I finally give up

If you're trying to make money online through teaching other people how to make money online when you're not making any yourself, not only will you fail, but you actually deserve to fail. Don't sell money making products if you don't know how to make money. Step away from the IM niche and promote something else. Electronics, toys, health, sports, there's plenty of niches in any of these major areas.

I'd give it another go and this time focus on something that you enjoy and know about it. Rather than make a number of sites I would go with the power of one. One site, focus your energy on that site, drive traffic to it with one method one week and then move to another method etc, when that site starts to make some money for you move to the next one and still maintain the first one.

I'm sure you must have a lot of interests/skills that people would be interested in - brainstorm a few and look up some affiliate programs for them.

All the best
Leanne

3 months.. is that it???

That's pathetic... seriously..

Amazon.com didn't turn a profit for like 5 years when they started..

Most businesses take a couple years to get moving...

Internet marketing swings it in your favour more than any other thing you will try.. and you're moaning after 3 months...

You've barely taken any action... if you don't have money to invest then you're gonna have to invest time...

Peace

Jay

In my opinion everything can be sold. Everything, even ice to eskimos. Remember, you sell emotions not ebooks...

Hello Jiimewing,

3 months is still early to give up! Some online businesses take at least 6 months before it becomes solid. It seems lke you have put some effort into building your business and profile - do you really want to throw all that hard work away? Without knowing completely what you are doing in terms of marketing I would say that you seem to be doing the right things. Just need to focus on 2-3 effective marketing strategies, master those and then start another. Some marketing strategies can be done for FREE or with little money! Alot of people try to do everything ALL at once and it gets overwhelming. So stick to a marketing plan.

So hang in there and seek advice. Have a look at what others are doing.

Hope it goes well and feel free to PM me if you need assistance.

Cheers
Sin Boutkaska

Exactly Dude...

You're not focussing enough on one project, optimize ONE page to start,

Find all the ways known to man to drive traffic, and keep plugging at it!

You can do it J

This is a pathetic cry for help. What have tou done to make any money. Wrote 30 pages of an e-book with someone and put up a few blogs and lenses. What is your own e-book about.

Surely you did not think that the money would just rolls in because you are online. It can take years to even learn the skills required to do that. This is not meant to put you down but rather to get you to pull your socks up and get on with it.

First of all what are you trying to sell? You can't tell anyone else how to make money on line because you havn't done it.

What do you know? What is your hobby? What are your interests? What do you have a passion for? Look to these things and then to making a niche site on one of them and then you might get somewhere.

Hope this helps

God bless

Norma

Cool man, look forward to it

OK, I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but here goes. I went to your first sig line website. I read the first page. Man, the writing just blows. I'm really sorry that I'm being so blunt, but I think you need some honesty. Please look at the tons of posts here about pre-selling your prospects. You need to feel their pain! Once they know you feel their pain, you've got to show them the light. Lead them to the promised land. That's how you get happy customers, NOT BY having your first paragraph basically comprised of your very cumbersome keyword phrase repeated over and over and over again. I hope this points you in the right direction.

TomG.

Others here have made some very valid points. It took me awhile before I found a few niches that I could consistently make money with.

It would seem that we may not be able to earn money in some niches that others make money in. I failed in a few that others were making a killing in. I'm making money in areas that others have failed in.

If you are serious and work hard enough, you will probably find one successful niche, then another, then soon you are making enough to work full time.

The limited success I have had so far was earned with a lot of work. I was not a natural salesperson. I had to learn A LOT about sales. I'm still learning, and probably will always be learning.

If you are serious about this, you will most probably succeed. But, it is completely up to you.

Best of luck

3 Months?

That's not exactly committing yourself to it now is it?

Sounds like you're really still deciding whether or not you even want to do the thing.

On top of what those above me have stated I'd like to add please consider that because something is hard does not mean it's impossible. Are you going to quit just because it's a little hard? That's the very definition of a quitter.

I know I don't know you but I know this, you're no quitter.

The reason I know you're no quitter is because you're a Warrior!!!

3 months......?

Come on mate I have been trying longer then that with little results
(basicly none)
But do you know what? This acctually pushes me to try harder to reach my goals. The way I see it is that you are 3 months closer to making it now, then you were when you started. Also If you did want to give up now then all the last 3 months would of been for nothing!!!!!!!!!

regaurds

Steve M

PS maybe your get a sale tommorrow

DON"T Give up on your dream!

