Written by Solomon Huey on Sep 11th, 2008 | Filed under:
Internet Marketing
As Internet Marketers, especially when we first start out, one of the biggest difficulties is figuring out what to buy. After all, you may not have even figured out what you want to do yet!
If you have a business model that you do, such as article marketing, product creation, affiliate marketer, etc, then simply buy the products that apply to your area of specialty. Stick with what you do, because buying anything else doesn’t really make sense. This allows you to create an area of specialty, so you can become great at what you do.
Let’s use article marketing as an example. Products that you would buy probably include things like copy writing, how to product articles fast, or rewriting tools. Those make sense as investments, because it applies to what you’re doing now. This will help you improve on your basic skills so you can earn more money in the future.
Now, if you don’t know what you want to do to make money online yet, I’m going to be upfront and brutal about this. You are going to have to experiment a lot to find what you want to do, and that usually means you’re going to have to spend some money on a lot of different products.
I can tell you that I’ve bought thousands of different products, trying to find out how I could make money online. Most likely, you’ll have to spend some money and a lot of time to really find out what you like to do or are good at.
Now that might sound like bad news, but it’s good because that means you are getting closer and closer to success. You can’t give up because the next thing you buy could be “the one”.
Even today, I literally buy around a 15-30 products every month, educating myself on different aspects of business.
So yes, I’m basically telling you to buy a lot of products. But it doesn’t mean to buy them blindly. Look at the sales page and make sure it’s something you might want to do. But most importantly, make sure it’s not some get rich quick scheme, because those usually don’t work.
Don’t fall for the sales pitches that say you can make $10,000 a month tomorrow with no work. If you want to run a successful business, it will take work. So claims like that are big warning signs. Yes, people can make money very quickly with some products, but there’s a difference between a testimonial or case study, versus them claiming you will be rich in a few days.
So yeah, I’m going to be cruel and honest, and tell you to buy products that interest you. But also, make sure to take action with the products you purchase! Don’t just read it and then put it away, because that would be a waste of money. However if you plan to use it, you would be shocked out how much you learn about Internet Marketing.
Okay, enough babbling from me. Get back to work and make some money!