What Was The Turning Point? Your Story Please.

16 years ago

my story... raw and unedited...

I started working online (or at least trying to) work online when one day while casual browsing, I stumbled upon this website in which this guy named C******** (privacy and ethics) said that he was living a dream lifestyle working on the internet just 2 hours a day and was earning millions and billions and bazillions and scullions of dollars online, and that anybody could do it. I thought I would give it a try. Especially since those were the days when I had started doing a part time job and had a few extra dollars in my hand to afford his ebook which he was selling for 97 dollars and which he claimed to have all the information and knowledge under the sun which was making him a lot of money.

So I bought this book and built a website on the exact same pattern as he had told me to (through his book obviously). And I uploaded the website on my server…

And bang… I would now get Absolutely tons of dollars…

ahem…Ahem..

Ahem…

No traffic…no visitors…

So I bought another ebook…this time exclusively on traffic…and then another…and now I was starting to get traffic. Like 20 visitors a day.

Then I heard about SEO…and I decided to check it out. After all this hardwork and implementation of strategies, I was not getting the search engine traffic. I needed the SE traffic. It seemed to be the be all and end all of my IM career. I worked really hard on optimizing my website. But the results were not so rewarding.

And then I heard about list building. I bought a few ebooks on list building, and started building my list. This was back in June last year ie 2007. But since I was not really getting a lot of traffic, I needed to work on that first prior to list building.

And my focus again shifted. Back to getting traffic. So much shifted that I actually forgot about the 100 people on that odd list and didn’t communicate with them. So naturally, when I started corresponding with them again, they didn’t remember my name. And most of them instantly opted out of my list. So technically I was rendered listless again.

Anyways this time I was committed. Committed to get traffic to my website. So I started looking for ways to get it. They say…

Where there is a will, there is a way

And I started discovering some real traffic systems. Some real cool concepts which changed my overall perspective on Internet Marketing. And it was when I applied them, I started making some serious income. Of course I will not mention the numbers now, since they now seem to be very small. But at that point of time, it was like…wow, I could actually replace my part time job with internet marketing. That was… just a couple of months back.

And then the best thing happened to me. I met a self made Internet Marketing Millionaire, whom I had actually known for sometime and I knew that he was a real genuine guy. He makes a real killing online. And he offered personal coaching to me… that is complete assistance and personal mentoring.

This was what I was looking for. This was what I actually needed to create the same success that many people have achieved online…that he had created online. He is actually a millionaire and it might not sound to be true but he had actually at a time worked as a postman.

So I decided to jump on the offer and here I am…Personally being coached by him.

And even though the coaching program has ended, I am still in touch with him. And truly he is mky mentor.

I paid a few thousands to get into the coaching program. But now I know... that was really the turning point.

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Phil Jacobson

16 years ago

Thanks Jennifer. I was beginning to think about starting a thread about "let's see who can get the least views on a thread with no replies". I am looking forward to seeing a few more real life stories. They are often the best sources of inspiration.

Do you feel you are successful at what you do now?

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Phil Jacobson 16 years ago

wow and thanks Lakshaybehl (Dude you need an easier name!). That was an interesting story and in　the same timeframe that I have been doing IM, only with greater results than me!! Well done.

I liked that you included the commitment part. I was commited to getting it.
That is probably what attracted you to your mentor.

I am thinking I should go a coaching program too.

Nice story. Thanks for sharing.

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Phil Jacobson

16 years ago

Originally Posted by cosmokid

Hi Phil,

My biggest challenge up ahead will be mastering the whole outsourcing thing because up until now I've mostly been doing everything myself.

Jennifer

Yeah I can imagine myself being like that. But I know it's probably the way to go. I gotta learn the ropes myself first though. Good luck with the outsourcing and the fact that you are happy with your progress (but still have so much ambition). That is great!!

And to steven. Wow. Six figures. Thanks for sharing. That is quite an achievement and I can see you have done it in increments. You come across as so calm and hardworking that I can't imagine you doing the Junk Stuff.

I like your story because it's not some kind of overnight success thing

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CSwrite

16 years ago

Great thread!

I started out as a developer, and then slowly transitioned into writing after one of my clients got into a pinch and needed some copy. They asked me to do it, and lo and behold, there was my start. By that point I was freelancing, working for a radio station, a publishing house, etc... Decided to try writing seriously full time about three years ago.

I've spent the last year or so doing articles for article marketers, ebooks for ebook marketers and SEO content, but always wanted to do something for *me* (I'm selfish that way

) Just never really had the time.

My turning point, or kick in the a$$ happened last month. After five years, my landlord called me up and said "We sold the house (I had no idea it was for sale), you have 30 days."

I rent an acreage and run a rescue for abused dogs and elderly horses that no one wants. So - they we all were, out on our collective tin. Places for rent in the country in my area generally open up once every six months. I was faced with trying to place everyone (not an easy task) when out of the blue a rental property opened up. I'm still in the process of moving in, but still can't believe what's happened in the past 30 days.

Anyway - where was I?

Oh yeah, my boot in the rear...

I decided that this was Never. Going. To. Happen. Again.

I've given myself six to twelve months to make $100k above what I usually make as a freelancer - don't know how I'm going to do it, but I know I've come to the right place to learn. (I've written WSO sale copy for clients before and had always heard great things about the community here - that was a total understatement. This is truly an amazing place.)

