What mistake(s) have you made?

14 years ago

You mention the main problem that most people have, and that was my problem for years, not taking action. I think those of us who learn, learn, learn and don't do know its an issue for us. Perhaps we're afraid it won't work and then we'll be depressed, but if you don't get in the game you'll never succeed.

Another mistake I have made, waiting to join the War Room here on the Warrior Forum. If you haven't yet paid the minimal fee to do so, go do it now. The resources are amazing.

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oggobis

14 years ago

Originally Posted by krharper

You mention the main problem that most people have, and that was my problem for years, not taking action. I think those of us who learn, learn, learn and don't do know its an issue for us. Perhaps we're afraid it won't work and then we'll be depressed, but if you don't get in the game you'll never succeed.

Another mistake I have made, waiting to join the War Room here on the Warrior Forum. If you haven't yet paid the minimal fee to do so, go do it now. The resources are amazing.

Yeah... Afraid it won't work and think to much. By time goes by, You aware that you haven't do anything.

That is why most warrior told us to fail as fast as possible.

War Room. After succeed with my project, to join war room is one of my to do list. Prepare shield to not get vomit :-D

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oggobis

14 years ago

By the way, here another lesson from other fellow warriors. Took it from the previous post.

Originally Posted by theviralguy

I have made a lot of mistakes but they have helped me learn so much. I have been in IM for only one year and have learned more in this one year then all my other years together (I am only 19). I was definitely a culprit for "Learning, Learning, Learning but not doing" but I am now very successful after learning from all of these mistakes and finally "doing" a few months ago.

Originally Posted by rainspeak

I've made my share but I think the biggest ones are when I'm being lazy and wasting valuable time. I see all mistakes as education rather than failures. Thanks.

Originally Posted by redicelander

Spent too much time on Warrior Forum and not getting work done, ha ha.

Same here, bought WSOs that I didn't take action on.

Got discouraged and gave up on stuff.

Not following through with every step on a method thus making it almost useless.

Buying a $1000 coaching program and losing money on the methods rather than making money on them.

etc. etc.

I have made many mistakes, but very soon I am thinking of starting a warrior forum blog to tell all about my successes to encourage others.

There are more... But I think it would be better to give it bit by bit.

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paulie888

14 years ago

I concur, in my early days it was an unwillingness and inability to take action, as a direct result of information overload from buying too many IM ebooks and courses at one time!

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by paulie888

I concur, in my early days it was an unwillingness and inability to take action, as a direct result of information overload from buying too many IM ebooks and courses at one time!

Hi Paul

Thanks for coming.

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Ruth P

14 years ago

Oh I've made a lot of those mistakes too - spending too much money on guides, and not enough time on implementing them, letting people take advantage of me, not following through on things...

There are so many mistakes. But I don't regret *any* of my mistakes. I see these early stages as a real learning exercise, and something that couldn't really have been avoided, in my opinion. Without these failures I wouldn't know what I know now!

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oggobis

14 years ago

Here snakez0r's

Originally Posted by snakez0r

My biggest mistake is being easily distracted from my IM projects and procrastinating on taking the big steps

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14 years ago

Not building a list sooner!

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Dan Bainbridge

14 years ago

Haha, I can't imagine using Og's name lasted very long

My biggest mistake was chasing that magic bullet when I first started - believing hype about getting rankings, website traffic or whatever - there is just steady work involved and you will get there - if it sounds too good to be true then it is.

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oggobis 14 years ago

Originally Posted by submp3s

Haha, I can't imagine using Og's name lasted very long

^^ It keep reminds me important thing. hehe...
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14 years ago

MichaelHiles'

Originally Posted by MichaelHiles

My regular mistake is not producing products that are at a comprehension level of a much wider audience, and lower than my own. I always lose sight of the fact that I am not my customer, and while I might have an extremely high level of comprehension, I tend to deliver far too much information at too fast of a rate.

