rock bottom

Thanks for sharing your story !!

Well, If you again standup and move in right direction then maybe you could earn some bucks easily....People here are making around $1000-$5000 a month easily with IM.
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Why dont you sell your useless domains in order to gain some money.

Sorry to hear your story dude. I am fairly new too. But i believe in what the other poster wrote, you donet have to spend money to make money, well not alot. Try starting again, take you time, you're not going to get rich over night, grow your business organically.

Best of luck

Sorry to hear about it!

It is sad but it happens a lot more than people think, you are just one of the few that came back to the forum to post about it.

There are a lot of scams out there and unfortunately a lot of people trying to make money from simply selling make money products, which is completely unethical in my opinion. - It only helps the seller make money because the tips usually don't work.

As to where you need to go now, spend some time in the forums, don't buy any more IM products, just find out as much as you can about a certain area of IM that takes your fancy and go from there in a few weeks.

Try and do it all at a low cost, you don't generally need a mentor or an ebook to show you the ropes, you will learn enough on Google and this forum to make your way to profit.

Avoid temptation and get into the business mindset. Don't treat this as a hobby or a magical get rich scheme, treat it as a business.

Dave

Hey OP keep your head up, things will get better if you stick with a good fundamental idea. I would agree that don't think there is a magic bullet in the next IM package you see. With that said there is value in some of these products but you might have to ponder a little to figure out exactly how to extract value from what you already know.

I wish you luck buddy, Everyone has a bad day... in fact everyone has bad weeks, or months or even years. Things happen for a reason but we all have to deal with them and move on. We then become a better person at the end. As you grow and grow you learn more and more.

I hope to be more and more successful and with that drive and passion I know I can do it! so why don`t you get motivated and try try again!

Hi ReallyRanting,

Would you be willing to take a few steps more. If so Let's make a few bucks together. No promises here except if you will follow a few steps over the next month or so you will make a few bucks in Internet Marketing. If you say yes then I'll post back these steps here after you do step one I'll give step two etc.

George Wright, P.S. This may or may not be HUGE for you, I know it has been to some but not to all. If you're game, lets go. This will take time but it will make you a few bucks. P.P.S. The reason I want to help you make just a few bucks is because I know that the first few are the hardest, after that you can ramp it up as much as you want to (here comes the 4 letter dirty word) Work.

Hey Jurrie,

Believe it or not you are starting to be successful!

I know it sounds crazy right?

I am saying this when you have just said that you are xxxx amount in debt but TRULY you are!

I will tell you why....

No matter how long it has taken you to learn the lesson you have learnt it - or at this level of "pain" you will be close to learning it.

Pick yourself up and shake it off - you CAN still be successful it is ALL a learning curve.

As someone else said you DO NOT need to but any IM product to make money - of course that means that you will have to work really hard but so be it!

I would take George's kind offer with both hands and really knuckle down and then take each success as a step up!

Yes you are right on all accounts, it is tough etc... but don't come this far and give up!

GO FOR IT!

Good luck mate,

Chris Jones

Hi there saying form warrior "Brian G. Johnson" i do believe this my self

"People DO NOT fail at internet marketing,
they simply GIVE UP before the magic happens"

dont give up
good luck,
most people on the forum knows how you feel

George, that is really amazing of you.

Just replying so that I can subscribe to this thread. Have a feeling it's going to be good.

Di

Sometimes we come up with the most enlightening solutions when we are at the point where we have absolutely nothing left to lose. You have already come this far into it- don't give up now.

You are in the right place. Just by spending time in this forum you will no doubt gain all of the knowledge that you need to get back on your feet!

Hi All,

Step 1. I asked Jurrie to do Via PM. I asked ReallyRanting to change their User ID to a real name.
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That was done, thank you Jurrie.

After that arrangements were made to make Jurrie a War Room member.

Look at the progress just for taking action with this thread.

1. Jurrie has a Real Name that we can all get to know and trust as He/She? (Sorry I don't know if you are a lady or a gentleman Jurrie.) Adds value to the WF.

2. Jurrie is now a WarRoom Member.

Now for Step 3. Jurrie....

Spend a couple of days looking around in the WarRoom. Spend most of your time reading EVERYTHING by Allen Says. This will open your eyes as to what the spirit of the Warrior Forum really is. You will find that many things that are ranted about on the Main Forum are really sound IM practices when used in the right way.

By the way, in the War Room, Allen has a special area called "My thoughts," or something close to that, If you don't find it let us know and someone will give you a direct link.

Till Next time,

George Wright

In the beginning I spent a lot of money online like you. I think that everyone makes this mistake (more or less) before learning how to follow a smart business plan instead of giving shots in the dark.

You should learn how to make money online without spending money. Create Squidoo lenses and Blogger blogs to begin with. You will make some money out of this practice if you are serious. You should promote in-demand affiliate products and post your links everywhere.