I'm almost done with my first ebook - one chapter left - and will hopefully be putting all the knowledge here to good use.

That's my story - kinda rambled a bit

Looking forward to reading everyone else's stories too!

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16 years ago

Originally Posted by CSwrite

Great thread!

My turning point, or kick in the a$$ happened last month. After five years, my landlord called me up and said "We sold the house (I had no idea it was for sale), you have 30 days."

I rent an acreage and run a rescue for abused dogs and elderly horses that no one wants. So - they we all were, out on our collective tin. Places for rent in the country in my area generally open up once every six months. I was faced with trying to place everyone (not an easy task) when out of the blue a rental property opened up. I'm still in the process of moving in, but still can't believe what's happened in the past 30 days.

Anyway - where was I?

Oh yeah, my boot in the rear...

I decided that this was Never. Going. To. Happen. Again.

I've given myself six to twelve months to make $100k above what I usually make as a freelancer - don't know how I'm going to do it, but I know I've come to the right place to learn. (I've written WSO sale copy for clients before and had always heard great things about the community here - that was a total understatement. This is truly an amazing place.)

I'm almost done with my first ebook - one chapter left - and will hopefully be putting all the knowledge here to good use.

That's my story - kinda rambled a bit

Looking forward to reading everyone else's stories too!

Cary

Wow. Great story. Sometimes these things happen, and because you are going to let it inspire you instead of pull you down, I am sure you will win in the end. Looking forward to your Ebook and the next 6 - 12 months for you.

go for it.

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Steven Wagenheim

16 years ago

I'll try to keep this brief.

I started out doing what I call all the junk stuff, surveys, randomizers, MLM
schemes, the whole 9 yards of crap. I made $28 in my first 5 months. I
didn't know from marketing or anything. There couldn't have been anybody
online trying to make money stupider than I was. I'll bet money on that.

I had many turning points and that's really the secret to my success. I
recognized each one and what I had to do.

My first one came in June of 2003 when I got an email that basically said,
"Hey, schmuck, why are you doing all this crap? It's a waste of time. Learn
how to market and build a real business."

So I did. I worked up a bit of a plan, got into freelancing and affiliate
marketing of products. Made sure I had a basic understanding of how to
do each.

By the end of my first year, I was making about $1,500 a month. It wasn't
a fortune, but I was making progress.

But then I stagnated from there for a long time. I wasn't getting anywhere.

Finally, a couple years later (no, I didn't think of this myself) a friend of
mine called me on the phone and I asked him how I can make more money.
He said to me simply, "Create your own products."

That was my second turning point.

My next year I made about $5,000 a month just from that one change.

But my biggest turning point came last year when I broke 6 figures simply
because I put more time and effort in. Made more products, did more work,
and marketed more. It was simply a matter of hours.

This year will be my next turning point when I start to take advantage of
things that I'd never done before. I should be up over the 200K mark by
the end of next year.

Where I go from here, who knows? I don't worry about it. I have enough
smarts now that I realize I can do anything.

It's simply a matter of going out and doing it.

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Simon_Sezs 16 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

I'll try to keep this brief.

I started out doing what I call all the junk stuff, surveys, randomizers, MLM
schemes, the whole 9 yards of crap.

Randomizers, doublers, gold games...man, you are showing your age, Steven
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KenJ

16 years ago

This is a great thread

I have been dabbling for 2 years and did almost nothing.
Went on a very expensive mentoring course and made no money. It was a good system but the niche guidance was worse than rubbish. So I ended up with an all singing and dancing website that is going nowhere.

Then I joined Niche Rockets and this warrior forum this year and got active.

I have 6 wordpress blogs set up and earning a tiny adense amount.
I have lots of articles on EA point to these sites.

I have also done some article writing for some well known warriors here.
That has been the only earnings really

But I have nearly finished my first product of 10 Camtasia videos.
I can't wait to launch it and see what happens. Hopefully This will be in 2 weeks time.

I also have some articles that I am going to try and sell.

So I am very positive about the future and the earning posibilities. At last I am active instead of passive

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Jenni Mac 16 years ago

Well I haven't hit the turning point yet, I'm confident that will happen before the end of the year!

I started selling on ebay about 3yrs ago, was really good at it and managed to live off what I was earning. I got bored and fed up with trips to the post office and annoying customers who wanted their items the next day, even though they hadn't sent the payment through until after end of business!

Thought about getting into my own site to sell physical goods, that still didn't grab me when I researched it!

Asked a guy on a forum that I belonged to about Adsense and he said he could get me some hosting etc.

I thought I'd set up a site about dating and love, didn't know the first thing about niches and niche marketing! Hadn't even heard of it back then! I just hit upon dating for some reason. My Adsense guy told me about a woman in Canada who had made a packet with a dating site, he dug out her name for me: Rosalind Gardener! I Googled her and got hold of her book Super Affiliates Handbook. Then I joined her forum. Someone on her forum mentioned The Warrior Forum. So I set off to check it out!

I washed up here last December and I've learnt a heap of stuff!

I currently have 3 sites that I'm actively working on and though I'm not making a whole heap of dollars, they are moving up the old Google!

My big thing at the moment is a course that I'm doing under the guidance of the one and only Mr JD Swanson! It really is the best thing I've ever done to learn about IM!

I've bought the ebooks, I've bought into memebership sites, I've spent money unwisely. But what I'm doing now with JD, I have NO DOUBT that this will be my turning point!

