The Moonlighter Exposed:

Momentum got lost during the six weeks after Hurricane Ike. Galveston Island experienced some of what New Orleans went through after Hurricane Katrina – including the lingering small weeks after waters from Galveston Bay lobbed up to 15 feet of water over some areas. Lucky for us, though, there were no corpses on the streets. Now I realize how silly it was for me to envy my friends who took the time to visit and pay their respects in the Big Easy back in the final months of 2004.

Now that the place that I used to work my 9-5 gig has gone through yet another round of layoffs, I am a StealthMoonlighter with no place to moonlight from. And being as some of the sound and musical equipment my band used “went underwater” during the storm surge, my band director/leader has been turning down gigs… at least until some time in February 2009.

If I intended to live up to my definition, I had to find something to “moonlight” from. So I spent eight weeks studying for the CompTIA A+ certification exam.  (Oh, and, YES, I did pass the exam to become Comptia A+ certified, I might add!) It was sort of job-like, at least it seemed so to me. I even set myself up with a rigid study and review schedule to make it seem like a regular job. This really helped me work on my project management skills as well.

But studying is like being in school. School kids (including adults in the midst of career retooling) do not bring in money, per se, while getting smart. It’s a delayed gratification thing – do the time with the potential of getting a pay off. The rent and utilities still have to be paid, though. Plus, you’ve got to have a coffee budget!

Internet marketing to the rescue! Here’s how it happened…

Remember Niche Rockets, a membership site I dissed some time ago? Well, things have changed and now it’s more affordable. You only pay for basic membership, which gives you access to the helpful people in their forum and loads of useful downloads.  They still offer a monthly “business-in-a-box” but leave it up to you whether or not you want to buy it. Essentially, you only pay for what you want to promote.

Well, one thing led to another and suddenly I’m back in the Internet Marketing Game again with the help of an ebook by Soren Jordansen: The Internet Marketing Success Formula. Lucky for me it’s a free book. Check it out here.

It’s been four months since Hurricane Ike hit my little Galveston Island community. On top of that, we turned over a new year! But I’ve been busy getting busy since then. The internet marketing idea wheels have been turning. Now it’s time to get busy big time.

Well, let’s just say I’ve been guardedly busy. No one here is naïve enough to think that something like that – or worse – could just as easily happen again in Hurricane Season 2009. Meanwhile, I set up a blog with pictures, for those of you harboring a prurient interest in nature’s fury.

http://WindowOnHurricaneIke.weebly.com