However, I’ve recently become active at Lynn Terry’s Elite Group at SelfStartersWeeklyTips.com forum. Lynn provides exclusive access to lots of resources to here elite members including a guide to keyword research,  and most recently a webinar with Karon Thackston on SEO copywriting.

Now I {Almost} Get It! After reading Lynn’s keyword guide and watching the SEO copywriting webinar, I feel like I know how to optimize my posts and pages. I say I almost get it because I need to do some real in-depth keyword research to fully optimize my site. These resources have really simplified the process for me, so I can work smarter and not harder.

Another benefit to being a member of Lynn’s Elite Group is the private forum. Here I can ask for input and advice without it being public. And we all help each other out. Plus, Lynn herself always provides her input. I love having access to the mind of internet marketing’s leaders!

As I hinted at in my previous post about Mom Masterminds, a paid membership to a group such as SelfStartersWeeklyTips is essential for my business success. I stress paid membership because you really can’t trust the freebies – you don’t know if your getting advice from a successful internet marketer so don’t know when someone is blowing smoke up your butt. I just wish I had figured that out two years ago!

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I’ve been an on-again, off-again internet marketer. While I don’t want to go into specifically why I’ve been hot and cold, I do want to tell you that I’m on-again and ready to kick-butt and take names! I’m going to plan my work and then work my plan – to success!

I Am A Hungry Woman Of Internet Marketing

If you’ve never heard of this before, check out Kelly McCausey’s post about it at SparkPlugging.

We’re going to be holding each other accountable to our new goals and taking regular action on them over on the Mom Masterminds forum of course.

I started a thread at MM to keep me accountable and to share my plan. My pals will be encouraging me along my journey and providing feedback and ideas. I’ve also joined Kelly’s group coaching program (which starts tonight BTW) that will help me even more. Oh yeah, I’m going to rock this!

I’m hungry and I’m going to become an internet marketing rock star! How about you? If you do one thing to grow your internet marketing business, it has to be to join Mom Masterminds. Check it out – there’s a free trial!

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The Hormone Guide

Women will understand this – Men should memorize it!

Every woman knows that there are days when all a man has to do is open his mouth and he takes his life in his hands! This is a handy guide that should be carried like a driver’s license in the wallet of every husband, boyfriend, co-worker or significant other!

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2.  Psychotic Mood Shift

3.  Perpetual Munching Spree

4.  Puffy Mid-Section

5.  People Make me Sick

6.  Provide Me Sweets

7.  Pardon My Sobbing

8.  Pimples May Surface

9.  Pass My Sweatpants

10.  Pissy Mood Syndrome

11.  Plainly; Men Suck

12.  Pack My Stuff

and my favorite one:

13.  Potential  Murder Suspect

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So we drive over an hour Sunday morning to Phillipsburg Delaware River Railroad Excursions for “a day of family fun”. Allow me to use bullet-points to illustrate the fun.

All in all, we spent about 2 hours at A Day Out With Thomas. So much for “a day of family fun”.

The next day, we went to Jenkinson’s in Point Pleasant and spent $20 on tickets for rides. So worth it!! Little Dude went on 7 rides, had cotton candy, got a temporary tattoo, and LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!

Oh yeah, remember that $9 balloon I mentioned? Well the darn string wasn’t tied tight enough to it and it slipped off. There went a mylar Thomas, up up and away into the sky as Little Dude held the string. Nice way to end the day.

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Little Dude & Hubby

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Now let me tell you a little bit about our freaken pool. It drives me crazy!

First you must read my post about it on my first blog here.

Hubby’s obsession continues.

Because he grew-up with money, he’s used to having an in-ground heated pool. So last summer he scoured CraigsList and Ebay and found a used heater to purchase. It was only $200 – but it’s a gas appliance so we had Handy-Man Chip (aka my Daddy) some over and hook-up the gas.

Next we realized that the little filter/pump that comes with the little pool didn’t produce enough water pressure for the heater to turn-on. Grrr. So again he scours the internet to find a new filter system. Let me remind you again that this is for a 12-foot inflatable pool that is just 3 feet deep. He finds one – but not used, new and it cost another $200. It produced just enough pressure, but didn’t “suck” enough for a pool-vacuum to work. Oh yes dear reader, he purchased a freakin vacuum for $49 for this little pool.

Fast forward to winter: My aunt moved into a new home that once had a pool. The parts were left behind in the garage, so she gave Hubby the filter. OK – an upgraded filter for free – great! Hubby is happy!

Fast forward again to this spring: In April, when it was 90 degrees here in NJ, hubby uncovered the pool, set-up the filter and heater, and filled the pool – well, topped it off with what had evaporated over the winter.

The freakin thing had a hole in it! Chemical-treated water pouring into my garden and yard!

So hubby decides to upgrade the pool and we got an aluminum framed pool that fit in the exact same spot ($199.00). We set it up, filled it, added the chemicals and guess what – it had a hole. Yep, a brand spankin new pool had a hole in the bottom liner. So we had to drain it (2400 gallons of water), dismantle it, and return it.

Got a replacement and it’s all good.

BUT – the free filter isn’t working. So Hubby and Handy-Man Chip take the thing apart and discovered that the motor was beat-up and the cartridge was just too old and dirty to work. They fixed the motor and we ordered a new cartridge – $185. Yep – one-hundred-eighty-five-dollars for a new filter cartridge.

So here we are in June, appreciating the cute picture of Little Dude taking a nap after swimming in the freakin pool. Am I bitter – a little. I love the fact that Little Dude gets to swim every day, and he is learning to swim. I love the fact that Hubby gets to spend lots of time in the pool with Little Dude.

But I hate how Hubby is obsessed with the pool! I don’t even want to figure out the grand-total of money spent on this damn thing. And the amount of hours spent on it – ugh! I just wish Hubby would spend some of his efforts helping out in the house with laundry, dishes, etc., instead on spending it on the pool. It would be a big help. And I would have more time to blog!

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Well, a while ago Little Dude and I were at the home improvement store with my father. Daddy is there almost on a daily basis (he’s a handy-man) so of course we didn’t get far into the store before someone stopped him to chat. He introduces Little Dude: “This is my grandson Joey”.

Then he introduces me: “This is Joey’s Mom.”

WHAT? SERIOUSLY? I’m your daughter. I’m your first born child! I’m not just Joey’s Mom!

Hence the name of my blog

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