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I’ve been marketing online for over 5 years now.

The other day, somebody mentioned something related to marketing that I really wasn’t familiar with. I never used it and son of a gun, it hasn’t prevented me from earning a living online.

Imagine that…something that I don’t know and I still pocketed over $122,000 online last year.

Who’d a thunk it?

The point is, you don’t have to know everything in order to earn an income on the Internet. As a matter of fact, you can earn a living online with just a few promotional methods.

For example, you could earn a living, albeit not a huge living, by simply doing some bum marketing.

Okay, you’re probably scratching your head saying to yourself, “What’s bum marketing?” Well, it’s not the marketing of bums and it has nothing to do with bums doing marketing.

Actually, bum marketing is a phrase used to refer to a method of advertising that is so simple and so cheap that a bum in the street could use it to make money online.

The basic premise of bum marketing is you write articles, submit them to directories and in your resource box point readers to your blog where you promote a product that relates to the article you wrote. The method is totally free because article submission is free and you can get a blog with Blogger or Wordpress for free as well.

The key to bum marketing is to write good articles with a strong call to action in your resource box. If you can do that, and write up a good review of the product you’re selling, you can make quite a few sales from this method.

It does take some time to write articles and you do have to write quite a few to see any significant amount of traffic, but it’s worth it once you get a good number of articles out there.

My point is, just by using this one method, you can make money. You don’t have to learn about Adwords or product creation or anything complicated. A few simple steps can earn you a nice income if you put the time in.

So don’t try to learn it all. Even I don’t know everything that’s out there.

And it hasn’t hurt my bottom line one bit.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim
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Pretty straight forward question. Many people REALLY don’t know the answer to it. The truth is, not everybody is cut out for making a living online.

God bless my wife, I love her. But put her in front of a computer and she’s about as helpless as a puppy in a lion’s cage. There is no way she could ever do what’s required to run an online business. Heck, she can just about save a Word DOC without losing it. And this woman is a high school math teacher with 25 plus years of experience. Computers just aren’t her thing.

Then there are some people who have spent their entire life pushing a mop at some apartment complex. They have no education and very few skills. How tough do you think it’s going to be for somebody like this to sit in front of a computer and run an online business?

And then there are those who actually have quite a bit of smarts, have some skills, but have never worked for themselves. They’re so used to taking orders from a boss that to try to motivate themselves to get up every morning and do what is required to run their business isn’t such an easy thing. Some people just can’t handle all that freedom.

Have you ever sat down and asked yourself if you’re cut out for this? Honestly, I didn’t when I first started because I had to make this work. I had no choice. Maybe desperation drives you to the point where you can do anything. If that’s so, what about you? Are you desperate enough? Do you want online success enough to go out and get it? If not…

Are you cut out for this.

That’s a question that you might want to sit down one day and ask yourself. Otherwise, you might be wasting months, or even years of your life chasing after something that you’re just not suited to do.

Running an online business isn’t for everybody.

Is it for YOU?

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim
Creator Real Truth Video Series

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In my last post here, where I looked at a couple of handy ways to Steal a March on the Spammers, I was using a situation that seemed hopeless and created a useful resource from it. That sort of thing happens a lot in life in general and it can also happen a lot online too.

I know plenty of Internet Marketers who are banging their heads against a brick wall for lack of sales, or lack of traffic to their sites or a myriad of other “lacks” that are halting their make money efforts in their tracks. A lot of the time, these so-called lacks can be turned around by some simple alterations in the way we think and act.

Much is made of the ethos that you first have to give in order to receive, with very good reason.

It’s true!

I’ve noticed that on a personal level, for that’s really the only way to be sure of anything, that my own mode of working online is to give away every idea, method, technique and theory that finds its way into my head by writing about it in my own blogs and those that I guest write for. I don’t keep anything to myself because I truly believe that to be successful and make money online, you have to be honest and free with your knowledge.

When someone asks me if I know how to do a certain thing that they don’t (assuming I do, of course!) I quite happily tell them! I truly believe that for every snippet of knowledge I give away, more will come right back to me to help me make more money for myself.

Its fairly logical when you sit down and ponder over it.

Take all the “keep it to close to my heart” types that have probably already made their fortune online and are now just continuing to milk their lists for whatever they can get. But they’re the dinosaurs of the Internet and they’re running themselves into extinction by hoarding what they know to themselves.

Let’s take the logic behind what I’m saying.

When you give your knowledge freely and it helps several people to make some money online, especially if they’re just starting out, they’ll remember where that information originally came from and how it helped them.

