How Do You Handle Internet Marketing’s Obstacles?

Jason Katzenback — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:22:20 +0000

I want to touch a little on the obstacles thrown in our path in this business. It’s amazing but as soon as you think you’re on top of things, something comes out of left field to unsettle you or drag you back into the mire.

Here’s what happened to a good friend of mine recently. He had his main Digg account suspended. His actual page had built to a page rank of three. He had built up a list of hundreds of friends and was becoming an authority in this particular niche. In fact, rarely did he digg something that didn’t receive at least half a dozen comments. Then, with the push of a button, it was gone!

Now a year ago he said he would have probably admitted himself for psychiatric attention because it would have been devastating. It’s funny, today he said he almost didn’t give a s@%*. His reaction was “oh well, it was nice while it lasted but I’ll just open up another account.” And that’s what he did.

The point I’m trying to make is when obstacles are thrown in our path, they will either defeat you or strengthen your resolve. Make sure it’s the latter because if you don’t, success in this business will continue to be a pipedream.

Here’s what most would do and what he would have done 12 months ago. He would have tried to analyze the situation…

- why was my account suspended?
- the shame of it all
- I feel like a criminal
- what did I do wrong?
- what about all the work I put into it?
- what do I do now?

The only question he told me that he asked was the first one and he figured maybe he pushed the boundaries too much. All it takes is one complaint and that’s probably what happened. He didn’t even bother to contact their support to try and get an explanation. But Digg is not my business. It’s just a tool he used to help build and promote it and it doesn’t take long to get back on the horse and start a new account.

This is what a steely resolve is all about. Forget over-analyzing and just push through any hiccup you encounter. And when social media sites are concerned, don’t let an account suspension unsettle you and throw you off course. They are free which means they are dispensable and each time you have an account closed, learn something from it which is usually how far you can push the limits.

So can you relate?

5 Tips All Newbie Internet Marketers Must Know

Jason Katzenback — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:19:08 +0000

When starting out in internet marketing you are pulled in so many different directions you don’t know whether your coming or going, you just wish somebody would sit you down and explain the Internet Marketing facts of life to you. Well I don’t have time for that in this article but I will give you 5 tips I wish somebody would have forced down my throat when starting out.

1. You don’t need to be on every Internet Marketers list!

This is one I have really only recently forced myself to learn I suppose we think by being on every internet marketers “ezine” list we are going to get the inside track or as most of us tell ourselves keep our eye on the competition but in reality you only end up spending half the day going through email after email of people selling to you. Now its good to expose yourself to the way other internet marketers do things and you can find out about some great resources and products but you must limit this otherwise you are wasting valuable time that you should be spending on YOUR business. To combat this I give the person who’s email list I have joined 5 emails if you try and sell me without giving me any content in every email I unsubscribe simple!

2. No product has the secret to make you rich overnight!

This one was a real problem for me, I suffered from get rich quick mentality so I was leaving myself wide open to any product that promised to make me rich in the shortest possible time. I am sure that is why many of us were attracted to internet marketing in the first place. There is NO product that will make you achieve success overnight or even in your lifetime. It all depends on whether you have enough will to succeed and persistence to keep trying.

3. The best way to learn is by doing it yourself!

It’s great learning from other people’s experience however until you get your hands dirty and work things out for yourself, what worked for someone else will not necessarily work for you only then will you truly understand how to replicate your success and make your own blueprint.

4. Don’t waste valuable time freebie hunting!

Many of us start out trying to find everything for free due to limited budgets, tight ass ways etc. You must realise nobody is going to share every tactic and tip with you especially not for free. Buying products will give you the shortest learning curve, the rest you will work out for yourself with experience and testing.

5. Work on one project and ONE project only!

When intenet marketing really starts to click in your head you start coming up with all sorts of ideas, this can be fatal because you will jump from one project to another without actually getting any live. For your first project make sure you concentrate on it 100% once you become an internet marketing whizzkid only then can you start getting your fingers in all sorts of pies.

I hope you enjoyed this article and have gained some knowledge that will help you on your journey to success.

Pete Moore

Pete Moore gives straight talking Internet Marketing advice on his Zero BS Marketing Blog, he also runs a Blog Building Service for non technical internet marketers.

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How Do You Handle Internet Marketing’s Obstacles?

5 Tips All Newbie Internet Marketers Must Know