Crazy Fox Marketing Specialists

Hi There!  Let me begin by saying it is such a delight to be joining my friends Cindy Bolley and Karen Caffrey in this blog project.  As I tell you a bit about me, I’d like to explain how the 3 of us, from 3 different parts of the world came together on this project.

I live in a small rural community in northern Alberta Canada with my husband Keith, to whom I have been married a wonderful 10 years, and our 2 children, ages 8 and 9.  We also have 2 adult daughters from previous marriages, and one grandson.   Prior to my life as an internet marketer, I worked as a child protection social worker for the Government of Alberta, so did Keith.  We are both social workers by nature, and while we enjoyed the actual work we were doing, we struggled dealing with the beauocracy. I won’t go there, but suffice it to say social workers could do much better work if they were permitted to use their common sense instead of having to make decisions based on policy.

When Keith and I got married and decided to start a new family, we agreed that we would prefer to have one of us at home with our children at least until they reach school age, but we realized it would be difficult to live on one social worker’s salary.  In Alberta, we have a 12 month maternity leave, so with 2 children, spaced 16 months apart, I was off work with pay for 2 years.  After that I took part time and temporary positions that gave some greater flexibility.

When our son was very young, he began to have some minor respiratory problems.  He had been prescribed various medications for his congestion and when he was 2, he was prescribed a ventolin puffer.  We began to search for natural alternatives to deal with, what appeared to be, allergies.  That is what got me started in network marketing.  I got involved with EcoQuest International as a result of purchasing a home air purifier.  I wasn’t looking for a business opportunity, but I was so impressed with the products that I almost felt obligated to share them with others! 

I followed the advice of my upline and purchased the online marketing system for $39.95 per month, marketing materials, a success kit etc, attended team training calls and started buying leads.  It was hard work, and I was spending about $500/mo in addition to product that I had ordered for inventory.  Not only was it hard, but these so called fresh targeted leads I was calling were hostile!  I thought I was calling people who had actually requested information, but it didn’t seem to matter where I purchased leads from, they were all the same.  I had some success, but I was NOT having any fun.

Then I found the Veretekk Marketing and training system and I began to learn the craft of marketing on the internet.  I learned how to build my own website, and how to market that website to get some targeted traffic.  It didn’t happen overnight, but eventually my website was getting not only traffic, but generating sales!  Now, instead of spending money on leads, I was generating my own (and they really are targeted), and my system is paying me!  Veretekk is also an affiliate program, and it is the best training you will find anywhere.  The best thing I found at Veretekk though was the people. 

This is where I met the group of people that I am currently working with, including Cindy Bolley from Michigan USA, and Karen Caffrey from Queensland Australia.  We are all members of the Prosperity Cast Network Inner Circle team.  This is truly an amazing mastermind group where we all learn from and teach each other through formal “classes” and less formal chats.  What we have done is we have created a community of like minded people - this group has really become our family. 

We girls discovered that in spite of living in different countries, different life styles, and having different priorities, we had much in common as women building a business from home.  We realized that by supporting one another, we all achieve more.  As business women, we have different priorities and issues than many men working from home.  We also often have a different approach.  We decided that one way we can support each other is by contributing to a blog designed for and about women working from home. 

I come from a family filled with the entrepreneurial spirit.  My mother had a very successful coffee bar and gift store until she retired a few years ago.  My younger sister has followed in her footsteps and just opened a speciality store in the small town of Mundare, Alberta.  Click here to listen to her radio ad.

My nephew is a hypnotist who puts on amazing shows across the country.  The Trevor Knight Show is becoming well known and is very entertaining. Check out his website: 

 http://www.ultimatebackyardbbq.com/

This blog, by women and for women, is not intended to be sexist!  We believe that men will benefit greatly by gaining some insight into how we think and what we think… and we welcome their contributions to discussions as well! 

I hope that we can provide information and support that will help the home based business woman achieve the success that she deserves and desires. We’ll share tools, resources and strategies to help get you branded and on the top of the Google search engine, as well as sharing strategies for organizing your time, and maybe the odd funny story.