About Amber Ludwig

First, you should know I am 26. Some 26 year-olds are partying at grad school, some are barely making it in the economy. I can tell you now, I am not your average 26 year old. And I will note, I know there are people my age that are far more advanced in life than I, and I think that’s great. Something to challenge me. I already own my own 3bed/3bath house, LOVE my family, have friends that are there for me through thick and thin – to say it bluntly, LIFE IS GOOD!

I’m originally from Tucson, AZ. I am very close with my family and feel very lucky to grow up the way I did. I went to St. Gregory College Prep school from 6-12th grade (minus my freshman year at a public school). Then I went to college at the University of Arizona for Graphic Design and Marketing.

High school was not exactly the ride of my life… (aren’t we all feeling a little like that?) – so I’m very happy to have moved on. I just didn’t fit in. When I turned 22, I wrote a 200 page book about my life called “What The Heart Wants: A Teen’s Journey From Lost To Found”. It was one of the top 3 best experiences of my life, writing that book.

In 2003 I started a job selling knives. Yes, knives. Some of you may have heard of it – Cutco Cutlery. If not, it really is great stuff! No, that wasn’t my ideal dream job but I needed money because I didn’t want my parents to support me. I’ve always been the “I can do it” type. After my first week selling knives, I was well on my way, and loved every minute of it. I finished the #2 sales rep in my office that summer, got promoted to management – and that’s where the real fun began. I learned all sorts of great things about managing people, building rapport with customers, running conferences, motivating people to sell, getting over my fears of public speaking, and so much more.

Fast forward to August 2006 – I had written a 90 minute recruiting interview that several offices were following, I was the top recruiter and trainer in 5 states, I sold about $85,000 in personal sales, interviewed thousands of college students, managed up to 100 people at any given time, and trained the newbie managers on how to be great (3 states worth of candidates). Yep – at 24 years old. What a blast!!

But I got bored. I stopped learning on a daily basis and I can’t ever stop growing and climbing to the top – I love it too much. So I got a 10 hour a week assistant job (which turned into a full time job right away) while attempting to finish my book. I was mentored and learned a LOT about Internet Marketing, building websites, driving traffic, etc. We ran 2 “Money and Marketing” conferences in Denver in the past year for about 100-200 people, called The Capital Factor. That was 1 of about 6 projects I had during that year.

Once I had out-grown that position, it really was amazing how things just “fell into place” for me. Call it the Universe’s help, call it luck, or call it hard work paying off. I now have 2 positions (one very part-time, and one full-time — but I like them both so I make it work), and they both started in the late fall of last year – yes, even with the economy in a downward spiral.

Sidebar – Let that be inspiration to all of you out there who are still desperately seeking a job. There IS work out there. It is hard to find maybe, but it IS out there.

Now I am working as Author Liaison for a woman named Ruby Yeh in California. She is in the eBook industry (yay – it’s about time I get off my butt and start doing something in this field) and is doing a series of compilation eBooks with authors such as Mark Victor Hansen and T harv. I help manage over 120 authors from around the world which is so much fun!

Last, and most importantly to me, I am working with a local web programmer/Internet Marketer (Marty Dickinson) and helping his company (Here Next Year) as the project manager. I help direct and execute our client projects and also work to automate our sales and execution process so we can double or triple the amount of clients we are currently getting – and we are doing JUST FINE – let me tell ya!

I love this type of work though!! I am very organized, love people, and thrive when I have a challenge ahead of me. And let me tell you, learning HTML code IS A CHALLENGE! Ha.

I just recently finished a 3-page short eBook called, “9 Ways to Increase Business Organization and Productivity“. You should check it out! You get this free by signing up to stay connected with me. (Top right sidebar.)

So that’s me! Well, the bio part. There is so much I want to share with the world and that is what this blog is all about. Some days I will give Internet Marketing tips, sometimes I will talk about a life lesson I just learned. It is my hope that you get a nugget out of every post you read. I will do the work on this end to make that more of a realistic goal.

So, if you’re up for it, subscribe to my feed, tell your friends about InsightfulDevelopment.com, and join this journey with me…