How many times did you fail in IM?

I have failed several times, I have achieved hundreds of goals but I continue failing every single day and that makes me think I'm everyday nearer my new Goals

So long as a person keeps pushing, there hasn't been any element of failure until you give up completely.

I never fail and not succeed yet. And I'm hoping in the future that IM can make my dream come true.

Regards,

Ronnie

Zouras, you need to change your MINDSET. In life there are no failures - only FEEDBACK. Take the feedback on board and move forward. The only time you fail is when you ignore the feedback and quit.

A better way to phrase your question would be, "what did it take for you to succeed online?"

Me saying I failed 10 times before I hit the motherload will not inspire anyone. Edison messed up 1000 times before he invented the Light Bulb.

What will educate the new comers, is sharing the lessons we learnt from our mistakes.

So how about we ask: "What lessons did you learn from your 'failures' and how did you use them to change track and succeed?"

My big problem as a newbie was that I wasn't educated in traditional marketing.

Internet Marketing is really a reapplication of traditional marketing principles.

I remember getting 40 hits on my first website from a £150 newspaper ad and wondering why didn't I make a sale. Looking back I know exactly why I didn't make the sale.

I learn new lessons every day and I share my lessons with my students. The greatest marketers are also those who remain committed to being a student of marketing, for life.

Abul

I consider each year a failure until I have earned one million dollars...Lol jk

But seriously, If you are able to earn enough to be able to work online full-time then imo

you are not a failure. The only way to fail is to give up

All the time some of my ideas "fail", but in the long run I'm succeeding.

I fail all the time.. sometimes epic-ly. But, hell it's part of life... every day is a new day.

I only tried a couple different ventures but gave up - I didn't really lose any money but I did lose a lot of time. Now I am planning what to do next.

mbacak said it spot on.

Its all part of this game. Better to fail first, then to have home runs, and the do something stupid.

I know people are looking to get help from people who failed first. Or looking to start a business that will not fail at the start. This will not happen.

What about Mr Thomas Edison.

He failed...what? like 999 times before he got that damn lightbulb working LOL

Persistant little bugger he was!

Imagine if he gave up at 998, or the 999th try....someone else would have beat him to it.

Failing is a part of everything, sports, relationships, business, etc, just have to accept it and learn from it each day, and keep pressing on.

I've failed MANY times. I have not yet achieved my goal but I continue to work toward it because I know that you should never give up on your dreams. Also, I think these quotes pretty much sum it up:

"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."

-Henry Ford

"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."

-Winston Churchill

There are no failures in this world. Only people who have yet to succeed. As what Thomas A. Edison said,

Be motivated and stay on your own course till you succeed.

Hundreds of "failures" each one a step closer to success. I had to fail. It was the only way. If I never did, I wouldn't have learned anything. There are some things that can't be bought or found in any ebook, software, or program.

It's just like with anything else in life. Wisdom comes from experience alone.

I think i've failed like 25 times. I'm good with the school/book knowledge, but in the beginning of internet marketing... i was as dumb as a door knob.

Several times but I think It doesn't matter how many times you fall down, it's how many times you get up

I have failed several times, but for every time I failed i gained headway closer to success! :-)

Honestly and seriously, I stopped counting how many times I fell down within the past 2.5 years. The only that matters is that when I fall down, I stand up.

7,684,354,754 times...

But I've got the hang of it now

Trial and error + trial and error + trial and error = Success

Everything you do in IM, even if you are in this for several years, you will "fail" at first .. i use " " because it's no fail in my opinion, it's just you getting better ... you fail only when you quit and say "i can't do this"

I love doing SEO and IM so I wouldn't say I failed just because one of my projects didn't do that good. Just try, the next one will do a better Job :-) think on the long run!

"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. "

- Dale Carnegie

I have lost count but never gave up.. Now I am success.. Never Give Up..

If you quit then you fail. I've never tried quitting so I guess I've never failed yet. Its all about hard work and determination.

if your still alive you haven't failed. Keep at it, my advise is to set a certain time line with goals, and if you don't reach a certain position by a certain point move on and change courses. Maybe your success lies somewhere else, you wouldn't even know.

