I am Bart and I want to make this work

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Hello,
My name is Bart. I am a 16 year old kid from the Netherlands that recently rolled into internet marketing. I am determined to really become an internet marketer but will have to get over a few obstacles. I hope that by making this public commitment I will be more likely to continue even when the road gets a little bumpy.

So, to start off:

I am
-Bart
-16 years old
-Motivated
-Reasonably intelligent

I am not
-An internet marketing genius
-A wizz kid
-A native english speaker (Explains all the grammar and spelling mistakes I undoubtedly am going to make)
-Rich

I have
-A computer with internet access
-Some useless stuff

I do not have
-Any knowledge about internet marketing
-Money
-Patience
-A lot of perserverance usually

I want
-Money
-To become succesful
-To make this work

I need
-Determination
-Motivation
-Patience
-Perserverance

Now that that's out of the way, let's get to my plan of attack.

1. I am going to sell a lot of the things I never use anymore on the internet through a site similar to ebay
2. Invest all the money I made from that into my business (Hosting, Domain name, Education)
3. Try to make my business profitable
4. Repeat 2 and 3
5. Become a billionaire

I am going to try and follow this plan untill I am actually making some money and we'll see after that. I am not sure whether this plan is outright ridiculous or that it sound pretty reasonable (it does to me, except for point nr. 5).

As said, by creating this thread I want to make a public commitment to keep myself from quitting because it's not going too well.

I will try to post here everyday or at least every two days.

It's 1:30 AM here so I'm going to bed now, I hope some people will be interested in following this thread.

~~Bart

Oh yeah, one last note, I tried my best to find the right subforum for this. If I unfortunately decided to post this thread in the wrong one, my apologies, please move it to the correct subforum.
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  • Profile picture of the author vryannn
    I'll give you a head start by saying this,

    Ignore great ideas and stick to one business model until it becomes profitable.

    Anyway, Good luck!
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    • Profile picture of the author Jamie Charles
      Originally Posted by vryannn View Post

      I'll give you a head start by saying this,

      Ignore great ideas and stick to one business model until it becomes profitable.

      Anyway, Good luck!
      Great Advice.

      Don't look for an easy way or shortcut from the beginning. Aim to build real businesses online.
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      Action! - Action! - Action!
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    • Profile picture of the author Nereah
      Originally Posted by vryannn View Post

      I'll give you a head start by saying this,

      Ignore great ideas and stick to one business model until it becomes profitable.

      Anyway, Good luck!
      I believe this one works, you can only see the results if you persist in one business model.
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  • Profile picture of the author Max Stryker
    If you really want it, it'll happen.

    But have you ever asked yourself why do you want to became a billionaire over IM?
    i believe that things in live should be done with a purpose. If you do things just in order to get money, that will only get you so far. You need a purpose, a long-term goal. Something to wake up for every morning. MOTIVATION.

    If you achieve that, I'm sure everything else will fall into place.

    The bests of luck,
    Max
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeanne Lovely
    Keep up your focus and you will do fine - you will get what you need when you need it - take small steps and listen to all the suggestions you will get here.

    Do not look for the magic bullet - research your niche and then map out your plan, the rest will follow

    Good Luck
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  • Profile picture of the author Parvus Rex
    Thanks for the replies guys! I am going to make pictures and put the online in a moment. I hope they'll sell.
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  • Profile picture of the author rockyonfire
    Browse around the forum. As vyrann said stick to the one business model and Take action.

    Cheers
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  • Profile picture of the author Parvus Rex
    Hello guys, thanks again for all the new replies.

    @vryann - Thanks a lot for that tip. I know myself and I am always looking for the most easy way. I am just going to have to keep myself looking forward and not get distracted by any offers.

    @Max Stryker - I am not really aiming to become a billionaire at the moment although it may be a long term goal.

    Now, to get to the updates.

    A few things happened today. First of all I put all of the stuff I want to sell online. When everything sells for the price I want it to it will net me about €436 ($631) although I don't expect everything to sell and if it does for the price I want it to sell for. About €300 is from books though which I am selling on a specific site. It might take a while but I think I can get a lot of money from them.

    To get to the next point, I got 50 bucks! This will allow me to buy hosting and a domain for at least a month (maybe even 6) at hostgator. It feels really good to be able to start my internet marketing business.

    Now I have to start thinking about what kind of website I am going to build. I am currently thinking about affiliate marketing but am not entirely sure yet. Any help would be very much appreciated.
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  • Profile picture of the author cherryannml
    I wish you all the best! Keep your eyes on your prize and press forward.










    Simple, easy stept to build your List
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  • Profile picture of the author Peter Gehr
    Hey Bart,

    I think you're already on the right track.

    You're here, and you're asking for help and input.

    That in itself is a great foundation for your success.

    The 2 things you said you don't have:
    --Patience
    --Perserverance

    Both of these things are key elements that you can learn.

    You're going to need both of these as much as money, and without them you will not make the amount of money you desire.

    Tell yourself daily that you are going to be patient, and you're going to persevere and make it a habit to repeat that to yourself every morning when you wake up, and every night before going to sleep.
    If you do this for 30 days, you'll start to believe it, and you'll start to improve in those areas.

    Lots more to be said, but I thought to at least offer this advise.

    "Nothing succeeds like success"
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  • Profile picture of the author Parvus Rex
    Thanks again for all the nice replies, please keep them coming .

    Sold quite a lot of stuff today resulting in a total of €110 ($160). I'm really happy with this as I can now comfortably start up my business. I'm still not sure about what kind of business I want it to be though. I'm going to do some research on that tomorrow.

    Bart.
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