Getting The Exercise Part, Now need to work on the Diet

May 27 2014

My training for the Golden Olympics has officially started and my riding program has began to take shape. I am going to start being more careful with my diet beginning June 1.  My riding schedule may soon have to change from riding early in the morning to riding later in the evening due to the possibility of changing jobs.  I will of course cross that bridge when I come to it. I am expecting to know something today (Tuesday).

I am at this point rather excited about the possibility of a new job which is full time, has benefits and pays quite a bit more than my current position at Home Depot, hoping to hear more later today. Even if I don't hear until tomorrow that will be fine.

I did receive a call today from another prospective employer. This position would be PRN and probably every other weekend, so the may be a way to take both the full time job and this part time job. If I do then I will very likely have to do one of 2 things I will have to hire someone to run the bike shop or I will have to close it up altogether.  Both the full time job and this PRN job will pay more than the bike shop does. I would still probably do some repairs and such on the side even if I close up shop altogether.

I do enjoy so much working with and on the bicycles, but there comes a time when you have to do what is best for your family and at this point earning money to take care of them is the what I feel is necessary. Of course I am also going to keep working the Internet Marketing thing and hopefully that will start earning more and more each month, in fact I am sure it will with Spinding.

Bible Verse from Devotional

 1 O LORD, the God who saves me, day and night I cry out before you. 2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. 3 For my soul is full of trouble and my life draws near the grave. 4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength. 5 I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care. 6 You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. 7 Your wrath lies heavily upon me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. "Selah" 8 You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape; 9 my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, O LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you. 

Internet Marketing

Internet Marketing is a great way to make some extra money or even make a living if you are so inclined. It is cheap to start up compared to a brick and mortar business. With Internet Marketing you can start out as an affiliate with a company like Clickbank or some other affiliate program for free. And you can use articles, blogs, facebook, and at least a hundred FREE places to advertise your products or services.  You can make your own product with just a little research and you can use forums, social networks, safelists and other methods of free advertising.  

With that said I would like to introduce you to a program that I feel is one of the best out there, and it is pretty cheap to get involved with it is called SpinDing.  If you have any interest in the possibility of starting your own business then you should check out this link http://www.spinding.com/jgoodwin31768 

The company just announced a new comp program that will go into effect June 1, 2014 and should help all associates increase their earnings. I know it will make a big difference in my own income.  I expect that within a year or two at the most my income from Spindidng will be more than my income from my "job".

Have a great day

Jerry "the Bicycle Nut" Goodwin
BMG Cycles Plus
1612 1st Avenue SE
Moultrie, GA 31768
229-921-0072

April 26, 2014


Network Marketing and The Internet.

Many Network marketers have made fortunes by combining what is now known as Network Marketing with Internet Marketing. It is a combination that makes sense and works very well, but it is does take effort and work, so if you are not willing to roll up your sleeves and put in some time and effort then you are far better off going to your "JOB" every day and not even trying this type of business venture.

If however you are willing to do a few hours work daily and willing to follow simple directions hen there is a good chance you will be a success at Network Marketing especially when you combine that with the power of the Internet.

Today I am going to show you two different Network Marketing companies, and how one or both can help you make lots of money by combining Network Marketing with Internet Marketing. There are a couple of videos that you can watch to help you understand the companies and their pay plan.

I have found the main thing when choosing a Network Marketing Company is do you like their products, would you use their products and do you see other people using their products. Have you ever watched Shark Tank?  Do you hear Mr Wonderful saying over and over that it is all about the money? He is absolutely correct. It is all about the money, but it is also about helping others. If the product or service the company offers is no good or is not something people will use or get excited about then don't invest your time or money into it.

A friend recently asked me to join a program called Wake Up Now. It is a 4 year old "Financial Wellness" program. I really love the Tax Bot program in it and can see others love it also. They also offer discounts on just about everything and some of those discounts are huge. So I joined. The compensation plan is good and the support like through video training etc. is excellent. Here is a link to find out more about the program.

I feel strongly enough about the program that if you join through my link I will refund your first months payment of 100.00. The only thing I ask is that you be willing to do the same for 3 people you sponsor in.  Watch this video  and you will understand better how it all works. I really feel that this is a program that is going to make a LOT of People a LOT of money.

