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From the desk of Jim Kelley
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Hi!

I am the owner of The Kelson Company, LLC located in South Carolina. I retired at the end of 2004 after spending 38 years of my career with a $50 million Wholesale Distributor, with over 200 employees.

During my tenure, I was always responsible for the Data Processing or IT division of this company. I have been witness to the ever-changing world of technology during that time, having grown thru the IBM offerings of many, many types of hardware. I learned during all this time that having the best and latest version of an IBM piece of hardware, although important, was not the ultimate factor in the processing of data.

The most important piece of the puzzle is SOFTWARE. I equated it during these times with the following thought, “HARDWARE MAKES ONE EFFECTIVE, BUT SOFTWARE MAKES ONE EFFICIENT.

I have migrated thru the hardware in the PC World as well. My son worked for IBM when they introduced the Personal Computer. He and I split the cost of this initial PC and the total amount of the equipment was around $3300.00. Today, for that price, you could purchase a PC that can run very large companies. However, during that identical time span, I saw software offerings that made individuals and companies become more efficient in the tasks they were required to do.

Bill Gates had that vision long ago. He made the decision to put his efforts into what made the PC run more efficiently and left the PC in the hands of IBM, Apple, HP, Dell and many others to produce and he was so good at it, that ultimately they had to produce a box that would run his software because users had already determined that his software made them more productive. Bill Gates and Microsoft answered the question as to which was more important— hardware or software.

After my retirement and since I had a passion for technology, I elected to enter the Internet Marketing arena with what I knew was the best product available---Software. So, that is how Software R Us Club was born. Other than the reasons mentioned above, I wanted to market products that I was sure could help marketers achieve their dreams and ambitions.

On the personal front, I have been happily married for 48 years and have 6 children (my sons and daughters-in-law count as children) and they have provided me with 8 wonderful grandchildren. All of them have provided me with the drive and motivation to succeed in anything I undertook.

By subscribing to this ezine, you will begin receiving the first of 25 articles series on Marketing Your Business on the Internet.

Here are some of the topics:

• Are You Already Marketing On The Internet?
• Evaluating the Response to Your Internet Marketing
• Internet Marketing for Beginners,
• and many other useful and affective articles to improve your internet experience.

There are many reasons why you must subscribe to this newsletter.

Let me tell you some of the basic reasons.

• I do not promote what has no value.    

• I do not accept the concept of GRQ (Get Rich Quick) programs and/or MLM  programs. Actually I hate them and they are fruitless in most cases.

• I do not promise that you will be successful overnight and you should be skeptical of any program or person that promotes this idea to you.

• I do not promote or endorse programs or services that have not been accepted by John Delavera, my mentor, friend, and one of the top marketers on the Net.

The above are my commitments to you and anyone who desires to become a part of this ezine.

Also for your information, I have been a Rotarian for many years and my approach to this newsletter and my life in general follows the Four way Test of Rotary, which is as follows:

1. Is it the Truth?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

This has become my accepted practice of dealing with others in my business and personal life associations.

Now here, let me outline reasons that you would NOT want to sign up for my newsletter.

• If you do not wish to stay informed about the happenings within the Internet Community, then do not subscribe.

• If you do not have time and/or use a system that requires me to click and verify that I am an individual and that I sent you a message, then do not  subscribe.

• If you believe only in luck and that good luck comes without hard work, then do not subscribe.

• If you are not committed to learning more about the internet, HTML, what Internet Marketing really is, etc, then do not subscribe because then you will  find it easier to blame others for your "bad luck".

• If you want to move forward in the internet journey, this newsletter can be a tool to help you do that. The first decision one must make in the Internet Marketing world, is a commitment to work on your future. Once this is done, nothing can stand in the way and your own Motivation will lead to your own Success, however that is individually defined. Louis Pasteur once said, "Chance favors the prepared mind.". Using this tool and other great tools which I will recommend, will simply help your mind become "prepared."

Oh, and by the way…. You will receive many bonuses as well upon completion of your subscription, but please do not subscribe ONLY for the bonuses, but subscribe because you have committed yourself to become "prepared". One final point of interest and importance:

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