Do you take password precautions? You should be especially with your twitter–if your friends are complaining that you’re sending “weird” dm’s (direct messages) from twitter; you need to change your passwords right now.

MSNBC recently published a post which states “Some users of Twitter, the microblogging site, may be the victim of a new phishing and account hijacking attempt on Twitter that specifically affects private messages — called “Direct Messages” or DMs — sent between users.”

What sort of precautions can you take?

1. Never give out your password; while that may sound obvious–even to your friends–they may write it down and leave it on their desk for others to see.

2. Change your password frequently

3. Never use the same password for every social site you use

5. Keep a password protected file for your usernames and passwords; so you don’t have to use the same one over and over again

6. Never, ever click on a link in your email; unless you know and trust the source completely. But remember that too can be dangerous. I have received emails that look perfectly legit from paypal, my bank etc. saying your account has been compromised. I NEVER click on the link provided no matter how tempted I am. I always go directly to the website login the normal way and then check for any messages that I may have in the backoffice of my site.

That’s it for now. I’m off to change my twitter password; which means I have to change my twollo and my socialoomph and my ping. Hmm what a pain; but I’d rather be safe than sorry.

In my previous post I told you that I Quit my job. Now I’m going to share with you my journey to that wonderful day!

October 13, 2009 at 1:43 PM–I quit my job of 17 years to work my passion full-time–I walked out–with an email and a subject line that said “I Quit Effective Immediately”

I joined my first network marketing company in 1981–but my online journey started in November 2003. Well, no wait that is too early. Let me start from the beginning. I joined a network marketing company in November 2003. Worked that business the old school way for as long as I could. We made a few $1,000 over the next few months and then because my warm market had run out I had to find some way to reach people. So from mid year 2004 through 2006 I went on an educational journey.

I signed up for every newsletter, ebook, marketing course, etc. that I could find on marketing. I wasn’t looking to learn how to network market. I was on a journey and studied internet marketing. I spent $1,000′s educating myself.

I called 3,627 cold calls to Network Marketers from January 2005 through May 2005 and did NOT sign up ONE person in my business. But I never thought of quitting; call me stupid or just plain determined. I just knew that if I applied the techniques that I had learned “it” would happen for me!

In May 2005 I signed up for Magnetic Sponsoring and devoured the book; applied those techniques and created a 14 day bootcamp and started growing my list. My very first affiliate check came from Magnetic Sponsoring. I can’t remember when I earned it…and I think it was for $11 or so but it didn’t matter! Whoo hooo; I was on my way to my first $1,000,000! I knew it in my bones.

In August of 2006 I had a team of 7 or 8 in my network marketing company. I started implementing what I had learned and by January 2007 my team had grown to over 200. My team was creating capture pages targeting groups; stay at home mom’s, traveling nurses, etc. We captured the first–heck we had the first 5 pages of googled locked up for our keywords–it was incredible! If anybody typed in our opportunity–they were bound to click on one of my team mates pages.

I must have pissed somebody off; because May 18, 2007 I received my cease and desist letter from the legal department of my company. They listed out all of the pages I had built. I was terminated on August 6, 2007.

It was o.k. because by then I had joined another company and quadrupled my income in 30 days; what took me 4 years to build with the company who terminated me. Now I worked that new company until the end of 2008; they changed the comp plan; added products that had nothing to do with our company and well on and on and on. By then it didn’t matter. I had created my own products and was working real hard to build up that business.

I continued my online education and in October 2007 added my first video to youtube. From then on I have had the privlege to JV with some incredible folks; formed partnerships with some of the best marketers on the web. So from start to finish–actually beginning of my freedom from my JOB–it was almost 6 years to the month.

I know this is a long post; but I have to say thank you to Mike Dillard, Melanie Milletics, Pam Bennett, Diane Hochman, Dennis Karganilla (DK), Bill and Irma Frye, and the many more mentors I have had through this journey. I will continue to seek out new mentors. Heck, some folks were mentors and didn’t know. You see I didn’t complain. If my mentor said do; I did! If my mentor said jump; I jumped. I’m serious. They didn’t call me and say “Do”. I watched them, studied them, copied them–I CASE(D) everything they did. Copy And Steal Everything. I put my own spin on it…I was so busy I didn’t have time to complain.

I could not have done this without the incredible support of my family; my best friend and husband Jesse, and my three girls; Tammie, Christen, and Megan. They supported my dream while I worked a full-time job and then came home and worked from 5:00 PM until some morning 4:00 AM only to get up at 6:30 AM to start all over again.

And now I work for me full-time! October 13, 2009 is a day I will remember for all time! The day I gave myself permission to walk away from my JOB and well now I can finally say it…

I am “Throwing Out The Alarm Clock of Life and Living in the Moment”!