The self development you may require to create the self image that is to sustain any success is not for sale either. Although many will pay for it. I did. It’s just a big fat money making racket.
Prior to me coming back to this industry after 17 years I was a New Construction Realtor. I loved my work. Before that I was a Partylite Consultant for 6 years. I never made it BIG in my first home based business as I was told I could. I ended going back to the work force. I had record high sales on our team, I built a team of my own, I was earning money from others efforts, When you give more give value you get more get value. I gave these gals all I knew. It’s was fun we all had our dreams. I earned cruises and trips. And so did all my girls. I went to those ra ra conventions where the same handful of top income earners were parading the stage as if they were rare diamonds while the multitudes sat out in our seats wondering “what do they know that we don’t”? I was asked to present one year at our convention, word got out that I learned to wow my customers with my presentations.
Go figure, This went against what they taught. Don’t show the work- show the fun, tell them how easy it is. ”Make” it look easy. Truth? Not everyone wants a new jersey home based business. So I compensated with show stopping presentations and sold more product = BIG checks. I was not about to try and convince anyone they should build their own home based business. Do you like when someone tries to convince you? I was not about to tell anyone how much money they can make and how easy it was when I knew I was struggling.
The sad truth about it all was as it is today, there was a lack of training and or sharing.
So, like weight lose, one plateus. I couldn’t get past where I was.
This industry has been promising how easy it is, anyone can do it, become financially free bla bla bla, forever. It’s actually a get rich quick scam. The top earners teach others to go out and promise it as well. Most can’t do it because they know it isn’t true…Hence you are left with the money mongers, thugs and the slick marketers calling themselves Gurus.
Do you know what the word Guru means? It means “Remover of Darkness” Could you be anymore in tha dark in an industry that promised you get rich quick, easy, anyone can do it?
Let this Guru turn on the lights!
These are, in order, the only ways to make money online:
1. Selling a Product or Service
2. Advertising Revenues via Contextual Ads (Google Adsense is the biggest in the market), domain redirection is considered contextual. ( more on this in another video)
3. Affiliate Marketing (includes home based businesses – Amazon the biggest in this market)
4. Direct Advertising Sales — banners, links, articles, for $$ — different than #2 since these folks sell the space, and are not paid on sales – they are paid on the space whether you make sales or not – too bad for you.)
5. Subscription based websites — yes some folks pay $78 a month for what … quality information, this includes pay per usage (movies) or pay per download (itunes)
6. Donations – used to be bigger but it is still huge; I provide free information and ask you do donate to my cause – or ask you to buy me something (a book or a car) if what I have given you is valuable to you.
… the bottom line is that these are the only six ways a website can make money – PERIOD!
The idea that a subscription site that sells information (self help or Internet Marketing) can charge folks for quality expert information is a little silly. The quality information is all out there for free – you just have to know how to find it. You must learn to be in tune with keyword based search activity. If you know what you are looking for you will find it for FREE – guaranteed.
So then the question is why do people charge for it? Well in simple terms the untrained mind is willing to pay for this information. ”The trained mind knows that every transaction must benefit every person who is in any way connected with the transaction, and any attempt to profit by the weakness, ignorance, or necessity of another will inevitably operate to his disadvantage!” This is exactly what all the network marketing people do. They paint a beautiful picture, add shiny objects, then profit by the weakness of the other person.
There is NO GET RICH QUICK.. you must train your mind in marketing and computer skills. I’m talking to the internet marketer here. If you are serious about building a business and take the time to learn about utilizing the computer and take more time out of your day to READ WHAT THE SUCCESSFUL DO and then just take on the situation and not the torment you will eventually learn what it really takes and you will stop with the silliness that this can be get rich quick. There is no such thing. UNLESS of course you buy a lottery ticket and win, we know your odds of winning are like a trillion to one and so we are back to THERE IS NO GET RICH QUICK.
This require some grunt work. Forget about all you have heard so far. This will not happen over night. Don’t tell me you don’t have time because you need money now, go get a job while you work this out, folks, I work 12 hours days (most days) in corporate america and I still make time. And don’t tell me you can’t build your own web site because you can. Conceive, believe and succeed. If you want to build you WILL.
No matter what company you are with, OR what product you are trying to sell and/ or promote this information rings true. Learn the computer skills to get YOUR website, that YOU build to be seen. It’s not as hard as some want you to believe and trust me on this one, You don’t need the shiny objects that will make it all so easy if no one can find your web site.
Go ahead keep using the companies webites that every other distributor is using. Keep outsourcing and pay to have some else to do what you certainly can do. What will you do if the company goes away as so many do or your outsource “know it all” decides to switch gears? You are smart, start using your smarts. Learn to become self sufficient.
This is business and it must be treated as such. There is no home based business get rich quick plan to take you from almost broke to living the dream in 60 days. You know it, I know it. Just ask anyone you may know in 60 days who happened to have purchased the super, spectacular get rich quick deal of 2010.. You know The Elevation Group Membership and or the entire ball of wax package how rich they are in 60 days. And I don’t mean the Top Dogs who were selling it, of course they made money that was the reason behind the entire launch.
Is that your idea of being successful ? Love money..Use People..
Heck the top dogs out there went years before they figured how to scam folks by putting a pretty bow on it. Mike Dillard said it took him 5 years, I know others who shared it was 8, 11 years before they finally got it. And what they got was slick ways to use you to build THEIR business. Yes, they learned how to distract you using shiny objects and the promise of a quick buck!
Peace,
joann@iamjoann.com





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Priceless. Tell it like it is Jo.
Ernesto,
It’s the only thing to do buddy.
Have i told you lately your videos Rock!
Yeah Go JoAnn
Hey JoAnn, I’ve missed hearing from you. I like what I see so far and I’d like to know more so where do I do that? You’re so dang cute and extremely real that I trust you have set up something powerful for us to learn from. Keep in touch and God Bless
Kay
Hey Ray,
So nice of you to stop by, are you spying on me?
So, you like this post well hang in there is more where that came from..
Lots more.
Peace brother
Hi Kay,
I was just thinking of you over the weekend!
Thank you for your kind words, they are heartfelt!
Kay I have been working on lots of stuff and I am not ready to
unveil anything right now. It’s been a work in progress and it’s not all
websites, FB, Twitter and such.
All things in their own season.
I hope this finds you and your’s well! Keep poking around and stay in touch..I’ll be back
JoAnn