Fast Online Business Success – The Myths Dispelled

I’m going to make an assumption that you would prefer fast online business success rather than to set up something that may take years before you get any real rewards.

My guess is that you’re looking online for a way to make some extra money for one of 3 reasons:

1) You hate your current job / boss

2) You need some extra money to help with bills / buy a car / pay for holiday

3) You really want to change your lifestyle and are looking for a way to generate the income you need

Now it may be that you’ve always wanted to run your own business or you’ve come up with a brilliant idea for a service or product – I’d still argue that you fell in category 3.

“Whatever your motivation for starting to use the internet to generate an income I can think of no good reason why you wouldn’t want your success to be fast!”

But there are a few massive hurdles in your way and some of them are thinly disguised as the very solutions you are looking for.

Let me explain…

Most people new to the idea of using the internet to make some money would not dream of starting a “real world” business of their own. They’ve done a few searches online and read some sales letters that promise the earth:

* Low costs

* No overheads

* No staff

* No stock / inventory

* No premises

* Click a few buttons and everything is set up for you – all you need to do is count your money.

These promises are the BIGGEST OBSTACLE you will face. They are nothing but thinly disguised lies and you must not get taken in.

Now I’m not knocking the products or the people selling / promoting them. There are some excellent programs and many will help you to make a lot of money.

“The problem is that anyone new to the online business world doesn’t yet know what they don’t know.”

And many internet marketing gurus play on this with their promises of gold and riches.

You’ll find much of the puzzle in the “box” but some integral parts will be missing. Maybe there’s an assumption that you know technically how to set up a website and use ftp to upload files to the internet. Possibly it assumes you have a big list of hungry customers or you have a way to drive masses of traffic to your sites. Or maybe you are excpected to know how to break into the “internet marketing guru circle” and land yourself a few tasty Joint Venture (JV) deals and have somebody else do your promoting for you.

Or maybe after deciding to go with a program based on the “everything you need is included” sales pitch you find immediately after payment that it really isn’t everything and you have to have the “one time offer” upsell or you’ll be at a disadvantage to everybody else.

But as somebody new to the online business world how can you possibly know what you need to know, what to avoid, how much it is really likely to cost to become successful and perhaps more importantly how long it’s likely to take to get to that point where you are making money.

According to Clickbank (you can read more about Clickbank at my site Best of Clickbank) only about 10% of their 2.8 million affiliates are actually active. That means some 2.5 million people are either not successful or have given up. Why is that?

Simple. They were under the impression that the internet streets are paved with gold and all you need to do is bend down and pick it up.

I have to dispell 3 myths right here – right now. If it results in you never returning to this site then so be it. But if it helps you to keep some money in your pocket and not wasting it on some uselss program or deciding you don’t want to start working online because it’s not really for you then I’ll be delighted.

MYTH 1 - There is such a thing as an internet business

MYTH 2 – A complete, turn-key, “sit back and enjoy the income” solution exists

MYTH 3 - It’s possible to become a millionaire really fast on the internet

Some people will have already clicked away from this page – disgusted that I should be destroying their dreams. Those guys will go through their entire lives never making it because all they have is a dream and they are seeking the perfect solution that doesn’t exist. They’ll never do anything, they’ll never take action or work towards their goal because they’ve convinced themselves (or have been convinced) that there is a magic pill.

Good, now they’ve gone let’s get back to those myths.

Myth 1

The internet is a place to do business. It is a place to promote a business. It is a place to meet your customers. IT IS NOT A BUSINESS in its own right.

Have you ever heard a radio advert,  watched a TV shopping channel or seen an advertising billboard in the street?

I doubt you said to yourself  “ah, that’s one of those radio businesses, TV businesses or billboard businesses”

Of course not, you know that all three are just methods of promoting whatever the business is.

The internet is exactly the same. For sure it’s lower cost and with the right knowledge easier to get your message in front of the right people but ultimately you have to have a business and product or service that you are promoting.