DON'T.

Three months is not enough time to learn a whole new industry.

It took me from May of '07 'till almost the years end to be making $1,600.00 USD net a month. And I have twenty five years of top 25 Brand Marketing experience combined with strong PC skills!

It takes some of us longer because we are more methodical. :p

Stay off the: "I made $1,353.96 on Face Book in less than 18 Hours and you can too"-threads.

• You have to learn Marketing. What compels a person to buy? How to find them. Where do they hang out Online? What's their lingo and concerns / problems.
  
• You need to learn the mechanics of creating sites.
• You need to learn Copy Writing.
• You need to learn how to obtain relevant traffic and PPC price points that work.
• You need to understand how PPC at Google and Yahoo work. How does Placement Targeting work, Content Network and Bidding strategies.

No way can anyone figure all that out in just three months!

In the beginning It may take a dozen sites and or niches to find one that breaks even.

And If it can break even you can tweak to profit!

Maybe just take a break and come back in a few days or weeks.

But don't quit!

Too early to give up, it took me a lot longer than that before I made money.

My advice - find a good step by step program to join. Yeah you might have to invest a little in it, but if you can join a program and follow it exactly, then that is the best way to go.

Good luck

If you can't think of anything to sell relating to basketball, then you are not passionate about it.

If that is the case, then you will not be able to think of things to sell with niches you are not passionate about.

Seems you want everything handed to you on a silver platter, because you don't want to work. You think being online is your excuse for being lazy and having massive amounts of money, sorry it doesn't work.

Basketball I know nothing about the sport, but I can think of lots of things people would buy. Books, magazines, sportswear, basketballs, just to name a few without thinking about it. Tickets to matches.

If you are passionate about the sport what do you spend your money on relating to the game? Chances are other people will do the same thing.

"There are a lot of ways to become a failure, but never taking a chance is the most successful." -- Anonymous

Do a mindmap on basketball. Use that to get you thinking about what to promote.

Also, try going it alone this time. Sometimes others can accidentally sabotage our efforts.

Just give up then and don't cry about it. There's no whining in business.

You can promote this via clickbank...the site isn't too pretty. But you earn 44 bucks per sale. Effective High School Basketball Drills

Don't limit yourself to just basketball either...I love basketball too and I know every guy I have ever played with has 3 things he wants. He wants a bigger verticle jump, wants to run quicker, and wants nicer abs.

Their are tons of products on Clickbank about all of those subjects...
Hope this helped,
Zach

This has probably already been mentioned but:

the make money online niche is the of the toughest out there

if you don't know how to make money online yourself, how can you possibly teach others

never start out in the mmo niche and don't have only one niche

3 months is nothing

Internet marketing is not for everyone. Some people will say "don't give up" but that's bad advice if internet marketing is not for you. If it really isn't for you, then give up and do something else.

Honestly if you want to succeed in this business you have the wrong attitude.

Do you think anyone that has any sort of success just had it handed to them? The majority have to work for it.

Think about this saying because it's never been more true:

"Anything worth having you'll have to work for."

If you want success, you have to put in the time and effort to learning how to work either smarter or harder than the next guy.

The best attitude to have is one of relentless effort. You have to tell yourself that no matter what happens you will either find a new way or learn from the reasons why it failed.

The truth is that if you want to succeed you'll find a way to do it. What happens when you fail 14 times and succeed the 15th? You succeed. Keep working and never give up, because one way or another if you want it bad enough you will make it happen.

YoYo Pro, that's so true. I mean 14 times is nothing. Look at the light bulb. Edison was quoted as stating, "I tested no fewer than 6,000 vegetable growths, and ransacked the world for the most suitable filament material." He was also quoted as saying, "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."

By the time of his death in 1931, he had patented 1,031 of his inventions. Now, what do you think would have happened if he stopped after his 14th plant fiber or material? 14 is a far cry from 6000.

I really appreciate your creativity in this line. Any business takes at least 6 months to 1 year to pick up or to show any result. So, why don't you wait for some more time? I feel 3 months is too short a period to give up. You may try to find out in the meantime how others who are able to make money do and what deficiencies your works have. Try to set them right and give a try once again. You should succeed. Have confidence in yourself.

