Why aren't we all millionaires?

A simple idea: put together Personal Computers and sell them. Anyone could do it, anyone could have done it, anyone could still do it, but Michael Dell did it and became a billionaire. Why?

Because he had the resources to get cheap computer parts to assemble a computer and sell it for less than the next guy. He also had to have some sort of financial backing or friends to get started. We all aren't so lucky in that aspect.

Great question.

I would also ask that there a lot of business owners that whilst having a successful business are not necessarily millionaires.

To become a millionaire within IM you really need to have your own product rather than just be an affiliate. It's all about having a great idea that adds value and helps people solve a problem.

It's also not about turnover, it's about profit. I know a few people who make thousands a month but then they also spend that on their Google Ad words and marketing activities.

And no IM is not as easy as some landing pages would suggest - otherwise everyone would be doing it.

Lilach

Hello,
it is because most of the people that read this thread and curse themselves will still not take action.

I suggest you start looking under your nose. You're in a forum where millionaires have been made, and are currently being made as we speak.

That's not hype either. It's a well known fact.

There's more advice within these halls and walls than anywhere else for free...and often for paid too.

You need to get a clear focus of what it is you want to do, where your skills are, what you can afford to outsource, what you'll have to do yourself, what revenue model you'll be using, how you'll be reaching your market.

That's a good start. The rest are just details and icing.

Because you actually have to work to succeed. Many people are afraid of the hard work or just afraid of succeeding in general that they give up easily. And of course, it takes time to build up to getting that much money. You also need to focus on what you need to do to be successful.

And, yes, this is a huge forum so obviously there are those making nothing with IM, for sure, but there are also tons of people making a full time living and making hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars. It's not a joke or exaggeration, it's just fact.

I found my thread on facebook - I really hope it helps you

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post2194779

Keep on going - you will make it
Ben Hulme in the UK.

It doesn't take time... at least not the time you're suggesting.

The reason "we" (whoever that might be) are not millionaires is because making money online, while easier via the blessings of technology, still comes down to inner freedom. Many people have intellectual, or emotional constraints of which they tend to be largely unaware.

Think about the many ways your life would change if you made $1M next week. Sure, you'd be as happy as if you hit the lottery but it's short-lived....

...because *manifested* reality is the result of 3 forces, one of which is "the force of opposition", and if you don't know what it takes to overcome it, then your riches will remain a fantasy. And, once you overcome the current force of opposition, there'll be a new force of opposition on the higher level for you to overcome... unless you wish just to remain at that level.

You asked for suggestions....

1. Tithe - giving to charity *intentionally*, frees you up in ways that go beyond the scope of this post. If you already tithe, then give a little more with the understanding that you're not doing it solely for gain but from the understanding that it IS a component of moving forward spiritually.

2. Forgive - Think of someone for whom you have disdain as another person, just like you, trying to make sense of this world and doing the best s/he can for him/her self. That doesn't mean you condone their behavior. It just means you understand that you're both under the same laws that govern mankind. Withdrawing your negative energy from that will free you up for greater things.

3. Pray - Pray for the well-being of others, human, animal, and unknown -- not that they may have what they want, but that they grow in understanding and, therefore, a greater responsible use of their abilities.

IM knowledge, of which many of us have a lot, is only one leg... the other is "being." If one grows longer than the other, we are lopsided. If you need more proof that what I've been saying is key, then consult, or re-consult, well-known authors such as Dale Carnegie, Wallace Wattles and Napoleon Hill. They focused less on what a person knows than what a person IS.

Best wishes,
Eric
ps. It's also wise to do a yearly budget so you can see what you NEED to continue your current lifestyle as well as a FANTASY budget so you can see what you WOULD need to earn if you wanted to live your dream life. Then, work at increasing your income in INCREMENTS such as making a new car payment every month, or covering your mortgage payment. However big a leap you want to take, at first, is up to you, but to try for the "mil" because "a million" seems like the beginning of financial freedom is a mistake.

In my view it's not about luck at all. For every successful person who looks to the rest of us like they got extra lucky, I'll put money on them being able to tell you a story or seventy about tough, tough times they went through.

