| When most beginners get started online, their main | | | | spend over $5,000 to attend a seminar. |
| focus is on making money now. They are then | | | | What's the difference between the beginner and the |
| constantly bombarded with sales messages promising | | | | guru? |
| fantastic income with no work required. Through | | | | Knowledge is a major difference and to travel that |
| ignorance and sometimes greed, many fall prey to | | | | road, the beginner will have to exercise patience. |
| these schemes run by serial scammers. | | | | Building a list, as an example, will take patience. |
| I must admit that I have been down that road. I know | | | | As a matter of fact, one of the main reasons why |
| what it's like to keep hoping that the next "big thing" will | | | | people give up on their online dream is impatience...not |
| be the one that leads to my financial freedom. | | | | seeing results fast enough. |
| Now that I am wiser, I want to share with you three | | | | 3. Persistence |
| values that I believe are necessary to adopt when | | | | I consider patience and persistence the success twins. |
| starting an Internet business. | | | | They are a powerful combination. |
| 1. Value | | | | It's great to be patient, but you also have to keep |
| The dominant attitude of a majority of people trying to | | | | taking action to achieve your dream. For example, |
| make money online is what's in it for me? This means | | | | while building your list, you might get 11 subscribers one |
| that they are not really interested in what you want. | | | | day and none the next. |
| To succeed, you have to adopt the attitude of how | | | | Are you going to give up? |
| can I provide more value? By putting giving first, | | | | With the success twins as your guide, you will realize |
| receiving will come as a natural result. | | | | that it takes time to build a list, and then you would |
| The more value you give, the more others will grow to | | | | press on sending massive traffic to your squeeze |
| like and trust you. As a result, they will feel more | | | | page. |
| comfortable giving you what you want...more sales. | | | | You can have the best looking Website, blog, etc. You |
| 2. Patience | | | | can have a great product. However, without the |
| It takes time to build a business, whether offline or | | | | proper mindset, your Internet business will not last very |
| online. When you start an Internet business, there is a | | | | long. |
| learning curve that we all go through. | | | | Put the power of Value, Patience and Persistence to |
| One thing I have noticed about the top online | | | | work for you when you start your online business. |
| marketers is that they invest a lot of time as well as | | | | Keep them working for you and your chance for long |
| money in their education. I still find it amazing that some | | | | term success will be greatly improved. |