Since beginning the pursuit of riches through Internet Marketing in December, I have spent most of my time feeling lost. There have been many hours spent trying to figure out what to do next or how to do a particular thing. Because I am a good researcher, I would continue to seek the answer until I finally figured it out or stumbled across it. I kept wishing I had a coach that I could just ask a question and receive an answer. But, there just wasn’t anyone close to me that remotely understood what I was even doing.

Once I started down this path, I certainly learned that it was going to be hard work and it wasn’t going to be easy. My first mentor James Martel who wrote the Affiliate Marketing Handbook (you will find the link on the right sidebar) warned that you had to learn to work in isolation and learn to figure things out for yourself. He tried to provide as much information as he could and he wrote an excellent manual that was very detailed and helpful. He also held great bootcamps that answered a lot of questions. Here comes the second “but”–it only went so far. James is an affiliate marketer and did not deal with listbuilding, sales pages, or thank you pages.

When I visited forums, I did not have to look far to find many newbies sharing the same feelings that I had. Soon, I was fortunate to find my way to the Marketing Beginners Forum and Randy the Hermit. Imagine the fact that Randy our guru reads the posts every day and answers every question that anyone asks about Internet Marketing. The other members are also helpful. I wanted to tell everyone about the forum and share my good fortune.

In addition to this good forum, videos were my next salvation. Words alone do not always provide you with the details that you sometimes need. JP Schoeffel has developed a set of videos entitled Videosense that explains in a great deal of detail how to do niche marketing. If you are still wondering how to make money and what you have to do in each step to make it, these videos contain the answer.

Here is the perfect opportunity to help fellow newbies find their way. You probably have a limited amount of money to spend and are tired of buying videos and ebooks that don’t help. Finding your way to the Marketing Beginners Forum and watching the Videosense videos can be the beginning of a successful career. Just don’t forget to say “hi” to me in the forum. The optin at the top right hand corner will also lead you to Marketing Beginners. Please add your name to my list. I look forward to working with you. In case you are wondering, I am well on my way.

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Learning all about Internet Marketing continues to be a challenge. For the most part, strategies that produce the highest levels of traffic involve social networking or as many people put it, Web 2.0. For some time now, I have been downloading and collecting ebooks that shout the praises and benefits that accrue with social bookmarking. When you are not of the mindset to hear what is being said, you notice it but you do not absorb the significance of it. You know it is there, but you do not really absorb the meaning of what is being said. When you are ready mentally, you will receive the message. Well, I have recently come into that awareness. All of a sudden there is understanding and significance. I read and get the message of what is being said. It amazes me that it has taken me this long to comprehend what now seems so obvious.

Recently, I have been working with two very talented young gurus who are doing extremely well in the business of Internet Marketing. They live, eat, and breathe the Web 2.0 strategies and use them in clever ways with complete abandon. They are adventurous and try new methods of generating traffic without fear or trepidation. That is how they got where they are today. If I were to say what I have learned most from my association with them, it is the appreciation for the need to stay openminded to new things and have no fear about trying new methods and strategies. Try new techniques and sit back and watch the money roll in, or not. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Lately, the ordinary for me is just rolling up my sleeves and digging in. All of the Web 2.0 strategies remind me of spiderwebs. When you draw a diagram of all of the developing, tagging, and pinging, it looks like a giant spiderweb. It is complex and yet so interesting and so much fun. Let us just hope that it is also profitable.

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Many people have asked me if I enjoyed the Armand Morin Internet Marketing Explained Workshop that I attended on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of last week. Armand loves the business he has created and it shows. Three days of standing on a stage before an audience speaking from 9:00 a.m to 7:00 p.m is hard work but it did not seem to phase him. As the speaker you do not even get the breaks that you give your audience because everyone seeks you out to have a personal chat. It was a great opportunity to observe someone working the business they had created. Armand has developed a system that works for him in a big way.

Recently, Keith Wellman advertised the Million Man March. He talks about being a success in Internet Marketing by using his tried and true system. There is that word again. Rob Benwell is selling his Niche Annihilation system.

Finally, I think I am beginning to get it. You develop a system that works for your business. You do not flail around trying one thing after the other. You may refine it by tracking and testing, but basically you work a system–one that works for you. Once you prove to yourself that it will do what you want it to–whether it is making big money or little money–whether it takes a large amount of time or a small amount–you stick to your system. Focusing, continuity, consistency, or whatever else you want to call it, is the way you achieve success.

If you do not know what to do initially, you may choose to try to work the system that other people have developed, but eventually you adopt what works best for you. By George! I think I have got it. I do not want to work Armand’s business where he promotes and gives big workshops and seminars. His system may not be one that I want to adopt, but he does serve as a great example of someone who has found what they love to do and it works for them. What do you think?

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I found a great new site that lets you download over $19,188 of hot online marketing tools, PLUS it will build an opt-in email list FOR YOU, free!  All you need to do is visit the site, and you can choose which products you want to download.  You’ll also see a cool video that shows you how the site will build your list, too!  It won’t cost you anything to get these great benefits either.  Go check it out–you’ve got nothing to lose, and I think you’ll see how valuable it is…

You probably have already heard that success in Internet Marketing is all about having a list of subscribers with whom you have developed a relationship.  In my travels this week, I have subscribed to List Machine, found some great videos that tell me how to use it, and this great location for assistance in building my list.  Please take advantage of my good fortune and let me share it with you.  Place your name and email in my optin box and you will be given access right away.  Don’t forget to check out their affiliate program as well.

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