Welcome to my Internet Marketing Brain Dump…

Posted by Charles as Internet Marketing

This is the first day of my brain dump and I just want you to know a bit about this blog and about me.

The first thing you need to know is that I am writing this blog for myself, so I create my own journal that can be passed on to educate my children Jessica (12) and Justin (7) Kaytlin (8) Hayley (7) and also pass my knowledge on to anyone who cares to learn what I do to earn a living on the Internet.

When I say I am writing this blog for myself I mean that this blog along with my other educational website SEO20/20 is written to help me so that I can basically replicate myself through other people (including my kids). I hope to empower you so that we become business partners one day.

I have no expectations for this blog (or doing business with you) other than it to allow me to dump my brain into digital format. I hope you learn some stuff in the process… If not don’t hate me … This is more for me than you.

I also hope to use this blog to learn from readers… I have been making a full time living online from the comfort of home since 1995… I know how to make money online but how I make money may not be YOUR passion so you may not (and probably won’t) make money the same way I do.

I will give you Internet Marketing knowledge that can be used to monetize any passion that you may have… I will be dumping my brain here on a continual basis so be sure to subscribe to any of my 3 update services in the subscribe box above.

Just so you know… I hate the phrase “make money”… It’s a stupid term that has no basis in reality… Nobody “makes money”… money is an expression of appreciation from one human being to another. Making money in itself does not exist.

… If you don’t do something that has value to other people then you should not expect to earn a dime.

Anyways … Yes … I am a bit weird (eccentric) and I am an aggressive thinker so I have some ticks… Now that I have laid all that out for you, I hope you enjoy my blog and gain benefit from it one day at a time the same way I will.

Thank you for stopping by…

- Charles Heflin

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16 Responses

Rochelle Beach

January 10th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
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Thank you for caring enough about others to share your experience, knowledge and time with people such as myself who are eager to learn about the social networking world.

I look forward to reading all of the information on your website and applying it to my homebased craft business.
Catalin

January 11th, 2008 at 2:43 am
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Hey Charles

Great to see you setup a braindump blog… we sure could use your expertise in the online game.
I am one of your students at U2020 and i often wondered: “when does Charles come up with new ideas? how does he plan his “attacks”?”
Maybe we’ll find out
Take care and… bring it on

Catalin
Charles

January 11th, 2008 at 4:24 am
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@Rochelle and @Catalin…

Thank you for stopping by and commenting. Things are going to get really exciting around here and over at SEO20/20… This blog is a case study in SMM.
Paul

January 11th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
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Hello Charles,

Best of luck with your new blog. I’m a big fan of SEO2020 and it’s one of the few newsletters I look forward to reading. I completely agree with your view towards ‘Making Money”, I just don’t know if I could of expressed myself as elegantly as you did.

Good luck
Charles

January 11th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
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Thank you Paul,

Yes, the biggest lesson new Internet marketers need to learn is to quit chasing the “make money” illusion and start chasing their personal passions and interests instead… Then offer a product or service that enhances the lives of those that share your interests and passions.

This is a simple and very regurgitated saying but it is VERY true.
Glen

January 11th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
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HI Charles,

I’ve started experimenting with doing some video web posts on a couple of blogs, and I’m beginning to prefer them to writing a posts.

What’s the process here if I wanted to post a video comment?

Is that something you’re allowing?

–Glen
Guru Bob

January 12th, 2008 at 8:38 am
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Best of luck with the blog Charles.

Can’t wait to see what’s coming.

Guru Bob
Charles

January 12th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
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Glen,

To post video comment here you simply upload your comment to Revver and then pop the Revver ID in the Revver Video ID box right below your comment.

Revver will then display your comment here…

You can also upload your video right here as well and then it will display automatically after Revver gets done working their magic with it.

All these options are available right below the comment box…
Adam Gershenbaum

January 12th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
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Charles I am in the process myself of getting my wordpress up so I can have a place to ‘dump’ all my daily SMM meanderings into one spot and streamline my online presence. Thanks to twitter for making the connection to you. Great entries in here. Looking forward to reading (and sharing) more.

Adam
Charles

January 12th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
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Hi Adam,

That’s just proof that social media works. Twitter is useful though highly shrouded in mystery and doubt.

Thank you for the comment.
Adam Gershenbaum

January 13th, 2008 at 12:49 am
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Yes I find myself explaining twitter to people every day but I still tell them they must use it to fully realize it’s reach.

Almost every day I find a new use for twitter. I could keep a daily blog on just the 3 new reasons I love twitter today.
Julia

January 20th, 2008 at 12:29 am
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Charles,

Your reply to Paul on Jan 11th is so very true, but it is hard to get new internet marketers to understand that until they have been online chasing the money dream and it has not worked. Once they have failed a few times (or many) that is when your words to Paul are fully understood. Well, then again….some never do get it because they give up.

Best regards,
Julia
Charles

January 20th, 2008 at 12:53 am
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@ Julia & @ GuruBob - Thank you for your comments.

@ Julia - I am working to flip the script on the way that newcomers seek and understand IM. Not an easy task but definitely doable over time.
Lisa Alexander

April 4th, 2008 at 10:28 am
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Great post and much success with your blog!
Roman

April 26th, 2008 at 7:23 am
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Good luck with your job!))) keep on doing!)))
Juan the Targeted Traffic Guru

May 18th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
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Thanks for the blog. i have been making money on the Internet for a few years and agree with you. You need to provide services or products that are goos. Not something copied or put together quickly that offers no practical content.