Who To Blame When Your Business Is Not Growing ?

I have been very busy the past weeks with endless reading and searching the web for more answer on "How To Become Successful Using The Internet ?", I have even spent close to S$500 on eBooks by "Guru's" of the Internet Marketing arena and my conclusion is this :

Knowing the Tips / Tricks of doing the Business does not help me unless I DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT !

With the huge amount of information I am absorbing lately I am very certain that I am having Information overflow and eventually I am at the starting point of knowing what I wanted to do but at least, I have NEW knowledge on What Internet Marketing is.

My knowledge comes in all forms : eBooks, Forums, Websites, Articles in Ezine etc and there are some webmasters out there who are even answering your questions for free. We should be glad that these people are giving us information that cuts down our time in exploring on how the business can be done.

As a result of this kind of treatment, I realized that I also want to be helpful in my Internet Marketing endeavor so that others will benefit from visiting my website in the near future. However an incident on my newly trusted mentor website reminds me that while we can do our best to please everyone BUT not everyone who has visited your site will reciprocate positively. This is what happens :

A visitor has visited www.2planawebsite.com and www.2createawebsite.com and must have try and tested some of the Tips that this websmaster, Miss Lisa, had provided in its articles and contents. However, his website is not performing up to his expectation and he blames Miss Lisa and calling her website a BUNK, which is very unfounded. I also found out through her comment that this Visitor did not even write to her with his problems or to get any form of consultation prior to his outburst on the Comment Page and this pretty upset the sweet lady who has been helping others in this area of business for almost 10 years.

What I know is that there are many such pessimistic people out there who do not know how to take defeat or setbacks gracefully and finger-pointing on others to blame for their misadventure. These type of people will never know how to please someone because they don't know how to please themselves !

I am also convinced that there are many helpful people such as Miss Lisa out there who sincerely want to help those in need of help on subject such as Website Creation, Writing Articles and Affiliate Marketing so that they can make some money in the near future. These helpful Samaritans believe in one principle, in my humble opinion, that by helping others they will be help in time to come. Another trait is that they have a kind heart and is willing to give back to society.

So, do not blame others whenever your business is not growing, search for the answer in the web and you might just find an Angel out there who is very much willing to help you out.

"No Time" or Too Lazy To Make Money

When I present opportunity to people who are searching for means to make extra money, the instant reply I always get is "I have no time !" or "My children are young" or "I will look into it when I am ready" Are these truly a legitimate reasons ?

Let’s face it. Network Marketing, Internet Marketing or Any Money Making Opportunities are not for everyone. You have to enjoy being out here and learning the ropes (learn how to find your customers, rope in a few downlines, or how to get ranked in Google, partner with other sites, writing content, etc.) If you don’t, this journey will be more like a job.

Most of these successful businessmen I know never felt that what they are doing are like Works and I believe that’s why I am putting real effort into it to become one of them. Unfortunately, though, when people hear stories of successful business owner earning five to six figures per year, they think all they have to do is join the business or build a site and they’ll get the same result.

If it were really that easy, we’d all have five to six figure income now wouldn’t we?

People often want instant gratification with little work and when they don’t succeed, they place the blame on everyone, system or business when 9 times out of 10, the only person to blame is themselves.

Yes, there are some of them who make a lot of money out here, but they worked hard for it. Some of them had started their business for 2 to 5 years and there were times in the beginning when they only made about $15 per month. But they never gave up. Yes, they've failed many times along the way but they improved their business from the mistake learnt in the process.

Mistakes are OK, but Laziness is not. I have people who want to make extra money for themselves but can only devote a small hour per week to do the business. If you’re just starting out, you have to devote much more time to get it started right. If you can’t, then your results will mirror your efforts.

Bottom line…

If you are looking for a free lunch or looking to get rich overnight, then doing business is not for you. It's better off working for a Salary that will tie you down for a long period of time with no certainty.

Look around you today ! There is no such thing as a JOB SECURITY anymore. People are getting retrenched for all sorts of reasons that the Company or Bosses can think of.
However, if you want to venture into some form of business then you got to get the butt off the chair and do something!