Everybody goes through a build up phase before they reach breakthrough.

To me, what really counts is the determination, tenacity and willpower to keep looking for new and effective ways to achieve your goals.

Here's a great example.

In Australia we have a major retail chain started by a guy named Dick Smith. He originally just did electronics but now he also does everything down to matches and peanut butter (best peanut butter ever actually).

When he first started his electronics store he had only a tiny little dump of a place, a beat up car and no advertising budget.

So you know what he did?

He took that beat up old car and painted a sign on the side advertising Dick Smith Electronics.

Then he parked that car on the side of the freeway and left it there, and started walking to and from work.

Eventually the car would get towed, but by that time so many drivers had seen his sign and visited him that he'd earned more than the fee to get the car back.

Then he'd park it on another freeway and repeat the process.

Today he's probably the most successful Australian business person of all time, and one of the world's richest people.

Determination and imagination will get you there.

It all starts with procrastination and the laziness in a man.

With no action, there is no reaction.

Get a blueprint and work on it. Just do it. If it fails, then learn your mistakes and redo it. Keep on it and soon you'll see success. Perseverance pays off. I know it does, I'm living proof.

-Shaun

If you are already a millionaire then you wouldn't waste most of your time posting in forum threads and instead you go out enjoy your money.
People tend to be easily attracted in "get rich fast" promos. Yes, the owners of the system are rich and successful. But I think not all system works for everyone.

The reason I'm not yet a millionaire is the fact that I give too much of my money away
to others that are less fortunate. They don't ask for it, they receive it because I see
they need it more than myself.

Will I stop doing that to earn a Million? No.

When the time is right and the greater powers believe I can handle it, it
will come and I'll step up to the next level.

I consider myself Wealthy. I'm not talking about wealthy via money. I'm talking about
the fact that I have no problem sleeping at nights and my family has what it needs.

Life deals people all sorts of problems and depending on your mind set, you may or
may not escape the problem. If you know that what you are doing is right and believe
in yourself and people in general, It comes back to you. Some times you receive more
than you sow and other times you break even or lose a little.

Either way the feeling is good knowing that you made a difference in someones life
in which they will never forget. That's what I call being Wealthy.

Anyone can make money I'd much rather be Wealthy!

Have a Great Day!
Michael

You can literally be given the tools and training to become a millionaire, but it's so "far fetched" we simply don't take action because making a million dollars in 12 months isn't normal... we some how fear what's not normal.

"the 12 month millionaire" is a perfect example. He borrowed $2k from his uncle and in 6 months did over 1 million in gross. Sounds "unbelievable" because we don't see that every day.

Anyone can be a millionaire - You just have to have the desire and will power to get there.

On the subject of millionares i have seen someone here in the u.k become a millionare from observing a plank of wood on a building site on farm then turning it into a multi million pound business which had turned into a major tool in d.i.y for normal people.


Like a lot of people say on here you need to grab the wheel not invent it.

The best advice i can give is what my first mentor Mr Green told me when i went in for an interview to start my selling career. He handed me a blank page and a pen and said write down your answers to this question "Why I haven't been successful and rich in life so far?"

I remember i wrote out 27 reasons why i hadn't been successful and rich. He took the page and read it and I'll never forget his reply... He said all good reasons Dan but you aren't on it!

Since that day i have always looked at myself why i was not good at anything i did. It boils down to me to make things happen. So if there are millions in the IM world [and there is] it's up to us to find a way to do it. This forum is the best source I've found for people willing to help who are already successful in IM. Hope this helps.
Dan

What are your skills? Go ahead and monetize it!

If you want to make a certain amount of money you'll need a plan to get there.
When you have a plan then you can ignore the hypey sales pages which don't apply to your plan.

Andrew

Because Bill Gates sucked up all of the money and won't let any go.

....Neither are the people who claim making 7 figures. They are hopping from offer to offer panhandling everyone in sight.

