Chance to Earn

One of the thngs I have learned is that one must be consistent in order to succeed at anything. As you can see, I have not been consistent because I have not ritten a post here since March. That is terruble! My “excuse” has to be that I have been busy with my job in school, my family and my attempt at internet marketing. 

But, I have ignored this blog and this was supposed to be a record of how I succeed in my goal of earning money from the internet. Therefore, I am starting again. I am leaving the other posts on here just to let you know that I am being totaly honest, and, to remind myself just how easy it is to let things slide. 

I will start with an apology. I am sorry that I have neglected my daily chores. I am not going to say this won’t happen again but I willmake a note to myslef to write something every day unless we are away on holiday or at a family event.

What have I learned since March? Well, for one thing this internet marketing (IM) malarkey takes a LOT longer than people with products to sell would have you believe. I did The Challenge www.challenge.co last year and have a web site I started then still not ranked Number 1 on Google. I have posted articles to the usual sites such a Squidoo with links to my site. I have paid for an “article disseminator” in order to build more links to it more quickly. More recently I have even hired somebody to build links for me. So far, the site has not got to the top of Google despite my efforts. having said that, the market I chose was a bit more competitive than The Challenge recommended.

So, Lesson 1 is the knowledge that earning money from internet marketing will take considerable time and some resources. You need to kno this up front. I have been doing many of the right things since last August and am still out of pocket. That said, I have been told and believe that many people give up just before they become successful. I started taking my IM duties more seriously in November 2010 and promised myself that I would give it a full year before I made my decision as to whether to carry on with it or not.

Six months and no profit would put a lot of folk off. I am made of sterner stuff than that, and, I have not spent anywhere near as much as it would cost to set up a bricks & mortar business. 

I’ll post again soon.

If like me, you want to earn money from the internet, you need to choose the way you want to do it. I have decided to start off with affiliate marketing and as I gain experience, to move on to buying, doing up & selling web sites and eventually producing my own products of some description. First off we must find a niche to work in. It must have people interested in the subject, this is called traffic. It must have people willing to buy stuff associated with the niche. It must not have too much competition so that we have a chance against them. Using Google and other free tools is fine, but, very time consuming.

I have found a piece of software the cuts the time spent doing research right down. This nifty bit of kit is called Market Samurai  and they give a free trial. You pay a one off fee to buy it and they will keep the software updated as changes occur in the way research is carried out over the course of time. I have had my copy for over two years now and am very pleased with it. I used it on a PC and a laptop. I had to format the hard drive a couple of times and reactivate Market Samurai. Then I decided I didn’t like PCs and Microsoft so I bought an iMac and put Market Saurai on to it. Later still, I bought a Macbook Air and when I tried to activate Market Samurai, it told me I had run out of activations. I contacted their helpdesk and they allowed me another go. I have found the people there to be very honest and helpful and the software is excellent value. Buy your copy of Market Samurai HERE and I am sure you will not regret it. There are videos on their web site that show you how to use it and get best results.