How To Know If It's Time To Move On

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I have a plan that I have been working for about 5months and have seen a little money coming in. I've learned from the Warrior Forum that it's best not to jump from one method to another--however, is there a set time frame that should pass before moving on to a different method? (6mos, year, etc.)

Is it time to move on to a different model/plan if no money at all is coming in? Or, is it best to test & refine whatever method I have chosen until it does become a success?

I guess what I'm looking for is more of a definitive timeframe that I can use as a gauge to say "yes, this method is working and I should scale it up more"....

Thanks,

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  • Profile picture of the author Chad Heffelfinger
    It's kind of hard to say without knowing the method you're attempting and if it's got the potential to get better and grow. Some people have instant success in IM and some take years, it all depends on what strategies you choose as well as niches and effort.

    If you gave more details about what method you are attempting maybe someone here could help with the problem.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
    Originally Posted by Jonet Bradley View Post

    I have a plan that I have been working for about 5months and have seen a little money coming in. I've learned from the Warrior Forum that it's best not to jump from one method to another--however, is there a set time frame that should pass before moving on to a different method? (6mos, year, etc.)

    Is it time to move on to a different model/plan if no money at all is coming in? Or, is it best to test & refine whatever method I have chosen until it does become a success?

    I guess what I'm looking for is more of a definitive timeframe that I can use as a gauge to say "yes, this method is working and I should scale it up more"....

    Thanks,

    Jonet, here's the key. Is there progress?

    Are you seeing an increase in traffic, opt ins, etc, or are things basically
    stagnating and going nowhere at all?

    How much work are you putting into it?

    A whole day's worth or just an hour here or there?

    It's impossible to give you a definitive answer without knowing what you've
    done, how stiff the competition is, etc.

    Some niches are not even worth getting into in the first place unless you
    are extremely committed to putting in a huge amount of resources.

    Sorry, but that's the best answer I can give you.

    Ultimately, YOU will know when it's time to move on provided you know
    you've done everything REASONABLE to get things moving.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rich Struck
    Well IMHO a concept either works or it doesn't and there is no point in dragging the agony of failure out. One of the beauties of the internet is that you can start something else for essentially no money at all and try again and again and again until something works. To answer your question, I think 5 months is plenty of time and if you aren't seeing results it is probably time to re-think what you are doing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Margo Tuul
    Before i start anything...i will research it, and make sure it will make me money...or there will be possible to make money.

    My advice to you. Stop "trying different methods". You are not going to find "the right one". Research everything, see what you come up with. Then based on your research, you set yourself a plan, what you need to do etc.

    If your research is good, you know exactly, what you need to do, what you market wants, how you can give it to them. If you know all this...selling products comes easy. Trust me.

    But if you just promote or you try some method, because it sounds cool, or you think its awesome...and you will make money. Im 99% sure...you will fail. You have no idea what your market wants.

    Do you research first, then you know is this niche profitable, or not.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jonet Bradley
      Thanks so much to everyone for the responses thus far....I have been doing the niche site development plan or "VRE's" w/adsense as the main source of revenue. I have about 12 sites thus far. I was working several hours per day in the beginning (8+) on the sites, but money was getting tight so I opted to go back to the
      9-5 and start doing my IM busines part-time, which consisted of me doing just a little here and there.

      I plan to outsource some tasks like article writing, etc. as I believe this will help me out tremendously now that I have a little more money as opposed to time.
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  • Profile picture of the author mattjay
    i wish you the best success. hopefully things will start picking up for you soon. i've never had great success in a lot of im areas, just starting to see some these days after a few decisions i made. i kind of agree that at some point if something is not working you give it up all together, or rework it. i've had to do it a few times doing what i do. hopefully the answer will come to you and i wish you all the best
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  • Profile picture of the author mattjay
    Originally Posted by copyaexpert View Post

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  • Profile picture of the author mattjay
    thanks to mods for removing that post i see more and more of this. apparently someone is making a book on selling to people in forums that involves mass spamming threads with affliate links. very annoying. i try to keep a look out for it and encourage everyone to do the same.
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  • Profile picture of the author Slade556
    As a few have pointed out it's all dependent on the growth of your method. Are you spending money to improve things with very little effect on your income? Are you seeing any increase in traffic, conversions and sales over the course of months? Some people will think it is nuts but I send several thousand visitors to my sites before I give up on them and even then I will probably do additional tweaking to try and improve conversions.

