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This is really a great great post. I love it...and I totally agree to what you said.

I believe Benjamin was trying to say that these traffic streams are valid for your site, but not to use them as the sole means of income.

These things can be removed, rules changed, etc. But using FB or Twitter to drive traffic to YOUR OWN PRODUCT is the key. This is something that Google/FB cannot take away. Even if you lose your domain, you still have your product and your subscribers who most likely follow you to a new site.

I am using these sites as well, lekker, but I am not relying on them as an income stream. My own website/list is my income stream, as it should be.

Thanks Benjamin!

Bingo.

People treat those methods LIKE a business, which IS
the mistake, you see.

When someone teaches you how to make money with
facebook driving traffic to an affiliate or CPA leads for
quick money.

Fine. Just understand it is NOT a business and will NOT
last a significant period of time.

The problem is that people who sell those courses are
promoting it as a business model, and it's not. It just
can't be.

I have a product about ghostwriting to make money,
but I KNOW it was never intended to be a business
model because you're writing content for someone
else to own for a one-time payment.

But...it allows you to take the money to build on some-
thing great.

That...is the purpose of the thread.



You liked the post. Thank you. But you missed
what you're asking for.

I clearly talk about what the overnight success
was. It was more so a "realization" that led to
"long term success" than it was like winning the
lottery (which is NOT business).

In a way... overnight success came when I
stopped LOOKING for the very thing you are
looking for here.

It doesn't exist in the way you WANT it to, but it
does exist -- and it exist in the way of building a
REAL business.

Go over it one more time if you didn't catch it,
I'm sure you're saavy enough to catch it.

So you'll go buy the WSO's in his sig to find out the 'big secret'. :rolleyes:

Darren I agree with you on the SEO and PPC. However, Benjamin might be right about the Adsense. Not that it's a get rich quick scheme, it does take time to build up a good blog to make a decent amount of Adsense income. However, it can be taken away from you with the push of a button, just like many of the other sites that Ben mentioned. There have been a lot of people have their Adsense account canned and if that happens, that's your income gone. I certainly would never solely have all my eggs in the adsense basket!

But what if google changes there algorithms? WHat would happen to all the hard work you put in?

I think thats what Ben mean by saying it is not a business. More like a unstable business in a sense than one that can be relied on.

Oh and how long did it take you to learn PPC and seo to be able to out maneuver google. It sounds good what you said, but, the amount of time you must have put in educating yourself must have been painful at first.

Thanks for reading.

This thread (as many of them are as well as posts) are just a way
for me to remember lessons, mistakes, and what I've discovered
in business. It's always a nice bonus when other people out there
THINK about what I put out there -- positively or negatively.

I can't say I've "mastered" what I talk about, but I can honestly
say I make a great deal of money practicing what I preach about.

True.

I can't say I can agree it is any more or less high security than a
business model I don't know about that works long-term. It's good
to always keep an open mind to the "what-ifs" because in doing
so...I've discovered a few rare business model gems.

Oops. I didn't know it was a joke

But you asked a question I know many people wanted to ask
but didn't want to come off as an amateur. Let's say you were
speaking on their behalf.

As far as offering "services" as a business...

no doubt offering services is a legitimate business model.

Michel Fortin is a perfect example. You're spot on. He became
a millionaire doing it. He also saw the long-term value of writing
for himself and creating his own products that don't require him
to be there to make money.

There's a fine line I KNOW is there that I won't bother to cross
nor will I "generalize" to make a point, because there's no point
to make.

I will say that if you run a service business, generally you need
employees to make it work without you while you to expand your
service (McDonalds, Ms.Fields, etc). A service in which you CAN
become a millionaire (such as copywriting) is a RARE exception.

Even better.

This is another higher-level of thinking when doing business
people should consider.


No doubt about it.

Still, it's common knowledge googles adsense team can shut you
down for any reason or cause they don't (and often can't) explain
to you.

I also don't doubt your success in PPC. It's a good way to drive fast
targeted traffic to almost any offer. But the risk is in driving traffic
for one-time sales.

If you're using the traffic to build a list, membership, sell your own
product (list of buyers) you're in good shape REGARDLESS of what
happens to the PPC algorithm.

But dealing with PPC is like dealing with a teenage girl....

it's "picky", "loud", and goes through it's hormone changes that are
sometimes illogical and mean to the person on the other end.

(no offense to teenage girls, I love women )


Thanks for your honesty.

It's hard to look at something that "sound" good and choose not
to get involved because of it's hidden nature. We' are ALL guilty
of choosing not to think more logically when making decisions in
choosing solid business models.

Our emotional side WANTS us to believe it's as easy as it sounds,
and our logical side wants us to see the truth...most of us follow
our emotions blindly which lead to disappointment when it doesn't
work out the way we imagined it could be.

In fact, it's nothing to be guilty about. It's just human nature and
there is nothing we can do to change it, but we CAN control our
emotions so we can SPOT and take action on business models
that DO have long-term staying power.

That's a challenge we all, including myself, face every day.

Thanks for clearing it up

Unless you care to share what video is, I'm interested in seeing it
for myself. Send me a PM if you have the link.

The questions you ask are scary to think about, but they are real
enough to consider.

Kind of like looking in the mirror and asking yourself what the
consequences are if you step foot in gangland territory with a
semi-automatic rifle...and denying the possible consequences.

Nothing...and I mean NOTHING is guaranteed to last forever, just
look at the american auto-industry.

I don't want to give the impression that any long-term business is
forever. Wouldn't it be nice? lol.

But it IS long-term, and you stack the odds in your favor getting
wealthy if it's worthwhile (atleast in your lifetime) to pursue.

True. Thanks for that. Even I learned something for this post.

The front end IS important. The problem is that people make
their front-end the "business" which they swear by.

THAT is a mistake. And people are mislead to BELIEVE front
end sales IS the business.

THAT is the purpose.

It's about coming out to see beyond the surface of what is
possible....to think beyond what we are told is true...and to
simply learn to think for ourselves.

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I appreciate all your comments, I've learned a lot from many
of you. Even the opposing comments made me think...I like
that.

Yes. Yes. YES!

Thank YOU for understanding.

I suspect many people DO think about it, but DON'T know how
to express it in words nor take action to learn more about their
suspicions.

I believe it takes a talented, awesome, ego-centric person like
myself to pull it off.

(just joking :rolleyes

I'm glad I could help you turn that "switch" on. After knowing
this stuff, money comes so easily it's scary.

dont forget to mention the hardwork you have to put in to get great results...it just does not happen overnight

Apparently, the money is in other people's lists (affiliate's lists) according to your comment. As funny as that sounds, there is a ring of truth to it.