I Have A Headache From info Overload. Please help.. Read on

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I have been a member of this forum for only a few days and one thing that I have noticed is that there is information on everything you want here. Free reports. Threads. Ebooks that recommend other ebooks all giving me ten different ways to do the same thing claiming that their way is more affective. I have been told ten different ways to build a squeeze page. Ten different ways to send autoresponses. I have been told so many different things that I am stuck and do not know what to do to get started. It seems like everytime I think I have my mind made up and I am ready to put my plan of attack into action I see something that tells me a better way or at least they say a better way that I should do it. Then I redo everything all over again. I am comletely jaded seeing all the huge dollar amounts I see thrown around like peanuts.Money that is life changing for most people.10.000 a month 20-30,000 a month. My mind has become so used to seeing these figures that I have convinced myself that this is not alot. When in actuality if I made anywhere near this much money my life would change. How do you guys do it.How do you cope with all this info overload and all these claims of huge sums of money that everyone keeps throwing around.
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  • Profile picture of the author dvduval
    I think over time you become more familiar with scenarios that are more likely to work. Often there is a good idea, but then it is copied over and over again until the saturation point, so you have to be good at spotting the newer ideas, as well as judging their viability.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ron Killian
    Not everything will work the same for every one. The only way to find out what really works is to try it, only way to try it is to stopping reading and do it. Maybe even get off the forum for a day or two to keep yourself focused and just do it.

    I am not trying to give you a hard time, most every one has been in the same situation, I still fall into it myself from time to time. Just have to make up your mind and take action, it's the only cure I know of

    Hope I didn't sound harsh, didn't mean to.
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  • Profile picture of the author pheonix44
    You got a point there. soon as I joined the forum I went from having maybe one or two ebooks to having a collection of them. Alot of what I read is rehashed material that I already knew. Now if I can just apply it affectively I know I can becomean unstoppable force.
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  • Profile picture of the author mormel
    Hi,

    Sorry for your headache. I could give you some links to sites that would help you cure your it in a jiffy, but I'm afraid these would attribute to even more info overload first. Call it caught between a rock and a hard place.

    You'll survive.

    Yours, lightheadedly, Ed
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    • Profile picture of the author Web Dummie
      The following is my opinion of course.

      This was one of, if not the biggest problem I had that prevented me from producing a cash flow. My inbox is still inundated with offers about the next program or software that will doom my business if I don't check it out. I finally realized this after two events. A product I had picked up on how to build an email list that was so bad, I used it for scratch paper. It was full of basic info. that I had learned for free doing research on the web.

      The second was a call I chose to be on about building an email list that was nothing but q&a's with different people about why they chose to enter the IM field and other questions that carefully guided the mindset to sign up for the mentoring program at the end of the call. After the call ended, 45+ minutes, I looked down at my notepad with the title on the page that read building my email list conf. call, with not one note on how to help my list building endeavor. I did however acquire a few good inspirational quotes and book titles to pick up. All in all I was a little pissed that I had spent so much time.

      Keep in mind each one of these individuals teaching different methods are in different niches. They won't tell you the niche they had success in that motivated them to write the ebook, so you have to test, get results, test the results and keep repeating that process within your niche.

      If you start something, finish it. Even if someone is claiming they know how to do it better. You will never know how any particular method works for your niche until you try it.

      I ended up going to one on two off. I would read offers and such one day, and whatever I would pick up that day, I would work on and implement for the next two days, and would not even look at any other offers for those two days. This worked well for me and helped me become more productive.

      Nike said it best, JUST DO IT!

      A little long, but I hope it helps
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  • Profile picture of the author IMChick
    I agree with web dummie. Stick to the WF for some ideas, write a BUSINESS PLAN, and implement it. Make sure you limit your IM surfing. Only research on the topic you are working on, then start on one idea and stay with it for several months until you master it. Only then can you move on.
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  • Profile picture of the author pheonix44
    I read the post. Nice to see that all the stuff is in one place. That article marketing 101 was really good.
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    • Profile picture of the author Megas
      I have two words to add, FOCUSED ACTION.
      Take it.
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  • Profile picture of the author archer29
    I went through the same overload when I found this forum. After reading the newbie posts, I decided to stay away from here and just do it. I have some old neglected blogs that I should have used as a jumping off point but instead signed up for hosting so I could use Wordpress (.org) not dot com. I'm now working on my 3rd site after having to learn the basics of being a webmaster and while they are still low in search engines and I haven't done any article marketing, they do have a few ads and I've pinged them and submitted them to RSS feed sites. If I were starting out brand new again I would have just revamped the existing blogs and concentrated my efforts on monetizing them and getting them ranked. They're on blogspot so they can have ads as opposed to wordpress.com. Getting your affiliate ads and setting them up takes a little time, tweaking the layout so it makes sense and has relative content and not just an adsense blog.

    Then I'd read eveything that warriors Keith Kogane and Tim Dixon have written here about autoblogging. Most of the techniques are only useful for wordpress.org blogs and not the freebies but you can still learn ways to promote your blog by commenting on other blogs. Then you'll be ready to move on to hosting your own blogs if you don't already have domains set up.

    As I've mentioned before, I use the hybrid theme because once I learn to use the parent theme I can customize with child themes giving the blogs different looks without having to re-invent the wheel. This saves alot of time when setting up multiple niches.

