Walking Down The Long Road To Success - Thank You, Warriors

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Seven months ago, I decided that I was going to learn how to make money online. I thought I'd be able to replace my income and quit my job in a month or two.

Six months ago, I made $0.52, but had spent close to $1000 on tools, subscriptions, ebooks, courses and anything else that might help me learn the magic secret.

Five months ago, I stopped believing in magic, canceled all of my subscriptions, stopped buying tools, courses and ebooks, and focused on one strategy. I launched my first website under that strategy. I didn't make a dime, but I didn't lose any dimes either.

Four, three, two months ago, I decided not to give up. I worked every day that I could, and I learned from everything I did. I slowly watched my monthly earnings trickle in. In those three months, I made $27.

One month ago, I started seeing some small results from my work. I made $120 that month.

Two weeks ago I started seeing a little money every day.

Last week, I had several $20 days.

Yesterday, I had my first $100 day. Even more valuable - I had the knowledge of why that happened.

I'm still sticking with the same strategy that I picked five months ago. I'm still learning from it and refining it every day. My failures have become my most valuable source of knowledge - not ebooks or courses. I now know how to pick out small successes buried within my failures.

If you've been struggling, listen to what the senior members are all saying over and over again. Pick a method, and stick with it until you know it inside and out. Make it YOUR method. Do something every day, even if you can only fit in one small task. As your efforts are compounded, your ability to see what works and what doesn't will be compounded as well.

I'm glad I listened to that advice. It's been a long and bumpy road, sometimes with detours into dead ends to backtrack from, and though the road is getting smoother, I still know I'm no where near the end.

But I am confident that in another 7 months, $100 days will be my slowest days, and I'll be working at it full time. It might take me a year to quit my job instead of a mere couple of months, but that victory will taste all the sweeter.

Thank you, Warriors. You showed me that choosing to walk down any road, even if it's long and bumpy, is better than walking down none at all.
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  • Profile picture of the author Vlad Romanov
    what method worked for you if u dont mind sharing?
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  • Profile picture of the author dudelive
    Congrats,
    I love to hear that you stuck it out even though things may have looked bleak at the beginning.

    I stress to all that I have helped that you must give this time and I mean time.

    Slow and steady always wins!
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    • Profile picture of the author Aussie_Al
      Well done - that's great news and thanks for sharing.

      The first thing I ever did was create an info product for a very specialized niche - I sold my first one in less than a week of setting everything up - but I knew the future was not in this and tried affiliate marketing, E-commerce etc.

      It took me a year to see my first sales in E-Commerce and thats a year of every daying trying working studying and building - I knew there was money to be made and never gave up now my E-commerce sites bring in a nice steady reliable income.

      While many gurus recommend affiliate marketing as the fastest and easiest way to make money starting out - to this day I am yet to make a dime on Affiliate marketing. Just because something works for someone else doesn't mean it will work for you.

      Keep pushing forwards, above all keep learning and congratulations on your successes.!
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  • Profile picture of the author World Marketing
    Congrats keep it going!
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  • Profile picture of the author Steven Miranda
    Congrats! You found the SECRET to making money online... That is FOCUS and PERSISTENCE. Nothing in life comes easy.
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  • Profile picture of the author RobHiness
    I love hearing success stories! Especially ones just like this. It reminds me of my long journey.

    I had a clickbank account sit empty in it's shell of lonesome for about two years! But Now I'm having amazing days and have been for the past three years!

    I wish you luck on your future!

    To your success,
    Rob!
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    • Profile picture of the author athenistic
      Thanks, guys! (especially Rob for his extra exclamation mark! Rob!)

      Vlad, it wasn't so much which method worked for me, but how I made my own method that I could make work. My method to making it work is my own, which I think what the majority of marketers will tell you is how they work.

      Other than that, I created a content/niche website that I have monetized with adsense and affiliate links. Once I created it, it was all about getting traffic, testing and modifying, keeping what worked, and ditching what didn't.
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  • Profile picture of the author laurencewins
    Congrats! You found the SECRET to making money online... That is FOCUS and PERSISTENCE. Nothing in life comes easy.
    I totally agree. These are 2 key elements in any business. Nothing worthwhile is ever easy but in the long run it is worth it.
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    Cheers, Laurence.
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  • Profile picture of the author Long Beach Nathan
    That's really encouraging! Thanks for sharing. You've actually started making money alot faster than I did. I took years of bouncing back and forth before I finally made any money. Just reading your post makes me more convinced that I should keep doing what I'm doing.
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