Succeed on the Internet? Hah...You'd Be Better Off Buying a Lottery Ticket!

I was just reading an interesting thread where one of the posters stated you'd be better off buying a lottery ticket, than you are trying to succeed on the internet...or something to that effect.

Now perhaps the poster was joking or being facetious. That being said, I would argue that your odds of succeeding on the internet are significantly higher than the odds of you winning the lottery.

How do I know? Because I'm personally making a nice living online, as are several of my friends and colleagues. But it didn't just happen by chance. It's like anything else in life, you have to learn how to do it. You have to put in the work...lots and lots of hard work. Did I mention hard work?

For example, people aren't born knowing how to drive a car. You learn how to drive by getting behind the wheel and practicing, practicing, practicing, until you're proficient enough to get your drivers license.

Well, internet marketing is no different. In order to succeed on the internet, you have to learn marketing fundamentals, and you have to practice them, over and over and over again. Along the way, you may fail a few times, but whenever you're learning something new, you're bound to fall on your face.

I failed at internet marketing many times, before that little light bulb finally came on inside of my head, and I finally figured it out. But I never gave up on myself and I never stopped learning. I read every marketing book, newsletter and article I could get my hands on. I still do.

You see, learning is the key. You have to be willing to educate yourself. If you want to succeed at internet marketing, you have to learn how to do it. You have to make certain sacrifices. You have to put in the work...lots and lots of work.

Otherwise, you are better off buying a lottery ticket.

David Jackson