Do You Want To Make Money Online Overnight?
Hello,
I think that the biggest myth that exists in internet marketing is that there is out there a push buttton, everything done for you system that will in a very short space of time bring in a huge amount of cash.
They prey on our desire for easy little or no work money. The person peddling the scheme will tell you that they have made huge bucks from it and that they want to share their success with you! They only want to charge you $47 for a system that is worth thousands!
I have bought into a number of these schemes and achieved close to zero results.
The reality is that building an online business is just like building an offline business. You need to put in time, effort and resource to get it off the ground. You will have setbacks, dissapointments, things will sometimes seem to be stacking against you. This is all part of the journey and must be expected and embraced.
As a member of Wealthy Affiliate you are being trained and shown techniques for building a successful online business. You are when you first join, laying your foundations for what could be a real skycraper of a business.
I think that it is very important for new members to recognise that you are learning to build an online business. This will take time. If you were considering going into a new profession it would take years of training and if you passed all the exams you would join the profession on the bottom rung. You would then have to work your way up to a senior position. You need to view your online business through similar eyes. It will be a medium to long term project.
It will and I know some of you will cringe at this, need some financial investment. This would be exactly the same if you wanted in the regular world to change careers/jobs. The training would cost both time and money. You could easily once trained and in your first job within the new career be earning less than you were in the previous job! You however hope that you will in time move up to a highly paid position that will make the study that you have done seem worthwhile.
I think that it is important to view what you are doing at Wealthy Affiliate with the same seriouness as you would a career move in the offline world. I think that if you do not do so that you will be hampering severely your chances of success. I would recommend that you become a premium member. Give yourself a clear message that you are building an online business and not just dreaming of easy online money. I would further suggest that you become an annual premium member.
As an annual member you are committing yourself to 12 months of activity and pursuit of your online goals. You will be able to keep going even when that unexpected bill comes in. You will have long term focus on your business. You will not be wondering whether you can afford another month's membership. As a premium you get access to all of the tools, training, online community support that you need to build your business.
Do I practice what I preach? Yes I became an annual member last December. I have built and developed my website. I have for the last five months in a row derived an income from the site. I feel that I have now laid the foundations and am now looking to enhance and improve my site. I am a babyboomer and do not consider myself to be techie. I have built my site from scratch using the training and guidance that I have received at Wealthy Affiliate.
It has been a pleasure sharing my thoughts with you and hope that you will take a long term view of your online business and not get caught in the headlights of offers that promise to make you money online overnight.
Best wishes
Mark
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Sadly I'm one who has gotten sucked into these scams, but now I know better. I was able to retrieve some of my money back. Here at WA I am learning the right way with lots of people here to help. How great is that! One place I was with for a short time made an appointment to call to help me get started and never called. Thanks for the encouragement and reminder never to fall for any of those lines again. :)
Well said Mark! We have become a microwave society, everything has to happen now. Actually, that is my coming blog, how to change our mindset to reality and not false dreams of get rich quick schemes. Thank you for the article.
Thanks. I do agree with you that we live in a microwave society. If it does not happen instantly we get disappointed and upset. A properly cooked meal always tastes better. Very best wishes Mark
Great post Mark. A little dose of reality may not always be pleasant but is usually very effective. I hope our newbies will print this off and refer to it when feeling discouraged and frustrated and impatient. Congratulations on your persistence and success.
Harold
Yes it is about persistence. You are learning new skills and you will from time to time fall on your face. You need to pick yourself up dust yourself down and get back to it. Best wishes Mark
Thank you for sharing this Mark, very realistic issues that occur over time and time again. So many have surely been taken to the cleaners and trying to get through to the ones that want to just have success overnight is the job at hand. :))
Yes it is a very widely help belief by people who are new to internet marketing that you can with little or no work make make money online. There is no tooth fairy or a short cut to success. Very best wishes Mark
Very well expressed posinfo. that is the reality people do not realize and become victim of false promises. It is indeed making a business from the scratch, just like an offline business.
I think that the key thing is to recognise that you are building a business. It will not happen overnight. I think that all of us within our online careers have been victims of false promises. I certainly have in the past. I am pleased that I am now on the right track. Best wishes Mark
Hello Mark,
The magic push button does indeed exist.
There is, however, a little, tiny really, detail that the gurus tend to forget to mention and that is the hundreds/thousands of hours of prep work needed to get to the situation where the push button is there for the pushing.
Thank you for a great post,
Jonicas
Very true. I have always felt with guru training that I have received in the past is that certain key elements have been missing. Largely that hard work is required. Also I found that they peddle techniques that worked well several years ago that nolonger work. Very best wishes Mark
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In order to be successful in business, one should be prepared for the "thick and thin".
Thanks!
I could not agree more. Nobody who has been successful says that it all came easily.