Take care!

wow, there are some truly generous people on this forum!

Good luck with getting yourself back on your feet!

Inspired,

Andy

hey ,

the warroom is really a great place to read and learn things about IM !

George, you mentioned the area called "my thoughts" but i can't seem the find it, is it possible to send me the link there.

thanks

Jurrie

I could be wrong, but I think George means this:

http://www.warriorforum.com/my-ideas-strategies-plans/

My Ideas, Strategies & Plans

To your success!

Suzanne

Aside from domains, the most I ever spent on learning IM was $30 for one book. Why? Because that book looked promising and it was. Never-EVER buy another book. Most IM books have the same information over and over again. So if one didn't work for you, the other probably won't. IM is all about repeating a cycle.

What you should have done is buy just one domain and start from there. If you can't make it with one domain, why buy a bunch of them? You don't even need to do that. According to Blogging to the Bank (this isn't the book I bought, but the reviews give away enough info) you can make money via a BlogSpot blog, and they don't cost anything.

Start with the small methods to see if you have a knack for it. At this point, I don't care how good a book seems, don't buy it! You can get enough good info here at WF within a few hours without spending a dime.

I see a lot of people go through this, but I can't really understand why. Never spend money, never get super excited about all the money you can make, until you start seeing money come in.

My dad once said something to me. He told me that no matter how good something is, never leave your job until you can sustainably make enough to surpass (or parallel) that job's earnings. I listened to him, and now I am on path to make about 80-90K this year.

For right now, concentrate on something you can do.

Thomas Edison once said "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."\

I know you are at a rough spot. Been there, believe me!

George, you are da man!

Every success starts at where you are now.

If you went to college then you'll start with
a debt to pay back. Learning IM takes money
paid in mistakes and normal business loss.

Not every product for Apple was a success
and at one time they fired their genius.

So you're not alone and about every marketer
started by trying things that didn't work for
them. Like Thomas Edison you can say you
know XX things that didn't work.

There is no excuse for anyone scamming you
though--that is inexcusable.

Remain positive.

-Ray Edwards

Your story remind me of my own one. That was back in 2009 and I was in debt because I was too eager to find the quick get rich formula.

Well, I know now that, it doesn't exist.. May be my breakthrough came when I stopped learning and started taking action.

It was only baby steps. Like, learning to use Wordpress, keyword research etc.

Then money started showing up. From adsense, fiverr.com and affiliate commissions.

But now looking back, I know what made it happen. It was my change of Mindset.

Because, I hit rock bottom, I had nothing to lose and that kind of gave me strength. I just told myself. Give it your best shot.

So, all I want to say is... start taking action. Go make a few gigs on fiverr.com , introduce a service like article writing, research etc.

I know you will make back all the money you lost. Hope you come back and post your success story shortly.

My rock bottom cost me £700k my home and my health.... Today my life is great and my lovely new warrior friends are helping me secure my financial future... Believe me honey you will recover ... And be so much wiser too.

I haven't really gone into domain flipping, but getting and selling certain exact match domains could be an excellent way to create a consistent income with a comparatively small investment in terms of money and time to other models.

I can not believe the things i'm learning since i was granted a warroom membership by George,

I decided for myself to first read and learn and when i feel i'm ready i'm gonna take action.

I can seriously say my view on IM is changing seriously !

thanks again George

Hi Jurri,

Just wanted to let you know it is possible to get out and stay out of debt. Just taking it from the getting out of your debt POV I'll share with you how my husband and I did so. It took time but we were able to buy a house this year and we had zero debt when we did it.

Well... um... we do have car loan, but I am thinking you're talking about credit debt so here's what happened to us.

I invested about $5 k in IM coaching. 2 different coaching courses. One I was able to get a refund and the other was a loss. On top of this my husband became disabled and we were using our credit cards for a few months until disability kicked in.

We had about 11k of debt.

What we did was we stopped paying our creditors. I know, it's no fun to take this route, but when you are almost homeless, and your friends are helping you with food, I think it's something that has to be done, so that is what we did.

After about 6 months to a year, we started to negotiate with our creditors. We would call one of them up and say, "We've got $900.00 to pay off some of our debt. If you will accept it as payment in full, we'll give it to you. If not, we'll give it to the next creditor who will."

This creditor we owed $2400.00 to and they accepted the $900.00. We would save our money and then call another creditor and do the same thing. Eventually we paid off all of our creditors. Once we did that we started to rebuild our credit.

Over the past 3 years we would buy something, then imediately pay it off. We never purchased anything that we couldn't afford to pay off by the end of the month. Our credit slowly improved and Sept. of this year we purchased a house.

Okay, so... don't stress over your mistakes. You know the average person is about 7k in CC debt. So, you're not alone. And, that once coaching course I took that I didn't get a refund for... I was so embarrased about getting scammed like I was. It still hurts to think about it, but I did get past it.

