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Biggest IM mistake you have made so far?

by BizBooks
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I'm thinking a short helpful compilation where Warriors share mistakes they have made will help others form making the same exact ones...

My biggest mistake is thinking that "just build it and the traffic will come".

that is a TERRIBLE mistake. you need to realize that the key to success is getting traffic to the page. there must be thousands, nay,millions of websites selling good products that are even a bargain to true value... except there is no traffic to see it, and therefore no eyeballs to tell the brain to remove the wallet and punch in the numbers....

what's your biggest mistake?
#biggest #made #mistake
  • Profile picture of the author Wilter Quesada
    Going after every new shining new product and not implementing the one that I already have even dough I am changing my way of thinking sometimes I have to hold my self not to commit the same mistakes.
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  • Profile picture of the author Danny Cutts
    Procrastinating!! I will write a better answer later

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  • Profile picture of the author acedalright
    Spending too much time on researching new "guru" products

    5 hours looking for the next big thing = $0

    5 hours writing articles = $$$$
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  • Profile picture of the author WarriorMaster
    Doing 10 things at the something. I always get bored after a few days of doing one thing and I give up. You need to concentrate on one thing then you will make guaranteed money!
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  • Profile picture of the author Danny Cutts
    Dont get sidetracked and the warrior forum can side track anybody I have to disconnect from the internet when writing articles

    Danny
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  • Profile picture of the author copywarrior
    3 years back, when I started out, I started proceeding without a concrete business plan and continued to do research and ultimately was beat by information overload.However, things changed after some and I realized the importance of chalking out a proper business plan and sticking to it.

    Another mistake I made back then was only relying on or looking for FREE information.
    My mental block was my biggest obstacle to the path of success. But slowly, things started taking a positive turn and after I managed to change my mindset, things began to fall into place and success wasn't very far.

    Thanks ,
    Jay B.
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    • Profile picture of the author Freeman77
      I started making money within a couple weeks of starting my IM career in earnest. One of the best things I did was remain relatively ignorant -- I didn't join WF until about 7 months in.

      If I had started reading about article spinning, blog-flipping, cpa, etc., I think I would have been paralyzed with information overload. I probably would have been sucked into methods that claimed "easy money" instead of putting my heart into developing quality products and articles. Even now, I sometimes lose my focus because I see something compelling that takes me off my track -- it's usually one of those damn WSOs!
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  • Profile picture of the author Lou Diamond
    Hello,
    I once had a legitimate crazy offer for one of my im domain names
    and I did not take it.
    I am glad that I never told my wife about it.
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeCollins
    Trying to do 50 million things at one time instead of just focusing and putting all my energy into one project at a time.
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    • Profile picture of the author Julian Lockhart
      This list is by no means exhaustive.
      Starting 18 projects and getting none done.

      Wanting it to be perfect before putting it out there.

      Seeing one sign of something not working and toss the whole thing. Sort of like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

      Jumping from one great idea to another and another and another and another and another and another and another and another and another.

      Having an all or nothing attitude when it come to success.

      Listening to naysayers.

      Buying 57 domain names with out doing proper research.:confused:

      The biggest one has to be not taking action.
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      • Profile picture of the author DeePower
        Not understanding how critical keyword phrases are to success. I'd throw up what I thought was a spiffy title to an article not realizing nobody but nobody would find it because nobody uses the that title as a search term.

        Dee
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        • Profile picture of the author Julian Lockhart
          Originally Posted by DeePower View Post

          Not understanding how critical keyword phrases are to success. I'd throw up what I thought was a spiffy title to an article not realizing nobody but nobody would find it because nobody uses the that title as a search term.

          Dee
          That's true I have made some pretty HUGE keyword blunders!
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        • Profile picture of the author warfore
          Originally Posted by DeePower View Post

          Not understanding how critical keyword phrases are to success. I'd throw up what I thought was a spiffy title to an article not realizing nobody but nobody would find it because nobody uses the that title as a search term.

          Dee

          I definitely had to learn from this mistake in addition to the one with the domain names.
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          Tony

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  • Profile picture of the author dorim
    Promoting too many clickbank products.
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  • Profile picture of the author hanadaddy
    Buying 57 domain names with out doing proper research.
    I did the same thing but not that many about 20. But most of them were terrible name after I reviewed them a week later.
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  • Profile picture of the author Matt Wolfe
    My 2 Biggest Mistakes:
    - Not starting to build a mailing list 3 years ago when I started IM
    - Getting sidetracked chasing the latest technique offered in the WSOs...

    Matt
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  • Profile picture of the author Evita
    Oh, my.

    Have made TONS.

    Moral of the story, learn from your mistakes, don't beat up on yourself, and keep going until you get it right!

    Evita
    PS. have some funny Bloopers too... as in when I built over a hundred backlinks to the .com when what I owned was the .org ...lol... and a bunch more that I won't share. ;-)
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  • Profile picture of the author Online Bliss
    Back in the day when eBay allowed downloadable products
    I did not include an optin page inserted into the download files.
    I had sales right and left because there was no shipping costs.

    oops
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  • Profile picture of the author newBum76
    Excellent idea, my mistake was having "match type" set to broad instead of exact when searching for keywords in the google tool. I actually just put up a thread about it, "My first big 'oh crap' moment......".

    -Jon
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  • Profile picture of the author locpic63
    Not staying focused. You need to stay focused on one thing until you start to see financial gain before moving on to something else. Otherwise you are wasting your efforts.

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