~ A Review of Internet Marketing Today ~
Everyone seems to have a misconception about Internet Marketing. Put up a webpage and traffic will immediately flow in huge numbers of subscribers and buyers. Nothing could be further from the truth but that’s what too many folks are lead to believe.
Sad but true while our money goes down the drain. What happened? We did exactly what the famous guru told us while charging us $300 an hour for his/her time and advice. It’s funny how protective and careful we are with our money until we discover the internet. Even though we have no clue how to find the guru or anything about where they live or work. Yes, we’ve all been there.
You’re probably running over with books, ebooks, manuals, audios, videos and whatever else someone has come up with as the latest and mostest discovery to success on the web. Most of us have enough ’stuff’ to listen to and read to keep us busy for the next 2 years or longer.
Just keep a journal, set BIG goals of how much money you want to make, pick out your new car and next vacation spot. Join our group on a cruise for 10 days where we’ll brainstorm, talk - talk - and more talk until you’re brain dead and overwhelmed in the process. Go ahead and draw the plans for your new BIG house with all the latest features for pleasure and comfort. In six months….. [you can add the rest!]
If you’re not there today, just keep listening to all the claimed Gurus and experts, many who have never made one dime on the web with Internet Marketing. Lots of folks do not have their own product but led into affiliate marketing of others products through places like clickbank. Yes, many have made lots of money but wisdom tells us that you need to have your own product. We agree.
A beginning place is your hobby choices. It’s said that everyone has a story to tell. Your challenge is to share your talents and expertise with your like-minded audience. Find your “niche” of folks who live, sleep and dream about dancing; motorcycle riding; boating; golfing; swimming; fitness; health; weight loss; and you can add hundreds, thousands more of these niche groups.
Football fans spend thoughtlessly at every NFL game. Go to a Panthers game and hotdogs, drinks, even the water is priced triple didgets but the response is “who cares” we’re having FUN. Same goes for basketball, soccer, baseball, wrestling, boxing, and the list continues where folks spend their money without a care or concern for tomorrow. Maybe the lottery, horse races, dog races belong here too. Yes, I know… the BEER is where money really flows into the NFL profit coffers. Drink, go flush, then repeat over and over.
Now that we’ve listed a few possibilities it’s time to suggest spending your time and energy on learning the truth from those we respect and know as trustworthy in the business. On our publishing website that’s noted above [Don Monteith Publishing] are several Internet Marketing expert Reviews for your perusal. Only the ones with integrity that we know personally will be featured in our reviews.
Join one of the groups. Meet the members personally [nose to nose] at a Seminar. You’ll be “light-years” ahead of the newbie crowd and on your way to success. Internet Marketing is a BUSINESS just like any other business except it’s ONline rather than “brick and mortar” store front. All other challenges faced in all businesses, whether ONline or OFFline, are the same. Taxes, employees, insurance, licenses, expenses, office, equipment, etc.
In writing about business ideas and experiences, we hope to share expertise from the School of Hard Knocks {SHK} for your benefit. Partners, franchises, ownership, leases, cars, losses, profits, insurance, liabilities, locations, travel, and much more.
Stay with us. Ask Questions. Share your own expertise. We’ve spent 40 years in the marketplace with lots of good, bad and in-between. You will too, it’s part of the work experience, even if you’re your own boss or working for someone else. You’re on a journey so NEVER give up… keep at it everyday with God’s blessing knowing that HE is always with you on life’s journey until the end of time for each of us.
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