Many people have an aversion to 'clocking in' to work everyday and this is one of the main reasons why people decide to start up their own online business. Plus the fact that they don't want to have a boss constantly telling them what they can and can't do every day.
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.
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!
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.
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?
The things they could have learned in that course could have made them thousands of dollars, and yet they baulked at the idea of spending a couple of hundred dollars to pay for the course, just so they could 'save' money. How much money has that 'saving' really cost them?
Another really ridiculous thing I've heard many many times is that a marketer didn't buy some software that would have saved him hours of manual work simply because it cost too much and maybe it wouldn't even work properly.
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.
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!
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.
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?
The things they could have learned in that course could have made them thousands of dollars, and yet they baulked at the idea of spending a couple of hundred dollars to pay for the course, just so they could 'save' money. How much money has that 'saving' really cost them?
Another really ridiculous thing I've heard many many times is that a marketer didn't buy some software that would have saved him hours of manual work simply because it cost too much and maybe it wouldn't even work properly.
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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