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Bicycle Shop

I just received my new Bike Mechanic Shirt. They were selling these on the Internet so I bought a short sleeve and a long sleeve shirt. They were very reasonably priced, My wife took this photo by my truck this morning.  

Also received the Park Tool School books and am planning a couple of beginners courses for cyclists in the area. With luck I will be able to get a videographer for the sessions and be able to load the videos on youtube and vimeo for anyone that wants that information. The courses will be free to the public, however there will be items at the venue like tubes, pumps, tools, books etc that people can purchase. I will be announcing the dates soon.  The target dates will be to have one session in Tifton  and one in Moultrie in June, July and August of this year. If it works out may try to make it an annual thing. 

Bible Verse from Devotional

1 In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. 2 Rescue me and deliver me in your righteousness; turn your ear to me and save me. 3 Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. 4 Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of evil and cruel men. 5 For you have been my hope, O Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth. 6 From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother's womb. I will ever praise you. 7 I have become like a portentto many, but you are my strong refuge. 8 My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long. 9 Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone. 10 For my enemies speak against me; those who wait to kill me conspire together. 11They say, "God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for no one will rescue him." 12 Be not far from me, O God; come quickly, O my God, to help me. 13 May my accusers perish in shame; may those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace.

Have a great day

Jerry " The Bicycle Nut" Goodwin

BMG Cycles Plus

1612 1t Ave. SE

Moultrie, GA 31768

Blog name change-BMG Cycles Plus

April 21, 2014

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. ~David Brinkley

I changed the name and description of the blog today. I renamed the blog the same as my business. The web address will remain the same, and really so will the contents of the blog.  I am also going to format it so that the bicycle stuff is in one part and the business is in a second part. If that becomes to much of a hassle I will probably just start having 2 blogs, one for business and one for bikes.

Until I see what the followings are for each I will keep them both here. Comment on the blog below and let me know your preference.

Cycling and the bike shop

The plan right now is that this week will start my training for the Golden Olympics. I have already started setting up routes for the morning rides. I set the clock for 0530 and will Begin first thing in the morning. I will ride at a slow steady pace to Highway 319 then back. At this point I am not trying to speed though I will probably get in a few sprints. I need to get back to the house by 7 to help Ruth with Scot, while she takes care of Chris. My plan will be to set up different routes that add up to 20 or more miles and ride them each day, trying to take minutes off my time each day. I will also be doing my best to find as many hills as possible. The terrain in Grovania is rolling hills and some can get quite steep, so I need a lot of hill training. In addition to that I plan to use the Gym at the store for some cross training doing resistance exercise 2 or 3 times per week. This morning was a cool 52 degrees, I did my ride and rode for about 45 minutes, my hands are very cold still as I type this. Average speed today was right at 12 MPH, and I lost the magnet off my crankarm that keeps track of cadence, though that really is not that important at this point. I will put a new one on my next parts order. After we get our 2 sons on the van we Ruth and I will take another ride together, then I have a bike to repair on location before I head to the shop.

I will be placing things like my speeds, distance, cadence etc on the blog for those of you that find that stuff interesting. If all works out well I will be in Grovania racing my bicycle on our 44th wedding anniversary. It would be fantastic to pick up my first Gold Medal on that day.

Some of you have been following my progress with the "Motor" Bike. If so hen you know that I completed it, delivered it and it was running like a top. You also know that the owner somehow screwed up the engine within about 4 hours. He said he loaned it to a friend that screwed it up. We have got it back to where the clutch is catching but it is still not starting. I have ordered another coil/magneto unit as I think that is probably the problem. I should have that by Wednesday and will replace that unit and we will try again to start it. If that doesn't fix it I am not sure it can be fixed.  He or his friend may have completely ruined the engine.

Anyway the engine kits do work and I have had numerous people ask about them. Here is what I would recommend when it comes to them though. The book that comes with the engine is very poor to he point of be very close to useless, but I did find a couple of good suggestions in it, it is just not a good assembly manual, nor does it help fix anything. If you buy one of these kits from an ebay dealer go to youtube and watch the videos there. There are some reasonably good videos, and some that suck. If you decide to get one you may want to subscribe to the BMG Cycles Plus as I am planning to add the good videos in there and make some of my own that goes into more detail where those are lacking.

