There is Too Much Opportunity Online, Not Too Little.

Sometimes we can lock ourselves out of opportunity by thinking that it is a finite thing. Those that are yet to experience the true opportunity within the online world have a tough time really understaning the scope of what the "Internet" opportunity represents for all of us.
Not only that, how even a playing field we are all on. Once upon a moon (not too long ago), you needed to understand technology, you needed to understand how to code, and you needed to have a significant amount of time/money on your hands just to get a business up and running online.
Now, with the evolution of technology, with access to all the sophisticated platforms you have at Wealthy Affiliate that simplify the process, and with the scale in which companies have adopted affiliate programs as one of the core company marketing strategies, opportunity is ripe.
As you understand the affiliate marketing world and as you create success within it, you will realize just how endless the opportunity is and have to come to the realization that there is going to be too much opportunity before you, and not enough time.
In this post I want to spend a bit of time putting this all into perspective.
Lets Look at Some Opportunistic Numbers.
It is hard to really get a hand on how vast the online opportunity is without taking a look at some core statistics that reflect the true "state of the internet", the growth it has had in recent years, and the number of affiliate/revenue opportunities that preside online.
There are 3.8 BILLION people online. The world's population is currently around 7.6 BILLION, of these people over 50% of them are now actively participating in the Internet. This means, when you set-up a website which is of course internet based, your potential reach is currently around 3.8 BILLION people, some say closer to 4 billion.
Lets just think about this for a second. New York City has 8.5 million people. Now think about how many successful businesses there are in New York. There are close to 200,000 small businesses for those of you that are number crunchers out there. These are businesses with 1-500 employees.
That is 200,000 successful businesses in one city. A city that is 471x smaller than the size of the Internet.
So questioning the idea of being able to create a business online and having a big enough audience, is questioning business itself.
So that is the first subset of numbers I wanted to run by you, the second is the sheer number of affiliate marketing products/services that you have access to promote as an affiliate marketer. With ZERO overhead, zero shipping, zero customer support, and zero dealing with refunds and returns.
There 550,000,000+ products and services you can promote. The Amazon Affiliate Program alone has 100's of millions, eBay has the same amount, Etsy has millions of sellers, and the likes of Walmart, Wayfair, Nike, and pretty much ever major (and indie) brand you can imagine has an affiliate program. Affiliate marketing has become their focus when it comes to marketing their products/services online.
There are currently 1.9 BILLION websites online. 85% of these being inactive. The other 15% (active) accounts for approximately 285,000,000 online. This means that there is less than a 2:1 ratio between products an affiliate can promote, and the total number of websites in existence. That gives me promise, and to me indicates there is a big disparity between the number of products that need help with their promotions, and the number of actual websites. In fact, there are WAY more products, than there are people promoting them.
This represents a significant, and long term opportunity for affiliate marketers.
In 2017, more than 1.66 BILLION people purchased something online. That means close to half of all people online are also doing a percentage of their shopping online. This number has grown significantly from when I started back in 2002 (and I thought the opportunity online was massive back then).
Global e-Tail sales amounted to 2.3 trillion dollar (US) in 2017, with projections showing growth upwards of 4.48 trillion dollars (US) by 2021. That mean the Internet opportunity is going almost double within the next 4 years!
As you can see based on these statistics, the internet opportunity is one that is growing at pace we have never seen. This should be very exciting to all of us!
People Like US Are Amplifying the Online Economy (Product Devs)
A trend that has become very obvious in the past few years is that new products are being developed by PEOPLE, not corporations. With platforms like Amazon, Etsy, EBay, & Shopify, selling your own products has become so cost-efficient and without technical hurdles, many people are setting up shop as a merchant.
They are also seeking out affiliate marketers to promote their services, or they are selling it within networks like Etsy, Amazon, or eBay which offer affiliate programs.
The rapid pace in which new and innovate products are being created, plus the abundance of "selection" that it is creating with consumers, is leading to even more opportunity for those operating websites and that have a presence online.
Don't Think Scarcity.
Get the idea of a finite supply or scarcity out of your head.
People have the tendency to think that there is scarcity. In reality, there is abundance and every year (for the foreseeable future), that abundance is getting amplified.
