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14 years ago

The Internet Business Mastery podcast. Huge asset to someone new. Get as many as you can, fill your iPod..sounds like you want to listen to episode 73 to start :-)

Todd

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Mo Faisal

14 years ago

Hey Lionel,
First of all embed this in your mind that there is rarely any money without upfront hard work
Secondly have patience and never quit because you never know when you will hit gold. IM is not at all get rich overnight.

I started in the world of IM with article writing as I did not have money to start IM.

Good luck with your SEO

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Kevin Barnes

14 years ago

You must get laser focused on one project at a time or you will never succeed. for example... when it comes to building a blog you can't expect to set one up, add 20 posts and think your going to get traffic.

You need to plan and build your business. In the blog example, one would focuse all of there efforts on building up that blog to have 100's of posts and comments targeting keywords in the niche the blog is aimed at. ...and if your going after affiliate marketing you will need to build the traffic to your site up to about 400+ a day to start seeing any kind of good ROI. keeping in mind you have a good converting site.

If you want what this industry has to offer you have to stick it out.

When you where learning to walk... Did you give up? nope.
You kept going and one day you could just do it!

- Kevin

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Lionel Turner 14 years ago

Thanks for the replies.... Keep them coming, please
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- clint48 14 years ago
  
  Hi Lionel, when I start a project I may take a day putting every thing together in my mind. I then take every thing in my mind and transfer it to paper, because each small step I do is important and I don't want to forget to do any step.
  
  I do each step every day and I write down exactly what I did each day. I check my results to make sure it is working. After 2 or 3 weeks if the results are good I continue, if not I find another project.
  
  This is just the way I do things, I am sure others have a different way of doing things
  
  Good luck
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Mark-Dickenson

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Kevin Barnes

You need to plan and build your business. In the blog example, one would focuse all of there efforts on building up that blog to have 100's of posts and comments targeting keywords in the niche the blog is aimed at. ...and if your going after affiliate marketing you will need to build the traffic to your site up to about 400+ a day to start seeing any kind of good ROI. keeping in mind you have a good converting site.
- Kevin

Sorry but I totally disagree with both the needed traffic figures and the amount of posts needed on the blogs

I have 3 post blog sites that will get $200-$300 per month with 70 visitors a day and $400+ with 100 visitors a day

You don't need 400+ visitors a day...you need to sell what is selling and target buyer keywords

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Keith Boisvert 14 years ago

We often talk about having a business plan to get started, but what the typical newcomer really needs is an Education Plan.

Brilliant. I think education and the process in which we achieve it is constantly overlooked, but one of the most important factors in success(work being the other).

Read, re-read, then print out and read daily BigMike's post. So simple, yet so effective and true.

~Keith
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Lionel Turner

14 years ago

Originally Posted by BIG Mike

Do you know how to use cPanel and FTP comfortably?

How much to you understand about HTML and PHP/MySQL? I'm not suggesting you need to be an expert programmer, but having a working knowledge is important for outsourcing these things.

Great post BIG MIKE! This seems to be where I get discouraged. This time around I know that I need to learn more in these areas that way I can focus on a plan oppose to focusing on what I don't know how to do. Thanks!

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Lionel Turner 14 years ago

Originally Posted by BIG Mike

Do you know how to use cPanel and FTP comfortably?

Any recommendations on how I can brush up on these skills?
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- um1001 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Lionel Turner
  
  Any recommendations on how I can brush up on these skills?
  
  http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ials-list.html
  
  Look for George's post (#5) with the videos.Includes lots of technical stuff, including cpanel.
  
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  Lionel Turner 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by um1001
  
  http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ials-list.html
  
  Look for George's post (#5) with the videos.Includes lots of technical stuff, including cpanel.
  
  Great! Thank you
  
  Lionel
  
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uncle randy 71

14 years ago

Originally Posted by BIG Mike

Probably the worst thing you could do is to jump into any one program at the outset, if you're genuinely interested in developing the robust skills needed for long-term success in IM.

We often talk about having a business plan to get started, but what the typical newcomer really needs is an Education Plan.

From my experience mentoring various people of the years, what I've found is that the single largest barrier to them succeeding is a lack of technical ability in regards to using the tools available to them.

That said, the first thing you need to do is sit down and objectively evaluate your abilities. Make a prioritized list of the things you need to learn and stick to it.