The number one comment about my seminars, etc... "It's like drinking from a firehose."

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butters

14 years ago

I made so many mistakes

- I loose focus easy
- Start something but dont finish it
- Read forums to much

- Not taking action when I know I should but I dont.

There are tons

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oggobis

14 years ago

Fellow warrior SurviveUnemployment

Originally Posted by SurviveUnemployment

Great question!

The biggest mistake I made was being too much of a generalist. If you're selling shoes, stick to shoes until you get it rolling.

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ArticlePrince

14 years ago

Leaving the TV on. If we didn't have a TV (or I had any self control/discipline); I probably would be much more comfortable right now.

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14 years ago

Fellow warrior boaterscott's

Originally Posted by boaterscott

just creating products I think are good, instead of using all of the research I've done to create products others want. I've been creating products for a few years and definitely have NOT broken even yet. I am finally starting to create the products that I should have started in the beginning - I learned a lot though...

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money2k

14 years ago

my mistake was not registering for this site sooner. i found this forum in 2007, but did nothing about it. I am making up for lost time.

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14 years ago

Fellow warrior Lou Diamond's

Originally Posted by Lou Diamond

Hello,
I think I have made more mistakes in my life than Thomas Edison did when he invented
the light bulb.

Each mistake is getting me one step closer to finding out that I made another mistake.

Seriously folks,just learn from each mistake and then move on to something that may work for you.

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Paul Myers 14 years ago

More people have failed while chasing perfection than any other prey.
And there is no record of anyone surviving the hunt.
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jazbo

14 years ago

Mistakes are one thing, letting yourself down is a different thing.

Lack of Clarity
Lack of Focus
Lack of Action

All things we control, and not mistakes.

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Rezbi

14 years ago

This forum isn't big enough to list my mistakes.

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oggobis 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Rezbi

This forum isn't big enough to list my mistakes.

Hi Rez... If you by chance coming back here, would you please share one or few of your most impressing mistake?
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  BenBrandes 14 years ago
  
  Ah mistakes - I like to call them learning experiences.
  
  Here are some of my many learning experiences
  
  * Focusing on too many different things and not getting anywhere
  * Hiring a team of programmers and not keeping track of them (basically they barely did any work and I was most likely paying them while they worked on other people's software)
  * When dealing with programmers always get a total price negotiation rather than hourly rates or monthly. (If they're paid monthly programmers don't have an incentive to work fast)
  * Spending too much time on social media instead of paying for traffic to test conversions.
  * Buying product after product without taking action - you truly learn when you take action and do it.
  * Test small then scale up. I posted out 50 000 flyers and lost a fair chunk of money. Test small then scale up slowly so you don't lose your profit.
  
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oggobis

14 years ago

Fellow warrior SantiSantana's

Originally Posted by SantiSantana

I made two identifiable mistakes the first time I took action.

I bought a manual from Chriss Cobb and decided to be an affiliate as I thought it was a very good program ( I was certainly impressed to be honest).

Seeing as I wasn´t fluent at all with adwords and web design I hired a small company to do a couple of things for me, namely a squeeze page, an adwords campaign and a bit of promotion for the website to direct traffic to it.

The first mistake I made was not following the instructions on the manual to the letter. Chriss spoke about how with adwords you are testing things in real time and can and must make your changes quickly. The guy I hired kept telling me to allow a few days or even a week before evaluating results and making changes (as in keywords and ads). because I trusted him to be more knowledgeable than me I followed suit ignoring Chriss's advice of not letting any under performing ad roll for more than 48 hours, even 24 if there was some traffic getting into it. Those days (weeks) I trusted that guy wa smoney down the drain as with lower ctr the ad costs started going up.

I also allowed him to take more time than necessary creating the squeeze page, which shouldn´t have taken as long as it did as i provided the graphics and text and he only had to add the form. He probably had more commitments and persuaded me to allow for adwords to work its magic before I did the squeeze page. Tons of wasted time because I couldn´t put his mind into the frame of following me ( my manuals instructions rather).

