Success - I didn't listen, but I'm glad I finally did!

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I've been involved in IM part time for about 2 yrs, I'm a college student as well. I hate the corporate world and can't stand to work for someone else telling me what to do.

For the first yr and 1/2, I've been a student to IM, learning the in's and out's...everything I could possibly take in to help me. This forum has been a large part of my learning, as well as other free and paid information.

For the last 6 months I've really been taking action, creating a couple websites and working highly on seo, along with a couple other things. I've been making some good money through this, but...

I kept on hearing build a list, the money is in the list, you need to build a list. So I woke up 1 morning, had a cup of coffee and started building a couple of followup messages, including a free report. I had no idea if it would work or not, but I just did it!

It started off slowly, building a list of 5-10 subscribers a day, and no sales. I was thinking about deleting my aweber account and sticking to what I had been doing.

Then a week later, boom! sale! A day after that, boom! Another sale!

And....! I was still making the same money from a site of mine with a cpa offer.

I more than doubled my income just by building a list!

So what did I learn from all of this?

1. Building a list is a must, no matter how much you're making on your site, you can make so much more with a list.

2. Keep on learning and keep on trying out different ways to optimize your site or whatever it is you're doing.

3. NEVER give up! There were so many times I wanted to give up in IM. But I kept at it no matter what, ignoring my family and friends laughing at me for doing this. Then I started making money and they started asking how I'm doing this and if I can show them lol. They have no idea of the potential in IM, because they're so used to the normal life...going to school and getting a good job, retiring when you're old, blah blah.

Keep believing and keep taking action. Do what you've never done before, chances are it'll pay off.
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  • Profile picture of the author thebitbotdotcom
    Originally Posted by NothingLess View Post

    I've been involved in IM part time for about 2 yrs, I'm a college student as well. I hate the corporate world and can't stand to work for someone else telling me what to do.

    For the first yr and 1/2, I've been a student to IM, learning the in's and out's...everything I could possibly take in to help me. This forum has been a large part of my learning, as well as other free and paid information.

    For the last 6 months I've really been taking action, creating a couple websites and working highly on seo, along with a couple other things. I've been making some good money through this, but...

    I kept on hearing build a list, the money is in the list, you need to build a list. So I woke up 1 morning, had a cup of coffee and started building a couple of followup messages, including a free report. I had no idea if it would work or not, but I just did it!

    It started off slowly, building a list of 5-10 subscribers a day, and no sales. I was thinking about deleting my aweber account and sticking to what I had been doing.

    Then a week later, boom! sale! A day after that, boom! Another sale!

    And....! I was still making the same money from a site of mine with a cpa offer.

    I more than doubled my income just by building a list!

    So what did I learn from all of this?

    1. Building a list is a must, no matter how much you're making on your site, you can make so much more with a list.

    2. Keep on learning and keep on trying out different ways to optimize your site or whatever it is you're doing.

    3. NEVER give up! There were so many times I wanted to give up in IM. But I kept at it no matter what, ignoring my family and friends laughing at me for doing this. Then I started making money and they started asking how I'm doing this and if I can show them lol. They have no idea of the potential in IM, because they're so used to the normal life...going to school and getting a good job, retiring when you're old, blah blah.

    Keep believing and keep taking action. Do what you've never done before, chances are it'll pay off.
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    • Profile picture of the author NothingLess
      Originally Posted by thebitbotdotcom View Post

      How did you drive traffic to your opt-in pages?
      Mostly through seo, some video traffic.
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    In order to achieve something we all have to go through a persistence test.

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  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    First of all, I would also like to congratulate you for succeeding online in internet marketing.

    Persistence does pay off and if you build a list and do this on a daily basis, your chances of more success is a lot higher then those who don't build a targeted list and rely on sending all their traffic to an affiliate link without capturing their name and email.

    This is so critical to anyone's success in any niche. If you are not building a list, you are leaving lots of money on the table.

    Tal
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Congrats for finally doing it. I was a late bloomer to email lists also and have had one started for about a year now and I can't believe I waited so long to do it. It has been amazing to see the sales come in after an email.
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    • Profile picture of the author 2d0k
      Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

      Congrats for finally doing it.
      Same here, just starting to realize the magic that comes with building a list.. I will definite pursue this path of list building in the coming months..
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  • Profile picture of the author NothingLess
    Thanks for the kind words guys
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