Archive for March, 2010

Successful Internet Business: It’s Not All About The Money

Sure, having a successful Internet Marketing Business would mean having
fat bank accounts and would relieve financial pressures on all fronts.

BUT….

There’s other tangible and intangible things it would bring as a bi-product.

For one, just the peace of mind it would bring knowing that you have
constant cash flow coming in, possibly from work you only do once,
would mean that the mental energy most people spend on worrying
about how they’re going to pay this bill and that bill would be eliminated.

This, in turn, lowers stress levels.

Lower stress levels bring the benefit of a lower chance of high blood
pressure and other serious medical ailments.

The need to have to go to a job that might be low paying and stressful
would be eliminated.

That isn’t to say that there wouldn’t be any stress at all in building
an Internet Business. I’m just saying that it would be “good stress”,
although “good stress” would seem to be a dichotomy, it means that
you are the one applying the pressure and stress and not an outside
force.

Having a successful Internet Business would mean more mental freedom
to explore thoughts and ideas and allow you the chance to pursue some
or all of your ideas.

When the mental energy that is used to focus on having and keeping a
job is channeled instead into developing your own thoughts and the pressure
of having to pay monthly bills is eliminated from owning a successful
Internet Business, imagine what you could accomplish!

And, when the money is flowing in consistently from your online efforts
and not from the exchange of time for dollars, it frees up more of your
time (alot more) to spend as you want.

Want to spend more time with your family? Build an Internet Business
Want to spend time pursuing a passion or hobby? Build an Internet Business.
Want to spend your time ____________________________(fill in the blank)? Build
an Internet Business.

According to alot of the courses and programs that I’ve been studying for the
last few months, It all starts with a DECISION to build an Internet Business.

Once you figure out and decide that it is a worthy endeavor, you then work
backwards and reverse engineer what other successful Internet entrepreneurs
are doing and do what they’re doing.

I’m not talking about plagiarism. I’m talking about really dissecting their
operations and figuring out what new twist or improvement you can make
to their product or service that will make it truly unique and make it your
own.

Have you heard this saying “There are a million ways to make a million dollars”?

Well, that is true on the Internet. Probably even more so than any other
business model you might have looked and considered as your vehicle
to business ownership.

Remember, building a successful Internet Marketing business isn’t all about
the money. But, it sure is a nice bi-product!

Until next time….

Pursue your ideas and dreams with passion!

Jed

The Importance of Focus When Building An Internet Marketing Empire

Wow! Very important and official sounding title to this
post isn’t it? Well, it is important. Everyday it seems
I am reminded of the importance of focus.

Especially since I have yet to reach my ultimate income
goals. It’s simple really. If you’re not reaching your goals,
you probably have to take a good hard look at your actions
and activities and make adjustments.

Seems like common sense. But, alot easier said than done.
If it wasn’t, there would be no need for so many books,
courses, seminars, trainings, etc on the subject of “How To
make money online“.

I came across an awesome article that explains it way
better than I ever could.

The article is titled:

“The Stunning Truth About Focusing On The Important”

At first glance, it would seem that by focusing so intently on
something that it would be all consuming and completely
swallow up all of your time. But, after you read that article,
you’ll see it actually has the opposite affect.

By focusing in on one thing at a time, it ends up freeing up
huge chunks of time.

Read the article. You’ll see what I mean.

See you soon!

Jed