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Hi Sean and Friends!

I’m looking forward to exploring the site and meeting new members. I know a lot about self-publishing and WordPress, so maybe I can help people in one of those areas. My goal is to be an encourager here and to be part of a network where we help each other get ahead.

Norma

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Bruce Hoag

Hey everyone. James K. Dudley here. Nice to meet you all. I’ve been trying to make it online for a while now. I find that much of the information online is sort of a conspiracy of missing pieces such that you end up with a lot of information you can’t really do anything with. I feel like all of the pieces are finally starting to come together so 2018 should be a great year.

Hi All, Look forward to meeting people through this group 🙂 My name is Tina Fletcher. I have been online for quite awhile but mainly as web designer and graphic artist. I am looking forward to talking to others who are also starting or online making their mark 🙂

Hello All

I am another one who has played with WordPress for some times so I suspect that I am a few steps ahed of many in terms of discovery learning. One of the sites I manage is http://www.safehaven.wales That is not a business site but it is the public face of the church craft group I help run. A few weeks after join the church I got to the front door and just knew that I knew that someone should set up a craft group. A year after I first joined I am one of the two leaders of a craft group welcoming people with special needs. When I compare the abilities of the 2 year olds who go to the toddler group to the abilities of this group the children are more able in many ways.

There is one thing I am noticing while typing this and that is I am struggling to see the text. I have an old monitor that makes it hard to see pale grey text. I have magnified the screen as much as possible but it is still not easy to see. The black text is OK but the paler text in this box is not easy to read. It is not just the monitor that is getting old but I am not quite ready to be retired.

Susan in North Wales

Hello Everyone,

I’m Yvonne A Jones, Certified Business and Life Coach/Online Marketing Strategist. My background is banking and HR and I walked away from Corporate America 10 years ago to start my own business. My online journey began in 2008. I love building relationships and collaboration, and look forward to meeting you.

Hi,
I’m Willie Armit from Scotland, UK.
It’s great to start and talk/meet up with you all.
I’ve already mentioned (on the questions spot) that I’ve been trying to get settled into a good IM career for sometime now but get phased out thru things like information overload, shinny objects, 100’s emails offering solutions etc etc. I really hope that with Sean’s training and the members input that I and everyone on this venture will taste success and hopefully continue to be successful.
Here’s to a great vigorous enterprise!!!

Hi Everyone! I’m Jay Kruizenga, with an interest in personal development and a passion for helping others break free of their shell and realize their fullest potential. I’ve followed many internet marketers, a few that are no longer in business, one who was a personal mentee of Joe Vitale, and this mentee’s proteges. I read the books, purchased the courses, built up websites only to never launch them online, and found myself repeatedly coming full circle back where I started. The gurus would always have a solution…all I needed was “this” course, or “this” book…items that when I purchased, they made money. I didn’t. I have no-one to blame but myself for this. Always chasing after the next good thing to come along, recommended by those I trusted.

Reason I never got anything going…I couldn’t wrap my mind around the “i.m. field”. How could I teach others to do what I hadn’t done myself? Fake it ’til you make it. Seemed hypocritical and deceptive. I couldn’t partake morally.

I’ve followed Sean long enough to see that he is different. He has a moral character and isn’t afraid to tell it like it is. I won’t be jumping into the “i.m” field, perhaps one day, when I am actually making money online.

Money made online: $0.
Hours invested in “learning”: countless

I’m in high hopes PreneurPal will help me overcome my limits and to make strides toward my goal of making a living online. Thanks Sean for this opportunity. And I’m looking forward to connecting with others who may be in the same boat as I.

My name is Kristin van Tilburg. I am a coach specializing in “inner game” work: transforming false beliefs about self, life and others that are creating barriers to your success. I have just published my first novel called Deceptive Truths, which is an introduction to my work in what I intend to be an entertaining form. I’m looking for some new friends who understand the challenges of being an online marketer. Can’t wait to meet you!

Hello all!

I am Scott Hogue, I am a Strategic Life Coach and with my wife I own several offline small businesses. For years I operated a Christian Hypnosis practice, taking in anything pretty much that came through the door. The Christians weren’t happy with the hypnosis part of my title and the non-Christians weren’t happy with the Christian part and that made building a practice difficult in the beginning, so in time I fell back to promoting myself as a Strategic Life Coach based on my years in management at Fortune 500 companies, still using my bag of tricks I have picked up over the years.

I build bridges from people to the things they want in life. In over 40 years of practice in one form or another I have seen a lot and worked with a lot of people overcoming problems. Like Bob Proctor says, you don’t have to be a genius to get good at something after 40 years.