I have had several people ask me about adding these motors to their bike, so what I may do is offer a complete package which would include engine and installation for 300.00. That is to install it on their bike as Long as it is a straight V frame with 25-26MM tubes. If it is a bike like the one pictured here with the extra large tubes then they would have to pay extra for the modifications needed to make the kit fit.

I have been repairing bicycles for several years and have acquired a number of specialty bicycle tool, such as  Bottom Bracket pullers, Pedal wrenches, cone wrenches and even crown race pullers. I thought I had a pretty good tool collection, Last week though I had a bike come in which had a standard their piece Bottom bracket that is used on many of the cheaper department store bikes, I have worked on a considerable number of these. This one though was stuck and I could not loosen it with my regular tools as I had done with hundreds of others. I tried drilling it out, but the drill slipped and went right into my other hand. I have a hole there where the bit went in. It has began to heal, but I still hadn't got the piece to loosen, so I called Jt at Hawley. Jt said that there was indeed a special tool that is made by park tool for that, so I had to order one, hopefully I will be able to get that loose when the tool comes.

Internet Marketing

I have been around Internet Marketing for years and Network Marketing as well, several years ago when we lived in Silver City NM I did fairly well as a distributor with Yurika Foods. That has been a long time ago, but I did learn something from that company and from that time in my life that I try to remember any time I promote and Internet or Network Marketing company. Network marketing is not just about making money, if you want to be successful you are going to have to build a relationship with your distributors/dealers etc. Basically you have to have people in your down line that Know you, Like You and Trust you. If you don't build that sort of relationship then you will have a really rough time building a group or a team or a down line.  

With a face to face type business like Yurika was back then when really there was no Internet around 1985, it is really easy for people to know you, like you and trust you as they see you each day and some come to your home, some are your neighbors, people you work with etc. It is quite a bit different on the Internet. There are a lot of great programs and people on the Internet, and a few scam artists. I think the honest ones outnumber the scammers but it only takes one scammer to bleed you dry. 

You will want to build a list of people that know you, like you and trust you. It si not always a real fat process, but it is an important step. The most common way to do this is to give away something, can be an ebook, a video a lesson of a course you are selling, even a 30 minute phone consultation. The important thing is that it is something that the person getting it will consider it to have value.  

So after you decide what you want to promote then you want to find or make something that you can give away, preferably something that is in your chosen niche. If you are promoting a course on golf don't have your free report on flowers, instead something like a free report on how to take 5 strokes off your golf score would be more in order. The free report is given to anyone that gives you their name and email.  For that you will need a landing page that you can send traffic too and an autoresponder to send the reports out as soon as the person verifies their email.  If your using one of the good AR's like Aweber, GVO, GetResponse etc then they will keep track of your new subscriber. You then send followup emails that provide news and offer products and services that the people you have on your list may want. 

There are a number of great Autoresponders out there I have only named a few so far. One that has come on the market recently that not only is an autoresponder but is also a complete business opportunity is the  M and G Autorepsonder  for information on this click here  This program not only provides you with a full function Autoresponder but also provides you with guaranteed leads daily. Watch the video see what you think. 

 If you join through my link here, I will help you build your business. I won't do it for you but I will help and I will be here if you need any questions answered. You will have my cell phone whee you can call or text me when you have a problem. 

Bible Verse from Devotional

13 But I pray to you, O LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation. 14 Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters. 15 Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me. 16 Answer me, O LORD, out of the goodness of your love;in your great mercy turn to me. 17 Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble. 18 Come near and rescue me; redeem me because of my foes. 19 You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you. 20 Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none. 21 They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.