So pretty much, if I don't know how to do IM right now, and can't get any ideas or a little help, I should just stop? I mean, I really do want to become successful, but I'm sure everyone has had SOME help along the way. And like I said before, this isn't just for me. I'm trying to help others too by posting a question that the mass would at least look at. So, pretty much I just need to keep reading and asking questions to figure out what it is that I need to do. So far all I've learned today is that I need to make a list. I still have no idea what to do when it comes to the marketing part. I don't wanna sound pushy to someone. But then again, people have said thats exactly what you want to do. So who's right and who's wrong?

I can.

Tips? Sure.

Here is how I do it:

I create info products;

I sell them to my lists;

I have a bunch of affiliates who promote them;

I do a bunch of JV's;

I have back end products that I upsell;

I do SEO;

I own about 100 web sites;

I advertise on Adwords;

I own two membership sites.

*********************

Hope that helps!

It is about taking action and about working hard. Remember that there is no such thing as a free lunch. I am new to IM and still trying to make a $1 let alone a $1,000,000.00. But, I am trying and putting in a lot of hours. I've joined this forum to get ideas. I am constantly searching out new ideas. I WILL NOT GIVE UP.

Because not everyone believes that he/she can be a millionaire.

Talk to a 9-5 worker & ask him/her...

Why aren't you a millionaire?

They will probably say... Because I'm not lucky, because I'm in
the working class etc... etc..

Normally they'll just invent some excuse.

Truth is... if you really want to be a millionaire, you can do it, you'll
find your way.

1 million dollars isn't really that huge. A citizen of a well-developed country
could easily make that amount of money if he really puts up
some effort.

I kind of believe in the whole mindset thing, BUT, you can have all the mindset in the world, and NOT do anything about it, and never get anywhere. I know some really smart people who could do anything they wanted to with their mind. Invent new things that would sell for millions, but the fact is, they're lazy. They got HUGE ideas. But no way to make them possible. Or so they think.
And I understand that 1 million dollars isn't huge. But who doesn't wanna say that they made a million dollars with IM. One of the fastest growing "industries" out there. I, for one, don't want to work for minimum wage and live like a bum. I mean, I could get by. But I want to live mostly stress free when it comes to money. I would like to get a system down and then run with it.

Hello all!! Internet Marketing has really been labeled sales but I totally disagree with that! For example you go to the dealership to buy a car..Did that car salesman sell you that car? My answer is NO. You( the customer) went there to purchase a car..right? so the salesmen didn't do anything but show up for work. The car is a product already made and available and the salesmen didn't create it or produce it..Internet Marketer's job is to CREATE or solve a problem/need AKA create a product. Thereafter you are finding(in search of) the customer that your product solves a problem for. Then you deliver it to them as if you were the customer. Many do not know the principles how and this will be the difference in your bank account..Im_me

I'm not really sure of the reasons. Having seen and talked to a lot of people over the years, I've seen a lot. People don't stick to one thing even when it's making them money.

There was a guy who wasn't making any money... but with some efforts and time, he made around $1000 in one week selling two sites. Instead of scaling that up, he left it and moved into CPA. Today, he's still buying products on how to make money with CPA.

I think that's the biggest problem - people don't stick to something for long enough even after it has produced results. They don't have the patience.

Other than that, many people simply don't believe that this works - I've seen many people complete all the steps but the last one just because they are afraid this might not work. I don't understand the reasoning behind this.

There may be many others ... but I think these two are the biggest of them.

If we go at the root cause of it, it's because most people fear success and failure.

Even if they have ALL the info they need, the fear keeps them paralyzed.

In other words, their foundation (self-esteem) is weak.

thanks for all the advice - there is a wealth of experience, resources and information here

What a great thread!

Here are a few ideas of mine...

#1: Find a niche that you are pasionate about (passion is what drives you)
#2: In that nice, try to create a bue ocean (no competition area) Read the book.
#3: You need to give huge amounts of vaule up front (what does your prospect want)
#4: Brand yourself as an expert (Write a book, speek at events, have experts to recommend you)
#5: Network with the people who are already in the zone (coaching programs, seminars, events, twitter, facebook and so on)

You need to be percived as an expert in your niche, and an expert that cares about the fans. Then you dont need to sell, people will come to you to buy!

This is hard... it takes currage and fokus.... you will fall. The thing that is going to make you a millionaire is... you keep going toward your goal overcomming your own fears.

