The Final Chapter
It’s mid November of 2007. I am working at the big box computer store. And I am trying to launch a membership web site. Suddenly, out of nowhere, I have another eye problem. This time it is my right eye.
I had cataract surgery in January of 2005 on both eyes. Now the membrane that holds the lens that was put in as a substitute for my natural lens had contracted and my vision was really blurred. Natural occurrence, I am told. No big deal. Just a couple of minutes with a laser – we make a hole in the sack – and you are as good as new. OK.
However, it is the end of the year and the doctor is really booked up. I can’t get in for about 3 weeks. The big box computer store only had a 2 week medical leave. So I had to quit. No problem. I figured I would be able to be hired back.
Got the surgery done by mid December. Have 20/15 vision in the right eye. Yippee! Start the process to be rehired. Mid January of 2008. Nope – we are not going to hire your back. Opps.
Now I am 66 years old. I have left my last 2 jobs because of medical reasons. The economy is beginning to go south. And I have no job and no real prospect of finding one. And we don’t have a car as that went away at the end of 2006.
So I spent 2008 learning what I didn’t want to do to make money on the Internet.
You see, we seem to learn about what we want by experiencing what we don’t want. Here is what I learned.
1. I am not very good at working with a list.
2, The reason for this is that I am a talker, not a writer. I like to get feedback. I can get feedback when I am talking. I don’t get the kind of feedback I want to receive from writing emails to a list.
3. I am an information collector, and I like passing that information on to others.
4. I am good at collecting bits and pieces of information and weaving them into something presentable. I was good at doing term papers in college.
5. I didn’t know much about SEO, AdWords, and how to get traffic to a web site.
Tanya and I somehow limped through 2008. It was not one of the best years of my life. And, once again, I was on a big time learning curve concerning my Dream of making money doing Internet Marketing.
Verbally, I am a pretty good salesman. I can ask questions. I can listen to the answers. And than I can usually figure out how to give the customer what they want.
However, somehow I had not figured how to translate that into Internet Marketing. The answers were right there in front of me waiting for me to find them.
In January of 2009, I had a couple of weeks where I was off line and not distracted by the every day routine of sorting through emails, etc. I began to organize some of my computer’s hard drive. What I discovered was a real bonanza.
I found that I had about number of products that had Master Resale Rights. In fact I had enough that I could publish one a week for 2 years. I also had a number of AdSense sites and Private Label Rights web sites.
I also actually began to read some of the products that I had. And I began to concoct a plan that would utilize my strengths. I realized that Blogging was the way to go for me. And I found a way to generate some fairly immediate money so that I could feel some success.
So that is what I am embarking on for the coming year. And you will be able to see my progress as I report it here on Coach Bill’s Blog.
I wish you the best in your own endeavors. And if what you find here is of any help to you in your pursuit of the Internet Dream, leave a comment, and Let’s Share A Beer. 
All the best,
Coach Bill Courtney
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