Why do you built a blog that focuses on making money when you haven't yet to make money. Before I built my MMO blog I was already making money by doing SEO for others. If you would go to other top MMO blog, they would just repeat what I have said on to you now.

Hey guy don't give up. And please listen to all the advice and feedback these guys here are giving you.

As far as making money, if I am not mistaken I think that Steven Wagenheimstein fellow made like $28 in his first 6 months in IM. Now he is pulling in over $15,000 a month.

Only 3 months LOL? Come back in 2 years time and then we can talk.

I understand you are frustated, but what are you going to achieve by giving up?

Your have 1 choice to make:

You either want to be a slave and work to 9 to 5, or you don't.

It's that simple!

And besides, your bloody young! Even if it took you 5 years, you would be still only be in your mid twenties.

Do a search for basketball affiliate progs in G.
I found this link in 2 secs;

Swish Basketball Shooting Instructional Video

There are over 4 million results returned for
basketball+affiliate !

You make me laught, I have been online since december last year ( nine 9 months cos the first 2 months was wasted) and yet I have not made anything and not giving up yet.

You have 4 lens?? I have 7 all ranking very good for their keywords

Your blog is page 1?? oh my mine is page 4
600k alexa ?? my is ossciliating between 350k and 400k

you wrote 40 articles in 3 months ??? I write 60 articles every month meaning I have written 180 articles in 3 months.

I have every reason to give up but the fact that giving up makes me a failure makes me ashame. You are not alone I also need to make my first 100 dollars and I usually feel like giving up.

my advise to you is to buy many motivational books and read whenever you feel like giving it. It works for me and it will work for me

my recommendation : Failing Forward : John Maxwell
Success is a journey : Brian Tracy
Setback is a setup for a comeback : Willie Jolley

those three are very powerful books that can get you motivated but if you need a JV Partner pm me, I will be interested in a partnership with a fellow struggler LOL

Hey - let me first tell you that in my first year I made $29 - total for the entire year! Now 4 years later, I do 5 figures completely passively.

That's not a massive income compared to what some others are doing here - and I am not trying to brag either - but I am telling you straight that it takes time, effort, persistence, patience, determination and knowing you are going to get there.

If you can't make a plan and stick to it until you succeed, then you are probably right to give up now. You will certainly save yourself all that time and frustration, but sadly you will also miss out on the joy of success.

My friend, it's up to you - your future is shaped by such decisions.

Will

One of my coaching clients has a just business in the basketball niche that will bring in just under 6 figures this year...

My privacy purposes I can't say exactly what his business is... But just know there is money to be made in the niche.

3 months you are giving up.... no comment here.

Why don't you join Wealthy affiliates or any kind of community? Warrior forum is a good place, ** "but you must ask the right question!"

For example:

1. Did you track your result? You should ask: Why after 40 articles I only get 10 visitors a day? How to increase my visitors?

2. Why nobody click-through my article to my website?

3. Why after 100 visitors I still don't make a dam sales...!

4. How long does it takes to be successful? anyone care to share?

Ask all the Warriors! I am sure everyone is having some level of success, and group learning will greatly cut down your effort to make money online!

Another Newbie problem...don't sell make money online product if you are not making money...! Who gonna trust you?

Do extensive keyword research to find more keywords for your articles, use articles or web 2.0 site to drive traffic to your site.... leverage the power of "long tail keyword"!

I have a book cover this topic, you may want to have a look.

^^ Great advice here..

Grab it quick or I'm gonna get it..

I just found 10 basketball clothing aff programs via Google...

This is such an easy niche it's embarrassing that you think you can't make money in it..

Peace

Jay

I know how you feel. You want fast money, fast riches. Believe me, Iv'e been trying to crack the code for over 7 years! You can live life off the net, but you have to build it as a real business because that's what it is.

If you need cash in a hurry, IM won't help you. If your willing to spend 6 months building a business around a focused niche ( at least 100,000 ) searches per month) then you'll have a better shot. The key is not to give up..ever!

Hey...I am a newbie also. I am in a similar spot as you. I have about 30 articles posted now and I have been working on this for about 45 days. I have made about $1.30 so far. Sure, it ain't much, but I'm not going to give up so easily.

