The Very First Step for Actually Making Money Online

Do me a favor.

Take out your phone and open up Google Maps.

Click on "get directions" and for the destination... leave it empty.

Are you going to get anywhere?

Probably not, if you don't have an end destination, you either STAY where
you are, or you drive around and get lost.

See, it's the knowing WHERE you're going that's important.

Why?

Because when you know where you're going, you can backtrack and
figure out how to get there.

You can find the actual steps to take, to go from Point A, which
is where you are now... to Point B, which is where you WANT to go.

The thing is, most online marketers, if they haven't made any real money online...
it's because of this same exact thing.

They have NO destination to head towards. So, they stay right where they are...
or they go online and drive around in circles... no end destination in sight.

You may have heard the phrase "you can't hit a target you can't see"?

Well, the truth is, you can't make money online if you don't know HOW you're
going to do it.

Because if you don't have an end destination... a Point B... what are you supposed
to do first?

What comes next?

Exactly.

It's just like driving around without a map... you don't know where you're
going or where you're headed, because the END destination hasn't been decided.

If you want to make money online, you need to have a clear path, a clear picture.

You need to know exactly how you're going to do it, so you can then create your map to get you there.

With a map to make money online, you can actually create the steps to go from Point A to Point B.

Let's say you want to sell an ebook online.

Still not clear enough.

Let's say you want to sell an ebook on helping people lower their blood sugar, which is helpful to diabetics.

Okay, now you're getting clearer, so you can start to write out the steps and make your map.

Maybe step one, is to write out your solution on a word document. You research for days, on how to naturally lower blood sugar.

Then, you put that word document into a PDF file.

Then, next step may be to head to Fiverr to get an ebook cover made.

Then, you get a domain and hosting, use Wordpress, Clickfunnels, or a number of other things.

**Side note**

Don't get too caught up on the TOOLS you need... that alone can cause you to stop taking action.

You wonder all day long "clickfunnels or leadpages".... "godaddy or hostgator?"

So, all of this internal debating on the best tool to use, keeps you STUCK.

You're better off taking action with ANY tool, than staying stuck by choosing none.

** End Side note**

Okay, so you have your pdf ebook, your cover, your domain and hosting.

Now, create a simple sales letter to sell that ebook. Go online and find out the biggest problems that people with high blood sugar deal with.

That way, you can position your ebook in a way that solves those problems. Make sure you fill your sales letter with benefits that help the reader decide that "this is in my best interests"

Once your sales letter is done, maybe you make a squeeze page to collect email addresses, so you can send a free chapter.

You also sign up for Aweber or Getresponse so you can send people the free chapter, as well as follow up with email to help further the sale.

And finally, you decide it's time to get traffic.

Well, there's Adwords, Facebook ads, organic social media, articles, SEO, and many other ways to get traffic.

But again, it's got to be something you see clearly, have written down, and is an actual step you take... because you see the end destination clearly.

See the difference that having an end goal... and end destination can make?

It helps you see clearly the steps you need to take, to go from point A to point B.

Without knowing your end goal, you have no idea what step to take first. Or second. Or at all.

So, more than likely, you just stay stuck.. spinning your wheels doing the same stuff that hasn't been working.

It makes more sense to just PICK your end goal. It doesn't have to be permanent, you can change it.

But pick something, so you can work your way back from there... and fill in all the action steps you need to take, in order to arrive at that end destination.

Without having an end goal in mind.... you stay stuck because you don't know exact steps to take.

With an end goal, you can fill out your road map, find out each step you have to take, and then TAKE it.

This continual action, doing the steps that matter when it comes to making money... this action will soon add up and the momentum will help you see your first real money coming in sooner, rather than never.

Believe me, after 17 years of doing this, I can honestly say that the only way to make REAL money online is to have an end goal in mind, a target to aim for.

That way, you can SEE the steps to take.

You can TAKE the action steps.

And you can make it your reality.