If Your Business Model Is Broken…Fix It.
What is it that makes your products or services better than someone else’s services? The hard question is this, “If you can teach others to make money online or in your industry, why are you struggling to make money through that means?” I’m certainly not asking that to be unkind, but only to challenge us to think about the ‘hard’ questions.
To be honest, many of you need to change your online business model. If you’ve gone 6 months without getting a client, making a sale, and experience the income that you’re going after… then you’re operating on a broken plan.
So you’ve failed to find the success that you’ve been looking for online? Welcome to the club. Most people find that earning an income online is more difficult than they originally thought. It can actually get discouraging and it can send a lot of people packing from their online ventures. That’s alright. It’s not for the faint of heart.
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I think that as you recognize your failure that you need to reassess your strategy, refocus and go at it in a more profitable way and get right back on your feet. You can bounce back but you have to internalize the failure and understand that it doesn’t mean that you’re a failure, it just means that this particular strategy was a failure. Edison tried over 1,000 times to invent the incandescant light bulb that we use in our homes today. When asked about his failures he replied that he never failed. He succeeded 1,000 times in learning what didn’t work.
Feeling sorry for yourself won’t generate income. Getting upset at those who are making money online won’t increase the amount that you make. Calling people names like ‘sellout’ won’t garner respect for your ventures when you’ve never been in that position to prove that you won’t be a sellout when the day comes. It’s easy to talk about how we would do things differently if we were the big money earners when we’ve never been in that position.
The key to success isn’t in getting upset, giving up, or blaming others. It’s in recognizing that what we’re doing isn’t working and then changing. Explore new ideas. Be bold. Be creative. Stop enjoying your mediocrity. Get off your backside and make something happen.
Dev | Technshare said:
“The key to success isn’t in getting upset, giving up, or blaming others.”
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Exactly right. There are many people.. say if got that blah. blahh.. !! It’s better to star over again, instead blaming others
Hard work and patience is the key to success.
Thanks for sharing this great Post.
~Dev
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Bruce Teague said:
Oh the joys of failing time and time again to find your own path to success. It’s easier said then done, but if you keep at it you’ll eventually find that success, right?
If it were easy everybody would be doing it instead of everybody trying to do it.
Richard Scott said:
lol Does that mean that my 1000 blog will be successful?
With me, it all comes down to constantly testing. Seeing what works and what doesn’t.
It’s easy to look at other websites and say “They’re making money at it, why aren’t I?”
It’s tough to stay focused and march on no matter what. Sooner or later, I feel, it will pay off. It’s being consistent and dedicated and never giving up.
Murlu said:
Right on Nicholas!
I can’t even count how many times I’ve been burned by clients, lost money testing projects, getting close but failing.
But I took it all in stride, I learned every second of it because I told myself it’s a step toward success.
Now I think it’s reaching a tipping point. I’m doing much better collecting ideas, freelancing, networking and my projects are finally coming together.
It’s taken over 2 years to get to this point – I can’t say how much longer it will take but I’m not going to give up.
I’ve tasted the success and now I’m going to go for it all
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Stephen TBA said:
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try and try again” – that’s what my nan used to say when her cakes failed (which they didn’t very often)! Good advice from they grey haired one, and still relevant today.
Perhaps more so in the online world where riches seem to be available at the creation of a WordPress site and the push of a few buttons.
Another saying that is just as apt – “always learn from your mistakes”.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Stephen TBA » Your nan understood an important principle. A large number of people are missing out on success because they’re not sticking with it is as long as they should. Sometimes we just have to revamp things and go back at it with a refreshed sense of determination and a revived strategy.
Onibalusi Bamidele said:
Feeling sorry for yourself won’t generate income. Getting upset at those who are making money online won’t increase the amount that you make. Calling people names like ’sellout’ won’t garner respect for your ventures when you’ve never been in that position to prove that you won’t be a sellout when the day comes. So True…
Thanks a lot for the great post,
-Onibalusi
Sanford said:
Right on!
Blame, shame and regret are incredible wastes of energy that you could use to change things. Or, just enjoying life.
If what we’re doing is important, then pursue it with joy and find the right way to make the difference. If you have time for hate and envy, use it to redefine what you want and how to get it.
Hint: Money is typically the *worst* motivation.
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Dennis Edell | Direct Sales Marketing said:
This is a BIG problem that I wish would be covered more often (great, now I just producrs 1246 more blog posts on this topic)
Flexibility is key. Everyone talks about needing a plan. Very few discuss the fact that you need to be flexible with said plan.
Things change, sometimes rapidly, and you need to adjust and adapt with it.
Most just make their concrete plans and quit when it fails.
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Kathy said:
People fail to make money online because many of them are getting into it for the wrong reason. An awful lot of people get into this business because they think it is going to be easy money.
They have this preconceived notion that this kind of work is ridiculously easy. After all, who can’t type an article or two and publish an affiliate link.
The fact of the matter is that for you to achieve real success in MMO, you need to put your head down and work your butt off. You need to focus on taking a project from start to finish as fast as possible without over-thinking little details that don’t matter.
You need to do the work man. You need to build the links. You need to create the content. You need to create the accounts. You need to finish it before starting in on something else.
That has been my experience. People need to focus and quit over-thinking everything. Just do the work. Do enough of it and you will get results.
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Reza Winandar said:
What kind of business you run, it is all bout selling something, so you better learn how to market something to turns you from nothing to something.
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