Everyone hates spam, right? It clogs our mailboxes online and off. It shows up with weird subject lines like “F.r.e.e. i-pod 4 u” and “V**g*ra at lowest prices.” Even with a good spam filter (I use and recommend spambayes) we spend way too much time deleting emails for bogus offers from people who can’t spell even four letter words. So why would anyone want more spam? Well, I do.

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t want the spam with the four letter words or pleas from Mr. Mbogo who’s trying to get a large sum of money to his family in Nigeria and wants me to “hold” it for him. (Does anyone on the planet still fall for that?) I want the spam about niche marketing, SEO, free e-books on internet marketing and article writing.

Sure, most of it is information that anyone can find with a search on the Net and some time spent reading blogs and forum posts. But, the thing is, you have to find the information first. Why not have it sent to you, so that you can give it a quick look, save it or discard it, and read the useful stuff at your leisure?

Whether you’re a newbie or have been an internet marketer for years, there’s always something new to learn that might help your business. I have a directory labeled “new free stuff” in my documents folder just for files that I download from free offers. When I find something that I think I might want to refer to later, I put it into another folder labeled “keepers.”

I’m a morning person when it comes to energy levels. (I’m also 56 and am homeschooling my two kids, so my energy level isn’t that high any time of day.) I try to do the bulk of my work that takes thought and judgment before lunch, so that’s when I help my kids with their learning, write articles, tweak blogs and answer emails from paying customers. After lunch (okay, I’ll be honest, after lunch and a nap), I do tasks that don’t take a lot of thought. Browsing the “new free stuff” is perfect for the couple of hours in the afternoon when my brain has that fogged-in feeling we morning people get after lunch.

At night, after my youngest goes to bed, is another good time to look over the e-books and files. Sometimes I get lucky and get a little squirt of energy. That’s when I brainstorm article titles and ideas that I can use in my next day’s writing. I don’t rewrite articles. Instead, what I do is absorb as much information as I can about the subject of my article. Then I funnel it into as tight an article as I can, while still providing useful, unique information.

As an unschooler and a lifelong learner, I write partly because I love learning new things and researching. Writing articles lets me get paid for doing what I love. And I guess I’d have to say that, unlike most people, I’ve even learned to love what some people call spam.

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