Is this IM business getting you down?

Fellow Warriors

I haven't posted very much here over the years, but I 'lurk' a lot and buy a few WSO's here and there. I read what others are doing and appreciate the product reviews and advice so many are willing to share. Thank you to those of you who do contribute so much.

The purpose of this post is to share with you what I find are the problems I face with doing IM stuff, and to hopefully encourage others who may feel the same way, that you are not alone.

I have been doing IM for over 4 years now and with limited success. I would really love to be financially independent and not worked to a frazzle doing it. With limited funds and living alone, my main obstacles seems to be:

Doing it alone (no-one to discuss ideas with)
Too many options to explore (tactics, strategies & tools)
Too many courses that interest me (fragmented direction)
Too many people trying to sell me junk (wasting my time and money)
Losing motivation when I don't seem to be getting anywhere

The things that are working against me are:

Fear of making a fool of myself online
Lack of confidence in my abilities
Too easily distracted by the next best thing
Trying to make it all perfect before I put anything online

Things I've started to do but never finished and/or stayed with:

Writing a book
Membership sites
Drop Shipping
Affiliate Marketing
Adsense
PPC
Domain Flipping
Article Marketing
and just about everything in between

I am not bad at any of these, however, the amount of work involved has discouraged continuation of most of them. My head is full of possibilities and plans that could all work, but after all this time online, I am starting to feel that unless I start to connect with other people doing this too, I am not going to achieve much all by myself.

We all need to connect with like minded people with similar goals who are willing to discuss, support and show interest in what we as individuals are doing online. This involves a pretty high level of trust in each other, and with so many questionable products and motives on the internet, it tends to be a bit scary to open up to people in case you get 'ripped off'.

My hard drive is over a terabyte of IM products, software and 'stuff' associated with all my sites. I have multiple domains, memberships and subscriptions resulting in hundreds of sites, services and information. I am a gold mine of information, know about just about every tactic there is (white, grey and black hat) and know a lot about optimizing sites. I have position one in the serps for over 2 years now for a couple of keywords, but haven't bothered to really monetize these properly. They are small obscure niches and I am getting about 6,000 visitors to each them a month. The challenge for me was just to see it happen and keep it long term. Yeah I know, pretty dumb.

I guess you could call me an IM 'nerd'. I like to try things out just to see if I can do it. And I can, but I haven't capitalized on any of my knowledge to make serious money. I sit at my computer for many hours, watching other people have great success, produce amazing products and courses, and all of it intrigues me. So I go out and do the course, try the method and see it start to work. Then I run away!!

Why? I guess it's because I am AFRAID of being successful - of being in the public eye in case I mess up. When it all boils down, working alone from home has some massive dis-advantages if you are trying to be an entrepreneur online. I even started list building, but that scared me too! You need to build a relationship with your list, and that means sticking with something for more than a couple of months.

I know I am not alone in this. I read of others who are struggling to 'make it' and who have been brave enough to say something in public. The common theme seems to be lack of help, encouragement and someone to 'share' the journey with.

So I guess you are wondering what I am leading up to here?? Well, I had an idea that might work! Although the Warrior Forum is a great forum to belong to, it's easy to get lost here. So many people, so many ideas. I find it a wonderful resource, but feel it's too big with too many diverse people and motives for me to feel I 'belong'.

What I thought would be good for me and perhaps others like me, would be a small community of people who are prepared to actively participate on a regular basis. I'd want it to be free to join, and to focus purely on a place to stay in close touch with others who are struggling to achieve their goals.

I have a huge amount of 'stuff and knowledge' that I'd be willing to share with an active and committed group. There would be others who would contribute as well, and we would all be able to find someone to talk ideas over with in a non-threatening and supportive environment.

Maybe even find partners to work on projects with. A place to share the load, the ideas and difficulties with someone. A 'personal' touch. A limited membership so it doesn't get too crowded and impersonal.

Anyone else interested? Would you like something like this to help you in your IM journey? Somewhere where you don't feel you need to prove anything. Somewhere you can let your frustrations be known and have a sympathetic non-judgmental ear and get some help to move forward?

I realize that this is fraught with risk as there are always people who would try to take advantage of a place like that. But honestly, if we don't take some risks, we tend to miss out on what could have been. I am willing to set up something to meet this need, IF there is any interest.

A free community for a small group of IM'ers who feel disconnected and are struggling to find the support and motivation they need on a deeper level? The main goal of joining would be to find like-minded and supportive people to 'connect' with and learn from.

If you think this would be something that you could participate in - freely - and be committed to participating at least 3-4 times a week, then please PM me, and/or leave a reply below. I won't post a poll as I feel that's not personal enough. I'd really prefer your thoughts on this. If I get enough positive responses, then I am prepared to put in the work and resources to make it happen - with some help, of course, from anyone else who is keen and has the time. (Please, only genuinely interested people need respond.)

Be Well
Sharon