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Now playing: A Matter of Trust by Billy Joel
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Focus is a problem for many new Internet marketers. Not only are they overwhelmed with information to begin with, but once they determine their direction and get started, it can still be very hard to stick with one thing.
It may take a while to start generating a reasonable amount of money. This often discourages newbies, and they start looking around for other methods that they hope will work faster, pretty much abandoning their first attempt. Before long, they have half a dozen unfinished projects and still no money. At that point, most conclude that there really isn't any money in Internet marketing after all and give it up altogether.
This is a huge mistake. The only way to make money on the Internet is to keep at it. Stick with one method until you have mastered it, and then move on to another if you wish.
Many beginners claim to realize that true Internet marketing is not a get-rich-quick scheme. But when it comes right down to it, their lack of focus reveals otherwise. If they aren't making money in the first couple of months, even weeks or days, they figure they'd better try something else. They give the new method a few weeks and then they're on to the next big thing. And so on.
This lack of focus is part of the reason why the vast majority—I'm talking 90%-99%—of new Internet marketers fail. Don't be one of them. If you're going to be a statistic, be one of the 1%-10% who persevere and succeed.
It can be hard to train yourself to zero in on one thing. One of the reasons many don't do this is the theory that if you have several things going on at once, you can cover many bases and therefore make money from several different methods.
While "not putting all your eggs in the same basket" is incredibly important advice for an experienced marketer, it is less so for newbies. Why? The scattershot approach does not allow the time or concentration needed in order to generate income from any endeavor. You'll end up with a bunch of baskets but no eggs to put in them. What would be the point of that?
Jumping from program to program can also get very expensive. While almost everything you could ever need to know can be found for free on the Internet, a large percentage of newbies do spend money on programs or courses that will teach them the "secret" to making big money online. I myself believe that paid training can be a good investment. However, it's foolish to keep spending and never following through with something until it's working for you. The "secret" is...ready?...the "secret" is HARD WORK.
So if you want to succeed at making money at home, find your sticktoitiveness and follow through until you accomplish your objective.
I LOVE my “job.” Affiliate marketing takes work, but it doesn’t feel like work.
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