When people first start off in internet marketing, whether it be affiliate marketing, PLR, or any other of the many internet marketing sub-niches, they have this mindset (I call it an infection) that tells them “if I can only find the one product that really shows me the way (the “holy” grail of internet marketing), then I will make it….. or some thought like that one…
C’mon, be honest, if you’re reading this blog, you are either there now or have been there in the past when you were first getting your start.
Now let me save you a big headache, heartache or lots of frustration… BUY EVERYTHING YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON that you are interested in.
Why would I tell you to buy everything you can get your hands on that you are interested in? Because I did/do and every guy that is like a mentor to me did/does… you never stop learning and even though some of the material you buy is going to be pure garbage (you can return it if it is seriously ridiculous or erroneously marketed), but you are going to find little nuggets in each one.
Not only that, some material will click with you and not with the next guy (or girl). It may be the personality, it may be the method of communication, it may be an accent (or lack of one)…etc… you get the point. There might be a really good, time tested product that one guy gets a lot out of and one guy get only a little out of. It’s all good. Because even if you’re the guy (girl) who only got a little out of a product or lesson….some of it will stick in your subconscious and it will make it stick out stronger when you hear it again.
If I were mentoring a new guy, I would tell him, give yourself a budget (say $200/mo. if you can afford it )[ if you can afford to buy as much as you can read, for sure do that]… try some stuff, and read some more, try some stuff, read some more….etc..
This way each product is going to help you get a little further and some really good products are going to take you MILES further, but you can expect to find the mother-load on your first dig ya know..
Sometimes you’ll find you went full circle, the first product you got was great, but you couldn’t grasp it all..you go off and try this and that and come back and re-read or re-apply the information from the first product and wham, it all makes sense now. That’s just the way it works.
You will find very, very, very few internet marketers who can say (honestly) “Oh yeah, I got this product and BAM! that was it, it was my first course and I just went wild and make a fortune with it….” that just doesn’t happen. Most people in ANY niche have read through mountains of courses, watched endless videos…etc…
This is a business and it is going to require some study.
In a later post I’ll be listing some of the products I have bought that are TRULY helping me earn money.
