Marc Lindsey from PLRPro commented on my post below titled “The Mediocre Are Always at Their Best”. I thought it was good enough that I am going to straight up use it as a post as I do not want anyone to overlook it.
Hey Splork,
My feelings on this subject are mixed.
1. Because I have worked previously to my entrepreneur mind kicking in, for someone else my entire life.
2. Because I now work for myself after a lot of hard slog
3. Because I have also worked the 16 to 18 hour daysFull respect for your decision, after all what we do in life is all about giving us choices, or the freedom to make a choice without restriction.
If holiday and extra money is what you are looking for then congrats Splork, you are there already and most would kill for an extra 1k a month.
Internet for me personally is a vehicle that will help me realize some of my full potential in the business world. It is enabling me to build a company faster then offline business, and hone my skills whilst at it.
Now who said that it was hard work and they perfer working for the man?
Wow, let me give you a small comparison here.
How long you been working a job in your profession for?
How long does it take for you to get a raise?
How long before you can actually be second in charge?
And now ask yourself how long have you been trying to make a living online?
Its not instant guys, and it is hard work, it took me 1 year to work out I was doing everything wrong (in which I got scammed for about 8 to 15k) then another 2 years to stumble my way to a point where I knew what I was doing.
I didn’t pay for any mentoring, the only mentoring I had was from Brad Callen who I had be-friended by being a major positive poster in his forum and showing that I was doing something.
Even then he would just point me in the right directions when it was needed. We still talk a lot today but he gave me the confidence to take things further early on.
My point is you spend what 10 15 years in your day job trying to get the next payrise.
Don’t expect you can jump online and do it instantly.
Even with mentoring, I mean REAL mentoring, the kind we provide, none of this make money yesterday bs, it takes minimum of 12 months just to “think†you have the hang of it.
It will then take you 12 months more of doing to really discover you only just started.
Most importantly stop giving people your money if you have not at least actioned something other then reading.
And when you find something that works, even if it just starts earning you a few dollars a day, repeat that system over and over until you are earning enough so you can start looking at other options on what you want to do online.
When you change and buy the latest thing, you have just killed your direction.
I can talk on this all day, and I probably should have posted this on my own blog, but I think you would benefit from it.
Cya
Marc
What really made a point to me was to keep repeating whatever success you are having. However small it may be. And to stick to your program and not get pulled off track by other offerings. Good stuff, man.
6 responses so far ↓
Hammiesink // Sep 4, 2007 at 2:51 pm
I don’t know if you read her blog or not, but Jennifer’s this-affiliate-marketing-path.com has been a great journal of someone else struggling for years with internet marketing. Most of the time she reports her monthly income it’s around the $400 mark, and this is coming from quite a large number of sites.
However…
Recently she seems to finally been having some success, hitting $2600 or so in July. Seems like one of the factors that finally did it is taking what little money she makes, and folding it back into her websites for more articles, more promotion, etc. It’s gotten pretty inspiring recently.
I see a snowball, growing exponentially.
Anyway, why not try that? Take your $30 a day, and spend it on a GOOD writer to write you one article a day for a large site or two. See where you’re at in a year.
Russell // Sep 15, 2007 at 4:47 am
I spent the first 5 years online in scams and hyip programs, losing $16,000 all up. I then decided to do it the hard way by making websites.
I spent at least another $16,000 on site builders and other shyte from Internet Marketing guru’s, but I did get up to about $1,000 a month from Adsense, Clickbank, PayPal etc… however I was spending that much by then on article writers, PLR material etc.
The point is that as fast (or slow) as I was making it I was pooring the income back into my business to further grow it… something I learned from running a regular offline business.
Through my online businesses, I was able to retire from regular toil 18 months ago. The key was doing the work and reinvesting the returns in future growth.
Paul Easton // May 27, 2008 at 6:51 pm
A good post- I am a fan of Marc as I like his attitude to business online. Comparing of Offline is a good idea (after all its the just medium thats different)
People coming from a job, expect to be able to “turn on the money” - it doesn’t work like that.
The secret is….. work -focused work and a long term mindset…. with a focus on bringing more traffic to the sites you have.
if it does take a year or 2 of hard work- is it worth it? absolutely- no excuses…just do it
Sergio // Oct 6, 2008 at 6:16 pm
What Marc says is true for me. It has taken me more than 2 years and several thousand dollars in self-instruct mostly, and at this point I feel like just beginning, just getting the hang of it, but now with much less effort and money to invest.
Is just like things are more clear and I can start making real progress having gone through so much information.
My own experience tells me to stick to one or two mentors only, otherwise you probably get confused among so many options. It’s overwhelming. I gave my attention to lots of gurus and not gurus, and ended up with no direction, no straight line.
That’s my 2 cents worth advice for those who’d like to take it, anyway!
Ian Orford // Oct 7, 2008 at 10:40 am
I have been struggling with online and affiliate marketing for probably 4/5 years now and finally feel that I have cracked it.
Like you all, spent a fortune, bought the crap and latest next best thing. God have I fallen for some launch hype!
Last year I started building my business working in a technology niche that was my passion after attending a seminar that really helped me cut away the dross in my mind.
Scott Boulch the ‘nada guru’ he said stay away from the IM stuff and look to sell real products to real people. It was a revelation.
We now have a blog/site that startyed with 23 uniques in January and last month had 15,000 uniques with 156,000 page views.
I have worked 14/15 hour days, Saturday/Sunday, and even whilst my wife and I have taken holidays!
The site now earns $150 commission some days, $400 the next, and our highest day (August) was just over $1300!
I now know that over the next two to three years I can increase traffic exponentially, and use the profit to plough back in and start other blogs far faster using the experience we have gained.
Stick with it, it works when you focus and put some real effort in.
Oh and follow Marc, he knows what he is talking about.
Cheers, Ian Orford - Editor ThinkPadToday.com
Dr. Net // Dec 13, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Marc said “Even with mentoring, I mean REAL mentoring, the kind we provide, none of this make money yesterday bs, it takes minimum of 12 months just to think you have the hang of it.
It will then take you 12 months more of doing to really discover you only just started.
Most importantly stop giving people your money if you have not at least actioned something other then reading.”
Marc, this is so true. I am desperately working towards helping people change their thinking towards an online business.
I surveyed over 1400 people over the last 12 months and most of them had at least 2 years of experience and there were some glaring and obvious things going on that have led me to move in a particular direction.
Folks, this is a business, if you treat it like one. That requires a completely different set of skills to aquire.
Not only do you have to learn how to RUN a business, but you also have alot of skills to learn. It would be best if you are new to online marketing, to spend a year mastering the basics of running a business and also in that year spend alot of time on self development as well.
There is no question that you can develop a very nice income from home, but it comes with a price and lots of determination.
I was watching mission impossible 2 late last night and have an interesting post that you may enjoy about this subject matter.
http://samclark.name/are-we-on-mission-impossible-here/
Dr. Net
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