ONLINE BUSINESS: Frustration to failure

Frustration!!  It is the cause of so many failures when it comes to working online from home.  Why? Well, first, most folks that want to work online have this idea that if I can just find that one perfect product to market they will have it made.  You need to resolve yourself to the fact that it doesn't exist. We go online with our product or service and post it in a blog or traffic site and expect the impossible.  Generally, folks mistakenly think that everyone that sees there post are going to look at

the product and hopefully buy.  Part two of that equation is that we all get excited when we see 50, 75 or even a 100 visits to our site.  The truth is, you need a thousand times that to make a sale.  This is where the frustration starts to poor in.  Up to this point you have probably put in a great amount of time searching for a product, setting up a blog or web site and posting.  When you don't get that immediate return on that investment of time you begin to feel down.  You start wanting to add new products, start searching to the latest "guru" system to make you rich, etc.

I am here to tell you that starting a business online is like starting any brick and mortar business.  It takes time, effort, dedication and patience.  Schedule the time you are going to put into it.  Like everything else, you can burn yourself out.  And, having unrealistic expectations adds to that burn out.  Avoid the "make $10,000 a day" scams, they aren't real.  The advice for a successful online business is everywhere, but, the real advice is free.  You just have to dig for it.

Take the time to study.  Understand the market for your product.  Who uses it?  Where can you find those people?  How do you reach them?  Do you understand how to drive traffic?  What is traffic? Should you use a paid ad program?  There is a lot to learn to be successful online.  So don't, I repeat don't quit your day job!  And if you are in the unfortunate situation of being unemployed or just can't make the bills with your current job; I would consider finding a new job or a second job while you get the online business off the ground.  Yes, that is a lot of work.  But, nothing about business online or off come easy.  There are a lot resources out there.  Don't be afraid to ask question of people that are already having success.  Most are willing to share.

If you are looking for an organization to be part of as a business, there are many.  You can find a couple of examples in the right column of this blog under links if you would like to see what I am talking about.

If you have questions for me just leave a comment or shoot me an email using the contact box on this site.  I wish you the best of luck and would love to help along your way.