My goal here is to take my offline practice online in a variety of ways. To offer programs and coaching for a variety of issues and arenas. Running an office practice limits you in so many ways that an online presence overcomes. That way I can help many more people and create a little residual income for my sweetheart’s and my own retirement years.

If I have an unforgivable flaw, it is I hate wordpress. I often threaten to sell I hate wordpress bumper stickers.

Hope we all have a long and blest relationship here,
Scott Hogue CChH

Greetings from Augusta, Georgia!

My full name is Claire Elisabeth Elliott, but just call me Coach Claire (or Claire!). I have wanted to make money online since the time I was first online in 1995, but my chaotic life has prevented me from focusing on this goal until now. In recent years, I have gotten certified as a spiritual coach / hypnotist, but this merely made it official considering that my very difficult life has always required that I be a coach to everyone around me at all times.

I have never learned so much about Internet marketing as I have from Sean and look forward to getting to know all of you. I am also very eager to learn all I can as I finally officially start my business: NICHIREN BUDDHIST SHAMAN – a division of the Department of Empowerment LLC.

I’m from Bend, Oregon, and I’ve been fulltime freelancing from home since May 10, 2013.

Thank you, Lord.

I’m a writer/copywriter who primarily ghostwrites for CEO’s and manages email campaigns for small businesses. Lately, I’ve been getting more into ebooks (editing and formatting for authors). My aim is to stick with a niche and start taking myself on as a client.

Problem is … everything interests me. I can help others focus and launch, but can’t seem to do that for myself (that’s gotta change soon).

Hi All!

I’m from southern Indiana. I’ve been “dabbling” in IM for many years. It wasn’t meant to be dabbling, but it seems as though that is how it’s turned out so far. I tried to follow too many business models and never really developed a single one. I quickly became overwhelmed but I had just enough small successes (I’m talking SMALL) to keep me hooked.

I have two adult children that I see working at jobs they aren’t that happy in, just as I did most of my life. I am determined to succeed online so I can prove to myself I can do it and so I can teach my children to do the same. I want them to have a life of freedom and security.

Looking forward to working together to achieve our goals!

Hello all,

I’m really excited to be here. I’ve been following Sean for a while, and I think this is really the thing that is going to change the game for me. I’ve been “dabbling” in internet marketing for more years than I care to admit. So what’s been the problem? I guess it’s the same as it is for so many others. I get caught up in the next big thing, learning and learning, but I’m not implementing.

“Oh, here’s another really cool course/software/plugin. Let’s buy it and pretend we’re moving forward by going through the tutorial videos 17 times.” Accountability is something I definitely need. Without it, I’ll keep spinning my wheels and fooling myself thinking I’m making progress. I feel I have the knowledge. I’m just missing the kick in the backside to get moving. I know I have all the “toys” I need to get started.

I guess it’s just a matter of thinking like a marketer and not like a buyer.

This group came along at the right time. I’m hoping to finally break the shackles of inactivity and make some really great friends in the process. That’s the long and the short of it for right now, Folks.

Let’s all do this together. Onward and upward.

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Hello Everyone,

My name is Shawn Miller, I am a certified coach that has dealt with grief for a couple of years. I have made some money in the field, but don’t feel right about charging someone at this point in their life. Everyone needs a friend at this point in their life. My goal is to give this coaching away and sell my services in WordPress. I have used WordPress since its infancy. I create websites for others and also teach the use of WordPress. I do enjoy creating these websites. I don’t believe in the cookie cutter method. Everything that I create is custom built for the business or the person that is wanting the site.

I do believe in honesty and sincerity and have followed Sean for many years. I totally agree with his teachings. Sean is one of only two people that I have found that has been helpful for me as a coach. He is the most honest person I know that has really made money on the internet. I feel that most of these online “Gurus” are liars out to get your buck. I am from Ohio and am interested in becoming friends with real people that want to make a living online.

Thanks Sean for this opportunity!
Shawn

Hi Everyone.

My name is Bruce Hoag, and I’m a writer who also happens to be a psychologist. I’m the first author of the book, Managing Value-Base Organizations: It’s Not What You Think and have written hundreds of articles for management consultants and other entrepreneurs, including IM-ers.

I have a PhD in Organizational Psychology from the Manchester Business School (UK); but I’m an American who lives in the UK.

I first came to England with the USAF where I was a weather observer and forecaster. (If you live in the UK, I can probably tell you more about the weather here than you’ll ever want to know. LOL)

My goal is to develop the writing business into a full-time gig, leave the daytime marketing gig (a.k.a. the day job), and to move back to the States.

I hope that the comments I make will be beneficial to all of you and will help you to reach your goals.

