Stuff I Had to Learn & Do to Get Online Faster!
This is where all the pieces of the jigsaw came together for me, allowing me to assemble the online puzzle according to my own unique design.
I found this to be the most challenging bit of the whole online thing, as without this bit being understood & actually implementing it for & by myself...the rest of what I was attempting was like a ship without a rudder...plenty of steam, but just going around in circles, because of no map of where to go or what to do next!
I found this to be the most challenging bit of the whole online thing, as without this bit being understood & actually implementing it for & by myself...the rest of what I was attempting was like a ship without a rudder...plenty of steam, but just going around in circles, because of no map of where to go or what to do next!
The Online Jigsaw Puzzle
So, before we begin our exciting journey, here's a few pointers about how to best use this section.
This section will basically be your "come to" source.
You will not be given any crazy bonuses in here to make you think you are getting heaps of valuable stuff.
To be fair to the Bonus givers, their bonuses probably are valuable; but they are of no use to you at this stage.
What you need is a decent understanding of what's involved in starting, growing & sustaining an online business, just as I had to learn it too!
This first bit, the first week is the most important. I know I keep harping on about it, but most people WILL NOT read this info, they will want to go directly to the other action stuff & will stuff up big time because they would not build their foundations first.
There are 7 main things to be aware of & we will cover them in the first few weeks...They are:
So go read through the whole site first. This info took me just on a year to compile & from what I read, takes others 2-10 years to get all the pieces of the puzzle together.
It will give you a clear understanding of what lies ahead & will help you align your expectations so you can achieve what you set in your goal charts.
Take a WEEK or so & just read stuff, it will save you at least 2-10 yrs of aimless wandering the internet wilderness.
Make notes where necessary & then go & get your copy of my To Do List only AFTER you have chosen your business model, written your business plan (of sorts), done your goal sheet exercises & written out a rough idea of a marketing plan.
Begin with a focused & clear understanding of the tremendous opportunity you are entering into, a chance to make your dreams come true!
It will seriously reduce the time normally spent in confusion & frustration & will be your best online time investment ever! That's one thing I can guarantee 100%.
In here you will find, as already stated, Hints, Tips & Resources, both free (open source) & paid, along with all the other stuff you will need to know, to learn & to do, so you can get online & earning your first little bit of online income in 30-90 days...depending upon your skill levels when you arrive here of course.
It wont be a flood right off, but you really do need to get the pipes in place for the money to flow through first!
Seems like a plan to me...
There's no guarantee, obviously! The only guarantee I have for you is do the stuff I've done, in the order it's suggested & you will be online, you will have all your systems set up, you will have your business plan all mapped out, you will know your Why, your strategies, your marketing plan, your long term goals & have a fair idea of just what effort you will have to put in to achieve what it is you are desiring!
Simple really...
Play this video of Tony Robbins on why people succeed or fail...it's because of?.........................................
Watch it & secure your future now! No cheating, don't skip this & cheat on yourself, there's no short cuts in business. I play this or something like it, EVERY DAY.
I have to, to help me stay on track! There's so much Stuff out there, it's like a Lolly Shop!
Watch for the RPM, take notes & begin thinking what yours are.
This section will basically be your "come to" source.
You will not be given any crazy bonuses in here to make you think you are getting heaps of valuable stuff.
To be fair to the Bonus givers, their bonuses probably are valuable; but they are of no use to you at this stage.
What you need is a decent understanding of what's involved in starting, growing & sustaining an online business, just as I had to learn it too!
This first bit, the first week is the most important. I know I keep harping on about it, but most people WILL NOT read this info, they will want to go directly to the other action stuff & will stuff up big time because they would not build their foundations first.
There are 7 main things to be aware of & we will cover them in the first few weeks...They are:
- Learning & Thinking about Ideas you like & how to apply them to your Business
- Preparation & Background Education of business & marketing models (this critical phase will take the most time in the beginning, but will save you years of wasted time, dollars, tears & frustrations later on)
- Product Selection or development
- Website Design, layout & structure
- Copy-writing, auto-responses, sales pages, blog contents etc
- Traffic Generation...Blog, Forums, Articles, Web 2.0, PPC etc
- Maintenance of all & ramping it up!
So go read through the whole site first. This info took me just on a year to compile & from what I read, takes others 2-10 years to get all the pieces of the puzzle together.
It will give you a clear understanding of what lies ahead & will help you align your expectations so you can achieve what you set in your goal charts.
Take a WEEK or so & just read stuff, it will save you at least 2-10 yrs of aimless wandering the internet wilderness.
