How much time are you spending trying to earn online?
Are your online activities bringing in the MINIMUM that you have expected them to?
If you think you're spending too much time trying to earn online without seeing results or you've seen some results but these aren't what you expected - and your expectations were really reasonable...
Maybe it's time to review your Primary program.
Here's a major mistake that most beginners make online when they are first attempting to build up an online income. I'll use a true example that just happened recently with a friend of mine.
A peer of mine asked me out for coffee recently and wanted to know what I was doing successfully online to earn money. My peer noticed, from some forum posts that I was earning a little money - FINALLY - and wondered if I was 'telling tales.'
I told her the truth - that I am earning modest amounts - but it has only been happening in the past 6mo or so - since I evaluated and selected a better PRIMARY PROGRAM than I started out with almost 3 years ago. I mentioned that I have also DROPPED some 'tiny' programs that were TIME-WASTERS!
"What do you mean by Primary program?" I was asked, so I told her 'My basic money earning program.'
"Oh I have a bunch of those," my friend said, "I am earning little pennies from a bunch of primary programs and am finding that all this work is just NOT WORTH IT!"
Whoops!
My friend wasn't REALLY aware of what 'Primary Program' means. Her idea of 'primary' program was PLURAL and was just like some of the programs that I recently dropped like hot potatoes! She thought that 'Primary' had something to do with 'paying' programs - almost anything that isn't a 'scam.'
Anyhow - I am still in the process of explaining to her that a Primary program is a non-scam, legitimate money earning program that is of HIGH QUALITY and that can be promoted through other means.
GDI (Though I am not involved with this one) is a Primary program that TONS of people are successfully earning money with. It is a Primary program that people 'focus' on building up. The other 'programs' that people use to combine with GDI and make their GDI business successful are the 'tiny' programs like traffic exchanges, newsletters, autoresponder follow-ups, various emailing (non-spam!) avenues and click programs.
Watkins (not involved in this company either, but I wish I was) is a Primary program that many people are successfully earning money with - in much the same way as GDI members are earning money.
Shaklee, Amway, Pay It Forward For Profits, Success University, and many others are legitimate Primary Programs.
With Shaklee, vitamins and health products are the products of focus. With Amway, a great variety of foods, health items, vitamins, cleaning products and household items are the cold, hard products that are worth promoting. With Pay It Forward, the Marketing program and training items are the products of focus, same with Success University.
The other 'tiny' programs aren't the main focus that brings in the money, when you are involved in Internet Marketing. Getting all your customers to your Primary program or to use the goods available at your primary program - this is what business is all about. You can gain some earnings from the 'tiny' programs you use, too, but what you are really concerned with is allowing your clients to gain access to Shaklee vitamins, Amway dish soap, PIF4P's 'Internet Marketing' lessons, Success University's 'Internet Business' training.
You see - what my friend believed about earning money online is that being involved in a hundred 'tiny' programs would earn her a lot of money if she just kept clicking regularly - and that people would 'catch on' and start signing up as her referrals and start making her life and work easier somewhere down the line.
This doesn't work - rather - this CAN WORK, but it would involve a person designing their OWN Primary program (which many Primary programs are about) which acts as a super downline builder.
It is much easier to utilize a 'cold, hard product' program that is already in existence and bring your potential referrals, clients to that, as your Primary program.
Although the 'design your own Primary program' is not a bad idea, unless you're a very experienced marketer already, this will be somewhat complicated and time-consuming for you to accomplish.
The second idea is much more reliable for someone who has less experience, someone like my friend. Part of the reason is that certain programs already have an excellent REPUTATION, and 'product' that people can use right away. Whether products are in the form of 'software,' 'lessons,' 'eBooks,' 'electronic gadgets,' 'cell phone accessories,' 'downloadable music,' or whatever, they are already good quality and SET UP for access!
I'll just leave you to think about these things. Figure out whether you're spending too much time making program owners (PTR, PTC, TE owners, perhaps) too much money and mistaking their program for a PRIMARY program - when really - you should be utilizing the 'tiny' programs to lead people to other hardcopy items, solid goods, or reputable services.
