Right or wrong I've become convinced that my future lies in marketing stuff online.  The last year has been extremely tough for a guy who has made his living in the mortgage and construction business.  The rules for mortgages are changing weekly.  It is now harder than ever for an average person to qualify for a home loan.

The one thing I have had going for me is my mailbox business, MailCase Locking Mailboxes, that has been simmering on the back burner for the last 3 years.  Mortgage and construction were so busy that I only worked on mailboxes here and there.  I finally got my first shipment of mailboxes from Asia in August of 2008.  This is about the time when I knew for sure that the mortgage business was seriously screwed.  Since then I have spent the vast majority of my time focusing on selling mailboxes. 

I decided to focus on 4 areas. 

1.  Selling on ebay

2.  Search Engine Optimization

3.  Pay-Per-Click

4.  Amazon and other online stores

I've already been selling on e-bay since last November (2008) and have had some pretty good success.  It has exceeded my expectations so far. 

It took until January of this year (2009) to get the MailCase website finalized and the shopping cart set up and integrated. 

Now I'm beginning the next phase of my online marketing adventure, Search Engine Optimization!  I have tons of thoughts about all this that I'll be sharing in future blog entries.