Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Hard-Assed Internet Marketing Wisdom

If you're a "newbie" internet marketer or even if you've been trying to make it work for a while, let me congratulate you for finding this blog! But be forewarned, you will need a lot of true grit to keep on reading what I have to say. And you'll also need the spirit of one who is willing to learn the real TRUTH behind the "mystery" of Internet Marketing.

What I'm going to reveal in these posts isn't going to be all "sunshine and lollipops." It will be cold, hard facts that you may not like to hear...but it will be exactly what you need to hear to succeed. Regardless, I'm going to spill the beans anyway because I think it's time for you to know the truth and to stop wasting your time and money on a bunch of half-baked "guru" products that don't or can't do anything to push you onto the fast track to real success.

But firstly, you should understand that when I say the words, "fast track to success," I DO NOT mean you making thousands, hundreds or even a few dollars by tomorrow evening. You have as much chance of that happening as a snowball in hell...I don't care what overnight "guru" tells you differently.

Even though the internet is a virtual place, business wise, it a very real world where, if you look closely, you can see the honesty of it quickly. Good or bad. That's precisely what I'm going attempt to show you here, too.

I hope that by reading the nuggets of information I write everyday or so, you will gain a clearer understanding of how Internet Marketing works and some important activities that will truly reward your time and energy within it.

Now, let me ask you...

If we pretended for a second that someone was to promise that you can make gazillions of dollars overnight on the Internet and...You don't have to have your own product...You don't need any money...You don't need any skills...You don't need to learn anything...You don't need to build a website...You don't need to lift a finger...In fact, as far as they're promising...You don't even need a brain.

They also say, we'll do ALL the work for you. We'll give you ready-made products. We'll build the site for you. We'll drive traffic to the site. We'll convert those visitors for you. You only have to sit back, relax, watch TV with a beer in hand and rake in the cash...yadda, yadda, yadda.

Would you think that sounds ridiculous?

You wouldn't believe that horse hockey offline, right? Then, why would you believe it online?

It's amazing the kind of garbage people try to pass off as legitimate on the Web. They assume all people are morons. I hope you don't fall into that category. BUT...

Honestly, that's exactly the hype that sucks so many people in. If you Google the words, "Make money online," that's what most of the get-rich-quick opportunities promise you...even from the well-known gurus. Take a closer look at some of the "classified ads" on the sides of this blog...do they make good "sense" to you?

Are people really that stupid? Do we fall for this crap so easily?

I'm going to say it once and for all, "there's absolutely NO magic system for internet success." You can't pay $97 for a product and go to bed poor to wake up as a millionaire. I don't care who you are. I don't care whether the business is online or offline, it takes focused work to succeed in building a real money-making business.

Yeah, you heard me right, there's that dirty word...WORK.

If you truly believe you can make a 6 or 7 figure income online without putting in time and effort, without educating yourself, without a knowledgeable mentor, you're an idiot. Plain and simple. Sorry, but it's true.

Now, with that said, are there any honest resources that can help you shortcut your learning curve to success? Of course there are a few.

Are there specific actions you can carry out that will get you to your financial goals faster and easier? Of course there are a lot.

But the idea of success without some work? Give me a break. Only a moron believes that. So promise me and I say this this from the bottom of my heart...

Stop wasting your time and money buying those stupid programs. They're scams. Don't expect someone to just hand you a success system for $47 or even $197. Don't expect someone to give you the golden product to sell. If it ever really worked as they promise, they would definitely keep it for themselves...unless they are also idiots. Instead, if you are serious about having a successful web business, get smart about educating yourself.

You can start right here using this blog and the few recommendations I will offer. Give it a serious shot! "Don't worry about failure. Worry about the chances you'll miss when you don't even try."

As Jim Rohn said, "Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better."

P.S. the display ads on the sides are my direct recommendations for decent products that can help you achieve marketing success...look at them, too.

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