Robert Smith, Smithfam.com

Before finding his niche on the Internet, Bob worked 30+ years in the lithography business, where he was responsible for creating point of purchase color brochures and software packaging for Microsoft, Boeing and other large corporations. After thirty years experience in this trade, he was laid off due to a serious injury.

Before long his last paycheck was spent, and he was flat broke. In his own words: "I realized the importance of developing new skills.  I needed a business where I would be in control. I also understood the value of a residual income, where I could earn money on work already performed." 

To this end he set about learning everything he could about Internet Marketing and, after five years of successful dabbling in numerous Net ventures, he set up what has become an entrepreneur's haven at Smithfam.com to offer internet marketing support and advice to others. In addition to this home business resource and information-packed Web site, Bob also publishes a standout monthly ezine, "The Internet Marketing Newsletter," where he freely shares his vision, knowledge and experience with thousands of up and comers looking to follow in his entrepreneurial footsteps.

(Appreciative of his own success, Bob goes out of his way to help others. He even has an "Ask Bob" link on his homepage, leading to the query, "What would you like information about?" You simply e-mail your question, and he'll send you an e-mail in return with his answer - a nice, friendly touch, seldom seen on the Websites of the prosperous pros.)

Here's what Bob wrote recently about his own entrepreneurial success: 

"Independence Day is a very special day to me. It's not July 4th in my case, it was the day I realized I no longer needed to depend on a regular paycheck to make ends meet. July 1, 1999 was my day of celebration, the result of three years spending almost all my free time building my Internet business. It was a lot of work, but overall it was worth every minute. It gets easier as time passes by.

The United States is a place of unlimited opportunity. Our country had to fight a war to achieve independence so you and I don't. In the United States, most of us are spoiled. We can all learn a lot from others that see opportunities we fail to notice.

Now thanks to the Internet, anyone living anywhere on Earth can earn his or her independence, but independence always comes with a price. We must invest in our freedom. Sometimes we have to give up what we want in the short run in order to earn what we want long term."

A good lesson for all of us. 

In a further effort to help others experience success in marketing products and services on-line, Bob has come out with an exceptional, tell-all e-book entitled Be Your Own Boss. Unlike most other "How To" marketing books, this ebook is about inventing your own successful home business based on your own individual strengths and your passion. It covers about 80 different topics related to starting and growing your own business online. 

Because he has helped so many and has the experience to bear out his expertise, Bob's wisdom and his affiliations and endorsements carry a lot of weight. When it comes to running your own online business or marketing the products or services of others, Bob is one man you should try to emulate. You can reach him by phone at:(541) 689-1847 PST and by email at: mailto:bob@smithfam.com

e-Manual authored by Bob