All of the Warriors can give you all the advice in the world, but if you don't change your attitude, you aren't going to get anywhere.

Ask yourself this question. Are you the type of person that gets bored quickly, or do you stick with things? Do you play video games, and if so, do you play them until you beat the game, or do you just get bored when it gets tough and walk away?

I know that sounds silly, but that is how I realized I might be a great entrepreneur. A few months ago, I started playing Simcity for the old Super Nintendo again. When I was younger, my goal was to build a city with 500,000 citizens. It always got tough when I got above 150,000 citizens, and I would get bored and quit playing. Last Christmas, I bought a Nintendo Wii and downloaded Simcity on the Virtual Console. I was determined to build a city of 500,000 citizens without using any cheat codes. It took a few months, but I finally did it! This time, I didn't give up until I achieved my goal. After I reached my goal, I thought to myself, if I can do this with a stupid videogame, I can do this with a real business!

So, I decided I was going to learn how to make money on the internet. I joined this forum, read a few ebooks and bought a book from the store, and then I started working on it. I am still working on it. I realize it might take a while, but eventually someday I am going to make a living from this.

My point to this whole long-winded story is that you need to ask yourself if you really have the drive to stick this out to make money on the internet. If you do, then don't quit. If you're not sure, then maybe you need to do something else. Maybe you just need to take a break for a while and come back later.

Do you have a job? Are you relying on this to make a living? If the answer to these questions is no and yes, then I suggest you get a real job and do this on the side until you start making some significant money online. That is what I am doing. I have a new real job, and I do this on the side. I'm not relying on my internet marketing to pay my bills right now. When I find something that makes me income, and I know I can turn that income into a much larger income, then I will go into this full time.

Hi,

Don't give up.

I started in late July 2008... so that's around 3 months as well.

I had absolutely ZERO experience with internet marketing prior
but I'm still learning at every opportunity I've got.

I've had *some* results but it's nothing fantastic. The thing I
think I did right was to find a mentor to keep me on track...
even if the mentor isn't 100% willing to train me... all he did was
to keep me on track.

Set a goal --> Take Action --> You get results --> Review, redo

Until you get the goal that you want

Hope that helped.

Asher

Hello,

Mind you that immediately you stop pushing then you start crashing. why not push harder.

Infact check the program you re promoting very well it could be the cause of the problem.
But if the program is ok then turn to the elders in the program for instructions.

In that, I do not see that you have a squeeze page. You need to have this if you want to make money online with your own product.

The squeeze page is for giving free stuff to have their name and e-mail adress. You need this to build your list. After you can use that list to send new offer to them, it is really powerfull.

Also you can use PPC. You will have instant traffic.

Hope it help.

You've learned some skills, now you've got to perfect them. Look at your lenses and sales pages with an buyer's eye. Are you pushing hot buttons or are you just pushing your product.
And hey, if it takes you a year to learn how to do this, won't you be better off a year from now? I mean, where else is the sky for profits so high?
Keep at it! Quitters never win.
Ben Curtis bens-marketing-magic

You fail the moment you think of quitting. I am also very new to Internet Marketing. I would say I am now into my 2nd month. My result ain't fantastic. Adsense giving me less than $2.

But I am not giving up!

STOP, STEP BACK and ANALYZE what it is thst you're doing wrong. Take a while to really figure it out.

Been there and it sucks I know. But focus now. I haven't made a dime for a year online trying IM and I wasn't that lucky back then because I didn't know about this forum.

If you haven't succeed the first time that means you are only getting started

Good luck, keep up and pull yourself together

Three months is nothing. Don't give up yet. I've been doing IM seriously for 9 months now. I'm doing around $10 a day. Small fry, but growing and I'm learning all the time. I do it because I'm an addict. I'm too much of a butterfly to concentrate on one niche, but I've bumbled into a couple of surprising ones that I found totally by accident.

As for monetising baseball - have you read the most recent post on your own blog????

Everyone has the same desire to succeed. In any sort of marketing we rank our success on feedback. Sales, optins and testimonials are only a part of it. I bet you didn't learn the ins and outs of basketball overnight.

I don't know what made you decide on online marketing, but you may find just participating in this type of forum will help you devise a business plan that is more focused.

