Social Marketing Blueprint
By · CommentsLast year, as you may be aware if you have shuffled around this site for a while, I was divorced. It was a very sad time, as it is for everyone who goes through it I think. 2009 was my Annus Horribilis and I don’t want to have another year like it. Ever. I wasn’t working and I didn’t really have anything in my life apart from getting up, surviving the day and going back to bed. In fact, I think I may well have slept the year away if it wasn’t for my daughters.
At the end of the year, I started to feel like I wanted to do something. I wasn’t sure what, but I am an action taker, I always have been. I am one of those people who exhausts others with their energy – and I had wasted a year of my life. A fellow coach forwarded an email to me about the Social Marketing Blueprint. This is a course which shows you, through a series of very well made, simple to follow videos and teleseminars, how to create a blog (you are reading the one that I created whilst on this course) and let the world know you are there using social marketing tools like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc. Ultimately, you can monetise your blog and make a living with it. Maritza Parra (www.maritzaparra.com) and Jeff Herring (www.jeffherring.com) run the course. They have made the videos and they have experience with complete beginners, so all of the course material caters for those who are absolutely clueless as well as those with a bit more experience (an example of how basic it can be is that they have videos showing you how to open an account in Facebook and Twitter! Doesn’t get much more beginner than that!). Jeff and Maritza are great teachers and make everyone feel comfortable and able to ask questions – however basic.
This course was a life changer for me. This sounds very dramatic, but it is quite true. The support that I received, not only from Maritza and Jeff, but also from my fellow students helped me out of a sad place and back into the land of the living. I now blog regularly (as you know dear reader!) and I write articles, tweet, make videos etc as part of my daily routine. I have a reason for each day. In fact, I have a to-do list for each day and I usually have too much on it to do it all! That’s a big change for a woman whose to-do list was “get up, sort children, sleep” for nearly a year.
Now, I realise that most people aren’t in a sad place, but I am betting that many of you would like to work from home? Isn’t that why you keep coming back to this blog? Well, let me tell you that you couldn’t do much better than to take this course as a way to start your online career. I enjoy working online so much more than offline for several reasons;
- I can do it in my pjs
- I am at home, not out
- I can do it when I am grumpy without offending anyone (!)
- I can control when I work – to the second
- If my children need me – I am here
- I find it very rewarding, especially when people leave comments
If you want to develop an online career, or to find out more about how to do it, take a good look at the Social Marketing Blueprint. (you can click on those words). I think it is the best social marketing course available!
There is a clickable picture of the Social Marketing Blueprint down the bottom of this page, on the right if you prefer
love
Sarah
My Funny Girl
By · CommentsLast weekend, we visited my brother and his partner in London. They live in South West London (I think it is south west – my geography of London isn’t so good!) near Kingston. We went to Camden Town for the day on Saturday which broadened my childrens’ horizons in about 3 hours!! (If you haven’t ever heard of/been to Camden Town, Google it – it is an astonishing place full of piercings and tattoos; neon clothes and black clothes; vibrant individuals and just plain scary ones – it’s a cool place to spend some time).
On Sunday, we went to Bushey Park near Hampton Court Palace. On the way, we passed a building that was extremely austere looking indeed. We adults commented on the fact that it looked like a prison although it was in fact a University.
About an hour later, my smallest girl (aged 8 ) looked at me very seriously and asked me “Mum, are there two “zeds” in prison?”
Sigh! One day, they will be grown up and won’t entertain me like this any more…
The days can drag, but the years fly…
Speak soon
love Sarah
Work From Home
By · CommentsHello! Well, I interviewed Maritza Parra – and she was just awesome! She is one together lady. She made me smile when she said that she realised at an early age that she was unemployable, so she had to work for herself!! I’ve come to the conclusion that this is a fairly accurate description of me too!
On a completely separate note, it has come to my attention that I have a few readers who are not stay at home mothers – in fact, they are not mothers at all, but they do read my blog. They have each said that they don’t feel able to leave a comment as they are not “real” visitors! Well, I would like to say, for the record, that you are all welcome, dear visitors, whoever you are. If you have an interest in working from home even without the children (!!) there is something here for you. Dare I remind you that working from home without children is so much more simple than working from home with them?
So, some things that are specifically for those who are not for work at home mums:
Lisa – yes, university students can make an online living from home. Here is a video just for you (and others who are students, or who know students who might be interested). Speak soon
love Sarah
Money making ideas from the Best of the Best
By · CommentsI am about to interview the wonderful Maritza Parra – The Product Creation Queen. She is the 3rd of the internet gurus in my series of “Women Entrepreneurs” interviews. So far, I have interviewed Nicole Dean and Christina Hills, both of whom are legends in their own fields. Interestingly, when asked about how they would start now, if they had to start over, both of them said “with affiliate marketing”. That is, making money online selling other people’s products. Both now promote their own work at home programmes (programs for those of you from the US!) and both are highly successful and very good to learn new skills from.
I am really looking forward to interviewing Maritza as she is one of my personal mentors (her partner Jeff Herring being the other). She is an exceptional teacher and gifted internet “queen”. Am off to do the interview right now – wish me luck!
love
Sarah
Christina Hills Rocks!
By · CommentsI have just interviewed Christina Hills for half an hour – and that lady rocks! She is SOOOOOO interesting to listen to – I hope everyone who joined us thought so too. Just listening to her explain how Jah-Jah Binks was brought to life was interesting
So, do you want to learn how to create a website? Do you want to learn how to add a shopping cart? Yes? Keep watching this page – tomorrow I’ll pop a link on here (I know I should do it right now, but it is late, I am tired and you can wait!! LOL)
See you tomorrow
love Sarah
Nicole Dean Freebies!
By · CommentsHello there
So, the start of another week . My youngest has decided to refrain from the “I can’t go to school because I’m sick” routine today – thank goodness!
I hope that those of you who joined me for the teleseminar last week with Nicole Dean found it as totally inspiring as I did! Isn’t she just the most grounded and easy to chat to woman? During the chat, she promised some free stuff for you all and I now have it! I you click here (I know it looks the same colour as the rest of the text, but I promise you really can click it – it seems to be a bug and I’m on to it) you will get FREE INSTANT ACCESS. Because I loathe spam, you will need to confirm that you do want access to the reports for me please. Go read them and actually do what it says in them – you’ll be really glad that you did.
Don’t forget that I am interviewing Christina Hills AND Maritza Parra – both legends in the “making money online” world in their own right. Join me for the interviews…
love
Sarah