This is the “Meet Jan Sandhouse Hurst” section from my book, “How To Get Elected For The Job OF Your Dreams”:

Jan Sandhouse Hurst is a Marketing Authority, International Trainer, Speaker and Author, as well as an internationally recognized expert in International Business strategies and best practices.

As the Authority Mentor, she shows business owners, service professionals, entrepreneurs and experts how to use her signature marketing formulas to attract more clients, generate profitable leads and boost their authority using Leadership, Leverage and Collaboration.

She earned her leadership stripes as president of numerous non-profit and business groups, and was national chair of an organization of leaders appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. She is President of The JSH Group, Inc. and the founder of AuthorityMarketingMastery.com.

She teaches easy formulas for creating magnetic marketing results and killer authority positioning. Jan has taught hundreds of individuals and businesses her creative strategies, systems and solutions that pay off. Her training will make you money for the rest of your life.”

Promotional hype, I know, but it describes the highlights of what I have done. My career has had lots of twists and turns, but all of that gives me a unique perspective on finding creative solutions for those I help.

I’m combining building authority positioning, marketing and a near-term focus on using newsletters in creative ways in AuthorityMarketingMastery.com.

More of my background is here: http://authoritymarketingmastery.com/how-l-l-c-worked-for-me/

Please let me know if I can help you or scout for you.

I live in the beautiful Rockies of Montana and love it. After being in the construction industry for decades and being an assistant pastor of a large church for decades, I started goofing around online back about 2009 after my wife died of cancer and I wrote a research book on natural cancer cures. I loved (and still do) helping people in any way I can so that was my beginning in helping those online that I didn’t know but could really help.

The book did okay but not great because I didn’t know how to get the word out back then.

Since then I had a stroke causing me to forget most of what I already knew. I had to learn how to read and write and everything all over again (and I forgot everything I had learned about the online world). Forgetting what I knew about the online world wasn’t all bad because it changes so fast. Everything was new and different for me whether it was in reality or not. So I immersed myself in learning ( and considered every course or product I purchased as a small part of my new education which I desperately needed) and began helping friends and family and then other brick and mortar clients gain customers from online. I learned a ton by just doing it. I am by personality a detail oriented all my ducks in a row kind of guy but had to learn to be more of a Ready-Fire-Aim guy that was willing to just put it out there and tweak it later.

I have recently (the last year or so) taken all I’ve learned and decided that to most newbies I am actually a specialist in the IM world so have marketed myself that way. I am far from an expert on everything know that I know a LOT more than 95% of those who want to start online. I make some money online but not nearly what I know I am capable of. So am super excited to grow and help others here grow at the same time.

I have done a lot in SEO and consider myself more knowledgeable than most in video rankings and production. I’m more than willing to help anyone in our Community any way I can.

Thanks Sean for all the hard work you’ve put into this Community. Many of us will benefit greatly from it.

Hi to all Preneurpal members!

My name is Leslie (but prefer to be called Les) and I hail from Leicester in England, and I am now in my late Fifties (My brain still thinks I am twenty however).

I served in the British Army for fourteen years, many moons ago now, as well as a six year stint as an expatriate in Saudi Arabia, during the early to mid Nineties).

I love serious and intellectually challenging conversations (on many topics). But I also love a good laugh folks.

I used to love reading and am still addicted to buying any second hand books I find interesting. But sadly, apart from dipping into them occasionally, I now have a substantial library of really useful business information that, sadly, I make very little use of.

I would love some incentives to read for at least a few hours a week again. I have the library to keep me going for years, so I don’t really need any more titles…lol

I left full time work at the end of 2005 (I was a Payroll Manager). Ever since I have, until recent years, earned a modest income selling physical, used books on the Amazon platform). By around 2013, however, this business had really spiralled into a steep decline, but I became blinkered, kidding myself that things would turn around for me. They didn’t of course

Meanwhile I dabbled in various online business schemes and made next to nothing, but spent a lot. Due to bad choices, and me never following through with anything I started in a committed way.

I have only been “seriously” looking for a replacement online business for a couple of years now. I still sell the odd physical used book on Amazon (my previous online business), but, unlike a few years ago, that no longer brings home the bacon.

Like others here, I have suffered from procrastination, and also butterfly syndrome, whereby I flutter from one online “opportunity” to another. But I never seem to stick with something long enough to succeed at anything. I had, until very recently, an addiction to BSOs….Something that I have been forced to stop, simply due to the fact that I don’t have any money left to spend on them. Burning through two, small cashed in pensions and dwindling savings has put paid to that.