If you think it is scarce and you convince yourself of that, you are going to view the online world with tunnel vision. If and when you realize the sheer vastness of this opportunity, doors of opportunity are going to open everywhere.
Now it's your turn.
I want you to share your thoughts on the "internet" opportunity here, if you are new, what your assumptions are going into this business. If you are a seasoned affiliate marketer, what are some things that have reaffirmed the sheer size of this opportunity for you?
Even time to setup our own business has also been shorten, and we can do it less than a minute.
How wonderful and exciting when you think about it.
You now can control your destiny and decide how you want to work, when to work, what to work. Everything is within your control.
No need to wait for your boss to approve your work. No need to PR your superiors so he/she can give you best appraisal. No need to depend your top management decision at the end of year, to decide how much bonus to give you or how much increment you need.
You decide yourself.
Creating own online business is for those who like to make own action and decision. If you not used to create things yourself, it will be a problem here. Bear in mind.
As Kyle mentioned, affiliate marketing or performance marketing is becoming one of the strategies businesses grow their presence online. Amazon depends on it, eBay continue to support it, Alibaba use it, Google approve it, so what are we waiting for?
The beauty parts of Affiliate marketing is, zero inventory cost, zero overhead cost, zero support staffs expenses. I have done traditional offline business so I know what expenses and issues you need to handle all of those. Affiliate marketing free you from these issues and lead you focus on the big topics.
Wealthy Affiliate already spend million of dollars setting up the platform and have the support system in place, why do you need to reinvent again? Leverage it here and use it to make your money online today.
Les
When I lived in Queenstown, NZ (think Whistler, BC), I worked as a developer and there was so much opportunity for regular offline business because of the tourism and we were able to flourish by providing internet and computer services. We actually used to hire out fully self-contained internet kiosks (complete with coin-op!!) to motels, laundromats, etc, all connected to a private wifi network... and this was in 2005!
Most of my clients were activity operators so building a website with rich media content and online booking etc, especially in Flash (my go-to for dynamic websites) was highly labour intensive and then there was hosting, email set-up and content management (all provided by us), and even with Mambo CMS the learning curve and time required for the customer didn't make it really plausible, so we still did all the updates.
Fast forward 14 years and the platforms available now are so much more intuitive, user-friendly and quick to learn and use. Even adding a template in Mambo required some PHP know-how! It was about a weeks work getting just the gallery set up and working correctly. Now its just click, click, drag, drop, done.
I really wish I foresaw the opportunity online back then, but I got out of the industry soon after and pursued other avenues. Who would've thought I'd be back here after all these years?
Thanks for sharing, now it's time to tap into my share of the online market and bring my previous skills to help others achieve the same success!
The opportunity is surely out there. The biggest problem we all have is making the connection with the audience of internet users.
That, of course, is through SEO ranking, which is, for me, quite a struggle.
I realize there are many other ways to find an audience then SEO.
So let the exploration begin!
Bill
just makes me think either I'm doing something wrong or I'm not enough passionate about my goals , which seem very distant at the moment .-) However your considerations do boost my enthusiasm to keep going ahead with a plan anyway, even if it takes a lot of time and perseverance !!
I for one am glad for the vast opportunity that the internet have for each one of us. Which create less tension and somewhat less competition. In a traditional job setting we are limited on the amount of money we can make week after week. To make 1000 a day is nearly impossible unless you are an executive of the company. Contrastingly online it's very much possible to earn 1000 a day it just takes hard work, and consistency. Furthermore you are the boss and you are in control of your financial future. May we all take the full advantage of what the internet offers!
Best of luck,
Francesca
With each complete revolution of THE "snowball", we can see tiny lumps of coal that clearly form a word... the word is.... OPPORTUNITY!
Steve
Cuba just got the internet yesterday, for 9 hours. Can you imagine what that was like for them? A whole new world and more Affiliates for WA!
We have every confidence in this program, we are working hard, and we are with you, Carson, and all the other great people here at WA, for the long run.
So grateful to have found the platform (through research, of course).
Colette and Philip
By the way, I am glad to say,
'Thanks, Kyle. For all the learning, education, and platform WA presented to me that I am now starting to find my footing on the business overall. The funny thing is when I start to do local business and connect the dots to my online adventure that now make it easier for me to collaborate with all of my business start-ups and also the expertise I have learned at WA like build a website also being pursued by my local coalition members, it is good money, bro. I will redevelop all my websites here while planning to giveaway 2-3 websites to few of them in need. Thanks again to you and Carson :)'
Here am I, send me! I will happily send people to the products I purchase because they are so awesome.