So the first thing to do... Have a vision!

Good luck, and enjoy!

...Because most of the people nowadays are into quick ways to earn money. They aren't much aware that Internet Marketing is not only about the knowledge to surf the internet, make a research, create compelling content and so forth. It has lots of areas wherein you have to learn and focus on to yield better and ongoing results -- which takes amount of time.

I believe when every people around here has invested enough hard work and also knowledge to see where they really are passionate about to help people, then possibly, there'll be passive numbers of millionaires here and there.

Hi
Having just rejoined the Forum after a couple of months, I was looking out for some good topics of discussion that I could get involved with, and hopefully add something worthwhile to. This is the topic I picked first, because it is something we have all heard, said ourselves, or still think in our minds even if we no longer voice it out loud.

Squeezepage syndrome no longer rings true, does it? The effects of the brainwashing are beginning to wear off, isn't is, as we shake our heads, wake up and angrily start to demand some answers. "Show me the money, then!"

Been there.

And the response? Now you're free to go out into the big wide world, the real world, and find the real money for yourself.

And truth is, didn't we always know that, deep down? If we could really have push-button cash, we would all have RSI (repetitve strain injury) from pushing the button all day long.

But...what I've sussed out, if my halfpenny of wisdom counts for anything...we are NOT all cut out to be Internet Marketers. Internet Marketing revolves around a skill that you need to have a passion to acquire and an aptitude to master.

Know what it is?

DIALOGUE

However you put it - in writing, in pictures, in video - to make it on the internet you have to learn the age-old art of communication. And not just any old boring, been said a tri-zillion times, re-hashed brown nonsense! Yes, someone out there may not have heard it yet, but I have and I've heard enough!

The Cyberworld wants to engage with real people. One's who have personality, humour, a past, present and an uncertain but desired future. One's with believable experiences, losses & failures, believable characters, genuine achievements, expectancy and capabilities. I'm talking flesh and blood PEOPLE, not CYBER-SUPERMEN!

So, I'll end here.

The information highway requires people who can keep up with the flow of traffc but who don't just get their kicks from driving around just to be flash, then smash and dash off with the cash!

The information highway requires signposts, pit-stops, cafes and motels; schools and banks and theatres and shops. Is that making any sense?

What I mean to say is, online works a lot like offline (didn't we alrady know that? Have we mysteriously forgotten?) If you can communicate to others how they can do something they want to, where they can find something they are looking for, what they should pay for something they want etc. etc. etc. - they will listen to you.

As the good old saying goes (which I only learned about a month ago), people will begin to know, like and trust you - and then they will heed your advise and follow your lead.

Oh, did I say the in-ter-net is about net-working? Relationships? Too obvious. But even that didn't sink in till recently.

Success online, in my newly formed opinion, is not about making money - its about making friends. Once you have a few (million) friends online, even if you sell them a soft-drink each, well...

Hope you can relate in some way to my perspective: it's genuine.

Cheers

Jaycee

Becoming a millionaire is a process so it is not an overnight thing. But one has to start somewhere and make some adjustments here and there along the way.

The mindset also important. One has to see himself a millionaire before it is practically so. The self- placed limits have to be removed. Learn new ideas and tips like we are doing here. But the most important thing is to apply the knowledge we acquire.

I am on my way to becoming a millionaire.

I believe it is EASY!

Its all about work ethic. Of course it takes hard work, but the principle of making money online isn't hard.

Like many have stated, especially the DELL example. The people that win are the ones that work and stick at it!

If we all worked hard and STUCK AT IT, there would be more richer IMers!

GoGetta

We are not all millionaires simply because not all have great products and capital, and not all are willing to do the ground and pound so to speak in working out building their businesses if they already have.

So, what would be the best way to get these people? I know about list making and all that. But, what does it really take to get and KEEP these people? We all need something with staying power. Not many people have that. What makes something stay around long enough to prosper from it? Is it the fact that whatever it is makes someones life easier? Does it teach them something? Does it appeal for them to resell? What is it exactly?

People mention luck here. I don't believe in luck. Why are some people more lucky than others? - Because they are trying.

