I have heard people say that they want to start their own internet business so that they won't have a boss that tells them what to do and when to do it. These people say that they don't want to have to 'punch' a clock.
They would rather work when it suits them rather than be dictated to by a boss, allowing them to choose when and if they work.
Wrong wrong wrong! In order to be successful working for themselves they need to realize that they ARE the boss and unless they plan on failing they need to be quite possibly more demanding than their previous boss in their old job.
You might no longer have a 9 to 5 job but you certainly have to spend a good number of hours working on your business. Since you're the boss now, you need to ensure that you spend enough time working on your business and ensure that that time is spent productively.
Your old boss might have overlooked your being 10 minutes late getting back from lunch but you will need to be a lot tougher on yourself if you are to ever succeed at any internet business and you better forget about that old forty-hour week, too.
Being successful in the internet marketing industry is very hard. There are many many adverts out there promising that you can make thousands and thousands of dollars each month just by working part time. Don't believe them for a second!
It is vitally important that you create a work timetable for yourself. You must be strict with yourself and remember that the time you finish is not determined by the clock but rather by when you complete whatever task you have set yourself.
Your time IS your own to manage. You must supply your own discipline. You are still accountable to someone. You are accountable to YOU!
There is another point I would like to make and it is this: Guesswork and Becoming 'Cheap' is NOT Smart. Looking after your budget is a wise thing to do but in the internet marketing game you need to spend some money. Your focus should not be on holding on to every penny you have but rather to make more money than you spend.
I'm sure you have heard the saying, "You have to spend money to make money"? It's a statement that has been tested countless times by those who have trodden this path before you. And it has proven itself to be true time and time again. You can't be so afraid of spending a few dollars that you prevent yourself from making money.
Of all the daft things I've heard in my time it is the people that refuse to pay for marketing courses because they want to save money that really get under my skin. Do they really think that they can do well if they don't spend a little to educate themselves?
There are doubtless several things in that marketing course that would have enabled them to make their money back several times over, whether it was through learning how to streamline their business, thereby saving them many hours of work, or by discovering a new way in which to generate sales. Either way being 'cheap' has cost them dearly.
Another really dumb thing that I have heard a marketer say is that he didn't buy a piece of software that could save him a lot of time because it just cost too much and maybe all the 'bugs' aren't worked out.
What kind of thinking is that?
Would you keep cutting grass with an old fashioned push mower rather than buying a power mower because it cost too much and it might have a problem?
Here is the thing that you need to remember: Being thrifty is not a crime.
Being dumb isn't a crime either.
If you really want to be a successful internet marketer, you have to be willing to invest in your own knowledge and provide the tools for yourself that makes success possible. - 15478
They would rather work when it suits them rather than be dictated to by a boss, allowing them to choose when and if they work.
Wrong wrong wrong! In order to be successful working for themselves they need to realize that they ARE the boss and unless they plan on failing they need to be quite possibly more demanding than their previous boss in their old job.
You might no longer have a 9 to 5 job but you certainly have to spend a good number of hours working on your business. Since you're the boss now, you need to ensure that you spend enough time working on your business and ensure that that time is spent productively.
Your old boss might have overlooked your being 10 minutes late getting back from lunch but you will need to be a lot tougher on yourself if you are to ever succeed at any internet business and you better forget about that old forty-hour week, too.
Being successful in the internet marketing industry is very hard. There are many many adverts out there promising that you can make thousands and thousands of dollars each month just by working part time. Don't believe them for a second!
It is vitally important that you create a work timetable for yourself. You must be strict with yourself and remember that the time you finish is not determined by the clock but rather by when you complete whatever task you have set yourself.
Your time IS your own to manage. You must supply your own discipline. You are still accountable to someone. You are accountable to YOU!
There is another point I would like to make and it is this: Guesswork and Becoming 'Cheap' is NOT Smart. Looking after your budget is a wise thing to do but in the internet marketing game you need to spend some money. Your focus should not be on holding on to every penny you have but rather to make more money than you spend.
I'm sure you have heard the saying, "You have to spend money to make money"? It's a statement that has been tested countless times by those who have trodden this path before you. And it has proven itself to be true time and time again. You can't be so afraid of spending a few dollars that you prevent yourself from making money.
Of all the daft things I've heard in my time it is the people that refuse to pay for marketing courses because they want to save money that really get under my skin. Do they really think that they can do well if they don't spend a little to educate themselves?
There are doubtless several things in that marketing course that would have enabled them to make their money back several times over, whether it was through learning how to streamline their business, thereby saving them many hours of work, or by discovering a new way in which to generate sales. Either way being 'cheap' has cost them dearly.
Another really dumb thing that I have heard a marketer say is that he didn't buy a piece of software that could save him a lot of time because it just cost too much and maybe all the 'bugs' aren't worked out.
What kind of thinking is that?
Would you keep cutting grass with an old fashioned push mower rather than buying a power mower because it cost too much and it might have a problem?
Here is the thing that you need to remember: Being thrifty is not a crime.
Being dumb isn't a crime either.
If you really want to be a successful internet marketer, you have to be willing to invest in your own knowledge and provide the tools for yourself that makes success possible. - 15478
About the Author:
Alan is a party wall surveyor with a firm of party wall surveyors. He is also responsible for the online marketing of his firm's website.