Beach Barbie
Thank you for this great motivational information. One of the reasons I wanted to do this online business was because I saw my shopping habits change and that of many of my friends and family. Many of them are buying and shopping online because of the convenience, the free shipping, the great refund policy return
And the fact that it saves time! I realized that I wanted to be part
Of this online business, but did not know how, until I found W.A. via YouTube. Now I can dedicate my time to learning the skills, process and be part of This great financial opportunity, along with having individuals that can share their knowledge and
Experience!
Thank you, I am very excited and agree their is an abundance
Of internet opportunities!
Just go out and make it happen.
Thanks for sharing these stats and giving us motivation to move forward.
Create an abundance attitude.
I probably stumbled upon one of the affiliate marketer's websites for Wealthy Affiliate, I honestly don't remember. Whoever it was has targeted the particular keywords I happened to search on Google about how to make money online, It must have been a pretty convincing website, and with the free trial, what did I have to lose?
I honestly didn't realize what an amazing endless opportunity affiliate marketing is to realize your dreams. I mean that literally. I can take ANY interest I have, anything at all that I know about, want to learn about, care about, and I can share my finding, my feelings, my opinion and, of course, my recommended products, to the world. Are you kidding me? Wow, I am so excited!
There are people who are interested in EVERYTHING! There is an audience out there searching your keywords, finding your website and being influenced by your words. It's just absolutely amazing. You can take every passion you have and turn it into a masterpiece, and it costs practically nothing to do it! Not only that, but your masterpiece, your interesting, colorful, information-packed website can MAKE YOU MONEY!
I started this just about a month ago, and I have followed the steps of the training like a feind since day one! I'm up until 3:00 a.m. researching for my posts, finding interesting pictures, going through the training, putting comments on other people's websites, asking for comments on mine, creating my new blog posts daily, I cannot believe how detailed the training is and how easy it has made this entire process!
Thanks for everything, Kyle. I really mean it! You guys have put together a true masterpiece in this website. I don't know who is responsible for the technology and programming you have here, but you have automated everyting. I was using the comments post and then I got notification of an automated comments area where you actually have to leave your two comments before you can even ask for a comment. Genius!!!!
Sincerely,
Babs
Having read your article here, I was clearly mistaken. I f as you say, it is constantly expanding globally then there is truly room for all of us here at W.A. I am truly challenged, excited, and feel a stronger sense of motivation to persevere and develop my niche websites and find that financial freedom that so many of us aspire to. Not just for ourselves but so that we can be generous to our families and be a blessing to others in our community as well. Thank you once again and perhaps we are entering a new age of enlightenment and reformation.....
My expectations are high. I believe for the first time that I could actually make a go of an online business.
Thank you for WA, for making the training so doable. Great is your reward and even greater in the future.
In reaffirming the vastness of this opportunity, I am creating custom websites for clients, setting up affiliate links and selling affiliate products at a fast pace and diving into many other options! Traffic is on the rise and it stems from the thorough training and expert guidance with a top-notch platform---Wealthy Affiliate!
Brilliant post, Kyle!!
Erin :)!
I think of Jack Ma, one of the founders of alibaba.com.
Founded in 1999, it is now the 5th largest Internet company by revenue.
Amazon.com is THE largest Internet company in the world by revenue. It was founded 1n 1994.
So, did the start-up of Amazon dissuade Jack Ma to change course and give up? Not by a long shot. There is opportunity for all in this fascinating world of the Internet.
Not to stroke your feathers, but I believe you, Carson and the other folks behind the scene at WA will eventually take WA to the top in this business of promoting affiliate marketing. It is more than evident that everyone at WA is dedicated to staying abreast of all the changing technology.
I applaud all of you!
RVsRock
I work for an ISP (Internet Service Provider) and can tell you guys that we're still far behind as far as setting up infrastructures for Internet access in many parts of the U.S, let alone underdeveloped parts of the world. The demand is obvious and yet companies are still trying to lay down fiber or copper lines in many rural parts of the U.S.
