing page, you set up your autoresponder, and you begin customizing the landing pages and the software or product as instructed.
Only…those instructions tell you to customize it to read in the first person when you did not write ANY of it.
All of a sudden you are moving slow and staring off into space a bit. Disclaimers being what they are, you still know you did not write the thing. The experiences cited are not yours even though the work is written in the first person. Now, I know prose written in the first person is more interesting to read. “The author of this work found himself to be excited” just does not read as well as “Dude, I was fired UP!”
So, to return to the point of this article, a question I have not answered yet. Is it legal, moral and ethical to buy the rights to a work (yes, clearly) and represent that you are the author (no way) even with the original author’s explicit permission because it was his or her intent that you do so? Here, my mental gears grind because it is not plagiarism as I conceive the concept because plagiarism to me implies theft which is not the case here.
I do want to market the products but I will not unless I can come up with a way to explicitly inform the potential buyer of the fact that I am selling it under Private Lable Resell rights without compromising the sales copy. If the issue of it being a product sold under license from another makes the product somehow less beneficial to the purchaser then I have wasted a hell of a lot of time.
Sustanainable development is part and parcel connected with the monstrous aims of the Georgia Guidestones, the control freaks in the UN who wish to limit the human population to 500 million worldwide, and those NGOs who would indoctrinate your kids by bypassing the Federal and State governments and working directly with the local municipality and county governments via local school and government ‘sustainable development’ initiatives.
Make no mistake. Sustainable development is not about saving the environment. It is about saving the environment for the uber rich while relegating you and me to the confines of so-called ‘human zones’ as if we are livestock to be herded and corralled into fenced pasteurs not of our making.
It is infuriating to look into the face of some menapausal local elected council woman while she self-righteously proclaims that SHE is going to single handedly save the earth, or some soon to be victim of Alzheimer’s going on about how he needs to regulate how many times a farmer can subdivide his own property.
Sustainable development is at once an attack on both Christianity and Capitalism, on freedom and freewill, on individuality and independence and on how we live.
Check out Freedom Advocates for more information on this heinous attack against our lives.
Tim Singleton 19 July 2010
Remember, we are selling silver at $1.99+spot in rolls of 20. Gold we sell at $139.00 plus spot in singles or $50 + spot in rolls of 20 as well. Email me at timsingleton@earthtiger.info with your needs and we will give you a quote.
-Tim Singleton
Suffering from insomnia and apnea has left me for months barely able to stay awake at work and only wanting to crash when I got home. I did not want to believe I had apnea, or that if I did, it was not so bad, or if it was so bad, losing weight would take care of the problem.
Trouble is, I was falling dead ass asleep at work in my desk in the middle of conversations with people no matter how hard I tried to keep from doing so. Provigil and ephedrine helped but the assholes at Blue Cross/Blue Shield did not want to pay for them without a sleep study. I put it off and put if off because I KNEW I could not sleep with something on my face all night and besides, I did not want my girl Maryjane to see me sleeping with it looking like a car accident victim in a coma.
Well, it only got worse, so I scheduled the sleep study. They monitored me for a few hours and then came in and helped me into a CPAP mask. Imagine my surprise when I slept on my BACK…have never been able to do that as an adult, and I slept for several hours straight…another minor miracle for Tim’s sleep.
Anyways, I will be on a CPAP machine now. It isn’t sexy, but it isn’t just my weight, either. Choking in your sleep when your throat tissues collapse and your tongue falls to the back of your mouth cause a tremendous load on your heart and this appears to the the primary cause of high blood pressure and stroke later in life. Fixing it now will result in a longer life. Now, instead of merely making it to 300, I may make it to 350 years of age before I check out!
…and Maryjane, of course, only said, “Thanks be to God” when she found out I was going on the machine. My political commentary, aka my snoring, concerned her.
At a quarter of the cost of the last system reviewed, you are getting TONS of bonuses, videos that are easily followed, references to resources that you will use for years, and the genuine ownership of three businesses with REAL products of clear value with The Cash Code.
