I learned the hard way about the consequences of not approaching my ventures with enough preparation. I was always so arrogant that I thought that I knew everything I needed to know, at least the base concepts. But If your making the type of money I think your looking for, if your like me, its over 6 figures, than you have to treat your venture as an investment, and put the sweat equity into the plan, so your results stand stable
The same applies to the Internet marketing industry even though there are unsavory people out there who’d have you believe it’s a “Walk in the Park” and requires no more than the belief that you can just do it.
And I’ll have to admit, it is a walk in the park compared to what you have to put up with in the working world punching a clock being a subordinate to someone who does not have your interests in mind, but there are still rules you have to follow and pitfalls you must avoid to actually make Internet marketing work for you.
There are people that make over 50K a month, but most don’t, they fall flat on their face like I did when I started. Why is that?
My answer begins with the age-old chicken or egg question, “what comes first the chicken or the egg”? Personally I vote for, well never mind, each argument you or I make comes back to the same old conclusion - I have no clue and I don’t think many of us do either.
But one thing I do have a clue about and know for sure is that to make money online you must first have Passion for the company products and/or service of any Internet business from which you expect to make money.
Passion in this sense is faith in the value of your business, Passion represents the result of careful research into your products or services, and that should reflect in your confidence of knowing the value available to your customers, to the point that it can become contagiously profitable.
There’s a lot of people that can sell anything on the Internet.. Why? Because it’s possible if you understand the basic concepts of marketing and what people want. But a safe way to approach any business online, is to have a passion for what you promote
Now, I’m not trying to make anyone believe that Passion is the only thing necessary. Because to be successful you must also have a good website, good marketing, widespread advertising, company support, effective keywords, and etc. Those things are often learned from the company you join - but sidestep Passion and you reduce your chances for success dramatically.
It therefore follows that, if you have no Passion for the company and the products and services provided by that company, again, you won’t attempt to do the work you are being taught.
Internet marketing work is typically not all that difficult or time consuming but it does take motivation caused by Passion to get you off and running with a sustained effort so that you won’t stumble.
Search Engines are quite possibly one of the greatest gifts a generation could ask for, USE IT!!! There are tons of business opportunities that possibly fit your taste.
Look for a company that you have confidence in; you should want the service or product for yourself. It should be solid, founded on great principles, and easy to understand with great products and services that are sell-able for which you can have Passion. If you don’t find it move on, You can find the right opportunity containing the attributes identified above.
Don’t choose a company for anything besides confidence and security that you can stand by that company; remember when you hear that others are having crazy success, making boat loads of money etc, don’t be fooled by sales scripts, find substance you believe in and go from there.
Note: With experience, eventually you will learn to understand what people want and how to present anything you believe in, when that time comes, you’ll know you are no amateur anymore, now you’re an Internet marketer.
There is more that you want to know to be able to call yourself an Internet Marketer and dictate your income, but if you don’t first find the right company products and services to be passionate about, all of those other steps may just cause you a lot of frustration instead of bringing you great success.
Not being Passionate about a company and products and services that has market proof that it will sell is a pitfall you simply must avoid.

