Beating the Newbie Blues
Recently on the Marketing With Alex forum, a fabulous discussion has ensued regarding feeling overwhelmed and tired with internet marketing. There is so much to learn, so many little steps, so much to do. Where do we begin? How long will it take to see even modest success? Why does nothing seem to be working? What do I do next?
As evident by how wonderful the people on this forum are, many, many stepped up to the plate to offer encouragement and sound advice on how to move through this discouragement and keep moving forward.
Some of my favorite suggestions were as follows:
1. Don’t try to do things perfectly, just do SOMETHING. Take action. I loved this comment because truly that is what it is all about. If you wait until you know everything, have perfected everything, well, that time will never happen and you will never produce anything. Take action, see what the results are and then take more action based on those results. You learn best by DOING.
2. Get Clear about WHY what you are doing is important to you! Are you treating Internet Marketing like a hobby? If so you will get results that are similar. Take time to write down WHY you are engaged in Internet Marketing. So many successful internet marketers have said that they did not become successful until their backs were against the wall and they had to be successful. Write WHY you want to be successful at internet marketing. Carry that paper around with you everywhere. Post it where you can see it. Make your WHY your passion and it will help to drive you to your success. If you are not hungry for success at this moment in time, surround yourself with people who are. Their desire will be infectious and help to fuel yours.
3. Do One Productive Thing A Day. Reading email doesn’t count. Create a to-do list at the beginning of the week, and make sure that you tackle at least one thing on that to-do list each day. Something as small as blogging on someone else’s blog, adding a comment of value to a forum, writing a blog post, submitting an article, over time adds up to increased traffic, increased opt-ins, increased revenue. Doing at least one productive activity a day also makes you feel good, accomplished, moving forward. This in itself, will propel you the next step.
4. Take time away from the computer to do a “brain dump“. Write down everything you know, everything you have done, everything you want to do. Take a couple of days. Read through it and organize. Get a clear picture of what you have done (and you will be amazed at what you have done so far!), and where you are heading. You will feel rejuvenated and will be able to develop a plan. A great free ebook to help you do this brain dump can be found on Gary Simpson’s blog. The ebook is called “Time In Motion.”
5. Buy Internet Marketing products as you need them, not just to have them. As Rich Schefren says, buy products ‘just in time,’ not ‘just in case.’ If you buy products because you ‘may’ need them at ’some point’ you are wasting your time and your money and it derails you from your goals as well as frustrates and overwhelms you with information that you don’t need. If, a year from now, you DO need that information, the product will still be around, and if not, that means it has been replaced with something more current and/or better. Knowing where you are headed, and determining as you go what information you lack, you are better able to buy with discernment only those products that will truly help you.
6. BELIEVE that you will be successful. Even if you have never been. Even if you have been trying to achieve the internet marketing dream for months or years. BELIEVE that your success is a certainty. Visualize daily what it will be like when you are successful. Feel it, see it. As a good friend used to tell me, “See it in your Mind, Get it in your Life.”
If you are feeling the newbie blues, watch this video where Tony Robbins interviews John Reese and Frank Kerns. It is packed with useful information and it is quite uplifting. It will be worth your time to view.
Take a minute to comment below. What have you done to beat the Newbie Blues?
September 7th, 2009 at 1:11 am
Awesome post, Norene!
I’ve been popping in and reading that thread from time to time but haven’t really been following it. You summarized it very nicely.
Cheers,
Rod
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September 7th, 2009 at 5:21 am
Hi I’m Trevor
Twiter ID: Trevor_T_Jones
I am a student of Alex Jeffreys I have been looking around at fellow students blogs and came across yours. Definitely one of the best. I felt I had to leave a comment because your blog is simply, so inspirational and informative, It has given me hope and ideas to better mine.
It is so clean and fresh looking. I am always worried I overdo it myself, to much content you know. Your blog is just right. I would appreciate if you would pass comment on mine just to confirm I haven’t overdone it. On my blog I am doing a theme on successful internet marketers. Really like to know what you think as I am pretty new to all this layout stuff. I hope one day that I can write about your internet success. Keep up the good work
Rgds Trevor
PS my blog http://www.trevjones.info
Hey maybe we could follow each other on twitter.
September 7th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Noreen, Great tips for any Newbie…
I was especially guilty of number 5 until I started being Coached by Alex. I have all sorts of eBooks and software that I’ve bought over the last few years on my hard drive.
They were all bought because I thought I’d need them at some point in the future, but now they are mostly out of date, or I have no idea what I bought them for in the first place!
Keep the great posts coming and I’ll speak to you soon.
Steve
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September 7th, 2009 at 7:07 am
Trevor, I’d be happy to check out your blog! I appreciate your feedback. Sometimes I worry that mine is TOO simple looking, but I feel sometimes that my life is so cluttered that I’d like all that has to do with my business to be as simple and clean looking as possible.
-Norene
September 7th, 2009 at 7:08 am
Thanks, Steve. I agree! I cannot believe the difference in my focus since I joined Alex’s class and stopped buying into each new launch that came down the pike. -Norene
September 8th, 2009 at 4:03 am
Hi Norene,
Another great post for your readers.
For me, Number 6 is the big one in this list, by a long way.
Believing is featured in my first ever ebook – it’s vitally important to understand why believing is key.
Take Care,
Andrew.
Andrew Vaughan´s last blog ..The Gazzman Challenge – 25 Things about Me.
September 8th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Thanks Andrew! I can’t wait to read your ebook! I’m sure it is content-packed and a great read! -Norene
September 10th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Hi Norene,
Nice blog subject and it has come at the right time for me. Like you say, when so much information is thrown up at you, it’s easy to loose focus and direction.
You’ve reinforced the message …. make a plan and stick to it.
Thanks
John
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September 10th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Thanks John! It really helps having such a supportive group to keep each other going! -Norene
September 15th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Hi Norene,
Excellent blog, learned quite a few things reading through your posts and they covered and brought up some intresting questions. I think we all want some feedback as to where we are in relation to where our first ’stepping stone’ to toward our first goal. Thanks forthe links withing your posts, if I refer to them in my blog I’ll be sure to backlink them to your site.
Be back soon
Dave
September 16th, 2009 at 8:05 am
Thanks Dave. I have learned so much from reading others’ blogs –it truly is amazing the community formed on the internet. Best wishes for your success. -Norene