Make notes where necessary & then go & get your copy of my To Do List only AFTER you have chosen your business model, written your business plan (of sorts), done your goal sheet exercises & written out a rough idea of a marketing plan.
Begin with a focused & clear understanding of the tremendous opportunity you are entering into, a chance to make your dreams come true!
It will seriously reduce the time normally spent in confusion & frustration & will be your best online time investment ever! That's one thing I can guarantee 100%.
In here you will find, as already stated, Hints, Tips & Resources, both free (open source) & paid, along with all the other stuff you will need to know, to learn & to do, so you can get online & earning your first little bit of online income in 30-90 days...depending upon your skill levels when you arrive here of course.
It wont be a flood right off, but you really do need to get the pipes in place for the money to flow through first!
Seems like a plan to me...
There's no guarantee, obviously! The only guarantee I have for you is do the stuff I've done, in the order it's suggested & you will be online, you will have all your systems set up, you will have your business plan all mapped out, you will know your Why, your strategies, your marketing plan, your long term goals & have a fair idea of just what effort you will have to put in to achieve what it is you are desiring!
Simple really...
Play this video of Tony Robbins on why people succeed or fail...it's because of?.........................................
Watch it & secure your future now! No cheating, don't skip this & cheat on yourself, there's no short cuts in business. I play this or something like it, EVERY DAY.
I have to, to help me stay on track! There's so much Stuff out there, it's like a Lolly Shop!
Watch for the RPM, take notes & begin thinking what yours are.
Plan to Succeed...
Did You Know This?...
I'm shocked at the amount of people who have SO many skills & still don't make it online or earn any money for years & years! Some have been around the traps for 10 years! Yes...10 years & still haven't started earning!
You know why they aren't making any money?
No one showed them what all the jigsaw pieces were or how to hook everything up to get the income pipeline set up in the first place!
What's happened is these poor people have dug the neatest pipeline holes to lay their pipes into, got the biggest pile of pipes you have EVER seen, have so many tools, enough to sink a fleet of ships, a heart as big as Pharlap's & yet they are still running around in circles, getting more & more pipes (knowledge) & becoming more & more frustrated daily. It's so sad, such a waste of their time, resources & money.
Don't let this happen to you by skipping forwards past these first most vital steps. I can guarantee that you WILL regret it if you do!
It's not anyone's fault that people did wander all over the "internet market place", going nowhere fast, simply because back then, late 90's through to to-day, the internet was an unknown quantity ...it's just how it's been up until now that is.
There's no need for any more confusion, frustration, wasted time or money now, as the internet has come of age, is going to be around for quite a while & this is a tested system that does work!
They say it takes a generation(40yrs) for new technology to become common place & accepted as a community norm. But you have now accessed the curve of that S Wave of information & are riding ahead the multitude of others, turning to the internet, seeking ways to compliment or earn a living online.
They will have to visit older established sites, which are still churning out outdated marketing methodoligies, systems & oft times products & those good people will end up running around aimlessly.
That being said, the internet still remains a wild new frontier & it's full of opportunity seekers, opportunists & good people everywhere.
I liken it to a cruise ship in an exotic tropical island port.
The excited tourists head off down town to the local markets for a bit of haggling.
They see all manner of unfamiliar goodies & it seems they all end up buying the very same thing!
...the coconut bras & grass skirt!
Of course we all know where that will end up after the cruise, don't we? (under the bed, gathering dust, to be brought out every spring clean, gazed upon with fond memories & naaaahhh, I won't toss it in the bin yet, it may come in handy...one day...hmmn....sigh...)
Our delighted, hopeful tourist heads back to the ship, treasures in hand to enjoy the evening on-board...(it's Hawaiian night)... all decked out in their newly acquired outfit...the coconut bras & grass skirt, never to don it again after the festivities cease this night.
Now what has just taken place with our enraptured tourist is just the same as what occurs by the thousand on a daily basis on the internet!
This internet phenomenon is nothing more than a giant tourist attraction!
Just like the Wild West & Gold Rush frenzies in days gone by, so too the internet to-day. Nothing has changed. There is nothing new under the sun!
Now, a question for you; who made the most money from the Wild West & Gold Rush days?
The miners or the shop keepers?
Yes, you are correct if you said the sellers of shovels, the shop keepers.
You know why they aren't making any money?
No one showed them what all the jigsaw pieces were or how to hook everything up to get the income pipeline set up in the first place!
