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The Greatest Lies Ever Told About Internet Business
By Chris Gustafson in Business
Starting an Internet business can be tough. Especially if you have never owned your own business in the past. Not only that but your family and friends can discourage you from ever starting your business!! They will tell you, that only a few people ever make any money and it is a HUGE waste of time!
Sadly, though they may be half right. Unfortunately, only 2% of the people who ever start an Internet business will make any money whatsoever. The people who do make money online are not any more skilled that us…NO! Instead they were fortunate enough to know the 5 great lies of Starting an Internet business.
1. Starting An Internet Business Is Expensive
An Internet business can actually be started for ZERO cost! That is why this is the very first great lie of Internet business. When you are getting started in your online business you can start with something as cheap and simple as affiliate marketing. Affiliate Marketing cost you nothing to get started, and your only job is to drive traffic to a website that you don’t own. Then once people purchase a product from that affiliate website, through your link, you get a commission. And here’s the best part: There are MANY free ways you can learn about to drive traffic to a website.
2. You Can “Get Rich Quick” With An Internet Business
Many people have a “Get Rich Quick” mentality when they first start their Internet Business. These people think that having their own Internet business is easy and does not require any work. Do not believe this because it is a fools hope.
Often times the people you see who are “overnight successes” on the Internet, have spent months if not years perfecting their business. Very rarely will someone truly be a “overnight success”, and when that does happen, it is almost all luck. So the bottom line here is, your Internet business is exactly that…..a business! Treat it like one, work diligently on it, and never give up. Success takes time.
3. You Must Know HTML, Programming And Graphic Designing In Order To Start Your Business
I have to admit that this is one thing that held me up a little personally. I am NOT a tech savvy web guru by any means. In fact, I could not put together a web page if you held a gun to my head. However, what I found was that there are people who are willing to do this for you…..for cheap!
Sites like Elance, and Odesk are sites where you can hire people to do all of this work for you. And here’s the best part, it’s really cheap! Most of the bidders at Elance and ODesk are from India and will be willing to do the programming work for you, for as little as $6.00 per hour!
4. You Don’t Need To Know How To Sell Anything
Think about the logic in that statement above. It doesn’t make sense. Of course, you need some salesmanship abilities! How on earth do you plan on selling things on the Internet without being able to sell? Now don’t panic, if you don’t currently know how to sell. This is all stuff that can be taught. However, you must go into your Internet business with the knowledge that you will need to learn how to sell.
5. You Don’t Need To “Build A List”
Have you ever heard the phrase “The Money Is In The List”? Building a list is essential to having success with a Internet business. Without a list, you won’t make any money! Building a list is important because it builds your list of people that you can market and sell to! Not only that, but you can sell to the same people multiple times.
The 5 great Internet lies listed above are all things you must know and accept. You have to be smart in order to really achieve success that you could possibly imagine.
Success is like enlightenment. It is a path and not a destination.
Now that you know what the 5 great lies of starting an Internet business are, you will need to know how to actually start your Internet business. If you click on the link below you will be taken to a FREE 5 day course on starting and building your very own Internet business. No catch, just great free information. Click on the link below now!
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5 Responses to “The Greatest Lies Ever Told About Internet Business”
Agree a lot to this. It’s possible to start an internet business with zero costs, yes – but its gonna cost you LOTS of time and the possiblities of doing something wrong is also there if you’re a newbie. Its gonna help you to have some capital to learn the IM busines and eventually outsource some of the time consuming tasks.
Thanks for the nice comment Rick! I appreciate it.
This statement, “Without a list, you won’t make any money!” is simply NOT TRUE. I and many others have info and product site that make money from Adsense, intextual ads and more.
The more accurate statement would be depending on the type of internet business a list is important.
I disagree. A list is always important for making money long term. Having a list is the only way you can “make money on demand” with Internet Marketing.
Basically, having a list is key to succeeding long term on the Internet, and consistently making money.
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