Comments on: It’s Been a Year Already – Where’s My Internet Business Success?

By: Blogging tips

Blogging tips — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:24:01 +0000

Sometimes people give up way to early. It takes much time and research for you to be successful, not just on the web, but with any type of business.
Great article!
Thanks.

By: The Niche Think Tank

The Niche Think Tank — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:45:43 +0000

I had to focus on my learning as in #1. I found myself being all over the place and didn't really have a goal or plan. once I had that down, I knew where I was going and what I had to do.
Another thing is I had to focus and stay there even when I didn't want to be or felt like giving up.

By: thriftgirl62

thriftgirl62 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:55:33 +0000

That's the story most familiar to almost everyone yet history keeps repeating itself. Fighting human nature or fighting yourself is a losing battle until 1 side goes broke forcing a truce!

If we all used more common sense instead of hope and faith in the impossible, it would help. The problem is those who are online know the impossible can be done and aren't afraid to go for it again and again…

…but sometimes impossible is in disguise and underneath what you don't see until later is unreasonable. Using due diligence instead being so trusting is really no fun but neither is being broke. Never trust anyone who is too nice and too helpful…never!

By: Keller Hawthorne

Keller Hawthorne — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:29:05 +0000

I couldn't agree with you more Beat. I'm very grateful I lacked money in the beginning of my journey – with it I may have missed out on learning how to design websites, optimize my content and actually SELL my products. And without those experiences, none of my other websites would have been born.

By: Beat Schindler

Beat Schindler — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:19:56 +0000

Keller, we're in sync 100%, re the need to love your work. fastest way to success is to do what you love to do day in day out. love allows you [gives you the strength] to be a little bit crazy, absolutely a risk taker and a constant-never-ending-improver. based on personal experience, I'd say start out with as much love as possible AND with as little money as necessary to get started. less money forces ingenuity and ups the leverage. more money – especially if you have no experience – allows you to cultivate your bad habits longer – such as not doing the crucial market and keyword research UP FRONT – and covers up the problem you’re experiencing, potentially till you run out of money. did I mention personal experience? in reference to my earlier reply, for the benefit of other readers who might stumble upon our correspondence, it's understood step number 1 in mountain climbing is to love mountain climbing. Let me let Hank Aaron Hall-of-Fame-baseball-player help say it better: “My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.” or, to revert back to mountain climbing, it's not the mountains that wear us out, it's the pebble in our shoe.

By: Keller Hawthorne

Keller Hawthorne — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:20:56 +0000

Ok, I don't want to throw you off, but I do want to add one thing. I think it's extremely important to enjoy what you do with your business. For some, making money is all the enjoyment they need. For others (like myself), it's important that the actual daily activities are enjoyable. So there might be some “feelings” involved, which isn't a bad thing.

Sounds like you've got a good idea of where you need to go!

By: Keller Hawthorne

Keller Hawthorne — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:11:54 +0000

Good to see you Will and thanks for following my Simply Fresh Themes twitter account!

By: Beat Schindler

Beat Schindler — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:44:04 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to answer personally. Now that I have asked the question, I will go with your answers, starting at step 1 and also starting by reading your [free] report. Maybe at some point I was naive enough to think I was the market. Of course, what I think or feel is irrelevant to the market. Rather like climbing a mountain – your business, not the mountain's. So I'll [largely] ignore the thinking and feelings part and simply to the work, and the harvest will follow. There you go, my biz plan summed up in one paragraph :-]
Thanks again!
Beat

By: Will

Will — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:03:06 +0000

Hey Keller,

Great read - and 60+ comments here seems like a lot of success to me.

Cheers
Will

By: Teagan

Teagan — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:32:47 +0000

How kind! Thank you for mentioning that. You just made my day!