Hello and welcome to my blog!
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I am extremely excited as I kick off this blog, because I know I am going to be helping readers of the site find, save and make money online.
For new readers of my newsletter and blog, you may be wondering just who the heck I am. right?
Well…here goes!
My career on the Internet began after watching an Oprah Winfrey show in 1996.
Ok guys, stop snickering, you know you love Oprah too! 
The year was 1996 and Oprah featured a show on unclaimed money and property and gave back 10’s of thousands of dollars to her audience members. Oprah was well known at the time, but not so much by me, so I took her word about as seriously as I would Jerry Springers, which amounts to a “very small” hill of salt.
The idea, money could be out there in my name which I didn’t know about sounded ridiculous. However, I could not get it off my mind. Long story short (and you can read my story here) I searched to see if I did have unclaimed money at the website she recommended.
Before I knew it, and after many months of research, I had suddenly gathered enough information which discredited many of the resources Oprah herself had recommended. On some of these sites I was typing in Mickey Mouse and Elmer Fudd which had money listed. I was pretty sure the Oprah lady had led me into a scam.
That was before I did my homework. Many, many months of homework…
I soon discovered the correct way and places to search.
I discovered you can legally become a finder and help others find their money for a fee which is all regulated by government offices.
I discovered everything you could learn about unclaimed money by calling all 50 states offices to see how their programs worked.
Before I knew it, I had become an unclaimed money expert myself and was looking for ways to get the word out.
It was from this experience I totally changed the path my life would take me.
You see, when I had gathered all of my unclaimed money information, I knew it was not doing anyone any good just sitting on my desk collecting dust. I didn’t want to waste all my efforts and just telling family and friends didn’t seem enough.
I started searching for ways to get the word out.
I had heard from a cousin a few years prior about how he was getting into these “things” called bulletin boards, and having conversations with people regarding cars, which was his favorite hobby. From this recollection, I thought it would be a good idea to see if I could use the bulletin boards to place some ads for my new found product helping others find their unclaimed money. I didn’t know much about computers, but bought one (ok, actually charged to my credit card a very slow computer for $3000) to see what I could do.
Little did I know I would have to learn all kinds of confusing DOS commands to even get into these bulletin boards, but I was determined, so I would study these commands during my break time at work.
Nearly dizzy from all the new stuff I was learning, it was at this time a company called AOL came out with a product which was similar to the way my computer desktop (Windows) worked. DOS handicapped users like myself could cruise around bulletin boards and chat rooms like a pro. This was indeed a heaven sent gift even a dummy like me could use without having to learn complicated DOS commands.
Another long story short, I started in the trenches and placed classified ads everywhere I could find in AOL and their chat rooms for free. Lo and behold, people started buying my book. This was awesome and the reviews were incredible.
I sold this book for a few years before finally deciding to develop a website.
Soon after developing my website I discovered a company called GoTo.com, now Yahoo Search Marketing which allowed me the opportunity to place classified ads in search engines for as little as one cents a click. Yeah, just one penny!
I will talk much more about pay per click and other similar resources in future posts, but for now, just suffice it to say this penny a click investment doubled the traffic to my site overnight. This meant double the members were joining my site and getting the valuable information I was longing to share.
As you might imagine, with almost 13 years in the online marketing industry, I have now been able to lead and teach 10’s of thousands of members how to find their money and can honestly say I have enjoyed every minute when my users and I find money they never knew was available.
By osmosis with my unclaimed money newsletter, I developed a loyal following of users who appreciate the time I spend to dig up deals to save money online and business opportunities which have helped many of our users begin working from home with affiliate programs. If you are not familiar with affiliate programs, keep coming back, because I have never found an easier way to make money than from programs which pay me to sell their products. yes, there are literally thousands of companies who are willing to pay you a huge commission just to tell others about their websites and I’ll provide you the resources to make it happen for you too. Whether or not you already have a web presence or not is not important! Simply trust my years of marketing experience has introduced me to the top marketers in the world and I will share every one I have met with you. If you use the people and resources I provide, you really can make money onlineno matter what level you are jumping in at. Yes, you will have to take action, but this is indeed something you should get excited about and pay attention to if you really desire to work from home.
Since my beginnings, I am now President of 2 successful online companies promoting dozens of products. Though most of my time is spent helping our members, my team (I’ll also show you how you can get a team of people working with and for you) also promote products like baby products, real estate, homes for rent, money saving coupons, vitamins, hotels and sports tickets.
You can tell I get excited about this stuff and you should too, but more about that later…I digress…
Readers of my unclaimed money newsletter have come to know and rely on me for money saving ideas, resources and techniques. They also love it when I show them ways to make money online with proven resources which can also change their lives.
From members and readers feedback, I have listened and decided to now post my ways to find, save and make money here, not only in my newsletter, but also on my blog. This way, you will be able to find the information without having to fumble through old emails containing the information you’re looking for. Yep, it will now all be neatly packed into this one website/blog so you may return anytime to find, save and make money.
It will also allow you a way to interact on posts and offer your own tips for saving and making money online. This will be a great way for us to learn from one another.
With much more to say, I’ll wrap this post up by saying I look forward to becoming your reliable resource providing the type information you have come to expect from me.
Thanks again to all of you for your support and readership.
Sincerely,
Russ Johnson
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