Let's just take an example of someone who often wins competitions online etc. Why? Because they enter in a lot of competitions. Some might say "I have bad luck, I never win at games" - It's because they haven't played enough. (The ones that win rarely tell someone when they lose, but only when they win)

So to succeed in business, it's not about luck. Anyone can make themselves lucky if they try. So no excuses for not being lucky, or that rich people are.

Everyone can be rich, everyone can be "lucky". It's all about taking the right decisions.
I'm not rich, but I will be some day. (I'm only 20) I know I can, and the same goes for everyone else.

Seriously ... if someone tells you to jump off a cliff, are you going to?
If the answer to the above is no .... why would you believe all the sales letters that tell you can make thousands in a couple of hrs with NO Work or Skills involved?

I make a good living in Internet Marketing. I create my own products and market them. It's a business ... not a flash in the pan "secret method." It takes a lot of work and skills.

If you're jumping from one secret method to the next and not building a business, you most likely won't ever have any real success.

Another thing, is making your own product more profitable than marketing someone elses? I would assume so, but wouldn't it take more up front cost to produce? Even if its just copywriting?

Im sure that I could, but the fact remains. Why would someone give someone else their secrets to making money? I'm sure 99% of real money makers keep their secret to keep their money flowing in. If everyone taught how they do things, then that just levels the playing field and we all have to find another way to do it.

And if you did say that I needed alot of money to start IM, I would ask, where am I going to spend it? Is it worth it if I fail? What if I do something wrong. But the point is, I would definently like to learn what it takes to do something like this. I'm not looking for a handout or to be pulled aside and be told "there there, you'll get it someday" I'm looking to do what it takes to get where I want. It doesn't matter how long it takes, as long as I'm heading in the right direction.

I'm just gettin the facts and the help that I need before I just jump in(like I have done in the past)

Makes sense, like I said, I'm new to the IM thing. I have read somewhere about copywriting what you write or something to that effect, or someone could just steal it and sell it too. Do I have this wrong?

Yeah, it's making me laugh at how simple you put it

Sounds easy doesn't it? Like I said in my original post, people make things sound easier than they really are. We can all have ideas, but never do anything with them. I know money isn't a free handout and that it takes time and alot of work to get it. Gettin that first dollar feels REALLY good, because you know that you did SOMETHING right. But then that second dollar comes in and now you're stoked. So I try to tweak what I'm doing to make that third dollar come faster than the 2nd. And so on and so forth. But it can only go so far until you're at a standstill because your knowledge of IM or whatever only goes so far

Hi! I am sure most of us go through your frustration. There is this kind of lure in the thought that we can become rich overnight...it's what makes people play the lotteries, casinos, etc! It's such a good feeling if it ever does happen...only recently I witnessed this myself...my mom won a sum of as much as a month's pay, and it felt so good to see the lotto reciever count over the money to her...easy money sort of (maybe it aint afer all when you count the money spent in tickets, year over year, but you get the idea...)
The truth is only so very few people will be so lucky, so can't base on that sure you agree. I have over the years become aware of one comment that was said
to you in these replies...it is a question of opportunity meeting preparation. You start to understand this when it happens to you, on a small or large scale alike.
You are right, this is not easy for the most of us, making a living online. But start to see it as a process, take up an opportunity, keep your focus, very important, you are learning all the while, even if your bank account remains the same...lol, most go through the experience of getting into debt before their real opportunity comes up, but you don't have to do that.
It has happened to me that I spent nearly four years trying to make money with different opportunities and not succeeding in any. I was jumping into the last shiny path, but I never really took action...but I was preparing myself gradually by getting more choosier and boiling it down to the realisation that I needed a mentor or I'd give up! See the preparation came on its own and I also learnt about 'the secret' concept, so there was this great yearning in me, and I knew I didn't want to give up on my dreams! My preparation met the opportunity when I started a marketing course with Alex Jeffreys. I am learning to put a system in place by somebody whos been there, and to give value in everything that I do.
Also keep researching this invaluable forum for the info and advice you might need, just like you did now.
Best wishes ;-)
marica theuma

Zig Ziglar offers a model for success:

"You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want. "

It boils down to creating value for others and delivering that value to them.
In the IM world product creators create value, and affiliates are the people that deliver the product. Many can play in both areas of creating and delivering.

