| Equestrian sport is a fascinating subject. However, | | | | money online is not about following a "secret" formula, |
| these days I have to indulge my passion in front of the | | | | but about coming up with your own original idea ASAP. |
| television, because my mare is "indisposed". After | | | | 4. Funding a mare and foal is a very expensive |
| three years of trying, getting more desperate with | | | | enterprise indeed. |
| every passing year, my gorgeous pure-bred Friesian | | | | 5. It is very difficult to find accurate up-to-date |
| mare has finally managed to get herself pregnant. At | | | | information that doesn't cost a fortune. |
| the grand old age of eight, she is expecting her first | | | | 6. Advice and support from other internet marketers is |
| foal in the spring. | | | | worth its weight in gold. |
| Of course, insemination by one of the breath-taking | | | | 7. Unless you are passionate about your subject, you |
| registered Friesian stallions was just not good enough | | | | are wasting your time. |
| for her. She had to fall for an unregistered pure-bred | | | | Horseback riders are passionate about their horses |
| stud, probably because he was on-hand and available. | | | | and often enthusiastic about helping other people. All |
| Never mind, she is in foal at last, and had lots of fun | | | | the internet gurus say that to be successful online you |
| getting there. | | | | have to over-deliver. It is certainly no effort to |
| Somewhere along the line (it may have been due to all | | | | over-deliver to horse people. To make money online |
| the vet's bills while she was trying to conceive) it | | | | you have to invest more than you get out. And I do |
| dawned on me that this was going to be an expensive | | | | not mean money! You must invest your time and |
| undertaking. Not one to be daunted by such an | | | | some of yourself. Stamp your business with your own |
| insignificant obstacle to my mare's happiness, I decided | | | | personality. Make it unique and characteristic. That |
| to find a way to earn some extra cash. | | | | shouldn't be too difficult for most horse riders. |
| The internet seemed to provide the ideal opportunity. | | | | We all need the support and advice of our mentors, |
| Lots of scope, on first examination. Everywhere you | | | | but eventually we have to come up with our own |
| surf there are promises about making loads of money | | | | ideas. Just as learning to understand your horse is |
| in the shortest time. Strangely enough, it always | | | | fundamentally down to your own insight, ideas and |
| involves investing a fair amount of money in either a | | | | efforts, so is building a successful business on the |
| product or a service first. Not having a lot of money to | | | | internet. |
| start off with, protected me from the internet sharks, | | | | The most effective way for equestrians to learn the |
| but also forced me to learn the hard way. | | | | ropes online is to join an online community of |
| I found out that: | | | | equestrians that are interested in either starting a |
| 1. There is no miraculous bullet; no magic wand that will | | | | business online or taking their off-line business online. |
| make you rich overnight and that earning money online | | | | Currently the choice is limited, but there are a few |
| involves as much work as it does off-line. | | | | excellent websites, blogs and membership sites that |
| 2. There is a lot to learn and figure out and all this | | | | specialise in providing horse people who want to earn |
| takes a lot of time. | | | | an income online with accurate information and a place |
| 3. Contrary to all the get-rich-quick claims, earning | | | | to network with other equestrians. |