Good Luck!

Most people that ask me about "Make Money At Home" type businesses are wanting to sell the "Online Marketing" or related products because that's what they see on late night infomercials as well as what fills many people's inbox with spam.

They have this preconceived misconception that they can market a money-making program and get rich quick. This is especially so with the economy. However, what they fail to realize is that if they don't know online marketing their self, how can they expect to properly market their product or service "online?"

May I suggest the men's dating niche?
It's similiar to the IM niche in that it's not going anywhere and there's plenty to write about.
I'd also be happy to help you in your campaign if you'd be interested in promoting my new product (see sig)

Wow, that is a lot of work to put out and not see results. When I started out, I was equally frustrated. Find out what you enjoy doing and then head on into it. Read and learn from this awesome forum.

Wow, so many people knocking the guy...geez. He is just frustrated. It happens, which I think most of you would all know already.

My advice would be stick it out, but you really need to step back and take a look at what you have done and what you have not done. You need a solid plan or outline to follow and you need to follow it all the way through. Right now your trying things, you want to move from "trying" things to "doing" things. Follow through on the whole process of whatever it is your trying to do.

Again it's really clear you are shooting from the hip, winging things as you go along by what you read on forums or in various ebooks. Pick something and just focus learning all about that one subject preferably from just 1 or 2 people..

Also I'd say after you find the 1 or 2 people you wish to learn from. Stick with them and AVOID this forum, along with most other forums. These places can be huge time wasters and put alot of crap in your head that is just not true. Don't get me wrong, there is gold in these forums, buried under mountains of cow poop...

Keep your head up!

No one is "knocking" him. People are just stating the facts. First and foremost, he had decided to sell information about something he had not much experience in. For example, would you consider it good business advice to buy a weight loss system from a 500lb overweight person that cannot lose weight their self? This is basically what happened. He was trying to sell a system on how to make money online yet he had never even done this kind of work. In all, that is setting one's self up for failure.

It is one thing to get frustrated and fail but then to get frustrated about something that was doomed to fail in the first place is another. I rank this up there with people signing up for these "wholesale" accounts. So many times I see them moan and groan about not being able to make lots of money and how the company is really not "wholesale" and how no one can make money with the company.

The truth? They saw the dollar signs. They saw people on the Internet selling electronics and figured they would hop on the money train. The company they went through may or may not have had the best prices in the world. However, a few of these companies have decent prices that you CAN use the make a living. The problem is that NONE (not a single one) of these "wholesale" companies are going to give you any sort of a competitive edge in the electronic/computer industry.

The only way I know of is at the very least purchase some electronics or computers in bulk and sell them like that. That is, actually buy wholesale and not join in to some "wholesale club." In one of those clubs, the most you will usually get is a 30% discount off of retail. Included for a small price (couple bucks per order) would be a dropshipping fee.

Wow, this thread is still active... So where is the Warrior member who posted this thread? He hasn't posted recently. Hope we didn't scare him off!

Wow, this thread certainly raised the ire of many a warrior. OP, are you going to take the advice of your fellow warriors? Go out there and make money. Oh, one more, you can get my free ebook and that is another way to get going.

TomG.

Come on man! Don't give up!

I'm celebarting my 1st Year Anniversary trying to make money online.
And I have only a few hundreds to show..

But its ok.. Because now I have a plan and I'm focus.

Looks to me like you're giving up too fast! 40 articles isn't going to give you traffic that is going to set the world on fire especially if those articles aren't that interesting. Think out your plan some and incorporate more marketing techniques into it! Make sure you are marketing your business everyday using free advertising and do some kind of paid advertising every single week. You can't just want to do your business when it's doing well! You've got to learn how to troubleshoot when it's slow also. Keep trying!

Never say give up! It's about perseverance and getting the right information. Learning + implement. If one thing doesn't work, try something else. There's always new stuff to learn that will improve your business.

It is the classic 3 month give up. Everyone feels like they should just quit after 3 months. When you feel like that try a teeny bit harder and when you make that first dollar you are going to feel great and never look back.

I know nothing about basketball but 2 years ago I took a template about basketball that was offered in a templatemembership.
Found a sportwebsite that had an affiliateprogram and had basketball products. Added the Shoes, balls and baskets with pictures and links and description.