Have a great day

Jerry "The Bicycle Nut" Goodwin

BMG Cycles Plus

1612 1st Ave. SE

Moultrie, GA 31768

BMG Cycles Plus and Internet Marketing

April 20, 2014

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. ~Walt Disney

BMG Cycles Plus- Moultrie, Georgia USA

You notice the name of my business is BMG Cycles Plus. I am sure you know by now that the BMG Cycles part is a bicycle shop. In the bike shop I repair virtually all styles, brands and types of bicycles. I have even been known to put motors on bicycles turning them into a sort of Moped. In addition to repairing bicycles we sell Fuji,SE, Free Agent, KHS and Manhattan Bikes. 

So you may be wondering what the "Plus" is. We have a small workout room in the bicycle shop where people can work out or I can train them. I was Certified as Personal Trainer actuallyy before I started the Bicycle Shop. So that is one "plus".

I also do some Internet/Network Marketing. I have searched and been involved with many Network Marketing Programs over the years and have found that there are a LOT of great programs out there. I have had to limit what I take on simply because it takes time and money to get them set up and to promote them. The great thing about Network Marketing is the residual income, build once and get paid forever. If that sounds good to you then I invite you to take a serious look at this opportunity by clicking here

After you check out the WUN website, send me and email or PM me on facebook, you an even just comment on this blog that you want me to contact you and leave your contact info. I will be happy to do that. If you're are serious about making money in a solid Network Marketing Company. I will even help you get started.

If you don't believe you can afford the fees associated with WUN, then check out this link where your upfront cost can be as little as 1.75 and in a few short weeks, you will have enough to join WUN, so check it out  simple and cheap. Just click here 

Do comment below on the blog, let me know what you think. I will soon be adding some articles that should help with any business. If you send me a write up for your business I may even allow some guest posts .

Bible Verse from Devotional,

1 Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. 2 I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. 3 I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. 4 Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal. 5 You know my folly, O God; my guilt is not hidden from you. 6 May those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me, O Lord, the LORD Almighty; may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me, O God of Israel. 7 For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face. 8 I am a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my own mother's sons; 9 for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me. 10 When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn; 11 when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me. 12 Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.

Hope Everyone had a Fantastic Easter

Jerry "The Bicycle Nut" Goodwin

BMG Cycles Plus

1612 1st Ave. SE

Moultrie, GA 31768

Bicycles and Business Opportunity

April 12, 2014

Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion; and to you shall vows be performed, 2 O you who answer prayer! To you all flesh shall come. 3 When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us, you forgive our transgressions. 4 Happy are those whom you choose and bring near to live in your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, your holy temple. 5 By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance, O God of our salvation; you are the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas. 6 By your strength you established the mountains; you are girded with might. 7 You silence the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples.8 Those who live at earth's farthest bounds are awed by your signs; you make the gateways of the morning and the evening shout for joy. 9 You visit the earth and water it, you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide the people with grain, for so you have prepared it. 10You water its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing its growth. 11 You crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with richness. 12The pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy, 13 the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.

Bicycles and Cycling

My small bike shop in Moultrie Georgia is doing OK, right now I have a few bikes in the store and I have a couple that need some work before they can be sold. Today I will be providing SAG for the Tour de Tifton/Ilse Boyette Memorial Ride This will be the 5th year I have provide on route SAG for the Tdt. 
I also have a motorized bike in the store.  It needs a new CDI unit which has been ordered but will not be here until sometime next week. 

Here is one wall of the store, Note that we are dealers for both Fuji Bikes and SE Bikes, We are also dealers for KHS, Manhatten and Free Agent. We can repair any make or model of bicycle. If you are ever in Moultrie, stop by and see Me at the shop, would love having you visit. 

Business Opportunity

While the bike shop does "OK" it does not bring in enough profit to provide for a family of 4, or help the grand children, so I also have a part time job at The Home Depot and I do some marketing on and off the Internet. Here are the programs I am involved with at this time.

Feeder Matrix which costs only 1.75 to join but could bring over 100,000.00 back to you. Redd Daniels is my sponsor. click here to find out more 

Another program is Wake Up Now, this is a really unique program that has unlimited potential and I expect that within a few months I will be able to drop the Home Depot job due to my income from this program click here for details If you are interested contact me and I will let you know how to join for FREE. 

