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Is THIS why you’re not getting on with it?
By admin | July 7, 2008
Out of the emails we get every day there are certain ‘themes’ that run through them.
One I seem to be noticing lately is from people who are just startting out in IM and are thumped black and blue with doubts, and it’s this:
‘Loads of people are trying to make money with websites and blogs so why should mine be any different?’
I have to be honest now and say that I’ve never thought this about my own products, ever. I hadn’t realised this until very recently and still can’t decide whether this makes me arrogant, stupid or niave.
And then just possibly it’s the reason why I’m done OK in the biz.
Here’s what I’d say to you if you feel that there’s just too many people doing the same thing out there.
You DON’T need to be the best in any niche or any area. Remember the aim is to provide value and make money, not to be Number One. If any of you are the sort of people who find it hard to start something unless they go at it with the intention of being the best then good luck. You might do it.
I’ll settle for $5,000 a month from a niche site rated number 47 in the subject.
The aim is to earn - we’re internet marketers not tortured artists. It would be nice to create the next Ebay but in the meantime I’ll drink a glass of wine on the deck of my little boat and watch the sun go down and the dolphins play while someone with real ambition works 16 hours a day to create a huge site……………….maybe.
Likewise don’t torture yourself to come up with a new idea because it’s hard work. Really hard. It’s an old cliche but if other people are in your niche then it usually means there’s money in it, so get stuck in and grab some for yourself.
Don’t think too much about it either - if I had to trade 20 IQ points for 20 ‘get up and go motivation’ points I would, because it’s not my (limited) intellect that makes me thousands of dollars it’s the fact that I actually DO things - launch the sites, write the products etc, rather than think about them too much.
You can always worry about your uniqueness or your branding once you’re up and running.
Take a few risks - what’s the worse that can happen? Failure doesn’t include a spell in the castle dungeon y’know unless you’re in a VERY specialist niche 
You just need a piece of the pie, and the intelligence to know when you’ve got enough - because then you can sit down somewhere nice to eat it.
Apologies for the awful pastry analogy. I must be hungry.
Don’t wait, don’t think (too much), just START NOW,
Speaking of niches, we have a brand new product out in a few day’s time that is going to help you earn from the biggest and best niche in Internet Marketing.
It’s limited but it’s going to give a lot of people a huge shove directly onto the Internet Marketing profits rollercoaster. Watch your inbox.
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July 7th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Great advice as usual. If I wanted to open a sweet shop I wouldn’t be put off by all the other sweet shops out there, so why should I worry about all the other marketers.
July 7th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Hi Pippa,
I think that’s a very good point - your sweetshop analogy - why should online marketing be so different to online?
July 7th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Hi Sara,
As usual, you talk common sense in a world of
“how can I be first on Google or whatever”
I find that reading everything there is to read on a subject is just as likely to build self-
doubt as confidence…(I/ve done that!) I’ve come to decide who I’m going to trust and work accordingly.
Fran
PS. I’m waiting for an answer to an urgent email
Sara…
July 7th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Thanks, Sara!
Great advice.
Procrastination is really the
fastest way back to an offline job!
Ouch…
July 7th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Spot on Fran - too much info CAN crush your confidence as easily as build it.
Thanks for posting
PS Email gone missing?
July 7th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Sara, you’re the boot in the rear that every would-be entrepreneur needs! I have a client who has some great e-books to sell but never “gets around to it”. She’s unsure whether there’s still money to be made. I’m sending her this post! As always, your common sense approach is an inspiration.
July 7th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
HI, Sara! You’ve just inspired me to give birth to a new slogan….procrastination puts me off!
July 7th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Hi Elizabeth
Feel free to send the post!
Thanks for leaving a comment.
Sara
July 7th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Hi Sara
I recently started back in the IM game, and so far it’s going great because I’m just getting on and doing it. You’re certainly right that you can think about things too much. I’ve done it myself many times in the past, but this time it’s different. I’m confident that by this time next year I’ll be a full-time internet marketer at the tender age of 21 - that is providing I keep up the work ethic!
Dan
July 7th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Hiya Daniel,
Nice to hear from you again, and even moreso that you’re getting back into IM
Thanks for posting
Sara
July 7th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Sara,
“too much info CAN crush your confidence”.
It depends…
If the information relates to your weaknesses, you lose focus and put your self-confidence at risk. It is not the best use of your time. You are better off outsourcing (or if possible, automating) your weaknesses.
If the information relates to your strengths, you will improve your odds of success and stay ahead of the competition by focusing on developing a competitive edge - and taking action.
Berry pie sounds good, Sara.
-Patrick
July 7th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
I just checkt out affiliate marketing since a couple of month now. And I did buy a couple of things. But quite frankly I think only newbies will buy any of this stuff. Almost all of the sites I´ve seen are badly made and cheap and untrustworthy looking. All sites give tons of bad free stuff and tell you this product should realy sell for 500 dollars but course its a special day you get it today for, 47 $, if you click this page away you get a popup with another discount.
The Sara Brown homepage is actually almost one of the best made site I seen sofar and actually quite helpfull. Buy now I really have big doubts if one really is able to earn enough money to stop the Dayjob. Sorry folks I think, loads of it is just a big rip off, and only newbees like me how don´t know better might buy one or two things
July 7th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Good stuff - and I like the Monthly PLR idea too.
That comment Pippa made about the shops is really important - similar shops are often found grouped together as they know the shoppers are looking for that kind of item. I bet we’ve all seen the car dealerships bunched together; also some towns seem to be all antique shops and nothing else!
