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Written by David Watson
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Wednesday, 11 April 2007 |
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It's probably the most asked question on the internet - "How long does it take to create a successful internet business?"
I get asked this quite often, and, I'll be honest with you, - it's impossible to answer.
It depends on your focus, your committment, and your targetted marketplace.
It depends on how often you work on your business, and how focussed you are when you are working.
Many people say they are working, but what they really mean is that they are checking emails, browsing websites, spending time in forums, etc
Now, don't get me wrong - all these things need doing, but you have to have a degree of balance in the amount of time you allocate to them.
If you only have 3 hours per day to work on your online business, and you spend 2 hours browsing forums and websites, and 30 minutes on emails, then you only have 30 minutes left to do productive work that will move your business forward.
You must make sure that you pay attention to the type of work you're doing and whether or not you're being productive. Surfing the internet, constantly checking your email, talking to friends on internet messaging, etc is not considered productive, unless you're doing research for your current product, or contacting potential JV partners.
No-one can guarantee you'll be successful. BUT, provided you put in effort towards doing productive work, you should be successful.
Remember, the first step is getting started.
If you don't start taking action, you will never achieve success.
A little bit of "targetted" action every day will soon move your online business forward, and you will start to notice an improvement in a short space of time.
Set yourself a daily target, and make a written note daily on whether or not you reached your target. Having a written record will hold you accountable, and help keep you focussed on the things you need to do.
Having your first online success, even if it's a small one, will help to motivate you and strengthen your committment to becoming a successful online business.
Half-hearted work isn't work.
Don't do half-hearted work on your projects, then put them aside, and ignore them, becuase when you dig them out months later, you'll find you're still in the same place you were before. That won't help you at all. In fact, it will just end up frustrating you.
How long it takes you to become successful is really in your hands.
You must take action to start moving forward. Keep telling yourself that failure is not an option.
TAKE ACTION TODAY! Make sure that it is targetted, productive action, and you'll soon have that successful online business that can set you free.
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Written by Chad Cook
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Thursday, 25 January 2007 |
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You know how people in this industry throw the word "friend" around? As in, "My good friend Bob has an incredible product, and since we're such good friends, I twisted his arm and got you a 99% discount..."
It's B.S. - you know it, I know it, they know it, but people still keep using that "technique."
More on that in a minute... but first a little tangent.
Did you know that a lot of internet marketers sell products they don't even write themselves? What they do is hire a ghostwriter, give them the specs of the project and in a month or so, the writer gives the marketer a manuscript. Going rate is about $10/page, so a 100 page ebook would average about $1000 for the marketer to have written.
Now, this practice can be a great win-win for both the marketer and writer - the marketer gets a professionally written product, the writer gets her fees without the both or hassle of having to market.
But every now and again, there's a writer who learns A LOT about marketing from all this writing she does for the big guns - after all, she gets the inside scoop in the latest techniques, tricks and trends before anyone else. And after she sees the kind of money these top guys are making, she might just decide to go into the internet marketing business for herself.
I could be writing about me (I originally learned about the internet marketing industry as a writer for other folks) - but I'm not.
I'm talking about my "friend," - but ok, we're not really friends. We've emailed each other a few times, and we travel in the same "Web 2.0" set of internet marketers. I have the utmost respect for her (so does John Reese - he wrote about her book in the November Reese Report) - but it's not like we've hung out or anything. :-)
The gal I'm talking about is an incredible writer and a sharp, determined marketer who's broken out in the last few months as an expert in using one particular web service to catapult search engine rankings, drive traffic and create backlinks to your own websites.
Click Here!
This is a technique that doesn't cost a dime, takes about an hour to set up and is applicable to any market, service or... well, whatever. Got an offline business (say, real estate) you want to bring some attention to? Use this technique to mark yourself as an expert in your field. Are you a musician? This technique can help you bring more attention to your music.
And if you're an online marketer, you know the power of links, of constantly updating content, and drawing people into each of your niche sites, generating leads - all on auto-pilot once you've set up your pages.
Oh yeah, did I mention there's a built-in way to earn money with the system? It's not B.S. either
- a true profit-sharing system based on contextual advertising and affiliate sales is part of this site my friend talks about.
After having a look at her complete tutorial on using this system, you might call her your friend for real!
Check out what Tiffany is teaching, what Reese is raving about and what other marketers have called "MySpace for grown-ups" here: Click Here!
Best,
Chad Cook
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