For example, how well can you use your computer? It's file management system, and software like Word, Excel, or Open Office?

Do you understand how to register domains, obtain hosting and point your domains to them? Do you know how to use cPanel and FTP comfortably?

How much to you understand about HTML and PHP/MySQL? I'm not suggesting you need to be an expert programmer, but having a working knowledge is important for outsourcing these things.

As you become proficient in those areas, you should be planning to learn one aspect of IM at a time. For example, take list building - search this forum for everything you can find out about list building, ask questions and then put what you're learning to the test.

At the risk of giving everyone here a heart attack, don't focus on or be driven by making money yet

Instead, experiment, practice and develop your knowledge and ability in that area. Then, ease into monetizing your list when you've got a handle on it. Then move on to the next subject, i.e.; article marketing or whatever.

The thing to remember is nothing is really static in this business - methods are constantly changing and evolving, things like SEO are continually changing, so once your knowledge reaches a certain point, you've still got to be prepared to maintain it.

Because of this, don't start out looking to launch a business first - look at it as getting an education that you'll put to practical use at some point down the road.

To the original poster, RE-READ THIS POST several times until it sinks in. There is a lot of good information here. At this point in your journey, probably the most important part of this post is learning to focus on one skill, not money. Focus on that skill or tool, master it, and then you can easily use it to make money. Focusing solely on the money will be a downfall.

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Fernando Veloso

14 years ago

Lionel

It ALL comes down to content + links.

Focus on that for a couple weeks, master techniques on both.

Content: Write, outsource
Links: Create handmade links/automate link building/outsource.

Focus on content and links.

Rankings will come. Money will come (Adsense/affiliates/own product/whatever).

Take care and good luck mate!

Fernando

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willdean

14 years ago

Hi Lionel,

I am not sure where you are as far as start up capital, but I would highly reccommend that you outsource some of the more technical things at first. When I first started out, I would get a great idea and start to set up a website. Even though I had a fair handle on html and stuff, it would still take me forever to get it done and then I wouldn't like what I ended up with anyway.

Here is what I would suggest,
Find an idea or market you want to go after
Have the website set up for you (scriptlance.com, or whatever)
Don't worry about everything being perfect, that will only stop you dead in your tracks
Then focus all of your attention on building traffic to that site.

As you go along you can learn how to tweak your seo, set up links, etc. But until you have something out there you can't build traffic to it.

Continued, Focused action is the key

Best of luck to you
William Dean

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Lionel Turner 14 years ago

Thank you all for the helpful posts. Now its time to put them in to action.

Lionel
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jimmyab

14 years ago

Persist & persevere Lionel! Imagine how many attempts Uncle Thomas Edison had at the light bulb before he got "breakthrough". Same for you, me and anyone else who wants long lasting success. Been in business 12 years (not IM) and still tell myself that today - no matter what never, never, never, never, never give up. Change tack and learn new strategies from those with experience, put it to practice - if it works - fantastic - if not move on. Its not personal, its just business - you havent given your customer convincing enough evidence for them to buy from you. So learn and move on brother - and never give up!

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davis9461

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Kevin Barnes

You must get laser focused on one project at a time or you will never succeed. for example... when it comes to building a blog you can't expect to set one up, add 20 posts and think your going to get traffic.

You need to plan and build your business. In the blog example, one would focuse all of there efforts on building up that blog to have 100's of posts and comments targeting keywords in the niche the blog is aimed at. ...and if your going after affiliate marketing you will need to build the traffic to your site up to about 400+ a day to start seeing any kind of good ROI. keeping in mind you have a good converting site.

If you want what this industry has to offer you have to stick it out.

When you where learning to walk... Did you give up? nope.
You kept going and one day you could just do it!

- Kevin

I aggree very much! To add to that, if you want to speed up the learning process, one could always seek a mentor to work with as long as you have done your research and make a wise investment (time or money) towards what knowledge you seek to gain!

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Online Bliss

14 years ago

I agree with all the posts I have read here.
You need education. I still have wanna be marketers
asking me what an RSS feed is.
I'm still learning, heck I totally ignored Twitter until I
finaly decided it may be worth exploring.

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Sirago

14 years ago

Hey,

Check out my thread http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ce-advice.html

It's a good advice thread.

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