Persistence, Patience, Dedication - The Nick Martin Interview

Name: Nicholas John Martin aka Nick Martindecided to drop TTAN and go even bigger and
Age: 24started work on LifeStyleNetworker :)
Residence: Copenhagen, Denmark (Europe)Q) What are your day to day responsibilities?
Business name: LifeStyleNetworkerA) 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 listforum, 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 inyou enjoy the most?
internet marketing and what sparked off Life StyleA) 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 Mayhonest what I really enjoy is when I get 'thank you'
2000 when I was using the internet to search for aemails from my members.
job in the US. I've always wanted to visit AmericaThat's when I really feel like I'm making a difference
and try it out for size. One day I fell over an ad withand helping others. Of course the money is great, but
the headline "Earn $50.000 in 90 days" and thoughtthere is nothing like 'thank you' emails :)
hell yeah!Q) And which do you enjoy the least?
I knew absolutely nothing about the internet at thatA) Hmm, that's a good question. I really love running
time. I had just got my first email address lol. So Imy own business, but there are always some emails
pursued the idea of earning $50.000 in 90 days and allthat I just don't get answered immediately. The days
I had to do was buy 4 reports and resell them ... Thewhen I open my inbox and see a lot of unanswered
first report told me I had to bulk mail loads of emailemails, that's probably what I enjoy the least.
addresses, so I started searching for a way to doQ) Why do you favour using traffic exchanges as
that.one of the main Life Style Networker promotional
I got enrolled into the Internet Marketing Warriorstechniques?
looking for a bulk emailer software. It was there IA) Because they work! Simple as that :) There is no
met my first sponsor Quentin Brown and that's whenone in the whole world that can show me a better
I learned that harvesting emails and bulk mailing wasway 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 readwork them and what's even better you get results
everything I could get my hands on and startedimmediately. Surf 100 sites and you will see your hit
building my first website. I can't quite remember howcounter going up almost immediately.
I learned about Surf4Hits programs, but it was atQ) Where do you see Life Style Networker 5 years
that moment I knew they were the key to myfrom now?
traffic problems!A) The whole idea of LifeStyleNetworker is showing
At that time there were only a handful of them outordinary people how to get started with building their
there so I joined them all and started surfing likelists 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 hadI will keep my eyes and ears open for any new free
to be a clever way of advertising these Surf4Hits, sotraffic generators that come along and will
one could build a decent downline in them. And that'sincorporate 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 ideamembers.
stage to reality?Q) How do you handle stress? What do you do to
A) Well the first version was actually called TTANunwind?
(TheElite-TeamUp Advertising Network) and it tookHehe ... stress what's that? I love to play golf and
me a few days to get the first script I had workinghave 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 andanywhere in the world I like.
lot's of changes have been made to get the LSN weWhen 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 withQ) 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 youprogram?
encountered in the beginning stages of Life StyleA) 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 aeven act as one. Be professional but be personal.
site called MoneyLegs and started working thatI see too many program owners being all
program. I could see that Doug (the owner) had aadministrative and hiding behind admin emails. Don't be
much more advanced software and I couldn't keepafraid 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 goOh and a shameless plug here at the end, they might
and asked all my members at that time to join me inwant to take a look at [ for a cool software to help
MoneyLegs.them ;)
The response to that really took me by surprise! SoQ) What personal qualities do you feel an internet
many people emailed me and wanted me to continuemarketer needs in order to succeed?
what I was doing. There were also some whoA) Three words: Persistence - Patience - Dedication!
wanted to take over the site. That's when I realizedThat'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, Imatter how we pursue it.