I started as an engineer and ended up doing IM which lead me to start a successful business in the retail/product/distribution side. Now i use all the skills and lessons I learned throughout the year for each of my business.

Failing how many times does not really matter..what most important is that you learn form the failure and move on to find that ONE success..

I failed many times, but I continue to work on new methods and ideas as I am determine to success in IM.

When I tried marketing to:

video game download niche: failed
secret shopper niche: failed
court records niche: failed

But when I started marketing to niches that actually WANTED to spend money....and weren't just looking for freebies...I started pulling down some BIG money.

Good learning experience for sure.

You may have lost a few battles along the way, but as long as you persists and fine tweak your strategies taking into account the feedbacks (instead of considering them failures), a victory in war may just be around the corner!

Cheers,

Ryan

fail? you would assume that you stopped niche internet marketing because for whatever reason you were not successful and re-started again. That hasn't been the case for me.

ive tripped up several times but my legs haven't stopped moving forward for the past three years.

because of this, Ive gained a mountain of knowledge and I make profit every month from my online assets.

still not full time thou,

haven`t failed or succeeded yet.
Hope to that soon.

I've been mostly failing for six years, and continue to mostly fail. I had a little bit of success that was short lived about 1 year ago.

I tried 6 times and just didn't get it right. But when I switched to local marketing, things picked up and got easier. I decided I wanted to spend my time helping local businesses make money and thrive than promoting an hcg diet offer. It got old real quick.

success and failure go hand in hand. I fail. I succeed. It is ongoing.

The day I will give up IM...
that's the day I fail.

I make mistakes everyday and learn from them
move on...

Ha ha. This may just end up as one of those long long threads...
I've failed so many times...each time i've taken something out of it.
It's a learning curve and that's what's so appealing.
No fear in failing.

For me every failure teach me a new lesson , so I didn't consider it failure.Failure is when you decided to quit.

Well I have taken many many routes that have failed but I haven't failed as I keep taking another route and another route and another route until it works.

I failed many times because i was inexperience

6 times approximately

I've made my share of mistakes. That's for sure. I've been at this for over a decade and it always changes. My main problem areas were doing too much at one time and not delegating work to others. Trying to do it all yourself will burn you out fast. My business became more successful when I stopped doing it all and started managing others doing the work. Plus, my hair isn't turning gray nearly as fast! You will always make mistakes but as long as you keep trying you have not failed you are simply learning.

Failing is part of life. I fail all the time, change tactics a bit and move on. But always get back up. I wouldn't consider myself a failure until I stop getting back up and that isn't going to happen.

Still not on a bankruptcy scale, but I have made a lot of bad decisions. Worst thing I've done is to hop on the bandwagon with others. Now I just do what I want and do stuff for myself.

I don't think that I fail once, but I make mistake a lot.
For me failing means giving up.
When you try something and it doesn't works, that's not failing.

I once integrated my authorize and 1shoppingcart incorrectly and didn't test it before I drove traffic to my site.

It ended up costing me about a thousand dollars in lost orders before I realized it.

Needless to say I never made that mistake again. But I learned from it.


Bill



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Persistence is key. Failure opens up new avenues for you, and like J said, if you get steered in different directions you only get closer to your goal. Just never ever ever give up.

One more.

And then I will get back up one more time than that.

All the best,
Michael

I think we "fail" every single day. I'm always looking for what feedback from reality. Ideas I thought would knock it out of the park end up being duds when I check real data (and my bank account) but then others prove me wrong. To me it's taking those failures and building upon it

I fail all the time.

The key is knowing how to cut your losses and immediately detect something that's working.

Like Vince McMahon once said "I'm an entrepreneur, I'm going to try things".

Why are so many people here scared of the word failure? Failure is a mighty good thing. I personally love it. Always opens up new learning opportunities for me.

Really hope that these veterans on the WF will inspire some of these newbies to work hard, instead of relying on "push button" "set it and forget it" systems you actually have to work hard.

Hard work pays off.