Wrote an article around one of many affiliate programs I had joined "search engine commando" and called it price of spamming search engines. Now where to submit it, I decided to go straight for jugular and submitted it to Inside Office one of premier newsletters on net.

About two weeks later I got home from work turned on computer to check my email, and was totally gobsmacked there was a string of emails from SEC with subject line "YOU HAVE MADE A SALE". There were 24 emails all telling me I had made a $24.95 commission on sales of SEC.

There were another 10 emails in my in box asking me questions about SEC and where could they get it, also in there was my copy of Inside Office with my article headline in subject line.

I was in print, I had made money and I was hooked for life.

That article produced sales and enquiries for a whole week, I actually got people signing up for my newsletter, I was an Internet warrior.

So I wrote another article about another affiliate program, submitted it to Inside Office again. Nothing Zilch never got published. Annoyed but determined I submitted it to Internet Day another high profile Internet ezine.

Bingo not only was it published it made sales just like other one did, but best of all I got an email from one of biggest names in internet marketing Joe Robson.

Joe told me what a great article it was and thanked me for great tips in it (kept that email) I replied to Joe asking him if I could use his comments as a testimonial, he agreed and I proudly put it at top of my WebPages. Subscriptions to my newsletter tripled overnight

Went back to warriors forum and started taking heed of what was being said, even chipped in with a few comments of my own. Now those people, who were so willing to help, people like. Teresa King, Diane Hughes, Paul Meyers, Patty Baldwin, Heather Coleman, Ian Noakes, Gary sergeant, Pamela Heywood all know who I am. I get emails from them asking my opinion, inviting me to participate in joint ventures. Thanking me for info I have given them.

I am one of those people whose replies are read by newbies in forum.

Is this just boasting on my part, NO I'm proud of that but reason for telling this story is to get you to realise you have got to get involved, make contacts, make friends, make a name inside circle of people who can set you on your way. Then give back that help to people coming in later.

All those contacts and people that listen to what I have to say, make me money.

At least some of those names above are not only mentors they are customers and business partners.

I guess what I am trying to say here is sometimes it's not what you know but who you know that counts.

Keep in mind that this "farmer" started from scratch. He first picked out his farm. Then he had to do "back-breaking" work of plowing it up and planting seeds of all crops he wished to harvest. Getting everything started (setting everything up) was hardest part, like everything else in life.

Once he got a rhythm going, all he did was to water, cultivate, fertilize, and weed on a regular schedule. And he got a good harvest. But note that he didn’t plant his seeds one day and expect that harvest next. He realized that it would take a minimum of ninety days, depending on crop he planted. The more bountiful crops take more time.

He also realized that he could start as many farms as he had time to tend, or as he could hire others to tend (in which case he would share-crop), so that his potential harvests matched his efforts.

As Bible so clearly points out, there is a time and a season to everything . . . a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted . . . Ecclesiastes 3:2-8

Once again, another success lesson from Lord Himself!