Here's to keeping the faith!
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derekwong28 16 years ago

I started off in July 2001 after my wife got laid off. We started off by selling flash memory cards. The business was immediately profitable although it didn't make much. It started to take off when we started selling PDA accessories in 2003. However as our business expanded, our overheads increased as well. By 2004, we had 4 full-time employees: a webdesigner, customer service clerk, shipping clerk, and office attendant. By this time, I had attained the capability to leave my full-time job but did not do so because I felt the business was too volatile. But I was under a lot of pressure because our elder daughter was suspected as being autistic.

I suppose the turning point came in late 2004 when I saw a post on Webmasterworld where a very well known member exhorted people to buy existing revenue generating websites rather than to start new websites. I quickly put this into practice by snapping up sites on eBay. The real break was to come in Feb 2005 when I paid $35000 for a network of sites in eBay. Nobody else dared touch because the whole copy looked look a scam. However, that turned out to be the greatest purchase of my life. Although that network is no longer making money, I was able to finetune and develop things from there. By Aug 2005, I was confident enough to hand in my resignation.

But things started to unravel quickly for our PDA accessories shop. People started buying Smartphones instead of PDAs and our business was on a deep plunge. However, the shop was still quite profitable in 2006. But in 2007, we started having terrible problems with our employees. Two of them resigned in quick succession, including our webdesigner who was our important staff. One who remained then took 2 months' sick leave claiming that she had injured her neck while working on a computer. She also filed a claim for injury at work. By this time, we decided that we have had enough and decided to close the shop altogether. Although we could have sourced and sold other products, we were just completely fed up. So we closed the shop at the end of 2007.

So now, it is only me who is working and luckily, things have held up so far. My advice would as follows: "Having employees is almost as bad as having a boss!"

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  I'm starting to feel, as I hear people tell their true stories, a greater insight into their personalities and character than any other kind of post. Already, I am keen to get to know a lot of people in this thread. Thanks for sharing.
  
  I know, that before I even consider going into a JV I am going to ask for their story as a way of getting to know them.
  
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Michael T.

16 years ago

I started IM about 9-10 months ago actually then I typed first time "make money online",and you all know the process when you start,you are scammed from all sides with crappy e-books and no value information.

After a month of browsing and reading I learned a lot and decided to be an affiliate marketer because I had to choose a way to make money.I thought that it would be best for me just to sell other people's products.

So I knew what I want(sell products)but actually didn't know how to get traffic to my links.I was just losing time with article marketing,building blogs,PPC,forum signatures...all this marketing techniques I learned from one crappy e-book,I thought that by implementing many advertising techniques I would earn huge amounts of money,but nothing from that because I lost another month and didn't earn a dime.

So 2 months and still no sales but spent 300-400 dollars on e-books

And finally my turning point,actually 2 turning points.

My first turning point was when I joined Wealthy affiliate and started learning PPC advertising.

The information I found there was so valuable to me because I didn't knew anything about PPC advertising.

I made my first,second,third campaign but I actually earned almost nothing,man I was so angry.

And finally my second turning point
Actually my second turning point is only one sentence that I read and it opened my eyes.It goes something like this...

"If you want to earn a dollar online you can do it anytime but if you want to build your income online specialize in one thing and don't get distracted because you can earn more money if you are great at one thing than only good at 5 things."

And that is actually the thing I am doing,specializing in one thing-PPC advertising(specially google adwords).

Since my 2 turning points(About 6 months ago) I have earned more or less 15,000 dollars only with PPC.

Now I am reaching almost $200 daily with PPC!

My next goal is $500 day till christmas.

Wish you luck everyone.

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paowiee1

16 years ago

I feel like i'm on the way to my turning point...i've been getting 1 sale maybe every 2 weeks from one site i tested. right now all i see are zero's

) but i feel i'm nearing the tipping point to consistent revenue

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James Schramko

16 years ago

What was your turning point if any?

When I started having big sales days I realized I could stop "work" in the traditional sense and be free.

I did it by learning as much as I could about affiliate marketing especially traffic tactics like SEO and PPC.

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John Rogers

16 years ago

I'll keep this very brief as I'm getting ready to head out the door.

I tried a lot of stuff online. Was successful selling used books and audio courses on ebay, but wasn't satisfied with the return.

Joined PIPS. Quickly realized I didn't like the model. Discovered the Warrior Forum through PIPS.

My turning point was when I quit jumping around and focused on one project at a time. I then started analyzing what was most successful, and invested the majority of my time building on or duplicating those successes.

John

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Simon_Sezs

16 years ago

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Joined PIPS.

I remember that one and I also remember arguing with people on how impossible it was for anyone to make what they were promising. What was that, like 7-8 years ago?

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Phil Jacobson

16 years ago

What other dirt can we dig up about Steven's secret IM past?

Just jokes. I was surprised to see that too, and didn't know what some of that junk was until I looked it up.

Phil

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doylesoft

16 years ago

I don't have a turning point, yet.

Sometimes I wish I didn't make my first sale. It's too addictive. I guess that's why I keep hanging on by my fingernails.

On the plus side, I'm willing to help anyone who hasn't made their first sale yet.

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jhongren

16 years ago

Hi,

I started off my wedding blog as a wedding gift for my wife.

I started off from Adsense.

My turning point came when one advertiser emailed me. I put their link up. Then, more came to me after they saw the 1st advertiser was advertising.

I also started my own networking with local wedding providers and build relationship.

