Why have I told you this? I have several reasons for sharing this with you.

1.First of all, be EXTREMELY careful about who you do business with. If you do business with someone in another country, be sure to check out their laws and be sure you are covered if things don't go way they are supposed to. Things are better now, but in there are still many scammers out there. 2.See if they have testimonials. If they do, write to people who gave testimonials. They should be linked on site. If they are NOT linked and you don't see a way to contact them, be wary. They may not be real. 3.See if business has a contact. See if they give you an address and phone number. If they have no address and phone or just list a post office box, go somewhere else. Post office boxes can easily be closed, and there goes your money and your contact with them. 4.If you have been scammed (and I think there are few of us who haven't been scammed), don't think that everyone on Internet is dishonest and give up. The Internet is just like rest of world: there are honest and dishonest people everywhere. Take what you learned and make something good come out of it. I learned so much about advertising online that I decided to start my own business for marketing and advertising. In other words, make lemonade out of lemons you got.

It IS realistic that you can be successful online. I'm proof positive of that. All you have to do is be determined and don't let "bad boys" get you down. If you get scammed, just focus on your goals and work that much harder. We need all honest business people we can get!

This is same principle. You are what you think you are. If you believe you can be successful, then you will go about doing things that are necessary to make it so. You will work to find what you need to know to make it so. Let's face it, if you don't believe in yourself or your product, how in world do you think you will be able to convince anyone else? If you think you will fail, then you WILL fail! Anyone who plays an instrument can tell you there are times they are playing a piece and it's going really well and they think, "Wow, I haven't made a mistake yet!" And what's next thing that happens? Boom! There's that mistake. Why? Because they didn't really believe they could play that piece all way through perfectly, so they "made" that mistake happen without even realizing it!

Many of you won't even believe what I'm writing to you here, and that's too bad, actually, because it can serve you well and get you started in right direction. Believe me, I've been there, done that, and I learned this lesson - so can you! It's never too late, you know!