In regard to making money on the Internet, everyone is always
looking for the quick fix. They want to sign up for a program,
place and advertisement and make hundreds or thousands of
dollars instantly. While this may be possible depending on
your circumstances, the most direct and guaranteed path to
success on the Internet is to stick with the fundamentals.
I was reminded of this lesson by a friend of mine who is an
athletic coach for kids in the city where I live. This guy
is actually so passionate about kids and athletics that he
coaches 4 different sports: basketball, soccer, baseball and
football. Of course, he has a kid of his own on each team.
But what's remarkable about this guy is the results he gets with his
teams.
He was recruited to coach the 8th grade football team where
his children go to school. After 27 years of losing seasons
in a row, the first year my friend became the head coach the
team won the district championship and repeated their championship
run the following year. This past weekend he coached 12 different games and won all 12 of them. As you can tell, this guy is
extremely dedicated.
But the funny thing is that he and the kids he coaches are
not totally hung up on winning. If they lose a game, they
feel equally good about themselves as they would if they had
won. What matters most to them is how well they played and
lived up to their potential as a team.
The real question is how my friend's teams continually perform
on such a high level and beat nearly anyone they play even
though they are often smaller and younger than their competitors.
I asked this question to my friend the other day and he told me that it's all in the fundamentals.
In his practices, all he works on with his kids is keeping
a positive mindset and practicing the fundamentals. He told
me that his teams never scrimmage or strategize about upcoming
games during practice. They simply work hard on all the fundamentals
of whatever particular sport they are playing and do so more
than any other team they play. This constant practice and
improvement of the fundamentals is what allows his teams to
progress faster than his competitors. While most other teams
get caught up with how to win, out-strategize, be stronger
than and intimidate their opponents, my friend's team are
just so good at the basics that they blow everyone out of the water when game
day arrives.
This got me thinking about my own Internet business and why
I've been able to succeed on such a high level while most
others who have tried to do what I do have failed. The answer
is not really surprising.
Most people who try to build a successful Internet home business
are looking for the quick fix. They want it to work immediately
and so they usually fall prey to business opportunities that
promise to help them get rich overnight and advertising scams
that promise to deliver thousands of hungry prospects to their website in the next 24 hours. Of course, these opportunistic
schemes are really just geared to steal people's hard earned
money. You see, when someone is desperate and looking for
an instant solution, they will often be taken advantage of
and their chances for success with an Internet home business
are slim to none.
However, while there are thousands of business opportunities
on the Internet and millions of different ways to advertise
and promote your website, I personally practice the fundamentals
in my Internet home business. I do this by sticking with the
business opportunities I've joined for the long haul and promoting
my website consistently with simple, affordable and easily
maintained Internet marketing techniques.
In fact, one of the techniques that works best for me is writing
articles like this one and getting them published on other
people's websites using article syndication tools and software
such as the those provided by the good folks at Content Propulsion
Lab: http://www.ContentPropulsionLab.net
By writing articles and getting them published on other websites
online using powerful tools like those mentioned above, I'm
able to get my name and website address in front of thousands
of people without paying a dime in advertising. Of course,
the key to this strategy is that I write and distribute articles
consistently in this way. It's one of those "fundamentals"
that doesn't cost anything but a little time and effort. Fact
is,it's this price of time and effort that most people are
unwilling to pay. They'll gladly part with hundreds or even
thousands of dollars, but ask them to do a little hard work
and they say "No way."
It's this understanding that can separate you from the pack.
If you are willing to practice the fundamentals of your business
faithfully and consistently, you will be destined to succeed
on a high level. But if you can't and you're only looking
for the quick fix, you have already lost the game before you
even set foot on the field.
Even pros like me practice the fundamentals every day. In
fact, especially pros like me practice the fundamentals. The
moment I stop practicing the fundamentals is the moment I
stop being a pro. Think about this carefully and then renew
your commitment to the fundamentals of your Internet home
business today. Do this and you will soar past your competition.
Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy is an Internet home business
authority who has helped thousands of people launch a successful
Internet home business. To learn more about Stone Evans and
find an Internet home business that is right for you visit:
http://www.Home-Business.com
