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Forget all you've been told about making money online |
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Written by Tony Hetherington
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008 12:56 |
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Forget the hype and the next greatest offer there is one and only one way to make money online and that is to follow a plan from start to finish. This takes dedication and commitment to not only take action but continuous action.
by TonyHetherington
Forget the hype and the next greatest offer there is one and only one way to make money online and that is to follow a plan from start to finish. This takes dedication and commitment to not only take action but continuous action.
It really is that simple and yet so many still fail. They falter slightly or don't get the instant success that they crave and they give up! So many of us seem locked in this cycle and will give up and buy new guru offers time and time again. So where does it go wrong?
We get distracted - We're far too easily distracted. It's hard to admit but it's true. We buy a new ebook or course and think that this is our path to riches. Then a few days later our mailbox gets swamped with the next great offer and we succumb to it. The former path to glory now lies in ruins and will gather cyber dust with the others that we've bought and forgotten. Gurus and their affiliates are quite within their rights to offer you the next big thing - and they'd rather you'd buy that then focus. Look for someone committed to your future not your wallet.
We catch the learning bug - This is when the insatiable hunger for more training and the latest product takes over as you buy and devour them at an alarming rate. The problem is that most online guru training sells you hope not results! This means that they are quickly forgotten as we move on to our next digital fix.
We don't fully understand and the doubts make us give up - If you're trying to follow any plan that you don't fully understand then you're bound to have doubts. These doubts eat away at your confidence so that the slightest setback is magnified out of all proportion. For example, you see your first sale as a failure because it's not 100 sales. If only we were given the full true picture that things take time so that we could have more realistic expectations then we may not give up so easily.
We don't take action - There are those who plan and pontificate and never ever take action. Taking action is the single attribute that differentiates those that succeed from those that fail. If you aren't prepared to invest the time and effort then you can't succeed. They are destined to fall for scam after scam such as those wonderful lotteries that produce winners even though you haven't entered them!
It really isn't our fault because everything you've been told about affiliate marketing is wrong! We need to stop being lead around like sheep and start taking action and responsibility.
It's actually surprisingly simple to find a route map to success.
1. Choose a path or a product - I'm going to recommend a method below but if that doesn't appeal then find something that does.
2. Read it and then read it again. Take lots of notes to ensure that nothing gets missed.
3. Create a detailed task list. Break the plan down further into a task list with everything that you need to do.
4. Spend any free moment you have in a day to tackle one of the tasks. By adopting this approach you'll soon be crossing them off as they are completed.
5. Whenever you have some free time do a task.
6. Keep on going until the list is complete.
7. Make sure you celebrate those landmarks such as the first sign up to an autoresponder and that first sale.
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