It’s a huge problem for newbies coming into what they believe is the gateway to their dreams. Making money on the Internet is still seen as one of the easiest ways to achieve financial freedom. And compared to achieving it in the offline world, it most definitely is.
The Internet levels the playing field for everyone. You don’t need to have a degree, you don’t need to invest a fortune, and you don’t need to wait years before seeing results.
Unfortunately, what you don’t need is still far outweighed by what you do. You cannot simply join a Network Marketing business, or sign up to promote affiliate products, and instantly start raking in the cash. There is a learning curve, and there is most definitely an investment needed. If you think otherwise, you’re in for a rude awakening.
I know. I was that newbie. And trust me, when the lightbulb finally goes off, it’s pretty painful on the whole of your psyche, not just your eyes!
Thankfully, there’s a lot more ‘honesty’ on the Internet these days. But that still leads to a huge problem if you’re a newbie who doesn’t know where to start. Because now, instead of being inundated with ‘get rich quick’ scams, instead you’re inundated with ‘essential’ knowledge. Where do you start in prioritising which piece of the knowledge puzzle you need to acquire first?
Information overload is a huge problem. And if you’re anything like me, most of the information out there isn’t written with the ‘newbie’ in mind. It’s written as though you already know about ‘keywords’, ‘landing pages’, ‘SEO’, ‘blogging’, ‘branding’, ‘marketing’, ‘social bookmarking’, ‘PPC’… how many newbies have ever heard of this stuff?
So you get lost in the maze of information and end up going nowhere fast. Or you buy a training course and then find out you don’t understand the message it’s teaching you because you haven’t yet reached that level of understanding.
A recent buyer of Magnetic Sponsoring was confused as to whether they should now be marketing MS or their primary business? The whole point of Mike’s teaching is that you should be marketing You.inc first and anything else second. But as a newbie, marketing yourself is well nigh impossible. You have nothing of value to offer because you don’t know anything yet.
Which is why you need to start somewhere. And which is why I’ve personally recommended some great starting points in the ‘Newbie Guide‘, because they are simple enough to get you to the point where you can start marketing You.inc quicker than any other programmes I’ve found. I’ve done the same with the Training Videos.
Don’t be tempted to start at the top. There isn’t a single successful marketer out there who’s made it instantly. When they tell you, they earned $XXXX in a matter of weeks, they simply omit the part where they spent XXXX months or years learning the tricks that allowed them to do so!
Your starting point should always be in building You.inc – increasing your knowledge and expertise and then sharing it with others.
