Remember Your First Sale Experience? My Testimonial

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INTRODUCTION

This started out as a reply to Kyle's post yesterday, but I decided to make it an entirely separate post and delete it from the comment section on his post, because I am pretty sure it will get lost in the many comments!

SO HERE WE GO

Hi Kyle,

Good post and lots of responses to your post, I am not surprised, this is a subject we can all relate to and have input on.

Here's mine...

Note: I am breaking this up, because it might be a bit much to digest otherwise (I tend to drill down lol!)...

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THE SALE AND BACKGROUND OF THAT SALE

Ahhh that first sale...A $50 commission.. A "Blue Ribbon" Feeling!

This WAS good feeling and a realization that this online 'thing' might have some substance to it, as opposed to the frustration I had felt for the first few months, dipping my figurative toe into the online marketing waters...

That frustration was two-fold in nature...

(1) I had not found Wealthy Affiliate (a viable system), and
(2) Nor had I made any money to that point (as in spending much more than $50!)...

To the contrary, my foray into this world really was costing me more and more money, as I veered from one thing to the next, the next big thing that promised me millions NOW, if only I would send in $29, etc.

But nary a sale in my PayPal account to verify that my venture was worth the time, effort or money over the first few months...BUT...Now I had $50!?

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AFTER THE SALE

In my frustration, I starting upping the due diligence process prior to pulling out my credit card, because the unused folders of data, the tools, and the programs were piling up on my hard drive!

As mentioned, I finally did make that sale (and $50) from an MLM program (BAD - MLM should be a 4 letter word lol) I had gotten involved in, and it felt good, but honestly somehow anti-climatic...here's why:

The ROI on that sale was a cool hard - 10x my investment! Meaning I had spent $500 to make $50! That kind of a business will make you go broke fast! That is not business, that is getting the 'business!'

Then I received a 'present!' Read on...

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MY PRESENT? FINDING A HOME

So, in my ongoing search for a solution during that time, I came across a review site created by Ian (known as 'Pribs' here on WA) where, after looking at his report on yet another scammy program (thanks for saving me money buddy!), I discovered his excellent review of this site.

It did not take me long to sign up, let me tell you (Thanks so much Ian, yet again! This was a HUGE gift from you!)...I did it quicker than you read this sentence almost!

I had found a home!

THE REST OF THE STORY

For the rest of the story, my other ventures between that MLM that brought me online initially, and finding Wealthy Affiliate, had cost me more money and brought little in additional income (more negative ROI)...

I knew there were lots of people making money, but NO ONE gave me a complete picture on how to get started doing it...UNTIL Wealthy Affiliate!

To wind up this little tale, that first sale online did whet my appetite, and verified to me that it was possible to succeed, but did not really give me that warm and fuzzy feeling I could do the same as so many others...

Since being here over the last 6 months, however, that has ALL changed! The guidance and tools/lessons provided here have finally made it possible, along with my own experience and effort, to approach this as I do offline businesses...and have success!

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CONCLUSION?

This is what I would leave with all here...The tools are here, the path is clear, now it is up to you to take the bull by the horns and do something with it!

That first sale feels good, no doubt, savor it...But believe me, over time, when you look back and see what you have built (and are succeeding at) subsequent to that first sale, the feeling will be MUCH better!

There are so many here that can attest to this I have seen/read about, so read, believe, act, and achieve this success for yourself! Anything is possible!

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Cheers!
Dave : )