The path to Internet marketing has been quite a trip
In starting out searching for a way out of my job as a CNC programmer in the machining industry. Many in my family didn’t understand my need to move on to a new career. In the United States, most jobs in manufacturing are slowly fading away and going to other countries. For thirty years, most of the programming I’ve done was to machine parts for the automotive or aerospace industries. For the last 10 years of that career path, there was a slow and steady bleeding which eroded income and prospects for the future.
Deciding on an Internet marketing business
With nearly thirty years in front of a computer it seemed a natural choice to decide on starting an Internet marketing business. Having some sales positions over the years provided me with some of the needed experience for the marketing side of the business. Part of my past job was to network together computers with the machines on the shop floor, act as systems administrator for the network and automating as many programming tasks as possible. The heavy lifting for all this automation was done with HP Unix workstations. Since most sites are run with Unix behind the scenes, choosing to build an automatic Internet business seemed the right choice for me.
Family support makes a huge difference
Once the decision was made to build an Internet marketing business, the world around me began to change. There was more to this than I first thought. A year and a half was spend flopping around from one idea to the next. Many conversations with my patient wife, Monica and the need to spend time with our granddaughters, something had to change. Monica encouraged me to stop jumping around and figure out a way to make it all work! She became a driving force in picking one aspect of the business and mastering it. After all the jumping around, it became obvious that concentrating on pay per click marketing was the wise choice.
The Pay Per Click Network
Amazing how finding your passion in business can bring the solutions to you. Many friends are made along the way when you are open to creating a circle of influence. Mine really started when I started to have conversations with Mark Hendricks. Becoming a member of Mark’s Internet Success System has had a dramatic effect on my business. This choice was the start of taking charge and finding focus. With total focus on pay per click marketing, it wasn’t long before a network of like minded people was there to help things along.
Gauher Chaudhry is the one who rounded out my education in pay per click with the Toronto seminar. I had been on the path of pay per click affiliate marketing and heard about cpa networks. Gauher cleared things up for me at the seminar and my path has become a very clear vision and solving the puzzle was complete. The final piece to my puzzle is a masterpiece created by Gauher which can be found at ppc formula.
One of the contacts made along the way was Gary Harvey, he contacted me with some questions about my decision to focus on pay per click and cpa offers. We exchanged many emails and became fast friends. I had been talking to my wife, Monica about writing a short book on the many conclusions that have been made about this business. When I mentioned this to Gary, he and Monica encouraged me to write the report. With all the questions coming in from people all over the world, it was clear that people were looking for some answers to their puzzle too.
Pay Per Click Solutions gets published
Since Monica and Gary Harvey were such an influence in the writing of Pay Per Click Solutions “Solving the Puzzle!”. I want to take the time to dedicate the book to my very patient and supportive wife. Thank you Monica for pushing me when I needed it most. Starting the project with a blank page was the hardest part, once it started to evolve, writing the report became fun. With Gary being a part of the influence from the other side of the world, he was the first to be sent a link to get a copy. In sending Gary a link for his copy of Pay Per Click Solutions, he went on to write a review about it, then sent me a link for the review after he published it! Turned out to be quite a surprise to me and goes to show that making friends on the Internet comes from all around the world. Read all the nice things Gary said about our many emails and the report here: Gary Harvey reviews ppc solutions.
Cover graphics completes ppc solutions
As stated above, the network of great people you meet along the way becomes a huge asset too. I met Al Hannigan a couple of years ago and we have become good friends. Al has a photography site called Photography Know How and also has a knack for making graphics jump off the page! When it was time to create the cover for Pay Per Click Solutions, Al took it on and created the vision that was only in my head at the time. Al just talks with me for a little while about the project and then he magically creates a work of art, thanks Al.
Dedicating the book to Monica
With all the long hours it takes to start an Internet marketing business, having Monica supporting the effort has made a big difference. With her gentle pushing and the occasional look that wives give you that say so much without the need to say anything at all, the report was finished. I dedicate Pay Per Click Solutions to my loving wife, Monica.
Many thanks to everyone who helped make it all happen,
John Stiles