As more people are able to get consistent Internet access, the more opportunities there will be for Online business. My point is, the future is bright, my friends
Best Wishes,
Mike
Thank you Kyle for those insights.
Since arriving here at Wealthy Affiliate, I have in fact discovered it to be an endless ocean, however, now I'm in a boat and I get to stop and look around at any port ( website ). I get to really take in the scenery and talk with the natives. lol
It's a vast world online & it may be like an endless ocean but I'm setting sail for an adventure of a lifetime. Plus, my boat is packed with life preservers, and floatation devices, even extra surfboards because I will be helping many people along the way.
Your posts are always so inspiring so I thank you for that! :)
It can be difficult at times to see how vast an opportunity Internet Marketing can be when we think this way.
Seeing the stats and being online for a number of years certainly does put things into perspective.
So much opportunity for us not to fail in this business.
Thanks for posting Kyle!
I have come across affiliate programs for individual businesses that I already order from. Take for example Grove Collaborative, an auto-ship company specializing in natural and sustainable products for the home.
There is also a popular craft trend called Paint With Diamonds. Think Cross stitch meets paint by number. The original company Paint With Diamonds also has its own affiliate site.
I think so many people get stuck on the big affiliate companies, Amazon, Commission Junction, LinkShare, and ShareASale, that they may get discouraged when they can't find a product that fits within their niche. Sometimes it is just as simple as scrolling down to the bottom of the page of sites you may already be a customer of. Many times it's listed right in the footer, and if it's not a quick google search will determine if they have a program or not.
The options really are endless, you just need to look for them.
Well said. Now address this misguided assumption that people won't visit your blog because they'll just go directly to retailers like amazon.
That's another one that folks seems to struggle with when getting started with this business.
But TIME is the biggest factor to hurdle to make everything work. WE need to balance time and our priorities so we don't neglect the most important people / things/ events in our lives.
Awesome post! Thanks Kyle.
Marita
What a Huge Boost to our Mindsight to Comprehend the SIZE of the Affiliate Marketing Business and the fact that our Earning Potential expands with our Expenses remaining more or less the same so our Profits are Boosted .Thank you for this Blog Post . Much Appreciated.
Regards
David
But I know that over time my writing style will evolve and I will find success. As of now it is just the beginning for me :) cheers to all!
I know there is ample opportunity awaiting all of us online and am overjoyed to be on the path to take full advantage.
I am grateful that I have found WA especially getting to know you & the rest in the community who give endless support and guidance whenever I ask for assistance.
Looking forward towards achieving my goal and the never ending knowledge that I obtain from WA.
Cheers
Agnes
I have always known this and kept telling this to the wrong people. lol
I knew that I would be able to create an online business but just did not know how. Until Wealthy Affiliate.
Now the big piece of the puzzle is in my hands and I am running with it. Thank you.
I see the internet as I see the universe, always multiplying, growing, increasing, getting bigger.......
I am so excited right now
Affiliate Marketing is one of the best ways out there to get a big share of the money/revenue that flows through it. While I have gotten just a tiny share of it over time, I compare that amount to maybe the tiny fish such as sardines and what not and I want to go for the bigger catches such as whales which to me would be equal to earning $5,000 a month or much more.
The opportunity to earn money from the internet does get better and better everyday, we just have to put in the work even if it feels like it's not going anywhere. My biggest struggle has always been consistency, but I'm getting better at it and it is starting to show just a little bit from a small revenue source. My biggest goal is to earn over $5,000 a month, but I've got to step up my game more and get much more traffic for that to happen.
I can only speak from my experiences. While I admit I made a lot of mistakes. I got a glimpse of the true opportunity when I made three times my current salary (which was a hefty salary) in about 4 months. All online promoting my own products.
I started this back in 1999 so I've been around the block a few times. I made all of that money as a partner with other really good marketers.
As you said today we have all the tools to really succeed. And for you newbies just stay the course, don't give up, and you will be amazed at the potential.
- Glen B
WA surpassed all of them,WA is using internet opportunity to teach people to use internet opportunity to make money.
This article confirms the golden key that is used by WA that makes it stand out of all affiliate marketing businesses. Every blog I read about affiliate marketing /making money online, only speaks well and recommends WA.
There is a lot of information online about all the various moving parts: website optimization, keyword research and tools, content. But I could just never put it all together in a coherent or effective way.