What's happened is these poor people have dug the neatest pipeline holes to lay their pipes into, got the biggest pile of pipes you have EVER seen, have so many tools, enough to sink a fleet of ships, a heart as big as Pharlap's & yet they are still running around in circles, getting more & more pipes (knowledge) & becoming more & more frustrated daily. It's so sad, such a waste of their time, resources & money.
Don't let this happen to you by skipping forwards past these first most vital steps. I can guarantee that you WILL regret it if you do!
It's not anyone's fault that people did wander all over the "internet market place", going nowhere fast, simply because back then, late 90's through to to-day, the internet was an unknown quantity ...it's just how it's been up until now that is.
There's no need for any more confusion, frustration, wasted time or money now, as the internet has come of age, is going to be around for quite a while & this is a tested system that does work!
They say it takes a generation(40yrs) for new technology to become common place & accepted as a community norm. But you have now accessed the curve of that S Wave of information & are riding ahead the multitude of others, turning to the internet, seeking ways to compliment or earn a living online.
They will have to visit older established sites, which are still churning out outdated marketing methodoligies, systems & oft times products & those good people will end up running around aimlessly.
That being said, the internet still remains a wild new frontier & it's full of opportunity seekers, opportunists & good people everywhere.
I liken it to a cruise ship in an exotic tropical island port.
The excited tourists head off down town to the local markets for a bit of haggling.
They see all manner of unfamiliar goodies & it seems they all end up buying the very same thing!
...the coconut bras & grass skirt!
Of course we all know where that will end up after the cruise, don't we? (under the bed, gathering dust, to be brought out every spring clean, gazed upon with fond memories & naaaahhh, I won't toss it in the bin yet, it may come in handy...one day...hmmn....sigh...)
Our delighted, hopeful tourist heads back to the ship, treasures in hand to enjoy the evening on-board...(it's Hawaiian night)... all decked out in their newly acquired outfit...the coconut bras & grass skirt, never to don it again after the festivities cease this night.
Now what has just taken place with our enraptured tourist is just the same as what occurs by the thousand on a daily basis on the internet!
This internet phenomenon is nothing more than a giant tourist attraction!
Just like the Wild West & Gold Rush frenzies in days gone by, so too the internet to-day. Nothing has changed. There is nothing new under the sun!
Now, a question for you; who made the most money from the Wild West & Gold Rush days?
The miners or the shop keepers?
Yes, you are correct if you said the sellers of shovels, the shop keepers.
Why Are We Like This?
It's a delightful quirk of human nature that we gain such excitement from anticipation & this is the secret to any promotion anywhere with any product in any country in the world.
The perceived need, the anticipation of discovering a huge nugget of gold...mind you, most of them had probably never held a shovel before, let alone dug a hole & now they are seriously looking for GOLD...?
They have most likely never seen vein gold or gold nuggets for that matter & yet they headed off; full of the dream, sold everything up & happily threw themselves into the great gold rush areas...hmmmmnnn; a familiar theme is emerging here...
Sounds a lot like the present day internet hopeful to me!
The perceived need, the anticipation of discovering a huge nugget of gold...mind you, most of them had probably never held a shovel before, let alone dug a hole & now they are seriously looking for GOLD...?
They have most likely never seen vein gold or gold nuggets for that matter & yet they headed off; full of the dream, sold everything up & happily threw themselves into the great gold rush areas...hmmmmnnn; a familiar theme is emerging here...
Sounds a lot like the present day internet hopeful to me!
Don't get me wrong here, I admire anyone who has the courage of their convictions to have a crack at it!
(OMG, I did the very same thing...thought it would be a piece of cake too!)
If that is you & you are deadly serious about beginning an online business, I applaud you.
But what do you do next...where do you go...what happens first & so on?
Imagine for a moment, you were going to buy a local one man business in town somewhere.
A biz that you know nothing about, but you had heard the one in "Kansas" just like the one for sale here, was going gang busters & you decided you wanted in on that piece of pie!
Good for you.
Now what happens?
You want know what really happens now?
90% of people in that situation have NO idea what to do, where to go, who to turn to & rush headlong in to the business, totally uneducated about business in general & that type in particular & end up broke, discouraged, maybe bankrupt, broken marriage or relationships, a total shipwreck! That's why over 90% of businesses fail in the first 5 years!
So too with us as internet pioneers of to-day.
The internet is much less expensive as a start up biz than an off line biz, but the hours are just as hard.
I have only seen one guy's online schedule in the time I've been around & he was already an internet marketing millionaire. He was an older guy, been online for 10 yrs, had made it online & was continuing to do very well.
Yet, he still worked 3 hours a day...
