Internet Marketing, Online Business and Attraction Marketers BEWARE!
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How To Avoid The #1 Hidden Danger To Learning Internet Marketing, Online Business Or Attraction Marketing.
Congratulations on your decision to start an online home based business! Knowledge is the key to success online or off. Obviously you realize this already or you wouldn’t be here.
You’ve just taken the first steps to becoming a successful internet marketer. This journey you are embarking upon is fun, exciting and has the potential to be incredibly rewarding! However there is one thing you MUST be careful not to fall victim to in these critical first days while learning internet marketing for online business.
So, what is this hidden danger most newcomers to internet marketing encounter?
Information Overload!
Information overload is a deadly trap that many new internet marketers fall victim to. You must be vigilant to avoid this trap if your online marketing efforts are to succeed.
Folks who become victims of information overload realize the internet is a profitable place to do business. They also realize there are many roads to online success. But what they don’t know is which one will work for them.
Unfortunately, what often happens is the internet marketing newbie will take many paths at once. They are hoping to see which one will be the most profitable or the best fit for them. However, this means their attention and effort is divided and none of their ventures are ever monetized properly… if they’re monetized at all.
These unfortunate entrepreneurs then give up and become convinced that all internet marketing opportunities are scams. When the truth is… all they had to do to succeed was to pick a mentor and path, put blinders on (so you’re not tempted by all those shiny offers tossed into your face), focus on one thing at a time and follow thru.
Part of the problem facing new internet marketers is all the hype out there online. Over here is one person hollering about how they made a million dollars in a weekend and someone over there is promising to show you how to make $2,000 overnight if you just buy their ebook or join their team.
Some of these folks are only out to turn a buck but many of them are sincere. Unfortunately even if they do have a good product or system, their hype filled marketing is a real turn off.
Learn from their mistake. KEEP IT REAL!!
If you learn nothing else from me but this you will be well ahead of the field.
Let’s face it… anyone promising to make you rich is lying!
The only one who can make you wealthy is you! And even then, it’s gonna take a lot of hard work, determination and education to succeed.
I consider myself to be a responsible internet marketing mentor and I want you to know up front that building a business online is simple but NOT EASY. It takes time, effort and money to succeed online.
Of course it takes less time and less money than any other way to build a business but you should understand that there is no magic involved and no one is going to build your business for you.
You and you alone are responsible for your success or failure.
That does not mean you have to go it alone. Find yourself an internet marketing, online business coach or consultant to help you put your blinders on, avoid all the hype and walk in a straight line toward internet marketing success.
For example, My clients get to benefit from my successes as well as my failures and shave years off their journey to successful online marketing and save a ton of money along the way.
Yes, it is possible to have a successful internet network marketing business without spending a fortune. You will need to spend a small amount of money but there are many free resources online. Be sure to make use of those first.
You’ll be pleasantly surprised at how little it takes to run a successful business on the internet.
Shelly Begarowicz, The Rat Race Rebel, is an internet marketing consultant. She helps network marketers and other small business owners to use Web 2.0 Tools and Attraction Marketing techniques to build their online MLM business on a shoestring budget.
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Comments
Well present facts of what could be ahead for people starting in a home business for the first time, if they don't get the right training, and mentoring. I like your writing style, clear & to the point.
Very nice Hubpage with some key information. I came up with something that I think helps me a lot. I do this practice in this order.
I Research, then I Build, Then Relax and repeat in that order as much as I can while focusing on my Health, Wealth, and Memorization.
Nice to see you are still putting out quality information! Contact me I got something really cool I just started that I want to share with everyone!
Matt@renegadetravelmarketer.com
Rat Race Rebel,
Excellent work. I have fallen prey to going in too many directions before before realizing it is best to take tasks in steps. One thing at a time. I could have read this article when I first started and saved some time. Keep coming with your expertice.
Eric Walker
Oh the offers, the many offers. It makes your head spin wondering if you are missing out on something important. Your Hub encourages focus, patience, and perseverance to get the results we want when we know we've found a place we fit in. No need to look else where...bloom where you're planted.
Becky Joubert
Couldn't have said it better myself. In fact, this is the third time this week that this topic has somehow jumped in front of me. My goodness, I needed the reinforcement. Thanks for putting the icing on the cake for me. Time to clean out my email box and opt out of anything that doesn't keep me on my current path.
Great Hub!
I enjoyed the Hub. And your right we need to focus on one thing at a time. Keep up the good work.
Donna Wells
Wonderful advice. It is so easy to get information overload. It will stop a person in their tracks. I know, I just pulled out of a spinning my wheels and getting no where week. Even when you find the right system and mentor it is easy. You hit it on the nail. Thank you ~ Eddie
Ditto ditto ditto! It is so hard to resist all the valuable FREE goodies being offered just to try out a new system or idea. But the goodies aren't much good if you never have time to do anything with them. Master one system and THEN add on, but never stop learning! Maybe I can hire my son to work on some extras for me. LOL Great hub!
Well, Shelly, my little Rat Race Rebel...you have just described me. And I need some blinders, QUICK....I am so scattered in so many directions I don't know which end is up. However, this Hub has really spoken to me and I thank you for it, it's just what I needed to hear. I will now focus and see where it leads me.
Again, thank you so much... deb
Hi Shelly,
Everywhere you turn on-line, there are so many offers of riches. A person new to the internet can fall victim to so many juicy offers. I know I've had to re-focus many times. The grass is NOT greener somewhere else. It takes hard work, patience and consistancy to create the financial freedom we are looking for. If you consider the alternative, this is so much easier, in a way. Easier, because it does not involve all those crazy antics of building a home business using the old school methods.
Stay focused and stay the course...great advice.
Michelle
Holy Moly!!! Now u tell me!! lol I'm JUST getting to the end of the "scattered" stage (I HOPE!!) Time to settle in. Good advice from u--and from the comments too.
My 1st day here--gotta learn the navigation--fone me,write me, post me,blog me? lol Just talk to me.
Reggie Baker 306 546 0662
Thanks so much Shelly for all the good advice. Every time I read something that you have written I get something valuable out of it.
Great Hub, a good reminder to all of us
your Hub article complements well your Ezine article. I do like your conversational style of writing. Easy to keep reading to the end.Pat Campbell
Excellent post. You've definitely hit the nail on the head. I've been bouncing around back and forth for awhile but have recently come to the conclusion that there are no get rich quick scheme out there. You need to focus, learn and work hard. I also learned that you really need to like and believe in what you're promoting. Having said that I'll need to change 2 of my posts - but the latest is the one I'm working with.
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dsmmarketing says:
16 months ago
Shelly,
Excellent information and you make very valid points. I personally have experienced the information overload. It can paralyze you because you have so much information you can get "stuck". who do I follow, who is telling it straight, what will work for me. In can drive to to Inaction" rather than action. Your advice is sound and your readers should pay attention.
Partners in Success,
Deborah Marsden