That's why I think this place is so amazing. The way it takes you step by step through each component, and provides such an enormous community of support, is exactly what I - and a whole lot of other people - need.
All I can say is that I wish I'd discovered it sooner. Way better late than never, though. So, although the timing hasn't been the greatest for me at the moment, having to put out figurative fires left and right, and I still have several days of obligations to fulfill, I'm fortunate to have been able to block out a full month to devote to the more intense work of setting up my first site. Starting soon...
Thanks so much, Kyle, for all the crucial info you're providing for us.
With technology on an ever growing scale making it easier and easier to shop and purchase what you need online, the ease and convenience was going to be the future of retail going forward and that was where success was going to flourish, and It just made sense to get in on this and be a part of this ever growing and popular new business world.
Working in retail most of my life, I have witnessed it first hand watching the businesses that I worked for just not getting the traffic it once had, I literally watched the numbers continuously drop, the bank deposits got smaller and smaller, I was actually watching retail die a slow miserable death right before my eyes.
So I knew I had to take action and take it now while this new giant was still in the beginning stages of development and hopefully grow right along side of it and enjoy and prosper with it. I have heard of the massive success and revenue other people were having being evolved with the internet and affiliate marketing was my window into this huge new industry not needing inventory of my own, or having to process orders myself or having to ship orders myself, that huge companies would actually pay me to direct people to the websites to purchase their products and services: it was a no brainer for me!
So here I am working on doing what I need to do to be successful in this awesome new business world, the world of affiliate marketing and WA is the place where success begins and flourishes, and they clearly show that anyone can do it and be successful at it. I look forward to a bright new future and income like I have never had before working in retail for someone else, helping them make money and never really seeing it myself.
Thank you Kyle and Carson for starting WA and giving us the opportunity to have all the success we have always desired and needed, and quite possibly change all of our lives for the better...forever.
Sometimes we look at ourselves as little sharks in the ocean trying to find our way but we have to look at this another way, the ocean is getting bigger and so are we (and being here early doesn't hurt).
The opportunities will grow and with the proper hunting techniques given here at WA, there is no reason why any of us should be ranked as one of the apex hunters with so much around.
So let's get out there!!!!!!!
Anthony
3.8Billion People is an incredible Number.
But it's not relevant. At least 50% of these users are never going to read my site or yours. No matter how massive it gets. Even if I was the biggest most read site in the world over 50% or users won't read.
Why?
They don't speak English.
Still, 1.9Billion is still a huge number so think we should be ok ;)
Onward & Upwards !
Thanks
Denis
I 'm so interested were you said - There are currently 1.9B website online. 85% of these being inactive, the other 15% (active) accounts for approximately 285,000,000 online. This analysis shows that newbies like us in WA still has great potential to tap from the online marketing.
I'm so impressed by your post, I don't want to measure all those points that I observe while reading. But those information are life and hope, they motivate me to work more harder, in the near future there would be stream of success.
Pls, keep updating us with powerful info; like this, I'm grateful I had found a platform called WA.
Once again, Kudo's to your able, you have done noble.
Thanks
Omosomi
This is a great article and a stimulus for discussion.
As you said above almost 50% of the world's population is present online. It is obviously a huge number, so far. And, only growing. People are online for different reasons. And, I am sure almost all of them, at one point, was thinking of starting an online business.
Also, the concentration of these people is different as well. The demographics play an important role, as well.
Let us think a moment about what a person needs to be present online, or to surf online?
1. Certainly, the access to the internet is a must (it means the certain technology and equipment)
2. The knowledge about how to use such technology and equipment
3. The time to go online
4. The reason why to go online
5. The certain level of education (knowing some languages, getting skills about how to be present and work online, etc..), known to be able to access, use and work online if wanted
6. Some money (internet costs, equipment costs - depending on the device)
7. Readiness to learn new things
The fact that so many people are surfing online, it tells us that many people are ready (in all points above) to be online and to use it as they like.
More and more kids, young people and students are having their classes online, even in their classrooms at schools. The institutions, companies, schools, cities .. to name just a few of them .. all are using the internet and the technologies associated with it. Having said that, the internet is the inevitable part of our lives
It will not stop there. The new technologies are developing exponentially, at high speed.
