I am a retired postal worker. A couple of months ago I decided to supplement my retirement check by making a few extra dollars on Internet. I figured that if I could making an extra $500 per month, my life would be a lot easier.

I joined an affiliate program and started advertising. The first full month I made a little less than $50. The second month I made exactly $50.

Can you tell me how I can drive this income to my $500 goal?

Signed,

Stalled At $50

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Dear Stalled At $50,

The 3 keys to increasing your Internet income are: traffic, traffic and traffic.

I was amazed at how little I remembered about these people! I met them, shook their hands, and conversed with them; but all I have to remember them by is that little piece of card stock. It suddenly dawned on me that those business cards have a big job to do. Is yours doing a good job?

Whether you realize it or not, whether you like it or not, people get an impression of you just by card you give them. Oh, sure, many times you've already met them face to face (like I did at convention) before you even whip out that card, and a first impression has been made, but what about when card appears three weeks later and they say "Who WAS this?" What do they do?

First, quality of card speaks volumes about you. Not only quality of paper, but print quality as well. Flimsy cards that look like they were made on a copier leave an impression all right; a bad one.

Colors/patterns/designs: do they convey an image that you want to have? Professional? Fun loving? Dignified?