Hello, i'm back.
I'd like to talk about my experiences on varolo after i started. i am unemployed, and i've tried different types of jobs. there's just something about being in a place where the only positive thing is the money. i'm not motivated by money, so i am free to make choices others cannot. i also have to thank God for being in a situation where i am able to do this.
A friend who i've grown up with started varolo under his friend. on facebook he wanted his friend to tell others aboout the site and that he has gotten some prizes redeemed. the friend came on (probably embarrassed) and told my friend not to put his business out there. my younger brother joined under my friend and i under my brother.
Now because of many experiences in the past i've learned not to rely too much on other people, but there's a limit to that. without other people there is no way we can get to where we are and where we are going. independence is one of many illusions we humans project to keep us somewhat stable in this harsh world.
The first month was very difficult, sometimes i didn't think i was going to keep going with varolo. i even felt like i was wasting my time... and this fear of life being wasted loves to creep up at the best time. i took a short break, cleared my mind and thought of a few things. what will i do if i fail again? am i the only one on varolo that thinks varolo could be a good thing?
I remembered the movie pay it forward and it helped a lot in my process of overcoming my fears of failing. if you haven't seen the movie, you definitely should see it. somehow i was recrutiing every few days, it wasn't worth the time i put in, but seriously... if this is how ppl think when starting anything in their life, not a lot of things would get done. i pushed on.. still recruiting. the only actives i had were my mother and stepfather, my mother is still on varolo with me. my stepfather stopped after a month. i've been gathering few more people as time passed, but eventually they all became inactive. there was no other way to keep them active or to keep in touch with people who don't respond back.. this is what i thought. i log into facebook everyday to see what others are doing, to see if there's anyone providing some sort of help or ideas...all i saw was the same thing, few people are helping with things they find out as they go along... others are just trying to get as much sign ups as they can... then there's the clueless who just post links in the wrong places.
I decided.. i should go read the help section and a few blogs on varolo so i can learn how to use it myself.. waiting for others to figure it out isn't going to work. after a couple of reads , some google searches, and web surfing.. i realize.. this isn't that hard... it is so easy.. no wonder people are scared... getting scammed enough and all the lies in this world created a huge wall of doubt. fortunately for me, there are people like me, who can get through the doubt and push on... to meet others like-minded is a wonderful feeling. that feeling of not being alone in a world where society frowns upon everything that isn't the same, boring, march.
I came back to Facebook and started my own topic, i did use some ideas i saw like "chain referrals", it helped me come up with other ways of recruiting. i learned that i need to be more active on the boards so that people will notice me more. of course.. i had the time to do it.. so naturally people will notice and I'll get more attention. this helped me get more villagers, even though they too were going inactive after a few weeks.
I stumbled upon a few people who seemed pretty active and really wanted to use varolo the way i did, so they joined me, and we had a yahoo IM conference for a few nights. it was good, the steady growth was slow but there was growth. i think any growth is good progress... it's better than nothing right? maybe it's the advantage of being stubborn... this could easily be called determination too right? i was too stubborn to quit.. and the only way is forward.
month later and i still have my mother and a few actives.. i was close to 40.. i wasn't making much. my mother wasn't making much either... i don't even know whhy she didn't quit sooner... but yea.. i know why she didn't.
One day, i meet another person, seems just as excited about varolo as i am. started a few days ago, maybe a week. noticed me on the boards but was lurking. so he finally decided to contact me...and tell me his idea. this idea he had, it was similar to my own but we had the same problem... no one to test this idea and make it reality... and there it was... WE could test it... so right away i told him to try it..let's do it right now.. no more talk.. lol i was already there. tested it a couple of times to confirm exactly how it works. he didn't join me right away, he had his own village, half actives, most of them from a FB game he plays/played. so he has his ready downline if he were to resign under me, which was his idea. i didn't know what to think of that... for someone as motivated as he was to sign up under me and start growing his village, that would be great. so we tag teamed i'd like to call it as we went back into the group pages on facebook where he gathered his first actives... i asked.." ur getting more villagers... why haven't you signed up with me yet?".. he replied " ummm... idk..." i laughed to myself and typed.. "sign up and get your new and old villagers resigned with me." he agreed. i didnt expect it to go as smooth as it did. i expected him to give some resistance since he was as intelligent or more than i am. instead, everything turned out the way it was and its perfect.
We put some ideas together, bouncing our ideas back n forth..and we made a couple of group pages. one i made called PAY IT FORWARD based on the move and the idea behind the words. of course this idea is older than the movie i should add. even in the bible this is how Jesus lived.. he paid it forward to his 12 disciples and they paid it forward after he left. i think this story was emulated in the movie using different characters and less religious so not to scare people away. i don't plan on disappearing or dying or any of that before my time.. then again, i don't have control of that either. so what i will do, i s keep Paying it forward until my time is up... and i hope those whom I've helped and interacted with during my life and with these words, continue paying it forward.
I now have 746 and counting villagers... the moeny is getting there... better than before i can assure you that. I'm not going to brag or tell you how much i'm making, because that isn't the point of all this writing. If you are determined to use varolo to make money, you will make money... once you doubt yourself you've already lost. as much doubt there was, i always tell myself the same thing.. online.. offline.. chatroom..chatline...: " if i am here... there has to be someone else here just like me.... i can't be the only one.." this may sound useless.. but it is my own pep talk.. i am pretty sure you guys/gals have your own pep talk that helps you keep going when it gets tough. this is how i find others like myself to join and help me and everyone involved to move forward together.... it takes away a lot of the burden when it is shared. Pay It Foorward.. we make friends, and we make money together. thank you for reading and i will be back with the drama that comes with Varolo and other Varolo users lol stay tuned.. i think it's hilariuos and yet...sad in a way.. NEXT TIME ON...Pay It ForwardTV: this is how we va-ROLL-o..
