Lisa Gergets

To celebrate my second anniversary in IM, I’ve pulled this six-year-old article from Steve Pavlina. The change in perception about working for a living is the reason I feel a sense of loathing and dread whenever I drive past an office building. That type of working environment has become so foreign to me that I literally have a visceral reaction when I remember what it was like to be a trained, caged animal in an office. I challenge you to read this, and make the changes you need to make to uncage yourself. [...]

I’m sure every one of you reading this has dealt with this situation at some point in your internet marketing career:

You buy a new product. You download it, open it up and BAM…it hits you.

OVERWHELM.

Or, you wake up in the morning with an idea of what you need to get done that day and BAM…it hits you.

OVERWHELM.

The thing is, everyone deals with being overwhelmed at one time or another. They key is to slow down, prioritize, and then focus.  Here’s my personal recipe for dealing with feeling overwhelmed. [...]

I get a lot of emails asking about my “story”. . . you know, everyone in IM has a story of how they got started, what their big lessons were, all that stuff. I just recently had a pretty big launch and with all the new listmembers I have been so lucky to receive, I’m again receiving lots of emails asking me how I got started. So – I’ve been meaning to do this forEVER, so here goes! My story, start to not-yet-finished!

Okay, well, I started on this road not doing anything remotely related to IM. [...]

About a week ago, I sent out an email to current WP Amaz-One owners regarding several updates that will be occurring. I also mentioned that an affiliate program was available. Read the following email conversation in it’s entirety to see a perfect example of someone too big for his britches. It’s a perfect example of how NOT to approach someone who you’d like to affiliate with (Harlan’s responses in blue)…

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So how does being dive-bombed by hummingbirds end up belonging in an IM blog?  LOL

I’m sitting out on my front porch and it’s around 72 degrees and partly cloudy. If I look to my left, there are the horses and goats in the pasture, and if I look to my right, there’s the picnic table, the kids playset, and more pasture. Right in front of me is an acre of green lawn and a dirt road. [...]

Well, I called it. Here, towards the end, when I said this:

“I know he will come out with some very personal, over-the-top, shit-slinging response to this, and I’m prepared for that.”

It appears I was right.  To be honest, I didn’t read the entire thing.  I rolled my eyes so much I was getting dizzy. [...]

Jay and his team are the programmers behind my WP Amaz-One plugin.  When Mike Kotzakolios (Big Mike from Incansoft) convinced me to take all projects from Jay so that he could work on them, I am embarrassed to say that I did just that. Mike convinced me that Jay was only out to take my money. I still can not believe that I was so gullible, but I trusted Mike. I have since humbly apologized to Jay for the disrespectful way in which he was treated. And Jay, in an almost unbelievable way, has wiped the slate completely clean. [...]

Much of what is revealed here was learned through telephone conversations, and unfortunately I have no proof of those conversations. When I have written proof of different aspects of this story, I will link to either the screenshot, Skype convo, etc. with a number at the end of a sentence. Wherever possible I have taken screenshots containing dates. These screenshots are factual proof of my story. [...]

What’s a plugin?  It’s a small bit of code wrapped up in a .zip file that increases the functionality of your WordPress blog/website.  I often get asked what plugins I use on my websites, so here’s my list of favorites with links to their individual download pages! [...]

I just recently sent out an offer to my list regarding my Smartphone Reviews site I have for sale.  I got quite a few responses on that email asking why this site was “priced so high”.  I thought this presented a great opportunity to explain what the difference is between a unique site and a PLR site, and how that pertains to my own marketing. [...]