Internet Marketing Information Overload? Inevitable?

Internet Marketing Information Overload? Inevitable?

I'm fairly well convinced that all the knowledge needed to run a successful business utilizing the Internet leads to information overload for the vast majority of people aspiring to achieve that elusive Internet lifestyle.

I believe that this overload is inevitable and that grousing about it is a symptom of lazyness (perhaps frustration too but frustration like lazyness is an obstacle and ... what does one do with an obsatcle? Overcome it!).

Even after going through the minor leagues, very few people hit a home run or pitch a one hitter in their first major league appearance.

One of my favorite authors, Eric Hoffer, stated the solution starkly - "In times of change, LEARNERS inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equiped to deal with a world that no longer exists." In other words in reference to your desire to make money while online - that elusive Internet lifestyle is a process, a journey not a destination.

It has been said, I don't know how true this is, that all of the information needed to succeed online can be obtained freely. Yet, it would probably take an enourmous amount of time and, perhaps, quite a bit of wasted time to procure this free information.

Paid authoritative recommendation/training/coaching is, imho, the fastest way to Internet Money Making Nirvana. Although, also imho, there are just too many "instant experts" for my taste. ("instant experts" can anyone say - oxymoron? Also, I'm amazed at how many people (the UnGuru) profess their disdain for all those other GURUs that are just scamming you - sure. If you haven't as of yet, you need - really - to read Blair Warren's One Sentence Persuasion Course - buy the audio version at his site - a goodwill recommendation - you'll understand the strategy of condemming other people. Yep, in it you'll find the strategies used to persuade, entice, coerce people to do as told whether it's in their best interest or not. Yeah, one sentence. Just Google it and you'll "get it" - get it? You'll never look at a sales pitch the same way again).

Therefore, aside from the above question, whether information overload is inevitable or not, I would also like to know who you feel is the best straightforward facilitator of I.M. (or marketing in general) knowledge on the 'Net, your reason for that choice and your qualifications to credibly put forth that information meaning how you've used that information/training/coaching to your benefit and what that benefit entails. If you say yourself, your bias is understood.

Just let me know who your mentor is (I truly believe that EVERYONE has SOMEONE that's been an inspiration), if you've learned everything through trial and error or a combination of both. Plus, what credentials did you have before entering the Internet Marketing Arena. What did you do for a living. It matters.

Thanks in advance for the time that you put into these questions. It will, most assuredly, be appreciated by all in this forum.

P.S.
Yes, I've been a member of this forum for quite some time. No, I don't have many posts, I'm a listener not a talker - would have made a great priest or bartender. Yes, I've only recently decided to put the pedal to the metal (you need to be an oldfart to understand that. pedal to the metal = quick acceleration). Yes, I work a full time (ugh) job. 50 + hours a week.
No, I won't be here every minute to comment. I will check in several times a week.

P.P.S.
Can YOU handle the truth?
You are probably going to spend an inordinate amount of time pursuing that elusive Internet Marketing Lifestyle and many of your friends, family and those close to you will wonder what you are doing and is it worth your while. They may be unhappy with your commitment. Just keep this in mind as you focus on your goals - as you achieve a modicum of success - people become VERY forgiving! Especially when that success journey entails allowing you to do as you want when you want which CAN happen
with a successful Internet marketing endeavor.

Hopefully, when this thread gets going full steam, the 97%ers, the striving masses, will be able to cut that "inordinate amount of time" down to just an uncomfortable amount of time to achieve that "elusive Internet Marketing Lifestyle."

P.P.P.S.
Warriors are extremly helpful, no doubt about that! I'd like, with this thread, to push it to the next level.

People that I know that should give this much thought, PREPARE an answer and post it here are:

Ah, heck, you know who you are and that you need to do this for nothing more than the goodwill that it will engender. I don't think that there is a marketer on the 'Net that hasn't been touched positively by this forum, therefore, I ask all of you to spread the word about this post and entice those that don't come here anymore to come once again and contribute.