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The Moment You Knew You Would Struggle No More?

by sharpturn
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Hi Warriors,

The other day when I checked my Cyber Monday Amazon stats and noticed a record earner for me, (it was only $139 but to me it felt like a lot), I wondered what it would feel like to earn that much and more on a daily basis. Whether it be through Amazon, Clickbank, article marketing...whatever.

I imagined how amazing it must feel for someone to finally see the fruits of their IM labor after months / years of trying and failing. To have conquered their goals or even just their first goal.

Those of you who had been in financial dire straits and through determination and perseverance now never have to struggle again....what did that moment, that day feel like?
Did a weight just lift off your shouders?

Tell us your stories.

What with the new year coming up this may be a good motivator for all in this WF community.

Thanks,

Andy

P.S. Your moment doesn't necessarily have to be a financial gain. Maybe you realized you know more about IM than you thought. Maybe you finally cracked learning HTML or now find that you can set Wordpress up in just 30 mins.....whatever it is your not struggling with anymore.....tell us!
#knew #moment #struggle
  • Profile picture of the author matt5409
    Hi Andy

    I'm not quite at that point yet, but mostly because I know I haven't been putting in the effort. I have a few sites earning me money from Amazon on a daily basis, but it seems I will need a lot more (or bigger sites) to make it a worthwhile time investment. Maybe in the New Year...

    Congratulations on your record day
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  • Profile picture of the author permaguru
    The first time I felt a feeling similar to yours was when I hit a $3,365 Amazon day. I felt at the top of the world.
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    • Profile picture of the author feliciayapsl
      Wow! $3,365 Amazon day! That's amazing.


      Originally Posted by permaguru View Post

      The first time I felt a feeling similar to yours was when I hit a $3,365 Amazon day. I felt at the top of the world.
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      • Profile picture of the author sharpturn
        Originally Posted by feliciayapsl View Post

        Wow! $3,365 Amazon day! That's amazing.
        Yeh...I was thinking the same thing.
        Dang!...I don't even see that in the month!

        But it's possible!
        permaguru has done it....which means with the right work so can I...and you!
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        • Profile picture of the author positivemagic
          Originally Posted by sharpturn View Post

          Yeh...I was thinking the same thing.
          Dang!...I don't even see that in the month!

          But it's possible!
          permaguru has done it....which means with the right work so can I...and you!

          Can you share how you did it?
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          • Profile picture of the author sharpturn
            Originally Posted by positivemagic View Post

            Can you share how you did it?
            Hi positivemagic,


            I'm also curious how permaguru was able to bring in $3,365 in one day through Amazon alone.
            Would love to read how he did it.

            permaguru...you have a couple of fans here!

            Andy
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        • Profile picture of the author positivemagic
          Originally Posted by sharpturn View Post

          Yeh...I was thinking the same thing.
          Dang!...I don't even see that in the month!

          But it's possible!
          permaguru has done it....which means with the right work so can I...and you!
          I am thinking its possible!
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  • Profile picture of the author sharpturn
    Thanks guys for your responses.
    Is there no one else out there willing to share a story?
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  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    I don't want to burst you bubble, but even earning that much every day is not really enough to feel like you'll never struggle.

    You adjust to soak up whatever you make - it's never enough.

    Although I would say that when I started in IM I had $100k of debt - and that has gone completely, so it has its good points, but the prices of things are going up a lot right now and a house now costs 10 times what it did 20 years ago.

    You need to be making a lot more than $139 a day to secure your future.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kal Sallam
      Originally Posted by Andyhenry View Post

      I don't want to burst you bubble, but even earning that much every day is not really enough to feel like you'll never struggle.

      You adjust to soak up whatever you make - it's never enough.

      Although I would say that when I started in IM I had $100k of debt - and that has gone completely, so it has its good points, but the prices of things are going up a lot right now and a house now costs 10 times what it did 20 years ago.

      You need to be making a lot more than $139 a day to secure your future.
      With all due respect, I don't think anyone on this planet is safe from struggling.
      Also in this day and age your future can never be secured. You can lose everything in a heart beat.
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      • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
        Originally Posted by Kal Sallam View Post

        With all due respect, I don't think anyone on this planet is safe from struggling.
        Also in this day and age your future can never be secured. You can lose everything in a heart beat.
        Right. So why "with all due respect"? it sounds like you agree.

