Why Aren't You Successful Online Yet? An Honest Look in the Mirror

Are you feeling furious at the frenzy of product launches and feeling it's all just a sham.

Practically every Internet Marketing “guru” and wanna-be keeps talking about how easy it is to make money online. The flashy sales pages showing how much money they’ve made in a day. All they had to do was sit back and let the checks roll in. You’ve heard all the sob stories of rags to riches, and admit it - you believed them all. You took the drug.

You decided to try it for yourself, and now you’re disillusioned and disappointed.  You keep thinking maybe this is all a sham. Except that you're reading this article, which means you have not given up.

Well, perhaps the problem isn’t with the training you’ve bought, or the PLR products you’ve bought…  perhaps the problem lies deeper within.

See if you’ve been making these common mistakes that are keeping you from making money online.

1. You picked the wrong product.

Either you picked a product that’s not selling, or you picked a product you know nothing about.  Both mistakes can almost guarantee that you will fail at making money online.

Solution: Do your market research, and make sure that you pick a product that is easy to sell online, and make sure that there are people who want to buy it.  As well, make sure that you know about it.  Even if guides about Betta Fish are selling like crazy, if you don’t know anything about them, it will show and people will choose to buy information from a more knowledgeable seller.

2. You haven’t really tried out or read the product before selling it to others.

If you don’t know how a product works, you’re never going to be able to sell it well.  And how can you answer questions about the product and solve possible problems if you don’t have a working knowledge of your product?  Your customers will lose faith in you and you’ll lose all chances of repeat business or referral sales.  At worst, you could also get bad press at review sites, making other customers choose to go elsewhere.

Solution: ALWAYS make sure you use the product you will be selling online (or offline). Know how it works, know what’s inside. Even better, come up with follow-up emails about how to use the product based on your own experience. If it’s an ebook or training, give them teasers on a topic, and tell them what page number or video they can learn more.

Does that sound like a lot of work? Maybe a bit of work, but your customers will think you are the real deal, and will learn to trust you, and will value what you have to say. This will lead to customer longevity and repeat buyers.

3. You thought casting a wide net would catch a lot of fish.

You may think that you know all you need to know about making money online, and that you can go straight to overseeing multiple products on a variety of sites.  Now you’ve got a multitude of eggs in too many baskets, and none of them are making any money.

Solution: Stop.  Sit back, and make a plan.  Start out with one or two products.  Make a cohesive business strategy that you can follow step-by-step.Once you finally find a product that is starting to make money, you can use your business plan as a blueprint to add more products and sites to make even more money online.

4. You are dreaming of all that money you're going to make overnight. Or maybe, you’re feeling desperate to get rich, so you’re throwing money at everything that is shiny and new.

It is possible to make money online.  Actually, it is possible to make a lot of money online. Thinking that you’re going to start making that kind of money right away, however, will only set you up for failure.  

Solution: Go back to your business strategy; work at your business and keep working until you start to gather momentum. Just because it’s online doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy or require no effort from you. You have to assume that you’re going to have to work hard and be smart to make your business into a success.

5. You gave up too soon.

This may seem counter intuitive to the last point, but it is just as valid.  Just as you can’t expect to start raking in the money instantly, you also can’t give up if things are a little slower than you expected. 

Solution: Remember who you are and your purpose! Slow and steady wins the race.  If you’ve done a solid business plan and started out with only a couple of products, and you stay consistent and put some effort into it, you’ll be making money online in no time.

There are several respectable, value-added communities online where people are coming together to explore ways of making money online. One community that I think is complete gold (inside and out) is Portal Feeder.

Portal Feeder is a pretty small, tightknit online community for web business builders. The training and tools they provide are far superior to many of the “shiny new” products promoted by the gurus. Portal Feeder provides you with everything you need to succeed and make money online: training, custom tools, resources and support.

If you are serious about making money online, and you want to keep your heart and soul intact, and protect your dollars from unscrupulous scammers, then at least check out Portal Feeder. Give it a try. They have a solid guarantee, so there is no risk.

Here’s the link:
http://pinnaclemediasolutions.com/recommends/portalfeeder.php

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Have a beautiful, beautiful day!

Sandy England, PMP
Pinnacle Media Solutions