What Is The Greatest Internet Marketing Lesson You've Ever Learnt?

Hi

Here's mine ...

"Don't chase money, let money chase you"

Taught to me by Alex Jeffreys... When I got my head around this and stopped trying to make money online .. A strange thing happened

I started to make money online !!

Enjoy

Dean

Just believe in yourself. Follow a plan and stick to it.

Cheers.

Analysis is Paralysis!

Stop looking into things too much - just do it!

If you over think and over analyze you will never make any money online!

What I have learnt is to do proper keyword research before getting
into any project. I have also learnt to devise a plan and stick to it
instead of chasing every money making opportunity that comes along.

I have also learnt not to spend money unless it is to purchase something
that I can use now to further my business.

It took a long time for all of this to sink in and I will admit that even now
I am guilty of straying sometimes.

don't believe the hype.

I have learnt that 'the fastest way to earn money is to get STARTED'.

Definitely my greatest lesson, has to be - make yourself focus on one particular thing at a time. If you focus at too many projects at once, you will almost certainly become stuck.

I make a list of everything I want to do in order, then cross them off.

People don't realise that psychology has more to do with succeeding than most people think...

There is no secret.

Taking daily action! You don´t have to do everything in one day, just do something and do it every day.May it be a blog post, blog commenting or participating in forums.Focus on helping people instead of making money online.By giving people what they want, you will get what you want.

Here's one of my favorites: READY FIRE AIM !

Don't try to learn everything there is to know about something before taking action! This can paralyze...I KNOW!

Take action
Try something

ok. so the take action is the most important,
and then in my case take action again, to fix your first action.
then you take action again to fix what you repair action did.
but now the third action has caused the first action to bomb out, so you need to take action again.
and again
and again...

Although I'm a newbie to IM and SEO, I consider myself pretty successful in life (although it took a long time and a lot of hard work). As many of you know, some of the best lessons are ones that took a long time to learn.

I'll agree with the take action part... but, that's just the first step in a journey of a thousand miles.

The most important part is STAY AT IT... and don't give up. Perseverance is the true key to success - you don't have to be be the smartest... you don't have to have the most resources... you don't even have to be the most motivated (although this helps a lot when getting started).

Set a goal, get started, and never give up!

I've learned that if you have the wrong mindset you won't be successful no matter how many Internet or courses you buy.

Unfortunately, most people have the wrong mindset and that's why most people fail at Internet marketing.

Having the right mindset makes everything just start to fall in place.

Why Promote someone else when you can promote yourself...
Create your own product...
Test, Test, Test...
Wash, Rinse, Repeat...

It doesn't need to be done perfectly--it just needs to get done. Just do it already!

That, and don't worry about reinventing the wheel, just sell people what they're already buying.

The best advice I've heard?

You'll fail more times than you'll succeed (but when you succeed, it more than makes up for the failures.) So -- FAIL FASTER.

When I quit buying the things that I thought I needed and started buying things that I knew I would use.

Matt

Don't worry about getting everything right the first time around. Take action, get something going, and tweak it as you go. You're going to make mistakes. Just figure it out as you go.

Matt

never buy anything from a sales letter...
lol.

that translates to... buy for features not benefits. (as the copywriters turn over in their graves)

if you cant figure out what the features are and how they are useful to you, then dont buy.

Always check and than recheck your links, don't learn the hard way.

The greatest lesson was when i learned not to be such a perfectionist. When i started i could spend a month on just creating a site because i didn't like certain aspects of the template and so on. Of course, i didn't make any money by doing that. So i decided to just start marketing my sites anyway even though i didn't like them, which of course, made me money. So yeah.. don't be such a perfectionist, it doesn't have to be perfect to get started.

You're in it alone! Realize this early and save ALOT of time. You can learn from people but don't think they have your interest in mind. Only YOU DO!

DO IT NOW! ala Napoleon Hill. Don't wait to do stuff...Just put it out there and see if it works.

Build a reluctant hero persona and dont worry about the keyword crap! Google organic does not = buyers. Having people that turn to you as an expert does.

Understand the basics of marketing as well as the lessons of IM. Learn what target marketing is and how to reach the maximum target for minimum money and effort.

Adjust quickly!

Lastly, spend time each day learning and improving.

Build as many "crappy websites" as you can and then upload it onto the internet.

