How To Succeed On The Internet
By Lianne Blanch
Posted Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Four simple steps to success on the internet. Motivational ideas for beginner marketers. There are a lot of people out there trying to make money on the internet. How are you going to succeed when so many fail? There are several things you can do to make sure you are one of the success stories.
1. Decide on one or two programs or products and stick to them.
Don't spend all your money jumping from one program to another hoping the next one will be the one where you will make it big. You need to work at this business if you want to make money! If you stick with a couple of good programs and consistently market them, you will achieve results. How quickly you achieve results depends on how much time you have to spend on your business, and how much money you have to invest in advertising. This leads me to my second point....
2. Free advertising has its place but don't expect miracles!.
Don't be suprised that you don't get hordes of people flocking to your opportunity just because you placed a free 5 line ad in a couple of ezines and placed your link on some FFA pages. Free advertising has its place (traffic exchange and viral traffic programs like the Massive Passive Advertising Machine (http://10000hits4u.onlyhere.net) are good examples) but you need to get your ad top exposure for it to be taken seriously. Invest your advertising dollars in some solo or top sponsor ads in ezines and join at least one FFA lead program. These are programs where you can send out a confirmation email to all people who post an ad to the Free For All (FFA) network. A good one to get you started is The Lead Club (60,000 leads per month and you send your ad from an online server) (http://www.leadclub.net/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=lblanch). If you have a good ad and a good product you will make money. Use the ad that got you into the program originally! It obviously works!
3. Write down your goals.
It has been proven that people who write their goals down on paper are much more likely to achieve them. Take the time to think clearly about what you want to achieve in the next year and then write down exactly how you plan to achieve those goals. Review your goals each week and monitor how you are progressing.
4. Never, ever give up!
This business is tough and everyone feels like quitting sometimes. Just remember that when things seem the toughest, success is usually just around the corner. You just have to hang on in there. Nothing worthwhile is ever easy.
About the Author
Lianne Blanch is a work-at-home mom and editor of the Simple Web Money Newsletter (http://www.simplewebmoney.com/newsletter.htm) For a limited time she is offering free online business mentoring to all new subscribers. For more information contact her at mailto:slblanch@midcoast.com.au?subject=PersonalMentoring
