You know it's funny. I'm making so much money online that I can't believe it's true. These internet gurus out there who sell all those money making programs are right. I'm about to quit my job because of them and spend most of my time at the gym and on the beach this summer. I might even cruise down to some of the islands"?maybe even take a stroll through Hawaii. My Paypal account is about ready to explode. What a great life!

Now really. If you believe the last paragraph, I have some good swamp land that I want to sell you. And I can give it to you for a tad less than three thousand per acre. Come on folks! Take it from me. I spent about six months or more researching just about everything out there on building home-based businesses, internet marketing, website publishing"?you name it. I've written three eBooks, two of which are educational and one of which is self-help. I belong to several so called "hot"? affiliate programs. I've tried CPC advertising, website advertising, article writing, web hits purchases...let me see, what else? Hmmm. I have to think for a minute, there's so much I've done. Yet all told, I've probably made less than ten dollars so far. And if you count my expenses, I'm in the red a few hundred. I don't think I can stop working just yet.

Now either I'm very dumb or very naive or both. I would be happy if I could just make some money, considering that I've written what I consider some helpful ebooks. For this reason, I feel it would be nice if I could garner some of the fruits of all my hard labor and be able to defray some of my ordinary living expenses by making some money from my website and my writings. Yet very little seems to trickle in. The sad part is that I would love to help educate some really poor children in underdeveloped countries by donating portions of my ebook sales but alas no revenue is coming in. How sad.

So those of you who are reading this beware before you start plopping down your money to buy that next hot internet marketing program. Remember. The ones who are quitting their jobs are the ones who are sucker-ing enough of us into buying their worthless programs. Caveat emptor.

Joe Pagano

Joe is a prolific writer of self-help and educational material and an award-winning former teacher of both college and high school mathematics. Under the penname, JC Page, Joe authored Arithmetic Magic. As a result of this publication, Joe was invited to be a guest on the television show the Book Authority. Joe is also author of the charmingly pithy and popular ebook, Make a Good Impression Every Time: The Secret to Instant Popularity; the seminal collection of verse, Poems for the Mathematically Insecure, which teaches a number of valuable math lessons (often in a humorous way) and even demonstrates famous proofs in both free and formal verse; and the creator and scriptwriter of an upcoming DVD series that is both visionary and highly educational. The diverse genre of his writings (novel, short story, essay, script, and poetry)?particularly in regard to its educational flavor? continues to captivate readers and to earn him recognition.

With a renaissance approach to learning and with over twenty years experience in the science and mathematical disciplines, Joe, through his novel and engaging style of teaching mathematics, has won success for students who attempt to learn this most difficult subject. One of Joe?s principal endeavors is to give individuals---children in particular---the tools and confidence to do basic mathematics. Once obtained, these tools steer students into gradually increasing levels of mathematical study. Ultimately these same students become effective problem solvers with access to many doors of opportunity.

Joe propagates his teaching philosophy through his articles and books and is dedicated to helping educate children living in impoverished countries. Toward this end, he donates a portion of the proceeds from the sale of every ebook. Joe makes himself available for speaking, consulting, teaching and inspiration. For more information on Joe, his teaching style, as well as information on how to purchase his books or other writings, please visit his website.