The more "crappy websites" you make the more money you make.

Don't worry about if it looks good to you!

Just keep making them!

Hi all,

Cool insights all you've got. It's brighten my way ^^
Really appreaciate it

Many thanks folks ^^

" Don't be afraid of making mistakes "

A lot of Warriors already told you. Take action and don't give up. That is the key to success.

"help others get what they want first"

The Lesson:

1. Learn from people who are already doing it (a mentor).
2. Take from them correct knowledge or information.
3. Take consistent and persistent action on applying that knowledge.

In other words... True Knowledge + Consistent and Persistent Action = SUCCESS (having a plan of action really helps too)

The Formula:

1. Find a group of hungry people.
2. Survey them and find-out exactly what they want (might be what they're already buying).
3. Get in front of them and give it to them!
4. Capture the lead and turn them into raving fans.
5. Rinse and repeat.

It took me a lot of blood, sweat, and tears (oh yeah, and let's not forget TIME) to learn this.

James

Lots and lots of great bits of advice given so far, I'll try to add some value here.

Take action has been mentioned a lot, and is extremely important...But I believe that's incomplete advice.

It should be Take (or cause by hiring, outsourcing, etc...) Focused Action! Create a Plan, launch yourself at it with all the focus and energy you can muster, and pay close attention to what happens.

Only by knowing what you did (or didn't do) to cause a certain thing to happen, can you adjust accordingly.

The other biggest lesson... Get yourself a Mentor... Not lots of them, find someone successful and emulate that person. He/She has already laid out a plan for you, it's up to you to follow it and learn from it.

The last bit... Never, Ever, Ever Give up! Too many people quit when they are on the verge of success, only to see someone else pick up their idea and take off with it.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Rog

P.S. As Calvin Coolidge once said "Persistence and Determination are Omnipotent!"

I learned not to be afraid of trying or doing something new because in return whether the result is not exact to what you want still you learned to what you've done.

Hi Ronald
The greatest marketing lesson I have ever learned is to start taking action immediately.However great may be the idea ,you are not going to benefit from it until you execute it and make it a concrete reality.

In the beginning of my IM career ,I used to be a passive spectator,used to be amazed at the income claims and used to fill my hard drive with info overload.Slowly and slowly I started promoting other people products and I was making a decent income from it.

About four months ago I read an eye opening report by a leading marketer.It was about creating your six figure business empire by selling short reports.I was instantly hooked to the idea and created my first product within the next 3 days(It was a simple 15 page report).

That product generated $2800 in one week.Since then I have created many info products ,got some JV partners and now earn a healthy four figure income per day.

The other two very important things are:

1)Provide Value:
When you create your products always try to overdeliver(Especially in the first few).Price them low($5-$10 is enough) and share easy ,applicable info.Your rapport with your prospects will play a huge role in your future success.

2)Get some JV partners:
When you create your own product,try to get some JV partners.No one has ever created a huge income without people leverage.Your JV partners can make or break your launch so provide them
your best possible attention.Once you get some subscribers on your list,try to increase it rapidally using JV adswaps.

You have to know the art of knowing to the doing.

Learnt it in one of the CDs in Mike Filsaime's Butterfly Marketing 2.0 (I loved that course)

"Just believe in yourself"..."take action"...nice sentiments, but they're not going to make you money unless you apply smart, effective tactics and keep HAMMERING on the tactics that work for you.

I could believe in myself and take action towards becoming a professional basketball player, but I highly doubt the L.A. Lakers would ever take notice

Best internet marketing lesson? Use "bribes" (cool free giveaways) to rapidly build a mailing list of interested buyers. Then, have an autoresponder in place that has lots of messages that are just as well-crafted as the copy on your sales page.

I love it when I see a sale come through on my site, from a person who signed up for my list FIVE MONTHS ago. The fact that they purchased means that for the past five months, they've been keeping an eye on my emails, and one day they finally decided, "ok, I can't hold out any longer, I have to buy this!"

Check the bottom link in my signature box to see how I set a squeeze page that convinces 30-40 people a day to sign up. Good luck Warriors!

I appreciate all your comments.
I believe taking action and not giving up are the two best advices I can take :-)

be cautious who you are taking advice from. I encourage everyone to read all the blogs and forums they can but don't believe everything you read.

