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Highest Education: High school with two years of trade school in printing

Year Started Business: 1984

Type Of Business: Internet marketing and publishing

Target Market: Self-employed/small-business owners in need of Internet marketing consulting and many categories of consumers for her e-book publishing division.

Number of employees: Seven

Best Month (Gross Revenues): $1.1 million

Hours Worked Per Week During Startup: About 65

Hours Worked Per Week Now: About 60

Favorite Business Magazines: Fast Company, Business 2.0, DM News

Favorite Business Books Or Authors: Anything by Dan Kennedy or Jay Abraham—"I like both of these guys because they KNOW what they are talking about and DO IT daily still. Dan's no-nonsense style is amazing." Recent favorite book: The One Minute Millionaire, by Mark Victor Hansen and Robert Allen—"This is ONE book EVERY aspiring entrepreneur should read. It puts everything in perspective and is really TWO powerful books in one. VERY hard to put down and IMPOSSIBLE to ignore once you've absorbed the material."

Relaxes By: Browsing the Web and studying GOOD MARKETING and good Web design, and constantly seeking new ideas and inspiration...Also, fishing and dabbling in baseball card collecting

Keeps In Shape By: "I like to walk. In Kansas, I would walk on a treadmill and have my treadmill rigged up with a TV and DVD player. I start a movie, walk briskly through at least HALF of it, then can ONLY finish the movie when I walk again. Keeps me entertained and FORCES me to walk again to see how it ends. It's all about motivation! Now that I've moved to Florida, once I finish settling in, I look forward to walking more in the REAL world, along the beach!"

Favorite Part Of The Job: "This is two-fold, really. I LOVE creating products and writing the copy that sells them, first and foremost. Secondly, I LOVE speaking before an audience, meeting the people, and getting to know the other speakers."

Least Favorite Part Of The Job: Paperwork, taxes—boring and frustrating

Companies Admired:

• Microsoft—love/hate: LOVE their marketing and business savvy, HATE their products
  
• Dell Computer—BRILLIANT business plan and unique selling position, not to mention products well worth owning, for the most part
  
• Google—another BRILLIANT concept
  
• E-bay—yet another BRILLIANT concept

Favorite Quotes:

• Business is life on steroids. — T.J. Rohleder
  
• Wishes only come true in Disney movies. — Michael Wickett
  
• Eat your vegetables. — Alan's mom

The Person Who Most Influenced His Life: "My mother. She managed on a meager income, made certain all the family's needs were met, and STILL managed to retire with enough money that she will NEVER be a burden on society or on her kids. Even more important was the fact that she ALWAYS encouraged me to pursue my interests and, even when she disagreed with me, defended me to anyone and everyone who needed it."

Heroes: "My hero is Hugh Hefner. This guy took a measly $500, started a magazine in the living room of his apartment, and parlayed it into every man's dream job and fabulous wealth. And he's still enjoying every minute of it. Go, Hugh!"

Special Business Achievements/Honors: "My biggest achievement was a joint venture that brought me more than $11 million in gross sales — including my highest-grossing month ever—over a four-year span, at no cost to me, and no risk besides being able to fulfill all the hundreds and hundreds of orders that were pouring in from my partner's list of customers."

Months Before Achieving A Profit: Five

Books/Tapes/Reports: "I've published mostly electronic periodicals for the past 21 years. My latest and most exciting are The Power Pointers Page and Mind Gold News. The best way to learn more about each of these two publications would be for me to give to the readers, free of charge, a complete turnkey Website that sells them. Each of these free businesses is worth easily $600 and includes a Website with hosting and support. To sign up for the free Website that sells The Power Pointers Page, visit:

http://www.powerpointerspage.com/?AC=107513, enter 107513 as your Access Code to get your free gift.

To sign up for the free Website that sells Mind Gold News, visit:

http://www.mindgold.com/?AC=66768, enter 66768 as your Access Code to get your free gifts.

"My most recent source of pride is the Joint Venture Summit of the Century seminars I've co-produced with my partners Marc and Terry Goldman of Goldbar Enterprises. This conference is now held twice yearly and we've built an incredible low-cost, year-round joint venturing mastermind club around it called the JV Diamond Club. To find out more about our events and the club, readers should visit:

http://rod.jvseminar.com/

"This will give you all the details about the events we've held so far, our newest events and all the other benefits of joining the JV Gold Club."

Contact Alan At: Phone—(239) 992-0397; Fax—(239) 992-4862; E-mail—alanbechtold@sysop.com.