Three years with Mpam just passed!
Well, time does go very quickly in good company.
But I still remember that night the 19th of November 3 years ago.
I was surfing No More Hits, the only TE I belonged to back then, when I meet this anoying page. You know, the one with TANSTAAFL in the subject line. When I got it for the 5th time I started to read and signed up.
In case you donīt know. TANSTAAFL means *There aint no such thing as a free lunch*.
I went bronze the day after and silver the 24/11. After that I got stuck for a while. Hit Gold the 30/1 2003 after finally getting through that old 6b lesson. That one was a pain, lol.
I went for Platinum the 15/3 2003 and stayed there, became Diamond member summer 2004.
Concidering I had an old English-Swedish dictionary to help me out with understanding all the lessons to begin with, I did rather good after all.
What did I learn during these three years then? Everything related to run a small Internet Business. And that is a lot of information, trust me.
When I started my family laughed behind my back, thinking I was naiv, thinking it was all a big scam. Well, today they are not laughing anymore. After all I did show them the opposit.
First, today I am the pc tech in the family and can handle almost anything that might go wrong with my pc. Just go reading my Lightbulbs here!
Second, both Mpam and I did survive! For Mpam, being a big International Program, still
online after 4 years, that is really great and shows the honesty of the Program. It is stable, always moving ahead. That is something you learn very quickly online, programs come and go. Whatīs hot and popular one day can be gone tomorrow, just like that. Just think of all them fancy emails you keep getting, promising money for nothing, turning you into an millionair doing nothing. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is! And if they at the bottom wants you to pay 10-20 dollars for *the big secret of success*, do not fall for that!
It is a scam! Trust me on that!
THERE ARE NO SECRETS BEHIND HOW TO SUCCEED!!! It is just a question of being thickheaded, enough stubborn and willing to belive in oneself. To have faith in what you are doing and having fun while doing it.
What is the most important I have learned, you wonder? It is how to brand my name. How to do that, then? Well, not by hiding behind a stupid signature or alias. Just take a good look at all my pages. You find most of them on the main page here at The Lightbulb. On all of them you will find my full name, my adress, photo and my little logo, the rocking old lady. The name Grandma Maggie comes from my mpam friends since they started to call me *Grandma*
If you are using a nickname, pick one close to your own name. I have succeeded in branding Grandma Maggie and that is fantastic. But to succeed you do need to be ready to present yourself. That is the only way you can build up trust between you and other Internet users, your customers. Think about it, who will you trust? Grandma Maggie, crazydog or skmjkf587?
I think you get the point, so do not be afraid of using your name and telling about yourself.
That is the only way you will succeed.
Grandma Maggie
ps. I suppose I could have written a fancy salesletter asking for 25 dollar for telling you this, just as the big boys are doing. But that wouldnīt be me and I am rather Grandma Maggie ( Margareta Hultgren). Below is a new photo with me and my daughter Sara. I am a real person as you an see.
Photo was taken when we recently were visiting my daughter Malin for a few days.