All the Gurus I've studied this past year, have all seemed to be working their butts off!
Ok, they do make millions, some make squillions a year, but oh my gosh, they certainly WORK for it.
I have no idea where this scene of a guy sitting under a beach umbrella on a sandy beach somewhere with a glass of bubbly in his hand, comes from.
I have yet to see it...
So, let's brush away a few misconceptions & banish a few myths about how much time it takes to make it online!
(OMG, I did the very same thing...thought it would be a piece of cake too!)
If that is you & you are deadly serious about beginning an online business, I applaud you.
But what do you do next...where do you go...what happens first & so on?
Imagine for a moment, you were going to buy a local one man business in town somewhere.
A biz that you know nothing about, but you had heard the one in "Kansas" just like the one for sale here, was going gang busters & you decided you wanted in on that piece of pie!
Good for you.
Now what happens?
You want know what really happens now?
90% of people in that situation have NO idea what to do, where to go, who to turn to & rush headlong in to the business, totally uneducated about business in general & that type in particular & end up broke, discouraged, maybe bankrupt, broken marriage or relationships, a total shipwreck! That's why over 90% of businesses fail in the first 5 years!
So too with us as internet pioneers of to-day.
The internet is much less expensive as a start up biz than an off line biz, but the hours are just as hard.
I have only seen one guy's online schedule in the time I've been around & he was already an internet marketing millionaire. He was an older guy, been online for 10 yrs, had made it online & was continuing to do very well.
Yet, he still worked 3 hours a day...
All the Gurus I've studied this past year, have all seemed to be working their butts off!
Ok, they do make millions, some make squillions a year, but oh my gosh, they certainly WORK for it.
I have no idea where this scene of a guy sitting under a beach umbrella on a sandy beach somewhere with a glass of bubbly in his hand, comes from.
I have yet to see it...
So, let's brush away a few misconceptions & banish a few myths about how much time it takes to make it online!
Let's Go Bust Some Myths!
Riding The wave To Online Success!
Myth Bust 1/. No knowledge needed...It does take time & knowledge to earn money anywhere...online is no different. The laws of money are the same, on or off line!
Myth Bust 2/. No time needed, Set & Forget...As with any business, previous industry experience will go a long way in saving time on the necessity to learn the level of skills needed to achieve the set goals...on or off line.
Myth Bust 3/. Be Set Up to-day, no outlay...In any profession, Doctors, Dentists, Teachers, Hair dressers, Nurses, Sporting legends, Mechanics, Chefs & so on, it takes time & money to learn the needed skill sets for each profession & to purchase the necessary equipment to achieve the required results. ...The strange thing is, it takes about 5,000 hours to become proficient enough at any industry to earn a full time income & it takes a serious amount of capital investment also...on or off line.
Myth Bust 4/. Guru Status Overnight; it doesn't just happen! These people work like there's no tomorrow!
They achieve guru status (millionaire) by tweaking the skills they acquired in the first level when they made their 5 figure incomes which replaced their "day job" status,
Then tweaking takes another 5,000 EXTRA hrs (like a state swimmer going on to swim 1 second faster to qualify for a spot in the Olympics!) & it is on this level of expertise most newbies inadvertently buy into! It takes dedication to action a carefully conceived plan to achieve success on both levels...on or off line.
Myth Bust 5/. No experience needed! Newbies just plug in & play...
What a load of bull!...Newbies buy into the wrong level, simply because the sales letters we receive when we first enter the internet marketing field are created by really good marketers, who are usually well experienced gurus, busily selling their latest tweaks to people who are looking to tweak their pre-existing business by a shade or two & turn that tweak into a 6 figure increase in sales!
Newbies with little or no experience, buy into this part of the dream, the Gold Rush Fever, & wonder why they wander around in cyber space wilderness for seemingly "40 years" not getting it! They missed the first level, the foundations. Imagine trying to paint a home to make it look better, before you get the frame up & nail the timber on!
Creating the correct foundations are necessary...on or off line.
Myth Bust 6/. Get Rich Quick...be making millions to-night for no investment! The wonderful thing about the internet is it appears to me to be the only field of enterprise where you can almost predict your financial future without the same dramas affecting off line business. It isn't going to happen overnight...sorry to all newbies reading this.
It can eventually happen though IF you are prepared to invest a few dollars monthly for necessary tools, learning & testing(experimenting), invest your hours wisely with a well researched, sensible, realistic plan & get to the 5,000 hr level first, then & ONLY then can you spend the extra 5,000 hrs tweaking to arrive where Guru territory is found. This brings the total time spent to enter Guru level to about 10,000 hrs of intense learning & doing.....on or off line.
