Over the past 5 years, I've shared/released a few free WSOs and compiled lot of money making methods into one exclusively for Contributors members here.
As a result, I do receive thousands of emails, PMs on a daily basis, etc. from newbies/beginner/gurus, etc. asking for advice or help.
What truly surprised me was that most of what they asked could be distilled down to 5 points... repeated over and over by different people in different words.Sleepy
They always ask, "Am I doing something wrong?"...
My answer as always is, "Are you doing what's right?"
If you're a newbie, you absolutely need to understand the points below.
1. Stop drinking the kool-aid
Many product sellers make money selling products and don't actually use the methods they talk about.
Their sales stats mean nothing. The video testimonials are often from friends who mutually backslap each other. These mean nothing either.
They can't give a rat's roasted rectum if you make money or not. That's the truth.
2. Don't buy every WSO you see.
Many people have made their hard drives a burial ground for WSOs and other infoproducts.
Stop buying and start selling.
3. Focus, focus and focus
This is crucial. Focus on only 1 niche in IM. It could be video marketing, product creation, Facebook ads, etc.
Whatever it is, choose one and go deep.
If you choose video marketing, then it's fine to buy or look and download 10 or 20 WSOs on video marketing. Most products will be crap but you might glean a useful tip or two.
This may look like it contradicts point 2... but it doesn't. You're only buying products in one IM niche.
By studying the same topic over and over... your grasp of the theory will be strong.
Take copious notes and streamline them until you have a blueprint that's detailed enough for Tom Cruise to use in the next Mission Impossible.
If one day you're reading about YouTube and the next day it's about Facebook and the next about CPA... you're not going to get anywhere.
4. Choose your niche wisely
If you're so broke that you can't even pay attention,...
forget methods such as PPC, Amazon FBA, Facebook ads, etc. for now. These require capital.
By forgoing these niches, you will not need to buy products about these niches. That's good news.
Focus on what you can do with your limited means. Don't worry about slapping or firing your boss. You can always come back and put him in a triangle choke later once you're actually making money online.
5. You must DO DO DO!
You can't learn carpentry by sitting on a chair. You have to pick up the hammer and start nailing stuff. (Don't think dirty.)
You must take action on your blueprint. Expect to fail... but don't give up. Make tweaks, adjustments, improvements, etc. to overcome the negative results.
That's the only way to progress. Success is not linear... It's more messy than Bernie Sanders' hair. Don't toss the method just because it's taking you more than 15 minutes a week to do. Success is inevitable if you stay the course.
That's really all you need to do. It's not pretty or exciting... but the truth seldom is.
My final advise, once you have your niche and direction set in stone by choosing it wisely(this should actually be point one), you'll have the motivation and the dedication and focus to help you move forward. move forward to what? well his 5th point(should be step 2) which is DO DO DO.
i have been pretty much self taught in everything i ever did in my life that had to do with making money online. i had very limited means when i started as a teenager and i wasn't thinking about failing. all i was thinking about was DOING. i actually wanted to learn. because i knew what my niche was, my motivation and dedication and focus was all there to guide me in DOING.
Started out learning a few programming languages which helped me understand some technical stuff behind the scenes in the 80's. although i coulda had a good job straight out of high school, i decided to go to college and while in college....never studying for all these bullshit classes, i was focused on building websites in the 90's and then on to seo 5 years later. needless to say i dropped out of college to focus more on my niche, not making a dime at first. my focus was on learning by DOING and the best way i knew how to do that was to help others with whatever projects they needed with websites and seo.
When i figured out that eventually i would need to learn css, website building was off my priority list and focused on seo primarily. by that time, i was pretty much an expert in both areas but i knew i had to narrow down my focus since both industries were growing too fast for me to keep up and do the work. the rest is history. got a ton of seo jobs, kept up with the google algos to do my job effectively. about 5 years ago, i moved away from doing seo and started building my own sites and ranking them. not really a big chore since had already been doing that for others anyway. what was a chore was i quite doing that 3 years ago to learn a new trade and that was internet marketing utilizing my current self taught skills by just DOING and also learning about things like affilate marketing, sales copy, how to build a list, effective email copy etc etc. it was only up until about a year ago that i actually started building a list and started learning how to do that effectively and even leverage my time and energy to do it more efficiently and faster.
My personal success online has come from points 4 and 5.....which in my personal opinion is all you need for a mindset that can get you to where you need to be. like i said in the beginning. once you have point 4 down, points 1-3 fall in to place automatically.
And if i were to give my #1 advice to succeed in life, it would be to tell people not to make money your #1 priority. your #1 priority as already stated should be to follow points 4 and 5 listed by moneystar. if i were to add a point which would fit in between 4 and 5, it would be to help others to do what you are trying to learn. while you are helping others achieve something, you are helping yourself at the same time. eventually, by DOING, you will have learned enough and networked enough(future clients) to start charging for your services.
One of the biggest objections people tell themelves is that they want to start making money now and fast. well #1- that goes against my #1 advice. #2, if you insist on that mindset, go find yourselves a job that pays hourly And keep working for someone else until you have the right mindset to work for yourself
