How to Make It Work

WARNING continued….

graphic representation of the internet

In 2009, what we have is a larger, highly efficient internet:  faster servers, huge bandwidth, faster routers.  Also, hi-speed internet(cable/DSL)  is the norm now; not ancient dial up (remember that scratchy, high-pitched sound?).   Phone companies continue to lay down internet cables and now pretty much all of the U.S. except for the remote regions are covered.  Add in wireless towers, and the reach is greater.

But the other phenomenon that is occurring is that the internet no longer seen as a “technical activity.”  People who otherwise avoid technical things are as comfortable using the internet as they are using a telephone.  It is finding its way into more and more peoples’ lives, from 10 year olds to 115 year olds.  These people are joining the bandwagon and are realizing what everyone else has for quite some time:  that the internet is essentially a “window to the world.”

As more people spend time surfing the internet, they expose themselves to various kinds of websites:  news, ecommerce, entertainment, and…websites that sells something (an eBook, a program or course, or merchandise) to improve a weak area in their lives:  financial, relationship, sex, health.  And this is where it all begins.

Here’s the evolution:  Joe Newbie runs into one of these websites, joins its email list, and gets emailed “the next greatest thing” to make more money/attract more women/build more muscle….etc.  He buys one product, joins its mailing list, and gets even more emails hailing the next best thing to make more money/attract more women/build more muscle….etc.  And after a while, Joe Newbie himself gets into the fray and sets up his own system to make more money/attract more women/build more muscle, etc. and the beast keeps growing exponentially.

This phenomenon is especially bad in the internet marketing field:   there are hundreds of seductive programs out there, with professionally-written ad copy that make it hard to leave without making a purchase.

To summarize:

Anyone with a heartbeat, a computer, and internet connection can offer to sell something online, and there are a lot of anyones!

Getting into the internet marketing field is like getting caught in a huge spider web (funny how the graphic of the internet at the beginning of this post resembles a spiderweb!).  It’s very seductive (strong suggestions of getting ridiculously wealthy) and those who are not “in the know” are prone to getting mired in a sea of information that saps your valuable time and money.  I recently freed myself from this spiderweb and can now share my story.

Keep visiting this blog, and I will help you decide where to focus your energies in your internet marketing ventures.

Cheers,

Dan