At some point in the future, one or more of then are going to run across a great new way of making money that will eclipse all the old and probably defunct methods as the Internet evolves. Well, they might need a JV partner they can trust to help them turn their idea into a money making reality. Well, the guy that helped them get started was an honest, trusting guy - maybe he’ll be willing to join forces…

The rest is history, as they say.

Generosity will never shackle your efforts to make money online. On the contrary, it will be the making of your success.

Freedom Writer Terry Didcott
Author of Make Money Hints, a Make Money Fast resource.

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There are many reasons people use for not starting a home business and making money online even though they want to make a better life for themselves. Most of these “excuses” are nothing more than home business myths that they have been convinced are true.

Here are ten of the top online business myths, in no particular order:

Myth #1: I don’t have enough time to build an online business.

This is simply not true! Most people are really not as busy as they think they are. Sure you might work full time, have a long commute, family obligations, etc… but if you really sit down and prioritize your time, you will find that you do have a couple hours a day to spend on building your home business. Most people with successful online businesses started in the same boat you are in. If you desire something strongly enough, you can always find time to make it happen.

Myth #2: It costs too much to start a home business.

The truth is that you can start an online business for very cheap, and it just keeps getting cheaper. The cost of web hosting, domain names, website design, business opportunities, tools, resources, information, and everything else you may need for an online business only add up to a few dollars per day. And you can do it for even less if you are willing to take the time to do more of the work yourself.

Myth #3: I’m not smart enough to run my own online home business.

This is highly doubtful. I will admit that online business isn’t for everyone, but I do know that it is more than possible for almost anyone. If you are reading this right now then I would bet you are smart enough to make money online. There is more than enough information and resources available for you to learn everything you need to run an online business.

Myth #4: I don’t have any expertise in anything.

First of all, that’s most likely not true. You would be surprised how many things you really do know a lot about if you think hard. Second off, you don’t have to be an expert in anything to start making money online. I was working as a correctional officer in a prison when I decided I wanted to start an online home business. I started researching and learning as much as I could about making money online. It wasn’t long before I was very knowledgeable on the subject and business just got easier and easier.

Myth #5: I don’t have a product to sell.

You don’t need your own product to start a home business online. There are plenty of products and services in every niche that you can promote as an affiliate. You can sell these existing products as an affiliate for a certain commission until you figure out the whole online business world. Then, you can create your own product to sell later on.

Myth #6: I can’t compete with everyone else already making money online.

There are millions of people everyday searching for any number of things you can be making money off of. And there are thousands upon thousands more people who are getting online everyday that could be in your target market. Your market is virtually endless! Remember, if you have to compete with people to make money from your idea then all that really means is that it’s a good idea. You can compete, trust me!

Myth #7: I’ve tried all types of different home business opportunities and failed at them all. Working at home is just not for me.

It’s possible you are right, but most likely you aren’t. Your failure is probably just from not sticking to one business and building it up. If you jump from one opportunity to the next without ever really giving any one of them a fair go then you will certainly fail. You must put in sufficient time and effort in any online business before you will make money online and find any level of success.

Myth #8: The only people making money online are the people selling “how to make money” products.

I hear this one all the time. It’s actually just a lame excuse that has no truth to it at all. I built a very successful home business and made a full-time income online for over four years before I ever came out with any product dealing with how to make money online. Your online business online can be whatever you want it to be. You don’t have to jump in with the “make money online” crowd if you don’t want to. There are thousands of other very profitable niches out there.

Myth #9: I’d need a lot of money to advertise or I won’t get any customers.

This is absolutely not true! The internet is the perfect resource for marketing your home business without breaking the bank to do so. There are literally hundreds of ways to market and advertise your business online and a large portion of them are free or very cheap. I’ve been running my online business since May of 2003 and to this day, I have never spent a large sum of money on any advertising method.

Myth #10: Getting ranked at the top of search engines is impossible and I need to if I want to build a successful online business.

Wrong again! It is true that in some very competitive, high demand niches it’s nearly impossible to achieve top search engine rankings. However, it can be done even in those niches if you really want to. I’ve done it and I am far from being an SEO expert. And the fact is that you don’t need to be ranked at the top of search engines in order to build a successful online business. There are many other very effective ways to bring in customers.

That’s it. Ten of the top online business myths and the truth about them. Don’t convince yourself, or let anyone else convince you that you can’t build a successful home business and make money online. You can achieve the dream of financial freedom and create a better life for you and your loved ones.

Dedicated to your success,
Trent Brownrigg
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