Tips on making your first dollar or increasing your existing revenue
It's not so much about knowing, it's far more about doing.
Many marketers love to spend money, "learning", reading, watching, whatever, because they feel like they're gaining something. Truth be told unless you put any of what you learned into action, you gained nothing. In fact learning too much can actually be detrimental to your success, because it can confuse you among other things. If you look at some of the most successful men in history, you'll notice they're not the smartest men in history...this is important because it shows intelligence is only a small part of what it takes to be successful in this industry. Regardless of how many company founders that are considered modern day geniuses, how many of them do you think, really believed that their company, would become a billion dollar company? Not many, if any, because you just never know. There's a lot of factors one can't control, but what you can control is dedication, hard work and sticking to the basics. Which brings me to the next point.
Stick to the basics, don't stretch yourself out too thin
Even some of the most successful companies out there have made this mistake, which is stretching themselves too far. Lego being a prime example, they blew up, gained worldwide notoriety but then stretched themselves out too far and almost went bankrupt(this was before the economy took a hit). But then they cut out all the excess fat and went back to their roots and now they're doing much better. Now they're back to doing what made them their money...legos, simple yet effective and that's the point. See this as trying to burn a hole through a leave using the sun and a magnifying glass...if the sunlight is spread out too far what happens? nothing, because it won't be strong enough to do anything. But if you focus it to get the pinpoint precision it'll burn right through it! So to sum it up stick to the tried and true methods of making money through IM and stay away from all the latest claims of "easy money" and "unique methods". The only unique method you need is hard work, then you can uniquely mosey yourself on down to the bank and cash your fat check(s)
No matter what never give up
Unfortunately we need to make a living, to feed our families, our selves, and to pay our bills. So you can either do this working for someone else or do it for working for yourself. Either way it's going to take work, I can't stress that enough, and you may not like to hear it, but it's the truth. In fact working for yourself is far more work than working for someone else, at least starting out anyway. That's the beautiful part of this industry though, the potential is limitless, where as if you worked at Walmart, or some other company, how high can you really realistically expect to go? Manager? Yeah no thanks, I rather manage my fortune 500 companies. It's important to stick with your efforts though, even if there's a large gap of nothing happening. It's when you give up that's when your efforts could of finally payed off! Things take time and building a presence and online business or businesses is no different.
And lastly remember to bath and eat!
Many marketers love to spend money, "learning", reading, watching, whatever, because they feel like they're gaining something. Truth be told unless you put any of what you learned into action, you gained nothing. In fact learning too much can actually be detrimental to your success, because it can confuse you among other things. If you look at some of the most successful men in history, you'll notice they're not the smartest men in history...this is important because it shows intelligence is only a small part of what it takes to be successful in this industry. Regardless of how many company founders that are considered modern day geniuses, how many of them do you think, really believed that their company, would become a billion dollar company? Not many, if any, because you just never know. There's a lot of factors one can't control, but what you can control is dedication, hard work and sticking to the basics. Which brings me to the next point.
Stick to the basics, don't stretch yourself out too thin
Even some of the most successful companies out there have made this mistake, which is stretching themselves too far. Lego being a prime example, they blew up, gained worldwide notoriety but then stretched themselves out too far and almost went bankrupt(this was before the economy took a hit). But then they cut out all the excess fat and went back to their roots and now they're doing much better. Now they're back to doing what made them their money...legos, simple yet effective and that's the point. See this as trying to burn a hole through a leave using the sun and a magnifying glass...if the sunlight is spread out too far what happens? nothing, because it won't be strong enough to do anything. But if you focus it to get the pinpoint precision it'll burn right through it! So to sum it up stick to the tried and true methods of making money through IM and stay away from all the latest claims of "easy money" and "unique methods". The only unique method you need is hard work, then you can uniquely mosey yourself on down to the bank and cash your fat check(s)
No matter what never give up
Unfortunately we need to make a living, to feed our families, our selves, and to pay our bills. So you can either do this working for someone else or do it for working for yourself. Either way it's going to take work, I can't stress that enough, and you may not like to hear it, but it's the truth. In fact working for yourself is far more work than working for someone else, at least starting out anyway. That's the beautiful part of this industry though, the potential is limitless, where as if you worked at Walmart, or some other company, how high can you really realistically expect to go? Manager? Yeah no thanks, I rather manage my fortune 500 companies. It's important to stick with your efforts though, even if there's a large gap of nothing happening. It's when you give up that's when your efforts could of finally payed off! Things take time and building a presence and online business or businesses is no different.
And lastly remember to bath and eat!
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