Here is a snippet of an e-mail I got today.
……”I was looking at your website and it looks great.
I have to ask man…do you have any recommendations for a internet marketing ‘starter’? I’m sure you get asked that alot but I really really want to do something online, just a little lost on direction.
Any advice would be sooo helpful…….”
Here is a copy of my e-mail response to him. I realized he’s right, and this is what I generally tell folks that ask me where to get started.
“Hi [removed],
I’m sure it might sound evasive, but you’ll need to find something that fits your personality and resources. There are infinite ways to make money online. Also, by resources I mean not only money but skills and time, etc. By personality I’m thinking risk tolerance and interests.
Digitalpoint forums and Warrior forum are good resources for beginners. Abestweb is nice. Blackhatworld is good too. Wickedfire forum is pretty harsh. If you go there, only lurk for several weeks. They tend to be hard on newbies.
I would advise you to keep your money and avoid buying e-books, etc. All the information you can buy is available for free elsewhere. When I was getting started, I stumbled upon something that let me make enough to scrape by and spent about 3 months reading Digitalpoint forums. Like 14 hours per day….7 days per week. Now, I spend almost no time in forums. I just do the shit I know how to do to make money. But if my shit quits working, I go back to the forums.
Good luck bro!
Danger
P.S. When you’re ready to start building money making websites, get some good hosting and sign up for some affiliate networks.”
Now, I’m sure he just wanted me to tell him to do exactly this and that and cash in, but I’ve come to believe advice like that isn’t really practical. You gotta find something that fits you, that you will enjoy doing. Also, the internet is ever-changing and to be successful long-term requires broad enough knowledge that you can reinvent your business models often.
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Danger,
I would suggest your reader take a look at this regarding Warrior Forum.
http://finchsells.com/2009/08/12/is-the-warrior-forum-a-pyramid-scheme/
Yeah Chris you bring up a good point. Like I said, there is no reason to spend any money on any sort of Ebook…..especially the stuff folks are slinging at Warrior forum.
I haven’t ever spent any time there. Possibly 1 hour in the last 5 years. I did have a friend who learned the basics about SEO there. So I think it has a place for beginners.
Same thing with most of the forums, blogs, and anything else regarding making money online…… They are full of people trying to sell you something. Instead of buying their stuff, you should emulate what you see them doing. That’s why I built this little blog.
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