My FRANK suggestion to anyone trying to "make it." (sorry)

Hey Warriors,

I just logged on again and have been looking around the main forum and I see that a lot of
people here are constantly asking if some way or another way is the best way to make a
killing.

If anyone is up to hear my thoughts, I am more than happy to give it...

At the end of the day, you need to remember a few things.

First off, internet marketing-- whether it is flipping sites, selling info products, building a
list, selling on Fiverr, or whatever else you are doing-- is, at its CORE merely
marketing that happens to be on the internet. Why does that point matter?

I see a lot of people purchasing specific products because every product always promises
the secret to make money online. I know the feeling people get when they see a new
product... because I used to get that exact same feeling.

It's almost like gambling. You have tried other things... but you get this feeling in your
stomach. "Username123 has made so much money using his or her secret method... I know
I've tried other things... but what if THIS is the real secret... if I pass up on this, all the
work I've done was for nothing and I'll never make it!"

I'm betting that's the most basic, primal feeling you get. I used to get it a lot too. It's
extremely powerful which is why you see those 3 billion dollar buildings up and down the
strip of Las Vegas (built from the money lost by those who have gambled the years prior).

When you play craps you say the same thing... "I lost the last few rounds... but if I quit
now, what if it starts to get hot?"

At the end of the day, you don't need to spend all your time (and money) purchasing
SPECIFIC products regarding how to make money online. That isn't the trick
to making money--whether online or offline.

The secret is to LEARN MARKETING as a whole. Don't learn "internet
marketing"-- learn MARKETING.

That is what all of the "big dogs" in IM have in common. They never bothered to learn
"internet marketing"... they learned marketing and applied it to the internet.

That's all you need.

Instead of purchasing loads of WSOs, look at what WSOs are selling and try to figure out
why. Is it the message? Is it the promise? Is the copywriting as a whole powerful? Maybe
the subject of the post is jaw-droppingly good?

Take note of the IM MARKET as a whole-- all markets have a life of their own. They
breathe. They go through phases. They grow up and "change." There are always fads.
There are always black hat techniques. There are always a variety of new ways to "make
money."

The problem is that once these new ways become fads, they become SATURATED and
diminishing returns comes around. It is possible to make money in any niche... but at a
certain point it becomes MUCH harder.

Try to see how the market is acting, growing, and changing... and try to stay, if not at
the head of it, at least right at the front.

You don't want to be 'part of the crowd'... you want to be the outside observer who steps
in when it is time to make a killing. You don't want to be one of the people panning for
gold... you want to be the one selling the shovels.

Think LONG term.

At the end of the day, you just need to remember that, if you want to be TRULY
successful, you don't try to make money using the newest method and become an
"internet marketing specialist"-- you become a "MARKETING SPECIALIST."

When you know marketing as a whole, you can move into new fields in every aspect and
be able to hold your own without someone else telling you what you need to do to be
successful.

That means you can ride the FRONT of the wave instead of paddling behind it.

Also you save a heck of a lot of money by doing this.

PS- You're always supposed to put a PS right? I didn't want to break that rule. I have
nothing else to say. Just read what I said above and start looking at IM as marketing that
happens to be on the internet. Start looking at successful products not as what you NEED
but as a way to hone your own selling skills.

Doing that will ALWAYS keep you ahead of the pack.

Cheers to everyone who is up late (or early, I guess) getting work done. That has already
given you an edge in the game of life.

Love you all.

PPS- Sorry that I didn't format this post all snazzy and whatnot. If you take the time to
read all of this, at least you'll have less competition from the people who refused to read it
because it didn't have stock photos and a tahoma headline!