#How Seann Could Make Betty Draper A Better Mother!
Image: Seann Valen
Well... I can't, really, but I thought the title would catch your attention.
My name is Seann Valen. I’ve been around the internet marketing world for 16+ years. I’ve made some money, I’ve made a lot of money at different times. I’ve also lost money and spent more than I’d like to admit in the pursuit of making money. Like many/most IMer's.
I’ve followed the gurus (not anymore, BTW) and purchased all too many of the “you-name-it-latest-and-greatest-products”. Some good, many BS and some…well...I was just too lazy to put to use or forgot about. Still do…LOL!
I can’t tell you how many "hoorah" seminars I’ve spent time and money on over the years. Actually, some of them were for personal growth and I got a lot out of them.
Then, several years ago an opportunity presented itself to write content for a client. As it turned out, our writing styles were very different so the writing was off the table. After some negotiation I agreed to publish and market his books on Amazon Kindle. He is very well known in his niche. Over 2 years I did all the editing, formatting, cover design, publishing and marketing (including video production) for approximately 30 of his books.
Our personalities and ideas about how to do things always differed and we finally had a parting of the ways (a good thing). When I started, I knew very little about how to produce and market Kindle books. The learning curve was steep and it was a fast uphill climb to get up to speed quickly. Fortunately, I was already a writer and familiar with Microsoft Word, Scrivener and different graphics programs. And I spent a fair amount of money and time learning the entire Kindle platform.
The end of the project wasn’t of the good but overall, the experience was well worth it. More tools in my marketing tool chest and I made a fair amount of money along the way.
Now what? I’ve really launched myself into video production and graphics since then. I’ve maintained a day job (it sucks!) until I figure out my next move which is marketing affiliate products from Amazon, Clickbank and whatever else I find. And perhaps do some video production for local businesses as well. No more publishing for clients.
So here comes Steem Power. Wow! What’s that? I get about 120 emails a day from people promoting products and here was one email about it from Mark Lyford. I thought, “Oh, here’s another BS money making scheme of some sort” (no offense, Mark) “Blogging for cash, RIGHT.” “Nobody pays for posting content, voting, etc.”
But then I read the sales page, thought about it for a day, went back and re-read it again and jumped in with both feet. “What the heck!” “This looks like I could actually make some serious cash!” And reading the report and listening to Mark and Michael on the webinars, I think this could grow into something great.
BTW, I’ll still be doing other projects as I’ve never been one to put all my eggs in one basket.
I’ll wrap this up for now and tell you about my life outside of IM in another post.
I look forward to meeting some of you via Steemit.com and Steemology.live.