SUMMARY:  Do your own thing and then, once that is established with web advertising and search engine recognition, look to other people's products to supplement what your own pulls in for you.

Putting That Making Money Online Thing In Perspective

By Theresa Cahill
Copyright 2007 - All rights reserved


Where is your head, heart, and expectations when it comes to trying your hand at making money online? Are you one of the millions of many willing to believe just about anything - or are you someone who is willing to go the long haul to accomplish your goals?

Granted this may not be the way things go for you online, but more often than not (and if not, hats off to you) the reality is that the overnight sensation the guru online would like you to believe is false.

Take a look at this. It is just a portion of an email I received this morning from a very well known internet marketer (a guy making the really big bucks):

He wrote:

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P.S. It took me a total of
7 years and $91,587.13 to get
the same 'ticket' you now hold
in your hands.

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And from the sales letter web page, right at the top he states:

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Just 7 years ago, I was right
there in your shoes.

I had spent over $25,000 of my
college funds on Internet Marketing
'stuff', and I had absolutely
nothing to show for it except
a $34.95 check.

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This is NOT a plug or endorsement for his product, the purpose is to show you that Rome was not, and still is not, built in a day. Or even a week. Or a month. Or sometimes a single year.

7 years - an investment in time, money, creativity, money, time, money, research, education, networking, time, money.

Now he is in position. Now he will be the one to make the big bucks. Yes, the idea he is selling is that by buying into his, you also can make it big riding on his coat tails.

But will you?

Maybe.

The point to this article isn't that there is a sucker born every minute; instead, it is to reinforce the concept that to make money online, to "make it big," you also must be willing to put in the time and money required to achieve similar success.

Will it come from buying into someone else's something? Maybe. But you should make note that he developed his own thing - and as he shares that with you, he's going to rake in the big bucks.

Do your own thing and then, once that is established with web advertising and search engine recognition, look to other people's products to supplement what your own pulls in for you.

A good friend of mine recently told me that her internet marketing teacher states if you are not willing to give your efforts online at least one year - while you build your web site's potential - then you do not belong online (or in her class). Yes, a completely unknown outside source validating what we all should know to be true.

Patience, education, time, money, creativity, drive, determination, motivation, and a strong desire to succeed.

Is your sense of virtual reality's timeframe and money-making capabilities a bit askew?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Theresa Cahill, owner of My Wizard Adsand co-owner of Molten Marketing encourages you to arm yourself with the right money making web site advertising, internet marketing, and tools. Visit today.