If I Had To Start Over. . .

[StephenT]

I have heard a couple of interviews with different people who are successful in this biz and they were both asked, If you had to start over with only $100, what would you do. I think the interviews were with Bob the Teacher (at first I said Doctor) and Lynn. Anyway, they both answered what they would do and it sounded pretty simple, get this or that program, get domain name, write contact and away we go! It sounded like there would be revenue generated within a month, two at the most.

Now, most of us are slogging along with months, if not years. I was told to make sure I have some good content and backlinks before I monetize.

Is it because these people know what they are doing that they can be making money that fast, or are we misunderstanding the time involved?

I don't want to jump in a do things wrong so that it takes me twice as long to dig myself out, but I don't want to stand around waiting for my first 10 bucks either!

What do we do?

[retta719]

This is one the last questions Nicole Dean asks everyone in her Success Cast Podcast at NicoleontheNet.com http://nicoleonthenet.com/category/podcast/ <-- You'll find Lynn and Bob's interviews there along with several other awesome and successful marketers.

I think there's a learning curve, and we just have to be committed and focused .... eventually it will come. Another thing you'll hear in every episode of the Success Cast is that those marketers also failed, usually more than once. Failure is part of the path to success.

[StephenT]

Loretta, that is exactly where I heard the interviews. I love them! They are very inspiring for me. The thing is, I hear them say, "I would get a domain, an aweber account, post a blog, go to the bank," I'm kidding of course, but sometimes it sounds like that. I just wonder what I am missing or are they that good at it! I mean, I want to go to the bank too!

[jkgourmet]

Loretta, that is exactly where I heard the interviews. I love them! They are very inspiring for me. The thing is, I hear them say, "I would get a domain, an aweber account, post a blog, go to the bank," I'm kidding of course, but sometimes it sounds like that. I just wonder what I am missing or are they that good at it! I mean, I want to go to the bank too!

Actually, direct deposit is more fun. You get your money faster!

[David Jackson]

I just wonder what I am missing or are they that good at it! I mean, I want to go to the bank too!

Steve, here's what you're missing...patience. Everybody wants to hit the proverbial jackpot right out of the gate. But it just doesn't work that way. With very few exceptions, we all have to pay our dues and fail first - sometimes more than once. I certainly did.

None of us came out of the womb walking and talking. We had to learn how. It didn't happen overnight, but it did happen. The same with driving a car. We had to learn how. That entailed practicing over and over again, until we got it right. But eventually, we got it right.

Internet marketing isn't any different. If you keep working hard and improving, eventually, you'll start making money. But you have to be patient. And more importantly, you have to keep working hard and improving your skill set. That's really the key - constant improvement.

David Jackson

[Rick Olsen]

Steve - Don't be a hamster like me. Don't spin the Worry Wheel. All you'll end up with is sore feet.

I've been Elite for one week and I've accomplished more than in the last month prior to joining. As we work and learn it will get easier. I know it!

We have the Group for advice and help. The work is up to us. So, put the Worry Wheel away, roll up your sleeves and just do. You'll be surprised how much fun it is.

[StephenT]

Thanks folks! I am having fun!! Come on Dave, I'm patient! I waited a whole week!!! I am kidding! I know it takes some time, I just wondered if it is as easy for these folk as they make it sound.

[David Jackson]

I know it takes some time, I just wondered if it is as easy for these folk as they make it sound.

Yes, once you improve your skill set and actually learn marketing, making money becomes much easier. No question about it.

David Jackson

[wade_watson]

Stephen, you and I are "old dogs" who spent most of our lives with an entirely different mindset on how to earn money. But the more attention you give to this stuff, the more it makes sense and the more it will give back-- but maybe not immediately. While an employer will cut a new employee some slack while they get up to speed at a new job, there's no paid training in Internet marketing. You make money once you do it all right. I guarantee you that long before you've been at as long as Lynn has, you'll be making a good living at it-- if you stay with it and keep applying yourself.

Wade Watson

[carlos123]

I am a relative newbie at internet marketing per se but I find the lack of practicals among most internet gurus somewhat appaling (not pointing at anyone in particular).

Many sell hope. That's what is generally sold. The hope of making a living over the internet. But hope without the practical nuts and bolts of step 1, step 2, and so forth is just an exercise in futility or at the very least a long, slugging, drawn out exercise in learning the step 1, step 2, etc. on your own.

Me?

I am focusing on what needs to be done one step at a time. Guru or no guru.

If you want to join me in discussing one of the most fundamental but all out important keys to internet marketing success (if I can use the term key) come join me in a thread I started...

http://www.selfstartersweeklytips.co...1721#post11721

It's titled "Anybody for serious, I mean serious keyword niche market brainstorming?"

If you don't have good...take two...GREAT keyword phrases to focus on from the very get go...you will likely spin your wheels all over the place and be frustrated by the lack of traffic and make things a lot more difficult for yourself.

My aim is to become an expert at picking red hot niches to focus on. Whether to use those niches and capitalize on Adsense, affiliate marketing, my own product creation...doesn't matter.

We have to figure out where the fish are and go and give them some bait! Without that we will remain mediocre fishermen (or women ) at best and downright failures at fishing at worst.

Carlos