It seems like only yesterday I decided to register this domain name and start blogging…but boy have things changed since then. 1 year ago I didn’t have much of anything. I owned a cell phone store, but didn’t make very much more than a VERY modest living.

I spent the majority of my time working away 10 hours a day at the store, I didn’t really go out much and the idea of vacations seemed like something OTHER people did.

Fast forward 1 year later. I’ve achieved a lot of my goals. I went from earning around $1000 a month working 10 hour days 6 days a week to now earning in excess of $30,000 dollars my last month working as an internet marketer. I’m not bragging, I’m EXCITED, lol.

In America, today is Independence day. When I started this blog last year, I chose this day for a specific reason. I knew that the internet would provide me with the chance to experience TRUE independence…which is to do what you want, when you want, and with who you want.

Right now I’m sitting at a small desk overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. I’m staying with one of my business partners at their condo in Daytona Beach. I never would have guessed when I started this site that I’d be at an expensive condo only 1 year later. It really is true! What you think about, you bring about.

Life is nothing more than what we make of it. We can spend our time making excuses or making money. We can’t make both. I invite you to join me this year in pursuing your dreams and goals.

I have a lot more to accomplish. I’m still working on my weight loss goals, and you can check out my progress here:

Weight Loss Challenge

This blog now shares mostly free internet marketing information. I actually need to get the layout changed, which I think I’ll do soon.

Oh and about Internet Marketing. Be on the lookout for a launch coming up Friday night at Midnight. It’s the 7 Figure Code by Mike Filsaime.

You can get the details here:

http://www.SevenFigureCode.com

I’ll be offering an AWESOME bonus for those who purchase through my link. I’m partnering with Lisa Diane (my friend and mentor) and we’ll working out an INCREDIBLE bonus deal. Stay tuned for more on that.

Finally - I want to say THANK YOU for everyone who’s been with me reading this blog since last year. I need to say a special thank you to Ryan and Melissa who kept encouraging me and leaving comments, . Thank you guys for your
support.

Hey!

I wanted to tell you something stupid about me.

I’m not joking, this is so stupid it will probably make
you sick to your stomach. When I thought about it
I almost did get sick!

As you may already know, I spent the last 5 days in
Atlanta, GA at Big Seminar. Big Seminar is sort of the
‘defacto’ seminar of the internet marketing world.

I made a lot of great friends there. Marlon Sanders,
Armand Morin, Russell Brunson, Chris and Ken from
Day Job Killer, Joel Comm, and tons more.

What I found most amazing is that many of them
spoke of the good old days. Like way back (I’m being
sarcastic) in 2002.

Back in 2002 things were easier they said. Everyone
talked about how they could advertise on Google Adwords
for only .05 cents a click on really broad keywords.

If you sold Bananas, you’d make banana your keyword
and people would click on your ad (costing you .05 cents)
and they’d buy your bananas.

These days, you’d be lucky to spend .75 cents a click to
even be on the first page.

Here’s the sickest part though.

I remember an event in 2002 that has changed my
life forever.

I was surfing around the internet when I found a little
forum called the Warrior Forum.

It was a site where people met and discussed marketing
on the internet. It looked pretty interesting to me and I
was going to sign up.

One problem though. To sign up you had to spend $10.

Not a large sum of money to be sure. But I didn’t have
a Credit Card at the time (I was 20, in college, B R O K E).

I certainly didn’t have a Paypal account then. Paypal was
really cheesy back then anyway, remember?

So what did I do? Nothing. I didn’t sign up. I could have
gotten the $10 easily. I just never got around to it.

Had I joined the Forum right then I would have met some
of Internet Marketing’s biggest names…Willie Crawford,
Allen Says, Mike Filsaime, Jonathon Mizel, and the list goes
on.

Many of today’s biggest names were learning the ropes, and
I could have been right there alongside them.

Instead, I didn’t start marketing online until October 2006.
Over 4 years later.

What did I miss out on?

The launch of Google Adwords.
The launch of Google Adsense.
Yahoo’s growth with Yahoo Search.
The Google Cash Method
John Reese’s Traffic Secrets
And ton’s more

I missed all that…and yes it’s true I could probably
be a millionaire today had I got in then.

BUT

Here’s why I’m happy. I did get in. Sure it wasn’t at
the easiest time, but it definitely was the right time for
me.

I now derive a full time income (and then some) simply
by marketing on the internet.

I have learned from my prior mistakes, and now the only
thing I can stress to you is to take action.

Don’t wait till tomorrow, don’t wait for the “right” time.

This is it.

If I had started in 2002 sure I would have made a lot
of money…but what if didn’t start last year?

I would have lost tens of thousands that I’ve already
made in the last few months.

So my advice is this. Don’t wait around anymore. If you’re
on the fence, get off and either forget this idea or do
something with it.

You’ll have to learn the ropes, but once you do there isn’t
an industry out there as fun as this one. (I may be a little
biased, though).

Otherwise you might miss out on the next Google, or the
next YouTube, or Yahoo, or Google Cash or Traffic Secrets…

And that would be a shame.

To Action,

Mike Antoni

PS - Please Leave Your Thoughts…Let’s Talk About It