Is there really a secret to making money online?
I recently displayed my monthly income report on my blog but a question that bothers most of my readers was how I was able to achieve such within a short period of time. If I were asked if there is truly a secret to making money online, ethically, I will tell you there isn’t. There may well be because it is rarely being preached and when it is preached very few people are ready to listen to it.
We all want to take a different path and we’re not ready for the truth…that’s why it is so easy for people to get scammed; everybody wants to make quick cash but I got to realize the hard way that it is almost impossible to make quick cash online. If you believe there is a secret to making money online, then there is, and I will be explaining that secret below.
It Takes Time
If there was one lesson I learned the hard way, it is that making real money online takes time. You can’t just expect to start a blog or setup a website and start making money online immediately.
I hardly made any worthwhile income from my blog until after 8 months of serious hardwork.
A lot of people are being misled and that is why they fail, they’ve been deceived by many so called “gurus”and even con artists and they believe that making money online is all about clicking a button and expecting the money to come. Making money online isn’t like that, if it were, everybody will be doing it; and anybody trying to tell you that making money online is as easy as clicking a button is probably going to scam you.
You have to know the cold hard truth and start an online business with the right mindset because that is the only way you can succeed online.
You Have to Make a Sacrifice
A cold hard truth very little of us want to hear is that you have to give in order to get. The internet is not a place where cash is being distributed for free and no matter how hard you’re made to believe otherwise, there is nothing free, and anything given to you for free has a greater price attached to it.
To make money online you have to think about meeting a need. Try to know what people need in your field and do your best to meet that need. That is one of the importance of blogging. People won’t give you their cash for free, you have to earn it and the only way to do that is by working hard for it.
If you expect to be making money online while sleeping I will advise you to stop dreaming and focus on how you can help others change their lives. Find a major problem people face and create a solution for it, in no time you will be getting results from your efforts.
You Need Focus
I have a friend who probably knew about internet marketing before I knew how to operate a computer, this friend of mine attends a lot of seminars, he reads a lot of blogs, he reads a lot of internet marketing magazines but to this day he hasn’t achieved anything as far as internet marketing is concerned.
The problem with my friend is that he lacks focus and this is due to information overload; instead of my friend sticking with one method till it brings him result he keeps on attending seminars and then acts on anything new he is taught. He is never stable in his life and this affected his internet marketing career that for years he hasn’t achieved anything worthwhile as far as internet marketing is concerned.
A lot of people face this same problem and I was once like this, I later learned the truth the hard way that you have to focus on one method in other to make money online so I focused on blogging for almost a year and it started bring results.
There is no point in you trying five methods if none of them will work, do your research effectively and only choose “one” method you will be sticking with for a very long time. Focus on this methods till it brings you success.
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Awesome post. Thank you.
I couldn't have put it better; except I would have added hard work. That's the dreaded two-word phrase for a lot of people. Hard work, focus and consistency.
Thanks for this post.
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If you asked me what the secrets I would say hard work, and lots of it.
I agree with you Onibalusi, it does take a lot of time so patience is very important factor in this. You have to be focus without losing you concentration even for a small moment.
Scarification is also very important, you even have to spend some money or extra time to succeed.
Thanks for your post
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I agree with you Onibalusi, it does take a lot of time so patience is very important factor in this. You have to be focus without losing you concentration even for a small moment.
Scarification is also very important, you even have to spend some money or extra time to succeed.
Thanks for your post
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I agree with you Onibalusi, it does take a lot of time so patience is very important factor in this. You have to be focus without losing you concentration even for a small moment.
Scarification is also very important, you even have to spend some money or extra time to succeed.
Thanks for your post
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I agree with you Onibalusi, it does take a lot of time so patience is very important factor in this. You have to be focus without losing you concentration even for a small moment.
Scarification is also very important, you even have to spend some money or extra time to succeed.
Thanks for your post
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I agree with you Onibalusi, it does take a lot of time so patience is very important factor in this. You have to be focus without losing you concentration even for a small moment.
Scarification is also very important, you even have to spend some money or extra time to succeed.
Thanks for your post
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I agree with you Onibalusi, it does take a lot of time so patience is very important factor in this. You have to be focus without losing you concentration even for a small moment.
Scarification is also very important, you even have to spend some money or extra time to succeed.
Thanks for your post
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As soon as you get successful, you think that you could always replicate your success. And if ever google chooses to ban your site, you will notice very fast that it will get harder, not easier.
I have just checked out your blog for the December income and its really a good figure and most of the earnings are coming from your services not adsense or affiliate marketing.
You said this right. You need to be very focused and hard working in order to meet the requirements to make money online. Its not free lunch on internet.
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Thank you! It's nice to know someone else feels the same way I do. Slow and steady wins the race.
Excellent Post. I really like it .Thanks
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Great post Onibalusi, and I wanted to say thank you and welcome to the BloggingTips team!
It is really truth what Onibalusi says.
I am from Portugal and have some blogs in Portuguese and English. I started 4 months ago and I've already make some money with Adsense and Affiliate programs but is is nothing compared with other guys.
We have to do our best and being dedicated to our projects. The results will pop up with hard work.
I found some "gurus" that wanted to sell "very special products" to make me money in one day but I've never believed on them.
There is no miracle on internet marketing.
Thanks to share your experience.
Best Regards
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I tried monetizing my blog a few months ago, I honestly, sometimes it makes me frustrated. But now, I learned the tricks – patience and focus. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
More power!
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I tried monetizing my blog a few months ago, I honestly, sometimes it makes me frustrated. But now, I learned the tricks – patience and focus. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
More power!
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I tried monetizing my blog a few months ago, I honestly, sometimes it makes me frustrated. But now, I learned the tricks – patience and focus. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
More power!
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I tried monetizing my blog a few months ago, I honestly, sometimes it makes me frustrated. But now, I learned the tricks – patience and focus. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
More power!
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I tried monetizing my blog a few months ago, I honestly, sometimes it makes me frustrated. But now, I learned the tricks – patience and focus. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
More power!
My recent post When Idiots Attack » Our Prime Assertive Customer Rights and How Salespeople Violate It
I tried monetizing my blog a few months ago, I honestly, sometimes it makes me frustrated. But now, I learned the tricks – patience and focus. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
More power!
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Aha Zac,
It really is a pleasure
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i've learned a lot reading your posts. This is my first comment.
Thanks for your patience and for sharing your experiencies with the beginners
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Time, sacrifice, & focus. Kinda goes against all of those eBooks you see that tell you that you can just setup a blog and make money hand over fist. Of course I've never believed any of that mess.
Your list would work for being successful with anything, not just blogging.
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When I first started out on the Internet trying to earn money I failed miserably, over and over again. Nowadays I know whay I did that, it was because I was jumping from one method one day, yo a completely different one the other day. As you said, you need to stick to one method for a long time until you see profit.
The reason why I was switching ways of making money all the time was because "gurus" and eBook writers constantly kept saying that thay had found the next "best way" of making money online, which I in turn believed since I had no previous experience in this area. And if you have been told a lie a hundred times it's easy for that lie to become the truth, at least for a while.
I have also suffered from "knowing too much", meaning I knew so many ways to make money that I never came to pick one since I could not determine which was the best for me and the "winning card". I soon learned that almost any method is good as long as you give it a chance.
Once again, thanks for the post, I enjoyed reading it. =)
//Alexander Wulkan.
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