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Let me take this opportunity to introduce myself.  I am Gina Gaudio-Graves, the founder and CEO
of The Abundance Group, LLC.  My
"official" title is Joint Venture Broker/ Internet Marketing
Consultant and Speaker.  Let me tell you
how I fell into this position.

I attended DePaul University in Chicago, IL where I
graduated Valedictorian and received a B.A. in Business and Pre-Law. I then
attended Notre Dame Law School in South Bend, IN.  There, I was a member of the Notre Dame Law Review and published
an article (called a "Note" by the prestigious journal) on the
subject of whether computer programs should be the subject of copyrights or
patents.  I also held an Editorial
Position in my second year on the journal.
 
Following graduation, I worked as an attorney in the
environmental and toxic tort area until 1996 when I was involved in a very
serious car accident.  The accident left
me disabled and unable to continue my practice as a litigator.  I quickly tired of watching daytime TV so I
started day trading full time.  Self
taught, I developed my own "system" that was (and is) very
successful.
 
Always wanting to help others, I decided to do so by opening
my own day trading chat room where I could teach my techniques.  In fact, my "system" became so
popular, that I was asked to teach technical analysis in several other chat
rooms as well.  Although trading was
great, my health was failing and I was not able to stay at the computer for 12+
hours at a time.  So, I sought other
opportunities online and became involved in network marketing and later, in
affiliate marketing.

 
Being involved in Network Marketing and Affiliate Marketing,
I was forced to master Internet Marketing techniques in order to get people to
buy my products and services and join my down lines. Although I was very
successful in building large down lines, I could easily see that there was more
money in owning a program and having my own products and services, than there
was in just being the affiliate.  Owning
my own program would also help me to grow my business and expand into multiple
income streams.  So, that's what I have
been doing for the past five plus years.

Today, I use my experience online to help put together
fairly large joint ventures to help others increase the sales of their products
and services.  Some of my clients are
just launching a new business. I help them to get the word out and start making
sales ... fast.  Other clients have been
online for a while and are looking for a little "shake up" for their
business.  I help them bring in new
affiliates and get new orders ... quickly. 
I have organized joint ventures in several different markets, but the
majority of these ventures are in the internet marketing arena.  Of course, I still have my other websites in
place as well to help my clients with the ongoing, day-to-day marketing of
their websites.

I also do a lot of marketing consulting and business
management for a variety of clients.  I
work with clients to manage their websites and even their entire online
businesses.  My company provides clients
with a complete outsourced marketing department.  Our clients look to us for everything from web design and
development (including extensive search engine (SEO) optimization), preparation
and implementation of a marketing plan, development and implementation of a
Unique Selling Proposition (USP), perform market research and market analysis
to determine the viability of product and market ideas, implementation of
advertising plans such as blog and forum posting, article writing, submission,
and syndication, banner advertising, PPC campaigns, and other targeted traffic
methodologies, and a myriad of other projects and tasks.

I will often partner with those who have excellent ideas for
products and services but simply do not have the knowledge or skills to
implement them.  In these cases, the
partner receives the benefit of my knowledge and outsourced services to bring
their idea to fruition and ultimately achieve success through our joint
efforts.

I can also often be found speaking at seminars on Internet
Marketing topics.  With my broad
knowledge of the industry, I speak on a variety of issues.  Usually, these events are focused either on
legal issues pertaining to internet marketing, or on the formulation of joint
ventures to increase sales rapidly. Whatever the topic, though, if I have
experience in it, I am willing to share it with others.

My internet business allowed my husband to retire in January
2005 at the ripe old age of 42.  We are
now full time RVers and I work from a specialized setup in my new (used) 38-foot
RV, on a laptop computer with a wireless modem.  I operate my own websites which are as diverse as my interests
and lifestyle with some being niche sites and others being membership sites
like my PLR article site or Abundant Traffic. 
As much as possible, I always try to find some common theme that will
allow the websites to share at least a portion of the traffic that I develop.
 
In a nutshell, my company, The Abundance Group, LLC, assists
those interested in starting their own internet based business or in growing an
existing internet business or even in converting their traditional brick and
mortar business into an online venture.
 
Along those lines, we also help people with their marketing
by offering them a variety of tools to use at our different websites.  Our sites either help people start their
business or help people grow their business. 
You can take a look at a few of our sites at:  http://www.AbundantTraffic.net (it's free to join);
http://www.AbundantTraffic.com (get targeted real visitors for your website);
http://www.AbundantPhotos.net (royalty free stock photos for your website -
they're pictures from our travels!); and http://www.AskGGG.com (my blog).   Check back often because I have some BIG
things in store for my customers in 2007!
 
Now, instead of being tied to my computer all the time, I am
able to take my laptop and my cell phone, climb into my motor home and
"go" wherever I want.  We have
just sold our actual "house" in Crown Point, IN as we plan on living
our dream lifestyles for several years to come.  We typically spend our summer in Lakeside, OH and our winter is
split between Sedona, AZ and various areas in Florida.  Along our travels, I also speak live at
seminars.  With all of the new
technology, you can also find me frequently on webcasts and teleconferences as
well.
 
My goals are to purchase a new Prevost bus (we have a used
class A motor home, but not a bus), to finish my work on my PhD in Marketing,
and to reach a point in our business where I no longer work more than 30 hours
per week.   In the short term, though,
my goal is to just keep making the money that allows us to live such a laid
back lifestyle, to soar as high as a kite both personally and professionally,
to visit the beach as often as possible, and always to remember to stop and
watch the sunset!

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