Free Advertising

Want to get some FREE Advertising? It is really simple, comment on this blog and make sure to add your URL, when you do that everyone that ever reads my blog even if they are not subscribers will see your post and if they like your comment you could get a hit, lead or client from that which costs you nothing but a few seconds of your time. And if you share this blog then you will get even more exposure. Really pretty simple but it works. 

Have a great day

Jerry" The Bicycle Nut" Goodwin

BMG Cycles Plus

1612 1st Ave. SE

Moultrie, GA 31768

Tour de Tifton/Ilse Boyette Memorial Bike Ride and some other stuff

April 11, 2014

Tour de Tifton

Received this email this morning and thought I would share.  Have a great day

Good morning.

Just wanted to invite each of you to come out for the fifth annual Tour de Tifton/Ilse Boyette Memorial Bike Ride this Saturday, April 12.
We have routes of 11, 24,45,62, and 100 miles available, all with great south Georgia scenery.  The current weather forecast is partly sunny with lows around 60F and high around 80F.

Know that the funds for this event go toward supporting our local YMCA and also a portion of the proceeds go toward supporting the Ilse Boyette Memorial Book Fund at TRMC.

On-line registration is now closed, but you can still register the morning of the event between 0700-0730 at the Hunt Campus of the Y (near the air naseum and the pool)

Thanks to all the local cyclists who have contributed time and/or money toward making this a successful event.

Hope to see some of you on Saturday.

Cheers,
Bret

That pretty much says it all the Tdt is tomorrow morning, I will be providing on route SAG for the ride, Hope you all can make it. Have  a great day.

Bible Verse for the day

1 Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from that noisy crowd of evildoers. 3 They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like deadly arrows. 4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent man; they shoot at him suddenly, without fear. 5 They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, "Who will see them ?" 6 They plot injustice and say, "We have devised a perfect plan!" Surely the mind and heart of man are cunning. 7 But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be struck down. 8 He will turn their own tongues against them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn. 9All mankind will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done. 10 Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him; let all the upright in heart praise him!

Internet Marketing

I have had a few successful campaigns in Internet Marketing over the years and have recently became involved in something I think could be a money maker for many people. It is a Network Marketing program and I usually stay away from these, but this one has a twist that makes in rather unique and I think they may have just found the way to fix many of the problems with Network Programs. Take a look and get back to me for more details click here

Have a great day

Jerry "The Bicycle Nut" Goodwin
BMG Cycles Plus
1612 1st Avenue SE
Moultrie, GA 31768

Internet Marketing and the Tour de Tifton/Ilse Boyette Memorial Bike ride

April 8, 2014

Internet Marketing

My friend Sotero Garcia lives in California and has been an Internet Marketer for several years. I know Sotero and know that he makes money in the programs he promotes. Sveral of his family are also in Internet Marketing. I myself have been doing some Internet Marketing for a few years with some minor successes. Yesterday afternoon Sotero and his brother invited me to join them in a program that they were promoting. I watched their "google hangout" video, and then the other videos and reports Sotero sent to me. I really believe this can be very beneficial to anyone that is willing to follow the diertcions and put in some effort. I am now inviting anyone reading this to come on board with me. All you do is follow very simple directions and there is of course a small cash investment. Watch the video below, if you think you may be interetested call me at 229-921-0072- email me at bmgcycleplus@gmail.com or pm me on facebook.

Bible Verse

1 My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. 2 He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. 3 How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down-- this leaning wall, this tottering fence? 4 They fully intend to topple him from his lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse."Selah" 5 Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. 6 He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. 7 My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. 8 Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him,for God is our refuge. "Selah" 9 Lowborn men are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. 10 Do not trust in extortion or take pride in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them. 11 One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that you, O God, are strong, 12and that you, O Lord, are loving. Surely you will reward each person according to what he has done.

Tour de Tifton

The Tour de Tifton/Ilse Boyette Memorial Bicycle ride will be held this Saturday, come join us if you can. 

Here are some pics of the great scenery 

Bike Shop,

Today should be interesting, I am finally caught up with most things. There are some small things like putting a chain on a Kett Carr and a brake on a bike that will be sold, checking out a bike I picked up last evening and just general clean up.  Have to head over and pay the newspaper for our ads. Hopefully will have some people come in and drop off their bikes for repair. 

