As you can see, I didn't become "rich"
over night. It took many nights and weeks and months. Heck, if I recall correctly,
that first year I had a net profit of only $10,000. I guess that's not bad. But
for all the work and time I had invested (and sacrificed), it didn't seem enough.
But, I kept on going ... and things started to
compound after awhile. I started to get really good at different marketing tactics
and much LESS time and money was being wasted and the profits just kept growing.
Now, what's the "real secret" to
my success?... I know this is gonna sound boring ... but it was hard work, persistence
and patience. Trust me, I'm not technical and I'm bad with computers, so if I can
make it work on the Internet, YOU can also. So MANY times I wanted to give up ...
but for whatever reason, I didn't.
But most people actually do things the opposite.
Instead of sticking it out month after month with ONE project, they simply quit
after a few weeks and start something new.
The truth is that in life that just doesn't work.
That's how most people diet. They try one kind of diet for a few weeks, give up
... gain the weight back (and then some) and find ANOTHER diet and try that one
and keep repeating this crazy cycle.
Let me tell you something ... ALL diets
work. It's the person who fails. And this goes with marketing and business
as well. THEY all work, but the person just gives up way too soon, quits
and walks away when success was just around the corner.
Pay attention right now and see if you understood
everything I just said. Most of you will be disappointed with this issue thinking
"man, that sucked ... Sam didn't reveal any cool marketing tactics. All he
talked about was stupid 'persistence' garbage ... try telling that to my credit
card bill."
But see, that's the thing ... whether you utilize
the marketing tactics at my site or in my newsletter or in my Cash
Flow Reporter marketing course or anyone else's course. The
secret is that everything works if you JUST STICK IT OUT.
Now, don't just keep repeating something that
doesn't work. For example, pick one marketing tactic such as pop-unders
(since that's hot right now) ... test it out small. See how it does. If it's
not profitable, change the look of popunder and your ad copy or even the type of
product you are promoting. Retest ... see how the results go the second and
third time around.
Keep
fine tuning until it IS profitable and then it's almost all automated and you can
leave it alone. Then, you move onto another marketing tactic and repeat
the same steps.
What I have written above is more important than
anything else you'll read in any marketing course. This is why out of thousands
of affiliates who are selling the same exact product, only a handful are
successful.
Same product ... same advertising information
... same tools. The ONLY difference is that the successful affiliates have
the drive and passion ... persistence and patience to MAKE it work and never give
up!