Motivation for Monday (and the other 6 days of the week)
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As I’ve mentioned before, I originally started this blog as a Make Money Online blog. However, I decided to change the focus of it when I realized that there were already so many other blogs in this niche that were already doing a great job. One of the best is a blog run by Aaron Abber at FullTiltBlogging. Below is a post from his website. I know the article is Motivation on Monday, but I think it’s relevant for the other six days too (especially if you’re trying to set up an online business in order to Making Money Online). I’m in Aaron free mentoring group, and it’s definitely worth checking out. Below is an article from his blog:
“Starting a Web Business is Hard”
Despite what you may have heard in sales copy, it can be tough to start an internet business. Heck, nobody is going to give you $100,000.00 a year for nothing.
But the hard part isn’t finding a product or building a website. Those are things pretty much anybody can figure out with the right tools and the right instruction. The hard part is…
“You Have to Manage Your Emotions”
Let’s look at this honestly–without the sugar coating:
When you decide to start a web business you look like a fool. Your family thinks you’re crazy, your friends think you’re crazy, the guys and gals at work giggle behind your back.
Worse yet, you make the same mistake everyone makes when you start out. You buy some sure-fire, can’t miss product and tell everyone–especially your spouse…
“Next Month You’ll Be Rich”
…or, at least, be making some money.
But you don’t. You try it but there are either previously undisclosed steps you can’t figure out to complete, or you don’t yet have the experience to give your sales copy the right nuances or the “must win” product is just so much fluff.
And you’re embarrassed. Maybe you’re also a little jaded. You’re tempted to give up and everyone around you is encouraging you to give up your “silly” dream.
“Here’s Your Good News”
Guess what? Everyone I know who has succeeded online has had this exact experience. Everyone. E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E
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Despite how you may feel: You’re not foolish. You’re not stupid. You’re not following some impossible pipe dream.
“You’re Just Normal”
Right after I first started out online in 2001, I was sitting in my friend’s office shooting the breeze. He happened to be the president of my bank. While we were sitting there I made the mistake of telling him about my web site. He instantly typed the URL into his computer.
He laughed. At me. About my site.
A couple years ago he came to me and asked me to help him start a web business. It was sweet.
“This Week You Need to Persevere”
As you pursue your dream, you have company. Others are doing the exact same thing with the exact same struggles.
Will it be emotionally hard to succeed? Of course. Can you do it? Definitely.
And once you succeed no one will laugh any more–they’ll just want your help!
I just put up a new report you will want to pick up.
“101 Ways to Grab New Subscribers”
84 GREAT Ideas,
11 CRAZY Ideas,
5 ILLEGAL Ideas and
ONE MARKETING BABE
http://www.FullTiltBlogging.com/101ways
This article is a guest post by Aaron Abber of FullTiltBlogging.com.
I am a part of Aaron’s mentoring program where he is teaching me and
others how to make
money blogging. Go visit the site now and grab his
free report “How to Retire on 200 Visitors a Day”.
June 22nd, 2008 at 8:30 am
My mom and dad also told me that I am crazy if I think that I can make money from having a website. I think that we should tell our parents and our friends about this only after we become successful in making money online.