Tuesday, March 11, 2008

My Journey To Make Money On-Line After Retirement

Well, I am back with going forward on the journey of making money on the Internet after retirement. The Spring is here, and we have been college shopping for Melissa. My motivation to make more money has grown exponentially because of the cost of college.... my learning curve on Internet marketing is growing and I am sorting out the programs that are worth the time and money to build into making money, also, RESIDUAL income.
After ALL the foreplay and shopping programs here and there fot the past year, I am ready to make a major change in my mindset...could it be that we have not found the success we seek online because we ARE still shopping?
My mentor has made a statement that there are only two roads in this industry for you to take. There are many different paths moving out from each of the major two roads, with many stops along the way on both. It is simple to recognize what road you are on by the actions you are consistently taking.The two roads cannot be directly named, since they both have many different facets, but the best way to explain them is this way….
You are either in someone’s sales funnel or YOU operate the sales funnel. The rest you will have to figure out for yourself.”
When people come online looking to make money somehow, and better themselves financially, they immediately fall into the consumer or shopper category. There really is no place else for them to go.
They are looking and trying to decide how to reach their goals of earning extra money or in building a business. If you honestly look at all of the products and services out there being advertised, they are catering to “shoppers”…those who have no clue what they wish to do except that they would like to earn tons of money doing something other than what they are doing. But at some point, they have to make a decision…to BUILD a business and not just keep shopping for something year after year.
I am afraid that this shift from consumer to producer, or shopper to business owner is so subtle of a shift that many simply miss it, never consciously make it, and thus continue to jump around from one thing to another, like they are buying groceries or other consumable products.
Make no mistake about it…The “Make Money Online” thing IS an industry. It has a consumable product and a commodity for sale. There is no shortage of “products” out there to buy. It is no different than shopping for anything else at the store.
Marketers create and produce products for people to buy and consume. The “Internet Marketing” industry or “home business” industry is an industry, with products for people to consume…and consume they will, over and over again until they don’t even know that this is all they are doing.
So, how does one make that shift? I think my mentor, in one way said it best. I think one needs to consistently get in the habit of asking themselves whether they are in someone’s sales funnel or not, first. Get out of everyone else’s sales funnels and start to focus on building YOUR business. Sure, it may take some “shopping” at first to find out exactly what you want to do…affiliate marketing, network marketing etc.
BUT, once you make the mental shift from consumer to producer - from shopper to business owner, the Internet does not seem like such a cold and hard place to navigate anymore.
So where are you at currently? How can you make this shift? Are you daily adding to the growth of your own business or just shopping around, waiting for the next possible money extravaganza?
Only you can decide this since it requires brutal honesty with oneself.
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regards,
Joseph Szanati
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