More came and I think it is social proof at work.

Another turning point came when people are asking me to coach them and that is how I started my own mentoring programme.

A friend came along to advise me to document my progress and success and that is how Bloggers Paycheck is born.

My next turning point is I came to Warrior Forum after another fellow Internet Marketer introduced me to WF.

I am glad I am here.

Cheers,
John

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Matt Bard

16 years ago

Let's see,

Came online 1995 and was selling through the old BBS ( Bulletin Board System) back before sp*m it was called bulk email.

Mainly using the email to sell offline products. Mail-Order on the Internet.

I started playing around with selling stuff online and opened up a software shop here on the web. Nightmare with support issues.

Turning point came when I found the Warriors around 96' - 97' and it wasn't the forum that gave me my start it was the all of the reports I could download like the 650 reports, the good old "Info-Disk"

Anyway, re-wrote the reports to sell to desperate buyers online.
I still make my living doing just that.

My best advice to anyone that wants to know how to start here would be to go get Desperate Buyers Only by Alexis Dawes and read that thing from cover to cover.

Follow her steps in that book and you will make money. No question.

You can find her book on the front of the forum.

No I don't get anything for selling it.

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Scott Lundergan

16 years ago

...when I read this from Perry Marshall.

Nobody who bought a drill actually wanted a drill. They wanted a hole.

Therefore, if you want to sell drills, you should Advertise information about
making holes – NOT information about drills!

-Perry Marshall

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Phil Jacobson

16 years ago

Short and sweet there. I like it. Sometimes all you need is some advice at exactly the right time.

Nice turning point. I suppose a turning point is not some strike of lightening but the culmination of a number of experiences that results in coming to that point- the turning point.

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seree 16 years ago

Nice thread!

Here is my story.

Back at 2007, I'm doing AdSense sites with a few affiliate sites to make money.

Easy to earn monet with AdSense those time but easily too to get banned by Big-G.

So, it's non sense for me to go with AdSense things. Because it's a short term money making.

Next, I try to do affiliate marketing. However, I can earn just a few buck.

My turning point is when I flight to Malaysia to attend a Workshop by Patric Chan. I got so many ideas that is a long-term business. And with him as a coach, I can made build my own info-product and selling like crazy with his advice.

So, my point to suggest for newbies is, you should try to find a mentor that willing to help you.

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16 years ago

Originally Posted by Phil Jacobson

Short and sweet there. I like it. Sometimes all you need is some advice at exactly the right time.

Nice turning point. I suppose a turning point is not some strike of lightening but the culmination of a number of experiences that results in coming to that point- the turning point.

That is a good way to put it. Before I came online, I had two other offline businesses over the past 5 years, both in multimedia publishing like what I have now. Those businesses, like this one...all had positive ROI and were a success once they were set-up, so it was very strange that I was only BREAKING EVEN with my first online business.

Then I realized I had no real long term strategy and that I would have to think up all kinds of ways WITHIN the day JUST to break even. I read that at the turning period of me transitioning from "selling a skeptical product to skeptical people" to "affluent buyers seeing the value in a product". It was 9 months later I found the business I have now in my sig (August 2006), but during those nine months (December 2005-August 2006), I used strategies that AT LEAST ATTRACTED affluent customers, I just needed a good product to go with it...so I combined what I knew (video producing) with a way to offer REAL VALUE in a marketplace.

Now I have a thriving, long term business with cashflow peace of mind. I know people reading this are in the same position I was then, so hence me "opening up" which I usually don't do all that often about my earlier days online

Perhaps the Perry Marshall quote will spark the winning idea for some

I know it has for QUITE A FEW others on this forum...

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clare1982

16 years ago

Hiya

I don't believe that there will be just one turning point in your IM career, but many different ones.

I started with IM just over a year ago and I havn't had any turning points yet, but I think one may be around the corner because recently I have been working harder than ever.

Anyway I will start at the beginnig and hopefully I won't miss anything out because I have learned so many different things from so many places that it has all become kind of a blur. I will mention all the things that stick out ion my mind the most.

At the beginning on last year my nan died, it was a difficult and sad time and she will be missed by my whole family. A few months later I discovered she had left each of her grandkids (me included) £1000 (GBP) in her will. I was sat there that day thinking what can I do with this money that will make a difference to my life and my families. I didn't want to just go into town and have a shopping spree, and waste it all.

I logged onto my computer and started looking on Ebay for businesses for sale. I didn't know what kind business I would be able to buy into for £1000 but I looked anyway. I came accross all kind of things mostly scams and 99c ebooks and $20 websites lol. I am just glad I didn't have the money to spend right then otherwise god knows what I would of spent it on.

The next thing that sticks out in my mind is opening a paypal account and an ebay account and putting some items from my house for sale that were really just some junk that was lying around. I couldn't believe it when it sold. Anyway with the money from that I bought a couple of ebooks from planetsms, one of them being the "90 Day Powerseller Challenge"

After reading that ebook I thought I was going to be rich selling ebooks on Ebay. So I bought a massive package of different ebooks for about $2.99 if I can remember rightly, and started selling them individualy. This went on for a couple of weeks and I did not even sell one of them and found myself with a load of Ebay fees to pay. I managed to pay those fees by selling something else from my house, and then I scrapped the idea of selling Ebooks.

