Which Stage of Internet Marketing Are You In?

Written by Joe Bingham


After having been marketing onrepparttar 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 ofrepparttar 121546 game at each stage and those that persevere. Plus, there are those lucky few that run intorepparttar 121547 right piece of advice atrepparttar 121548 right time and are able to catapult ahead, skipping some ofrepparttar 121549 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 throughrepparttar 121550 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 userepparttar 121551 term I.M (internet marketer) as a name inrepparttar 121552 following descriptions.

STAGE 1 -- Wow!

Getting onrepparttar 121553 Internet inrepparttar 121554 first place is like opening a great big new door to another world. Couple that withrepparttar 121555 fact that money can be made simply by workingrepparttar 121556 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 ofrepparttar 121557 huge numbers of people flocking to every bit of informationrepparttar 121558 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 inrepparttar 121559 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 torepparttar 121560 possibility of selling information, based onrepparttar 121561 sales pitch he reads, and NOT intorepparttar 121562 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 likerepparttar 121563 affiliate program tells him to, but nothing is resulting from it. Disgusted, I.M. either blamesrepparttar 121564 advertising services he's used, which at this point most likely include free classified sites, ffa pages, and banner sites, OR he blamesrepparttar 121565 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 fromrepparttar 121566 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 torepparttar 121567 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 onrepparttar 121568 Internet and he will start to search for more on real topics that he needs real help with. OR he will deciderepparttar 121569 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 torepparttar 121570 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 allrepparttar 121571 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 recognizerepparttar 121572 names of some ofrepparttar 121573 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.

Are You Giving It All Away?

Written by John Colanzi


There must be something I'm missing. I'll buy a product, begin promoting andrepparttar sales start flooding in.

A few days later I find out someone else is giving it away. I must be dense, because I can't understandrepparttar 121545 advantage of giving away a product that can produce $200 to $300 a day.

That's without placing any ads. Imagine if I had time to promote it!

They must know something I don't. Maybe they have some big back end offer that will make up for losing a few hundred dollars a day.

I really doubt it.

When I look around I notice one thing. The marketers makingrepparttar 121546 "real money", give away a free lead generator, but they don't give awayrepparttar 121547 store in hopes of some future profit.

They don't makerepparttar 121548 money they make, by being perceived as a bargain basement. They'll sell more products at $100 and up, then other marketers can give away.

Why is that?

They are attracting customers that are interested in premium products. They are aiming their efforts at attracting customers with money to spend.

That's why they can travel torepparttar 121549 seminars inrepparttar 121550 Bahamas. They are here to stay.

Web sites come and go, but their's are up year after year.

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