One thing I have learned in my time in the Internet Marketing world is this …..you’re not going to get rich overnight no matter what anybody tells you to the contrary!  No doubt you have heard or read about the occasional entrepreneur who came up with the ideal product that everyone went crazy to have.  You may well have seen salespages promising you untold riches just waiting to be taken with very little or no work in return.

But stop and ask yourself how often does that really happen?

Even if you did  somehow manage such a feat, would you be able to achieve the same results with your next product?

I don’t think so, do you?

Now you’re probably thinking why I have started this article with such a negative point of view.  My answer back to you  is…… I haven’t tried to be negative.   What I hope to have done is given you a wake up call in order to start your ventures with the right frame of mind.  Even in the offine world we have dreams to achieveing fantasic goals, and in order to reach them, we must first have a plan of what we have to do to get there.  Let me give a simple example that can happen to you:

Suppose you’re fed up with the unsatisfactory waste collection service in your neighbourhood, the refuse collectors are missing your bins and when they are collected they are not being emptied properly.   What can do you do?  You can moan about it with your neighbours, but what would that achieve?  So you may decide that you feel strongly enough about it to take action.  When you talk to your neighbours about the problem, you listen to their views.   Then you decide to write an article or two about it and send them to your local newspaper or local free magazine.  You may even find a community web page and leave your views on it .  Over time you will probably see other comments appear in response  to what you have written.  Having seen the comments left by others in response to your articles you feel inspired and decide to attend a public meeting and actually speak about the matter in front of other people.  The next thing that can happen is  that those people attending the meeting will  start to talk to  you and ask for your advice on on other issues which you may not have considered before.   The next thing you will have to do is decide what should you do next.  You can look for more  information and pass it on to the people you spoke to.  Before you know it,  more people are approaching you and asking your advice about other issues that are concerning them.  Without realising it, you’ve become an authority in your community.  Over time and more people continue to come to you for more advice and information.  The reason for this you realise is they will  have heard about you from those who you have helped earlier, you’ve gone viral!

What has this got to do with Internet Marketing?

A great deal!

Not many people will not approach a stranger for advice readily, let alone buy something from them.  Unless they can identify who that person is and they can feel comfortable with them nor  they are not going to be very receptive to ideas.  Like in the example above, you would have to decide what will call you to take action.  After you have decided what will prompt you, you should visit forums such as Warrior, Facebook, My Space, etc. to see if other people are discussing the same topics as you have an interest in.  You should want to participate, read others comments and when you feel confident enough,  make your own contributions to the discussions.  Leave interesting or relevant blogs on your own website and  leave your links at the forums you participate in.  That way you will have visitors to your site who are willing to listen to what you have to say and may even start asking you for information and advice!   Before you know it people are approaching you and asking your advice about matters that are concerning them.  You will become an authority in your niche over time without realising it and visitors will come to you for advice  and information as they will have heard about you from others you may have helped, before you know it you have gone viral!