The Last Stab

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I am beginning to wonder whether I have what it takes to be an online entrepreneur.

I am certainly having committment issues.

Are there reasons for that? Possibly, but thinking about them, they're more excuses rather than reasons.

It could simply be, as the U2 song title states "I still haven't found what I'm looking for"

So this blog entry is going to be a bit of a brain dump - if I wrote it out using pen and paper, it would be a nest of arrows, brackets, crossing outs, underlinings, a bit like a mutated mind map so I'll apologize for that in advance.

Let's go:

What Am I Looking For?

I am looking to create an online passive income of $5000 a month. That breaks down to 5000/30 = $166 - let's round that up to $170

OK, so I have a daily monetary target to hit. How do I want to hit it?

1) I could promote a high value item that has a commission value of $170 dollars. There are quite a few offers on Clickbank with this sort of commission and higher - (the top $/conversion on Clickbank product has an initial $ per conversion of $736 - convert 6 people a month and I've hit my...

No, I'm going about that the wrong way.

Pick a niche first then

No - pick a product then find keywords

No - pick a niche and write a number of posts spread over the topic - so don't go an inch wide and a mile deep but dig a hole 6 feet wide and 6" deep then analyze the results - yes! Let the readers of the blog decide the direction of the blog - hmm..deep!

OK - so I need to pick a niche - one that I can do 2 things with:

1. Help people

2. Make money from those people by helping them.

Hmmm more on that in a bit

A Big Change

Having slept on this overnight and also having read a very inspirational post by CassiOfTroy ( https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/cassioftroy/blog/why-do-peop... ) I discovered that I need to achieve 4 things

  • I need to acquire new skills
  • I need to help other people, not myself
  • I need to be able to rely on others for support and also give my support to others
  • I need to create freedom to concentrate

So, rather than go down the OEC training, I have decided that I am going to go down the Affiliate Bootcamp route and promote WA. I believe this will force me to achieve the above and by achieving them I will bring money into my life.

I HAVE to tell myself that this is NOT a get-rich-quick, push button gimmick but a life changing, proper business that needs business level hours of input.

Right - let's start NOW - it is 08.50am on Thursday the 15th of April 2021 and I am about to change my life for the better.

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    God luck Dom! In your bio you said you were going to try bootcanp so this is a 2nd attemp. Sometimes we just need a mentor and don't feel bad if you don't succeed, everyone is meant for something on this planet we just have to find out what our strong points are and what we liked to do in our past and go ahead and try it. Then if you do find success only about 5 % in any business make big money and 1 to 2 % made a lot of money, and remember the 80 -20 rule 80 % make 20% of the money and vice versa.
    So while your doing wa try to figure out what is it you really like, maybe something you did in your past was really interesting, that's why they have life coaches.
    I know a girl, well she's almost a grandmother now but she started off as a well known news broadcaster but didn't like it then she tried home decorating for wealthy people, she did really well.
    Still she wasn't quite happy she didn't feel fulfilled so she tried life coaching and she loves it! She has a thriving business travels the world giving seminars and running her business and she loves it !
    She is also helping people find out what they really want to do, that's exciting.
    Do you really love something, that's a hard one, good luck Dom😜👌

    Thank you John - great message - find what it is you love doing and the money will flow

    Don't worry about the money just find something that makes money and that you really like and yes the rest should follow.

    Good move, Dom, when the motivation slide starts it can creep up on you without the realization that it's happening, until it's too late.
    I think at times we can all be change adverse, so taking the time to reflect can make all the difference long term especially if we take action on our reflections. Sounds like a plan and vision moving forward, best wishes.

    Thank you Alex much appreciated

    I have this quote right next to my computer that says: "Instead of focusing upon money, put your focus upon serving a purpose that will benefit many others - And success will follow!"

    And to be blunt here, it's not always easy, BUT it does work. I am living proof that it does!

    The secret: "Persistence".

