Thanks
for coming to the Pre-Launch of this blog. With this post I'm just
going to introduce myself
and
tell you a little bit about myself.
I
guess I'm what you may call a serial entrepreneur. I always had an
interest in starting companies. The first company I started was when
I was 10 years old. My brother, Darrin, a neighborhood friend named
Michael, and myself started a store called MTD Enterprises. MTD stood
for Michael, Tony, Darrin, (Tony being my nickname growing up). We
sold our old toys and comic books. Our Mission Statement being: "Make
Enough Money To Buy Candy".
I
even tried my hand with a mail-order catalog business, in which I hand
wrote and drew pictures of items that I had for sale, (more toys). I
got postage stamps from my mother and mailed my two page catalogs to
my cousins. Fast-forward to my early twenties, my friend, Dany
Rodriguez had started his own independent comic book publishing
company called Society's Outcasts. Dany brought me on board as
Vice-President because I had the ability to get the books printed. I
later struck out on my own to start my own independent comic book
publishing company called PyroGraphix Inc.We
published and featured various writers and artists in the Cleveland
and Greater Cleveland area. This was my first lesson in budgeting and
“return on investment.” Our books sold well, but the cost of
printing was what eventually caused me to close our doors.
I began
to work at various call centers over the years to support myself,
until I decided to start investing in real estate. I purchased one of
those popular television real estate courses on how to buy property
with no money down. I devoured the course and over the next few
years, I was able to amass a portfolio of nine houses. I had even
written to the marketing company of the course that I bought, and
they flew my first wife and myself to Florida to be filmed in their
next infomercial. I decided to learn more about real estate from the
lender’s side, so I became a loan officer for a mortgage company.
After learning all that I could, I struck out on my own, started my
own Mortgage Brokerage Firm, hiring loan officers to work for me. I
specialized in the sub-prime market. After a few years, I was
noticing a shift in the sub-prime market that was making it difficult
to lend money. You see, Wall Street had stopped buying mortgages due
to the high default rate, so I decided to close shop, while the
getting was good. A year later, lenders and brokers were going broke
and closing their doors due to the housing crisis.
My
first wife and I divorced, the rental properties were sold, and I was
back to working at call centers again. Looking for something to do, I
learned that a lot of companies were outsourcing their call center
needs, especially overseas. I also realized that with today’s
technology, particularly the internet, and VOIP services, (Voice Over
Internet Protocol), I could have my own virtual call center. I
learned of companies that were looking for contractors to take their
customer service calls, so I became a limited liability company in my
state, (Ohio), upgraded my computer systems, and started my company.
I started taking calls for the Direct Market Industry, also known as
infomercials. I also started taking calls for a pizza franchise, once
I learned that all of their restaurants were not set up to take phone
orders. I would take those orders, my computer system having secured
access to their servers to submit the orders to the various
restaurants. By this time, I was able to contract agents to work for
my company, as well as employing a staff, while I concentrate on
offering other services, such as website building and maintenance,
telephone surveys, remote data backup service and other ventures. All
these services fell under the company name of INNOVATIVE CYBER
SYSTEMS LLC.
Now
I have decided to branch out into marketing. Being that I have a love
for technology, I will be blogging about technology and products
geared to newbies. I will also talk about the marketing industry and
I guess anything I feel like talking about. :)
Now
as I work to build my business, I thought it might be interesting to
blog this journey. I don’t know why anyone may be interested in
reading this, but I will blog about my growth, my successes,
failures, mistakes that I may make, growing pains and
anything else that I feel like blogging about. Running this business
takes a lot of my time, so I can’t say that I will be blogging
everyday, more than likely once a week. So now I will share all that
I know and all that I learned about marketing and technology. I will
share tons of info regarding products to make money on line. What I
do know ids these posts will detail on how to make money, not a
living. I'm not a guru or don't claim to be. The money you can make
is meant to supplement
your income, not replace it. Now
their are some people who were able to actually replace their income,
but they, in my opinion, are the exception.
Although
the little boy that I was, outgrew the need for candy, (thanks to
diabetes), I still have luxuries that I am accustomed to; like my
house, cars, clothing, and other necessities, which are now a
different sort of “candy” for me.
Since
the age of 10, my goals have remained the same … “Make Enough
Money To Buy Candy.”
P.S. I know this is the Pre-Launch with the actual Launch scheduled for Monday. Monday I will review three money making opportunities, but I feel I should at least share something today.
So, how would you like to get paid to write short reviews on music?
Well their is a site where you can do just that and get paid for it. The way it works, A
new artist signs up and uploads three tracks on the system based on
genre. We sign up for free and listen to these tracks for at least
90 seconds. We are considered scouts.
Now we have to write constructive reviews( Now if the music
sucks...say so, but in a professional, constructive manner. Now the
big question, how much will you get paid? The pay ranges from .02 -
.20 per review. depending on the quality,(quality of the review, not
the music). So, you'll listen to a track for at least 90 seconds,
write a short quality review, (your reviews are rated, the better the
rating, the better the pay).
Here is a short video:
If
you are interested, here is a link to get you started:
Okay, I will see you in a few days, with three money-making opportunities and don't forget to enter your email address to receive updates from us and I will include a free gift.
Your email will never be sold and we do not spam.
P E A C E !
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