Took me 2 days to setup and at most 3 days of promoting it to local startpages, basketball clubs and sportsites/directories to build links. Those 5 days 2 years back still earn me at least $200 a month...

Figure what you can do whith your knowledge. All i did was take the description of the merchant. You could do reviews in depth advice etcetc all promoting basketball products....

But like the rest are saying...it seems like you set yourself up for failure by going for "fast money only please"

Thomas Edison Quotes (the dude that inveted the light bulb)
Maybe you get some insperation out of it because he tried 10,000 times to create a light. 9,999 times he ddin't succeed

I think the difference maker in determining whether a person will be successful is persistence till the end.

I always believe in the positive attitude to learn and to get feedback from others.

It is ok to admit what we are doing is not working well. What really matters is to ask feedback (or help) from others who have walked the IM journey before.

Next is to take actions and to get feedback and to find tune your strategies.

Do not stop! Do not give up!

Just keep moving on.

Cheers,
John

I think it's still too early to give up. 7 months into IM and I still don't get the hang of it, much more making any decent money. I'd say you double your effort or just employ a different strategy. There's just so many things you can do to turn things around.

I think what you need is some structure. Joining a membership site and getting a mentor were the best things I did. That way you will know what to do next. You ar not as info-overloaded as when you are trying to figure it all out on you own.

In my opinion, you won't get very far in life quitting so soon. It took me more than 6 frustrated months to make money online. What helped me was that I found a mentor who was able to help me get focused and started on the right path.

It seems like you are everywhere. You really don't know what you want to do. Trust me, I've been there before so I know exactly how you feel.

Whatever you do, even if you only work on your IM business in your spare time; don't give up. The rewards are more than worth the effort.

You have never made a cent and yet your trying to sell some snake oil on how to make money. You go to love the irony

Hi

It's not an easy trek, that's for sure. I've been online a little over two months, have been chewed up and spit out by most of the gurus, taking my money along the way, of course. After finding PIPS it has turned around somewhat. I've written and published two Articles so far, posted several Lenses, started a Twitter following and have been trying to keep my blog updated. Following all these Gurus got me in a mess, I have 5 domains and 3 hosts sitting in limbo. I got the majority of my money drained by identity theft right after losing my very lucrative job, but learned some very valuable, albiet very expensive lessons.

I've been concentrating on PIPS and am seeing some differences and believe it or not even made a little money last week, so hang in there. I've been doing everything and anything I can do without using much money for reasons stated above. All I can say is, if I can do it, anybody can. Hang in there.

Heck, I've been struggling for a week, just to get my stupid squeeze pages to function correctly.

Thanks
Denny

Hey there,

Don't give up yet, it has only been three months. I've been trying to make money online for one year now. I've made a few sales but still looking for the big jackpot.

In the one year since I have learned so much about what it takes to make money online. The key is to follow a system of someone who has been successful before.

That was my mistake. I tried to do everything on my own. And for yourself, being here on the warrior forum is a very good place to be. Just keep doing what you're doing and soon enough you'll start seeing success. Nothing is interesting, especially making money.

I knew someone that started his own pharmacy 26 years ago. Do you know how many prescriptions he filled on his first day? It was six. 26 years later he is doing over 450 prescriptions per day.

Just keep at it okay?

Jeff

This will probably echo what a lot of other people said, but I want to throw my two cents in.

1.) A business on the internet is just like a business offline. It is still a business. You have to treat it like an offline business at first. If a woman opens up a store, she's going to be working long hours for the first 3-6 months (possibly longer) until it becomes stable. When enough money is being made, she might want to hire someone to help with the labor so she can gave some free time for herself. If that works out and more money is being made, she might want to hire a manager, someone to watch over the place. Then, if more money is made, she may want to hire a marketing expert to do run the advertisements for her. When she first started out, she did all of these things herself. But after a while, she could have her business run on "autopilot" if she was making enough money.

Having a business online is the same thing. Until you are making enough money to pay for other people to do the work for you, you have to do the work yourself. Being on the internet doesn't change how the world works.