I too have invested in far too many domains and started way too many blogs. Now I'm focused on ONE blog, ONE goal.

I wish you the best of success,
Chrisi

I'm not sure if this has been shared yet, but i noticed you were now a war room member, so I will hare the link...this is free and a great read...and yes NO OPT IN

http://www.warriorforum.com/war-room...-no-optin.html

Jurrie,

I highly doubt you are "stupid" regarding IM; rather, you are "ignorant" - nothing wrong with ignorance - it just means you have a lot to learn. I hope the difference really sinks in - it will play a big role in whether or not you succeed!

I wish you the best of success (and George is a great person to work with!).

This is one of those awe inspiring threads that deserves commendations.

George, may we all hope to extend such a courtesy to others, as this forum has "raised the hairs" on the back of my neck a few times; this thread being one of them!

You Sir are awesome for rekindling Jurrie's spirits and all whom may find encouragement from your generous acts... as did I.

Jurrie - First of all, I commend your courage in facing your humility. I;myself have questioned my efforts, and have on more then one occasion felt I was letting my wife and kids down also.

I have a saying; "Humility is a sharp tool and a great teacher, once the embarrassment wears off!"

-Meaning, one of the greatest stepping stones in reaching success can often be found shortly after acknowledging or admitting ones mistakes or in conquering our greatest fears.

I believe, if you follow the advice given and use the tools you already have along with the endless knowledge and 'golden' nuggets found within the War Room, I am confident things will start turning around for you.

I am not privileged to know what methods you are using to build your business model (?), but if it centers around affiliate marketing, I was just given a link to a website that offers "instant commissions" paid directly to your PayPal account. There's no fee to join, it's 100% Free.

The site is iDavi.com (*Definitely NOT an affiliate link) -they have over 3,000+ digital products you can promote for free. Every sale you make, your commission is paid instantly to your PayPal account.

Note: When you get to the site, scroll to the bottom of the page, in the 2nd column (of the footer) you'll see the "Affiliates" information. Again, registration is free, and once you register, and confirm, you can start earning straight away.

*If this interferes with George's plan for you, please ignore. I just thought the instant payouts might help you or someone else in a similar situation.

I Wish You All the Best,

Art

PS- Don't buy anything you don't need! -There are plenty of free or inexpensive alternatives out there.

You got some really good advice above, so I don't have to say anything new - just don't give up if you see yourself in IM.

I started from zero, just making money with free blogs, so you really don't need a money to make some money when it comes to IM.

All best and good luck!

Sorry to hear your story, but I'm sure you'll be back on top before to long.

For the Newbs....

You don't need to have much money at all to start successfully making money online. Spend sometime in this forum absorbing all the FREE information provided, and if you have questions, ask away.

Then start experimenting, that's really the best way to learn Internet Marketing. Focus on one project or site at a time, and make sure you keep your spending budget at a minimum until you start making some sales and get something working for you.

Do Not even start PPC and other paid methods of advertising until you think you know what you're doing. Then when you start, start off by using FREE voucher credits and get a little experience under your belt.

Just coming from my very own experience

Hey Guys,

it has been over a month since George offered me the warroom membership, and all i have been doing is reading learning and more reading, hehe.
I have to admit , i learned more about internet marketing in the last month then i have in the last few years.

I can say after this month , i have finally figured out what i want to do ... building adsense websites. i've always been interested in building websites and in adsense.

I will keep you posted with my progress in here !

regards

Jurrie

That's tough, and I know the way that you are feeling. I have hit rock bottom a few times myself (not just on the internet mind you). Keep this in mind though: You are still going to wake up tomorrow. You're still alive, and losing money won't land you in jail. You have a chance to change this crap. It's what keeps me going everyday at least. It could always be worse.

Dude, don't give up. Making money online is EASY, seriously. I was relatively new to affiliate marketing earlier this year and after learning a crap load of stuff, i started putting it in to action and was earning money pretty fast.

You should think about doing Amazon affiliate websites, they're easy to make, the products you can promote are endless and not saturated. You find a product, make a website, use web 2.0, article directories, blog posts and such to garner backlinks and before you know it you'll see the first dollar in your Amazon account.

Seriously, it doesn't HAVE to be hard. It can be really easy.

I'm glad you found something to focus on, Jurie. I think that's the hardest part for most everyone: choosing ONE main thing. This forum and the internet in general can be overwhelming because there are so many ideas and they all sound good on the surface. So we read and read and read, start one thing, then another, then another, and things don't get finished. FOCUS will help cure that.

I'm writing what I know, as I also read loads of good ideas and start too many projects. But when I (or you or anyone reading this) actually stay focused, that's when results happen. Make it like a task if necessary: vow to spend 1 hr/2 hrs/whatever working on just your main thing, then the rest of the day is for whatever you like.