In two hours, you can have a website up, running, and delivering product. I am more excited about The Cash Code than I have been about a product in a long time. Check out The Cash Code for a real shot at freedom.
Here is an example of what you will get. This is one of my LIVE SITES that I am promoting as a result of purchasing and implementing The Cash Code.
My plan with The Cash Code is simple. Set them up, drive traffic to them, cash the checks from PayPal.
Regards,
Tim
At $997 for a system that provides four websites and hopefully gets you on the fast track to an online income, you would think that the articles used for article marketing to drive traffic to your sites would be a little more in depth. You would also expect that the support folks would respond faster.
I purchased Cash System X and worked it, HARD, because plainly and simply I am in the HUNT to make my online business equal my day job. Why? Because I want choices and options should I say the wrong thing at work and I want to be able to retire in style in eleven years. I will be 58, my first born will be around 10, my sweetie will still be considered as too young for me by many, and when I teach my kids concerning Egypt it will be at the foot of the pyramids in the shadow of the Pharoahs.
I paid the $997 because the sales copy was convincing. I thought I was purchasing 4 websites that would be set up for me. While the situation is more complex than that, I have to say that someone who is completely new to this stuff will not be able to get the system up and running within the 30 money back guarantee timeframe. This is my opinion and it is a strong opinion.
When I did indicate to them that I wanted a refund, it took some doing. While I will give them the benefit of the doubt as to why my refund was so long coming – mistakes and crap happens to the best of us – the slow response and lack of response in the final straw that led to the refund request makes me take the position that when thinking of which system to try you need to X Cash System X OFF your list.
I finally got my refund because I got the company who processed the payment involved in the situation. Not good.
Cash System X. Recommendation: Steer clear.
Regards,
Tim
Why? Because things are starting to cook.
I have invested in three significant marketing systems and my standard is very simple. Sales during the moneyback guarantee period have to equal the cost of the system or the thing is returned. This very simple standard prevents a loss of capital and is fair to both parties.
Some vendors might argue the point because we all know most folks who buy into various systems do so, thumb through the information, and set it aside. By the time they get back around to actually doing something with it, the right to return time has expired with them having done nothing to implement the system. I find it highly unfair for them to have feelings of hurt in any way.
I, on the other hand, do everything I am told to do in that period. I suggest if you are going to pony up the money to buy a system that you do not hesitate in pulling the trigger on implementation. This is the only way you will get free is to work at it. The only way to work at home is to work.
Best Regards,
Tim Singleton
Okay folks, here is the deal. If you are so broke that you are sitting on less than half a paycheck in the bank, then sit tight until you have a little bit of money saved up. You are not going to make any headway in working from home on affiliate marketing if you have absolutely no cash to put out on making the thing go. Running yourself further into the hole is not going to help. Besides, the reason you are where you are now is most likely (not always, true) a result of rash buying decisions. Thinking someone is going to show you how to makes millions for $17 is not the way to go.
Quit it. Quit taking chances on $17 promises. Just for chuckles I have spent the last few days working through several offers in order to what was what and whether there was any value whatsoever and, sad to say, there is very little. One of the core purposes of this site is to let you know what works; what I have found to be legitimate, and also what is absolutely hogwash. This means in addition to things I know are working, such as my Nutronix business, my silver bullion and my coconut sap sugar business, I also have to report on what does not work.
One fellow has a new twist and I will play. He says if I do everything he says to do in his newsletter everyday, I will make $1,000 in 30 days. We shall see. I mean, he could be right. I was certain there would be an upsell going in. He did not disappoint. If his steps make me a grand in 30 days, I will recommend him to you and show you the check.
Go to work if you have a job. If you do not, find one. Be frugal, save a little money for emergencies, be practical. You did not get here in a day and you won’t get out in a day. Some folks, more than a few, have managed to have significant money coming in after 90 days. You are going to need a little money for operating expenses as you promote your affiliate site, right? You have to generate leads, do you not? There are ways to do this; this is a business; business means you have costs.