So it’s backs to the wall time for me. Almost the Last Chance Saloon. (Thank goodness for my long suffering wife who holds down a full time job and is now paying for virtually everything, in the running of our rented home). So, if for nothing else’s sake, I want to make something positive and financially rewarding, of my online activity for her. To give us financial freedom and stability in our Autumn years, and for the remainder of our lives.

Hi All – I don’t know where to start… I am still working on a picture so I will post that once I find one that I like (I don’t take pics much).

Anyway, a little about me: I have been in corporate America for 15+ years as an Engineer/Project Manager /Trainer in the IT/Computer consulting industry. I live in the Washington, DC area

I recently got laid off, and didn’t relish going back to the same old thing. My husband has a job, but we only have money enough for me to “not have a job” for a few more months. So if I want to continue this lifestyle of spending time with my family ( which also includes aging parents), I have to really make this thing work.

I have (like many of you have stated) been dabbling at IM/online business for about 5 years now as a side hobby. But my day job and family life left me little time and energy ( prior to my lay off) to really develop my online business.

I, like was mentioned by some, have a good working knowledge of Word Press, and have built a few for churches, non profits, and small businesses. Here are a couple I have finished recently:

Welcome

Welcome to Bell Branch

http://accokeekchog.org/

So if I can help someone with their site, please ask.
Ironically I haven’t put up my own website advertising this service. But listening to Sean’s weekly coaching program and listening to the work that you all are doing has inspired me to get my rear in gear and to start make this a reality – by end of next week.

Additionally as I work with these organizations, I have seen a lack of technology use and support. So I am also offering to help my clients with using software productivity tools/platforms like Salesforce, and building training to support their digital marketing needs.

My issues: Like Les ( I feel we are kindred spirits) – I have been chasing a lot of gurus and as a result have 50 – 100 emails sent to me everyday. But because of my financial situation I can’t afford that anymore. There’s the silver lining to getting laid off.

I would also say fear is my biggest issue. I have been building everyone else’s sites, but haven’t built my own for my business…. What’s up with that…..
But I don’t want what I have been getting, so time to change!

Look forward to interacting with you all soon!
Thanks,
Sheryl.

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Hi All – I don’t know where to start… I am still working on a picture so I will post that once I find one that I like (I don’t take pics much).

Anyway, a little about me: I have been in corporate America for 15+ years as an Engineer/Project Manager /Trainer in the IT/Computer consulting industry. I live in the Washington, DC area

I recently got laid off, and didn’t relish going back to the same old thing. My husband has a job, but we only have money enough for me to “not have a job” for a few more months. So if I want to continue this lifestyle of spending time with my family ( which also includes aging parents), I have to really make this thing work.

I have (like many of you have stated) been dabbling at IM/online business for about 5 years now as a side hobby. But my day job and family life left me little time and energy ( prior to my lay off) to really develop my online business.

I, like was mentioned by some, have a good working knowledge of Word Press, and have built a few for churches, non profits, and small businesses. Here are a couple I have finished recently:
Training de Jour;
Bell Branch Church
Accokeek First Church of God

So if I can help someone with their site, please ask.
Ironically I haven’t put up my own website advertising this services. But listening to Sean’s weekly coaching program and listening to the work that you all are doing has inspired me to get my rear in gear and to start make this a reality.

Additionally as I work with these organizations, I have seen a lack of technology use and support. So I am also offering to help my clients with using software productivity tools/platforms like Salesforce.

My issues: Like Leslie ( I feel we are kindred spirits) – I have been chasing a lot of gurus and as a result have 50 – 100 emails sent to me everyday. But because of my financial situation I can’t afford that anymore. There’s the silver lining to getting laid off.

I would also say fear is my biggest issue. I have been building everyone else’s sites, but haven’t built my own for my business…. What’s up with that…..
But I don’t want what I have been getting, so time to change!

Look forward to interacting with you all soon!
Thanks,
Sheryl.

Hi Everyone – My name is Onofrio Fiorentino, and my nick name is Norf, which is what all my family and friends call me, so please call me Norf.

Some of my main interests for now are: Health and Wellness, Internet Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, List Building, and Lead Generation, and a few more topics related to marketing so I would love to interact with anyone and help those who have the same interests.

I have some expertise in Direct Marketing, Affiliate Marketing and Network Marketing and I’m very interested in leveraging the Internet to automate and accelerate business growth.

My biggest problems stem from being extremely time-challenged. So I’m working on ways to be more efficient with the little time I have for activities that are outside of my main business interests.

After years of experience I’ve learned that it is critical to spend sufficient time-on-essential-task(s) to get profitable as soon as possible. So, anyone who has these same interests and challenges lets interact.

