Well, unless you’ve had your head in the ground the last few days, you’ve probably seen that I’m kinda in “launch mode”.

You know I’m leading up to something. I have put on my marketer’s cap. The list has gotten a bit noisy. Yeah, I know. It is part of the process.

Everything will quiet down again once the club doors close. I’ll continue to provide my usual free blog content. Those bloggers who decided to take a step further and join the Blog Masters Club will continue to work with me as I teach them the most in-depth course on blogging as a real business which is available anywhere (no exaggeration).

Tomorrow is the big webinar. It is free for everybody and I hope you can make it.
RSVP For The Webinar Now

Space is limited. I’m not sure if we’ll tap the limits of GotoWebinar, but you never know. It is tomorrow night at 8PM EST. If you are at all interested in making money as a blogger and learning about the opportunities for us moving forward, then I invite you to RSVP. Please don’t RSVP if you know you can’t make it at that time. I want to conserve space for people who can be there with me in real time. 622 people have already decided to join me tomorrow night. 1,000 is my cap, imposed on me by GotoWebinar.

Before that, though, I wanted to get something off my chest. This is something I feel very strongly about.

The Curse of Cynicism

Chances are you’ve gotten some of these emails from me or others and you’ve said, “Heh, he just wants to sell me something.” Or…, “This is how he makes his money – selling people on how to make money.”

Have I guessed correctly? If so, its OK. I don’t take it personally.

It is natural to many to be naturally cynical. To suspect people who have something to offer you. To suspect all offers of help.

I know plenty of bloggers, too, and I know that many bloggers get a bad taste in their mouth when it comes to marketing.

My response to this would simply be my own history.

A Little Story

See, I used to be the type of blogger who would watch the so-called “internet marketers” talk about big bucks. Sounded good, of course. But, after awhile I got cynical. I sat there in my cocoon and just figured it out for myself.

I tried, anyway.

Sure, I did fine. I mean, I managed to get my tech blog off the ground and have it making some money. I could even live off of it (sorta), but I had to supplement that income with doing web development work for clients on a per-hour basis. In other words, I was a part-time blogger, and a part-time hourly boy.

In 2006, even though I was doing pretty well compared to many other bloggers, I was still not exactly where I wanted to be. And I still had to supplement my income doing other things I didn’t enjoy as much.

I had figured a lot out, though. The dot-com bust around 2000 really forced me to make some moves and learn some things. The lessons I learned are still invaluable to me today (I describe those more in the Blueprint report).

In 2007, things began to shift for me.

And, you know what?

The first step in that shift was to suspend my disbelief. To suspend my skepticism.

And I did that by actually beginning to LOOK at these internet marketers. Did they have something to offer me that was actually valuable? Some did, others didn’t. Some offered real value, others over-hyped themselves.

The journey took me through a few products that I bought and ultimately to the house of a fairly well-known marketer. There, in his house in Scottsdale, AZ, I had a POWERFUL realization.

I realized I was sitting on a huge business model – BLOGGING – but that I was not doing it right. I had blinders on and it was keeping me from realizing the full scope of blogging as a real business model.

What really kicked me in the behind to make it happen for real was the birth of my daughter in December 2007. Elyana was beautiful (just like my wife), and she was my responsibility.

I was a blogger. Most people scoff at that as a profession. Just try getting a home mortgage or something and entering in the word “Blogger” as occupation on your application!

But, the necessity of needing to increase my income in order to provide for my growing family made me get into the mood of “kicking ass and taking names”.

I brought my income up to the $140K level for a couple years, then last year I broke through the $200K level for the first time.

But, it all started with…

Suspending Disbelief

…And accepting the help and knowledge of those who were more expert that I was.

My point here is – Don’t trap yourself under the sand of skepticism.

I do have something to offer you, yes. I do plan to charge accordingly for it. Some, perhaps, might even think it is too expensive. But, it isn’t – not this. I believe it is a POWERFUL course borne out of my 12 years of blogging and figuring out the right ropes. Any blogger who goes through my course and uses it is going to see great results in traffic and income.

My approach to blogging is different. It is realistic. As my good friend, Grant Griffiths (founder of the Headway Theme), said, I have turned the usual blogging course on it’s head.

I did not make my money in blogging by telling other people how to make money blogging. I did it in a completely different niche – technology.

But, my skepticism, and my “do it all by myself” approach to everything was holding me back until I just made the decision to knock it off and try something else.

After all, the only sure-fire way to have nothing new happen is to not do anything differently.

The Family Grows Again

I am gearing up to make 2010 rock even more. That same burst of necessity that was originally sparked by the birth of my daughter, Elyana, is about to be reinvigorated…

In roughly 3 weeks, my wife and I are expecting our second child. A boy, this time.

Now, I’ve got 2 kids riding on blogging to support them. And so it continues…

I hope you’ll join me and make 2010 superb.

The Blog Masters Club doors open on Tuesday, January 26th, around 12PM EST.

But, tomorrow, I’ve got a LIVE webinar for you. 8PM EST. To attend, you need to RSVP right here:
RSVP For The Webinar Now

You’ll want to be at this webinar. Trust me.

I’ll see you tomorrow night.

Oh, and I ask that you comment on this post and let me know… Are you with me in suspending disbelief and in making 2010 frickin ROCK?!