IM - A Business or a Hobby?
To be a business, you must FOCUS on 1 area, create a PLAN and TAKE ACTION. There are no shortcuts. You need to mix in a little LEARNING and some MOTIVATION. The only way to fail is to quit. You are blessed to have the Warrior Forum to help you. There are hundreds of ways to make money, but pick 1. Most importantly - enjoy what you are doing.
For me, IM is a great hobby. I don't enjoy golf, hunting, fishing, movies, TV, etc. I have been involved in IM over 5 years and have made a little over $500 from AdSense, Amazon, ClickBank, eBay, etc.
I have learned much about IM and have developed websites with X-Site and Kompozer, created Wordpress sites, put up a you tube video (this crust pizza), put up a book on Amazon (choosing a hobby), written Ezine articles and so on. I am on Facebook and Twitter, but not a big fan.
Maybe I am different, because I enjoy writing articles (doing the research myself - not PLR), and like the technical end because I was a computer programmer in the mid 60's. That was the best job I ever had. Because I was outgoing and able to communicate well, I moved into management and spent my corporate career running the computer department for some major corporations. I hated the corporate politics and vowed I would never again do any work that I hated. Since then, I have owned and operated several "brick and mortar" businesses and was Executive Director of our Chamber of Commerce.
Right now, I am writing a book to put on Amazon (my dessert recipes). Kindle is popular, and I may also do one there. I continually buy WSO's to continue to learn. I spend a little time each day on motivation, my favorites being Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy and the late Jim Rohn. If you haven't seen it, I would recommend Mike Koenigs' website. He has a video of Brian Tracy "How to Make your First Million" along with a number of interviews with other IM'ers.
I would also recommend a set of interviews created by Jay Boyer (you can do a WSO search on Jay). It consists of interviews with successful IM'ers who explain how they got started and how to make $100 a day within 30 days. A lot of great ideas there.
This has been lengthy, but hopefully you enjoyed it. The important point to take away - if you want a profitable business - operate as a business. But, it is also a great hobby, Unlike most hobbies, you can also make a little money (AdSense last month paid over $8, ClickBank was $11).
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