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As most of us may have experienced to start something and to end something is one of the biggest humps we all must climb.  I’ve had this challenge many times during my years in Miami, FL.  Yet I remember times when I was younger and anything was possible.  I did many things that a kid in my position could only imagine.  People would single me out out of crowd and ask me to do things that very few people do.  Example; give a speech in front of the first lady of the nation (Bolivia), or go to a foreign country to represent children’s rights on behalf of your nation.  Back then when I was a Bolivian, 3rd world nation kid, things were possible.  How ironic, to be in the land of opportunity (how trite huh?) and still struggle with procrastination.  It’s a disease I tell ya!

At any rate, here it goes:  By September 13th I will officially start to pursue my business to the best of my ability.  I’ve been repeating this to my wife and myself so that it is really official whether I feel ready and capable or not.  I will create and maintain 3 websites.  My main product presentation website, my audio and video website, and this my record of activity toward a magnificent goal.  Here’s the truth, all this time I’ve been reading a book on SEO and website building standards.  Also, reading a book about writing well for websites.  Much of the information I read I already knew!  I’m so grateful that I think I have a natural inclination to be a great presenter and public person.  I enjoy making my message palatable and useful to people.  I love it when others benefit by my efforts.  So, when it comes to great web design and really obtaining a decent income you have to provide a service.  My whole hearted desire is precisely that!

Here we go, the time is…LATE!  and I’m about to being writing paragraph after paragraph for my website.  Whenever you, my friend, the reader find this blog, feel free to share your thoughts.  I will definitely read and respond if need be.  The journey continues.  This is just a way to make this otherwise tedious and arguably hopeless project more interesting! 

I wonder if I’m the only one that gets this feeling of accomplishing a lot but at the same time thinking that you are still at the zero stage.

So far I have done research on all the Shaklee™ distributor websites I found. So far I haven’t found anything that moving. I was wondering if someone out there was doing something truly innovative and attractive for the public. But I can’t say that the sites that I found were innovative or useful. Everyone seems to think that a successful Shaklee™ referral site includes a few lines, random pictures and direct links to their Shaklee™ online store. I say random pictures because they’re generic pictures of people smiling or laughing. The information provided is too brief to really inform or it is placed in a format a bit difficult to follow. So the reader doesn’t bother to read it. Now this is not because they think that their readers are brain dead. I think it’s because they were told by someone maybe next to them or above them in the organization that it is how you attract new prospects to you. It could also be that they just don’t know.

I know that an experienced website owner who brings at least $3,000 per month in sales knows that few text and links don’t bring the response or income desired. What I found is that you need to have a little bit of knowledge about this term called “optimization.” Optimization is making your site attractive to the search engines, especially Google since it is currently the most popular search engine. When you optimize your site you have to also consider making it useful and unique to your visitors. I learned that you want to make your website “sticky”. This is content that will make your customers want to come back again and again. A great example is blogs for everything! People come back to blogs again and again or subscribe because they want to keep getting whatever that blog does for them. Websites also have a lot of great and addictive content like up to date news, flash movies, image galleries, and so on.

Currently I am going to sleep at 7:30pm and waking up at 11:30pm to work until 4:30 am. I set a goal on my home page that my site will be ready by September 13^th. My site will be filled with information that I am gathering and will post in my own style. I will place links to news articles, videos, audio, etc to make it useful to the visitor. In a way I believe it will gradually become very user friendly and resourceful in terms of health and related current events. I have come up with an attractive and professional design and the content will be extensive. There will be a lot of info to read and ways to continue to explore each topic, product, or health condition. Sometimes while I’m working I get sleepy and I lay down on my desk! Or I’ll sneak out of the office and go lay down on a box for about 5 minutes. Those five minutes feel like half hour. My mind is full of ideas and questions that I’m constantly asking myself: what else I can do to make things better. It can be stressful because I’m not there yet!

But I’m not going to stop either.

Still deciding which pictures to share…

Now we’re going to get whole business idea started. This segment of my enterprises is more of an observation, so people get to share with me how it feels to really get started with an idea. To make things happen, not wait for things to happen.

So what I did is: I got my website set up and it’s live now so I will begin to promote it everywhere! Yay! It wasn’t even that expensive. Less than $30 and $15 per month. What do you have to say about that? This is so exciting because I have seen that my website even though it’s got nothing it is indexed by google and yahoo! I guess because I’ve had several attepts at trying to make it happen. But this time is solid. In fact I made a commitment that by September 13th 9 sites will be completed. Well, actually three websites: my mom’s site www.hurleyhealth.com my site, www.hurleywellness.com, and sauld.hurleywellenss.com! Phew! But it’s revolutionary. I haven’t found any other Shaklee person doing so much online. One actually, Cyndy Mcasey. She’s amazing and that’s why I’m making a link to her. Not that you won’t find her by simply typing her name.

So To all of you who are trying to come to a decision as to how to pursue your dream and be independent, I say to you Go GO GO!

Mario H