“How Did You Do It?”
I created Retire Online Now simply to answer the question so many of my friends have been asking me for years:
How Did You Do It?
Your website looks so good and professional – did you go to school to learn how to do that?
How many websites do you have now? Three? Four? Is it hard to manage it all?
I know a little about word processing, but building a website? I’d love to – but – I have no idea where to start!
My name is Don Herman, and I operate three busy websites – bakingnaturally.org, cowboyconcierge.biz and now this one, retireonlinenow.com. I retired 6 years ago from my position as Chief of Operations for a metro school district here in the Denver area. After retiring, I started following some long-time passions, traveling and baking. But I was always looking for a way to turn that passion into a way of supplementing my retirement income.
If you’re like me, your income stays the same, but your expenses continue to go up and up and up! I thought about working part-time at some store, or selling things online through eBay . . . but I just could never really get excited about that!
No, I wanted to find a way to turn my passions of travel and baking into moneymaking propositions. I wanted to do what I love, and use it to provide a valuable service to people I know and people I meet.
I floundered for two years, randomly writing articles for other peoples’ online magazines or blogs, only to end up frustrated when they shut them down or they got swallowed up by some big corporation. Sigh. What to do?
One day, I came across an ad for an online marketing company called Wealthy Affiliate. It offered free initial training in online marketing, and even a free website just for trying it out.
I had never built a website before. I had no idea what online marketing involved, or how to begin with it. But within one week of following the free training, I had my first website up and running.
Within the first two months, I had several posts ranking on Google, getting clicks.
A few months after that, I bought my own domain name, www.bakingnaturally.org, and started securing rights as a vendor for top online marketers like Amazon and Rakuten.
I was doing it! I was an online marketer. Thanks to the great training and support I got at Wealthy Affiliate.
That was three years ago. Now I have three websites, and all three are very busy. I formed my own LLC and all my expenses are tracked as business expenses. Next month, I’ll be staying in Berlin for a month, taking a language intensive, and then leading a tour for customers from Cowboy Concierge. It’s the life I always dreamed of.
I Can’t Guarantee This Kind of Success . . . But I Can Give You the Tools To Try.
Make no mistake – online marketing takes work. It takes time and dedication and the willingness to struggle through some new learning. There are lots of buzzwords to know. And you’ll need some basics, like a computer and internet access. My path was no “Get Rich Quick” scheme, by any means. But it’s a solid path that works. I’m confident that if you follow it, you’ll figure out a path that works for you, too.
So give it a try. There’s nothing to lose in going through the free training. And when you’re done with that, you’ll know whether this is for you or not. Just click on the banner below and it’ll take you right to the website to get you started.
Of course, if you have questions, leave a comment below and I’ll do my best to answer it for you. Or shoot me a note once you’re signed up at Wealthy Affiliate. Even when I’m out traveling, I keep up with my friends there.
All the best,
Don Herman