    Persistence is another word for Faith. Believe in what you do and DON'T QUIT - IT WILL HAPPEN! 🙂

    Thank you Denis - much appreciated and a lovely quote to work by

    Let's go boss.

    Let you love flow and go with it, even though daily is great consistency and being true to one self i say are important.

    I have 4 kids and a hubby and 2 dogs and amongst all that I have to keep my house in order, my diabetes and working part time.

    Make this space suit you and not the masses I can not wait to see what is in store for you.

    In all honesty I think we can all relate and you have most certainly spoken for me

    How the heck do you manage Augustine?? lol, just having my pet spider is enough - well, not really a pet, just a cobweb owner I've not got rid of yet.
    Massive kudos to you for getting this to work

    Hey Dom ...it looks like you are writing my story....
    what i found recently is a course on productivity where you write down what you are working on and what you are doing...sort of project management...
    so now i have started ( another) site and as i like helping people and am technical it is within this niche....
    i have blocked the next three months (at the moment) on this project....
    now down to what i am doing daily...
    i have a few sites now and they all need a bit of looking at...so i have a maintenance day... nowt but checking hte sitesf or updates are they working...do i need to add anything....what are the stats like... do i have any more ideas for them...and yes that does take all day....
    then there is content creation...i need to create content for my new site ...so there are two days set aside for this (today being one) and this includes research, ideas, outlining and content creation....
    and as i really don't know enough about my subject i have a training day... i have found a course that is helping a lot t oboost my knowledge...so this day is on that and rooting out any other knowledge i have come across in my research....
    and the last day is a floater... a what....if any of the days have overrun then this is the day to tidy things up for the next week...
    oir try a new idea... a bit of a free day but working on the project...
    konwing what day it should be takes a lot of the pressure off sorting out what to do....knowing what project i am working on helps focus the mind consciously and unconsciously on what i have to do and look into....
    does it work, it appears to be a month later.....
    did i find it difficult...yes at the start as it was/is a major change in worknig habits.....
    i do still go through what you are gonig through with hte figures but onstead of worknig it out in days i work it back to visitors and average cost of visitor and really scare myself with hte numbers....
    but i know this process is not a linear one but an exponential one...so any small gains towards the start are 'lucky' and you are really looking at a min of three months before anything happens...
    i have found that if you know your audience very well....and i mean very well...talking to them daily...then it does make creating content a lot easier...
    if i look at the number of words on my recent posts and they top out at 5k, this is because i know the audience and picked a slightly wider topic...
    but my advise would be look at your skills...you have some... what are your strengths...and seriously think of going with those...
    i know it is a bit of a let down and maybe even a bit cliche but i am now a bit more settled...maybe that was the course on the four brain types we have and try to pull myself into the prefrontal one rather than the emotional primitive, paleolimbic or neolimbic brains....believe me that was an interesting course on how we think and whats going on up top.....
    and write it down ....put it in view so you know what day you are on...and if you don't get that post finished then put it to one side until the next post day or floater day as you knw owhat you need to do on the other days....it takes hte pressure off and puts it on at the same time...so you tend to get the post finished on time more and other tasks finished on time more....so your productivity goes up....
    but enough about what i am doing ....
    what are we going to do with you......
    i hope you fine what you are looknig for .....
    believe me i am still looking for it, but hopefully workngi towards it now....maybe....well i could just investigate..........lol
    phil

    Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! Thank you SO much Phil - that will really help - upping my productivity and with a daily journal - cracking idea Gromit!

    try out a little program called obsidian...it is a note taker and daily journal and mindmpa all mixed into one ...i haven't used it too much and rely more on to do list by abstract spoon... but came across obsidian while looking for a mindmap tool...
    you can create your site in there and put references to each article... link them together and use voice notes as well...
    it is a matter of finding what works for you

    try it out and see what happens ...give it three months and if it is still a drag to do it then look for something else...but relax into it or you will be looking for the next shiny object before you start with this one.....
    i seriously hope you crack it

    i didn't realise how much i had written above...becoming like Partha with his tomes...sorry....

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