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My 1 year anniversary and the main point I've come to realize

by fin
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This has been exactly 1 year since I started internet marketing. Apart from selling a site for a few thousand dollars I was pretty much treading water and just learning in the beginning.

I've discovered 1 very important point that I think could help people. I know some people get lucky and find quick success doing other things, but I'm talking to the people that don't ever get of the ground.

Here it is (and it will probably upset some of you)

If you choose a niche that people are making profit it, the reason you can't make any money is YOU.

Stop dancing from niche to niche, idea to idea. If you can't make any money in a niche then YOU ARE THE PROBLEM and you have to fix it.

Once you jump to another niche you are taking the same problems with you. Instead of concentrating your efforts in trying to make something work, you are taking those same problems with you are trying the same tactics that don't work.

Choose 1 niche and keep trying everything until you make it work. There are things you will only find out once you've been in a certain niche for a good amount of time. Once you build up proper skills you can go into extra niches, but don't just take your same crappy tactics from one to the other.

I know some people try lots of niches and find one that works. Good for you. But that won't work for everyone and they will be unsuccessful forever.

Make one thing work. Remember that it doesn't work just now because of YOU.
#anniversary #main #point #realize #year
  • Profile picture of the author dadhere
    can't argue with you there. Find what generates cash and mine it for all it's worth
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  • Profile picture of the author Devin X
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    Congrats on your 1st year, Jamie. I'm coming up on my 1st year on the 24th I think. I agree witrh your message too: two of my students are suffering from "shiny object syndrome" and keep jumping from one thing to another. They aren't even listening to me because they believe I'm moving too slow and that they should be seeing faster results. I might let them go because they keep doing the same thing and I'm getting tired of trying to help them when they won't help themselves. Anyway, keep up the hard work.
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  • Profile picture of the author John J M
    ...sound kind of like relationship advice..."you'll just take your problems with you to the next person." But yes, this is so true. I think to get even more specific, it's important for people to realize they have to choose a particular method and particular ways to get traffic once they decide a particular niche. Even within a single niche, there are ALL KINDS of options. I think that's why some people think they are focused but really aren't. You have to really nail down the route you're going to take...examples: 1 website, mini-sites, affiliate marketing, membership site, etc.
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    • Profile picture of the author fin
      This is a more basic breakdown of what I think:

      Everyone wants to become their own boss, but most people will be unsuccessful and end up in a boring job again.

      As long as you choose a niche that's profitable. Imagine working for 5-10 years on one website. Now some people may think that's a long time, but 5-10 years from now you could have your own business for the rest of your life.

      In those 5-10 years you could try everything. You could pick up a premium autoresponder product one year for Xmas and make it work. Pick up a premium traffic product the next year and make it work. A conversion product. Writing course.

      Basically, if you keep working on making a profitable niche work you should eventually make money.

      Instead, if you keep jumping about never making any progress you will eventually get bored after a few years and give up.

      And this only takes about $500. $100 for 10 years on your 1 domain. $5 per month in hosting, plus $20 per month from Aweber.

      If you aren't making money before you're getting over 3000 visitors per day, or before your list gets above 2500 sign-ups, then there's something wrong. Just slow down on the traffic until you get the conversions right.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jason Kanigan
    Yes, this is the main newbie problem...jumping from shiny thing to shiny thing.

    If you want to become any kind of authority--and read that as "the guy or gal you call for this kind of thing"--you have to stick with it. You need to stick around long enough to start getting traction as the "____ Guy/Gal" and have people begin thinking of you as the person to call to solve problems regarding that subject.

    Leaping from one lily pad to another may seem exciting, but it gets you nowhere.

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