I know. But the holiday spirit finally caught hold of me last night and I thought I would put something useful out there in hopes that somebody would benefit.

Most of the poor saps struggling to squeeze a dime out of the net could use a little tough love. And I had a little to spare...

This is such a dumb question.

And here's why.

You know how you can make $100, $1000, ANY AMOUNT per day?

Be ready, willing and able to OUTSPEND your competition.

If you're willing to spend $100 to get that $100 sale, you'll get it. How about if you're willing to spend $99?

And you do that 100 times a day?

Then you've made $100 profit, $1 at a time.


See, it's a dumb question because of all the dumb assumptions made inside it.

Assumptions you probably don't even know are there.

Like this one:

*whispers*

"Actually, the question is: How do I make $100 a day...without spending any money!!?"


The answer I give you is levels above where the newbie is, or where they can go.


Here's another dumb assumption buried in this dumb question:

*starts whispering again*

"How do I make $100 a day...without knowing anything?"


See, you have do do some actual work here.

Talk to your target market.

Look at reviews of products similar to the one you're considering.

Find affiliate products to promote, and learn what stats matter and how to vett a seller.

All things newbies are unwilling to do.


When I see someone asking a decent question, I take the time to answer if it's in my wheelhouse.

But most of the time, the questions ARE dumb.

Stuffed with unspoken and not even consciously understood assumptions by the askers like:

"How do I make $100 a day...without doing any work?"


Just about ANYTHING will work!!

This worry about, "Will it work?" is a pathetic timidity and the sign of someone who shouldn't be in business for themselves.

Learn about a serious problem from your target market that they admit they have.

Get their exact words on how they describe the problem and the situation they're in.

Find a competent solution for it. Whether you made it or it belongs to someone else, who cares.

Get word of that solution up in front of your target market.

Some members of the target market will stick up their hand and say, "Yes! I have that problem! Exactly as you describe!"

Now put the offer in front of those few people who stuck up their hands. Because they're the real qualified prospects.

Some will buy.

But learn your damn numbers.


This is the biggest problem newbies have. They never learn their numbers. Because that's too much like work.

No, no way man...let's not THINK.

You don't just get one prospect and qualify that one prospect and then automatically that one qualified prospect becomes a buyer.

You need several unqualified prospects to uncover one qualified prospect.

And you need several qualified prospects to find one who buys.

But if you don't stick around, and you jump from one niche, one product, one sales method to another every week because you're chicken and you don't understand the reality of how things really work in the marketing world...

Then is it really a surprise that you keep losing?

That your frantic questions are responded to with a point and a snerk?


How do I make $100 a day??

There are TONS of ways to make $100 a day.

Sell a service for $100 more than it costs you to get the sale.

How many times do you want to have to make the sale? Where's your money tolerance at?

Got a low money tolerance? Then a $10 sale is going to take you many sales every day, at least 10 and probably a lot more given marketing costs, to get there.

$50 product? OK, and I mean $50 you keep, so if it's a 50% affiliate commission then you'd better look for $100 products--you'd be surprised how many people make that mistake--then you need at least 2 sales and probably 4 or 5 to cover your marketing costs.

But no matter what you do, you still need to find that river of leads.

And that is REALLY the key buried assumption in the dumb question.

*whispers*

"How do I make $100 a day...and where are the easy fish to catch? Where are the customers who will bite on that bare hook I simply need to drop into their midst?"


Make it easy for me.

Well, nobody who's had to fight their way to that spot is going to give you the location of their favorite fishing hole.

Sorry.

And couple all these dumb half-conscious, half-unconscious assumptions with the fact that the WSO section is overflowing with partial solutions to mere parts of the sales process...but presented as Businesses In A Box...and now we're really in trouble.

The problem with these questions is they show a lack of understanding of the basics of business.

A seeking of a technical solution for the problem.

Well, the solution is NOT a technical one.

Look around.

We're surrounded by technical solutions.

But hardly anyone here has figured it out.

Why is that?


Because it's not technical.

It's business.

It's fundamental business.

The tech is window dressing.

And unfortunately, it's also shiny object attraction for newbies. Some of whom never get over it, even ten years in.


If your solution is based on a trick, or a scam, or a bait-and-switch (approaching as a potential customer and then switcheroo: actually I'm here to sell you something is the WORST offender here), then is it any wonder you're asking, "Will it work?"

Get a target market.

Learn from their mouths what their problem is that you can fix.

Get that solution in place.

Tell them you have the solution. Describe their problem situation using their own words.

Track those who stick up their hands and confirm that yes, this is a problem they have.

Put the offer for that solution in front of those who say yes.

Do this enough times and you'll get a buyer.


Learn your numbers.

Unqualified Leads >>> Qualified Leads >>> Sales.


But no.

You'll be back looking for the next shiny object tech solution, because it promises fast, easy money without you having to know anything or do any work. Now that's dumb.

First of all ,I dont want to say this ,so let it be me only ,with this attitude you wont make a dime ,I have seen your post in the past they are bad i m being conservative ,there is a pattenr that i noticed ,sometimes you run after amazon course ,then adsense course ,then clickbank what is this mate ,did you ever take action on anything ,What really frustrtates me ,Lot of us know what needs to be done ,but never do anything about it ,You just come here to make fun and enjoy the time ,Here is a new product for you on clickbank please grab it

BTW do you even know who Jack is ,Let me tell you he is a great friend of mine and i respect him for that ,and it will take you a while to reach one tenth of it ,again i m being conservative Mate

From what I've seen of you so far, about the best you can hope for a pulling a double shift at Denny's. You might make $100. Then again, with your attitude, you might just take home the base pay and not make any tips.

That old chestnut. Sigh.

Well they can just stop it. Anyone who actually uses that phrase and genuinely means it is being condescending and embarrassingly delusional at best, manipulative and deceptive at worst. Paying it forward my a$$. Let's at least keep this real. You and I both know there is no paying it forward. They might as well put on the bottom of their sales pages that they do a lot for charity as well.

Or how about you sell a real solution to the problem, we, the market wants?

So basically the blind leading the blind. Well that's not great is it.

Oh they'd care alright. Nobody wants to stifle the voice of truth being heard.

Yes, yes they would.

I agree. So great news because the market is willing to pay the price.

Bit of a rookie mistake to decide what someone else is willing to pay. That's business 101 brah.

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The meaning of the phrase in the title suggests that any question can be asked because we are all beings in learning and every question (even if seemingly 'stupid' or repeated) brings about facts and curiosities including extrospection of those who respond - even if the responses are entirely unrelated to the question.

For example we can learn who breaks under trivialities and who bends like a reed in the wind.

Likewise, it could be argued that 'stupid' is perhaps the act of attempting to reach out to people who have a habit of failing to read existing threads, with a thread......but again, we have those aforementioned fruits as a result of it.

Shalomsmiths!

Yes it was not a good question ,having said that ,I can be your coach provided you give your efforts ,and at a 250$ in advance ,Is this ok mate

If it is ,Let me know Lol

chyanit

You can research by yourself, it is difficult to find good coach with cheap price

Ray, those are thoughtful questions, well worth debating.

My purpose here, before the trolling and derailment, was to try to inspire an elevation in the caliber of questions asked and the conversation that ensues.

My 12-year-old son would ask a question like "how can I make $100 a day" and not even care about the answer unless it was directing him to a push-button moneymaker.

I love my son, but I have no desire to be a part of a forum populated with people who are at same entrepreneurial level he is at.

It is a battle I am losing (or have already lost), unfortunately.

So Stupid Question No.2, What does a high-end coaching product look like? Do I just purchase a "Funnel System"? Any Respected names or products out there?