For those of you that are long time readers of this blog you probably have noticed I’ve been a little lazy lately. Actually its not that I’ve been lazy as I’ve been working my tail off on other projects and as result have not had time to dedicate to this blog. I’ve not been spending my time wisely.
I’ve been reading a post series from Problogger on Ways to let your blog go and its a very good series, possibly one of the best things I’ve ever read on Problogger. One of posts in the series talks about time management for your blog activities and it describes exactly what has happened to me lately. I’ve become stretched too thinly with my activities. This is actually something that happens to a lot of people who earns money on the net and identify themselves as Internet Marketers.
I’ve seen person after person on various Internet marketing forums where someone states they are working their tail off but just can’t seem to catch a break and as a result they make very little or no money at all. Eventually they just give up. The gurus want you jumping from task to task, from site to site as it helps them squeeze more money out of you and you purchase their next major eBook that promises you the one thing that will launch your success. The truth is these people only want your money and they don’t want you to be successful. I’ve read quite a few of these so called eBooks and they pretty much all say the same thing. You don’t need any books, you can get everything you need from blogs just like this one or Problogger.net
Content is the only thing that matters when it comes to making money. Don’t try to sell the Make Money products as an affiliate. If you want to sell affiliate products then find products that appeal to a large segment of the population and just spend time creating good content. It may not pay off immediately for you, but it will pay off in the end.
These so called Gurus and I won’t mention their names have not done much in this world except build up massive lists and re-hash some content in an eBook with the same information you could find for free on the net with some well crafted Google searches. I don’t know of a single well known Internet Marketing Guru that has built any substantial site where you can see concrete proof of how their tactics work. What is the reason for this? If you do see their site’s its apparent those sites are not high traffic and if you have been around the net any length of time you know a site must have traffic to make any decent money.
The Gurus make their money by selling other people guides on how to make money, there is no other revenue stream that they use to make money and that is why they need you.
You will be a lot better off just picking a couple of websites in your chosen niche and focusing all your available time and energy on making those sites the best they can be. Spending time on 30-40 sites at a time will only serve one purpose and that is that none of the sites will become a money maker and allow you to realize your dreams.
You are right about those so called “gurus” who offer to sell such powerful “secrets” and make you rich over night – it’s all just a calculated attempt to get into your wallet.
But from another side – they found a niche that sells and trying to capitalize on it. Isn’t that the ultimate goal of any internet marketer?
There are also two sides of “spreading too thin” between too many projects. From one end usually it’s not enough time to manage all of them and in the end nothing gets completed. But if you concentrating on one specific site and it fails – there will be nothing else to fall back while looking for the alternative.
You should diversify but do it smartly and calculate own ability before jumping into something new…