Hope everyone has a great and wonderful day

Jerry "The Bicycle Nut" Goodwin

BMG Cycles Plus

1612 1st Ave. SE

Moultrie, GA 31768

Building a responsive list some about bikes

April 6,2014

1 You have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us; you have been angry--now restore us! 2You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking. 3 You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine that makes us stagger. 4 But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow. "Selah" 5 Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered. 6 God has spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Succoth. 7Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter. 8 Moab is my washbasin, upon Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph." 9 Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom? 10 Is it not you, O God, you who have rejected us and no longer go out with our armies? 11 Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless. 12 With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.


Building a responsive list

If you are an Internet Marketer, it doesn't really matter what you sell, you really will need a list to be successful. I have seen the ads that say you can do XXX and make money without a list, without a website etc.  I have found those ads to almost always be misleading at best and often just outright lies.

In order to be successful in any business you must treat it like a business. To run an Internet Marketing business like a business you will need a few things. One is something of value a service a product or a report of some sort that you can give away freely but that the prospect sees as something of value. To a golfer that could be a report on how to take swings off his golf score. To a fitness buff, maybe a short report on how to get six pack abs without doing crunches. This is how you start what marketers call your sales funnel and how you build a list.

The first thing you will need with an Internet Marketing business is to decide how much money you are willing to invest each month, make yourself a budget. The smaller the budget the more time you will have to put in, and do NOT expect to be an overnight millionaire, that is not the way it works. Just like any business an Internet Marketing business takes time, effort and money to build. I would start out at not less than 100.00 per month. If you think about a conventional brick and mortar business, that would not even pay the light bill or phone bill, or half the rent in most cases.

The second thing you may need is a website, though many programs provide you with a site for their program, it would actually be better to have your own website and domain. name. I will go into why it is bettern anwhat a Domain etc is in a different article.

You will need an Autoresponder like GVO, Aweber, Getresponse or one of the many others out there. M and G has one now that you not only get the AR, but you also get leads to help you build your list. It does cost about 40.00 a month, but if you are budgeting 100.00 then you still have 60.00 left.  The there are free leads systems like this one . That way you can use more of the budget for other things like advertising.

So you have something of value now, either you have created like a report or a video and you start sharing it as people start looking at your video or reading your report which of course has your links in it they click on your link, a landing page comes up asking them to give you their email and name. If they do you have a new "subscriber" for your list. Congratulations you have just begun list building and now you have to make this subscriber know you, like you, and trust you. If he /she has a question, answer it. The more you let the customer know that you care about him/her the better the relationship and the more likely you will have a long term client and customer.

The important thing when building a list is to be consistent and to develop a relationship with your customers and prospects. I mentioned before in a blog that you should also "qualify" your list.  You will have your main list which will be you "evergreen" list, hope Mark Hendricks don't mind me borrowing that term from him. You could also have several other lists which would qualify them.  I used to do almost all fitness and health marketing so I had my evergreen list, then one for people interested in weight loss, and one for people interested in bodybuilding as well as another that had people interested in cycling. All these people were on my evergreen list and received something each week. When I had something special in one of the niches I would send that to the list for that niche. You can do the same with virtually any type of business. Today I have an evergreen list and about 8 other "niche" lists, one of which is a list of people interested in Marketing.

Bike Shop

I have an order of parts coming in in the morning with which I can repair 3 bikes and a small toy pedal car toy that needs a chain. I was able to get the motorbike ready to go Friday afternoon, but it is back in the shop now. It appears that someone borrowed it from the owner and tried to push it without holding the clutch in, not sure if something is broken in the engine or just came loose. I will have an engine mechanic take from MT Power Equipment look at it in the morning. If it can't be repaired the owner will have 2 choices, either remove the motor and use it as a bicycle or buy a new engine which is 95.00.

Don't forget about the Tour de Tifton/Ilse Boyette Memorial Bicycle Ride coming up April 12, 2014 in Tifton Georgia. Calkl the Tiftarea YMCA for more information on this wonderful event.

Have a great day

Jerry "The Bicycle Nut" Goodwin
BMG Cycle Plus
1612 1st Ave. SE
Moultrie, GA 31768