As an Internet and Affiliate Marketer, when people sign up to any of my lists, I like to learn more about them, what their goals are, and if I can help them in any way.
Below are a couple of questions I am starting to ask them, and there answers could lead to a more rewarding presence online.
Question One
Have You Made More Than $50 In The Past 30 Days Online?
Question Two
Have You Spent More Than 50 Hours Working Online Posting Ads etc In The Past 30 Days (on average, about 1.5 hours per day)?
Question Three
Are You Satisfied With Your Return On Investment To Date (remember, Time is also an investment)?
Question Four
Would You Like To Increase Your Earnings Online?
If you answered NO to either of Questions One or Three, then more than likely your answered YES to Question Four.
And if you answered YES to Question Two, and NO to Question One, then you DEFINITELY SHOULD HAVE answered NO to Question Three and YES to Question Four.
Why?? Because if you are spending a lot of time (and remember, time IS money!!) posting Solo Ads, Social Ads (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc), or any other type of advertising, but aren’t earning any money (or very little money), then you are probably wasting your valuable time online!!
Sorry, but that is just a simple fact. And believe me, you definitely aren’t alone if this is the case.
On the other hand though, if you answered YES to Questions One, Two and Three, then you are obviously doing something right, and I congratulate you for that (because 95% of online and affiliate marketers FAIL!!, and that is a highly publicised fact!!). And if you did answer YES to Questions One, Two and Three, did you also answer YES to Question Four?
Because you SHOULD HAVE!! As internet and affiliate marketers we should NEVER be satisified, we should all be pushing ourselves to higher (ethical) earnings, refining our processes, finding new products and new markets. And believe me, there are new products created and made available for affiliate marketers EVERY DAY, and now (more than ever) there are ever-increasing markets, people wanting to earn online, and you can promote to them.
So I am sure you see what I am getting at here. If you aren’t at least getting some kind of return for your investment (time and money), then you need to either:
1. Refine your processes
2. Find new products to market
3. Find new markets to promote those products to
4. All of the above, or
5. GET OUT, YOU ARE WASTING YOUR VALUABLE TIME AND EFFORTS!!
Sorry, but I like to be open and honest with my list members…
And why am I asking/telling you all this?
Because that was me only just a couple of years ago. I was spending countless hours and dollars but getting nothing (or very little) in return. I chased all the latest shiny objects, bought into the get-rich-quick schemes, and listened to far too many online Gurus who promised me the world, but in fact just took my money and gave me nothing!!
Luckily I am through all that now, my several years online has taught me many things, and finally I am receiving the earnings that reflect my time, money and effort. But trust me, I am still not satisified, there is ALWAYS MORE TO DO and MORE MONEY TO BE EARNED…
As a Traffic Exchange owner (I have 5), I am always trying to help my members not only get started online, but give them the tools and resources to keep them on the right track, without wasting all their money on sh*# products they don’t need (like all the ones I bought??), and I am constantly offering my members bonuses in the way of free solo ads or advertising credits.
Why? Because not only do I want them to remain active members of my sites, but I genuinely WANT THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL!! That is why we are all online, RIGHT?
But what is the point of trying to make it online if you are simply throwing good money away after bad? That just doesn’t make any financial sense, and is a recipe for disaster!!
So how does one get started? As the owner of Traffic Exchanges, obviously I am biased towards these, but I used many other TE’s well before I actually bought my own, so I do know that they work. There is a FREE option with nearly all Traffic Exchanges and Mailers these days, you simply have to read other members emails in order to bank ‘advertising credits’, which you then use to send out your own ads.
Solo Ads, in my mind, is the most cost-effective advertising medium available to beginners, even at the FREE level. If you are prepared to put in some time reading other members emails to earn the credits, then this is simply the best way to start. Then as you start making sales, you can re-invest that income into paid advertising, and really up your level of commitment.
I have even come across a way of literally banking hundreds of millions of FREE (apart from a very small unrelated purchase, usually less than $10) advertising credits, along with monthly FREE Solo Ads/Text Ads/Banner Ads etc. I can honestly tell you I have amassed over 25 million (and growing monthly) FREE credits on these sites, I will NEVER have to surf emails or purchase credits again EVER on these sites. Click HERE if you want to see how I did it (there is also proof of these credits on the video).
So my heading asks the question, Are You Really Making Money Online?, and everyones answer will be different, because everyone has a different level of commitment, different levels of advertising budget (if any), varying levels of online experience, and different ideas and values of what success really is.
I guess (apart from the money spent), the big question is “How Much Is Your Time Worth”?, because online marketing can be very time-consuming, at least until you master the art of automating it as much as possible. So once again, for that very reason alone, everyones answer will be different. We all value our time in different ways.
But here is the most important snippet you should take away from this post:
TIME IS MONEY!!
Master that, and the rest will fall into place. And if you aren’t making any money online, be honest with yourself, and take the action advised in #5 above!! Or better still, contact me through Scorpio Marketing Group and I will help you!!
Brian Rooney
Scorpio Marketing Group
PS 7-Figure Business USING NOTHING BUT EMAILS!!
https://succeed-with-brian.aweb.page/p/812740c4-54b7-440c-8954-ed2f571def5d