I just figured out that I’ll never know enough about internet marketing to make it work for me. I have spent over 1 year learning various methods and half-heartedly put my effort in. Yes, I did a bit of this and a bit of that but I didn’t get gazelle intense. I wasn’t focused.

Instead, I kept trying to learn the next best thing in order to find the magic formula.Although I had a bit of success at IM, I really didn’t reach the goals that I set for myself and this is fine because now I am on the right track. Now I know that I have to change my ways. No more dream chasing – now it is time for massive action.

The truth of the matter is that I already know enough to succeed. I just have to act. I have to apply my knowledge and expect to succeed. I have to use my favorite IM techniques (article and press release marketing, forum posting, and social bookmarking) to create informational products that help others and make a difference in their lives. I have to focus on these methods every single day. By doing this and trusting in myself, I can’t help but succeed. Watch me soar.

One of my fellow internet marketers, Amy Bass at http://www.mydebtfreegoal.com , just paid off a whopping $70,000 in debt and she did it in 21 months.

This is really incredible to me. I am so proud of her and extremely motivated that a young mother of 4 could accomplish so much in such a short period of time. How did she do it? She did it by working her fanny off and truly believing that she could accomplish her goals.

Amy put forth the time and the effort and she didn’t listen to naysayers.In fact, when other people told her to stop working so hard and “go out and get a real job” she held steadfast and didn’t give up her internet marketing dreams. Instead, she kept right on believing in herself and working her plan that consisted of get paid to sites, niche websites, membership sites, etc.

Amy worked day in and day out  (12-18 hours a day) and made her dreams a reality. I am so proud of Amy and just wanted to give her two thumbs up.

Way to go Amy. You rock girl and I plan on joining you in debt freedom land real soon.

Here’s the thing. Even with these residual income sites, you absolutely have no control over whether or not someone is going to plagiarize your material and then claim it as their own. In fact, certain sites even have plagiarism software in place that ‘cleverly detects” plagiarism that is on the ‘net and then removes your article and you then have to prove that you actually wrote it.

This is quite frustrating for writers and basically forcing us to “prove our innocence” when we’ve done nothing wrong.    I know of at least one case where the entire library of a revenue sharing site was copied and many writers had to prove their innocence. Eventually the site was taken down but this just proves how easy it is for writers to get their work stolen and punished for something that was absolutely beyond their control. 

This is why I strongly suggest all of you to do the following:

• Back up any articles that you write so that you maintain copies of them. You never know when your work will get flagged.

• Use multiple streams of income. Don’t rely on one revenue sharing site for all your income. Instead use various types of revenue sharing sites so that you can diversify your income.

• Understand that this stuff happens but be ready to fight back. You shouldn’t be forced to rewrite an article when you’ve done nothing wrong. Just be ready to prove that you wrote it when questioned.

• Be cooperative and patient. You are not being taken advantage of directly. Although it feels like you’re being picked on, you’re not. We’re all in the same boat here.  Just cooperate with the appropriate person, state your best and trust that everything will work out in the end.

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What I’ve noticed about most internet marketers is that they talk about what they’re going to do – they’re going to design this website or that website, they’re going to try out this marketing method or that one. Then, they become immobilized by all that talking and don’t do a darn thing.

Well, I’m here to tell you that if you’re serious about being a successful internet marketer, you have to stop talking and start doing. Instead of spending hours on a forum, reading about the latest and greatest money making IM strategy, you have to get out there and do something.

You have to make a plan, set realistic goals and then implement your plan. In essence, you have to get out of dream mode and into action mode. Here’s the way I see it, we all want to acquire wealth and we want to learn the secrets to internet marketing. News flash – there is no secret.

The successful marketers are the ones that are doing something now. They are not sitting around talking about what they are going to do. So, the next time you’re tempted to purchase the latest technique in Internet marketing or want to peruse a marketing forum for hours and hours, stop and work your plan.

Do something now that is going to make you money now. Take action and watch your income soar.

Enough said.

OK so something is bothering me and I would like to share it with you. I won’t mention any names but a well named Internet Marketer has let me down big time. Here is the dealio. In June or July he posted a contest for his students to sell his relationship eBook and the person that sold at least 10 copies would get a 30 minute consultation. I worked my butt off and wrote a ton of articles for the contest. And, happily I won.

I was so excited and couldn’t wait. I checked my email every day and finally wrote asking about the consultation. He told me that he was a bit too busy right now and would have to get back to me when things settled down.

I was a bit frustrated but since he really is a big marketer, I figured, he’ll eventually get back to me. I mean his reputation was on the line and he couldn’t forget about his mentee now could he?

Months went by and I heard nothing. He soon sent a note out for another contest where if you sold 10 more products you would get 30 days of UNLIMITED email messages with him. I was super excited and tried once again.Only I sold 2 more this time, I contacted him and asked if I could cash in my telephone consultation for 30 days of email consulting and he said, “Sure.” I was so happy. He sent me the special email address and I wrote one question in which he answered quickly. I then wrote several others and heard nothing at all.

He totally wigged on his promise AGAIN. I am so frustrated with Mr. Internet Marketer that I could scream. I am even thinking about NOT promoting his darn relationship book any more. But then again, it does make me a bit of cash so maybe that wouldn’t be so smart. But, then again, the heck with em. Do I really want him making mone off my hard work and effort. I’m torn.

One thing I have learned is that no matter how big you get, you should always keep your word. When you promise something, especially a free consultation or to get a project done, then you should deliver. Reputatin is very important -even if you’re just starting off. Otherwise you’re only out for yourself and that just plain sucks.