    I haven't bought any of the ebooks or WSOs and you really don't need them until you have some sort of idea what it is exactly that you need to learn. The conduit method looks interesting and while it's probably worth the low price you can set up a review site and test it yourself without spending any money. Sure, you can learn lots from all the helpful and experienced warriors here but in the beginning all the info just makes your head explode. IMHO, it's best to stumble along for awhile, get your feet wet, until some of it starts to make sense and then your head won't hurt anymore.
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  • Profile picture of the author pheonix44
    I been neglecting a blog that I set up to. I I paid for hosting and everything.I already have like 40 different articles of content that I wrote myself. I submitted one of them on this site in the motivational section. It is called the hampster. But I need to get back to building it. Which also frustrated me because I did not no anything about building a website. I have to learn as I go.
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  • Profile picture of the author PVReymond
    I think you should stop accumulating information into your
    brain,because it is all you have information and not knowledge.

    You need knowledge and you get it when you put into practice
    all that info that is in your brain.

    So, start to take action. Take a look at your actual situation
    and see where you are and what is the logical step you have to
    take to start moving forward and take it.

    Then keep doing this way. When you do this then you see
    results.

    Thanks,
    ^PV Reymond
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    • Profile picture of the author Hesaidblissfully
      Here's a secret: Those people who are making big sums of money online? They don't do everything perfectly, either. They screw up all the time. All business people do.

      It's not about doing everything the "perfect" way. It's about doing what works. Find what's already working for someone and then do the same thing they do (with your own unique twist on it). You don't need to know everything about internet marketing in order to see results.

      Look at what's working (not in terms of what people are telling you on a sales page, but in terms of how their actual websites and marketing funnel is set up) and just do that. Anything else is pretty much irrelevant.
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      • Profile picture of the author TimCastleman
        I think the key is to find one thing you want to do and do it. Seriously, block everything else out and work just on that one idea and strategy until it makes money or you decide you no longer want to go after it.

        Another way to do it is find someone who is successful and copy them. Get one or two WSO's and go from there.

        Best of luck.

        Remember - constant action, pigheaded determination, outsource what you can't or don't want to do.

        Or try offline marketing - plenty of people making money off of that.

        Tim
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  • Profile picture of the author pheonix44
    Alot of good suggestions I am getting here. I appreciate all the good advice.
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  • Profile picture of the author daisuke75248
    its okay if you make a mistake, youll be doing so many other things youre bound to make misyakes. it doesnt have to be perfect. you can edit everything you do. the next day you can see what you did wrong and fix it
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  • Profile picture of the author yoshiko
    If you have been at WF for a while now, you should be able to differentiate from the good, bad and the ugly. Although, i must say I have not chanced upon any ugly one yet.

    Yes, have a plan. ACTION on it. take the first step and create that site, write some articles and submit them. Get started. You will get the hang of it and can then tweak the process along.

    2 broad categories you might want to try out monetization - Adsence and Affiliate products.

    Start the momentum and ride the tide. Good luck
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  • Profile picture of the author TLTheLiberator
    If you want to eliminate Mr. Info-Overload and his daughter Madame Confusion you'll simply have to...

    Seek a proven online business model that's right for you and then gather the tools and resources necessary to help you make it happen.

    Here's a thread ( mine ) that outlines your options as an newbie...

    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...hese-days.html

    Hope It Helps!!

    TL
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  • Profile picture of the author bizdepth
    Maybe you can give yourself a time. Overloading just means you are trying to digest a lot of things in your brain. Just like your stomach, give it the time to digest. For all those information, i recommend you try to google and find reviews on them.


    Originally Posted by pheonix44 View Post

    I have been a member of this forum for only a few days and one thing that I have noticed is that there is information on everything you want here. Free reports. Threads. Ebooks that recommend other ebooks all giving me ten different ways to do the same thing claiming that their way is more affective. I have been told ten different ways to build a squeeze page. Ten different ways to send autoresponses. I have been told so many different things that I am stuck and do not know what to do to get started. It seems like everytime I think I have my mind made up and I am ready to put my plan of attack into action I see something that tells me a better way or at least they say a better way that I should do it. Then I redo everything all over again. I am comletely jaded seeing all the huge dollar amounts I see thrown around like peanuts.Money that is life changing for most people.10.000 a month 20-30,000 a month. My mind has become so used to seeing these figures that I have convinced myself that this is not alot. When in actuality if I made anywhere near this much money my life would change. How do you guys do it.How do you cope with all this info overload and all these claims of huge sums of money that everyone keeps throwing around.
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  • Profile picture of the author Samuel Lee
    Would agree that not everything works the same for every one. I think it simple a matter of experimentation and finding out what really works and try it out to the full before moving on. I guess the most important part is to stay focused, and stay on track until you achieve results whether they are good or bad and make a note of your results and learn from them and THEN move on! Hope this assists!
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    • Profile picture of the author arclight
      The truth is you probably have all the information you need to get started right now. So, a good piece of advice is to stop seeking and start doing. Take action, focus on what you want to do and what has to be done to achieve it. Don't procrastinate.....we all do this at some stage.....but procrastination will lead you down dead ends. Just get something into action.

      Geoff
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  • Profile picture of the author pheonix44
    I agree with the whole taking action things. It seems like the more I think about what to do. The more I could have gotten done by doing those things as supposed to thinking about them.
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  • Profile picture of the author expertcapper
    I agree with a whole bunch of information overload..but just being on here for a cpl of hours today i have learned alot

    at the end of the day this forum is a wealth of knowledge
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