Hey all,

John Spagnolo from Bayonne, NJ, USA. I have been struggling to make something work online since around July when I had surgery. I may never be able to go back to my job, so I really have to make SOMETHING work!

I had a successful (I earned a living) with an online business I started back in 1997 or so, and did it for 5-6 years, then went back to Corporate America. I had a partner, and things just didn't work in the end. Never again! I used to sell Car Audio equipment online, and I always said, if I ever went back into internet marketing, I would either sell information products, or affiliate marketing, or something where I have no fear of losing money to fraud. I lost many thousands to fraud, and when you get (fake) chargebacks and lose, you lose the money AND the physical products. I dont even want to go into it....

So, now is the time for me to do it. I still am very unsure on what way to go. I have tried (half-assed) so many methods, but I have an extremely tight budget (OK, Im broke). I just joined Jeff Johnsons training program the other day, after following him for 6 months. I noticed a link on his site to this forum, so I signed up. I think I am just going to follow his ideas for the next 30 days, and if I make some money, I can afford to stay another 30 days. :-) I need to replace a pretty decent income. I am very good on the computer, and can do most things myself. html, minor programing/scripting, and I *think* I am pretty good at writing when I want to be. I even believe I can be a good copywriter, but I guess everyone thinks that! Of course this post is probably not a great example of my writing! I am actually struggling to keep my eyes open, and once I finish this, I am in bed.

Well hello to all, and hopefully I can be of some help to someone along the way.

BTW the car stereo online business I started back in the day was mmxpress.com which still exists, but I am no longer associated with it. I sold it in 2002. But it still ranks really well in the search engines. :-) I did all the SEO work on that myself back then, but all the rules have changed since then! : In fact I actually did EVERYTHING on that site myself, and all the associated sites. Yeah, I even had a feeder site or three back then! I did all the scripting on the custom Miva cart, all the html, and all the marketing and most of the sales calls. I burned myself out....