Think of how you can offer enormous value to others, create a product around it, and then JV with some experienced marketers to market the product.

Its About creating a few really good products and have a lot of good sales people to promote your products example Mike Filsame, butterfly marketing and Mike Dillard Magnetic Sponsoring I could go on an on but you get the picture,Its like real life you work for some body you live from pay day to pay day you will survive but the real winners are the people you work for they leverage your time for thier profit

I don't know about you, I'm not a millionaire because I am too busy giving things away!

I'm not a millionaire because I am married with 4 kids. Also you have to discern the term millionaire.

Are they a millionaire with a million liquid?
Are they a millionaire because they've made a million online (Yay I qualify)
Are they just full of ****?

The first one in the list is the only real millionaire. If you made a a million dollars but it cost you 750k to do it then you see the problem there.

If you are confident in yourself and know you can do it, do it. Never quit, never listen to naysayers, never EVER accept anything short of your goal.

My favorite quote and my personal business motto
"Everybody fights, nobody quits. If you don't do your job I'll kill you myself"

So back to the topic. I think alot of people are getting things from this. Thanks to everyone that has responded. I took notes and did alot of thinking and realized that it CAN be simple, and be done. Now it doesn't seem as frustrating.

I'll just sum it all up in one sentence:
"Make big promises; Overdeliver"
- Seth Godin

If you apply that to what you do to make money, you will be successful.
The tip Andrew Cavanagh gave is also a very important aspect of this. - Fokus on one skill, and become an expert. Experts are always in demand. Combined with overdelivering, you will get referrals from satisfied customers.
Why focus on IM trends?

CPA! Clickbank! Autoblogging! Twitter! Craigslist! Article marketing! Social bookmarking! SEO! *New kind of SEO*! Offline marketing! Outsourcing! Email marketing! Niche marketing! Ebay! Adsense! Video marketing! Reseller hosting! Blogging! Facebook marketing! Backlinks! *Loophole*! MLM! Coaching! Domaining! Listbuilding! Black hat! PPC! PPV! PTC?!

Sounds familiar? The trends keep rotating, and everything gets hot some time. What does it do with you to jump in on all these trends? - Nothing. You get stuck with information overload, and never get good at anything. I've been there, and I still am. lol! Don't make the same mistake.

My two big clients are millionaires. They invest in and build companies. I dont see allot of talk about that on WF. Thats probably why.

Its funny... one of our warriors just posted this: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...s-so-true.html

The reason only a few are millionaires is because only a few actually DO IT! Watch the video to fully understand.

Too many variables to answer that question.
1) way 99.9% of people view and think about money
2)lack of plan and or lack of action on a plan
3)if you always do what you have always done you will always get what you always got
4)poor market research
5)lack of perserverance
6)expectation of overnight magic money

Good question. I have always taken the Kiyosaki approach to business - you have to know how you're going to take care of 5 skills. You don't have to master each of them but you need to know enough about them all. The skills he mentions are: Finance, Communications (sales & marketing), Systems, Product and Legal. You also need to understand how management, teamwork and leadership work but those are skills that apply to all levels and aspects of your business.

Currently I'm working on the Communications aspect - that's the one I'd choose to be a master of first, followed by systems and then finance. Product is contingent and legal I'll leave to the lawyers, but I'll still be conversant in it nonetheless.

So, the reason I'm not a millionaire? I'm going to be, but I'm playing the long game, not the short one. It's the quickest way there in my opinion, and I'll be ale to hold on to it if I do it the right way.

I believe all of those stages apply to online business too. I think too many IM lack the financial literacy and experience to manage their cashflow and capital.

Hi Duality32

I agree with Stede and disagree with you on this one. o)

All the best-selling products in every niche that there is and ever has been - whether on or off the line - is because someone has come clean with what they know, spilled the beans, and others have recognised that this is the real deal, and have bought into it, encouraging others to do so too.

