Is This Fair Dinkum?
Firstly,
what does fair dinkum mean?
Do you
know?
Today, fair
dinkum is taken to mean ‘true’ or ‘genuine’.
It is
Australian/English slang meaning genuine, honest, fair and square.
The
question “Are you fair dinkum?” thus means “Are you telling me the truth?” or
“Do you really mean that?”
The origins
of the phrase are not really known. There is a story that says it comes from
the Chinese “din gum” which means ‘real gold.’ Many Chinese immigrants settled
in the Victoria
area, in the nineteenth century, to mine for gold. That is true, but whether
they really told people about “din gum,” cannot be absolutely verified.
There is
the possibility that it comes from an old English dialect. You find dinkum in Joseph Wright’s “English Dialect
Dictionary” (1896-1905). In different parts of England, dinkum was used to mean a
fair share of work. In Lincolnshire,
Wright found dinkum being used to mean a demand for fair dealing.
In Rolf
Boldrewood’s book (1888 in Australia),
“Robbery Under Arms,” we find: “It took us an hour’s hard dinkum to get near
the peak”. So, here it has the sense of exertion or work.
In the case
of Internet Marketing, we could talk about a genuine program or product. We can
talk about a genuine deal. We can talk about genuine program or site owners who
tell us the fair dinkum truth. We can also say that to succeed we need to put
in hours of hard dinkum.
Put it all
together.
If you have
a fair dinkum program owner, with a fair dinkum product, and who tells you the
fair dinkum truth, and you are prepared to put in the fair dinkum work, you
have the fair dinkum road to success!
The title
for this post was “Is this fair dinkum?” I should perhaps have asked “Are these
fair dinkum?” as I wish to recommend various learn and earn networks or
programs here. On the other hand, I can stay with “Is this fair dinkum?” as the
question that could and should be asked about every program or product.
The first
recommendation is Fair
Dinkum Networking
As well as the
name, this is fair dinkum.
Barry, the owner
and my friend and associate, has been very busy putting together some of the
best internet marketing training materials and marketing tools and is always
researching for the benefit of members.
He has recently
been to a summit where he met internet marketing experts, and returned with
much enthusiasm and many techniques and ideas for improving Fair Dinkum, and
is, as a result, giving his site an overhaul.
This is a potential goldmine as Barry is putting
into place a money source for you and the tools to implement a system so your
bank account becomes very rosy indeed or golden, if you prefer. In the words of
Barry himself:
“What you
see now at fairdinkumnet
is but a shell of what it will be in the near future.”
Look for
updates on this.
My second
fair dinkum recommendation is Success
Patrol
I was asked
to do a testimonial recently for Success Patrol and I was only too willing to
agree.
I was so glad when Tim showed me Success Patrol and invited me to become
a member.
Internet marketing online can be frustrating and confusing, but if you
are willing to learn and share your knowledge, success is waiting for you.
Success Patrol is there to de-confuse you.
The training meetings are organized and very useful and informative, but
friendly and fun too.
The Success Patrol websites, Internet Marketing techniques and products
are proving to be understandable and easy to use.
I have certainly learned a great deal about blogging and using social
communities, and how to use a blog to get a higher rating, for example, with
the Success Patrol blog system.
The Success Patrol admin are always researching for the benefit of all
the members and keeping the members updated.
I am proud and pleased to be a part of the Success Patrol business and
using the acquired learning to create an income on line.
I appreciate the help and dedication from the Success Patrol folks.
Success
Patrol is now in pre launch. You can join as a free member and take advantage
of the free blog as part of the successblognet system or you can profit from
the special trial offer upgrade and test the advantages of being a paying
member, which includes your own domain set up, along with your own blog
attached.
There is
quite a lot involved in choosing the right domain name. Success Patrol helps
you to make the right decisions.
Angel
cuddles,
Sarah