2.) (This has already been said) You have to start a business in a niche that you are interested in yourself, unless you are a marketing genius who could sell anything to anybody. You also have to have a success story yourself if you are going in the "how to" niche. If you have never earned money online, then you can not teach others how to earn money online (unless you are a natural marketer.) If you are really good at basketball and like it, then try that. There are people in this world who suck at basketball (me), and when I was a teenager I would have loved to go online and find a tutorial on how to better my game, for a variety of reasons. There are those who want to learn to impress girls, to become popular, because they love the game, etc. Expand your thinking and see all of the possibilities out there.


3.) LOCATION. For me, personally, this is HUGE. If you are working from home, then maybe you should invest in a laptop and take your work elsewhere. In my case, home has always been a place of leisure and relaxation. I would go to school at 7AM and return at 10PM sometimes, and home was my place to rest and have some fun. I can't get out of that psychological state, so I never get much work done from home. I have to take it to a local library, or the university library to get any work done. I'm not into the "work from home" genre. I would never want to work at home. It would ruin the fun I have. A change of location could make a huge difference if you are feeling stuck. Also, staying at home for too long can make a person feel like a bum, EVEN if they are working their butts off. Isolation from the outside world can also stifle the desire to grow one's business.


4.) I don't blame you for wanting to earn money online. It is one of the most intelligent things to do in these days, in my view. For most people, even working a 9-5 is not enough to pay their bills on time, and that goes for both those who spend their money wisely and those who don't. To some people in this industry, this is fun for them. They love what they're doing and they're earning money while doing it. To others, it feels like work for them, because it IS work for them. But they do it anyway, because they want to earn a living for themselves and/or for their families. So, if you are trying the "online business" thing because you're afraid of a job (and I sympathize with that sentiment), you may have to entertain the notion that having a business online can feel just as much of a "job" as an "actual" job. The only difference is that you can increase your pay through an online business, or decrease your pay. That is the risk of owning any business, whether online or offline.


5.) I'm not going to say to you, "don't quit." That's not my place. You can do what you want with your life, but I would suggest to you that you keep your mind open to different possibilities to earn money. An online business is not the only way to make money, and if you hate what you are doing, then maybe you can perfect a craft that you really DO enjoy, and earn money through THAT skill. That way you would be doing what you love, AND earning money. And if you tried that for a while, and came back to the online business world with a new outlook, you might even make some money by doing that too. :-)

Hey man, I've been in your shoes before believe me...
Not making any money brings down your moral big time especially if your working really hard on your online business and you don't see any results out of it.

I've passed through that phase and I can honestly say I could of given up so easily and just go work a regular 9 to 5 like everybody else... But I refused to give up and I always told myself that the day I make it I would make all the people that every told me "I'll never make it" eat all their words right back in their mouth. (Best feeling in the world)...

So this is my advice to you don't give up man, look at everyone around you making money... do you really think these people are really smarter then you... not really they're just working hard and NOT GIVING UP! I really hope these words encourage and motivate you to get right back up.

Best Regards,

-Alex Kaplo

Qoute from Winston Churchill: "Never give up, never, never, never give up"...

It's really a question of what you want and how badly you want it...!

Thank you for making the internet marketing field less competitive

If you give up man then you will never make it. Its your choice, if you give up you fail. I know how hard it can be to make money online, and im not at the level I want to be.

But I can tell you that I make more than I would working at somewhere like Burger King and its only coming from 1 site....and I have not touched that site in a year! Im having trouble figuring out exactly how to replicate these results but my point is it can be done and once its done its a heck of alot better than working! Just keep at it and target products that are already selling and you will eventually start figuring things out. Good luck

Gatorjack, the problem is the keyword research tools are not that great. I ranked for some good keywords in one niche but have done the same with countless keywords without the same success.

Wordtracker said these keywords had around 10 uniques per day, I ranked for around 5 of them on the first page of Google. Each one of them brings me 10-20 uniques per day. Sure its not much, but that brings me around 100 unique quality visitors per day that convert.

So I thought wow...I will do this in other niches. I have ranked on the first page of Google for keyword terms that supposedly get 1000 uniques per day that only bring me 10 uniques per day. I don't know but wordtracker really is so inaccurate on some many keywords that its hard to replicate my results for this one reason.

Thats my only struggle, perhaps I should start looking at the SEO book keyword tool because im about done with wordtracker. I know everyone says check the keyword with all of the keyword research tools, guess I need to start doing that.