After that it bacame a bit of a blur, but I must of been just surfing the web and signing up to about a million different IM lists. I then must of stumbled upon Amy Bass' blog "My debt free goal". I read through every single post on there and learned alot of new things. It was through Amy's blog that I learned about Warrior forum. So I headed on over here.

I also was learning alot from here and must of just been reading posts for a few weeks. I kept hearing a lot about blogging, so I set up three blogs on blogger, one about my children and different activities you could do with yours, one about online poker (that's another passion in my life), and one about my journey online making money. None of these blogs lasted very long they just kind of fizzled out and I run out of steam.

Next thing I remember is seeing a post on the Warrior forum about someone needing an article writer, and I thought that article writer could be me. I loved writing and still do. I answered the post and wrote the person an article for $5. At the time it seemed like the easiest $5 I had ever made.

So I advertised myself as an article rewriter and would rewrite articles for $2 a piece. I had loads of clients too many in fact and I began to get frustrated. I was overworked and underpaid and my work suffered for it too. I was so frustrated that I made a post here titled "PLR waste of time and waste of money" or something like that, and I got totaly bashed for it lol, soon the thread disappeared into thin air. After that I couldn't bear to look at another PLR article for a while.

Before this gets too long I am gonna skip a couple of months where I did basicaly nothing but read, procrastinate and feel sorry for myself.

I read somewhere, I can't quite remember where about someone making a killing website flipping. So I decided to give this a go. Somewhere in the year of reading,reading and more reading I had learned all I needed to learn about setting up websites, monetizing them etc..

All I had in my paypal account at this time was about $15 enough for a .info domain name, and the $10 Sitepoint fee for listing my site. I set off found a free host and set up my website. It only took about 2 days to complete it. Then I nervously listed it on Sitepoint for a 5 day auction.

I waited and I waited but nothing happened no questions, no bids nothing. I felt that this was my last chance and it was slipping through my fingers. Then on the very last day of the auction someone appeared out of no where and bought the site for the BIN price of $125.

To say I was over the moon is an understatement. With that money I then bought hosting and a few more domain names. I also purchased a few PLR article packs (shock horror)to put on these websites. My next website sold for $299, so now PLR articles are my best friend

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So up to the present day this is what I am still doing. I am enjoying it but feel this is not the be all and end all. I have so many plans and different things I want to do with my IM career.

Sorry for the long post lol and I didn't think it would be this long when I started it. I just wanted to mention on my last note that to this day I still have not recieved my £1000 inheritance from my nan, there was some kind of hold up with solicitors or something. But I am so glad I have not recieved it yet because god knows what I would of spent it on. Instead I can put it away for a rainy day.

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wardo

16 years ago

Awseome thread.

My turning point was deciding to make a quality website and focus on that instead of setting up basic review sites with affiliate products on as recommended by the Rich Jerk ebook. I know a lot about web design, usability, increasing conversion rates and seo so I focussed on those strengths.

After I finished making the site I had no idea what would happen but when when I had my first sale I knew making money online was possible for me so I kept going and worked much harder. I now make at least 1 sale almost every day and my site converts at an amazing rate.

Now I need to build some other revenue streams so I am not relying on one site. Hopefully, that will be my next turning point.

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healthycoffeejourney

16 years ago

Ahh Well I have had many many turning points, I will try to be breif... about 3 1/2 years ago I started a healthy coffee business, a net work marketing type thing, great product, but I had no idea what I was doing, I was just really excited... never sold a thing, went to a few really great seminars though, I learnt alot, but a the time I didnt think I really learnt any thing...just felt bad about all the money I was spending.....

out the window went the coffee business,,, through one of the seminars I took up life coaching with an excellent coach, 200$$ cad an hour, spent a year with her, while I just repeated the words "I dont know." I then terminated that.... Then spent 5000$ on real estate coaching completed that course, still made no money.... tryed to get my money back that didn't work either.... Then spent 2000$ on an ebay coach,, put up a few ads sold one book for like 8$, so I terminated that... Through the ebay coach I got an internet coach, very very smart guy,,, took his course didn't really understand that but was interesting. then that went out the window. Then I decided to do nothing, because I really didn't enjoy ant of the things I enetered, and my interest wasn't there, and well I burn a huge hole in my finances.....

Then I FINALLY , decided to do something that I ENJOY, for once, I always had the desire to play the guitar, so I found the perfect guitar coach, I have been playing since feb 2007, I love it.

Then wow now it gets better, all of a sudden the coffee company I used to be with, the great leaders, brached off a recreated an new company, with excellent training and better tasting product. the simplified everything, and I new exactly how to duplicate this business. I am confident on my mission and I am actually out there introducing the product to people physically....(a little nervous though but pushing through) I now have a clear picture of what I am trying to accomplish....

I feel very good.....

Thank you guys for listening, I dont think I have ever told my story before, and it feels great to share. I also love to here others storys as well its very inspiring......

I do have one question though, now feel free to laugh but if I keep reading on this forum I will need to know what this means IM, someone please tell me ehat this means......

