My work as a projectionist in one of the world’s busiest theaters in NYC kept me, well busy.  I’m talking most weeks were over 60 hours and some 70, 80 and more.  So juggling family, church (where I teach 5th graders) and my Internet business was a balancing act.

Thanks to Alex Jeffery’s coaching early in the year I was motivated to write my first e-book which was about how I was making a steady clickbank income making short amateur video infomercials.  Wow! was that ever a good thing to do.

Jim Cockrum liked my e-book so much he promoted it 4 times to his massive list.  Also because of opt-in’s into the bonus pool of Jim’s membership site “My Silent Team” (link under Rob’s Favorites) to get my e-book, my list exploded very fast with many really great people that I got to know personally. 

Next my love of videos got me excited to join Maria Andros coaching last April.  I loved Maria’s coaching as she is an outstanding teacher.  Just following a few of her pointers my youtube account grew from 3 subscribers to close to one hundred.  There’s so much more from Maria’s coaching I still need to implement.

Then in late May it was off the Las Vegas for an exclusive get together for just 25 of Alex Jeffrey’s 1st coaching class.  There I saw the power of making connections with others in the Internet Marketing community.  We had such a blast and learned so much.  Alex amazed me as he taught in such depth for many hours and never asked for a dime or anything from us for it.  I’m proud to say that if you type in Alex Jeffreys on youtube my video of the event has been #1 out of close to 19,000 other videos for the past 6 months.

Next up to bat was my e-bay Diabetic Test Strip Business.  This business took off like a rocket.  I’ve sold $20,000 of these little jewels the last 4 months of 2009.  So what’s up for 2010.  Well I’m focusing on 3 things at the start anyway.

1- Ebay  Of course continuing and expanding test strips.  Adding new products which I already have started.  And in Feb taking my good friend from the UK Dan Briffa’s e-bay coaching course on finding fertile markets on e-bay, buying from China and rebranding the products with my own brand.                    

 2- Affiliate marketing I’ve already enlisted Pauline who edited and formatted my e-book and even put up this blog.  She is going to be putting up affiliate word press sites for me.  Video marketing will be a big part of this.               

3- List building I have really enjoyed my first year as a guy with a list.  I’ve stayed true to my instincts. Write as myself, not use swipe copies when promoting something.  Only promote products or coaching programs that I actually paid for myself, used and found great benefit from.  On Jan 24 I’m heading out to Vegas again to attend Alex Jeffrey’s coaching get together for his 2nd coaching group from this past summer.  Part of why I am going is because the main focus is going to be on list building.

So there you have it my 2009 and my very optimistic look into 2010.

Share with me what you’re plans are for Internet Marketing  in 2010 and how I can be of support.

Blessings,                                                                                                                                                        Rob

Well now that I’ve started outsourcing I see things different.  It’s the outsourcing that allows you to grow your business to make the really good money.  If you develop an area like e-bay that you have some success with on-line, but don’t outsource anything.  You are really working a job, not managing a business of unlimited potential.

I learned that years ago when I had my own carpet & upholstery cleaning business.  Sure it was my own business,  but I was working so hard myself there was no time to make more than a decent salary.

So now my e-bay business is say 80% outsourced.  What’s great is this frees up time to expand my e-bay business and also get busy on-line doing things like list building which is what grows an internet marketing business like nothing else.

Success breeds more success.  When people see you’re having some success they’re going to pay attention to you and your offers.  I can see how this is really fun.  But it’s when your not wearing all the hats in your business, then your freeing up time to discover possibilities and be creative to develop your own unique internet marketing business.

A number of people have asked me what is the easiest way to find success on e-bay.  My number one recommendation is arbitrage as taught by Diana:  Check out the incredible successful buying and re-selling method she has developed here:  http://tinyurl.com/ya9tzpg

Talk to you soon,                                                                                                                                               Rob

Well I’m still here and still love to talk, make videos and share our journey together.

On Jim Cockrum’s My Silent Team membership site My Silent Team I found a remarkable product that sells on e-bay like wildflower for a very nice profit.  This new sideline business took off for me from 9am day 1 on Sept. 2.  So when something really happens, hey go with it.  So that’s where my time has gone on good old e-bay.

So it’s been kind of fun and since e-bay is going so well for me, I am looking at expanding.  My wife Laurel loves it too since I have gotten her involved doing some product pick-ups.  Since she was subing through the school system, it’s nice to now have steady work.

I look forward to getting back to other areas of affiliate and internet marketing soon too.  So everything is very cool.

Rob