The Making of an Internet Marketer Takes Training! October 7, 2008
Posted by Riley West in : The Making of an Internet Marketer , add a commentHello Folks:
Almost 2 years ago I started looking into Internet Marketing (IM). I had most of the same reasons you have, I suppose.
One, I liked the idea of using my wits and work, at home, with my trusty MacBook Pro, drawing in money from the vast crowd of visitors on the net. And it’s growing fast. The crowd, I mean.
Two, I especially liked the offers I received that said, essentially, “Buy my plan, follow these steps, you can’t fail!”
How easy is that! Not! Didn’t go that way for me.
What I discovered after spending lots of money trying out various schemes (plans) was that, although the plan might work for someone….it most likely won’t work for me.
And I found out why it wouldn’t (won’t) work for me. Plus I found out what to do so that many of these plans would work for me.
But it sure didn’t go that way for me at first.
I was missing the basics. I wanted to rush straight into making a little (or more) money and figured I’d pick up what I needed to know along the way.
That’s the classic horse before the cart deal.
Still, I was undeterred, I made my way to that point of understanding that I think we all have to reach before we can think clearly about this whole making of money on the net business.
A person has to understand the basic skills needed in Internet Marketing before they attempt a little marketing on their own.
Here’s something very basic. If I told you I had a good product and I was going to sell it, you would have no doubts that I could. Right? Even more so if I explained to you how I was going to sell the product.
If I said I was going to go door to door and sell it you would know exactly what I was talking about and you probably wouldn’t want to go along.
If I said I was going to write a compelling little classified ad with my cell number in it so I could speak to my prospect directly you would understand that almost completely. Even more so if I showed you my script that would allow me to improvise and stay on track at the same time.
There are many ways to sell a product. You know a lot of them.
But, if I said I was going to sell it on the Internet you might just draw a huge blank page in your mind. Maybe you’d even know a little about the process. Like get a webpage, make it look good and take orders! Right?
Wrong! You would first have to know how to get a webpage. Then you have to know how to make it look good (as well as work). But (very important) you would also have to know how to get pretty good sized numbers of people that are interested in your product to find your website!
I’m going to lay out for you what I consider to be the single most effective thing you can do, at first, to insure your success in the World of Internet Marketing.
Please…stay tuned. This is going to be terrific for those who have not figured their way yet. It will also jump start some careers. Without risking hubris I can say that what comes next on these pages will save many floundering Internet Marketing Careers and may even save marriages!
Riley West - Just an Old Oregon Pioneer trying to make his way in the trade.
PS: Here is where I went. I learned more here in my early days than all the other stuff combined. rw
