Avoid this mistake.

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Every Thursday I get a check. For about $25. You would think that I would be stoked, I mean I haven't done anything to that site producing that money in years. Just the opposite though. My heart sinks a little.

Here's how I screwed up.

(yes, there is a point to me telling you this)

That check SHOULD be $2000 a week. No, it's not an MLM program or anything of the sort. It is a SMALL affiliate program that pays out $5 per signup for their security service.

NOT a big niche at all.

I screwed up because it wasn't 'big money' and I abandoned the campaign.

My point is, even though it wasn't much money per person, had I kept at it even 10 minutes a day for the past few years, I would have a full time income off of ONE TINY KEYWORD.

My point?



If you get one unique visitor a day, make one sale at any point on any project, ask yourself why you haven't scaled the living crap out of it.

You shouldn't be asking yourself, what new thing can I do next to make a dollar, you should be asking yourself "What have I done that even though it may not be exciting, can I work on to actually turn into a success?"

Just something to think about..
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  • Nice post Shawn.

    I think many of us look back, sometimes with regret, on the opportunities we let slip by yesterday, or last month, or ten years ago.

    But I don't think it's healthy to dwell on those bygones.

    It's funny.

    I love Internet marketing because there are always new, bigger, and better money making opportunities coming my way.

    Also,

    I hate Internet marketing because there are always new, bigger, and better money making opportunities coming my way.

    Steve
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  • Great post
    80/20 rule.
  • Ya, it happens a lot. Sometimes we are so much in a rush to get income and lose on the bigger picture. Great post.
  • Back to the future? Sometimes you just scale it up, that's why you left it.
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    • I'm sure there are many of us who have done exactly the same, but the real lesson is to recognize what you have done and not do it again. Not as easy as it sounds sometimes.
  • I downloaded your free report - what great advice! Thanks for sharing.
  • nice tip but the most difficult part is to understand that when that time comes, is it a false-positive alarm? i mean, is that time to quit or is just a frustration? i think that is the problem ... know when to quit but before you do, make sure it's the right decision.. not just because you are frustrated and that you got bored
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    • Due to the fast times, internet era stuff we are living in, people have gotten used to things that give them good results in short amounts of time. They often overlook good stuff and forget that that "a penny saved is a penny earned" or, simply put, any penny counts. So even if your method only brings you 10$ a week now, with a little bit of work and patience it could end up bringing 1000$ a week after awhile. Or, you can even go for more of the same thins but in a different coating.
    • Great advice, Shawn.

      Perhaps this will help those who are always searching for the ever elusive "set and forget" business.

      I've never understood that concept. It's like baiting a fishing rod in the morning and forgetting about it until evening. Sure you can catch a fish, but if you leave it there, you won't catch another.

      However, with just a little work, you can collect the fish, bait the rod again and catch another, and so on. If the fish quit biting, you can test another type of bait until the fish start biting again or move the boat along and find another hot spot where the fish are jumping. That won't happen if you just set it and forget it.

      Terra
  • There comes a point in a life of a IMer when he starts to weight if it`s time for a new project or is it time to invest in the old ones. I`ve had this issue exactly 2564,5 times till now.
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    Avoid this mistake.

    Every Thursday I get a check. For about $25. You would think that I would be stoked, I mean I haven't done anything to that site producing that money in years. Just the opposite though. My heart sinks a little. Here's how I screwed up.