Later on I started running the adwords campaign myself. It was bringing in the traffic but conversions were just 1%. problem being I had paid that guy and my campaign in sterling but was converting at dollars wich were pretty much 2 to the pound at the time, so I lost money.

Lessons: Cost control, get your employee to do what you want him to do and not what he thinks is best.

Later on I went into a second adwords campaign for the same course which I managed myself from the start. I was ranking only for Google searches, nothing to do with the content network. My cost per clic was rather reasonable as my ctr was up to 12% in some ads ( about 8% on average) and I was budgeting ok.

Then I decided ( after reading on the interwebs) to allow my ads to show in the content network. Cost per click went up like mad as my CTR tanked big time.

Lesson: If you don´t know how to use a feature, stay away from it until you learn or find a person with a succesful track record of using it.

My .02

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Julie K Fisher

14 years ago

Wow, this is all so useful for a newbie like me, thanks for sharing your experience so candidly. My mistake was that I only just registered today after buying a few ebooks in the last 3 months! Better late than never I guess.

I am new to internet marketing and seeing all those 'mistakes' (or experiences) in one place is very encouraging - makes me realise we're all only human - and I really want to avoid the Nr 1 of not taking action. So since I have a day off today, I have decided that by tonight, I will have created my action plan to "build my list", and identified 2 products I want to use as freebie on my "squeeze page" (that's all the jargon I've learned so far

Julie

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oggobis

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Julie K Fisher

Wow, this is all so useful for a newbie like me, thanks for sharing your experience so candidly. My mistake was that I only just registered today after buying a few ebooks in the last 3 months! Better late than never I guess.

I am new to internet marketing and seeing all those 'mistakes' (or experiences) in one place is very encouraging - makes me realise we're all only human - and I really want to avoid the Nr 1 of not taking action. So since I have a day off today, I have decided that by tonight, I will have created my action plan to "build my list", and identified 2 products I want to use as freebie on my "squeeze page" (that's all the jargon I've learned so far

Julie

Glad to hear that

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14 years ago

My biggest mistake was not to concentrate on a method or tactic.
Getting distracted and trying other ways instead of focusing on one strategy.
Because in IM when having an idea you should stick with it and stay focused. Follow this strategy and keep on track.
A thousand other opportunities will come accross your mind but this might affect the way you are following..

Stay focused!

Oli

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D Joseph

14 years ago

My biggest mistake was not staying focused on one particular method. I jumped from one thing to another depending on what was the hottest method at the time. Once I chose a method and stuck with it, I finally saw results but it took a very long time.

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14 years ago

Ditto :-)
I seem to spend lots of time learning and no action. Time for change!

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oggobis

14 years ago

Fellow warrior DogScout's

Originally Posted by DogScout

only mistake I didn't make was not joining the war room

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costos gohdohb

14 years ago

my biggest first mistake made me simply forget about Inet marketing. And it was
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I ''listened'' too much to ALL people on the Internet. And after hearing too many complaints from them that to earn on the Internet is IMPOSSIBLE - I simply believed in this stupidity & left Internet for a over year.

So, don't repeat my mistake: listen to and learn only!!!!!! from the best
neglect average people and losers

Because it can save you YEARS of time!

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charlesf 14 years ago

I am guilty of your posted three plus; trying to do to many IM niches at once and many others. Main thing ive learned from all of it is to concentrate on one niche and just get it out there!
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14 years ago

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14 years ago

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14 years ago

@costos gohdohb

Likely in your position right now. My Mom and Dad can't understand that make living through IM is possible. She said, "How long has it been? It's almost a year and you still haven't made any decent money." And Dad told everyone that I'm lazy. Doh.

Luckily, now I have found WF ^^ Have to get it done.

