Learn from MY MISTAKES
There are so many people posting that they don't know where to start in internet marketing, so I wanted to share some of the troubles I ran into early on and explain how I would address those things looking back. When I first began, I had access to an SEO course that explained how to set up a website in Wordpress and start doing SEO for it, and that you could even start to get sales using this method and I knew factually that people were succeeding. I tried to implement that method and I totally failed. Here are the biggest mistakes I made when I was starting out:
1. Expecting fast results - My parents divorced one summer and I was just on the cusp of moving to a new city with my girlfriend. I gave myself just four months to start generating revenue through the five websites I was building. Wow, was that ever a bad idea. With no capital to invest and only relying on my own work, things moved very slowly. I was also in the middle of learning the system so I had to watch videos, take notes, create my own processes and refine what I was doing. I couldn't outsource or automate anything, it was all my own work and the time frame was way too short, especially given that...
2. I didn't work enough hours - Don't get me wrong, most people get into IM because they want to end up working far fewer hours per week than a normal job and still rake in the dollars. I did too, but the reality is that to be successful in any business venture, you'll have to put the time in one way or another. I wanted to allocate just a few hours a day but I could have gotten way further in the process if I moved faster in the earlier stages.
3. Dividing my attention - I was building several websites, testing other methods, reading forums for other ideas, and ultimately not placing my attention where it needed to be. I was also dealing with other distractions, but the fact is that anything that takes you away from the immediate task is a problem. A friend of mine was running two businesses, a side hustle and going to school, and ultimately failed at all of those things. When he dusted himself off, he picked one of the businesses to focus on and now does $xxx,xxx annual revenue.
These are the first 3 tips I can offer - don't expect immediate results, put the time in that's required to get things moving, and focus on one thing at a time until you either make it a success or fail at it.
1. Expecting fast results - My parents divorced one summer and I was just on the cusp of moving to a new city with my girlfriend. I gave myself just four months to start generating revenue through the five websites I was building. Wow, was that ever a bad idea. With no capital to invest and only relying on my own work, things moved very slowly. I was also in the middle of learning the system so I had to watch videos, take notes, create my own processes and refine what I was doing. I couldn't outsource or automate anything, it was all my own work and the time frame was way too short, especially given that...
2. I didn't work enough hours - Don't get me wrong, most people get into IM because they want to end up working far fewer hours per week than a normal job and still rake in the dollars. I did too, but the reality is that to be successful in any business venture, you'll have to put the time in one way or another. I wanted to allocate just a few hours a day but I could have gotten way further in the process if I moved faster in the earlier stages.
3. Dividing my attention - I was building several websites, testing other methods, reading forums for other ideas, and ultimately not placing my attention where it needed to be. I was also dealing with other distractions, but the fact is that anything that takes you away from the immediate task is a problem. A friend of mine was running two businesses, a side hustle and going to school, and ultimately failed at all of those things. When he dusted himself off, he picked one of the businesses to focus on and now does $xxx,xxx annual revenue.
These are the first 3 tips I can offer - don't expect immediate results, put the time in that's required to get things moving, and focus on one thing at a time until you either make it a success or fail at it.
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." Thomas Edison