The first time I heard about making money on the internet was late 2009. I somehow stumbled upon an offer that could teach me how to do it. I now know that it was a product from one of the current top Dutch internet marketers. The product was about picking a topic, do some keywords research, write an e-book and promote it via Adwords. Now, years later, I've made my decision to be an online entrepreneur. This is part of my story.

1. Why I joined Empower Network
by svandijk | on January 9, 2013
My Story Part 1
When I learned about making money on the internet
The first time I heard about making money on the internet was late 2009.
I somehow stumbled upon an offer that could teach me how to do it. I
now know that it was a product from one of the current top Dutch internet
marketers. The product was about picking a topic, do some keywords
research, write an e-book and promote it via Adwords. I only got to a
start with writing the e-book since I was going on my big trip to Australia
for a working holiday for a year.
My Trip
I flew into Brisbane by the end of February 2010. Then I needed to get
accustomed to the new country, the language (I love the Australian
accent, btw), getting around etc. Since it was my first trip outside of
Europe and going so far away to a completely new world all by yourself for
a whole year was quite scary. The first few days I just was busy adapting
and getting around in a large city and to get to know the backpacker way
of life.
Next I started to travel south, meeting people, having fun, and the best
part: blowing my saved money I worked so hard for to help me survive
until I got a job. I had a working holiday visa that allowed me to travel
and work legally to support my travels. But somehow I just kept on
having fun instead of finding a job since my money started to run out fast.
Before I knew it, I had no money left, and started to use my credit card
limit. Bad move. Soon I was totally broke, and had to work cleaning the
hostel I was staying at so I could have a bed and the occasional meal for
free.
When I came to that hostel I was working at, the girl I met before in a
different city was also there. When we met we went to have a few beers
and hung out all through the night chatting and it was awesome. As soon
as she saw that I was there too, she came straight to me all excited to see
me and asked me to come join to go eat dinner with a couple of other
guests. Things just worked out and we stayed together since then.

2. We both didn’t have jobs, so we had to find something. She found a job in
a sports bar and I kept working more for the hostel to sleep for free. I
didn’t find a job but I wasn’t trying too hard either. I was still in holiday
mode and just wanted to have a good time. And we sure had a great time
together. Finally, we decided that we had to start getting serious about
finding work so we could enjoy ourselves later when we made some
money working.
To Be Continued
I’ll add part 2 about where we went next for our first job and why my
story has everything to do with why I signed up for Empower Network.
What Is Empower Network?
Empower Network is a company that is aimed specifically to help people
build a business online from home. But it is so much more than making
money alone. Empower Network empowers people, help them change
their life.
It is a community, a movement of average, everyday people making
powerful decisions and taking action to make their dreams come true.
I highly encourage you to read the following post on my Empower
Network blog so you can see what is available to you: Empower
Network Products
Sander van Dijk