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14 years ago

Fellow warrior H.Miller's

Originally Posted by H.Miller

By biggest mistake by far is wasting alot of time and not being focused. Its so easy to get off track when you work from home.

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daria19

14 years ago

Mistake #1: Signing up to so many lists (have been unsubscribing like CRAZY the last couple of days).

Mistake #2: Spending too much time reading and posting in forums.

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by andrewbernes

I dont understand in which concern u r talking like mistake?

Hehe... Take ur time. Take a look at Dennis' post #39 (and others too, you'll understand)

Originally Posted by daria19

Mistake #1: Signing up to so many lists (have been unsubscribing like CRAZY the last couple of days).

Mistake #2: Spending too much time reading and posting in forums.

Ditto. I have lessen my time in WF. Too much is not good.

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Dennis Gaskill

14 years ago

My first mistake was that I like to figure things out for myself. It's a lot faster if you learn from others. My biggest mistake I still make to this day, I tend to have too many projects going on at once and my energies are scattered. There is a blessing to this though, it keeps me from getting bored.

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IMStudentforlife

14 years ago

I would crash the site if I were to list all the mistakes I've made...

But the good thing to take away from it all is, to learn from those mistakes. Because it means at least we're trying things..

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by IMStudentforlife

I would crash the site if I were to list all the mistakes I've made...

But the good thing to take away from it all is, to learn from those mistakes. Because it means at least we're trying things..

ding ding ding ding ding ^.^

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IMStudentforlife 14 years ago

Originally Posted by oggobis

ding ding ding ding ding ^.^

Oh did I win something??
Or
Did I miss the bell for the round???

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- oggobis 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by James Ross
  
  Hello Ogg,
  
  I would say my biggest mistake was not taking action. I was scared of being ripped off and that everything was a scam.
  
  Hello James,
  
  I have that sense. Scared of being ripped off is a good sense to have, just read a post that talk about what you concern. Lot of scam out there, but there are a lot of opportunities too. How I overcome this is to choose mentor/product that have good reputation. Just go with that match your interest and skill.
  
  Look around here first (internet marketing discussion) for a while to get the picture.
  
  Wish u luck,
  oggobis
  
  Originally Posted by IMStudentforlife
  
  Oh did I win something??
  Or
  Did I miss the bell for the round???
  
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  Uhm... I just trying the bell I just bought. lol
  
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Emily Meeks

14 years ago

Oh boy, let's go for a ride...

1.) My very first SERIOUS project: I set up an IM blog and continued to work on it every day - I logged on with clear sights, and got things done: monetized with Clickbank and Adsense, not to mention building a list. I didn't even heavily promote it, but I managed about a combined $100 from Clicbank/Adsense, even though I had a grand total of 4 subscribers and my traffic was basically nil. Apparently I was doing something right, so if I had two brain cells back then I would've improved and scaled it up, right? Of course, but nooooooooo...

2.) I got distracted by the idea of running a membership site. Membership sites are FANTASTIC of course, don't get me wrong - but I overcomplicated the process, overworking myself into counterproductivity and not sticking to the deadlines I'd set for myself. Even though I may have been able to pull it off, the project was floundering and a financially devastating event killed it.

3.) At that point, I really needed the cash, but couldn't rely on Clickbank, etc, to come through for me in time, so I resorted to freelancing. I never meant it to be long-term anyway, but two things happened: it went smoothly for awhile, then I got a really nasty cold for two weeks, which set me back unbelievably far in my already piling projects. Even though I physically recovered, my freelancing never fully did. I had to let a client go because I was not only dragging him down too much, but knew there was no way I'd be able to catch him up in a reasonable amount of time.

Since that time, though, I took up PLR rewriting, and even though I'm just barely getting started it's a hell of a lot easier than ghostwriting from scratch.

I also resurrected the old blog and put a new spin on it. Instead of general Internet Marketing reviews, I write about my own personal progress. I'm not done revamping it yet, but when I do get done, this time I'm making sure it takes off the way it should.

