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A while ago, I shared with you a sample email from a visitor. It was quite the negative tone I set forth since the sender was an unrealistic dreamer…

Once in a while, I also get an email like the one you’re about to read below. It’s no where near as frequent as the first type, but it does happen and boy does it set me on fire (in a good way).

Here is an unedited email I received from an Irish chap by the name of Kieran Cremin. It was less than 6 months ago, I believe, that I got his first email where he stated his intentions to make a living online.

Here is the email in its entirety reproduced completely unedited with Kieran’s permission for your reading pleasure:

Hey Alex,

Just read your promo email for pginsider subscriptions. Man you can write, I’m already a member and I wanted to order again.

You asked me to keep you posted on how things are going for me. Well, I am delighted to be able to tell you that I’m still putting bread on the table. Very expensive bread and as a result I’ve also been putting on weight .

No excuse now as I can well afford a gym membership.

SUCCESS

My financial high was $420 in a day (Mainly Affiliate sales) and I average out at about $170 per day consistently. I know that’s not a massive amount but It is very significant for me as for the first time in my life I can confidently say, “I’ll never work in the corporate world again”.

Getting off my ass and just doing it has awarded me with much more than my $170 per day. I feel like a brand new person - Confident, proud, ashamed of my lazy former self, excited and full of Ideas (Some crap of course but I’m excited by a new creative side that seems to have come out of nowhere)

I keep my portal building to about 1-2 hours per day lately and that seems to keep my income fairly stable. The rest of my day consists of “whitehat” building/maintenance, study and testing (especially Woody’s methods). I’m very excited about his Super Affiliate program.

SET BACKS

- I f**k something every day but I won’t f**k it up again, this time last year If I made a mistake I would sulk and blame the world.

- I haven’t hit $100 a day yet in adsense. I know if I do more building I would easily get it but I feel its more important to expand into other revenue streams. Im at $70 per day consistently with adwords.

- Arbitrage - I can’t seem to crack it. Breaking even at best. I won’t stop till I get it as it’s bugging the hell out of me that I cant make money on such a simple proven business model.

There you have it - In twelve months time I hope to be writing to you with another zero or 2 added to my earnings.

2 cheeky questions:

Can I have your thoughts on TrackBack Spider and do you use it?

A post or email on how you manage your time and outsourcing would be gold

Thank you for persisting to help and advise people in an industry where so many “Cheap Lazy Bastards Get What They Deserve“.

Make sure you let me show you the Dublin nightlife if you ever come to Ireland.

Regards,

Kieran

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Emails like this make my day. More often than not, you see people give it a try and disappear back into the miasma of internet chaos, more disillusioned than ever before.

A couple of points stick out that I want to comment on:

1) My copy writing is great. Thanks for pointing it out. (:P)

2) “For the first time, I can say I will never work in the corporate world again.” This is one of the best feelings a person can experience. I’ve heard giving birth to a child is pretty high up there. Giving birth to your new lifestyle and freedom is an incomparable joy, especially when you did it all yourself…

3) “Getting off my ass and just doing it.” There you have it folks, the number one secret to having success in any aspect of life.

4) “I feel like a brand new person- Confident, proud, ashamed of my lazy former self, excited and full of Ideas”

This is incredibly important. In the beginning, “doing it” is hard work. Not only that, but very often, you have the ugly face of risk breathing down your neck. Plus you have little confidence in your abilities and ideas. Fact of the matter is, most of the time you DON’T know what you’re doing.

Plus it feels like so much work. More work than you’ve ever been accustomed to doing.

BUT

Then it starts working and you realize how fast you are learning. Very soon, you look back and determine how far you’ve come and how much you know now that you didn’t before.

Even while still in your day job, you see things differently. Bosses, time, efficiency and especially that all important Big Picture.

And here’s the real kicker. Your confidence level goes way up. You believe in yourself, as it should be.

You DO become a different person. The new found faith in yourself fills you with ideas and vitality. The new strength this builds inside you makes work a pleasure rather than a pain. Hard work is no longer unpleasant, it’s a challenge you welcome with open arms.

And you know that most of the time, you’re going to win.

This is what defines a life well lived and that feeling of accomplishment and self fulfillment that escapes so many.

5) Multiple streams of income. At this early stage in his career, it might not be the best choice to branch out so much. Better to master one skill set before going on to the next. But Kieran is already making money in 3 different ways.

He could probably build any of those methods into a huge income proving once again that there is a flurry of opportunity out there but you just have to grab one and wring its neck until it starts laying the golden eggs.

6) My thoughts on Trackback Spider.

7) Time management and outsourcing. Both very tough ongoing quests. Post to come.

8) Drinking in Dublin. You bet. In fact so many people have extended offers to drop by for a drink, I think I will retire and go from country to country sampling the local fermented beverages. Ok maybe not quite yet.

If you liked this post, let me know in the comments and perhaps I can get Kieran to come on here and share some more of his experience.

There is no better blueprint for success than other people’s achievement.