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Suffering Information Overload With Your Online Business?

My wife Sam & I are no different but we had an experience in another arena that really illustrated information overload & enabled us to try & avoid it when we started out with our own Internet marketing activity.

Our Experience & Lesson Learned

About 12 years ago we decided that the conventional pension route was not for us, couldn't afford it anyway. I had a small pension but once you turn 40 as I had done the amount you need to put in was just scary. So it was just when the buy-to-let market was just taking off here in the UK. So we trolled the internet, checked out ads and as we didn't have much capital to play with we came to the conclusion we'd have to buy in Northern England as prices where a lot cheaper.

Research is vital, so we responded to ads both online & off, went to seminars, had some meetings, drove to place like Newcastle, Liverpool (5-6 hour journeys) met with sourcing companies, viewed possible houses, crunched the numbers we'd been given, including all the bull****, started to believe the 'you too can be a property millionaire in 5 years' etc

Paralysis from Just Too Much Information

But then sheer panic and information analysis overload set in - should we buy in Liverpool or Newcastle? Can we trust these people? Would they pay us? Would they do the refurbishments properly? How would we pay the mortgage if they didn't find a tenant quickly? What if, What if - could they be trusted with our meagre but hard earnt little pot of capital? - Total paralysis.

But then you know what one of the guys we had met called us the details of a property - sounded great, good price so we took the plunge.

In the coming months more followed and 12 years down the road we now have a worthwhile property portfolio. Certainly its not without headaches & problems but hey there's no such thing as a free lunch!

My point is this, yes research is vital, only a fool just jumps in but there's a time to quit the research and get started. Don't allow yourself to get overloaded and paralysed. Especially with an internet marketing business - the technology moves at such a pace, get stuck in, have a go, you can't break anything and it's a business that's very low financial entry level - not like buying a house with a domain, some hosting you can be up & running - learning the ropes to making some money.

Just 'Do It'

There's no substitute for 'doing it'. If we'd have allowed ourselves to remain paralysed by our research experiences in the property market we'd have never bought our first buy to let, we'd have never experienced that property doubling in price in 6 years enabling us to re mortgage and buy more - so those are the highs but equally remember you learn more from the lows - the tenant doing a runner, some kids breaking in and trashing the place etc.

But everyone experiences set backs, learn from them, grow from them & move on, don't let them stop you in your tracks and the internet marketing business is no different - when you 're sitting there dog tired at 2am trying for the 100th time to do something - don't give up because suddenly it will come right - perseverance is the key.

Toby Russell

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MLM Success - Persistence is the Key

As I started my jog (not quite a run) I was reminded just how long a winter it had been. My legs felt a little weak and I was moving through the sand at a pretty slow pace. Toby, in the meantime, was running like a 3 year old Lab ought to and he was happy as could be. He was busy chasing seagulls and sniffing every piece of driftwood he could find. A dog's paradise I would say. I actually surprised myself as I continued down the beach. I managed to fall into a rhythm pretty quickly and was feeling pretty good about myself (after about 300 yards) however the jetty at the beach's end still looked pretty darn small.

As I moved along at this rhythmic yet embarrassingly slow pace I began to focus my attention on the small rocks along the sandy shore rather than on the jetty which was still way ahead down the shoreline. I simply focused on putting one foot in front of the other I was so much more at ease. It was at that time I began putting things into perspective. You see, I have been working pretty hard lately in my MLM enterprise, because I swore to myself that I would succeed and would not go back to working a J.O.B. (just over broke.)

But as I mentioned previously it's been a long winter, in more ways than one, and there have been days where I could have thrown in the towel and walked away. But something inside me kept me going. That little voice in my heart, not in my head, that reminds me that I have a purpose in life and I must persist, not quit until I fulfill that purpose. That is what moves me forward and keeps me focused. So I keep putting one foot in front of the other and plugging away. No matter how far away my goal is I know that if I consistently take steps in the right direction, day in and day out, I will get there.

I came home from the beach and felt pretty good. My run was not my best ever by any means, but I got it done. And tomorrow I will go out and do it again. That little lesson on the beach just watching the rocks pass by me as I moved slowly down the shoreline was about way more than exercise. It was about everything we do in life. Whenever we feel like the task ahead is bigger than we are we need to remind ourselves to just take one step at a time and keep moving forward. It's like what they say about how you would go about eating an elephant: one bite at a time. Good lesson folks.

To top off my day when I sat down at my computer and logged on to my Face book page, there in front of me was a quick video put up by one of my business colleagues, Ty. Ty is all about positive energy and persisting and his video focused on the importance of persisting until you succeed. Wow, what a very profound and perfectly timed video; like it was meant for me today. Ever felt like things just happen for a reason? That's because they do, trust me. Keep moving forward folks. Don't ever quit. Have a passion for your life and everything in it. Persist until you succeed. Thanks Ty, thanks Toby.

Jim Marr is retired from law enforcement and presently resides in a shoreline community of Rhode Island. He has been married to his wife Marianna for 28 years and they have 3 grown children; James, Patrick and Nina.

Jim is a full time network marketer and writer and has a passion for helping others succeed in all aspects of living. http://www.BizSolutionsbyJim.com

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