What was your first sale like?

I'm curious about this and I feel like everyone should post.

Experienced warriors probably has forgotten already how hard it is for a newbie. But i'm sure that everyone remembers their first sale.

I can earn on other channels online -like services and the like. But as a newbie warrior, I have never made my first sale. Yet.

For the benefit of the newbies and everyone else, I think this would provide massive insight if everyone just tried to describe their first one.

My questions are,

1. How long did it take you to make it? The very first one. Honest answers. We are not on an ego contest here. Just a simple poll.
2. What did you do differently? What is the key? I'm sure you can scale it but what's it's like to discover it. Or was it a natural consequence of the accumulation of skill and experience building up? This I think is more like it right?

I'm a pretty fast tech guy. I can stay glued to a computer and absorb knowledge like a big sponge. I have everything I need. The only issue is choosing which course of action to take. Coz it could get overwhelming or confusing sometimes.

Now, I notice that even I, a guy versed with computers is having a hard time breaking through. I feel for the newbies coz I know they're going through the same thing and some of them would be overwhelmed just by looking at the buttons on MS WORD.

I so feel for them. I think it's a matter of keeping on, trying things out and never giving up. No matter how hard.

I mean, was it list building? was it the seo or the site? or the ppc? or the content? What clicked for you?

I would definitely listen to people with experience on this one. I bet it would be very enlightening.