Hi Everyone.
I am George Pierce, I have been learning about Internet Marketing for about 20 years. What has worked for me is to find something that works and stick with it. My primary niche is weight loss. In fact, the reason for my learning about Internet Marketing was to help s[read the word about weight loss.
I soon discovered that being on the Internet, even 20 years ago, does little for your cause.
I discovered the first part of "Be on the Internet and starve, learn Internet Marketing, and prosper." If you are interested in the second part, the "Prosper" part, as I was, I urge you to keep reading.
The reason for this post is based on a negative and negative posts are not my thing and I know that is not what you want either. So allow me to skim over the negative really quick and then we can jump to the positive.
One thing that I work hard at, is to keep learning. One thing that is going to help your success online is to keep learning. Virtually all of my continued learning is online, and probably the same for you.
So here is the bad news:
In the last 28 days, I have visited approximately 14 Internet marketing websites and about 25 YouTube channels in search of knowledge. I found one site that knew what they we talking about....which is a Neil Patel post, he is one of the best...on Youtube, argghhh. I found zero videos worth watching.
What makes this so bad is that I unintentionally discovered about 38 out of 39 opportunities that do NOT work. Most are due to what I call omission, which is often intentional. You get the WHAT (what to do), and for a fee, you can get the HOW (how to do it).
Knowing what to do is important, but, when you are new, knowing the what does you little good without the how.
Why I share this is because so many people quit Internet Marketing and Internet Marketing is literally failproof. The only way to fail is to quit.
There is one main reason for quitting and it can be fixed.
Lack can be overcome, it is up to you.
#1 LACK
You can lack effort or interest. Perhaps, Internet Marketing is not for you, or, perhaps, all you need is an attitude adjustment.
You lack a profit. The number one reason for any business failure is lack of profit, so you might think that this reason is legit.
It is NOT.
Let's say that your lack of profit is not due to a lack of desire or effort, but due to a lack of knowledge. That is a lack that we can fix!
However, the normal way to fix it is to throw money at it and that is not an option that I am going to recommend.
Why?
Because more and more gurus seem to be about taking your money more than actually helping you to make money.
Allow me to share three suggestions.
Affiliorama,
Wealthy Affiliate,
and The Internet Marketer Training channel.
Affiliorama and Wealthy Affiliate have some awesome free training, some of the best on the Internet.
The Internet Marketer Training channel is one of my YT channels. It is free, it stays free, and it focuses on free. I am in favor of spending money for the things that your business will need, but I am NOT in favor of spending money that your business does not have. Spending money is good, later. When you are new, it can add to your LACK and you want to eliminate lack rather than add to it.
Work on fixing your lack and you will be helping yourself to avoid quitting!
Guess what!?? Your only option will be to succeed.
Thanks for reading.
Much success,
George Pierce
PS. My Internet Marketing Channel on YouTube is:
https://youtube.com/c/GeorgePierce
Comments
This is a great blog post George Pierce and this statement stands out to me "One thing that is going to help your success online is to keep learning" and I highly recommend this to all the people I mentor daily.
When you listen, learn something new everyday, your success will happen for you forever. Keep developing those important relationship because it's the key to your success. One more thing, you must lose the money agenda because if you don't then people come in contact with will realize this and run away from you.
I believe that a love of learning is one of the keys to success. You are so right, the money happens, it is part of the process. Thank you, Terri.
I couldn't agree with this post more. You are so right.
Everyone wants to be a guru but no one wants to really share the details.
Youtube and other outlets just seem to allure people with payment proofs.
That is good, but there needs to be more context.
Thanks for always sharing and giving value George.
You see why I am such a fan of your channel. When people watch your videos, they get the help that they are looking for. Thanks, John.