I Hate Internet Marketing.
I’m genuinely looking forward to all of the flack I’ll get for this newsletter. :)
Now, before you race down to the end of this newsletter and hit the
“Unsubscribe Button”, give me a few minutes to clarify my position.
The process of Internet marketing allows Audrey and I to do something
that we want :
Control and
serve our own financial needs and destiny. Internet Marketing does that
by providing a set of procedures and techniques that we follow
systematically that causes a customer to give us their money for the
goods that we have.
That’s the “Means to an End”.
But along the way, we knew that we are such work-aholics that our
business had to let us do something that we were absolutely jazzed
about doing, or we’d get sick of it and leave it to rot.
That’s why I can Hate Internet Marketing, and still LOVE my
little 2-person Home Based Internet Business.
Internet Marketing is a System. It’s a set of procedures. It
can be calculated, counted, quantified, measured and analyzed. And
because it’s such a straightforward process, it gives me the opportunity
to concentrate on widgets that I’m Crazy-Happy to sell.
I
mean, take A2Armory… We sell Swords from one of our Favorite Movies of
all time – Lord of
the Rings Swords. I OWN Sting. I can hold it in my hand, swing it around
in my back yard, and if push comes to shove, make about $50.00 profit
when Somebody else who is as nuts about the film as I am, wants it for
themselves.
I
get to sell COOL STUFF!
Because I know how to Market
On the Internet.
We have an affiliate web site that sells Light Saber Replicas!!! When I
was 8, my dad and I were 2nd in line for the opening day of
Star Wars. That film is one of the reasons why I got into the movie
business, despite George Lucas’ hair-do. And now, when a visitor gets
to our affiliate web site, they can choose from Obi-wan Kenobi, Darth
Vader, Darth Maul, or Qui Gon Jin’s personal defense products.
We can make income from what
was once a fantasy of mine because we know about Internet marketing.
Audrey is starting an affiliate site that will co-exist with a new
Yahoo! Store of ours. We’ll be offering movie memorabilia from Harry
Potter.
When’s the last time your job asked you to write a fun little paper
about “Muggles” (for the uninitiated, it means non-magic folks)?
Audrey and I import Replica Arms and Armor from overseas. The company
that we work with actually makes custom Swords as part of their
services. I was up late 3 weeks ago, using CAD design software to
create a 3-D model of a custom Sword that we want to market under the A
Squared Armory Brand Name.
Honestly, how often does one get to do that?
Here’s my point.
You’ve got be doing or
selling something that you LOVE!
You’ve got to find your niche! You need to dig deep down inside of
yourself and pull out a plan for making money in an industry that you
are passionate about!
I
don’t care if it’s model trains, trading cards, used beer cans,
grass-skiing, or on-line adventure games!
Yes, you need to understand Internet Marketing. But, make that part of
your business a reflex rather than a thought.
Internet Marketing is JUST a system. It’s simply a set of procedures
that you must follow. It’s been done successfully by thousands of
people who have made Millions of dollars, and there are some very honest
and stand-up folks that are willing to share their system with
you.
You can get really good at it by practicing it until it comes naturally
and easily. And because it’s not subjective Art, or the Lottery, or some
other mystic ritual, it can be copied, repeated, and expanded.
What separates the wheat from the chaff is how vigorously you pursue
your passion.
The fun, the joy, the success comes when you find your niche, and plug
it into your Internet marketing strategy. When you have a passion about
your product, you’ll find that getting it to market is exciting and
lucrative, not just a means to an end.
And that’s how the Mega Successful survive, and prosper! They treat
Internet marketing like you might treat brushing your teeth: You have
to do it in order to have folks be apart of your life: But once your
teeth are clean, you can chat it up to your hearts content!
Use Internet marketing to get folks to visit you! But then draw them
into your space with your passionate ramblings about your product!
YES, you can do it. I'm just a schlub who followed good advice and took
some chances and I'm pretty happy with the result.
I
started part time, I followed my passions, and guess what? It worked
out.
And you know what? It is within your grasp. You don't need a lot of
money to do this. You don't even need a lot of time. But...
You need gumption. You’ve got to believe, in you, your product, and
your chances! You’ve gotta be in a Niche that you love so much that
your license plate says so. And because you love it so much, it will
change your attitude. And with the correct attitude, you’ll find
achieving success much easier!
That's right...Even with the right information and the right foundation,
many people have still failed in their online ventures just because they
did not develop the right attitude. An old statement that comes to mind
right now for me is "Your Attitude determines your Altitude."
Yes, you can hate Internet marketing. I won’t tell anyone. But love
your business and your products so much that Internet marketing becomes
just a thing that you do to fulfill your dreams.
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