Scenario: You are barely able to meet your needs needs from your paycheck. Creditor after creditor is breathing down your neck. You have $25 in the bank until you get paid on Thursday – you with me? Hard freaking times indeed we are talking here. You are out on the web looking for some help and voila! a by gumption- GAH-ron-TEED program for $17.00!
That is it! $17.00 measely little old dollars, not even the price of Chinese for two folks from a decent hole in the wall place. You think about. Naaaah. You know it probably crap. Still, it might be for real. Maybe. You putter around for the next hour, rereading and rereading and rereading. Hope begins to grow. Finally you cannot help yourself, you whip out your credit card, enter the number and what is the very first thing on the welcome page? Yup…if you REALLY want to be successful, you need THIS!
…whatever this may be. For another $79 you can have it, too! (or $39, or $197 or whatever.)You are burning a little around the ears right now, mostly because you are feeling like Ricky Ricardo when his steering wheel was stolen and the fellow was trying to sell it back to him. It said he would show me everything, did it not? Yes, it did. You are not crazy. You are wrapped in the moth, funnel cloud, two and a half gainer upselling system. No, you say, then again, hit cancel to again become subject to the next discounted price.
Please do not fall for it when you are dead broke. Admittedly, some of these systems will work if you have some operating capital. If you do not, you are killing yourself and your spirit by one disappointing bad purchasing decision at a time. Besides, I know for a fact if you stand your ground long enough they will get the price of the next sell right. But again, you still have to have operating money to make it work.
Now, I am all for working from home. I want it again so bad I am hitting the sack a lot of times at midnight and getting back up at 2AM. Why? Because this is not easy. Were it easy, it would not be possible for folks to earn $100,000 doing it. The difficulty is what makes it worth the juice. If it were not for the fact that I have an awesome job, I would already be working from home but my goal is to have my online business matching a multiple of my job.
I am here to help you. I don’t want your last dime because if I take you last dime, you will have nothing with which to work your business. This is called stupid and counterproductive. You will get frustrated and my name will be mud and if you have been paying attention you know that is not what I want. If it sounds too good to be true, it might be, but not always. Keep a wary eye on the lookout is all I am saying.
In order to get started, really started in affiliate marketing on some kind of fast track, you are going to have to spend some money and even then you are talking a crap shoot. The best programs I have seen out there from a professional standpoint and what they give you are going to cost you a $1,000.00, period. There may be some programs out there that you can get into and get started but do you really have the time to try to figure out what they are not telling you in the $17 programs? I mean, sure, you will get some value, perhaps even enough to make your money back, but this is not going to be a breakout program like an MLM business that sells a consumable product that actually has a demonstrated benefit and can indeed be started for less than $500 in most cases. Nutronix can be started for less that $50.00. Actually, that is not entirely accurate. There is no cost to get started, the $50 or so is for your first order of product that will make you feel better anyway. Lord knows if you are living hand to mouth you probably are not getting proper nutrition anyways and this will help.
As for the freebies? Get all you can get and read them. They have value. They are designed to get you on the track to spend money in order to make money. Anything here that is free is designed to help you get started. I recommend them and give them away because in my opinion I believe they will help you get started. You are going to need to dig in and go to your gutcheck and start putting together some financial resources in order to prime the pump.
These things may not be what you want to hear. Some master marketers may find this article infuriating. Everything I have written here is true and based on my experiences since 1995 when I started my own ISP.
There are four main ways to become a millionaire in the USA. They are:
A $17.00 act of desperation is not going to get you rolling in ANY of these fields. So, get hold of yourself, start putting back what you can, READ (I have a list, get them from the library, email me and I will provide it free) and relax. Top Ramen noodles are good and will kill the beast until you can afford better. I know this from personal experience.
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