So, is there a place for growth? Yes, it is! Is there a chance for everybody to find its own spot under this "light of internet" and the modern era of technology? Yes, it is!
Is there a chance for everybody, young or mature or older person to learn, use and have benefits of it, yes, there is?
The biggest worldwide platform, ever invented, accessible within a second, with just a click of the mouse, is there. We can use it for many purposes, our benefits, if we know what we do. Learn how to use it, how to prosper on it and your door to success will open.
The competition is huge, but the opportunity as well! The opportunities are here to stay for many years to come. Open that door of your opportunity! Grab it!
Once more, thanks again for this discussion. I hope my thoughts will contribute to it.
I enjoyed the post!
Best regards!
I abandoned my First Niche as I thought it was too narrow, I now look back at it and can't imagine how I came to that conclusion. It would take 1000's of review articles to get near to covering everything available! The ONLY reason I haven't resurrected it is due to time constraints!
My Current Project again my only limit is time. If days were twice as long I would be twice as successful! 4x - 4x 10x -10x But unfortunately Time is Finite and I just can't write enough to scratch the surface of the opportunity!
Even hiring writers have it's limitations. They produce content but it still needs tweaking, images adding, posting etc...
Damn you time!!!!
As technology and entrepreneurship gets better as you say more products are available and its our job to promote and get the word out there.
The only trouble with all this there is not enough hours in the day!! :)
And I like very much your thought's on abundance.
Abundance allover is what makes Life going on, every parent can tell. ( I think that children are the greatest abundance you can ever have).
As the newbie I am it gives me a secure feeling of success in the online world because I am always hit with the sheer number of websites I find. But you have put it in the right order with your explanations
Yes, in the context of your post, we can't think scarcity. However we cannot develop our own axioms. Scarcity is a factor of supply and demand, so to the extent that there is demand, it means supply of the "abundance" can be scarce to satisfy all wants.
Thanks for sharing.
I know the internet is growing every day .
I have seen it grow but I didn't know the numbers so this blog is making it more exciting .
When I was in sales they said the sky was the limit but you physically had to put out the energy, make the phone calls, knock on doors, write the letters and
contracts and follow up constantly. This takes a lot more energy than it does at wa.
The only thing that I have trouble with is the learning new stuff and if I could have a teacher right there in a classroom telling me right away what I am doing wrong and show me how to correct it instead of taking days to figure it that would be a big help and would speed up the learning process. When I do figure it out it is very uplifting . Wa all the way !!!
Regards
Malakati
I think that notwithstanding the opportunities available you still have to make a Good Value Proposition and put that in front of the right hungry audience.
The great thing for us at WA is that we have all the tools as well as training and support to enable us to find our niche audience and communicate with them, in order to achieve sales.
Having not spent too long trying to make an internet business, and had plenty of distractions from that along the way, I am optimistic that i can succeed, thanks to you and the team at WA.
Best
Alan
Stay focused on your project and your goals. It's easy to get distracted. Remember your goals. The opportunities are truly endless.
The most important aspect developed in the article was the nexus between the vanishing brick and mortar economies and the electronic scaling of buying and scaling goods for profit. It begs the question, who are these global entrepreneurs.
One of the issues that we can all face is limiting our potential, with a mindset of preconceived outcomes.
The best thing that we can do is just go for it, the opportunities are out there, we just need to turn up every day and bring our A game.
Thing is that there are not a lot of folks doing just that.
WA has leveled the playing field by providing these platforms and the hands -on- training that can help anyone who has the discipline and focus to follow and apply what we learn.
This is the first time that I have been apart of a company where I don’t feel like I am being ripped off. I don’t hear outlandish claims of wealth by any of the members of WA.
I haven’t read where anyone here guarantees that that everyone will make money.When I see money claims all over the Internet promising instant wealth,after being introduced to WA, I LOL!!
I know that some here start out with some success and we all don’t advance as quickly as others have,but we all can be a success ,if we just follow the blueprint created by you ,Kyle and Carson.
Thanks again for the information and,looking forward not backwards. No one has ever made progress in any venture by looking back!
John
Thank you, Kyle, for sharing this awesome post
An amazing and inspiring article. As I am new in the internet world, it can certainly be overwhelming, to say the least lol
I have tried a few other internet attempts, only to be disappointed in the lack of honesty and community.