And that is the basic challenge for many people – what should you be selling.

Myth 2

Over the years I’ve seen countless programs and opportunities that promise “plug and play” / “instant” / “turnkey” / “done for you” solutions.

Yes, many of them do really simplify the process and help you avoid much of the technical requirements of setting up and running a business online but none and I really do mean NONE provide the complete sit-back-and-do-nothing solution they allude to.

Think it through logically. If it really was that simple what possible  reason could there be for the solution to be made public? If somebody was making a mint following a process that was simply turn key why wouldn’t they just replicate it time and time again and make a mint x how ever many times they did it?

Simple. It’s not that easy and they’ve found an easier way to make money. Tell other people how simple it is in return for some hard earned cash!

So that’s myth 2 busted. Whatever you decide to do you have to treat it as a real business. You can simplify things and reduce much of the work but ultimately you will have to do a lot yourself. If you’re not prepared to do the work or employ somebody else to do it I’m afraid it’s time for you to leave too.

So now it’s just us left let’s move on to …

Myth 3

I guess if you got really lucky and chose the winning numbers and played the lottery online you could classify yourself as an overnight internet millionaire but personally I prefer the odds stacked more in my favour!

Now if you’ve bought in to the case made in Myth 2 above you’ll understand that it’s going to take a while for your online bsiness to take off and you’re going to need to do some hard work to make it happen.

You’ll need to learn a great deal about promoting your business and you’ll either have to do a massive amount of work yourself (website creation, sales letters, graphics, setting up processes, traffic generation, article marketing, dealing with affiliates, finding JV partners and on, and on) OR you’ll need to spend a lot of money on outsourcing and getting someone else to do it for you.

So will you become a millionaire overnight? I don’t think so

The Solution

Now you could be forgiven for thinking that I’m just full of bad news, a neg-head who doesn’t believe in success. Nothing could be further from the truth.

I believe anyone can become hugely successful. There are of course some mindset issues for some people but with the right belief and knowledge anybody, regardless of their education and background can be a massive success – especially online.

But, there has to be some fast success or most people don’t have the staying power – the perserverence – to keep on going until success arrives.

So it is essential to get some quick success to prove to yourself that it is possible.  To prove that at first it’s possible to generate a little extra income at first, then enough to cover the mortgage payments and then enough to provide a full time income through to all you will ever need.

But when you are starting out and there is so much to learn how can you do that?

For me it was to find a very simple way to generate a small additional income that kept the belief and motivation high while I learnt all of the more detailed stuff.

Yes, I had to learn some basics very quickly and in particular how to promote something on the internet but all of the complex technical stuff and the “underground” stealth tactics could wait. I wanted some fast online business success and I found the best way to achieve it was to give something away!

As you learn everything you need to build a sustainable online business and get to the point where it’s providing the income you desire you may want to start earning a nice little extra along the way. Read how to create a work from home income, quickly and easily without needing to know how to set up sites and all of the processes up front. You can start in your spare time just by giving away this  free Fast Home Business Success report. Everything you need to know is in the book. If you like it give it a go – if you don’t it hasn’t cost you anything apart from a little time.

IMPORTANT NOTE – If you go ahead with getting your own branded copy of the report, you’ll be given the opportunity to learn more about internet marketing from the author. I cannot vouch for her ability as I’ve not had any experience of her teaching. I have to say I find her site a little confusing and you are, therefore, extremely welcome to ask me any questions and I’ll be pleased to help.

With the right effort you can get enough regular income to enable you to cover the cost of the other tools you’ll need in your business and have some cash to spare.

So although I don’t believe most of the hype on the internet it is undoubtedly possible to get a fast start and some regular income coming in without having to know everything up front.

The basic premise of this site is to help you get a fast start to your online business success and you’ll find ideas and tips together with great resources to help you do just that. Once you’re up and running that’s the time to dig deeper into the dark and mysterious world of internet marketing. Be afraid, be very afraid

Mark

Working From Home