Excuse the pomposity: here’s my “about”:

No-one in the self-development field has previously explained why people are trying to manifest a life of abundance and service yet find themselves sabotaging or behaving in a manner detrimental to their consciously stated goal.

Loreen McKellar is the first person to identify the link between the lingering effects of childhood trauma and the lack of results using the law of attraction. She has identified that the physical damage sustained by our developing brain is what created the subconscious beliefs.

Loreen McKellar has been an enlightened witness and support to people as they shed insecurities created by subconscious beliefs formed during their traumatic childhood – whether moderate or extreme.

Once the core beliefs were identified and released, the brain started to heal and people found the energy to embrace their natural abilities mentally, emotionally, and spiritually – and as a result, to prosper.
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https://www.loreenmckellar.com/about

I believe there are others in the forum with whom these issues will resonate. i would like to start a Skype group for us to discuss our fears and our goals. We have the arena to discuss the nuts and bolts of building a business why not make time for the nuts and bolts of building up our self esteem so we follow through?

It’s a great theory, Les, about clearing a couple of shelves for the best stuff.

Years ago, we moved into a house that had been converted from a pub.

There was this room at the back that the landlord referred to as a games-room.

I converted it into a library: Pale green Farrow & Ball walls, seven bookcases around the outside of the room; three big filing cabinets; four large bookcases that each were about a meter wide and half a meter deep (screwed together back-to-back and side-by-side) which made a nice large flat place to work from; small fridge; wing-backed chair and drop-leaf table.

There were probably about 2000 books in it altogether.

I decided to put all the books that I used the most in the two meter high bookcase next to my desk.

That stack ended up being about four feet high!

So instead, I printed off the first two levels of the entire Dewey Decimal system, and organized the books that way. LOL

Bob, is there a reason why your name seems to be repeated? i.e. Bob Moore Moore

Hallo everyone,

Like joey, in Friends says, “How you doing?”

My name is Madhushan M, and I come from the southern most province of India. If you wonder why I don’t have a last name, it is because, none of us in our province have a last name, We only have an initial (mine is ‘M’) which is the first letter of our father’s name.

I have been on and off the IM niche for almost 7 years now. IM is my hobby, and I am trying to convert it into a full-time job. I used to work in Fiverr till 2 years back. I specialize in creating squeeze pages, creating graphic videos and setting up autoresponder e-mail campaigns.

Nice to meet you, Madhushan.

Amazing to learn that in a country that has 17% of the world’s population, no one has a last name.

Must be hard to keep everyone straight. LOL

We’ll all be interested to hear about your experiences on Fiverr.

Most of us will have used someone there.

My logo was designed by someone who worked for them.

Hello everyone!

I have been online quite a while and I have a passion for Internet Marketing and helping people succeed online.

I have experience with WordPress,seo, videos(video seo), Instagram, list building, product creation, content creation, instagram, funnel creation, bing ads, and domaining.

Late to the party, but here I am…

Hi all,
I’m Jen, I’ve had it on my to-do list to join the membership and finally made it happen!
I have a way of making a long story even longer, but will try to keep it semi-brief…

Experience as a writer, and overcame insomnia after a 5-year battle with it.

I put a product about self-publishing on Clickbank (under a pen name), it was a total flop. Determined to learn from it instead of letting it get to me…

I’ve been listening to Sean’s trainings for some time now (although it may not seem like it, Sean! LOL – I really do pay attention). It’s really helped me get focus and clarity. It’s funny because someone in these groups (can’t remember the exact person or wording) basically said, “Why I pay for Sean’s trainings even though I have a hard-drive full of them”…That’s basically me. He has given away so much for no/low cost already. Training that, in my opinion, is second to none! So I am not afraid to pay for it when he has a product I find useful.

What’s funny is, for years I was so anxious to “get that link out” to people..of whatever I was hawking at the time…my own product, or anyone else’s!

Now I’m busy doing what he’s taught.
Making YouTube vids.
Creating my products.
Trying to put together email lists.

I don’t even want to put my link to the site I’m building (about how to overcome chronic insomnia) out there yet, because it’s close, but not like I’d like it to be just yet.

What can I help others with here?

Actually, I think I’d make a great COACH myself. I can tell anyone what to do, just really struggle to focus enough to do it myself!
So feel free to let me know if I can assist in:

– Writing emails (freelance writer, published books/magazines…although I will admit I am learning the persuasive writing needed for IM)

– Building a website: Can show you how I did it. I basically studied 6 years to figure out the easiest way to do that!! LOL

– Easy/cheap ways to make products: ebooks, screencasts/videos, etc.

I don’t know what else…but if you think I may be able to help, just ask!

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