Posts Tagged ‘Mindset’

Assuming you’ve been interested in online marketing for more than about 5 minutes, you’ll doubtless have heard the statistics that are quoted ad infinitum about why online businesses fail. I’m assuming they’re mostly talking financially, in that these people don’t manage to reach profitability or if they do, they don’t generate enough income.

Perhaps the most oft-quoted statistic is that 95% of people who ‘try’ to make it online, don’t.

I don’t know where that stat comes from and I don’t much care. I desire you to have the kind of success that you want, which is the point of this blog post… The failure rate is not where our focus must be if we’re to achieve success.

So, here goes…

There are 3 key reasons why online businesses fail:

1. People create jobs for themselves on the internet to replace their offline job. They don’t create businesses.
2. They are overwhelmed by all the information and potential directions they could possibly take.
3. Their focus is on themselves and earning money, not on how they can provide a solution for those that need and/or want it.

That last one is a biggie, and I’ll deal with it in more depth shortly, but let me briefly explain each of the above in order so you can achieve what you desire.

People create jobs, not businesses

This is one of those things that many people don’t realise they’re doing until it’s too late.

They set out with the best intentions, selling services online. Many great marketers started out this way, but crucially, they didn’t stay there for very long. There’s a good reason for this:

If you can’t step away from what you’ve created online and still earn money, then you don’t have a business, you have a job.

Selling your services is a great way to earn money online and with the power of the internet, you can find clients far more easily than you would if you were cold calling or going ‘door-to-door’.

It’s a wonderful way to get started, as it means you can use skills you already have and simply transfer them onto the internet, in places like The Warrior Forum.

But it isn’t the key to a successful business because Read the rest of this entry »

Over the past few months, I’ve been seeing far greater results in my business and in my personal life, thanks to various changes I’ve made in my mindset. One of them is changing the process I use to ‘get motivated’.

You see, the idea of getting motivated never really made sense to me. Either you’re motivated or you’re not. ‘Getting motivated’ implies that there’s a need to obtain motivation from outside yourself, and if you need that, you’re not doing the right thing (in my opinion). What you’re doing should be inspiration enough, right?

One of the key things that has helped me to change my mindset is the wisdom of my friend Andy and his brilliant book A Bug Free Mind. You can get the first 5 chapters here for FREE.

The following video explains exactly why motivation doesn’t work and what you require instead if you want to be successful. Enjoy!

I’ve been wanting to write this post for a little while but have been struggling a little to phrase it correctly. Now, the time has come to share it as I’ve noticed an alarming trend in internet marketing which I first touched upon in my post on Internet Marketing Reviews.

The trend is one you’ve almost certainly noticed.

Tons of products and product launches for these courses and bits of software that will make you heaps of money on auto-pilot. You may well have seen the sales letters, telling you of all the thousands of dollars the marketer made in just 6 clicks, or the masses of targeted visitors he got in just 24 hours using his easy, push button system.

I’m here to tell you the truth.

It’s total nonsense.

The reason they are marketing products in this way is partly because it’s what the buying public say they want. An easy way of making money online fast. But the public are doing themselves a huge injustice.

Think of it this way…

If I was to sit you in front of a piano and ask you to play me a piece of classical music, without you ever having touched or learned to play a piano before, would you expect to be able to do it in a few hours?

What about if I told you that I could teach you how to play like Chopin or Debussy and that you could be a concert pianist in 24 hours from now?

Sounds like bullshit doesn’t it? Read the rest of this entry »

It’s been a little while since my last post on here. I’ve been working on a very exciting little project which I’m going to announce on here tomorrow, but in the meantime, I wanted to share some blogs with you that I believe will help you as they’ve helped me.

The first is the blog of a great marketing thinker of our time: Seth Godin. You may have already heard his name and if you’re a fan of my blog on Facebook, then you’ll know that I recently posted a video of him speaking about blogging. Well, Seth has written a very short, simple post that sums up what you need to do to get big results. Don’t be fooled by the fact it’s short. It looks simple because it is and Seth is a master at stripping away the nonsense and going with what works. Simply click the link to read Seth’s post entitled: ‘Make Big Plans‘

One of my role models for this blog since I started it just over a year ago is a blogger called Yaro Starak. Yaro has been internet marketing for several years and has created incomes using forums, blogs and joint ventures among other things. He also has a podcast and video series that has inspired my own video channel on YouTube and podcast on iTunes. One particular post series has been very inspiring to me and I wanted to share it with you. It’s called ‘A Day In The Life Of An Internet Entrepreneur‘ and this version is the updated 2009 edition. You can also read his original 2005 version via the same link. Yaro is a great blogger and writes in a very informative style, holding nothing back. Check it out.

Finally, you might Read the rest of this entry »

Well, here we are, 10 days into the new year and I wanted to give you something that a friend of mine (Cher Pearce) shared on Facebook. I hope it provides you with a mantra or two to use this year in order to move your life to the next level, whatever that may be.

In my case, it will help me to work on my niche sites and social media pages to provide myself with the income I need to get all the elements of my acting career paid for. What’s your goal for this year? Mine is to have my first $2,000 month from my online work, followed by my first $5000 month. Acting-wise, it’s (as I said above) to get all the elements I need to promote myself in place so I can blitz the industry.

Share your goal below so that we can all support you in it and let me know what you think of this in the comments section:

One thing that may help you put this into action is a 4-step system I read in an excellent book on NLP (neuro-linguistic programming):

1. Know Your Outcome – You need to get Read the rest of this entry »

Happy New Year marketing fans!

For those of you that have been reading my blog for a little while, you’ll know that one of my favourite books is Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich. In this work, more than in perhaps any other book ever written on the subject, the author explains how to create incredible wealth in your life, as well as how to become rich.

You’ll notice I make the distinction between becoming rich (having lots of money) and manifesting wealth (having a life that is abundant in every way, not just financially).

As you may know, wealth creation is a subject I love learning about and applying to my life and business, mostly because I want to create that wealth in my own life. If you’re looking for the same abundance in your life, then I think you’ll enjoy what I have for you today.

You see, in the world of internet marketing, many people go on about how important your mindset is. The thing is, it’s not important. It’s crucial.

Without the right mental approach, every technique and tool that can make you money online, won’t. It simply can’t make you money without you applying it consistently and with the right thought process behind it.

For example, if you’re subconsciously not open to making money, due to limiting beliefs from your job or life, then you’ll never apply those tools and systems in the consistent way that is so necessary to success.

To help you to both understand it and actually do the steps to be successful, I’ve found this great footage of Napoleon Hill himself, explaining how the mind can create anything that it can conceive. What’s amazing is that if you apply the steps from Napoleon’s book to your internet business, the lessons and tools he provides give you a lot of the mindset you need to succeed.

So, here’s the video. It’s pretty old and nothing like the spangly, jazzed-up videos you might be used to, but the content is brilliant.

If you want to find out more and get a copy of Hill’s excellent book, click here: http://www.adventuresininternetmarketing.net/grow-rich

As always, please leave a comment below and let me know the lesson you take away from this that you’re going to apply in this new year.