Why Aren't You Selling Your Own Product?

Affiliate programs can be very profitable. In fact, I promote several myself. But the bulk of my income, my bread and butter, if you will comes from my consulting and copywriting ventures. Consequently, that's where I focus the majority of my time and energy.

You see, when you promote someone else's products, there is a limit to how much money you can earn. Because regardless of how much money you make, the owner, or source of the product will always take home the lion's share of the profits. For example, some Adsense affiliates are making hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. Yet, that pales in comparison to what Google itself is earning. Why? Because Google is the source of its product. Therefore, it's always going to get the biggest slice of the pie.

That's why it's so important to produce, and sell your own product. That way, you can get the biggest slice of the pie. What? You don't know how to do anything? I beg to differ. Whether you're aware of it or not, everyone of us is born with a talent to do something - all of us. Case in point: I remember growing up, how my sister used to drive me crazy with how organized she was. Everything had to be in its own little nook. Well, we're all grown up, and my sister is just as organized now as she was when we were kids. Only now, she's getting paid to be organized. She runs her own successful virtual assistant service.

Here's another example: I have a good friend who used to do bookkeeping for some of her friends on the weekends. Since she was only doing it part-time, she wasn't making alot of money at it. But it was obvious, she had a real passion for bookkeeping. So I suggested she consider doing it full time. Anyway, she thought about my suggestion, and took the proverbial plunge. Today, she's working for herself full-time as a certified QuickBooks consultant.

The point is, if my sister, and my friend can turn their passions into profitable business ventures, why can't you? You see, it's really not a question of can you do it. It's a question of will you do it?

So will you?

David Jackson