'Kiss and tell' bios? True Hollywood stories? Cookbooks? Training manuals? Self-development courses? some, but not all, things are so popular, and remain so, when it becomes known that it works - that people can learn from it.

People are honest when they learn something they didn't know before and nearly always thank the person who taught them.

Now directly in response to your comment (paraphrased) that "99% of online gurus keep their secrets to themselves," I can only say that in my opinion 100% of fake gurus lie about what they know and sell you some re-hashed kidney beans they were duped into buying themselves in the first place!


The real gurus are called gurus by their real mentees. These are the people who have recognised what the wiser teacher has to offer, have heard testimonies of those who have genuinely learned something, and who have chosen to follow that mentor and accept that what he teaches is worthy to put into practice.

These real gurus don't need to sell Average Joe a line, because the truth is good enough. The truth is what has brought in his millions. And if he doesn't continue to tell the truth those millions will start to reduce.

Is this a contradiction on the 'selling the magic button' fiasco? No, I genuinely don't believe so. Some of the products we buy from 'fast-food hypermarkets' are genuinely good, but it's a bit like a teacher just leaving textbooks out on his desk: if a student stops by and reads it, all well and good, but where is the lesson plan? What is the correct interpretation of what he read? How is he supposed to turn theory into practice?

A student without a teacher is like a ship without a rudder. Disaster is a-comin', better watch out! The Titanic couldn't stay afloat just on her potential, she hit a barrier, and it took her down - down, down, down. All the way down. Sad.

Don't sink because you are not looking carefully at where you are going, and have no idea about what is really beneath the surface. Don't be too big to turn around.

So there are two things to differentiate:

1. Have you found a true mentor?
2. Are you a genuine mentee?

When that combination is correct, boundaries get shifted and newer and greater things take shape.

Over to you.

The bible says (I love to quote the Bible as it is a great wise book from a great teacher, in my opinion): "A disciple (student) is not above his teacher nor a servant above his master. It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master." Matt. 10:24-25

What "job satisfaction" do you think therre would be if a great teacher could not pass on his knowledge to an avid student? Like in the physical realms of procreation, man's natural instinct is to replicate himself.

Forget the fake snake-charmers.
Go find yourself a real teacher - and then learn what he tells you to do. And do it.

Let me know what you think.

Jaycee


There isn't really much that we don't learn from others. There is nothing new under the sun and all things are common to all mankind. Meaning - even if you think yoou're 'going it alone, something is teaching you which has been taught or learned by others.

I'm straying from my point. Heard of guys like Tony Robbins, Richard Kiyosaki, Dale Carnegie? Of course you have. Those guys and many others teach us what they know how to do to make their living. Ever been around really cagey people? Eventually you're just going to walk away because the conversatio is getting you nowhere.

I think spending too much time on forums and trying to learn endless info products on the subject of making money online. You may just feel you don't know enough to start. Then you burn out. Sure you may try now and then but you give up after it does not work and then start looking for the next big thing. Meanwhile it may take working on the same system over and over until you get it working. It would take a lot of failure before you get it going right. I think finding the right method that fits you is part of the issue. You need to find something that works for you. People have differnet skills and personality types.

The secret to becoming rich is spend less than you earn.

To become a millionaire is not much of a target. If you bought a £100k house in the UK in 1980 it would be worth $1.45m now (see UK House Prices - Charts and Graphs of How Houses have Increased in Price over the Years).

Those who understand the true meaning of growth will have everything they need to make a million.

My favourite quote comes from my long since dead Auntie Gladys, she was an accountant who continued to work well into her 80's. She loved work and donated much of her time and money to charity. As a teenager I asked her how I could become a millionaire. She said "I don't know Martyn, we all become rich in our own way, personally I am working toward my second million as I have been told that's easier than the first!"

That advice is hard to forget, but she also explained the meaning of growth. I can't do that for you any better than your maths teacher or Albert Bartlett (see ).

For UK readers my Auntie Gladys, full name Gladys Parish, is responsible for creating the first VAT accounting rules which still make up about 95% of the rules today. You never know who is in your family tree...

