Just Starting Out Trying to Make Money Online? Drop The Lottery Ticket Mentality

Dec 14
19:33

2008

Adam Raley

Adam Raley

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Consistent daily action is the only way to achieve success.

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Timing isn't everything when you are trying to make money online.  Of course,Just Starting Out Trying to Make Money Online? Drop The Lottery Ticket Mentality Articles it plays a role and if I didn't acknowledge that fact, I would be misleading you.

The problem lies in the mentality that you can make a lot of money online solely by being in the right place at the right time.  The reality is, success is achieved through consistent daily action.  That means whether you are having a good day or a bad one, you are succeeding or failing, you continue to work on your business
every day.

If you run around joining every opportunity you can find, especially the "pre-launches", chances are the only thing that will happen is you will lose your money. Pre-launches are brand new opportunities that are trying to create a buzz and build a list of people that will join the business just by offering the ability to be one of the first to join.

For the most part, pre-launches are trying to appeal to a basic instinct that if you don't join now, you will miss out on something great.  Essentially, it is nothing more than a sales tactic. 

To be successful, especially when you are just starting out trying to make money online, you must choose only one or two businesses and focus just on promoting those businesses. You need to almost put on blinders to other opportunities or you will inevitably get sucked in by alluring sales copy that promise the world and instant success.

Realize that sales copy is designed to make you feel like you NEED to join this or buy that or you are missing out.  It is meant to pull at your emotions.

All businesses essentially work the same.  You need to direct traffic to your site, which creates leads and then you need to work those leads and a certain small percentage of your leads will join your business. 

What is my point?  If you aren't able to make your current business work, then you probably won't be able to make the new, shiny, flashy biz work either.

The bottom line is the grass will ALWAYS look greener on the other side, but that doesn't mean that it actually is.

So where does timing come into play?  With hard work, experience, an acquired sense of judgment and failing many times BEFORE you are in the right place at the right time. Over time, you may gain an innate sense about new opportunities, but this only comes with experience and must be learned over time.