Motivation - Only YOU Can Do It!
The Internet Marketing and home based business boom has
virtually drowned us in various programs and systems through
which you can earn money by working from home. The problem with
this is that many people seem to have forgotten that "working at
home" actually means WORKING, even if it is in the
comfort of your own home. If I had a dollar for every person who
signed up for program after program, and then just sat down and
waited for something to happen - I would be rich enough to buy a
small country. The worst part is that those who fall into this
trap end up broke and will thus despise everything that has to
do with Internet marketing for the rest of their lives.
One reason for this phenomena is undoubtably the somewhat
unrealistic claims often being made in sales letters for
Internet marketing tools and programs. And many network
marketing programs would have you believe that you "just have to
sign up" and then the system will do all the work for you.
However, I don't think we can shift all of the blame on "the
system". After all, when was the last time you believed a
typical tv-commercial or sales pitch to be 100% objective and
truthful? What makes you think advertising on the Internet would
be any different?
Regardless of what you are trying to promote online, be it your
own product(s), an affiliate program or a multi-level marketing
company, the fact is that it will take time and effort before
you reach your goal. Your mental attitude towards the project is
therefore of utmost importance. Information on specific things,
like getting web site traffic or publishing your own newsletter,
is readily available on good sites about home based business and
Internet Marketing - just like the site you are visiting right
now. Finding people who will teach you all they know about
Internet marketing is not a problem. But it will be entirely up
to you to take action and realize your dreams.
Self Motivation and Mental Training
It is therefore important that you firmly believe that you CAN
and WILL be successful with your chosen program or product. In
fact you should stand up in front of a mirror right now and tell
yourself exactly what you expect to accomplish with this program
and that, no matter what, you will reach your goal. This is a
technique called autosuggestion and it is discussed in great
detail in the book