        I don't care if I make $20k one month - it's all about where it goes and how much of it you keep.

        A lot of people get into IM thinking that if they can make $2k a month then they'll be happy - but when it becomes a reality you're in a different place and it's not what you imagine.

        It's not easy to make so much that you never need to look back.
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        • Profile picture of the author sharpturn
          Originally Posted by Andyhenry View Post


          It's not easy to make so much that you never need to look back.
          I agree, but that first step forward in the right direction, the one that gives you hope, is at least going to help a little.

          You got yourself out of 100k dept! Now that's an achievement!
          There must've been a moment when you thought to yourself, "Hey, I can actually clear my dept with this business method"
          Or something of that nature.

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        • Profile picture of the author Strasburgo
          Originally Posted by Andyhenry View Post

          Right. So why "with all due respect"? it sounds like you agree.

          I don't care if I make $20k one month - it's all about where it goes and how much of it you keep.

          A lot of people get into IM thinking that if they can make $2k a month then they'll be happy - but when it becomes a reality you're in a different place and it's not what you imagine.

          It's not easy to make so much that you never need to look back.
          I can definitely say this about my regular job. I finally reached 6 figures (working 60-80 hours a week) and realized that half of it went to Taxes, and the bulk of what was left went to school loans, rent, and pretty much things that were not disposable. I had more walking around money when I worked @ Kroger's sacking groceries.

          I don't have to shop the sales rack @ Old Navy anymore, but if you would have told the college me my current salary, I would have been jumping for joy.

          Now that i've been to the top of a very small mountain, I realize that
          1) it's not enough money
          2) money, in and of itself, is not enough to bring true satisfaction or even contentment.
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    • Profile picture of the author sharpturn
      Originally Posted by Andyhenry View Post

      I don't want to burst you bubble, but even earning that much every day is not really enough to feel like you'll never struggle.

      You adjust to soak up whatever you make - it's never enough.

      Although I would say that when I started in IM I had $100k of debt - and that has gone completely, so it has its good points, but the prices of things are going up a lot right now and a house now costs 10 times what it did 20 years ago.

      You need to be making a lot more than $139 a day to secure your future.
      Hi Andyhenry,

      Maybe I should've chosen a better word to use than "struggle" because this can mean many things to different people.

      I understand all of us will always have bills to pay and will always be chasing the money to keep our heads above water....such is life.

      What I wanted to do here was just gather peoples' experiences of moments in their lives when they realised that the work they put into IM may finally be creating results.....whatever they are.

      In my case it was that $139. It may not be much but it was enough for me to look at how far I had moved forward in IM. From knowing zero and earning zero to where I am now.

      If I can make $139 in one day on Cyber Monday then I can make that amount everyday with some productive work.

      That's my thinking anyway.

      Andy
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  • Profile picture of the author Kal Sallam
    The first check I received from clickbank $309! Made me realize the potential one has from
    Internet marketing.what I did to earn was not a whole lot either.There is a lot of money to be made More than any other regular job can give you!
    Fast forward 2 years, I still have that first clickbank check of $309 posted on my desk!
    It's something really special I get to keep as a beautiful memory and experience.

    I hope this would inspire someone and get them fired up to go make some
    Money.



    Kal...
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    • Profile picture of the author sharpturn
      Originally Posted by Kal Sallam View Post

      The first check I received from clickbank $309! Made me realize the potential one has from
      Internet marketing.what I did to earn was not a whole lot either.There is a lot of money to be made More than any other regular job can give you!
      Fast forward 2 years, I still have that first clickbank check of $309 posted on my desk!
      It's something really special I get to keep as a beautiful memory and experience.

      I hope this would inspire someone and get them fired up to go make some
      Money.
      Hi Kal Sallam,

      This is exactlly what I mean. That moment when you just feel that you finally may be pointing towards a different path....a better path.

      Thanks,

      Andy
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  • Profile picture of the author Willie Crawford
    I did get that feeling when I noticed that I had more potential
    clients approaching me than I could handle, and I noticed that
    outsourced operations were clicking along profitably without
    too much interference from me.

