Dabbling = Failing

Sorry, I just caught the last part about the iPad. I'm going to read the rest, but I'd love to know how you find writing on the iPad compared to a normal laptop?

I'm thinking of getting one and I'd love to be able to type at 50% speed at least.

Cheers

3 years of studying yet 0 doing... don't you see how wrong your approach is?

There's no "studying" in this game (aka online entrepreneurship). There is "do" and "do not". You study by doing, experimenting, failing, tweaking, and doing again. Studying without Doing = Fail.

While that is an admirable approach. It is time to get off the pot. Go out and fail!!!! I know but it is part of any success in life. 3 years of learning sounds like fear of failure to me. Just jump

How many hours per week do you put in to Internet marketing, considering your 60 hours per week day job? About 10? 15? Just wondering, thanks

There is a show (I forget the name) where the boss goes in undercover and does the job of the peons - just to get a feel of what is going on in their business.

No one needs to know how to do all these things if they truly have a business background and some start up capital.

IM occurs in a different dimension - which is what throws most people off. The second thing is it can be done with little or no money to start, but that requires you to do the grunt work.

I have a neighbor across the street who has her own little manicure/pedicure/skincare business. She pays rent for a room to work out of which is attached to another salon. She chooses to clean her own space (although she could hire someone else to do it). She is responsible for her tools working and when they don't she attempts to see if it is simply a blown fuse or something - but when she can't fix something she hires someone else to fix it or has to buy a new appliance. This can be likened to someone needing something on their website to display or work a certain way and if they can't get it to do that then they need to pay to have it fixed. For some crazy reason, I think people get upset online when they finally have to pay for specific things. Or they "think" they have to know how to do it all.

There are businesses that have sites and the owner has no clue on how to make a simple web link. What they do know is their product or presence needs to be on the web and they hire out specialists to do this.

Now, I'll agree - if you are selling IM related materials then you really should have a clue. But for the majority of other niches out there none of this should be important if you are budgeting like any other offline business would.

As easy as it is for me to whip up a web page, if my time and talents are best spent on some other aspect of my business then that is were I should be spending my time.

A lot of these people are spending 2+ years on things they should probably be skipping all together.

I'll even admit to having an issue with wanting to control everything - and perhaps too healthy a curiosity to picking things apart. But I also have the luxury of not being desperate to make something (money) immediately.

I enjoy learning and having that extra knowledge - but over time I now realize my efforts are better spent on something like realizing one or two big end goals as opposed to the smaller specifics.

Another neighbor of mine and I were talking about food (one of my favorite topics, lol) a couple of days ago. She started to say "we should go into this business" as we discussed a particular need for something in our local area. I had to stop her at some point and let her know that it was a great idea, but not something I could venture into at the present time. I just don't have the time - period.

Some people come in here crying that they are looking for the right opportunity. There are so many opportunities and so little time.

Laser focus and sticking to one thing is so key. Working a side job just to get some investment capital can be more beneficial than most realize.

Dabbling is fun, but is not (in most cases) to be considered as actual constructive time spent on your final business.

I think the problem is two-fold. Even if they did know how to execute a plan utilizing a skill-set they probably feel they can't "do it right" so they back down and move onto the next "easier" program or technique.

I've communicated with several people who claim that they won't try this or that until they get it right. Well... ahem... you won't ever get it right if you never try at all!

I always explain that even if you don't fully understand something, go through with the steps, get your hands dirty and learn from your mistakes. Websites can be edited for crying out loud. So it's not like your mistake is going to stick for the rest of time.

What makes this issue even more frustrating is that its not really all that hard to build a website, create a squeeze page and build a list. It's really not! Sure it sounds daunting at first, but there is so much support available that those who don't take action are fools for not doing so.

I remember being terrified of my own hosting account and Wordpress. I felt really silly after I finally dove in, clicked a few buttons, and boom there was my site waiting for me to add content!

BP

I guess a lot of people are still blinded by the "chasing after shiny objects" syndrome still as they are forever interested in the get rich quick schemes, instead of trying to really work hard to learn and get into the business

The answer is NO - but of course if you have a squeeze page up somewhere, technically you do have a website (it's just one page).

You wouldn't need a full blown blog to make things happen however - i.e. a blog that you post to every single day.

You could simply send out a useful newsletter every week to your leads over delivering on useful information. Sell your own products, or recommend affiliated products as you build a real relationship with those readers, but treat them with respect, not as an ATM.

There is nothing to stop you earning a full time income doing this alone - if you want to add an in-depth blog on after that fact (as a method to enhance your income, and drive traffic and new leads in via SEO etc) then go for it. But a squeeze page, paid traffic to generate leads, and relationship building with those leads is ultimately all you need to get started.

Not too mention, if you find the market you've entered isn't converting for you via that simple and very effective method, you haven't wasted your time building a massive full blown blog. If you can't convert your email leads into customers, any organic SEO traffic arriving via a blog aint gonna convert for you either.

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