TIP: Find something that interests you and use a site like nichebot.com to see how many searches there are for that subject. High Traffic and Low Demand are your goal.

6. Lack of Growth

You must continuously grow yourself and expand your mind. Learning is essential. If you don't you'll be stuck with same skills and ideas and you'll never even notice when you are bogged down in complacency and routine.

TIP: Put some time away each day to read a few articles and browse some sites. Learning just one new idea a day can increase your potential rapidly.

7. Doing It Alone

You can do it alone but it is harder, and without support you are more likely to fail. It doesn't have to be much. On-line forums, for example, are an amazing source of ideas and encouragement. And with other people, by forming Joint Ventures or starting your own affiliate program you can really leverage your efforts and do FAR MORE than you could ever do on your own.

TIP: Visit forums, messageboards and maillists. Lurk for a while until you're ready.

8. Going For The Small Money

You aint ever gonna get rich selling $20 items. Seriously, include some higher priced goods and services in your marketing. You'll get less sales, but more profits. You won't know if they sell until you try! But don't fall into trap of selling any old thing because you get a high commission. Integrity is important, too.

TIP: High ticket sales work better with existing customers who you already have a relationship with. Try them as a back-end.

9. Separating Life and Work

One of biggest pitfalls when working from home is fact that life can enroach your activities - simply because you ARE at home. Try to separate two and have fixed times when you work, and a set area to do it. Work doesn't have to take over your life, but neither should you let life interfere with your work.

TIP: Use a spare room or a spare corner and ONLY use it for work.

10. Be Ambitious

You won't know unless you try. Assume you can do *anything* - because you can! You may not be ready to do it yet, but don't set up mental blocks in advance. You can create your own profitable items, sell them well, and have others selling them for you. You can operate a range of websites, even host seminars, or teach others. YOU CAN.

TIP: Recognise excuses for what they are. If you need help, invest in a good self-help book.

I hope identifying these pitfalls help you look at yourself differently. Contrary to popular belief internet marketing is not an instant path to riches, but it is an achievable one.

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Even when I don’t make money right away it works out.

I also figure that I’m saving someone trouble of spending hours doing same research I did, and they’ll remember me for saving them time or money when they’re ready to spend. Sometimes you have to give before you get.

#4 - For crying out loud, get that news feed up.

Legitimate email marketing isn’t going anywhere, so of course, don’t stop publishing your ezine.

However, adding a feed can get you in front of a great quality audience for top keywords you might not normally be able to access. It sounds like it’s a lot of work but it doesn’t have to be if you incorporate it into your daily routine.

Do it right and do it now. The majority of small business owners are dragging their feet with this - you can beat them to punch. If you need help, my forums are open 24 hours a day.

#5 - Run a special yourself.

But be careful.

Instead of slashing prices on my products with no rhyme or reason, I like to offer an amended version to my member and subscriber audience, and give them choice between full version, that comes with my special brand of priority hold-your-hand consulting, and a members-only version, that comes with catch-me-when-you-can email-only consults.

I’ve come to realize that majority of people really only want to be able to ask me a couple of questions- though ones who need support *really* need support. It’s surprising how many people, faced with a choice, will buy something of greater value at a higher price.

The ones that opt for email only are sales you wouldn’t have made at your regular price, and they get to save a few bucks. Everyone’s happy.

#6 - Team up!

There’s someone in a market parallel to yours (similar subject but not a competitor) who has a product, service, newsletter, or audience that has same desires as yours. Find those people and work together.

You could rotate top sponsor ads in each other’s newsletters, trade links, write (sincere!) testimonials on each other’s products, or unite your products into one big super package that all of you sell through Clickbank, thereby making a larger profit on a collection.

Those are my top 6, but I have more of these types of tips on Fridays at my site - I’d love to see you there.

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