As I got on the freeway at 8 this morning a noticed the guy next to me, a car with a surf board on top. And I thought this is a great life and a great place to be. Here I am off to the tennis courts and this fellow is going to ride a few waves. Where were you going in your car this morning?

I used to be in a suit and heels driving off to a job at 8 in the mornings. Well, to be truthful, most of my life I’ve worked for myself, but I had a brief period of driving and working for companies in an office somewhere, sometimes commuting as far as 70 miles each way.

What drove me crazy about working for someone else in an office was the amount of wasted time. I like to be productive, not waiting for someone to ‘get back to me,’ or sitting through mindless meetings.

If you’re still working at a job and would like to be freelance or self-employed, start like I did. Start your Internet business while you’re still getting a salary and build it up until you can afford to become independent.

You can be creating content and blogging or at least working on some parts of your side business during some of those meetings or in the time after you’ve done your regular work. This is important because if you’re like many entrepreneurs, you have more ideas than brains, and you probably can’t tell which idea will end up being worth it.

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Recently I was contacted by a client who was frustrated that her marketing efforts were not producing results like she expected. In an attempt to address her concerns, I realized how many other professionals are in the same boat. What follows is an open letter to professionals everywhere who are struggling to attract new clients and make money online.

Dear Entrepreneur and Professional:

First, let’s address the issue of finances. I understand fully what it is like to invest in your own business, work hard, and see little income.

Sometimes it seems as if you work for pleasure, and indeed there is much pleasure involved. It’s not unusual for entrepreneurs to be passionate about their business and services and many would do what they love for free.

But it can’t work that way, and you must see the money or your business will perish. After a couple of years of trickle income, Denise and I are now seeing great results in our own online business, and are making a very comfortable living solely from information and services sold over the Internet.

So let me offer some advice about the process…

It takes time. And it involves having lots of digital information products people can download instantly.

You must have a powerful web presence and be easily findable to the millions of people who search on the Web for solutions to their problems.

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Info Profits Success Intensive: Three days in a room full of 50 small business owners all learning about the power of marketing with information, that’s Adam Urbanski’s idea of fun! And boy, can he orchestrate fun even while he over-delivers information and tips about how to make money with information products.

The Blog Squad was graciously invited to share a piece of the information marketing puzzle: how to use a blog to spread your words and get business.

Adam is an amazingly refreshing master of marketing for coaches, consultants and service professionals. He came to this country in 1989 with $200 in his pocket and now has a huge following of clients. Spending 3 days with him is intense; he doesn’t hold back on any of the insider methods of making money both on and offline.

He has an amazing ability to simplify the complexity of marketing into clear action steps. If you get a chance to hear him speak don’t miss it. Oh, and by the way, he’s going to be at the Speak Your Way to Wealth seminar August 22-24, sponsored by Arvee Robinson, along with The Blog Squad, in Manhattan Beach.