July 7th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Hi Sara and team, and others :o)
I have found it easier just to find something of interest to promote, send articles to a few social sites , make small web pages to add to your web site, with affiliate links to subjects of your interest, and let the search engines find you, optimimize your pages with good keywords, title and subjects, do not do as many have done fill your web pages with 6 feet of babble & garbage , people loose interest and leave instantly. give good content, write something !!! interesting, and publish it, but don’t forget to add your affiliate links to good programs, keep thing simple, it works slowly, and the income comes in , yes slowly, then go on to the next subject.
But have fun while you do it, and learn as you go.
just a few cents worth of info to pass on.
July 8th, 2008 at 5:20 am
Sara I emailed admin@Laycock Publishing on 7/6 from Comcast after emailing 7/4 from my Yahoo email as follows:
Sara, I already emailed a couple days ago via Yahoo about my goof…
I canceled my Laycock Paypal subscription unintentionallyI found out when I read the Paypal confirmation email in my alkigift.com
comcast email account…. I hit the wrong line in Paypal History and confirmed it!!!…sounds goofy I know but it happened
I value this subscription among the hundreds of PLR advertised on the Net because I trust you
when you say you limit it to 100. Please let me
know how to get my payment to you.
Fran
July 8th, 2008 at 6:37 am
Thanks Sara again for a timely kick in the bootie…I’ve been procrastinating on something. Today I start…really!
July 8th, 2008 at 7:45 am
Many of us think that we and our offerings are not good enough because of the way we have been taught to think in the offline world. In a J.O.B you are always kept on tenterhooks about your ability to perform satisfactorily. This is so that you will cling to your position and accept a pittance of a paycheck. Working for a boss is all about the tension of working hard enough at a limited number of tasks. You don’t see the overall picture. You don’t really see how much you are worth to the company.
So it is very hard to break out of this and realise that you can become quite an expert in any field where you have passion and the desire to put in the effort. As you say, Sara, it doesn’t matter where you are ranked in Google. You will find your followers. Remember that if you ‘fail’ you don’t lose your job. You’ve just learned one way that it doesn’t work. Try another way. Eventually you will succeed.
Jean
July 8th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Sara,
Received your email today and what a great article you have written. I find the competition out there fierce and for newcomers that can be disheartening if they do not have the time to “hurry up and wait” while trying to make money on the internet.
I’ve joined, I’ve promoted and waited. Now I need my touch of success to make me believe I can do this too.
Your Faithful Reader,
roadcat
July 8th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Sara as usual does not dissappoint and talks common sense, the key as Sara explains is ACTION so we are not going to be the world champion but a lot of the other contenders are making a decent return on their efforts
July 9th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Hi Sara, I have been in IM for the last more than one year.I am yet to make any money from .I would have been contented with at least some earning.But the problem is I am not at all getting any money for my hard work.
Pl tell me what could be the reason behind it.And how should I proceed further.
July 12th, 2008 at 3:35 am
If I received a dollar (or better still one pound) for every minute I procrastinated, I would be a very rich chap by now!
For me, you hit one of the nails on the head - that one can feel the need to be an expert (ie perfect) at something before one begins making a website / sales page etc.
The other problem I see is the almost constant traffic one can receive if one signs up with too many experts. Apart from your good self, I signed upwith a bunch of Americans who, apart from telling me they are earning millions of dollars per year, seem to launch a new “scheme” every five minutes. Just as I think I know how to proceed, I am told that I must buy this new product to really succeed in the IM world.
I guess it is time I just followed your plans and chucked the rest in the recycle bin.
Thanks for your timely reminder to act!
Michael Abbiss
July 12th, 2008 at 6:42 am
Thanks hun
You are a breath of fresh air. Now — I did get yer ebook on JV’s with Ebay sellers so I’m probly on your list — wich i dont mind. I admit I’m kinda new at this game but i will stick to it til it pays. I could hunt around and possibly find an email address 4 ya but–I hope u see this post ‘n gimme a holler
Reggie Baker
Regina Saskatchewan (wooo - say THAT one fast lol)
Canada
306 546 0662
July 21st, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Hi Sara,
You’re right. I think I would trade off 20 IQ points if I am given a choice for 20 motivational points. Not that I’m any dumber than I ought to be but its just that people can continue reading all day long but never get started doing anything at all.
My aspiration is to build a $10,000 / month business and hope to achieve that by mid of next year. Its not to brash a goal but at least it also allows me to sip a glass of wine on a Monday with my wife- that would be nice enough. I’m looking forward to your product launch and may consider if it applies to what I’m doing right now.
Do you have some advice on the creation of physical DVDs or Audio CDs?
Vern
July 21st, 2008 at 5:51 pm
The biggest mistake I made was wasting months (years, really!) trying to go after tiny niches thinking that was the only place where there would be room for me. Was I wrong!
After I switched to going after HUGE oversaturated niches - and just grabbing a small piece of that traffic - I was able to start doing this full-time. Now I encourage people to build sites with a mixture of broad keywords (going after the top keywords in a saturated niche) and less competitive keywords (for instance, posting some reviews of popular products.) This mixture of going broad and longtail works very well. You’ll start getting organic traffic on the less competitive keywordds, and if you target buyer oriented keywords you make money right away. Then over time you will start seeing organic traffic on the broad, highly-competitive keywords you’re using. So it becomes a nice organic mixture of traffic that you receive.
Anyway, thanks again for another highly sensible blog entry! You rock!
Jennifer