Kathleen VanBeekom:  (Occupation: Pursuit of Worldwide Fame) 

People ask me how I got a huge friends list here at AdlandPro, I tell them...one at a time!  If you're in sales, the percentage of people on your list who actually read your advertisement, and then visit your site, and then actually make a purchase, is only going to be a fraction of a percent of your total list.  If you want to sell, you need to put your ads in front of as many people as possible and tell the benefits, benefits, benefits for them.  A few people have said I put too much hype in my ads, well, would you buy something if I just said, "This is nice, I think you'll like it."?  If someone said, "AdlandPro is good, join it" in comparison to "AdlandPro gets 100,000's of visitors, offers free worldwide classifieds with 1 click and notifies you when people click your ad and visit your site, and this is one of the highest ranked ad sites worldwide, just being part of it can boost your rankings..." that would make you join more than if someone just said, "This is good."  

The most successful online programs use the same system that mail-order programs have been using for decades, they get your mail address first, and then they can send you repeated messages.  I get lots of postal mail, and I read the letters that have the most info, rarely the ones that just say "This is good, join it."   Being here at AdlandPro Community gives you an advantage, you have the capability to contact thousands of people every day.  Some people say they don't want to overuse the messaging systems, well I think that's like saying you don't want to use your entire brain.  Why not?

QUOTES from Kathleen VanBeekom:

"I'm not here to be liked, I'm just here because my parents had sex a long, long time ago."

"Is there anyone really special on this earth or are they just the same as all the people who are in my way at the grocery store?"

"Common sense is like your own personal set of internal windshield wipers."

MORE BIO INFO about Kathleen VanBeekom: I've been online since late 1997, became an affiliate for AdlandPro Classifieds in 1998 and I also created some banners a long time ago to advertise this great place, you can find them by clicking on "My Account" at the upper right, then click "Affiliate" at the upper center, then click "Link Code" on the left, then click

"3. Large Banners".  If you can't find them, oh well!

Why did I make my bio about online advertising?  Because this has been AD-Land Pro for 8 and a half years, it was about advertising for many years before the start of the community, and it's still about advertising, it hasn't changed to Chat-Land-Pro or Argument-Land-Pro yet, even though some days we lose focus on our goal of advertising.  What's my purpose of featuring famous people in my forum?  They have good things to say, they kept their focus on their goals and we can learn from them, they were and still are "regular people"...the kind of people who get in our way at the grocery store.

See some really worldwide famous people here at my TRIPLE WHAMMY Forum: http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/18729/ShowForum.aspx

About Me plus you'll find the link to My Hometown Double Feature here: http://community.adlandpro.com/go/5146/myBiography.aspx

Kathleen VanBeekom