After having been marketing on
Internet for over a year, and having been turning a profit for a while now, I've come to realize something.Each new person as they get involved in Internet marketing goes through certain stages. Naturally, there are those that bow out of game at each stage and those that persevere. Plus, there are those lucky few that run into right piece of advice at right time and are able to catapult ahead, skipping some of non-profitable early stages.
Today is your chance to hear that right piece of advice. It's up to you to take it and move yourself ahead. As you read through stages listed below, I'm sure you'll identify with them. Try to picture where you are now, and then you'll be able to see your way further ahead.
To make it more personable, I'll use term I.M (internet marketer) as a name in following descriptions.
STAGE 1 -- Wow!
Getting on Internet in first place is like opening a great big new door to another world. Couple that with fact that money can be made simply by working Internet, and a typical, brand new I.M. can be seen floating through cyber la-la land for quite some time.
During this stage, I.M. is a reader. As a reader, I.M. see countless ads describing how easy it is to gain riches by working at home simply because of huge numbers of people flocking to every bit of information Internet provides. This is easy to believe at this point because I.M. is indeed constantly looking for information himself.
STAGE 2 -- I Want In!
Having believed in ideal of selling information to a waiting public, I.M. finds a good piece of sales copy and buys in. Notice I said finds a good piece of 'sales copy'. In other words, I.M. buys in to possibility of selling information, based on sales pitch he reads, and NOT into idea of providing a valuable service or product. Expecting immediate results, I.M. blasts out ads similar to those he read as a STAGE 1 individual.
STAGE 3 -- So Where's All The Money?!
At this point, I.M. is upset. He's been promised instant wealth, and easy profits, but they just aren't happening. He's promoting an affiliate program just like affiliate program tells him to, but nothing is resulting from it. Disgusted, I.M. either blames advertising services he's used, which at this point most likely include free classified sites, ffa pages, and banner sites, OR he blames affiliate program he joined.
Many people are lost at this stage because they are offended and feeling misled.
STAGE 4 -- Discovery of Ezines (content that is)
I.M. has bopped from classified ad to web site to super promoter to email, and has read a 1000 things, BUT he has never really bothered to really READ any decent ezines. Up until now, I.M. has been too focused on headlines such as "Profit INSTANTLY from Information Super Age!" and completely ignored seemingly complicated topics such as "How To Properly Use Ezine Advertising".
However, eventually a more sensible article title, not ad title, will seem to hint at an answer to current problem he is having and he will read it. And I mean REALLY read it! From here one of three things will happen. Either I.M will start to glimpse what is really needed to succeed on Internet and he will start to search for more on real topics that he needs real help with. OR he will decide whole thing is way more complicated than he first imagined and quit. OR he will sense there has to be real work involved and recoil in fear to more easily digested topics claiming big, instant riches and try it again that way.
STAGE 5 -- Rekindling
If at this point, after realizing there will be more work involved than he first thought, I.M decides to continue, he has just tripled his chances of actually making money online all way up to about 5%. However, if I.M decides to continue learning, be patient, and find out what it really takes to succeed, his odds continue to improve from here on out.
STAGE 6 -- Well, Duh!
This is where I.M starts to see things in a different light. He's been around a while to where he starts to recognize names of some of more successful authors, marketers, and business owners. Then, not only does I.M start to listen more to their words than others, he also starts to watch their actions and analyze what it is they are actually doing.
