You are probably one of the many who is looking at the Internet to make money. I’m sure you’ve seen or been told that your chances are slim. Most people find it’s quoted statistically a 98% failure rate. So when you come across those programs which more or less guarantee your success you feel confident enough to part with your money rather than start a business of your own. There is also a perception that you’ll make huge money in months if not days on the Internet. I don’t believe that! Like any business, it takes time to get established, to get your name known and gain confidence with your potential customers.

My conclusion is formed from over three years of trying and that’s not long to turn failure into success on the Internet according to some. Many of those that make it without a manufacturing business of some kind have discovered a trick along the way to get success and despite what the site owner might say to you he will guard that knowledge with his life because after all it is his income source. If everybody knows how to do what he does then he no longer has a competitive edge, that to me is obvious so it’s unlikely he would divulge that knowledge for any amount of money.

Many people who are successful usually have something unique to offer. There are ladies making a fortune out of making and selling bikinis, there are people selling their own cosmetics or potions of some kind and there are those who are clever at selling other people’s products which you probably know is called affiliate marketing.

Look a little deeper at the people who have achieved an Internet business success and you will see the hours of dedication they have put in to make their dream come true. Its just like any other business if you want it to succeed, you have to work at it. It doesn’t just happen by chance.

Some entrepreneurs are clever in their marketing to you and by listening to their videos it appears they really offer something unique which you feel if you had access to you too would soon be making millions. I signed up for one of those recently. Yes, I admit the marketing was clever and the ideas for money making sounded quite unique to me. I had my doubts earlier and looked at the site several times before deciding to sign up. Even after I decided to give it a go the doubts came back when I found there were two options of payment offered and only one of them worked, that was the one which only allowed you to pay them with your credit card. I hesitated for a while before finishing the transaction.

Having been given a login using my email address in both boxes and I was able to bypass another offer of additional mentoring at a price of course before entering the main page. Now I was able to download several videos which explained to me how to make money getting others to this website to make a sign up. I didn’t like that; I would not recommend anyone buy something without in depth knowledge of what I was trying to sell to them first. The next thing that annoyed me was I logged in on the next occasion having given myself a new login password and I found myself stuck on the login page with a link to the additional features for sale. This meant I couldn’t access the main website pages with the other information about their specially money making marketing schemes. I saw this arrangement as holding me to ransom. To put it more succinctly, if I wanted to know more I had to pay more. I won’t succumb to that sort of behavior so I left the sight for good, fortunately with a refund which I didn’t expect.

I would be interested to know if you’ve had any encounters with any funny membership websites.

Well this is the New Year and I’m full of resolutions just like this lady.

http://www.themarketingalchemy.com/2009-a-really-sad-year-for-you/

Only I hope my resolutions are more sincere!

Firstly, I wanted to talk about dinosaurs. I always thought dinosaurs were substantially green and grey in colour but I discovered that was a mistake when I visited my computer man. One look at my computer he announced with ridicule, you have a white one, you have a dinosaur. Did you know the colour of your computer was so important? He didn’t actually specify which particular species of dinosaur it was because I have little knowledge of the prehistoric kind so there was no point in my guessing but he did emphasize that he knew it belonged in that category because of its colour. “I see”, I answered, “So if I have to have a green one instead, will that work better?” He smiled from ear to ear, well almost, because in his case his mouth wasn’t quite wide enough but he emphasised the modern colour is black.  Why hadn’t someone told me that before I wondered? The colour had never been a consideration for me before. I receive hundreds of emails from all sorts of guru’s everyday giving advice on how to run an Internet business but no one had ever mention the importance of the colour of the case and no one had ever told me my problem with the lack of my money making ability was because my computer was white! I obviously was not going to argue at this startling revelation because now he was offering me a new one for only $800 he told me which was all I needed to make a million bucks in 2009 on the Internet so the investment to achieve that was minimal. What could I say but YES! When can I have it?

I usually have a little tease with the man before I pay him but because he’d set me on the road to huge riches this year I found the money quickly and paid him within two days then I noticed a small problem with the machine. I rang him on the following Monday morning to ask for his advice and was told he’d passed away the night before. I was flabbergasted. I been trying to persuade him to give those white paper tubes filled with dead leaves for years but although he had made some effort I don’t think he completely succeeded. I guess his lungs were not in good shape to withstand the pneumonia that caused his demise. How sad. What was I going to do now with my three year warranty because he was a one man band?

By the way, what colour is your computer?