08.08.06
Bitten by the Internet Bug
A lot of work goes into getting your online career off to a good start.
Once you’re bitten by the internet bug, it starts a Domino Effect that begins with you looking into the generalities of how to get started.
That leads to more specific questions you have on a variety of subjects:
Hosting, auto-responders, scripts, product creation, etc…
You may have looked into the net as a viable option to supplement your Christmas or birthday funds, or possibly as a method to add to your bottom line for your retirement nest egg.
Either way, you’ve probably found that the Domino Effect escalates into a full-blown avalanche of information that you’re supposed to make heads and tails of.
And that’s just for starters.
As a writer, my primary desire is to communicate with you the idea that you have your own talents and gifts, often hidden, that once found and unlocked can allow you to reach for your own brass ring, whether offline or on this merry-go-net.
Finding that talent isn’t always as straight-forward as it could be. The very best thing that you can do for yourself is to grab yourself by the scruff of your mind and focus on what your talents are.
As I said before, your talents can seem hidden. They may come so naturally to you that you might not even realize they are talents.
If that’s your case, sit down with someone your trust to give honest feedback to you, about you. They will likely have insights about you that you’re too close to and don’t see.
Once you’ve gotten a better picture of your talent (or talents) firmly planted in your mind, brainstorm ways you can use that talent(s) to help others that don’t happen to have it/them.
When I sat myself down for that little chat, I came to a tough decision.
I love to write to and for people, but there are so many out there, and only so many hours in a day, that I simply don’t have the time.
As much as I don’t care for “canned” presentations, I found myself in the situation where if I was going to do what I was passionate about (writing), then I had to automate some parts of my business so that the automatic part was generating income which in turn freed me up to write for you.
It took me longer than it should have to realize that (he said a little embarrassed), but one thing is a certainty, no matter how many hours you apply each day to learning this business, you can’t learn it all.
No one can.
So no matter where you start, affiliate programs, Adsense, Adwords, your own product, whatever, pick something small, study it, implement it, get it earning for you, and then duplicate it.
The duplication process is essentially the same as outsourcing. Once you’ve gotten your system earning for you, use some of the proceeds to implement other methods of outsourcing.
It could be hiring someone to take over your webmaster duties, or a ghostwriter to handle copy for you.
No matter what it is, your primary goal should be to clear up as much time for that CEO inside of you to do what she’s good at, not just what she has to do.
For an example of what I mean by a duplicatable process, a really good one, already packaged up and ready to go awaits you at:
