Roadmap to Online Success - One Hour a Day, Five Days a Week
Author: Craig Ritsema
All great journeys begin with a single step. If you stand on the sideline and
mutter to yourself about the distance, then you will never start your journey,
let alone complete it.
As youngsters, we did not worry about time or distance. We only knew that we
wanted to go, and we could not understand our parents' insistence that
something was too far away. Now, as adults, we sometimes let our adult
sensibilities stand in the way of what we want.
Let me ask you a question. Have you ever thought to yourself that you would
like to start your own online business and cash in on the success that others
are experiencing on the Internet? If so, what is stopping you?
Many people tell me that they do not have the time to start or run an online
business.
Other people tell me that they do not have the resources to start and run an
online business.
Some people tell me that they do not have the requisite knowledge.
Does any of this sound familiar to you?
STOP! THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
How much television do you watch each week?
How much money do you squander on fountain soft drinks or snacks?
Have you ever watched an educational television program or asked a friend about
something you wanted to learn about?
My point is this...
The sociologists tell us that the average American watches 15 hours of
television each week. If you could bring yourself to give up one program each
day --- you decide which ones --- then you would have all of the time that you
require to start and operate a successful online business.
If you buy your soft drinks in two-liter bottles, you will pay as much or less
for your soft drink habit as you currently spend on one 32-ounce fountain
drink. The money you save on frivolous spending could more than pay for your
web hosting and a bit of advertising.
It you have taken 15 minutes out of your day in the last year to learn
something new, then you have the skills necessary to learn what you need to
learn, to be successful in an online business. It doesn't take much time or
effort to learn what you need to learn, if you can find yourself a good mentor
to help you get up to speed about this medium.
I have a full-time job, and yet, I have managed to successfully start two
online businesses.
IT IS ALL ABOUT COMMITMENT
Commit yourself to one hour a day, $20-$30 per month, and one hour's worth of
education in a workweek. If you can meet these bare minimum requirements, then
you too can find the success you desire and crave.
The definition of success varies from person-to-person.
Maybe success for you would be to earn an extra $100 per month, so that you can
take the family to an extra movie a month or give your wife a "mom's night
off", where she does not have to cook at all one day a month.
Maybe success for you would be to find an extra $250 per month so that you can
afford to take those classes at the local University Extension, so that you can
get that big promotion and big raise at your job.
Maybe success for you would be the extra $500 per month so that you can afford
to pay for a new used car for you and your family.
Perhaps, your idea of success is much bigger. Maybe you want to earn enough
from an online business so that you can quit your job. Maybe you hope to earn
enough that you could leave that 60-hour a week job and have more time to spend
with your family. That is definitely a goal worth aiming to achieve. Your kids
will only grow up once.
HERE IS THE ROADMAP TO GET YOU STARTED
1. You do not have to have your own product or service to make money online.
You can sell other people's products and services, and you can earn a
commission on those transactions. There are two types of programs available
that can help you to sell other people's products and services. They are called
Network Marketing/MLM programs and Affiliate Programs. The Network
Marketing/MLM variety tends to offer a more comprehensive system for making
money.
2. Find a program that offers a variety of products and services so that you
can extend your own product and service offerings and reach out to a wider
marketplace.
3. Find a program that offers more tutorials and resources to help you to
become successful.
4. Find a program that offers mentoring through their systems. Network
Marketing/MLM type companies rely on the mentor structure to grow their
businesses. With Affiliate Programs, you are often on your own. Mentor's are
individuals who are in the same business as you are, who are willing to guide
you and help you to become successful in the business.
5. Commit yourself to one hour per day, five days per week, for learning about
the business, and growing your online business.
6. Don't give up on your business. Don't give up on yourself. This should
actually be the first item on my list. The Network Marketing model will not
fail, if you put your mind and energy to following through with your plan. If
anyone was to tell you that Network Marketing/MLM is a dead-end road, don't
listen to him or her. People who fail in Network Marketing/MLM are those who
fail to make a commitment and fail to follow-through.
7. Don't rely on the free website that the Network Marketing/MLM company
provides to you. You can use this website to sell the companies products and
services, but you do need to display it inside of your OWN domain. These days,
you can register your domain for a year for much less than $20 per year, and
you can get a good web hosting account for less than $30 per month. Your mentor
can teach you how to set up your domain to host your web interface from your
chosen Network Marketing/MLM program.
8. Try a couple of the products you sell through your Network Marketing/MLM
program. In most cases, this is not a requirement, but it is a strong
recommendation. Once you have used the product or service, you will understand
much more about it, which will help you to tell other people about it and why
they would want to purchase it.
If you use the resources that the company makes available to you, and you
commit yourself to your $20-$30 per month and one hour a day, five days a week,
you will soon find yourself basking in the success that you have desired for so
long.
Don't be afraid to contact your upline mentors. If you need help, ask for it.
Your upline mentors are more successful, when you are more successful. It is in
their best interest to help you find the success you so richly deserve.
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