4. Think Outside the Box and Stand Out
Okay, if you're here, consider yourself a rebel, unique and progressive thinker!
I applaud you!
This is what separates success from average and mediocre. This is the thinking that will create a fulltime income online and separate you from the 9 to 5 folks. It is this thinking that created many millionaires.
So, let's take that thinking a step further.
I now will challenge you to develop something different within your chosen niche.
Do you see some angle to better method of doing something that the other authority folks are NOT doing? A cool way to market a product? A different approach to solving an issue? A faster method of performing a task?
Take that and build on it. THEN, coin a phrase for it! Share that phrase!
Have you heard the fairly recent term "Growth Hacking" ?
" Growth hacking is a marketing technique developed by technology startups which use creativity, analytical thinking, and social metrics to sell products and gain exposure.[1][2] It can be seen as part of the online marketing ecosystem, as in many cases growth hackers are using techniques such as search engine optimization, website analytics, content marketing and A/B testing. Growth hackers focus on low-cost and innovative alternatives to traditional marketing, e.g. utilizing social media and viral marketing instead of buying advertising through more traditional media such as radio, newspaper, and television.[3] "
This newly coined term was non-existent prior to 2010 until Sean Ellis generated a wee little blog post on it, showed some cool little techniques for startups to market on a budget and now it's all the craze.
Go to Twitter, search on "#Growthhacking" and see what pops up. It's amazing!
And guess what!?
If you do this within a blog post and combine it with one or more of the previously mentioned elements of this training, BOOM..... you've got a NUMBER 1 RANKING KEYWORD!
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1. choose a niche
2. build a website
3. promote a product or service
4. make money
That's it! and 100% of the people who work hard make a living online.
Implying that those who don't make it, aren't working hard enough. That's easy or maybe they all aren't smart enough to grasp all the training all the time.
Clearly you state it takes more than that.
Frankly I'm overwhelmed with all there is do to be successful when at every turn there is this and that to do
and...
I highly doubt for most of the hundreds of ordinary folks who join WA that this training is duplicatable.
It is a very select niche that can benefit from this, mostly the tech saavy is my guess
I think I'm in the wrong place and was just meant to be a 9-5 slave
It is posts/training like this that makes me stop and think, why am I here?
This is so much work and it depresses the hell out of me, not encourages me.
I've spent over a $1000 on website building and I highly doubt I'll see any of it back just blogging away with a monetized site.
I'm not sure why you spent a grand on website building nor do I know why you are going bonkers over or, better yet, questioning the WA training and calling it propaganda.
What I do know is that you did not need to spend a grand for website building and WA is providing the highest quality training, tools and community that you can find. I can also tell you that this training that Peej just did is awesome. Me, I won't use it right now as I am busy building my business. I bookmarked it and will come back to it soon.
It sounds like you are getting burnt out and need a break, or you have already chosen to fail. Don't feel bad, many folks chose to fail while they think they are choosing to succeed. It's all up to you.
If you need me I'll be here for you.
ROCK ON!
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Neither WA or PJGermain is wrong in this scenario. You are right that is takes a ton of work to get a business profitable and if anyone says different they are lying.
However, with that being said if this was easy and anyone could do it then there would be no opportunity.
I personally have spent thousands of dollars and thousands of hours of my time to learn some of what is being taught here at a fraction of the cost.
Has the money I spent paid off? Yes, but I was just a frustrated as you as I saw other people making it happen and I wasn't.
My advice is to not wish that it was easy as the easier it is the less of an opportunity that you have. The less of an opportunity that is available the more money you are going to make if you are one of the one's that can grind it out for the long haul.
It is definitely getting harder to make money online if you do not have engaging or unique content as a lot of people are coming online looking for opportunities to free themselves. The mistake being made by a lot of people is just coping others and not being original. You do not need a new idea but you need to approach it in your own way.
There are not too many new things online that haven't already been done in some capacity, but the way people are approaching some of these things make them appear new.
I know this may not sound like much but people kept telling me the same thing as I wanted to quit years ago and now I have been working from home for the last 4 years.
Lastly, the training I try to provide is simply in addition to the WA Training. It's simply help complement what is already here. I try my very best to provide training that is doable for absolutely zero cash. Things, I have tried and worked for me.
I have built 100s of websites in various niches and some earned me significant cash and others did not. The idea, of course, is to keep the ones that create profit and drop the ones that don't.
I never said he was wrong
I've been through the training
It looks like I'm just trading a job for a work from home job. Isn't your ass sore?
I'll stay the year but I'm not finding this fun or rewarding
Like I said it may not be for me
I won't pi$$ on anyone going out the door
I just resent being told I'm not doing enough
Ok let me clarify the investment as I was including the WA membership
+ custom theme
+ Jaaxy
+Aweber
+ Fiverr outsourcing banner
+ FB promotional ads
+ miscellaneous niche subscriptions
How can anyone here be surprised at a $1000 investment in website tools?
This just boggles my mind coming from senior people here when I've been told by countless ambassadors that you get what you pay for and for free what do you expect to get? A place at the front of the line?
Should I name names here?
So, let's not do any of that and let's say I go with a FREE theme provided here and just write content and keep writing content
That's it?
...and eventually your site makes money?
Then I made a big mistake by what I thought was leveraging the training by then going out and buying the extra tools that are all recommended within the WA training like (aweber + Jaaxy) links are provided.
I know now this was a big mistake, but hey just like your training it's a learning curve.
I disagree with you in the sense that newbies will never grasp this training in my opinion. Most struggle to enable comments.
It is meant more for senior members and those with more of a grasp on the technical side of website building and what it takes. That's OK
New members are under the illusion it takes a lot less than that to make money online!
