| Name: Nicholas John Martin aka Nick Martin | | | | decided to drop TTAN and go even bigger and |
| Age: 24 | | | | started work on LifeStyleNetworker :) |
| Residence: Copenhagen, Denmark (Europe) | | | | Q) What are your day to day responsibilities? |
| Business name: LifeStyleNetworker | | | | A) Emails! I answer support emails and post in my |
| Business address: | | | | support forum. I wish more members would use the |
| Business description: Free lead generation and list | | | | forum, but I guess it's much easier to email Nick :) |
| building system with inbuilt email capabilities. | | | | Q) What aspects of running your own business do |
| Q) First of all, can you tell us how you got started in | | | | you enjoy the most? |
| internet marketing and what sparked off Life Style | | | | A) When I receive PayPal payment Notifications . We |
| Networker? | | | | must admit that's a good feeling, but to be perfectly |
| A) I first got started with Internet Marketing in May | | | | honest what I really enjoy is when I get 'thank you' |
| 2000 when I was using the internet to search for a | | | | emails from my members. |
| job in the US. I've always wanted to visit America | | | | That's when I really feel like I'm making a difference |
| and try it out for size. One day I fell over an ad with | | | | and helping others. Of course the money is great, but |
| the headline "Earn $50.000 in 90 days" and thought | | | | there is nothing like 'thank you' emails :) |
| hell yeah! | | | | Q) And which do you enjoy the least? |
| I knew absolutely nothing about the internet at that | | | | A) Hmm, that's a good question. I really love running |
| time. I had just got my first email address lol. So I | | | | my own business, but there are always some emails |
| pursued the idea of earning $50.000 in 90 days and all | | | | that I just don't get answered immediately. The days |
| I had to do was buy 4 reports and resell them ... The | | | | when I open my inbox and see a lot of unanswered |
| first report told me I had to bulk mail loads of email | | | | emails, that's probably what I enjoy the least. |
| addresses, so I started searching for a way to do | | | | Q) Why do you favour using traffic exchanges as |
| that. | | | | one of the main Life Style Networker promotional |
| I got enrolled into the Internet Marketing Warriors | | | | techniques? |
| looking for a bulk emailer software. It was there I | | | | A) Because they work! Simple as that :) There is no |
| met my first sponsor Quentin Brown and that's when | | | | one in the whole world that can show me a better |
| I learned that harvesting emails and bulk mailing was | | | | way to generate free traffic to a webpage - period! |
| a no no in Internet Marketing. | | | | Surf4Hits programs really work if you know how to |
| From there I started my learning curve. I read | | | | work them and what's even better you get results |
| everything I could get my hands on and started | | | | immediately. Surf 100 sites and you will see your hit |
| building my first website. I can't quite remember how | | | | counter going up almost immediately. |
| I learned about Surf4Hits programs, but it was at | | | | Q) Where do you see Life Style Networker 5 years |
| that moment I knew they were the key to my | | | | from now? |
| traffic problems! | | | | A) The whole idea of LifeStyleNetworker is showing |
| At that time there were only a handful of them out | | | | ordinary people how to get started with building their |
| there so I joined them all and started surfing like | | | | lists of contacts for free. In 5 years time that's |
| mad. | | | | exactly what LSN will be doing. |
| After some time I thought to myself that there had | | | | I will keep my eyes and ears open for any new free |
| to be a clever way of advertising these Surf4Hits, so | | | | traffic generators that come along and will |
| one could build a decent downline in them. And that's | | | | incorporate them into LSN. I will never put a price tag |
| how I started thinking about LifeStyleNetworker. | | | | on LSN and it will always be free to use for |
| Q) And how long did it take to take it from the idea | | | | members. |
| stage to reality? | | | | Q) How do you handle stress? What do you do to |
| A) Well the first version was actually called TTAN | | | | unwind? |
| (TheElite-TeamUp Advertising Network) and it took | | | | Hehe ... stress what's that? I love to play golf and |
| me a few days to get the first script I had working | | | | have been playing for 8 years now. That's really my |
| like I wanted it to. | | | | passion and my goal in life is to be able to play |
| From there it has been a steady development and | | | | anywhere in the world I like. |
| lot's of changes have been made to get the LSN we | | | | When I feel like unwinding I go to the golf course or |
| see today. I like to think of LSN as my little baby lol. | | | | driving range and hit a load of balls :) |
| Always tinkering with the site and coming up with | | | | Q) What advice would you give to someone reading |
| new ideas for it. | | | | this who'd like to start their own online business |
| Q) Give us an example of a specific challenge you | | | | program? |
| encountered in the beginning stages of Life Style | | | | A) I would say that if they feel strongly enough |
| Networker. How did you overcome it? | | | | about it then just do it and see it as a vehicle for |
| A) My members have definitely helped me a lot! | | | | developing their skills. Don't expect to be a pro or |
| When I was running TTAN, I soon after learned of a | | | | even act as one. Be professional but be personal. |
| site called MoneyLegs and started working that | | | | I see too many program owners being all |
| program. I could see that Doug (the owner) had a | | | | administrative and hiding behind admin emails. Don't be |
| much more advanced software and I couldn't keep | | | | afraid to show that you are a real person - after all |
| up with such a competitor. | | | | that's who we like working with the best. |
| That was the time when I decided to let TTAN go | | | | Oh and a shameless plug here at the end, they might |
| and asked all my members at that time to join me in | | | | want to take a look at [ for a cool software to help |
| MoneyLegs. | | | | them ;) |
| The response to that really took me by surprise! So | | | | Q) What personal qualities do you feel an internet |
| many people emailed me and wanted me to continue | | | | marketer needs in order to succeed? |
| what I was doing. There were also some who | | | | A) Three words: Persistence - Patience - Dedication! |
| wanted to take over the site. That's when I realized | | | | That's what it takes to conquer the world. Any of us |
| how much people liked my idea. | | | | who have these three qualities will see success no |
| So thanks to my founding members support, I | | | | matter how we pursue it. |