I have absolutely loved my first few days here, and I now see how the possibilities are endless. The training and support you provide on here is par to none!
B
I am so glad I joined WA and started my journey with everyone! I may not get where I’m going in a month or even 6 months, but I am moving forward with this and learning something new everyday. This excites me even more reading this giving me that feel good moment that I made this decision to join at the right time!
Thank you again for this!
There's too much opportunity out there and too little time to learn and scale up the ones we choose.
No worries. Just learn one step at a time to make it firmer, and we can leverage the opportunities later - adopting the New York Model(1-500 employee).
That was a WIDE Coverage.
Thanks
At first everything was overwhelming and it seems like every niche or every opportunity that I want to go for has been taken.
However, as I work through writing posts I started to see opportunities.
In short I feel it is difficult to see opportunity if you don't start dong something online. So when you don't see an opportunity just do something. Write a post, review a product, just make sure you are doing something and you will see opportunities the more you do.
For instance at times I can't find the pictures I need for my posts in all the free pic sites I know, that in itself is an opportunity.
For example, there are approximately 156,000 searches a month for "how to make money online". With the potential of 26,000 website traffic visits a month. For 1 year, this could result in over 1 Million searches and 300,000 website traffic visitors for this one topic alone.
I think any affiliate marketer or business owner would be happy to get even a small sliver of this traffic.
Opportunity is definitely out there.
Great post! Thanks for sharing.
At first glance, 1000 seems like a lot (and it is), but to put 1000 into perspective, there are more than 1000 people in my daughter's school (in a city with 200 + schools)
I quick drive around my neighborhood and with houses and condos I'm sure there are more than a 1000 people within a few blocks.
Just doing some quick research now, it looks like there are around 475 cities in North America alone.with a population of 100,000 or more (many with millions)...
For those of us with bootcamp sites, just a single premium referral from each city in just North America would be life changing.
The next time I get a little discouraged I'm going come back to this post.
Thanks Kyle for putting our potential into perspective :-)
Jay
The sky's the LIMIT!
All kidding aside - even though I'm still basically a newbie, 1 1/2 years of WA under my belt - I'm seeing progress in sales. Not much now, but at least something every month.
Someone once said to me, "If you put enough STUFF into the top of the funnel, some STUFF will come out the other end."
Thus, I will continue to post STUFF as often as possible and, eventually, I will be selling more STUFF - as my readership traffic increases.
I am getting a sense that it is just like getting my foot in the door. Soon, I feel that my web traffic will begin to grow exponentially - which will lead to more sales - exponentially.
It's only a matter of time.
Never quit - never surrender.
Jim
I have just recently created a website to help business owners gain working capital.
I must admit, the internet has granted me the ability to reach out to prospects, inform them about my services and have them sign up for funding, when I'm not even present.
Talk about (time) leverage!
The vast opportunities the internet offers are unmatched, there's no better platform for new online businesses or older brick-and-mortar businesses.
I think the most powerful realization is, we are all just at the beginning of this ride, imagine what the internet might look like 20 years from now?!
Thanks again for all that you do here Kyle!
We can't thank you guys enough!
Namaste.
Just this last 2 weeks I worked on my WA training and online business sites. I joined an affiliate program and got a website to sell CBD oil products online. I also today joined a program to sell vintage jewelry online. Talk about multiple income streams down the road. This is my plan to reach my financial goals. - Shirley
Thank you so much
Paul.
In all honesty, before I decided to join WA, I was in the scarcity mindset, and had the tunnel vision of view. Part of it was when I finished university and entered the working world, the internet was still somewhat young. As your post alluded to, one needed to know code, and/or have resources to run an internet business back in those days. It was a perception I held onto for years.
In the few weeks I've been on WA, those perceptions I had made a 180 switch. There is indeed an abundance, and plenty of opportunity (which I discovered just by narrowing my niche idea further). Very much exciting times these days!
There is so much great advice here and I read tons of posts by savvy marketers about writing good copy, sales funnels, landing pages, niches, sub-niches, doing more research...and much more.
I'm nonplussed.
Ralph
Case in point: Football Snack Helmets
I repeat.. snack bowls that are made with football helmets.
Seriously, if this can be a niche, anything is possible! :)