Never send traffic to a sales page (especially and affiliate page)

Always send traffic to a squeeze page.

then send your sales page to your traffic.

Hi,
Just believe in yourself...
And just do it...

TAKE ACTION!
Means you WILL MAKE MONEY...

Know what you want.
Backward chain the events it will take to make it happen.
Start at Square One and follow the tested and proven paths.

gjabiz

Two advises:
1. First, TAKE ACTIONS!

Second, TAKE ACTIONS!!

Third, TAKE ACTIONS!!!

2. Never believe in quick money!

BR
EF

I learn I can kill procrastination in a split second by taking ACTION

:p

Well, everyone else has already said "Take Action" and that is no doubt the number one because without it you will go nowhere, but you should have a map of some kind...

Here's a few more:

1.) Everything you need to know to become successful is free, but everything is not obvious.

2.) Don't waste your time on forums too much.

3.) Do something, even if it is a little thing, every day.

4.) You know more than you think you do, you have just forgotten.

5.) Other people wish they had what you have, never forget how blessed you are!

6.) Other than Death, there is no obstacle too big that you cannot find a way around it. (and for that "one" obstacle, I know a guy...)

-DTM

1. Decide what you are going to do.
2. Make a plan to accomplish it. (Model others if necessary)
3. Stay Focused on the plan.
4. Make adjustments when necessary.
5. Don't quit.

I guess the foundation of all of this, is to make sure whatever you decide to do is ultimately going to take you where you want to go. Because after all your hard work, precise focus, overcoming failure & discouragement, more hard work, more focus, you want to be sure that it will ultimately lead to a desired outcome.

Just get started and don't try to do everything and certainly don't buy everybody's course. If you haven't taken any action on a previous one, you most likely won't take action on the next one.

When it comes to buying the classes you really have to be careful. I paid $2,000.00 for a product launch class and really got ripped off. All i really got was a mess of written material, phone calls to listen to and then set up in a group for phone calls and it's become a social group with 2 or 3 people instead of 8 that it is suppose to be. i don't even recieve e-mails from the guru that sold the class. For newbie's don't get suckered into these classes. They really don't want to mess with anyone unless they are going to make them look good.
Debbie from happymakernow.com

Don't use adwords as when you start!!!
Start with yahoo or msn if you planing on marketing with ppc.
If you don't know how to use adwords, you're going to get out of money really fast!
I say that you start with free traffic and then when you start to earn some money, go to the pay methods

Concentrate your energies on becoming good at the difficult things. The difficult things are:

1. Traffic
2. Rankings
3. Links
4. Clicks

Work ceaselessly to achieve a high level of skill at the above 4 things. if you get good at them, then you can happily outsource the rest. Everything else will fall into place by itself. Don't get distracted into side issues, the above 4 things are what you need to get good at.

Anything is Possible Online! & Analysis is Paralysis!

GoGetta

Stand open-handed in the path of the money flow.

Tom

Probably the biggest thing I have learned is that IM should be a get rich forever scheme not a get rich quick!!

Success doesn't happen overnight. There are too many and myself included at one time think you can buy a product implement it the next day and start making loads of cash the next.

You become older and wiser in this game.

Graeme

Don't wait around for the mysteriously big "secrets" to be revealed and don't assume that everyone else knows so much more than you do before you take action.

I lost $500.00 as a very new beginner in google adwords and it scared me so much that I took a break and looked into a real estate venture. Somehow, I got back into IM and ran across 2 genuine marketers that truly want to help others and started up again. Everyone pretty much started out learning on their own so just dive in but get comfortable with your skills first.

I absolutely love this business and everyday there is something new for us all to learn.

Good luck to all the newbies!

That's an easy one: ignore the impulse and advice to just "do what you love." How many newbies has that lame advice sent down the path to failure?

One caveat: if what you love is making money, then by all means do what you love.

John

For me it wasn't taking action because I was already doing that. The beggest revelation for me was that it PAYS BIG TO TEST everything.

That building a rock solid foundation, both personally and financially, is critical to long-term success and fulfillment. If I would have taken the time to build my foundation ten years ago, when I first got started online, it wouldn't have taken me nearly 18 months to break $1,000 a month consistently. Today you could take away all my assets and I'd be back here today in less than a year.

RoD