So You Think It's Easy To Become An Internet Entrepreneur
You want to become an Internet Entrepreneur ?
It depends. On whether you are committed and ready. If you are,
then you need to know the top two problems in starting an online
business.
There are tons of information nowadays on the Internet, on every
imaginable subject, which professes to teach you everything you
need to know about starting online businesses.
You will quickly become an Internet Information junkie, what
with all those newsletters you signed up, those free eBooks you
downloaded (and hardly finding any time to read them), those
free online courses via emails, and the list just goes on. You
might actually have spent some money in some eBooks and online
courses.
At one point you might want to get out of the learning phase,
and ACTUALLY start doing something. This is what I called the
Number One problem : Execution !
Yes, simple as it sounds, actually getting started is one big
hurdle. You might be in a stage of what is commonly known as
"Analysis Paralysis", which you analyse too much on what you are
considering to do, then you become "paralysed". Nothing gets
done. And this is not helped by so much information "freely"
available nowadays.
So the message is this : Just Do It, while you can. Make the
most of whatever available time you have, and get off the runway.
Start by planning what you want to do and write it down. Then
find out enough of what you need to know, then start the
execution phase. Enough of reading and learning, the time to
start is NOW.
Okay, you have finally acted upon your plans. You now need to
confront the Number Two problem in online business.
Before I go into that, you may also have experienced the
countless offers, services and tools that you come across on a
daily basis, via emails or while surfing. The question now is -
how do you know which one works and which one not ?
You wouldn't know until you try. Nothing comes free nowadays,
and even if it is free, it will lead to something which you will
have to fork out some money eventually. Whatever you have set
out to do in your online ventures, and assuming you have planned
and researched well, some of these tools are useful while some
are just a distraction.
Did I mention distraction ? Yes, distraction is the Number Two
problem. Distraction prevents you from achieving your ultimate
objective of making money online. Distraction pulls you away
from what you started out to do in the first place, or at best
slows you down.
You need tools and knowledge to achieve your goals. Your goals
are fundamentally deciding on something, plan it well, execute,
increase traffic, then converting those traffic into paying
customers. At every step of the way, there will be distraction,
there will be offers promising big rewards with no need for real
work.
It is how you stay focused that will differentiate you from the
many under-performing online dreamers. Online ventures involve
commitment of time and money, though the capital to start out is
substantially lower than that of a conventional brick-and-mortar
business.
One way to stay focused is to pen down your action plan, be it a
to-do list or a structured timetable. Then when there are offers
you need to look at, and you think it is worth looking at, and
not just another SPAM, then put it on your to-do list and
prioritize. You need to prioritize, or else your list is going
to grow, and important tasks that you planned for will never get
executed.
Remember, focus, focus, focus