    Even there though, there's that nagging thought in the back
    of my mind that I'll wake up one day and it will have all been a
    dream.

    I really felt that way when some of my projects began to generate
    revenue without my direct management, AND had enough value that
    others were interested in buying them. At that point, I had a
    business rather than just a job that I had created... forcing myself to
    work for a very demanding boss!

    It only took me about 15 years to reach that point... and I'll stay
    there as long as I stay ahead to changes in technology and
    market demand.

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    Allthough I am working towards such a goal myself, you have to remember that even though you are making your daily salary online today does not save you for life.

    Things change. Your rankings might drop, your products gets outdated, google loses market share, you get banned from your top affiliate program, the gov make new rules against us.

    My point is not to be negative, but I want to remind you that you will have to save up your security fund when you work in this changing environment.
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    • Profile picture of the author Willie Crawford
      Originally Posted by MisterMunch View Post

      Allthough I am working towards such a goal myself, you have to remember that even though you are making your daily salary online today does not save you for life.

      Things change. Your rankings might drop, your products gets outdated, google loses market share, you get banned from your top affiliate program, the gov make new rules against us.

      My point is not to be negative, but I want to remind you that you will have to save up your security fund when you work in this changing environment.
      Agreed 100%. You should actually anticipate conditions changing,
      and have something saved up for a rainy day... or retirement.

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      Originally Posted by MisterMunch View Post

      Allthough I am working towards such a goal myself, you have to remember that even though you are making your daily salary online today does not save you for life.

      Things change. Your rankings might drop, your products gets outdated, google loses market share, you get banned from your top affiliate program, the gov make new rules against us.

      My point is not to be negative, but I want to remind you that you will have to save up your security fund when you work in this changing environment.

      I guess that's why they say to not have all your eggs in one basket.
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  • Profile picture of the author absolutelee
    It's beyond cool when you first get the feeling of...hey this really works! it's a feeling of control over your life that most folks will never have. But like Andyhenry said, the more you make, the more you spend. So, with greater earning power you need greater self-control and maturity with money.
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  • Profile picture of the author jivens
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    you don't have to spend what you make. If you make 100k and spend 101k then thats your choice. So to say that you'll struggle the same with more money i believe is false. It's what you do with the money.
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    • Profile picture of the author Lee Murray
      Originally Posted by jivens View Post

      you don't have to spend what you make. If you make 100k and spend 101k then thats your choice. So to say that you'll struggle the same with more money i believe is false. It's what you do with the money.
      Precisely. If your cost of living is $1500 per month, for example, and you are currently earning $1750, then you may very well feel like you're struggling because you've got very little moolah left over at the end of the month.

      If you all of the sudden start earning $136 a day, now your monthly income is a nice 4 thousand bucks... VERY cool! And if you keep your monthly expenses the same ($1500), then hey look! Instead of a surplus of $250 each month, you've now got an extra $2500!

      I would assert that this would be just cause for major celebration, provided you're not a complete materialist jackass, and instead actually allocate your surplus funds in an effective way. Reinvest into your business to ramp up those profits. Save for a rainy day. Fund a nice investment portfolio, etc.

      With more income comes greater choice. This level of choice can lead to significantly greater revenues. Just stay the heck away from Vegas for the first few years and you should be fine... unless we revert back to the good old barter system, in which case you may need to stop playing on the computer, roll up your sleeves, and start milking cows or laying brick! :rolleyes:

      So I somewhat disagree (always respectfully, of course) with those who are claiming that you can't "really" feel financially secure. I think you absolutely can, and the formula for doing so is quite simple.

      1. Spend significantly less than you earn.
      2. Invest the surplus.
      3. Rinse and repeat.
      4. Enjoy exponential growth.

      Am I wrong?
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      • Profile picture of the author sharpturn
        Originally Posted by Lee Murray View Post

        Precisely. If your cost of living is $1500 per month, for example, and you are currently earning $1750, then you may very well feel like you're struggling because you've got very little moolah left over at the end of the month.

        If you all of the sudden start earning $136 a day, now your monthly income is a nice 4 thousand bucks... VERY cool! And if you keep your monthly expenses the same ($1500), then hey look! Instead of a surplus of $250 each month, you've now got an extra $2500!

