Online Business Success Made Simple|7 Tips to Help You Make More Money From Internet Marketing

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Last week, I decided to spend a few minutes each day reading through the profiles of the many wonderful members here at Wealthy Affiliate. Each day of my quest, I continue to be amazed at the diversity of this unique online community.

From twenty year olds to sixty year olds, former teachers, retired executives, stay-at-home moms and dads, this community has it all. And you know what? There is a common goal for everyone in the Wealthy Affiliate community and that is to make enough money from an online business to support a lifestyle of self-determination.

By the way, I borrowed the term, “self-determination” from a new Wealthy Affiliate member, Kayla, who joined as a new member on May 23rd, 2013. As a business coach, that term resonated with me. Self-determination is what my coaching clients want. They want to live a life of passionate purpose with enough money to meet their goals of financial freedom.

Who wouldn’t want that? Why work as a wage slave to make someone else rich when you can create wealth for yourself and those you love? Having wealth gives you more options in life.

But, like any worthwhile pursuit, there is a gap between the “want to have” and the materialization. That’s where so many people get stuck.

Listed below are a few practical "SUCCESS" tips to help you get “unstuck” and make more money from your internet marketing business.

S-Set Specific Goals. I know goal setting is not a big news flash for those of you reading this post. Most of us have some kind of goal in mind before we begin any task. But the biggest challenge with setting goals is we are often too vague.Setting a goal “to make a lot of money and be happy” is good but your mind needs something much more specific to work on. How much money do you need each month for financial freedom? Is it $3,000, $4,000 or what?

By the way, financial freedom isn’t as hard to get as some make it. Here’s my definition for financial freedom:

“Financial freedom is having enough income so that your passive monthly income exceeds your wants and needs.”


Think about what your monthly financial freedom number is and write it down. Visualize your life when you are earning passive income at that level. Once you have a clear target in your sites all you need to do is keep on firing until you hit the target. It’s as simple as “Ready, Aim, Fire.”

U-Understand Your Audience. One of my millionaire mentors taught me a powerful lesson when he said, “To become successful in any business, you must clearly understand the people you serve. Know what they like and dislike. Know what they will purchase and why they purchase. Know everything you can about them so you can deliver what they want at a price they can afford.”

Books have been written on that subject but hopefully you get my point. It’s not enough to pick a niche and throw up a website. To make money in your niche you have to know exactly what that niche is looking for and be able to communicate your offering to them in a way that let’s them know you:
• understand them clearly
• put their needs above your own

C- Courage and Confidence Go Hand in Hand. One of my mentors taught me, “There are two parts to courage. First is the confidence to launch your business with no guarantees of success and second is, the ability to persist in the face of disappointment.”

Who of us hasn’t faced times of disappointment? Success with internet marketing takes courage and confidence—confidence in yourself and in your idea to fill a need within your market segment.

I cannot tell you how I admire the seasoned online business owners who are a part of Wealthy Affiliate. They are courageous. They have weathered the up and down market cycles and tweaked their business models until they found their own formula for making money with their internet marketing business.

If you are new here at Wealthy Affiliate, reach out to the more experienced members. Never be afraid to ask for help. We all grow by learning from each other.

C- Continuous Action. Wealthy Affiliate member, Marie C, gave me an excellent definition for success. Marie wrote,

“SUCCESS = Knowledge + Purposeful Action”

I cannot think of a better way to express success. If you truly want to be successful with your online internet marketing business, you must take purposeful action every day. Do something every day that moves you closer toward your goal.

Successful internet marketers are continually in motion. They never sit in a parked car and expect to reach their destination.

E-Excellence Leads to Wealth. Internet millionaires never settle for average. They drive themselves to excellence. Turning excellence into wealth means you must first become an expert in your field of knowledge and then second, know how to promote your expertise to the people who have the greatest demand for what you offer.

Fortunes are made by those who master the excellence to become an expert in the subject that they are most passionate about. Expertise is actualized when passion and vision are incorporated into a significant body of knowledge.

Once you establish your expertise you have something to sell on the internet. You can become a high-ranking expert on the internet in fly fishing, cooking, finance, organizing or anything that fits with your passion and experience.

But, excellence is more than expertise. Excellence requires integrity. Excellence is evident when your performance matches your stated intentions. Never, and I mean never promise something you cannot deliver.

S-Stay Focused. If you aren’t 100% focused on creating wealth, odds are you won’t succeed. Success in any endeavor requires a laser-like focus and absolute clarity of purpose. You cannot succeed at anything until you are absolutely clear about your objectives and intensely focused on achieving results.

Keep your focus on the outcome, not the obstacles. I know this is hard to do. It’s easy to get distracted and think you are making progress when you all you are doing is surfing the internet and responding to emails.

