5 Biggest Mistakes You Made as a Newbie

12 years ago

These are a few things which i was guilt of as a newbie, many moons ago :-)

1. not working on 1 method long enough until i saw results
2. not taking list building seriously
3. not outsourcing
4. not using paid traffic because i thought free traffic was better

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IMSince2003

12 years ago

There are literally 100 threads with almost this exact title. Who can keep track?

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entrepreneurjay

12 years ago

I have 4 I should of started from the get go.

1. Not building a list a.s.a.p
2. I agree with Paul about the outsourcing part thank God for Fiverr

3. Paid traffic same as Paul again you just have to find a paid traffic source where you continuosly make a good r.o.i.
4. And I would not of wasted my time writing articles back in the day I would of published them first to my own blog and then submit them to the article directories after they were indexed by the search engines.

Note: I do not do article marketing and I have not for the past 2 - 3 years and that is the way I like it

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Alexa Smith Banned 12 years ago

I made so many mistakes when I started that it's really hard to limit it to five ...

But in terms of "directly preventing me from earning money" (which I didn't, for months), I'll mention these five ...

(i) Not starting to build a list on day one
(ii) Not understanding the difference between article marketing and article directory marketing
(iii) Outsourcing things I didn't know how to do myself, rather than learning first and then deciding whether/how to outsource
(iv) Promoting ClickBank products with high gravities and a vendor's opt-in on their sales pages
(v) Relying on the consensus of opinion expressed in forums on subjects I knew very little about

Any one of those five was probably enough to prevent my earning anything. And I could add another five so easily, too ...
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Leon Kloosterman

12 years ago

fun topic, here are mine.

1: trying to find a low competitive ninche with a lot of traffic.
2: Always trying to find a way to make things easier (to avoid the hard work)
3: give up to fast.
4: not taking list building seriously
5: buying to al lot wso's and never did something with it.

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dpankow

12 years ago

My main four:

1) Didn't start list building right away
2) Not focusing on one project at a time
3) Not putting in the work to benefit from certain SEO methods
4) Not asking questions to the people who knew what they were talking about

- Dustin

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Joseph Robinson

Banned 12 years ago

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Alexa Smith Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Joseph Robinson

I think the whole newbie mistake thing is pretty well covered :rolleyes:.

Damn ... that's even worse.

That means that people can see that I probably listed five different ones last time or the time before. And they'll know I have a dreadful memory, too. :p
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Auggie Tsai

12 years ago

D'OH! Guess I should have used the search function before creating this thread. Thought I was being helpful.

Originally Posted by Joseph Robinson

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Ismael Zarruqui

12 years ago

My mistakes and my thoughts :

-Bought 100+ domains that I didn't need and had no clue how to monetize .

-Starting without having a proper plan as IM is as easy as get rich pushing a few buttons and without spending a penny.

-Not focusing to run one model of business and give up easily .

-List building sucks !! why should I pay $$$ to autoresponders to collect freebie seekers and I was wrong .

-The most costly mistake I made is be a victim of well written copy sales letters that got me believing that I needed just that one last thing that was going to change my life for ever and add millions to my bank account .

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Alexa Smith Banned 12 years ago

For me, the thing about these threads, when you really think about it, is how difficult they make "earning a living online" look.

You look back like this and you find yourself thinking what a miracle it is that you ever ended up making a living at all ...
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Patrick Batty

12 years ago

Procrastinating on list building..
I went well over a year until I decided to get started building a list.
I then wasted months on SEO, articles, plugins, popups etc and all the traditional slow list building methods.

Then, for some reason, one day, I said.. hey, my time is worth a boatload more than this.. why not try some paid techniques.
I've never looked back since that day.
That single moment of inspiration took me from IM roadkill to a gradual full time income.

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Michael Oksa

12 years ago

My biggest mistakes?

1. Focusing on what I was doing wrong.
2. Paying too much attention to my mistakes.
3. Not focusing on my strengths.
4. Not investing enough time in figuring out what I was doing right.
5. Thinking that there was some "secret" mistake that was holding me back.

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William Maloney

12 years ago

1. Not being focused
2. Not always paying close attention
3. Not investing time to see what I was doing right and what I was doing wrong
4. Too much work, too little time
5. Don't know

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Danny Woolard

12 years ago

Im still a newbie and making mistakes every day.

Here are the mistakes Im likely making:

1. Don't have a list
2. Not in a major niche
3. Pissed off Google with too many ads above the fold
4. Saving my best ideas for last: WeightLoss niche/ebook + an SEO submission service; ie plan on branding both and not relying on google. Both should work with pay traffic.

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Danny Cutts

12 years ago

my biggest mistake was not building a list......

my next mistake was spending more time on themes rather than content...

everybody makes mistakes its how we learn from them that is important

Danny

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hypr

12 years ago

mine pretty much is hoping for instant results
being too impatient
wanting more of an online income
and not being focused enough

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smallbusinesstoolkit 12 years ago

Mine - learning too many techniques in the same time instead master 1-2
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celente

12 years ago

ok I do not have to talk about all the mistakes I made...but heck...newbies should get down to about the second of third posts.....and see this..

I did not start building a bloody list.

There is your hint.

When i did this, my income, and whole lifestyle changed very quickly.

So That is the biggest mistake I made, not building a list. Do that, and do it properly and you will be astounded with the results.

If you are not building a list in this game, you are bound to lose, technically speaking.

Imagine having just 10k people on your list, who know and trust you. I have these in many niches, and there is nothing more powerful than this.

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entrepreneurjay

12 years ago

Well said Celente I could not of said it any better

Originally Posted by celente

ok I do not have to talk about all the mistakes I made...but heck...newbies should get down to about the second of third posts.....and see this..

I did not start building a bloody list.

There is your hint.

When i did this, my income, and whole lifestyle changed very quickly.

So That is the biggest mistake I made, not building a list. Do that, and do it properly and you will be astounded with the results.

If you are not building a list in this game, you are bound to lose, technically speaking.

Imagine having just 10k people on your list, who know and trust you. I have these in many niches, and there is nothing more powerful than this.

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FelixUng

12 years ago

At least after reading this thread I got the feeling that I'm just doing fine. Hahaha~~

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nasuryono

12 years ago

Here's mine:

1. Got distracted by "shiny object"
2. Not focusing on one tactics until it earns me at least $1

3. Bought too many Wordpress plugins
4. Bought too many "Push Button Magic" software
5. Not having a solid FINANCIAL and BUSINESS plan

#5 is especially important because it is the foundation of everything I do now.

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Whammytime

12 years ago

wow i gotta start listbuilding

getting a thousand visitors to a site a week. and have to monetize it somehow.

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mego818

12 years ago

1. Too much reading
2. Too many different projects at once
3. Look for shortcuts
4. Spent too much money too fast on stuff
5. outsourced things i didnt know how to do

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