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davidbatchelor

11 years ago

Originally Posted by healthycoffeejourney

Ahh Well I have had many many turning points, I will try to be breif... about 3 1/2 years ago I started a healthy coffee business, a net work marketing type thing, great product, but I had no idea what I was doing, I was just really excited... never sold a thing, went to a few really great seminars though, I learnt alot, but a the time I didnt think I really learnt any thing...just felt bad about all the money I was spending.....

out the window went the coffee business,,, through one of the seminars I took up life coaching with an excellent coach, 200$$ cad an hour, spent a year with her, while I just repeated the words "I dont know." I then terminated that.... Then spent 5000$ on real estate coaching completed that course, still made no money.... tryed to get my money back that didn't work either.... Then spent 2000$ on an ebay coach,, put up a few ads sold one book for like 8$, so I terminated that... Through the ebay coach I got an internet coach, very very smart guy,,, took his course didn't really understand that but was interesting. then that went out the window. Then I decided to do nothing, because I really didn't enjoy ant of the things I enetered, and my interest wasn't there, and well I burn a huge hole in my finances.....

Then I FINALLY , decided to do something that I ENJOY, for once, I always had the desire to play the guitar, so I found the perfect guitar coach, I have been playing since feb 2007, I love it.

Then wow now it gets better, all of a sudden the coffee company I used to be with, the great leaders, brached off a recreated an new company, with excellent training and better tasting product. the simplified everything, and I new exactly how to duplicate this business. I am confident on my mission and I am actually out there introducing the product to people physically....(a little nervous though but pushing through) I now have a clear picture of what I am trying to accomplish....

I feel very good.....

Thank you guys for listening, I dont think I have ever told my story before, and it feels great to share. I also love to here others storys as well its very inspiring......

I do have one question though, now feel free to laugh but if I keep reading on this forum I will need to know what this means IM, someone please tell me ehat this means......

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Hey Steph,

IM = Instant message. Send (someone) a message via an instant-messaging system such as skype.

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Sushiman1111 11 years ago

Originally Posted by davidbatchelor

Hey Steph,

IM = Instant message. Send (someone) a message via an instant-messaging system such as skype.

Nice that she finally got an answer after five years. lol

My turning point was when I went to a Yannik Silver shindig (for free) and had the opportunity to sit at the same table as Mike Filsame. He's a very nice guy, very open, and I was able to talk to him for 15-20 minutes about his history in the business, what he'd done and so on, how he outsources, etc. Very inspiring, very real guy. And I went from thinking that maybe all these guys who said they were making millions of dollars online were just posing as real millionaires to really believing that it could work.

So I got to work and put together my first product, website, payment processor and all that and started blogging. And sure enough, the money started coming in. Since then I've made various changes that have considerably upped the amount, but those are all just tweaks and fiddles, nothing really earth-shattering. The real moment was sitting with a guy who'd been there and done that, and was nice enough to spend a little time with me.
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clever7

11 years ago

My story is long and complicated.

I will write only a summary with the essential:

I had no idea about internet marketing. I was a victim of many impostors. I found many competitors online who hated the quality of my work and attacked me from the beginning.

I started working online with the intention to promote only my own products, and trying to dominate two very difficult and competitive niches.

I spent a lot of money, I made many mistakes, and I wasted a lot of time without knowing what I was doing.

The turning point happened when I decided to seriously study internet marketing and understand what to do. This forum helped me a lot. Wish I had found it from the beginning of my online adventures.

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Gaz Cooper

11 years ago

Short and Sweet

1.) Focus on ONE THING and master it then become an Authority in that subject

2.) You are who you hang out with so seek out successful people because you will automatically emulate then when you hang round with motivated successful people and this is why EVENTS such as the Warrior Event Next week are so important

3.) Network and get to know people within your niche and the industry this to me is the MOST IMPORTANT of all once you have a product to sell because without networking support your job will be so much harder.

How do you get to know the movers and shakers and people in the industry ?? SEE POINT 3

very powerful and you have the chance to network with people that can change not only your business but your life.

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11 years ago

I will give it to you straight.

3 words....

BUILD A LIST!....

My whole life and entire business profits changed when i did this. Go figure huh!?

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Jackson Tan

11 years ago

this is what i love about WF.. when you are turn and wanting to give up.. there is always someone's story that inspires you and make you think again about your true goals..

Turning Point.. when I met my mentor and knowing great people on WF!

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SurrealPSD

11 years ago

Great thread.

I started online in the early days, providing graphic design services - and that's what I still do today. In 2011 I created what I deem a 'true authority' site for my final year university project. Up until now, I have only been working on building content and spreading the brand across the internet - there has been no serious monetization in place.

I have never bought any coaching products, systems or schemes - I have only ever paid for tools (podcast mic, hosting, autoresponder etc.) The majority of my info comes from books, however I do dip into WF from time to time, to get in an argument or seek inspiration lol 8-)

The books that have helped me the most:

Gary Vaynerchuck - The Thankyou Economy & Crush It (Social Media, Brand Development)
Tim Ferriss - The 4 Hour Work Week (Optimising workflow, entrepeneur / startup tips)
David Lester - Starting Your Own Business (General Business advice for entrepeneurs)
Joseph Sugarman - The Adweek Copyrighting Handbook (Key copywriting text)

I have read many more, but these ones are always the 'go-to' texts.

The 'turning point' will be my product launch within a few months. I have built the audience and demand, I look forward to getting it out there and seeing how it does. My emphasis is on first-rate content

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Regional Warrior

11 years ago

Did anyone notice this thread is from 2008? before you post always check the date in top left hand corner just above the OPs name.

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rmolina88 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Regional Warrior

Did anyone notice this thread is from 2008? before you post always check the date in top left hand corner just above the OPs name.

I was about to post my story for the 100th time here, again!
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Marx Vergel Melencio 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Regional Warrior

Did anyone notice this thread is from 2008? before you post always check the date in top left hand corner just above the OPs name.

