What is the Biggest Lesson you have learned in IM

Focus, focus, focus. There are so many distractions and bright shiny things. Definitely biggest mistake was jumping from one thing to the next. Treat this like a real business. You would focus and keep working to make what you are doing better. You wouldn't open a yogurt store and a week later say that doesn't work now i'm selling pizza, then the next week you are selling bicycles. Do your research, pick a market and focus on developing that.

NEVER GIVE UP

Above all, this is the most important lesson I've learned. I've made tons of mistakes and screwed up plenty of times with traffic sources, campaigns, and cpa networks.

If I had given up just once, that would have been it for me.

Never give up. Learn from your mistakes. Persist, work hard, and you can have whatever it is you want.

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But people love answering these "what if" questions so not a biggie...

Biggest lesson for me: research everything before making a decision

I wouldn't take any of the mistakes that I have made back if I have to start again as my failures taught me bigger lessons than my successes. My number one tip for a newbie is take action don't get bogged down in the detail.

Learn everything good and bad, throw nothing out.. something good comes from all walks. You learn something bad you know what not to do.

FOCUS. Provide Value.

When you focus on providing value to your clients you are one step ahead of being successful.

Evaluate your time, and outsource the rest.

Well I am still at the beginning.

But IM tests your patience.

Too many systems promising overnight riches

No amount of trying to trick Google into giving you better rankings will ever pay off as well as high quality, relevant content.

I felt my biggest lesson was not to attempt something too big and overwhelming as it can become quite difficult and chances of succeeding are lower. That does affect morale and discouragement sets in.

Starting with a small and manageable project and mastering a single method is better than attempting to make money from multiple methods.

Think big, start small.

Prioritizing tasks by importance helps improve productivity since we only have so much time and energy to work on our business on a given day.

Staying focus and persevering through till you make money and pay less attention to the new methods and stuff popping up daily.

There is no right and wrong, everybody has their own beliefs on what is right and wrong. Go by what you feel is best for you and the people you relate to only. The biggest lesson I have learned is to just go out there and make it happen and learn along the way. The longer you stay on the sidelines the longer it will be for you to produce results. Move one step forward each and everyday and make mistakes is the only way you will learn what is right and wrong for you in your business.

1) Focus on foundational business building, rather than 'methods, tricks, or hacks'.
2) Build things - preferably things you end up owning.
3) Diversify. Eggs in many baskets.
4) Scale - Take the businesses that earn a profit and grow them.
5) Build subscriber lists - and market to them immediately.

There's more but I'm tired.

Learn how to sell things to people. As long as you understand the never changing principles of how to create a killer sales message and process, you won't go far wrong. It's shocking, the amount of people that skip this part...

One of the biggest lessons I have ever learned online is that you need to build a list and you have to respect your readers by giving them value all the time. It is not about SELL SELL SELL. You need to help them with articles and videos.

Patience. Some things may longer than you may expect which is why you need to have alot of patience and keep on going. Everything else that everyone here has mentioned is super important but for my own self, its patience.

i wasted my few years in just buying and learning methods from others
But once i stopped reading at all, and i thought what i can do ...
Like then it came to me why not sell services, anything in which i am expert, so i started selling my services related to pinterest on fiverr and other sites, and it worked very well for me
Basically it provided me kickstarter fund for my main projects, only if i haven't wasted my years on trying things that these IM products sell

So just think by yourself, believe in yourself, think of building a long term site, and to fund it start from scratch, start from selling services, anything like graphics, articles, videos, copy writing, sales letter, anything at all, and once you start getting couple you will get confidence that will take you along your journey


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That it is not easy in any way!

The biggest lesson i've learned in IM is to never give up and work smart, but no hard.

Sex sells. Random but true lol

For me, it's important to be open to try out new methods in IM. If it works the first time, scale it up. If it doesn't work, try again. Sometimes, it takes many trial and error in order to find out what truly works. The important thing is to never give up. It's also good if you can find and learn from those who are experienced, e.g. the IM warriors here, which can shortcut your route to earning some money online.

I find it inappropriate to choose one biggest mistake. There will be plenty of mistakes once you start as an IM. Here are the mistakes that helped me a lot:

- Research is essential in everything that you do whether it's a new business, new venture or new ordeal. You really have to invest a lot of time learning new things that will help you evaluate if you're on the right track, if you're pursuing the right thing, if you have the necessary skills or experience, if it's something that is within your line of interests, etc.

- Focus only on the things that you need for your current project. Do not entertain distractions that are not related nor connected to your endeavors. Learn to simplify your needs and priorities. Be consistent in keeping your focus.

- Learn from your mistakes. You must always keep an open mind that mistakes are there to keep you grounded. You must not be easily disheartened by them. They should motivate you in learning and improving your craft. Do not think that you know everything already. Life in itself is a continuous learning process. Be open to commit mistakes since that's the only way you'll learn.

- Patience is a virtue. You don't expect to become an overnight success. Time is something that is considered an investment in this chosen field or in any field at all.

- If you can't be original, at least be creative. Learn to innovate and diversify to create new opportunities. Be flexbile.

- Start small. In everything that you do think Big but start small. This is similar to taking calculated risks. At least, you won't be losing everything in a single investment.

I became a lot more patient than ever after entering the world of IM. It is the kingpin to become successful in IM.

Get a coach or a mentor or a group of peers or better yet all of them!

Focus and provide value and stay consistent. Are the biggest things..Map out a plan.

Never give up and always find new opportunity.

That nothing worthwhile is ever easy!

A check list. Have a check list.

I'm dead serious. Every month I make a check list with about 30 important things I need to get done. Some tasks take 3-4 days to do, some take 1-2 hours to do.

And I always put too much work on the list so I can't actually check off all the boxes every month. But some months I get about 90% of the work done.

Ever since I started doing this, I've made HUGE progress in all of my ventures. I use to make daily work tasks, and weekly work tasks, but I find its much better to schedule work for an entire month, and be less specific for every task you write down. There is no need to write out every individual step you have to take. Because when you actually start a new task, it almost never goes as planned.

But ever since I started doing this my earnings steadily increased month after month after month.

So seriously, make monthly lists and try to check off as many things as possible. It will keep you organized / focused / productive and most importantly it will keep your earnings growing.

-RS

Don't work yourself too hard. I am currently selling my writing service. I used to manage everything. Writing, proofreading, site content writing, emailing, and etc. Learn to work less by spending and earning cash. Be smart.

Dont give up... ever.

Even if you're 60yrs old and only making $3,000 a month. That's good social security money right there for most people.

Never give up and always do to day what you would have waited to do until tomorrow...