        I would assert that this would be just cause for major celebration, provided you're not a complete materialist jackass, and instead actually allocate your surplus funds in an effective way. Reinvest into your business to ramp up those profits. Save for a rainy day. Fund a nice investment portfolio, etc.

        With more income comes greater choice. This level of choice can lead to significantly greater revenues. Just stay the heck away from Vegas for the first few years and you should be fine... unless we revert back to the good old barter system, in which case you may need to stop playing on the computer, roll up your sleeves, and start milking cows or laying brick! :rolleyes:

        So I somewhat disagree (always respectfully, of course) with those who are claiming that you can't "really" feel financially secure. I think you absolutely can, and the formula for doing so is quite simple.

        1. Spend significantly less than you earn.
        2. Invest the surplus.
        3. Rinse and repeat.
        4. Enjoy exponential growth.

        Am I wrong?
        No, you are not wrong at all. I totally agree. This makes perfect sense and it is the way to go if you want to stay on top of things.

        This applys to anyone because it is all relative. It doesn't matter how much you earn financially. If you are spending more than you are earning then you're setting yourself up for some hard times.
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  • Profile picture of the author positivemagic
    Never made any money on Clickbank, Amazon or any of those sites. I am making a few hundred a day with my Internet Marketing Company and I don't think I have come to that point that "I have made it". I am enjoying financial freedom and spending time with my family. Spontaneous outings to the movies too. But I still work hard every day and I don't think I will feel that I have "arrived" until I get too old to "work". LOL I am having way too much fun.
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    • Profile picture of the author sharpturn
      Originally Posted by positivemagic View Post

      Never made any money on Clickbank, Amazon or any of those sites. I am making a few hundred a day with my Internet Marketing Company and I don't think I have come to that point that "I have made it". I am enjoying financial freedom and spending time with my family. Spontaneous outings to the movies too. But I still work hard every day and I don't think I will feel that I have "arrived" until I get too old to "work". LOL I am having way too much fun.

      Well a few hundred a day is pretty good in my book!
      You must've had "the moment" when you began to see a few hundred a day.

      It's that first time feeling I'm looking for. I think maybe you had yours.....or will it happen again when you hit 1000 a day??

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      • Profile picture of the author positivemagic
        Originally Posted by sharpturn View Post

        Well a few hundred a day is pretty good in my book!
        You must've had "the moment" when you began to see a few hundred a day.

        It's that first time feeling I'm looking for. I think maybe you had yours.....or will it happen again when you hit 1000 a day??

        Andy


        Quite possible Andy!
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      • Profile picture of the author positivemagic
        Originally Posted by sharpturn View Post

        Well a few hundred a day is pretty good in my book!
        You must've had "the moment" when you began to see a few hundred a day.

        It's that first time feeling I'm looking for. I think maybe you had yours.....or will it happen again when you hit 1000 a day??

        Andy
        I guess the moment hit when I felt I wanted to get out of the house to take my parents to have dinner and see a movie and I didn't have to count my money before I walked out the door. What a freedom feeling I got. Is this what you meant?
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        • Profile picture of the author sharpturn
          Originally Posted by positivemagic View Post

          I guess the moment hit when I felt I wanted to get out of the house to take my parents to have dinner and see a movie and I didn't have to count my money before I walked out the door. What a freedom feeling I got. Is this what you meant?
          Yes!
          That is what I mean. The moment is different for everyone and what you mention here is no doubt going to be one of those moments for me.

          Ok, it revolves around money again but, hey, I want what I never really had enough of......"Show me da monaaaaay!"

          To be able to just go out with friends or family for just a really cool night out and treat them to the whole evening. To be able to pay my parents' bills so they don't have to worry about money at their age. To pay for my niece and nephew's college education so they don't have to struggle with student loan dept as I did.

          All this stuff and more.

          But it isn't only about money. The "struggle" I mention in the title could be a mental struggle. Many of us at the start of this long IM journey have to get through the information overload or overwhelm.

          For me I really struggled with the learning curve and lost count the number of times I nearly gave up. I still have moments of confusion when learning new IM stuff but it is not a "struggle" for me anymore.

          These are just some examples.
          Does anyone have some more of their own to share with us?

