Gary Halbert · whole document (56)
Goodbye 04-06-05
Switching gears here. I'm going to tell you about my computer expertise. Years ago, when I got my first personal computer, I did so because I wanted to learn about the stock market. The guy who taught me how to use my computer said I learned faster than anyone he had ever seen. (Obviously, he never taught a 9-year old kid.)
I learned how to send and receive e-mail. I learned how to get stock quotes, stories on stocks, intraday graphs, and how to buy and sell stocks online. I also learned how to go to websites whenever I wanted to research something. I learned all that in about 1-1/2 days. I have not learned anything else since.
I do not know how to upload anything on to a website. I do not know how to use an Instant Messenger service. I do not know how to cut and paste. I do know how to play a computer game. And even though I DO know how to go to a porn site... I do not know how to get out of the damn thing without turning off my computer.
Yet, in spite of all these things, I bet I can teach you more about how to make a website profitable than any Internet guru on earth. (Pity I'm not going to share this with you, isn't it?)
Back to my readers once again. I love it so many people read my work. I love it so many people learn how to make lots of money from my teachings. I love it some of the people read my website simply because it gives them a psychological lift. I love it some people read my newsletters and benefit from some of life's painful lessons I had to go through... without having to go through the actual pain themselves.
You know, a few years ago when I was still publishing a "snail mail" newsletter, I had received so many letters of praise, we stopped counting and keeping them after we had more than 3,000. Now that I'm on the Internet and read all over the world, I bet I receive almost as many (or maybe even more) letters of praise as many of these bullshit televangelists who are promising happiness and eternal life for a cash donation.