Question for the Veterans... From a Peasant.
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Gimp,
My quick tip is to try and think outside the box. Try and think outside of AM.
There are some people on here pushing dick pills that are ballin WAY more than I , but the majority if the people in the IM industry that I know who are doing well are not pushing some else's product, they are selling their own.
The competition is so much lower for so many things that are more profitable, especially if your skills are only so-so. Learn or create something unique(ish) and run with it. Become that authority. It will open up a lot of doors. Do it even if you're not sure about it, you'll learn so much.
Once you get a taste of it and finally have an "ah-ha" moment you will see ENDLESS opportunities in front of you.
* also don't forget about tencentpiece's authority site post. It's fucking solid.
My quick tip is to try and think outside the box. Try and think outside of AM.
There are some people on here pushing dick pills that are ballin WAY more than I , but the majority if the people in the IM industry that I know who are doing well are not pushing some else's product, they are selling their own.
The competition is so much lower for so many things that are more profitable, especially if your skills are only so-so. Learn or create something unique(ish) and run with it. Become that authority. It will open up a lot of doors. Do it even if you're not sure about it, you'll learn so much.
Once you get a taste of it and finally have an "ah-ha" moment you will see ENDLESS opportunities in front of you.
* also don't forget about tencentpiece's authority site post. It's fucking solid.
Failure happens when you quit picking yourself up off the floor. There's no magic bullet, there's no shiny objects that will deliver success. Model successful people and add your own twist to it. Never quit and you'll get there. And sell shit people want, not shit you want to sell people. Good luck bro.
Honestly I do not understand motivation based on money and in my experience it is not the major motivating force for most people. Personally, I would much, much rather do what I want and make enough to make it by than suffer, and "waste my life" just for a little more. As an employer I see that money isn't real that much of a motivating factor - not just my crazy idea, there are a million management studies that say just that.
And I agree, the time in our lives is the most important thing that we have. When we work a job we do not like, we are spending it to buy money. Personally I will not accept that trade. I love working hard, but at things that I like to do. If I have to spend my weekend fixing a server I don't mind that much because because it is interesting work to me and in the end I will have a sense of satisfaction of being successful.I don't even get paid for it but it adds up for me.
So if you are talking about investing your time for the potential of making some money and you would really feel like it was waste if it didn't work - I'd say you would be 1000x time better off finding something you do like to do with your time. There are so many facets of this game, there has to be something that will add up for you.
The price for success is paid in full, in advance. The elevator to success is closed. You must take the stairs. Any other cliche's I can throw at you?
You say:
Are you prepared to work 18 hour days?
Are you prepared to go into debt?
Are you prepared to risk going bankrupt?
Are you prepared to eat Top Ramen every day for a month?
Are you prepared to have all your family ridicule you?
Are you prepared to have all your friends laugh at you?
Are you prepared to get stomach ulcers because you've put everything on the line for your dream of financial success?
Are you prepared to fail big and fail publicly?
Just a few questions to think about before working for yourself full-time.
Failure = Past Experience
Resources = Money (and/or) Time
Luck = Timing (and/or) Generating Your Own Luck (Sheer Determination)
Therefore
Failure + Resource + Luck = Success
And Success?
Success = Doing what you love
Resources = Money (and/or) Time
Luck = Timing (and/or) Generating Your Own Luck (Sheer Determination)
Therefore
Failure + Resource + Luck = Success
And Success?
Success = Doing what you love
When you are attempting to succeed, failure is a necessary ingredient. You're going to need resources and that's going to be your main problem since one is dwindling another is infinite. If you lack capital/money then you're going to need a whole lot of time. If you lack perfect timing then you're going to need to generate your own luck. If one side of the equation is lacking, you're going to need a whole lot more of that other side.
If you lack failure it's impossible for you to succeed with the exception of lightning striking once scenarios. Continuously striking lightning is continuous success, which is very difficult if not impossible without Failure (experience). If you lack resources it's impossible for you to succeed. If you lack luck it's impossible for you to succeed. And most importantly, success it not defined monetarily. It's defined by doing what you truly love. More money just allows you to do what I call success a lot easier.
I know I've had more failures than I can remember. But with each failure I learned something important and "arrived" at the next level. I recall back when I was young having a certain amount of money in the bank gave me that satisfied feeling, I was able to "breathe" so to speak, get out of the rat race. At a certain point, that extra dollar doesn't give you the same satisfied feeling. If you drop a billion dollars in my lap, since I've had "Failure", I know now I have billion dollar problems.
More Money is not success. Success is truly doing what you love, while having room to breathe and being about to truly make your own decision and choices, which a majority of the world has really never experienced, and they probably won't.
There is no on and off.
There is push, work, learn, try something new, try something else, almost give up, lose money, make money, lose it all again, fail, fail again...and then bank.
It took me 2-years before I made enough to quit my real job.