          Andy
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  • Profile picture of the author FitnessNut
    As many others have mentioned it takes much more than a good earning day to actually be financially free.

    Do not take this as a criticism, but motivation toward continuing with the small successes you have already begun to see.

    My first big day I made $180, than $330 a week later in a single day. However I am nowhere near where I need to be worry Free! Yet

    Your Amazon success so far has been awesome, as long as you continue to grow and build off of that success, you will eventually be free.

    Good Luck My Friend,
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    • Profile picture of the author positivemagic
      Originally Posted by FitnessNut View Post

      As many others have mentioned it takes much more than a good earning day to actually be financially free.

      Do not take this as a criticism, but motivation toward continuing with the small successes you have already begun to see.

      My first big day I made $180, than $330 a week later in a single day. However I am nowhere near where I need to be worry Free! Yet

      Your Amazon success so far has been awesome, as long as you continue to grow and build off of that success, you will eventually be free.

      Good Luck My Friend,
      Chris

      Yes Chris, this is what I meant!
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  • Profile picture of the author Brendan Vraibel
    Like others have mentioned, it's all relative. My first online sale wasn't nearly as gratifying as I thought it would be and I actually had a net loss on the project even after a month or two of very hard work.

    For me, the enjoyment came when you realize exactly what it takes to generate a sustainable income. In my case it was the concept of testing and to a lesser degree, outsourcing.

    Making money online is all about improving. You can start with a foundation that isn't the greatest in the world but as long as you keep adjusting and improving you can turn that into a money maker. And when you learn to outsource profitably, the sky is the limit.
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  • Profile picture of the author timb98133
    My moment isn’t financial…. It’s the moment I switched niches to internet marketing. One of my friends convened me to make the move. For some reason I always thought I didn’t know that much about IM, however he made me see that over the years I knew a LOT more then I gave myself credit for. It’s the best decision I ever made!!
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    When I shifted from Affiliate Marketing to Offline Marketing to business in April 2008, that is when I felt I turned the corner. In more control of my income, freedom and who my target client is.
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  • Profile picture of the author kjmeylan
    Even though there will always be a struggle with making your own business, I will have to say I felt great the first day I made money from my ventures.
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  • Profile picture of the author celente
    I had a first big success in a stupid niche.

    $17,000 launch. In 48 hours.

    I pissed in my pants in excitement, and then I soiled them when I found out PAYPAL froze my accounts.

    I knew from that day, I was onto something and the good story to this is I had to ring paypal at 2am in the morning (as I live in australia) and they did unfreeze my accounts. They just thought I was laundering money or something LOL.

    Everything changed for me on that day. And I no longer have a fat smelly boss.

    There are also senior forum members that did help me with that lauch and I owe alot to this place. better stuff in here than those $97 ebooks...and you can take the to the bank baby yeah!!
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    • Profile picture of the author sharpturn
      Originally Posted by celente View Post

      I had a first big success in a stupid niche.

      $17,000 launch. In 48 hours.

      I pissed in my pants in excitement, and then I soiled them when I found out PAYPAL froze my accounts.

      I knew from that day, I was onto something and the good story to this is I had to ring paypal at 2am in the morning (as I live in australia) and they did unfreeze my accounts. They just thought I was laundering money or something LOL.

      Everything changed for me on that day. And I no longer have a fat smelly boss.

      There are also senior forum members that did help me with that lauch and I owe alot to this place. better stuff in here than those $97 ebooks...and you can take the to the bank baby yeah!!
      Great story!
      I can only imagine how you must've felt when you realised you were onto something pretty big. It was a life changing moment.

      Yes! never again having a boss constantly on your back, stressing you out. My last boss was like that until the day I told him that I knew of a cozier place to put his job.....
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  • Profile picture of the author GuruGazette
    For me the light bulb was back in 1997 or 1998. Out of the blue I got a check in the mail. I think it was around $70 from Corey Rudel's (sp?) Internet Marketing Center. I had been making residual affiliate income for a hosting company (Virtualis) but that was from back end sales to my offline web design clients. It was a nice icing on the cake kind of thing but I was still working for it.

    The surprise check blew my mind. I had forgotten all about joining and placing a link months before. When the check arrived I realized I didn't have to work my tail off every day to earn money.