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SEOExpert104

14 years ago

I believe there is no such things as "mistake" , it's healthy, and it's suppose to be how it is now. It's our will. What we do, it's not a mistake, it's what we want, it's the road we took, it's our destiny.

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Banned 14 years ago

While not implementing was somewhat of a problem in the beginning, I don't take full responsibility for that. I bought numerous "methods" and after reading them was disappointed in the content and therefore, did not implement.

That was probably my biggest mistake. Believing that someone, for a fee, would hand me the blueprint to success and the money would roll in (while I was sleeping, nonetheless).

When I became disillusioned with that road to riches and began to build my own blueprint, was when I began to see success. Everyone has strengths and skills that they can capitalize on, and if you don't, it's time you get some.

My early methods were not sustainable business models. My own blueprint is a blueprint to build long-term, sustainable business(es). Short term, flash in the pan methods are a little fun occasionally, but they never last and then you have to come up with a new one. It's far easier and less stressful, for me at least, to build a long-term business... to build quality products.

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Tomwood 14 years ago

Making nearly 1000 sales from a wso and not building a buyers list ouch
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14 years ago

when i thinking about quote i like "just do it"

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King Shiloh

Banned 14 years ago

My mistake? I did not discover this forum early enough though I was born before 1997 or whenever the forum started functioning properly and bringing success the way of people.

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JohnHuizinga

14 years ago

These have probably all been mentioned in some form but.

Not building a list sooner.

Not taking action every day

I'm not sure how to describe it but there's some weird kind of inertia that seems to kick in just as I'm about to implement a new plan. Suddenly I find myself worrying and fretting over the tiniest details in some sort of self-sabotage procrastination spiral.

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14 years ago

Giving up too soon on my own product when sales stalled. Trying to make money with other peoples products when I had idea for more of my own products I should have developed. Not using my strengths like writing and outsourcing stuff like website building. Surfing around the forum and internet looking for easy ways to make money, when I had a taste of what would actually work and just needed to do more of it. Being impatient and not sticking to things long enough.

Countless stocks I sold too early, but I don't think this is what you asked for.

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Edk

14 years ago

One of the main mistakes I made was simply following gurus who were only after taking my money. I'm seeking to correct that by, for one thing, following people who appear to be giving good value, judging by the Feedback here.

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oggobis

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Edk

One of the main mistakes I made was simply following gurus who were only after taking my money. I'm seeking to correct that by, for one thing, following people who appear to be giving good value, judging by the Feedback here.

Ed

Yup yup. As for me I choose the one who have good reputation and another check-list is "after sales support" even just for email or PM.

If they have good value to offer it doesn't matter to barter it with my dough.

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James Ross

14 years ago

Hello Ogg,

I would say my biggest mistake was not taking action. I was scared of being ripped off and that everything was a scam.

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theemperor 14 years ago
Originally Posted by James Ross

Hello Ogg,

I would say my biggest mistake was not taking action. I was scared of being ripped off and that everything was a scam.

Same here

Plus in my early days I had a "build it and they'll come" mentality. The phases of my journey so far:
1. Build it then they'll come ... they didn't
2. Get rich quick ... i didn't
3. Make a little money for a lot of effort ... i did!
4. Learn the trade to be better at what I do ... i am
5. (Future: Make more and more money for less and less effort ... hopefully)
And this is where I am now, I can increase my income each month a little.

Apparently Albert Einstein said: "The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest"
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- oggobis 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by theemperor
  
  Apparently Albert Einstein said: "The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest"
  
  Hmm.. perhaps Einstein, Master Yoda, Skywalker, and Kenobi is at the same college. "May the force with you," remember?
  
  Compound interest. This one got me into attention. Reminds me exponential. Look what I've found.
  
  Exponent: a promoter of an idea; a person who does particular thing skilfully
  
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James12C

14 years ago

Laziness.. Putting things off ... Thinking it won't work... always thinking that if I only buy this, or that product, the holy grail will appear.... being disheartened.....