I'm glad I didn't quit after a year and a half.
Either way, it looks like you have the mindset to do well: you're emotionally ready to make it happen and are open minded enough to listen to experts.
Keep grinding and learning and you'll succeed.
Be sure you're trying to climb the right ladder.
Hard work is wasted if the direction is shitty.
Hard work is wasted if the direction is shitty.
I think the main problem with people who are struggling in IM is that they still think like employees. As such, they build their sites like employees, they work like employees, they market like employees. What I mean by this is that your mindset is all about making that sale and making money. You simply want to get paid for your time, much like an employee. You need to think like a business owner, like someone who knows how to leverage assets for wealth creation.
The really successful guys focus on building that asset and being the goto brand for their customers/audience. Think in terms of building long-term assets, building brands, and providing legitimate value to your audience. Think of each site you build as part of your online portfolio and imagine you were going to show that portfolio to your friends and family, if you have sites in there that you're embarrassed to show, I'd recommend selling those sites immediately and getting to work on some stuff you can be proud of. You think the owner of Amazon is embarrassed to hand out a business card with his brand and his name on it? You shouldn't be either.
You need to start thinking like a business, like a big brand. If your business plan lives or dies on the whims of Google a year after development, you're doing it very wrong. The idea should be to use Google and other traffic sources so that after a year, Google could close up shop and you'd still have no problem with people typing your domain into their browser or receiving your email newsletters. Big brands don't live and die with Google.
As for this site, I've said it before and I'll say it again, there is enough free information on this site (particularly in Enlightened Members Section) to build 6 to 7 figure incomes. Sure, some of the material may be a bit dated but if you study what is being taught, innovate with it and adapt it to your business and today's markets, you'll have no problems.
Good luck bros.
It doesn't have to be like this
I did quite well myself and never lost friendships, suffered ulcers, been forced eat bad food, or took out any debt, or spend much money.
I have failed a few times, but failure doesn't have to mean financial ruin
I run a near 100% profit margin operation,
I've been doing this since 2004 and only got good in 2010. So it takes at least a few years of trial and error. I kept my margins low by using free traffic and putting in 8-10 hours days to do everything myself.
by keeping costs as low as possible you can afford more trial & error
Good video.
I remember watching it together with Dresden during Black History Weekend 2 years ago.
I only know 1 way to be successful.... Go to work. That's it just go to work. You need to dedicate your time to doing income generating activities. Even if you only work an hour a day toward building your biz, you'll be further ahead than 95% of the sheep. You will prob be flat broke for3 to 5 years.
If you're not broke ask yourself if you have been putting enough money back into the biz. During this time you will seriously want to quit and get a real job. After about 10 times of seriously contemplating quiting, you will begin to see a change. At this point things will start getting easier. This happens after that 3 to 5 year poverty period. Between years 5 and 10 you are slowly becoming an expert in your field. By year 10 life should be pretty easy
If At anytime you seem to be falling behind schedule, ask yourself if you have been going to work. That's it. Just go to work. Work like a mule with blinders on
****reaults will vary. But no mater what don't underestimate the work required
If you're not broke ask yourself if you have been putting enough money back into the biz. During this time you will seriously want to quit and get a real job. After about 10 times of seriously contemplating quiting, you will begin to see a change. At this point things will start getting easier. This happens after that 3 to 5 year poverty period. Between years 5 and 10 you are slowly becoming an expert in your field. By year 10 life should be pretty easy
If At anytime you seem to be falling behind schedule, ask yourself if you have been going to work. That's it. Just go to work. Work like a mule with blinders on
****reaults will vary. But no mater what don't underestimate the work required
OP, you've got great answers.
Only thing I would add: stop completely following plans created by others. You see, no matter how detailed and how great tutorials from guys like CCarter are they should serve you for inspiration rather than ready to implement plan. Guys like CCarter can show you the frame but it's up to you how you will feel it. It would be almost impossible to create 100% working plan for every niche.
Only thing I would add: stop completely following plans created by others. You see, no matter how detailed and how great tutorials from guys like CCarter are they should serve you for inspiration rather than ready to implement plan. Guys like CCarter can show you the frame but it's up to you how you will feel it. It would be almost impossible to create 100% working plan for every niche.
Hol.EE.SHIT.
Too much win for my mind to even comprehend. I'm bookmarking this page and coming back later to re-read everything after I get some work done...
Thanks to everyone that contributed - I needed to hear all of that (not necessarily wanted, but needed)..
Too much win for my mind to even comprehend. I'm bookmarking this page and coming back later to re-read everything after I get some work done...
Thanks to everyone that contributed - I needed to hear all of that (not necessarily wanted, but needed)..
I wish I could respond to everything everybody wrote, so if I don't, just know I took it all to heart. Promise.
Fail hard and fast, but don't stop.Trust me; all it could take in this business to go from dirt poor to balling is a few days, but the reverse is often true as well.