I'll add a little notation here...you'll probably think I'm bonkers for saying all that about how long it's gonna take & how hard it will be, when my Quest appears the exact opposite! Wait & read on, you will be surprised, as I reveal to you WHY I believe it can be done!
Myth Bust 2/. No time needed, Set & Forget...As with any business, previous industry experience will go a long way in saving time on the necessity to learn the level of skills needed to achieve the set goals...on or off line.
Myth Bust 3/. Be Set Up to-day, no outlay...In any profession, Doctors, Dentists, Teachers, Hair dressers, Nurses, Sporting legends, Mechanics, Chefs & so on, it takes time & money to learn the needed skill sets for each profession & to purchase the necessary equipment to achieve the required results. ...The strange thing is, it takes about 5,000 hours to become proficient enough at any industry to earn a full time income & it takes a serious amount of capital investment also...on or off line.
Myth Bust 4/. Guru Status Overnight; it doesn't just happen! These people work like there's no tomorrow!
They achieve guru status (millionaire) by tweaking the skills they acquired in the first level when they made their 5 figure incomes which replaced their "day job" status,
Then tweaking takes another 5,000 EXTRA hrs (like a state swimmer going on to swim 1 second faster to qualify for a spot in the Olympics!) & it is on this level of expertise most newbies inadvertently buy into! It takes dedication to action a carefully conceived plan to achieve success on both levels...on or off line.
Myth Bust 5/. No experience needed! Newbies just plug in & play...
What a load of bull!...Newbies buy into the wrong level, simply because the sales letters we receive when we first enter the internet marketing field are created by really good marketers, who are usually well experienced gurus, busily selling their latest tweaks to people who are looking to tweak their pre-existing business by a shade or two & turn that tweak into a 6 figure increase in sales!
Newbies with little or no experience, buy into this part of the dream, the Gold Rush Fever, & wonder why they wander around in cyber space wilderness for seemingly "40 years" not getting it! They missed the first level, the foundations. Imagine trying to paint a home to make it look better, before you get the frame up & nail the timber on!
Creating the correct foundations are necessary...on or off line.
Myth Bust 6/. Get Rich Quick...be making millions to-night for no investment! The wonderful thing about the internet is it appears to me to be the only field of enterprise where you can almost predict your financial future without the same dramas affecting off line business. It isn't going to happen overnight...sorry to all newbies reading this.
It can eventually happen though IF you are prepared to invest a few dollars monthly for necessary tools, learning & testing(experimenting), invest your hours wisely with a well researched, sensible, realistic plan & get to the 5,000 hr level first, then & ONLY then can you spend the extra 5,000 hrs tweaking to arrive where Guru territory is found. This brings the total time spent to enter Guru level to about 10,000 hrs of intense learning & doing.....on or off line.
I'll add a little notation here...you'll probably think I'm bonkers for saying all that about how long it's gonna take & how hard it will be, when my Quest appears the exact opposite! Wait & read on, you will be surprised, as I reveal to you WHY I believe it can be done!
Before we start, let's meet some of the gurus I'll be talking about from time to time.
They all make well over a million dollars a year online & have been at it for about 8-10 years, still working hard because they love what they are doing & are having fun doing it...which is a very important part when choosing the right career either on or offline.
I have placed a few short videos in here to let you see some of the Gurus I admire for their skills & speak about quite a lot...are real!
Their main products are definitely NOT for beginners... selling for about $1,000-$20,000 (USD) a pop!
That gives you an idea of the money making capacity of this biz, once you get the correct foundations in place!
Have fun down the page & then continue over the next page
They all make well over a million dollars a year online & have been at it for about 8-10 years, still working hard because they love what they are doing & are having fun doing it...which is a very important part when choosing the right career either on or offline.
I have placed a few short videos in here to let you see some of the Gurus I admire for their skills & speak about quite a lot...are real!
Their main products are definitely NOT for beginners... selling for about $1,000-$20,000 (USD) a pop!
That gives you an idea of the money making capacity of this biz, once you get the correct foundations in place!
Have fun down the page & then continue over the next page
This is a home made spoof video of 5 of today's top internet marketing gurus! You can do the same...It's JIB JAB.com. Free to make 30 second or so videos. Select up to 5 pics of different people & choose from a range of themes, dance, hip hop etc, insert the heads & presto... a bit of fun on the side!
Enough of all the frivolities! Let's get this show on the road...Continue here