Hello Everyone! My name is Sean Alexander and this is my first thread ever in this forum! I have been a member of this forum for many months and have gotten tons of value out of it, but now I feel it it time to contribute back to the community. I thought long and hard as to what part of my online business I would like to share with you guys, and finally realized that the best place to start is also the most important factor to success. Your mindset. In order to be successful in making money online, you need to have a certain mindset. Why is this important? Because making money online is not like making money offline. It requires more work (initially), more dedication, and more persistence. Firstly, if you have not yet come to realize, failure is a large part of making money online. It is not a bad thing, but instead a very good opportunity to learn a valuable lesson. Many people, however, take failure personally and give up on trying to make money online. They are in the wrong mindset! Thomas Edison failed to invent the light bulb over 10,000 times before he got it right! He did not give up! He had the right mindset. The second thing is, you have to be extremely dedicated! Treat your online money making venture like an actual job. It will at times be very boring or frustrating but you cannot give up! You must be willing to sit at your computer working both when it is fun and when it’s not. It is the people who treat their online business like an actual day job and put in time every day that really succeed. Lastly, if you want to really be successful online you cannot become distracted! Before you start your work close all applications on your computer that don’t need to be open, including: email, instant messenger, skype, ect. Make sure that no one is going to distract you while you work and promise yourself only to leave the computer if there is an emergency. You must have extremely strong self-control to be success online because it is not like a regular job. There is no boss to make sure you are doing your work. It is all up to you whether you succeed or fail. Please feel free to comment on my opinion or shoot me a private message. To Your Success, Sean Alexander
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. This is rather useful. To be frank, I read a lot about how to make money, but I still have little at present. So I think to DO is more important than just read about others. So can you share us some specific methods? Thank you.
Sean, you are absolutely right! About a year ago, I quit affiliate marketing because although I was making money, it was taking too much time and my income wasn't all that great. What I didn't realize, I had gained a lot of experience over the past years and it was just a matter of time before I came back more determined to succeed. Trying and failing is a good thing. It will pay off back at the end.
Thank you everyone for your wonderful responses! I am glad that you are finding my advice helpful! I have been doing internet marketing work for over 4 years, but I didn't start making really good money until about a year ago when I really changed my mindset and made myself my own boss (I had to be a little hard on myself at times ) But I really am so happy that I never gave up! I would also love to share I few of my business strategies with you guys, but I don't think this is the right thread. Once I have a great post put together I will start a new thread
Good post Sean, information overload is another big factor i guess, i see lot of newbies buying every product which is launched by gurus these days. Most of them just expects to get rich overnight.