David_Sierra

Hey guys,

Something sort of inspirational here during Christmas time. As someone who has earned his recent income primarily with Facebook paid advertising, I recently launched my new (and first) WSO dealing with that source of traffic. Since then, I have been getting in touch with a lot of people asking all kinds of questions about how to profit from Facebook. And there was one thing I noticed a lot, and it basically applies to ANY traffic source people have not tried - it's that people are simply scared of "jumping in", getting the grips with something they were not familiar with before. They might have read other people's unsuccessful attempts to profit off that new traffic source, pushing all kinds of doubts into their heads.

And that is exactly why people have trouble succeeding like I mentioned in the thread title here. The one weakness that will kill your profits? It's fear.

We all have fears of failing, of spending money and not seeing any return. Yet if there is one thing to take away from this whole industry, especially if you are dealing with CPA, where offers are often short-lived, it's that you need to move out of your comfort zone, you need to keep pushing the envelope. Without risking anything, you can only follow the tried and true. And when the tried and true eventually stops working...well, where will that leave you?

Now this might be obvious to a lot of people. But really, how often do people actually ACT on knowing this? If you are scared of trying new things, honestly - you're not cut out for this business. Again, we are talking about a business that LIVES on innovation and progress. That does not mean you should try something without any clue of how it could work. BUT you need to stop looking at your "failures" as actual failures. Rather, see it as investing in your future success.

If you are scared of losing money, then save up a certain amount you can afford to lose - in the same way that stock traders keep a reserve at all times. And do not be scared to spend that money. From my experience, if you really embrace this attitude, then the more often you go out of your way to risk and innovate, the more confident you will become repeating this process in the future.

Anyway, I hope this post will at least inspire some people to stop thinking about what could go wrong - and look forward to how their career as an internet marketer could flourish once it goes right.

Enjoy the last few days of 2009 everyone - and make sure to put something out of this in your New Year's resolutions!

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imakemoney

I agree, also in CPA you just have to try things out of the box, go wild, try things you don't think would work, and you'd be surprised

honestbizpro

Great post David!

I would also like to add that one thing that trumps fear is homework! There is plenty of free solid info to find at this very forum just do a search with your keywords.

Also there are low cost guides that can help....take advantage.

Then do not take blind action..but smart action and you will learn no matter what....remember that.

businessmatt

I agree 100%. If you take action, you might fail. If you don't take action, you already have failed. That first step is tough, you can't often see where you're going to land, and you probably have a lot of people screaming at you to stop right there this minute don't do that! But once you've taken it, the rest are easy (or at least, easier)

Matt

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Arun Pal Singh

Fear is a great block to your success. Not only it holds your hands and ties your feet, but also it shuts your mind to logic.

Taking action makes you bold on the other hand. If you do not succeed you know what not to do. :-)

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valdivz

good inspiration... I think I'll finish my blog now.. :-)

waqyum

Thanks. I haven't done a change from long time.I'll see if doing a change helps me.

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J Bold

Good post. I am going out of my comfort zone with a new method starting this year, and it's not paid, it's free! But it's still out of my comfort zone and will take work to do it. But I am determined to make it work. So, yes, your post rings true.

But, as for paid traffic, it can be the same thing. You need to go out of your comfort zone big time with paid traffic, but you need to set how much money you are willing to pay to get going, and to get out of your comfort zone you really have to be liberal with this estimate. I would say you need at least $1000 you are willing to lose when you start with paid traffic. Yes, it really does not need to be that much, as $1000 is not really that much when starting with paid traffic. But, if you are creative, there are ways to do this. It's always hard to start using paid traffic, though, but I say if you can afford that amount and afford to lose it, just do it!

Fox30

I completely agree with you. Great post!