My bad. Only noticed this now. After reading the OP, just went straight writing my post above...
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Marx Vergel Melencio

11 years ago

FROM...
• Being abandoned by both my parents for a street hustler life at 14 with a 6-year old sister to fend for;
• Then gunned down twice at 23, leaving me totally blind, permanently,with a wife and 4-month daughter...

TO...
• Becoming the owner of an ICT outsourcing company that grew from 4 work at home moms and dads to 140 employees and subcontractors combined without any startup money and resources; and
• Formulating and implementing content marketing and traffic generation campaigns that helped a Canadian system security development firm's carrier product to become the world's best selling Windows System Registry software cleaner of all time in 2007; and
• Being recognized as the 2008 Most Inspiring Entrepreneur of the Philippines by Jose Concepcion III, official 2008 presidential consultant on business and entrepreneurship and principal of RFM Corporation...

That's my story in a nutshell. The video below...
• Was developed by the Asia Pacific Center on Disability of the United Nations; and
• Was uploaded to Youtube by Thomas Ng,
former Asia Pacific CEO (for more than 25 years) of Asea Brown Boveri, the world's largest power engineering firm...
Here's the video:

A Story of Courage -- "From Why to How through...

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Importexport 11 years ago

My turning point was reading this thread. I have read it from start to finish.

Until now I thought I was too much of an amateur to make a success at internet marketing, but much to my amazement, seeing what others have written it is obvious that I am doing brilliantly well.

My website is very plain, and has no freebies, special offers etc., but based on my recently installed site analytics I am getting way above average conversions. I attribute that to people appreciating that it is genuine.

Traffic is low, and probably always will be, because I am not really an internet marketer's bootlace. I can market B2B offline, as my successful importing and B2B marketing business which I franchised in 4 countries illustrates, but not online.

The point is, this is a hobby for me, because my first turning point was heart surgery that left me almost an invalid made me sell that business after 22 years. Being a Type A personality I would have gone crazy doing nothing so now I am doing something that keeps my mind active, and I am actually helping people and enjoying it.
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Stuart Walker

11 years ago

My first ever foray in making money online was from sports betting and online casino bonus hunting. Taking advantage of sign up offers that were in the players favour when played properly, was a great earner for a while but it got harder and harder and soon was fizzling out and becoming more risky (casinos all going rogue) and that's when I stared to look into other options like affiliate marketing.

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betterwtveter

11 years ago

Where you started out?
I started out as a sophmore in college and ran into an ebook by ewin chia from click bank talking about how to market affiliate products. I was hooked to internet marketing that I ended up selling whatever I can get my hands on such as tangable and intagable products.
I ended up running a construction business and had much success getting over 300 free visitors to my website just for marketing in the social network. Because I enjoyed marketing so much, I shut down my construction business and am still marketing for other companies today.
My turning point was when my wife brought our little girl in the world. I realized I never wanted to be away from home as much as I was when running my construction business. So I am marketing full time from home so I can finally be home with my wife and little girl.

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cebrg1 11 years ago

My turning points

1.) When I was in my third MLM company I heard about the concept of viral marketing. At the time, most people hadn't heard of it yet, but the whole sales funnel I was looking at from the group I was a part of hooked me. It made sense. That's when I started my IM journey.

I bought lots of shiny objects, most of which, I realize now, I had no intention of ever putting into practice. I was just caught up in the sales hype and thought that they were all the best thing since sliced bread. What I wanted was to buy something and have it all set up for me so all I did was collect the check at the end of the day.

2.) Out of about 200 people, I was one of about 50 who got chosen to be in a beta-testing group. This was in Sept/Oct of 2011. We never made it to product launch, but I was in a mastermind group for the first time and loved it. It was the first time that I could get feedback from people within the IM community and this is when I got more serious about it.

3.) In January of 2012, I signed up to PPC Coach and did the 30-day challenge and it changed the way I thought about IM. I learned persistence, patience and to think about IM as a journey. I also learned a lot about personal development during that time and why people don't achieve their goals. That brings me to my next turning point.

4.) In January of 2013, I found a coach/mentor to help me make enough money to write my own future and so far it's going great...lots of work, but no complaints.

One idea I have is to create a mastermind group for people who have posted on this thread, to help and also to share and to create a community where we can all grow together. Any thoughts?
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webgenco

11 years ago

Like Steve W noted I started out with old-school randomizers, doublers, gold games, expensive $2000 seminars, traffic systems, traffic arbitrage and other crazy schemes I have blocked out of my memory.... but the the takeway was that there are no shortcuts, no magic systems, no true over night success. It's kind of embarrassing to think of all the stupid stuff I spent money on and online money games I got recruited into. They were all money & time wasters. Thankfully I don't give up easily and the turning point was realizing the same traits that made me successful offline in my career, would be the same traits I needed to apply online i.e., focused study, implementing a strategy, finding a trusted mentor, dealing with good people, staying away from scams, and treating all customers and/or prospects how I would like to be treated. Basic stuff, but it was my breakthrough. I became a student of the top people. Then implemented with my own spin and never stop learning.

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eBayStealth

11 years ago

I am new to this forum, but not new to the online game. I haven't really shared this story with anyone so this would be a good time!

