Your first 3 months as an internet marketer.

The first 3 months, l was developing a website and learning a few telephone books worth of SEO.

Shortly after that time and the promised few hundred a month didn't happen, l got a bit wary, but pressed on!

Then gave up on it after 2.5 years of hard slog!

But 13% of people who create a site or blog, manage to make up to $500 a month from it, even after 5 years, l still can't figure out how, but maybe one day?


I didn't really suffer from shiny object symdrome, all that much, although l did go from one concept to another over months and years, or tended to try something new, until l realized if it was a good fit for me.

So, l tried...

• PPC, for 7 months and realised it was to expensive to test and scale, although depending surely on Google, wasn't a good base to start a business on.

• Tried other traffic sources, namely lists and cheap traffic. Both got the clicks, but very few sales.

• Tried or looked into Banner traffic, but yet again, crappy conversions if any.

• Tried some more SEO tactics for my first site, but all that happened was a trickle of traffic, and months of time wasted writing articles, or creating videos.

• Also tried joining another group, that creates software, or shows you how to pay others to create software for WSO's, etc. Now l have to admit my first try did pretty well, to this date l have ended up with more than $1000 in sales, although most of that was affiliate sales.

I probably got back a few hundred all up, but if l kept at it, within a year or two it would get close to replacing a job income.

So it might be a good starting point for newbies?


But since it took a lot of work and had limited profits, as well as the fact that dealing with a programmer, that didn't listen, always seemed to have his hand out, and had to be told to do something several times, it got weary over time.

I certainly didn't want to do this for a year or two, but as said before it would most likely work if l kept at it, (building a list, etc).


• Then l tried creating graphics for a site. I could do it all myself, and their SEO traffic converted well, without me having to muck around with paid traffic.

I had an initial success, then tried a few big or profitable concepts, that failed miserably.

I am currently working on something, after learning from the initial failures, that should turn everything around.

Or at least has a better chance.

Once l have a good success with decent sales, then the sky is the limit, or l can outsource the work as others have done!


This is after more than 5 and a half years online!


Becoming successful online is physically easy, emotionally it can be the hardest thing imaginable. But failure makes you more determined and wiser, so over time success becomes more and more likely.

Until you hit the jackpot! :p

Just keep telling yourself, initially that if IM was easy, (shiny object, press 3 buttons to create wealth crap) then no one would get up early and go through peak hour traffic every day to make an income with a limit!

Everyone would be online buying the shiny object and seeing money pour into their bank accounts.


You would also see the gov, bringing in legislation to combat it, because the last thing they want is people doing very little and making a fortune!

They want individuals putting themselves out so the country grows and prospers.


Getting a job is generally easy in the short term, but not good long term.

IM is the opposite, short term, (typically 5 years) it is hard, but long term when you figure it out, then the money pouring into your bank account is possible!


It all comes down to what you are prepared to sacrifice to be rich!


Shane

Sounds like you've got it all planned out

Just one thing though, guaranteed to make money is a big statement and there is in fact nothing out there that guarantees this. It comes down to whether the person takes action and implement the training provided.

Selling your freelancing services IS real marketing.

And the better you get at it and the more value you
can provide with your services the more money you
can make.


Always remember in the Gold Rush it was the guys
selling picks, shovels and supplies who ended up
making a reliable income and many of those suppliers
ended up becoming REALLY wealthy.

Kindest regards,
Andrew Cavanagh

LOL, if you mean that I hardly ever go out, I'm afraid this is substantially correct (but for reasons entirely extraneous either to my business or to my membership of this forum!).

The first three months were awful. Heck, the first year was awful. I was trying so many methods and niches, weight loss, gaming, fashion, and lot more, lol. I bought so many products and lost a lot of money. Hundreds of dollars. I had a big dose of Shiny Object Syndome. One thing I learned is to stick with one method to make money and one traffic source. I like writing weekly and daily goals.

cool , mind to share what IM you doing?

for me..don't tease me

PTC , now still on going ...get 1 bucks from one min payout

than a traffice exchange , 3 bucks min already cash out few times.

haven't earn a big ones yet