Randy’s Ramblings – February 1st 2008

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* You Can Lead A Horse To Water…
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* You Can Lead A Horse To Water…
But You Can’t Make It Drink!!

Hi Everyone,

How are you? Well I hope…
Have you heard the title term before then?

It’s one my father used to use when he was alive.
And now I know exactly what he meant…

I’m hoping this post might give you a nudge, as I feel
a little …what’s the right word… discouraged?

If you remember I mentioned in december that my
daughter Kirsty was wanting to set something up online.

I literally ‘gave’ her everything she needed to make a start
A saleable product, complete with freebie to giveaway,
webpages, and full instructions on setting up aweber,
her hosting and all the bits she could possibly need.

On top of that I begged John Thornhill to give her access
to his ResaleRightsBlueprint course.

All so that she had the very best info in a step by step,
easy to follow course – where all she had to do was read,
watch & take action!

Naturally with her being family (and living locally) She has
continued to pester me daily when I see her, and on msn,
with questions about who’s doing what, and what’s happening
in general online.

So when she heard that Lee McIntyre has a new launch of his
latest (and frankly very comprhensive) project new web..
(Plus his products are always quality and very popular)

She was desperate for me to nag Lee for a free copy!!
(Cheeky So ‘n’ So!)
Well family is family, though I doubt Lee would want so
much content being given out – (it tends to be if you don’t pay
for a thing – you don’t value it)

BUT – and here’s the thing that really got to me…
When I asked Kirsty how far along she was with John’s
ResaleRightsBlueprint, and getting the site I’d put on a disc for
her just to edit, uploaded and on the web.

Guess what She said….

Can you guess ?

She hadn’t had time to get much done, as she was exploring
other avenues and opportunities !

WHAT THE **** ! (that was heck in stars…lol)

Yep – too busy to follow Her own Dad’s advice OR even the
products I’d set Her up with.

Further grilling then followed and it seems She has managed to
read half of the basic info….. but it looked like a lot of work —
so it had been put to one side while she checked out the things
promising an ‘Easy Time’ of it….

Frankly, I can see her ending up spending all her ca$h on the
countless schemes that we’ve all come across before.

I did explain to her that Lee’s Project New Web would be better
looked at once she had a site up and a few emails on her list.

And that Lee really goes into every detail of what he has done to
build his business to over $16K a month…… And that would
require someone who was serious about studying and working
hard towards setting things up correctly from day one.

I also *tried* to once again advise Her of the truth about
marketing online…. You know – the bit about it needing to be
‘worked’ at… (hehe)

The long and short of it, is that I can’t make Her a success,
just the same as I can’t make You do what needs to be done …
I can only give my heartfelt recommendation
to products that I believe to be of value, Like John’s and Lee’s!

It’s up to Her (and You) whether my words are listened to and
acted upon.

Hence the saying
You can lead a horse to water – but you can’t make it drink!

Well, I have to admit that truthfully, If you don’t listen to me,
I can live with that – after all, I realise that you have hundreds of
others all vying for your attention – and it’s hard to know who to listen to…

I just do my best to be straight with you in the hope of building
long term relationships and friendships that will benefit both
you and I.

But when my own kids don’t bother, and they can see exactly what
I do, and have even seen my paypal & clickbank accounts…
Well that’s where the discouragement comes from.

Am I going to give up on Kirsty?…. Of course not, and neither
would I on my subscribers.

But from now on I’ll treat Her as a new subscriber who probably
won’t listen, and probably won’t take any action until after she’s
tried all the ways that don’t work…. lol

And Ive sent her a small freebie that David Congreave put together,
called the ‘HypeProtector’
(David’s in my mastermind group and showed me this –
so I asked him to make it something that could be given out freely)

It’s just a small chart you can download and print off – But I liked it,
as it seemed to go into more detail on one of my usual quotes….

You know – the part where I say
“Only get it ‘IF’ it’s going to help you in your efforts”

So here’s the link to the ‘HypeProtector’… and I hope it helps
you keep hold of your ca$h – and only invest it where it will
really benefit you.
(and I hope Kirsty does the same)

And here’s a reminder of where to grab
Lee’s Project New Web – If you’re ready for the work.

and John’s ResaleRightsBlueprint

(Just don’t get both…lol)

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I’ll wrap it up here for this time, as I seem to have
Rambled on enough for today – and I’m sure we both
have plenty to be getting on with.

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As ever I really mean it when I say -
Here’s hoping you’re …..
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!

Til next time
Warm Regards to You and Yours,
From Me and Mine.

Randy
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