Some people have a talent for marketing, but I’m not one of them. I am so inept when it comes to making money, I’m good at spending it though. When I decided I wanted to make money online I tried lots of different things. One of them was affiliate marketing because I didn’t have to put any money out for most programs however some do require you to pay, but most don’t and those were the ones I went for.

I made very little money even the programs I paid to join and knew firsthand how the products worked I still couldn’t convince people to part with their money. One of the best programs is Bluehost and when you get someone to sign up and get verified you earn 68 dollars, but everyone out there that has a hosting account is also pushing it.

At one point I thought about offering a portion of that back to the customer if they signed up under me, but I decided it wasn’t worth it. I decided I was a horrible marketer and more or less stopped. I unsubscribed from many different places and lost interest. I think I still belong to one program that I spend 119 dollars a year. Last year I didn’t even break even and this year I might so I’m going to cut my losses and drop it.

Nope marketing just isn’t my thing, I’m very lazy and don’t put in the time to push it because it’s not very interesting to me. When I worked in the salon I never pushed products if someone liked something I was using and asked me about it I would explain what it did and usually the product spoke for itself and they would buy it, but I simply wasn’t a good sales person.

When I worked in the food business if I didn’t think something was good I told them my opinion and most times I would go get them a taste of whatever it was so they could make up their own mind and if they decided they wanted to try it then that was on them if they didn’t like it halfway through. If they had been sweet to me I sometimes took pity and would let them have something else.

The only product that I never had to push was alcohol and of course most times I had to limit that. We humans sometimes just don’t know when to stop so we sometimes need intervention. I hate when I go to McDonald’s and they ask me if I want french fries or an apple turnover with that, I know what I want so leave me the hell alone.

I know that’s how they are trained and they have to say it, but it gets monotonous after awhile especially if you go there all the time and get the same thing every time. When I worked at Lowe’s we had to say the same things over and over, but I did try to vary it with each customer so it didn’t sound so mechanical. I hated working at Lowe’s, I lasted 6 months then I quit.

Okay that’s enough about my inept marketing ability I have to get moving and get some other stuff done. Have a good one.