It is common for people to say that the main reason they want their own online business is so that they won't have a boss telling them what to do and when to do it. They often mention the fact that they don't want to have to 'clock in' every day.
Because they won't have a boss peering over their shoulder telling them what to do, they will be able to work when, and if, they want to.
How wrong they are! Well, if they intend to be successful they are wrong, otherwise they are destined to fail. The reality is that when you work for yourself YOU are the boss and you need to be a strict one.
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.
You MUST set up a working schedule for yourself. You must adhere to that schedule and you had best remember that quitting time is when you get through and not precisely eight hours after you went to work.
Your time IS your own to manage. You must supply your own discipline. You are still accountable to someone. You are accountable to YOU!
My next point is this, Guesswork and Becoming "Cheap" is NOT Smart. Being thrifty is a good thing but there is a huge difference between being thrifty and just being cheap. You need to remember that in the Internet marketing game the objective is not to keep the money you have. The objective is to make more money than you have.
I'm sure you have heard the saying, "You have to spend money to make money"? It's a statement that has been tested countless times by those who have trodden this path before you. And it has proven itself to be true time and time again. You can't be so afraid of spending a few dollars that you prevent yourself from making money.
Of all the daft things I've heard in my time it is the people that refuse to pay for marketing courses because they want to save money that really get under my skin. Do they really think that they can do well if they don't spend a little to educate themselves?
There are doubtless several things in that marketing course that would have enabled them to make their money back several times over, whether it was through learning how to streamline their business, thereby saving them many hours of work, or by discovering a new way in which to generate sales. Either way being 'cheap' has cost them dearly.
Another really dumb thing that I have heard a marketer say is that he didn't buy a piece of software that could save him a lot of time because it just cost too much and maybe all the 'bugs' aren't worked out.
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.
Because they won't have a boss peering over their shoulder telling them what to do, they will be able to work when, and if, they want to.
How wrong they are! Well, if they intend to be successful they are wrong, otherwise they are destined to fail. The reality is that when you work for yourself YOU are the boss and you need to be a strict one.
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.
You MUST set up a working schedule for yourself. You must adhere to that schedule and you had best remember that quitting time is when you get through and not precisely eight hours after you went to work.
Your time IS your own to manage. You must supply your own discipline. You are still accountable to someone. You are accountable to YOU!
My next point is this, Guesswork and Becoming "Cheap" is NOT Smart. Being thrifty is a good thing but there is a huge difference between being thrifty and just being cheap. You need to remember that in the Internet marketing game the objective is not to keep the money you have. The objective is to make more money than you have.
I'm sure you have heard the saying, "You have to spend money to make money"? It's a statement that has been tested countless times by those who have trodden this path before you. And it has proven itself to be true time and time again. You can't be so afraid of spending a few dollars that you prevent yourself from making money.
Of all the daft things I've heard in my time it is the people that refuse to pay for marketing courses because they want to save money that really get under my skin. Do they really think that they can do well if they don't spend a little to educate themselves?
There are doubtless several things in that marketing course that would have enabled them to make their money back several times over, whether it was through learning how to streamline their business, thereby saving them many hours of work, or by discovering a new way in which to generate sales. Either way being 'cheap' has cost them dearly.
Another really dumb thing that I have heard a marketer say is that he didn't buy a piece of software that could save him a lot of time because it just cost too much and maybe all the 'bugs' aren't worked out.
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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