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14 years ago

Fellow warrior JeffMitchell's

Originally Posted by JeffMitchell

I am by far going to stay spreading myself toooo thin. When you buy product after product just to soak up the knowledge, you tent to start working on too many good ideas at once.

NOt that is was not great for me too see a ton of strategies but Remember that you need to master 1 thing before you move onto the next thing...(rinse and repeat)

Jeff Mitchell

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14 years ago

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Originally Posted by Diana Lane

Spending loads of time on producing various projects in comparison to far too little time spent promoting them. It's something I'm still guilty of, but not to the extent that I used to be.

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mello

14 years ago

Being overly cautious (some may call it procrastinating ;_)
Taking action and then stalling before completing a plan
Recreating plan after plan and not implementing 'cos I might have missed something
Being sucked in by the 'just takes an hour a day' mythology (maybe AFTER you've put in the 200 hours to get everything in place and running!
Always being in learning mode and not doing
Grabbing every shiny object that came my way to find 'the secret' and put all the pieces of the puzzle together
Getting overwhelmed and walking away for days on end
So many more ...

Gee, I feel so much better now!!

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AndrewCavanagh

14 years ago

Originally Posted by oggobis

*Not focus enough, led astray
*Buy WSO and didn't take action
*Learning, learning, learning but not doing

Yes these are the most common mistakes I've seen and made myself.

Another is expecting to get rich overnight with some new information instead of taking consistent action with the information you have and building your online assets (your list, contacts etc).

But failing to take action that can conceivably bring you the results you want is the most common mistake hands down.

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dsmpublishing

14 years ago

Hi guys

for me its that i wasted way too much money on Google adwords when instead i should have been building my seo up which i now do.

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sam
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sloanjim

14 years ago

jumping around too much. Believing everyone telling me to diversfiy etc....

Not concentrating of the big money and wasting my time with people who were basically trying to sponge from me.

Not focusing on selling to people who can afford my products and need them.

Getting to narrow minded with the Net.

Spending far too much time working "in my business and not ON it"

Ignoring my health, hobbies and time off work.

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oggobis

14 years ago

Originally Posted by TelegramSam

"What mistake(s) have you made?"

Clicking on this topic!

This is intriguing. What made you thinks so, Sam?

Originally Posted by sloanjim

jumping around too much. Believing everyone telling me to diversfiy etc....

Not concentrating of the big money and wasting my time with people who were basically trying to sponge from me.

Not focusing on selling to people who can afford my products and need them.

Getting to narrow minded with the Net.

Spending far too much time working "in my business and not ON it"

Ignoring my health, hobbies and time off work.

Yup... I think I need to balance to time off and take exercise.

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neodarth

14 years ago

All the mistakes mentioned before and a lot more of my own.

The biggest of all: I guess spend too much time in front of my computer, reading, learning, writing, surfing, drawing, posting, blogging, tweeting, recording, uploading, downloading, googling, researching, and let my belly grow as big as a watermelon

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kalios

14 years ago

The biggest mistake that can be made online is not to "dare".

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oggobis

14 years ago

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Originally Posted by Erik Ortega

My first mistake when I started out was not putting enough emphasis on keyword research, I had such high hopes for that site and it flopped because I wasn't getting ANY traffic.

Any newbies reading this take note, make sure you are 100% behind your keyword choice! If you question it at all, look for another one, there's millions out there anyways.

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TSc

14 years ago

Im a lover of the new, so i twisted du to many projects.

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oggobis

14 years ago

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Originally Posted by jedz

I think the first mistake so far is when I stopped posting here in warrior and prioritized other board.. I learned my lesson.

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14 years ago

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Originally Posted by Sven Schoene

I've made a lot of stupid mistakes when I tried out affiliate marketing.

Getting a prospect to buy without pre-selling or a relationship is stupid and extremely hard.

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