Time to Turn OFF all the Bright Shiny Lights!
I’m Guilty!
I have been soooo distracted by all the bright shiny lights. I think I’ll blame it on my adult ADD?
The good news is that I’ve identified the source of my distraction, and it won’t be so difficult to minimize it. Think about it a minute. If you are a recovering alcoholic, what would be the worst place to hang out? A Bar, maybe?
If you are an internet marketer who easily loses focus and keeps buying up all the lastest and greatest fad marketing systems, what’s the worst place to hang out? Your email inbox!
Now, there are two lessons here:
First – Get an autoresponder and build a list. People watch their inbox and they will buy.
Second, if you’re in a similar situation that I’m in, you gotta protect yourself.
Here’s the plan.
Decide on a marketing system that’s good for you and stick with it.
There aren’t that many options.
- Create or purchase a product that you can sell.
- Sell someone else’s product and earn a commission (affiliate).
- Sell advertising space.
Quit trying to make it so complicated. That’s all there is. Those three. That’s it. Pick one and go with it. that’s your business.
Yes, you can do all three, but if distraction is your problem, make it easy on yourself and work with one.
Once you know what your business is, there are only a couple things to do. You can get traffic to your website, or you can convert that website traffic to cash. Basically, everything you do in your business falls in one of those two categories.
As the manager of your business, you need to drive the activity of your business and quit letting every Tom, Dick, and Harry of the internet marketing world con you into believing that you need to change directions and buy their new biggest deal.
If you want to start using video to drive traffic to your website, then do some research and find out what you need so that you can create videos and use them to drive traffic to your website. Don’t just go out and buy some video marketing program cause Guru X says that he stumbled across the system and made $87,368.24 in 10 minutes and wants to share his little know secret with the world.
Well, guess what? You subscribed to Guru X’s autoresponder and he’s going to pump sales letters into your inbox every day. Yes, they are fun to read. Yes, you bought something from Guru X once before and felt like it was worth every penny. Does that mean you need the next great deal he’s selling? Absolutely not! Get off his list.
That’s what I’m doing right now.
Mike Filsame…..unsubscribe
Alex Goad…..unsubscribe
Marlon Sanders…..unsubscribe
Justin Blake…..unsubscribe
Mark Roth…..unsubscribe
Jeremy Shoemaker…..unsubscribe
Keith Wellman…..unsubscribe
Mark Joyner…..unsubscribe
Does this mean I don’t like these guys? Heck No! Most of them are great guys. I’ve learned something from every one of them. That’s why I subscribed to their list in the first place.
The problem is that in every case, their autoresponders have been bringing me distractions and it’s time for me to focus on my business. I know what my business needs more than anything else, and you know what your business needs. Primarily, action.
Brad Callen…..unsubscribe
Matt Bacak…..unsubscribe
Willie Crawford…..unsu…..wait! I can’t unsubscribe, cause there’s no unsubscribe link in his email.
Brian Johnson…..unsubscribe
John Chow…..unsubscribe
Wow! I have more time, already. I’m feelin’ it. Time to go market to the people on my autoresponder list.
