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Why You Are Doomed in Your Attempt to Make Money Online and How to Eventually Win the War

Now, you probably have a gut-feeling that in order to be within that small group of people who make it online you�ll have to act differently than those 97% of people who fail, that�s only common sense. So far so good but what exactly is the difference between those who are successful and those who are not?

Of course there is a variety of reasons and if you Google for answers you�ll most likely find these type of answers:

People fail because

� they don�t have a proven system they could be following,

� they don�t have a specific goal they are pursuing and

� they don�t have enough focus.

This might all be a piece of the puzzle and I certainly agree and recommend you to have a specific goal, a proven system and focus, all of that, but even if you had all this in place in your online business the probability to fail is still appallingly high.

The reason is that the online information battle hammers on your attention day in and day out. If you are on your own, like most newbie internet marketers, then you are presumably suffering severely from information overload. How much time do you spend daily to check your email and social media accounts not to miss the next big thing? How much time do you spend to read, watch and analyze other people�s stuff when you could be working on your own products, services and web-pages? I guess way too much, otherwise there�d be more successful online marketers around.

Here is how to win the war:

You need someone from outside looking inside into your business. Someone to whom you�ll be accountable to, someone to help you refine your ideas into practice and someone who has the contacts you need. Someone to keep you on the right track, someone who�s got the experience, the right answers for your questions, who�s been there and done that in order to accelerate your learning curve, because as an entrepreneur you�ll have multi-dimensional tasks to do. Someone who can help you skip a good part of the research part and prevents you from the thousands of pitfalls when you are starting out.

That someone is called a mentor. Go find rel=nofollow [http://mirkogosch.com/easycashwebinar]a wise and trustful mentor and you are set for success. I have a fantastic mentor myself. To find out more about him, click on the link above, grab the free webinar recording and prepare to be amazed.

Mirko Gosch

Spread the Good, Attract the Good http://mirkogosch.com

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MLM CHECKLIST - Internet Vs Network Marketing

I speak to a lot of people who call me asking about the mentoring program I participate in. Most are unaware of what it takes to make money online so they are wisely seeking help.

So far so good. The trouble comes with their preconceived ideas - some call them dreams - of how easy it will be to create wealth.

One of the first things I ask is if they know the difference between Internet Marketing and Network Marketing.

Sad to say, most don't. So in a nutshell this is it:

Internet Marketing is most often a job offering no residual income. Network Marketing is a business chosen because of the prospect of residual or royalty income.

Now of course there's much more to it, and we'll go into some of it here, but that's a good place to head out from when exploring a home-based business opportunity.

A while ago I read a book on how to improve the skill of thinking. (Yup, it's a skill so it can be sharpened.) The author, Edward DeBono, offered this: "Perception is by far the most important part of thinking. Perception is how we look at the world, what things we take into account, how we structure the world."

If our perception is limited it doesn't really matter how perfect our logic is. Flawless logic with limited perception still gives an incorrect answer or a faulty conclusion.

One of the fundamental thinking tools DeBono introduced was PMI, an acronym for Plus, Minus and Interesting. The beauty of this tool is how simple it works while yielding a broad point of view not designed to back up an opinion already formed. That particular practice is what DeBono calls the "intelligence trap", spending all your intellectual capital on supporting an already existing position or opinion rather than thinking it through and arriving at the best possible one.

PMI is an "attention-directing tool" where the thinker intentionally directs attention first towards the problem's Plus points, then the Minus points and finally the Interesting points. This is done deliberately and with discipline, taking all of 2-3 minutes.

Let us apply PMI to the question of Internet or Network Marketing. The lists here will not cover every feature of either.

First the Plus Points of Internet Marketing.

One can:
� make "lots" of money
� work from home in PJs or sweats
� be "anonymous" behind the computer's monitor

Now the Minus Points:
� there is a learning curve (HUGE if starting out with limited or no computer skills)
� the time investment is equally considerable
� the money investment - websites, ad tracking, autoresponders, advertising, leads, outsourcing, etc. - can be crippling
� basically you have a job since as an affiliate you'll own nothing, dependent on the success of others and their continuing to stay in business
� you will need many, many affiliate programs to make any kind of a reasonable income and the time to manage them all

Finally the Interesting Points:
� you'll learn a lot about technology
� you'll learn a lot about human behavior
� you'll attract lots of help from Internet Gurus looking for the starry-eyed newbie and offering programs to accelerate your success

Provided you have the time and don't need to make money NOW to pay some bills, AND provided you love to Learn, Internet Marketing can be fascinating. The systems and techniques and gadgets available are challenging and quite remarkable.

Now let's look at Network Marketing.

The Plus Points:
� one can make "lots" of money with the prospect of passive or royalty income
� one can work from home in PJs or sweats
� one owns a real business with a retailable product or service
� the money investment is minimal

The Minus Points:
� there is a learning curve (skills sets are required for success)
� there is a time investment
� you will have to really talk to people who will often tell you "No thanks"

Now the Interesting Points:
� you'll learn a lot about human behavior
� you'll attract lots of help from Internet Gurus looking for the starry-eyed newbie and offering programs to accelerate your success
� you'll meet and make friends with many, many people both online and in person

Once again these PMI lists were not meant to be exhaustive but to open your thinking about the differences between these two kinds of Marketing.

One last thing. Network Marketers, the good ones anyway, selectively use some pieces of what Internet Marketing is to generate their own leads. As a friend likes to say, "Much of what Internet marketers do can be useful to us but mostly we save failed and frustrated Internet marketers when they've finally had enough."

"If you want to do such things as ClickBank, then you can get a lot of what you are going to need to know from what we teach but if you have no idea what that stuff is when you see it in our training, well, then you honestly have no business doing Internet marketing."

Your key to success online is to FOCUS on one business. Do not do multiple businesses or affiliate programs. After all, a dog can't chase more than one rabbit at a time.

Another key is to develop your own critical thinking. Develop the ability to perceive the networking industry, companies, products & services, and compensation plans with a broad scan. Get the tools necessary to furnish your mind with some "executive" concepts so that you can instruct your mind to work as you wish. Get Personalized, Clickable Mentoring, designed for your needs. Get it for free here starting with this manual. http://most-valuable-networking-help.com

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