I have heard people say that they want to start their own internet business so that they won't have a boss that tells them what to do and when to do it. These people say that they don't want to have to 'punch' a clock.
They will work when they want to and IF they want to because they won't have a boss telling them what to do.
Wrong wrong wrong! In order to be successful working for themselves they need to realize that they ARE the boss and unless they plan on failing they need to be quite possibly more demanding than their previous boss in their old job.
You might no longer have a 9 to 5 job but you certainly have to spend a good number of hours working on your business. Since you're the boss now, you need to ensure that you spend enough time working on your business and ensure that that time is spent productively.
Your old boss might have overlooked your being 10 minutes late getting back from lunch but you will need to be a lot tougher on yourself if you are to ever succeed at any internet business and you better forget about that old forty-hour week, too.
The online marketing scene is hard! Don't for one instant believe the adverts that promise you bucket loads of cash whilst only working part time each month. It simply is not true.
It is vitally important that you create a work timetable for yourself. You must be strict with yourself and remember that the time you finish is not determined by the clock but rather by when you complete whatever task you have set yourself.
Your time IS your own to manage. You must supply your own discipline. You are still accountable to someone. You are accountable to YOU!
There is another point I would like to make and it is this: Guesswork and Becoming 'Cheap' is NOT Smart. Looking after your budget is a wise thing to do but in the internet marketing game you need to spend some money. Your focus should not be on holding on to every penny you have but rather to make more money than you spend.
Have you ever heard the adage, "You have to spend money to make money"? It is a true statement that has come about through the experience of those who have gone before you. You can't be so afraid of spending a few dollars that you prevent yourself from making money.
I have heard otherwise very intelligent people say that they didn't take a marketing course that had been offered because it was 'over-priced'. Now there is a dumb statement if I have ever heard one.
What they could have learned in that marketing course would make them many times over the cost of the marketing course. They 'saved' a couple of hundred dollars and prevented themselves from making many thousands of dollars by being cheap. They were certainly 'thrifty'!
Right up there with stupid things I have heard are those people that say they won't buy a piece of software that will save them many hours of manual labor because they feel it cost too much and that maybe all the bugs aren't worked out of it yet.
What kind of thinking is that?
Would you keep cutting grass with an old fashioned push mower rather than buying a power mower because it cost too much and it might have a problem?
Here is the thing that you need to remember: Being thrifty is not a crime.
Being dumb isn't a crime either.
If you really want to be a successful internet marketer, you have to be willing to invest in your own knowledge and provide the tools for yourself that makes success possible.
They will work when they want to and IF they want to because they won't have a boss telling them what to do.
Wrong wrong wrong! In order to be successful working for themselves they need to realize that they ARE the boss and unless they plan on failing they need to be quite possibly more demanding than their previous boss in their old job.
You might no longer have a 9 to 5 job but you certainly have to spend a good number of hours working on your business. Since you're the boss now, you need to ensure that you spend enough time working on your business and ensure that that time is spent productively.
Your old boss might have overlooked your being 10 minutes late getting back from lunch but you will need to be a lot tougher on yourself if you are to ever succeed at any internet business and you better forget about that old forty-hour week, too.
The online marketing scene is hard! Don't for one instant believe the adverts that promise you bucket loads of cash whilst only working part time each month. It simply is not true.
It is vitally important that you create a work timetable for yourself. You must be strict with yourself and remember that the time you finish is not determined by the clock but rather by when you complete whatever task you have set yourself.
Your time IS your own to manage. You must supply your own discipline. You are still accountable to someone. You are accountable to YOU!
There is another point I would like to make and it is this: Guesswork and Becoming 'Cheap' is NOT Smart. Looking after your budget is a wise thing to do but in the internet marketing game you need to spend some money. Your focus should not be on holding on to every penny you have but rather to make more money than you spend.
Have you ever heard the adage, "You have to spend money to make money"? It is a true statement that has come about through the experience of those who have gone before you. You can't be so afraid of spending a few dollars that you prevent yourself from making money.
I have heard otherwise very intelligent people say that they didn't take a marketing course that had been offered because it was 'over-priced'. Now there is a dumb statement if I have ever heard one.
What they could have learned in that marketing course would make them many times over the cost of the marketing course. They 'saved' a couple of hundred dollars and prevented themselves from making many thousands of dollars by being cheap. They were certainly 'thrifty'!
Right up there with stupid things I have heard are those people that say they won't buy a piece of software that will save them many hours of manual labor because they feel it cost too much and that maybe all the bugs aren't worked out of it yet.
What kind of thinking is that?
Would you keep cutting grass with an old fashioned push mower rather than buying a power mower because it cost too much and it might have a problem?
Here is the thing that you need to remember: Being thrifty is not a crime.
Being dumb isn't a crime either.
If you really want to be a successful internet marketer, you have to be willing to invest in your own knowledge and provide the tools for yourself that makes success possible.
About the Author:
Alan is a party wall surveyor with a firm of party wall surveyors. He is also responsible for the online marketing of his firm's website.
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