I've noticed the first to market is normally the winner, and with enough research and testing - noticing consumer trends and acting on them - the winner can keep the lead. Think of Hollywood Video in the USA. They did not keep up with the trend of consumers wanting instant movie downloads. They could have kept Netflix and Redbox from encroaching on their market had they been willing to remake themselves quick enough to meet consumer demand. Think of Barnes & Noble closing so many stores due to not acting on consumer trends in their market. They would have needed to have invented or bought out the top digital delivery systems to stay ahead.

The mind of a millionaire is definitely different than the average person. The big difference is what they do in their spare time. They don't sit around watching TV - they read business books, they check stats, they network with people who have the same mindset.
I have heard that 95% of people who get into IM fail. Why? Well in my opinion, a very small percentage ever acts in the first place, and of that percentage, an even smaller percentage continues when something goes wrong......That leaves the 5% of people who make a success out of their business.
This is true (well maybe not the exact figures - but the concept) of all entrepreneurs. Most people do not want to be an entrepreneur - they don't want the responsibility, the pressure of everything falling in their shoulders. A true entrepreneur has many traits, several of which are belief in himself and what he is doing, perseverance, and focus.....
A true entrepreneur falls down and gets back up - they can lose it all and get it all back - b/c they have the mindset......

I'm certainly no millionaire but I think I can at least answer the above question in the context it is framed.

First, IM is easy if you don't get pulled into all of the crap the MMO ebooks & videos are telling you.

Second, IM is not so easy at all if you are spending all of your time reading about and researching niches, researching keywords, researching competition, researching whether you should build a blog or normal website, researching which theme to use for your site, researching which method you should use to make money (contextual ads, non-physical affiliate products, physical affiliate products, cpa, site-flipping, membership sites and so on), researching backlink building (understanding what it is, learning how & where to get edu links, how & where to get profile links, how & where to get blog commenting done, how & where to get link wheels, how & where to do social bookmarking and so on), researching squeeze pages (how to build landing pages, how to entice people to sign up for your freebie - which you then research how to make that freebie, researching how to write your follow-up sequence and so on) and researching article marketing (how to write a great title, how to seo the article, how to write a great resource box, how to distribute your articles and so on).... I think that should illustrate the point. Remember, everything will have different products telling you basically the same thing but at the same time each will also tell you something kind of different.

This stuff used to be very easy for me at one time. I just focused on making some great sites sharing my ideas with the world, finding like-minded people who shared my interests, connecting with those people and so on.

Then in an effort to improve my results I stumbled into the MMO world.

If you follow what those products from the landing pages you mentioned are telling you to do... you will find yourself continually chasing one thing after another. It never ends. There will always be something else. Right now, for example, I bet you will soon see a wave of products coming out telling you they have the answer you need to handle the latest Google update. You can defeat the Panda or whatever. And after this, there will be something else and then something else after that.

Simplify. That is the only thing I got from all of this time I have spent testing the things these MMO products say. I am throwing it all out and getting back to what actually worked.

So, I think this is why those products don't work for you, me and many others. They are not complete. Each one just presents a doorway to another thing. And another thing. You can get lost in there for a long time. Trust me on that.

Don't look to someone else to give you the answer of what strengths you have that you can share with the world. You already know. But trying to get that answer from someone else from a MMO product... you will be searching for a long long time.

Its not easy, its the same as anything else, it requires hard work, skills, knowledge and persistence. Anyone who thinks they are going to be a millionare simply by spending 37$ on an ebook and writing a few articles is a damned fool.

I can't speak for everyone, but I know that I've seen too many people looking for a cookie-cutter system where they can make a million overnight with no product, no list, no website, and no brains.

As many on this thread have said, success takes work. And the bigger successes take even more work.

The best that anyone can do for you is to point you in the right direction, give you the benefit of their experience, and offer some suggestions. What works for them may or may not work for you, but at least it's a starting point.

Each person must learn for themselves what truly works for them.

To become Millionaire you have to read a sentence in my signature LOL!

Making money with IM isnt that easy unless you have a solid plan. The reason why we arent all millionaires is because we do have some offline responsabilities and work to do and its not everyone that has the chance to work on their IM business as much as they would hope!