MY TRYST WITH INTERNET MARKETING

The story of our times is best written on a computer. It is an indelible part of our lives and so my poem today is on an unusual topic -  namely Internet Marketing. Ruefully I begin by admitting that it is a pretty tough business and it does not give up its millions to just an intrepid passerby.

Consider that you must first be able to set up a cracker of a website that loads in nano seconds. Then comes the  FUN part like opt-in pages, landing pages, auto responder emails, squidoo accounts, list building software and on and on it goes. Its really like playing tic-tac-toe , round and round I go, if I miss I take this !!

Now to come back to the poem I am about to read (I did read it out at a Rotary fellowship event) - it is a satire on myself.

One morning when I was feeling particularly frustrated in not making any headway I decided to see the humour in the situation. The poem I am glad to say was completed in a matter of minutes. I have quoted the names of many gurus of the internet world as my tribute for all their help.

In a perfect world all we would like to talk about are our successes, That success does come but not without its fair share of failure is something most of us are just not comfortable talking about.  This poem was written to help me come to terms with my temporary setbacks so to speak. But hey, what the heck, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

MY  TRYST  WITH  DESTINY

....AS  AN  INTERNET  MARKETER

HI SAY I TO MIKE  (DILLARD)  AND MICHAEL  (JONES)
MORNING BRO TO STEVE,  BRADLEY AND  MIKE (FILSAIME)
BOB (PROCTOR) AND LANNY (MORTON)
ASKED  ME TO TARRY , AND
THEY'VE CLEARED AWAY MY PARADIGMS.......


BUT HEY GUYS.....ONE OF   AIMS  AT 55
SUCCESS AS AN INTERNET MARKETER !!


SO I PLACE MY PINCE-NEZ 
AT THE END OF MY NOSE
AND POUR OVER ALL THE NOTES....
SHOULD I GO WITH VIRAL MARKETING
OR WILL VIRAL TRAFFIC SERVE ME BETTER
WAIT.....RODA... AS USUAL YOU'RE JUMPING THE GUN
ARYO'S GOTTA  PUT UP YOUR  SITES JUST YET


OH ME OH MY.....I AM IN A HURRY
TO CLAIM MY MILLIONS - OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY
AM I CERTAIN OF IT - OH YES I AM 
I HAVE BOB PROCTOR TO THANK FOR THAT !
HE'S CLEARED AWAY MY PARADIGMS.


A WORD OF ADVICE HERE  I HAVE FOR MY BUDDIES
LANDING PAGES, SQUIDOO AND PAYPAL A/CS
WORK MUCH BETTER WHEN ALREADY SET UP !


SO I NOW HAVE THE  WHOLE PACKAGE
LOOKING PRETTY AS A PICTURE
ALL I'M WAITING  TO HEAR IS......
HEY RODA....GUESS WHAT
SEE ITS ALL SET UP FOR YOU....
NOW JUST GO AND ADD YR  PASSWORD
AND CHECK......... ITS ALL YOURS.


MINE, ALL MINE I TELL MYSELF
VOILA, MAGIC,   ITS ALL MINE.


DID I TELL YOU FRIENDS,
YOU MAY NOW DOFF YOUR HAT...
I'M OFFICIALLY AN INTERNET  MARKETER.
DO YOU SEE THOSE  WEBSITES - THEY'RE  ALL MINE !
THANKS TO MY BRILLIANT SON !!


GREAT GOING - RODA  ................. begood-forgoodnesssake