My $100 a day Theory and why it works for me

For a long time I did what most people do...I read and learned about marketing online. I would come up with awesome ideas, but somewhere during the process of brainstorming out those ideas, I either lost momentum or found out that I didn't know something...so I scratched the idea and moved on.

About 3 months ago I said screw it. I consider myself a jack-of-all trades, master of none kind of guy.

I am pretty tech savvy, and much to my chagrin, I can write fairly well(I hate writing!). I know enough about everything to either do it myself, find out how to fill in the blanks, or outsource to others.

So 3 months ago I sat down and made a very simple commitment to myself. Now I have made these in the past, usually on January 1st every year. You know, quit smoking, start to exercise, give up hookers...you know, the normal stuff

But I made this one even easier.

My commitment was one simple sentence:
"If I am going to do anything related to IM today, it will yield me $100 or I wont do it."

What this meant to me was, that if I was going to go online and work on online marketing in ANY capacity, I was going to do it with the understanding that the results of my actions would make me at least $100.

I wrote down a list of all of my resources in one column, and all of my skills in another, side by side. As time has gone on I have added to both, but that has come from experience and continuing education.

Granted, there are days where I might spend 8 hours creating a product, or re-writing plr, but that is necessary, and that product, when launched, will make me more than $100, so I consider it effective use of time.

Some days I do work for others(web design), other days I work in my favorite niche(offline), but I really enjoy creating products and affiliate marketing.

It's always new and interesting, so I find it exciting each and every day. Of course there are days when I do work and it yields me nothing, but for the most part, my $100 a day goal is exceeded, because if its a product, it continues to make profits.

By pulling from my resources and skills, I have been able to do simple things that not only bring me cash, but help hone my marketing skills, which is allowing me to move on to bigger and better projects.

This may not be for you, but it helped me concentrate and really focus in on taking action, instead of just thinking or just learning, both are useless without action. Once you learn that action actually does result in profits, you then get confidence to move up to bigger products.

This is mainly for newer marketers of course, and is really all about learning to take action so that it becomes a habit. This is not a long term strategy for income, because soooo much more can be made when concentrating on a strategy or business plan. But if you are looking to start earning, at least think about it....

~keith