Jewish Financial Independence

 

What do you think about trying to market home-based businesses to Israel citizens or American Jewish people to help Jewish people/communities to help them become financially independent and free? I think it would help out a lot and free a lot of Jewish families to build wealth and earn incomes from home.

 

If you think this is of major importance, please leave your comments below.  I would love to hear your input! 

 

 

Maybe Today Will Be Different...

Yesterday, the weirdest thing happened to me.  I was on the web, doing some usual posting of my website and my business to get some adver how usually do, tweets, FB posts, etc., and then I finally got to Craigslist.

I posted an ad in a section for sales.  I put up my product info and set the ad with images and all the fixings of a juicy ad to get a few good bites.  I felt good about it and posted it.  Then I went on with my day wrapping up presumably with my daily marketing efforts.

A few hours later, I get a text saying that a so and so was interested in buying my product and could you send an email in response.  I was excited.  I thought for sure I had got a sale.  (This of all, would be my first sale).  Of course, it has to be somebody just half interested I thought, up until then, all I had gotten was leads not bites, and only one person who tried to buy, but canceled. 

I urgently went to my email to send a response.  Not too much later, a response came threw.  I was over the edge.  I thought for sure this would be it.  A good day of posting and then a nice, juicy ad would seal the deal.  And I'm out of nothing for advertising costs. I checked, and the email said, I want to buy.  Please send me your Paypal info.  I thought wow, that was interesting.  I had placed the website info in the ad.  Why didn't they just go to the website and purchase. 

I responded back.  The company does not take Paypal, you'd need to use a credit card.  The guy claimed he was a marine engineer.  Said he wouldn't have access to his bank account and he was only able to use Paypal.  After much deliberance, I couldn't bring myself to cooperate.  I looked up the email he used on Google.  Sure enough a few remote posts popped up with his user and that it was a marine biologist guy claiming to use only Paypal. 

I was disappointed.  I wanted the sale.  I wanted to put the purchase through anyway.  I planned even to send the Paypal to him to let him process and so called send me money for the purchase.  He would have had the package shipped to his "agent" and then sent the package via them to his son.

There was nothing concrete, but even Paypal mentioned to watch for the scam, and literally mentioned a marine biologist and a number one clue.  The only way it would have likely gone sour is if the Paypal transaction was processed, then come to find out after the fact, that the guy was a hacker!

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Wow.  So today, I am starting a new blog.  I first started this blog, my blog page to create posts for my business.  I used BlogSpot.com as a part of the SEO training I did.  Now I am interested in moving into more blogging.  I have not posted a new article to my business blog in a couple years!

There is so much to talk about.  I have been so busy with changes and things and making so many decisions I can't keep up.  But the business is still going.  I have started it and kept it going since 2012.

At this point, I'm trying to keep up with my efforts with endeavors taking classes.  I have been attending community college ever since then, when I started my business.  However, I have not been able to balance them both, so one usually takes precedence over the other, and then they switch!

I have yet to sell anything!  That is unbelievable, but it's not because I have not tried or it is not a good business.  Everything is legitimate.  It is a real company, real products, I want to buy everything we offer.  It's not inexpensive, but it's possible to make a sell without paying for the advertising.  Yet, to get started it is best to figure out the way you want to reach your audience.  A lot of people do leads.  They purchase them for a small, flat fee and then market their biz.  I don't mind doing that, but it costs a lot of money, when you are only getting a few sales and have no start up cash.  But going in the door as a family person with a job and steady income, to purchase a bit of advertising is not too much to ask.  However, I did pay for a couple of websites that were awesome.  They were the business sites, and one had autoresponders.  But it was still a matter of getting enough email addresses and people to sign-up.

Enough about business though!  Right now, there is so much going on, there is not enough time to keep up.  I would like to pursue degrees and find a niche as a young person.  I am 34.  But I know there are so many ways to go in life.  I would like to be successful in a career somewhere, where I work to earn a living.  I like healthcare.  I enjoy taking classes.  I don't want my life ruled by running a business.  This is something I want to do part-time, in my spare time.  There is a lot of money that you can make, and it doesn't have to be your whole life.