What You Don t Know About The Internet Could Be Costing You A Fortune

M any people have the dream      “real secrets.” There is no “real  of making money on the         secret” to what I do. I share the  Internet, yet few manage       information; they can either       to eek out more than a few            believe it or not.                 dollars doing so. As someone who                                         has made a substantial portion of     When I ask what they are doing to  my revenue from product sales         lay a solid foundation, often the  both on and offline, I can tell       answer is nothing. They simply     you there is more to generating       want to jump right into the big    revenues than one might imagine.      money, massive name recognition                                          and good times.                    It never ceases to amaze me the                                          misconceptions people have. They      This is like signing up for a gym  fall for the mistaken belief that     membership, attending one          all they have to do is have a         training session and responding    website, post a few products, get     with, “Now I’m ready to compete    site visitors and the rest takes      in the Mr. Universe competition.”  care of itself. Nothing could be      Not only will someone with that    further from the truth.               attitude not succeed, they will                                          likely keep looking for the        I have witnessed some of the most     “secrets.” Here’s the secret -     common reasons people will NOT        you have to put time, effort and   succeed on the Internet, let          money into your success.           alone in their business. Sure,                                           they may get by, but most people      One of the greatest secrets to     want to do more than just get by.     success is to be willing to learn                                        from those who are succeeding.     There are always a few people not     Sadly, fewer and fewer people are  yet making money who moan and         willing to learn from those who    groan about how they want the         have come before them, choosing    rather to buy into the myth of        have is, “What gives you the       getting rich quick.                   right to ask people to pay you                                           when you are not willing to pay    Recently I have had several           the experts for their knowledge?”  discussions from people who are                                          obtaining conflicting information     I will be the first to admit that  about how to succeed at Internet      I also take full advantage of      sales. Much of the information        lots of free information. There    they are accessing comes from         is nothing wrong with that. In     people who have never made a dime     fact, I provide lots of great      online but are selling                information to interested folks,   information claiming they can         often at no charge. In many of my  teach others how to succeed.          free sessions, I discuss in great                                        detail exactly what my clients,    Just yesterday I was asked for        my business associates, and I      specific information on one           have done to build our businesses  aspect of online visibility. When     and become profitable. I am        I responded with what has worked      frequently told my free            for me, this person said, “Well,      information is more content        according to ABC source, that is      driven than other information      not true.” My response was,           they have paid for. But free       “Well, take a look at my Internet     information only goes so far.      position and their position and                                          then draw your conclusion.”           However, I also pay for a lot of                                         my information in the form of      Another mistake is people want        coaching, seminars, books, and     something for nothing. Yet many       other information products. There  of them also want people to pay       is no way anyone making a real     them for their products and           living from the Internet got to    services. The only question I         where we are at without some type  of financial investment in our                                           professional development.              google_ad_client =                                                 "pub-8542272527121315";            On more than one occasion I have                                       told someone they need to invest                                         in their business and I get a          google_ad_width = 728;       response like, “I can’t afford it                                        right now.” I can appreciate           google_ad_height = 15;       this, but there comes a time you                                         have to be willing to make a           google_ad_format =           financial investment. With enough     "728x15_0ads_al";                  time and effort you can find just                                        about anything you want for free.      google_ad_channel =          The question you have to ask          "3545651507";                      yourself is, “What is my time                                            worth?”                                google_color_border =                                              "FFFFFF";                          If you have the dream of making                                          money on the Internet, I               google_color_bg = "FFFFFF";  encourage you to look at how you                                         plan to achieve your outcomes and      google_color_link =          whom you are gaining information      "0000FF";                          from. Be willing to learn, lay a                                         foundation, invest and persist,        google_color_text =          and you may be one of the ones        "3E3F43";                          who can say, “Dreams do come                                             true.”                                 google_color_url =                                                 "3E3F43";                            type="text/javascript">                                                              src="http://pagead2.googlesyndica                         tion.com/pagead/show_ads.js">                                                                                                   type="text/javascript"                                                                                                                                   About the Author: Kathleen Gage is a bestselling author, keynote speaker and corporate trainer who works with organizations who want to increase their market position, sales and level of achievement. 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