I was 18 and still in high school working at MCD! I was a manager, but I still wanted more. I knew I was going to go to college soon, but wanted to have some type of business so I could quite my job, and focus on college. So I did just that. I started using eBay, and selling things around my house. I found some good drop shippers, and was able to make money. Of course my % was much lower because of the drop shipping, but it also kept other people (parents) out of my business. Everything was going great, and I started to make $250-325 a week. I didn't quite my job however cause I knew that this could end quick.

Then eBay suspended me. They never told me why. I wasn't selling phakes, or anything like that. So I was kind of in the gutter. I was super depressed. After a few weeks of feeling sorry for myself I picked myself up and did research and figured out stealth. I started making eBay accounts left and right, and figured out how to use them without getting suspended. So that's what I did! After that my money started to increase to about 500-750 a week.

Then I started to learn about coding, and web design. Started making my own niche websites, and increased my sales to $2500-3500 a week, with my profit at 1000-1500 a week.

So that is pretty much where I am at now. Hopefully I will keep growing! It's good to be here! Nice stories everyone!

By the way, I'm 23 now!

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11 years ago

Interesting stories, indeed.

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papuanac1971 11 years ago

I started few years ago. As I was already employee of one oil and gas offshore company I had lot't of free time and money to do what ever I want to do.
One day, while waking up in one rainy winter day I come to an idea why not use Internet and start make money.
I type in my browser "Make money online" in my native Croatian language and comes up bunch of results. I pick up first one, open web page and without think too much I order one CD file on how make money with blogger blog and adsense.
They was promising 1000's of dollars first month but soon I realize that is not so easy.
In few days I spend $1.000,00 on Google AdWords and earn only few bucks.

I leave it and I find another system, Spider Web Marketing system. Maybe someone still remember that program. Main event in that program was GDI MLM and selling of .ws domain.
Well, GDI is great program but I reach around $1.200 monthly in 5 years.
As time pass I was more and more experienced and start to look for other proven way of make money.

Than shows up Ryan Moran Spacebankers, $97.00 guide on how to make money on MySpace and Facebook.
Well guys, what I learned there I use still now, especially cross fire methods that is so good and powerful to use on Facebook.

Next one, good one was George Brown's Google Sniper 2.0 and that was nice one. For me is the most comprehensive and complete guide for every newbie or expert.
This program I utilize for every of my CB product I review and have really great success.

The turning point was when I join MaxBounty CPA affiliate network and when I find out FirstDate CPA dating offer that offers $12.50 for every free sign up I made.
I knew from before that sex and date everyone loves and all I need to do is target country and not keywords and that was easy and still is.
With small outsource I was able to make 3k+ daily promoting ONLY dating offers and that was really great.
I post somewhere in this forum screenshoots from that period (last year) and proof of my daily earnings from that period.
Till now I remain with dating offers and I mastered my methods.
Dating offers converting well on PPV network and on Facebook but need to pay attention on TOS of Facebook platform not to get banned.
This is my story.

Today I do CPA, Affiliate marketing and Kindle book publishing as well as my primary 9.500€ offshore monthly job.
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- Friedmett 11 years ago
  
  Where did it start?
  
  The desire to make money a bit smarter than doing a normal sort of work which I had done plenty of at that time including factory work, paperboy, and other sort of things.
  
  So with that in mind I looked online for a solution. One of the first was something called Referralware which seemed ok. The classic was to get leads and get commisions. Not knowing marketing I bought 2 expensive lead packages which turned out to nothing at all. Furthermore the education material on marketing were a lot of out dated internet and network marketing which did not give a working solution or how to put all the pieces together to get leads.
  
  I did find Magnetic Sponsoring one day and bought it. I then got into Mike Dillards education material which is the network marketing industry standard by this time. To get some cash comming in I tried to promote some of the affilate sites on adwords. I did manage 3 sales as I recall but somehow the adwords campaign could not continue.
  
  Then I tried different internet marketing products like Google cash and Google sniper. Also Michael Rasmussen but I could not focus on getting something to work at all. Slowly I started to realize that all you need is the following things:
  
  1: Theme and target audience
  2: Blog/website with autoresponder based on high quality content
  3: Marketing
  
  Tip: always bring value!
  
  I had enough of bad IM products and went back to Magnetic Sponsoring. I setup my main website and now it is all about point 2 and 3 for the future.
  
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Sugar Cube

11 years ago

I was looking for a job and I gave the interview and got the job in 2010. My post was SEO, the term was total new to me. I joined and started working. The first few months I was really not understanding what I have to do as I was totally new this online world. As the days were passing, I was getting more interested and excited to know more about this.
I learned a lot and started freelancing for SEO and content writing. My first online job started myself. It happened most of the time that I haven’t got the payment properly, but I get relaxed when I think that I am working from home freely and even can give time to my company.

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W Wattles Fan

11 years ago

I was getting nowhere fast and making $100 or so each month from adsense, Clickbank and Amazon.

I started making YT videos in the relationship niche. Each video would divide opinion. I made 14 in total in 2 months and used the same main keyword in the title. Each video took no more than an hour.

After 3 months I started to earn alot more money than I had before and found that one of my videos was on the first page of google.com and googla.ca.

Since uploading the video 18 months ago, I have earned $6,200 from it through Clickbank.

Never give up as you never know what piece of work you do will change your success.

I've created my own product, paid for a sales letter and a whiteboard video from the money I've earned and will now send the traffic to my own squeeze page to build my own list vis a self hosted autoresponder and sell my own products.

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