Singular focus on a successful outcome is what separates online business successes from the “wannabees”. Keeping yourself distracted by thinking about obstacles, past failures and emotional life dramas will cause you to miss the mark.

Spend a few uninterrupted hours every day focusing on your financial freedom objectives. Developing clarity of vision, clarity surrounding your goals and clarity surrounding your area of expertise is vital for hitting the mark.

Remember: Ready-Aim-Fire. Start your day with readiness--make a simple 3 point action plan. Aim--keep your self clearly focused on your ultimate objective of financial freedom. Fire--keep on firing until you tick off all three action steps for the day. Ready, Aim, Fire.

S-Stop Negativity Before It Festers. Nothing will derail your online business success any faster than a negative attitude. Whether you have a negative attitude about yourself, your industry, or your relationship with money you must put a stop on negativity.

Put yourself on a Seven Day Mental Health Diet. Challenge yourself by thinking positive, truthful and empowering thoughts for as long as you can each day for seven days.

When negative thoughts try to enter in, treat them like a burning ember from a fire. If a flaming hot ember were to land on your arm you would instantly flick it off and stamp it out.

Do the same with negative thoughts that try to embed themselves in your mind. Exercise your mind to hold positive thoughts. Start with a 10 minute goal then strive for a 20 minute and next a 30 minute goal and so on.

“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” ~Willie Nelson

I know this post is a bit long but I hope it gives you a little inspiration along with a few simple tips to make more money with your internet business.

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I feel grateful, a great sense of honor whenever I stumble upon words of wisdom on my journey to, not only financial freedom but to a successful beyond. Thank you for sharing this knowledge. I have taken notes, especially on the simple 3-point-plan :)

What a powerful article. You do get side tracked or miss believing thoughts. Knowing what we have to do - we will do to turn it around. Reading an article about success and inspiration makes it that much easier and better.

Thank you so much for your thoughtful insight. It's easy to miss the forest when were in the midst of the trees. I often find a "step back" session to be helpful when I get too caught up in the day to day grind to remember the necessity of focus on the high five daily activities that lead me closer to my ultimate objective.

Thanks again1

Words of wisdom and encouragement no matter how long or short are always welcome. Sometimes we need that reminder of what we desire and why we desire that which we want. I love the way you turned SUCCESS into an acronym with a definition for each letter. Thanks for the head check

Thanks for your thoughtful comment.

Sorry for getting back to you so late, Rebecca. This has been a very busy week (and weekend) -- putting the finishing touches on student data entry tasks, preparing portfolios and report cards, more paperwork, and getting ready for the last days of school. WHEW!

This latest blog post is very well done (as always :o))! As Beverly noted, you do have a masterful and compelling way of mixing inspiration and great advice. We definitely know what your calling is!

Using an acrostic built around the word SUCCESS was a great idea, too! If you don't think it's too late, I would suggest that you insert the following text (or a blurb similar to it) near the beginning of your post -- just to highlight the acrostic you're using to organize your bullet points:

Set Specific Goals
Understand Your Audience
Courage and Confidence Go Hand in Hand
Continuous Action
Excellence Leads to Wealth
Stay Focused
Stop Negativity Before It Festers

I think doing so will give your readers an excellent mnemonic tool for internalizing your important suggestions.

I'm so glad you are here at WA, Rebecca. You bring an extra special dimension to this unique environment that is priceless. I'm sure you have touched (and will continue to touch) many lives here in your magical, motivational way. Don't stop and keep on keepin' on!

~Marie

What a gem of an idea, Marie. I will incorporate your suggestion. Thank you so much.

Great Inspiration! And isn't that what it's really all about? Thank you

Thanks for your comment, Meridithlonestar! I like the way you think.

Hi Rebecca
This is a great post - the perfect mix of inspiration and good advice. My favorite tip is "courage and confidence go hand in hand' - because it's so important for people to pick themselves up when things go wrong and sometimes that does take a huge amount of courage.
Beverley

Thanks for your comment, Beverly.

Hey...I just got a great idea for outside marketing....FREE BRAND TATTOOS! (LOL!) Thanks for your comment. Please feel free to contact me.

If you ask Rich, you will see that has been thought of. One of our members here (That Helpful Dude) says he's gonna tattoo WA on his backside. I guess we'll see if he follows through.

How funny...actually, I don't want to see that:) maybe you could guide him into better placement of his tattoo brand:):)

Well you can see motivation is a gift you have...

Thank you for another great blog to help keep everyone of us motivated.

I can see I need to bookmark this or just tattoo it on my forehead then I will need to look in the mirror when I read it. ;O)

Great life lessons.

Your article sums up not just online business but life in general. Great work.

Thank you, Johnson. I look forward to celebrating your success!

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