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Shiny Object Syndrome

Layne

Published on March 20, 2017

Published on Wealthy Affiliate — a platform for building real online businesses with modern training and AI.

This is something that comes up when we are first starting. Especially after spending some money on training like at Wealthy Affiliate. A LOT of the other internet marketing products out there over promise and over exaggerate how quickly you'll be able to make six figures and quit your job. They just go overboard with the marketing. A LOT of these products are over priced, under deliver, and sometimes are just plain crap.

There IS some good stuff out there, no doubt. If you pay for high ticket trainings you'll likely learn something useful, but it's really not necessary to spend money outside of WA on education, it's all here. And if there's not already a training about what you're looking for, there is someone who can help you.

Other expenses do come up though, things like autoresponders, premium Wordpress themes, landing page and sales funnel software, but you don't need to get all those things when you first start. You can make a little money first and reinvest as you scale up and continue to grow.

I think it's really easy to get caught up in all this if you are going through the bootcamp because you are looking for what's out there so you can review it. Either it's garbage and you promote WA as an alternative, or it's actually decent and you promote it as an affiliate.

Anyway, just a few thoughts, Happy Sunday!

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