There are a lot of gurus (experts) who would like you to think
you can get rich quick selling products or information on
the Internet – if you just buy their advice.. For example,
I get a newsletter every week from one expert who constantly
showcases the success of a client of his who made $1,500
his first month.
However, I have noticed that this success story is always
the same person and the same $1,500. I have also received
countless ezines (electronic newsletters) from other Internet
gurus who promise to help me get rich quick.
Some people do get rich quick
I do believe there are certain people who do just this – either
because they managed to find an incredibly profitable niche
or because they had a really desirable and unique product.
However, I am equally sure that these people are in a small
minority. I also believe that many of these experts never
really sold anything successfully on the Internet besides
maybe their how-to information about selling on the Internet.
You can make money on the Internet but it's more like get
rich slow. It just takes time to build a good mailing list.
It just takes time to create an ezine that people will read
and respond to. It just takes time to find a profitable market
niche. And it just takes time to learn how to write great
sell copy.
An example from my own life
Here's an example from my own life. I have tried selling
on eBay. I have tried selling on eBay on a drop-ship basis.
I have had a one-page web site selling information. I have
written and distributed an ezine. And you know what? None
of this worked because my expectation was that I would be “getting
rich quick.”
Today, I am working with one company whose mascot is a tortoise.
This company understands that it takes time and patience
to build a successful Internet business. They teach that
to have a successful web site, you must have traffic and
that you cannot build great traffic overnight. I have followed
their advice to the letter. My web site is attracting more
visitors and more page views every month. I actually have
one keyword that is ranked #1 by Google. I'm not making much
money yet but believe that I will be by March or April of
next year.
So, I won't be getting rich quick – despite what many
of those Internet gurus want you to believe – but I
just might get rich slow.
Here's something you can depend on to be true. There's a
new technology called HD Radio that enables AM and FM radio
stations to broadcast their programs digitally. This is a
tremendous technological leap from today's familiar analog
broadcasts. These digital broadcasts provide listeners with
radically improved audio quality, more radio channels through
multicasting, and new data services. To learn more about
this amazing new technology, just go my Web site, http://www.hd-radio-home.com,
to get all the buzz.
Douglas Hanna is a retired marketing executive and the author
of numerous articles on HD radio, Internet marketing and
family finances.
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