    Losing all your hard work can happen too. I lost several thousand dollars a month in residual income when a company was bought. A couple of years later I lost several hundred a month from a different company and industry for the same reason.

    Multiple eggs in multiple baskets are important. The trick is to get one basket filling steadily before you move on to the next.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dominis Marketing
    When I made $1k in 24 hours.

    I realized I cracked the code back then. I realized that if you give people your
    best stuff at a very affordable price you can get the world to open up
    to you.

    Here's a secret I can share with you:

    Give the best value you can give

    It's simple and effective.
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    • Profile picture of the author sharpturn
      Originally Posted by Dominis Marketing View Post

      When I made $1k in 24 hours.

      I realized I cracked the code back then. I realized that if you give people your
      best stuff at a very affordable price you can get the world to open up
      to you.

      Here's a secret I can share with you:

      Give the best value you can give

      It's simple and effective.
      Great advice. Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mary Wilhite
    The biggest moment is when you wake up and login into your account. The first time, it usually shocks, surprises and amazes one to find out that when you were sleeping, some one paid YOU.
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  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    Re: The Moment You Knew You Would Struggle No More?



    It hasn't happened yet, and I hope that it won't happen for a very long time...

    The moment that I stop struggling will be the moment when life has escaped my body...

    I don't know about you, but I want to live forever dammit!!
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  • Profile picture of the author Ezio Auditore
    i can not wait till have that moment when all the hard work becomes worth wile. I have been trying to make a living from im for a number of years. I just cant seem to make it happen i have spent thousands on building a site marketing and paying people on the wf to do nothing to my site. at times when i ask for support or guidance on the wf and get nothing back its hard not 2 feel like the fourm is just a place where people make money from people who want to make a scucess of their buisness. i have done evrything in my power to try and make a success of myself & my onine buisness but i always fail. ill never give up trying to make a profitable online buisness as it is my passion to do so. I just whish people on the wf would stop taking advantage of others who are desperatly seeking help. i havent met one person on this forum who has actually helped my buisness, however i have met plenty who have happily taken my money in exchange for nothing but lies and fake reports of suposed work performed on my site.
    however all this said...as soon as i get that feeling i will be strait back on this thread to eat my words and share how i made it happen for me.
    i will never give up- i will make a great sucess of my online buisness, i guess it will just take more time and more of my money...
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    • Profile picture of the author James Clark
      Well, to me it appears to be a little different. Before Internet marketing was a sales rep for a publishing company. After spending 10 years with them I got into replacing the Western Union network with Twix and Telex machines.

      Clearly, there's a big difference in face-to-face selling than marketing online.

      When my online business started came in to the market with the same cocky arrogant attitude that was employed in face-to-face selling and fell flat on my face. For example, in face-to-face selling even when you talking to executives they will tell you what the objections are.


      Based on my experience, those are reasons not to take action. So having been in sales all my life I know that it's a constant struggle forever. When you think about making money and all the things that can go along with it it's difficult to reach a satisfaction level and in essence that is not a bad thing. So the more money that I make the more spending and the more I want.


      Some things just can't explain. Have four sets of golf clubs but can only play with one set at a time. The day that I don't want something in life will be the day that they put me 6 feet under.
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    • Profile picture of the author JROC777
      The first time my IM efforts paid all my monthly bills was a fantastic feeling for me. Just the fact that it proved that it could be done was exciting.

      The down side is that it can disappear in the blink of an eye. I arrived home after being away for thanksgiving (Canada) so October this year. I found 8 wordpress sites had been hacked and my main money site got clipped by Google panda and lost 80% of its monthly visitors.

      This goes to show what someone mentioned earlier that when making your living online there will always be variables that can take you by surprise. My main site had been page one top 5 on Google for several high comp keywords for almost 6 years then page 10

      I've been making a comeback but it was a healthy realty check for me. Congrats on your success.
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      • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
        There wasn't any one moment. It happened over time...lots of time.

        Eventually, one day I woke up, looked around, and said to myself, "You're doing
        OK" and left it at that.

        Sure, I had my highlights, like when I launched my first product that took me
        from $1,500 a month income to $4,000 a month income. But I never really felt
        secure until many years later.

        Even today, knowing that I could pack this all in and not look back, I wonder
        what would happen if disaster struck and I had to go back to working full time.
        Would I be able to go back to the grind, and if I could, would the results still
        be there?

        Fortunately, my wife has a good job and there are hardly any bills left with
        the mortgage paid and my daughter out of college. So I don't dwell on this
        stuff too much.

        Yeah...life just kind of happened for me.

        But not without putting in a awful lot of work.
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  • Profile picture of the author Venturetothetop
    I agree with Wille - it wasn't the money in the bank that mattered, I got that feeling when I no longer worried about looking for work - I got that feeling when I know I had too much work for simply me alone...

    I thankfully got it very quickly because I found a great mentor early in my career, but I still remember the feeling, and I still get it every time a new venture reaches the tipping point too. We are after all, only as good as our last product...
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Worner
    "The Moment You Knew You Would Struggle No More?"

    That would be the moment I found myself staring down the business end of a shotgun. I'm sure many of you older gents know what I am talking about.

    -Chris
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  • Profile picture of the author greggorio28
    I cant wait for this moment either!
    Like most of us I'm sure...Ive worked hard since age 16 and went paycheck to paycheck up until about 2 years ago (Im 29 now). Im FAR from comfortable so I know that once I hit that point.....its going to be the sweetest music my ears have ever heard! It must be the most liberating feeling in the world to secure a REAL residual gig that remains steady and grows with time.
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  • Profile picture of the author MrWhites
    Internet marketing is still a huge new world to me ( you've all been in my shoes in the past surely ) and I'm still learning from warrior forum , books , websites etc etc . Making the mistakes we all need to make before the fruits of our labour will show. I'm waiting patiently for the my turn at the similar moment the TS described and reading all the posts from all the other members here have definitely been a big motivator and definitely a big kick in the ass to go learn more stuff.
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  • Profile picture of the author mtnmom5
    Mi biggest day so far was when I made $800 on cj.com. I wasn't making hardly ANY money with the affiliate products thru them and when I checked my account one day and saw the numbers, my first thought was "oh crap, I logged into someone else's account!"

    But I had actually made that on a single sale. (Someone bought an $8000 product through one of my sites) I was flying high that day.

    I am seriously motivated by money - maybe too much so, but I remember when I only made about $30 a month on adsense and thinking, if I can make thirty bucks, I can make three hundred... and I did. That and more, but then Panda hit me pretty hard, which was also good as it caused me to diversify even more.

    It's just a blast, isn't it to be able to make money from the comfort of our home. Love it.
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  • Profile picture of the author joekoffi
    Now, I'm still between $800 and $1000/month. This may not be enough to hit the drums but I'm feeling quite motivated as I see results. I think I'm better off some folks who hit $5000/month but spending $3000 or more on PPC and some other paid traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author BlackRob
    Sadly today I think that securing our future could be a myth, as so many people seem to be losing either their homes or businesses.

    Having said that, IM does give you an opportunity to make good money, and make your life easier providing you work hard, stay focused, and prepare to re-invest your profits in your business, you will see your business grow, and then eventually you can see through your commission cheques that it was worthwhile.
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  • Profile picture of the author Osman_M
    When I made my first sale online. It was a feeling of assurance that yeah this stuff works. Even more so because it was a method I did not have much confidence but I was so wrong.
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  • Profile picture of the author positivemagic
    I am still waiting on permaguru to tell how he did it!
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    Ps. What if instead of hunting people down until they begged you to stop... pre-qualified prospects actually sought you out and asked you what you do and how you do it? Click here.

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    • Profile picture of the author sharpturn
      Originally Posted by positivemagic View Post

      I am still waiting on permaguru to tell how he did it!
      LOL.....let it go I don't think its gonna happen...and I understand.
      I'm hoping to get to that level of income at some point....dang I want it to happen noooooooow!!
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  • Profile picture of the author Iworek
    Ha for me it wasn't even the monye. When I started in IM, I put up some sites, but after 2 weeks nothing happened. So I left them and fogret to. Untill 3 months later when I recived first optin on it and I found it 6th on first page. I realize that I did a good job just sometimes you need to wait for results a bit longer. And I don't give up so easy anymore. :-)
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