Seeing how special it was, I wanted to share some of it with you.  I put together this holiday video message for you with a special offer as my gift to you my readers.  All you need to do is leave me your contact details with an address to send the book to at no expense to you.  I will cover the costs involved and I will leave this offer is open until the 31st January, 2008.

Dedicated to Success

What I like about this particular one is that it’s All About Me which will give you some idea of my online habits and why I am here. Some of you may have read earlier posts where I refer to my presence on the web and for those that haven’t caught up with me yet, you will find the answers down below. So keep reading.

Here we go, questions and answers.

1. How long have you been blogging.

My blog is one year old and has come a long way since I first started it. It started as a wordpress blog and then I switched to my own domain just about 4 months back. It has had a few facelifts in that time, and will have another shortly, so look out!

2. What inspired you to start a blog and who are your mentors

I attended a seminar where I met a guy by the name of Jamie McIntyre. I have written about him before. It was an Internet and Business Mastery seminar and there were all sorts of Internet guru’s who were giving me plenty to think about. Ideas were flying around the room and when I got home, I immediately sat at my PC and I started surfing and typing and I have not looked back since.

Sean Rasmussen is my mentor. I met him through doing the seminars as well. Sean quickly got working on the Internet after attending the same seminar two years prior to me. He has taught me a lot about SEO and building sites, along with some great tips on how to live the life you love. Remember in school how we were told not to cheat, well now it’s called modeling. Jamie says to find someone who has already done what you want to do and model them. It works for me

3. Are you trying to make money online, or just doing it for fun

Yes I am making money working on the net, and I just love what I do. This blog gives me freedom of expression and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I don’t have to leave home every morning to go to a job so I am very blessed to be doing this.

4. What 3 things do you love about being online

a) I love that I have built up such a great community of friends. I belong to a vast number of communities and I love the fact that I get to meet bloggers and some non-bloggers from many resources.

b) I love that I can keep up-to-date with all that is going on through the various communities. Athough, there are times when there is so much going on that I can arrive a little late for the party That could also be due to the fact that I have branched out quite a bit.

c) I love that this really is FUN.

5. What 3 things do you struggle with online

a) There is just so much information and lots of great blogs to read that sometimes my work suffers. I am very social and love to keep up with all my contacts. When they email or message me, I have to know what is going on and give a reply… LOL… sometimes, that can take up quite a bit of time. So sleep IS over-rated. I will just have to sleep when I am dead which I don’t intend to be for quite a long time yet.

b) I sometimes get overwhelmed and have to re-center myself to focus on the job at hand. There will be some changes other than a face-lift here at Buzzing with Ange. I will be giving it some structure with regular features so you will know what to expect from me in the future. This is one thing that I have dismissed in the past and now I believe it is time to smarten things up a bit.

c) I am still learning a lot of the technical side of things and how they work and sometimes, I don’t get it right and I have had instances of my blog disappearing from cyberspace. Yikes!! I am so grateful to have my tech guy, who is not always available, but really helpful when I do get hold of him. He does some really great work and has built some amazing sites.

Enough of the Q. & A. now I am going to introduce you to some of my community from BlogCatalog who have a variety of sites I know you will enjoy. This is how the meme works as it keeps going and going and going.

Diane from Dorset with her blog Much of a Muchness with some random thoughts and musings that turned into a blog, and she also has some lovely notebooks she has handmade herself on show.
Mike who is a book lover at The View from Here. Mike is also writing his own book and is looking for a publisher so if you can help, that would be great.

Megan from Imaginif Child Protection Became a Serious Business. Megan has devoted her life to the protection of children. A very worthy cause.

Derek from Derek Semmler Dot Com who I met through stumbling on StumbleUpon. Now Derek does talk about his online earnings and is a great blog to get some tips from if you are one of those bloggers who are keen on making money online.

Chessnoid from TotalNoid who also writes about the things he loves and is passionate about. It’s great to read what gets people moving forward in life.

Chris from Self Improvement Journal which is something I have a kindred spirit for. I get a lot of inspiration reading Chris’ blog and we have also both attended the Landmark Forum so we are on the same page when he writes about it.

Carole from The Healthy Living Lounge is very keen on yoga and has some great tips on living a healthy lifestyle.

MidgetManOfSteel from Mental Poo just for something completely different. I don’t know his real name. A word of warning though, this bog contains random thoughts and comments that tend to flow from his head with little advance warning which he calls…. mental poo… so be careful, it could get quite messy in there. Enter at your own risk.

Hmmmmm……. something to think about. Enjoy visiting these great bloggers who have made a difference in the blogosphere. Get connected with them if you are in the realm of blogging. Have fun and all that.

As I reflect on this past year, I look back in wonder at the things I have achieved.  There is so much I have done that I did not know I could do.  There are so many things you don’t know that you don’t know that when you start something new, the possibilities are endless!

I am grateful for the oportunities that have come my way and that I have been open enough to take them on.  For one thing, my presence on the web has especially been a wonderful and interesting journey and I would like to thank my friend Jim for helping me and guiding me in building my first website over cyberspace.  What evolved from there is this blog and another web business which I am happy to say is developing nicely with other opportunities that have come to me just by being in the business.

Success is something you attract by the person you become.  Put your energy into becoming a better you, the best you.  Learn the skills.  Practice the skills and attract the success.

I would like to thank  you for your support over the last six months and I leave you this year with best wishes for a wonderful festive season and a prosperous New Year.  I can’t wait for all the exciting ideas that will come to me in 2007.

See you in the New Year!

Ange

Well today I did take some time out from working at my PC to spend some time with my family and some friends.  We spent the day at a seaside suburb called St Kilda where on every Sunday they hold a craft market with many wonderful stalls to investigate.  There are many colorful characters in and around this area so it makes for a very interesting day out!

The kids were also looking forward to having a ride on the Carousel (or Merry-Go-Round as they call it) as there happens to be the  one and only permanent amusement park right there by the sea.  I have posted some photo’s for your viewing pleasure in my photo gallery.

When you follow the link above to St Kilda, you will learn more about this little metropolitan town by the seaside.

So I will get back to work tomorrow giving you some info on how to get traffic to your lead capture page.  You will find mine at (link removed).

To Your Success!

Ange