    One word of caution though, make sure you have determined its the method that is the problem and not some other factor like the product/your marketing/etc. before moving on because sometimes your course of action might be spot on, just with an undesirable product.
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  • Profile picture of the author fuzzynono
    I would probably change my method after the 6months point or so. However, you have to be sure it's not something you are doing wrong. Good keyword research is probably the most essential aspect of internet marketing, so maybe think about if that could be the problem or not. Obviously I don't know your method so it's hard to say what you are doing wrong, but if you are working hard and researching keywords well and you aren't making anything after 6 months, then I personally think you should switch methods. Also definitely make sure you do research about any particular method before you start trying it, but don't research too much to the point where you don't spend any time working.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Nguyen
    I think it's all based on traffic like Steve said. Building your site, product creation, writing articles etc has nothing to do with whether the method works, it's what you do to get traffic will tell you whether you're doing it right.

    Traffic getting approaches where you can gauge effectiveness

    Article Marketing
    Article Marketing and submitting to EZ. You can usually tell straight away whether this works or not. Are you getting opt ins ? (You got the traffic) assuming you squeeze page is decent. I say throw 100 articles at it. Go into war room and read the article CTR strategy. If its not working after 100 articles then you know to dump the niche

    Youtube / Video
    How many views etc. You can see how long its been up and whether any ctr from the stats.

    PPC Easy to gauge if its working. How many visits and opt in = ROI

    Traffic getting approaches where IT'S HARD TO gauge effectiveness
    (unless you have mega patience)

    SEO
    Efforts can take months to be effective and it might not even happen.

    I hope this helps.

    Best regards
    Michael
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    • Profile picture of the author SantiSantana
      Perhaps you need a fresh pair of eyes to look at what you are doing. Get someone you trust with knowledge of the subject to check you operation.

      Just today I bought the full version of Marketing Samurai. It is an incredible piece of software but the first bit of news I got from it is that I might be flogging a dead horse.

      You need to question every part of you business model. You might be able to find out the "broken" part and fix it but ultimately if it comes to that you will need to have the strength to look at it as a business decision and not a personal matter.
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  • Profile picture of the author PeepMyCollar
    You hear success stories from everyone and many of them achieve success in their own ways (blogging, free site, affiliates, membership sites, and the list goes on).

    I think Steven made a very good point. Only you will ultimately know when it is best to stop (when you've done all you can).

    At this point, it seems as if you can't see pot of gold waiting for you on the other side. If you follow the EXACT procedures and methods from those who've done it before you, you will succeed.
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  • Profile picture of the author jeskola
    Stick with it!

    Have you ever read "Think and grow rich"?

    This might inspire you:

    One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat. Every person is guilty of this mistake at one time or another. An uncle of R. U. Darby was caught by the "gold fever" in the gold-rush days, and went west to DIG AND GROW RICH. He had never heard that more gold has been mined from the brains of men than has ever been taken from the earth. He staked a claim and went to work with pick and shovel. The going was hard, but his lust for gold was definite.

    After weeks of labor, he was rewarded by the discovery of the shining ore. He needed machinery to bring the ore to the surface. Quietly, he covered up the mine, retraced his footsteps to his home in Williamsburg, Maryland, told his relatives and a few neighbors of the "strike." They got together money for the needed machinery, had it shipped. The uncle and Darby went back to work the mine.

    The first car of ore was mined, and shipped to a smelter. The returns proved they had one of the richest mines in Colorado! A few more cars of that ore would clear the debts. Then would come the big killing in profits.

    Down went the drills! Up went the hopes of Darby and Uncle! Then something happened! The vein of gold ore disappeared! They had come to the end of the rainbow, and the pot of gold was no longer there! They drilled on, desperately trying to pick up the vein again-all to no avail.

    Finally, they decided to QUIT. They sold the machinery to a junk man for a few hundred dollars, and took the train back home. Some "junk" men are dumb, but not this one! He called in a mining engineer to look at the mine and do a little calculating. The engineer advised that the project had failed, because the owners were not familiar with "fault lines." His calculations showed that the vein would be found JUST THREE FEET FROM WHERE THE DARBYS HAD STOPPED DRILLING!

    That is exactly where it was found!
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    Don't look to MAKE money - look to HELP people and you will make all the money you can ever want.

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  • Profile picture of the author Donna Hamer
    I think it really is personal choice - but from experience I can say that I have given up on two projects that I worked really hard on because I didn't seem to be getting results. I even went so far as to delete all of the work I had done. And I walked away from IM because I was so frustrated.

    Roll forward 2 years - if I had kept that product it would have been perfect now as a bonus product, or made into a free membership area.

    See if you can find a mentor someone who is prepared to look at your product and give you honest feedback and then decide if its time to walk away. Chances are success might just be around the corner

    Cheers Donna
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  • Profile picture of the author pethanks
    Well I think it is you who can decide if it is time to move on because you know your situation. Just think twice before doing anything.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andrea Wilson
    I am a newbie with internet marketing so Im counting on other's tips too. However I can say that follow what you feel. If you think its not working then stop. You dont always have to follow it with a new goal if you think the time is not for you yet.
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