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Gem Mining for Internet Marketers

I’m starting to really understand what it means when someone says there is no magic pill for internet marketing. Despite what all those eBooks say, becoming succesful at internet marketing is a process. Once you’ve been in the game long enough, you will discover little gems that will make you profitable. I’m already starting to see this as I’ve found very specific ways of making money. However if I told everyone, the power of my gem mine would disapear.

No one will tell you their little internet marketing gem.

What does this mean? Well it means you should stop looking for a freebie from a guru. The masters know a whole lot that they aren’t willing to share with you. Sure… they’ll tell you some basic theory or previous successes but they’ll never give away their cash cow because they know it will only dilute it’s value.

So what’s my point? This is really geared towards people who are looking to start out in making money online. People get too caught up in buying every ebook to find that freebie that’ll make them rich. Well… it’s not going to happen unless its part of an inheritance from your parents.

Take for example, Shoemoney. He’s been in the game for years. He was fired for building websites during his day job. This means he had been doing it long before he went full time. He’s been in the game so long and tried so many things that he now has plenty of gems that work for him. Yet, he knows that giving them away isn’t the solution. He’ll sometimes throw s out an article about PPC marketing because he knows that it’s not as easy as it looks.

There is no perfect start. Stop looking for one.

I believe the right process is a iterative one that looks kinda like the following.

1. Learn - This means you need to find materials that’ll help you get there. I prefer the free method. Goto the bookstore and just read the book there, read blogs, or participate in forums. Here’s the top internet marketing forums: Digital Point and Warrior Forum.

2. Try - Once you learn about something. Do something with it. There’s two reasons why you should. It helps cement knowledge in your mind so it can use it to be even more creative. The other is that sometimes information is deceiving. You have to realize that people write books for a general audience in their mind. You will never be their perfect audience. No one is average despite every writer aiming for the average writer.

3. Repeat - Do this process over and over again. You’ll eventually hit a gem. Once you find one, seize the opportunity fully. If it makes a profit, exploit it till the mine runs dry. Don’t even dare to share until where the benefit gained from sharing exceeds the benefits of not (aka put it on a blog).

I know all of this is super cliche, but it’s a good thing to ram it in your head once more. Hey… I’m probably just writing this for myself. As an old saying goes (making this up), the man who tells other people to work harder is probably having trouble working hard himself.

Oh yeah… some gem mines are deceiving. You may strike a huge gem, but don’t start fantasizing about your wealthy future. Chances are it’s just a one time deal. I’ve already dealt with this already. One day it looked like I hit the jackpot thinking I’d make $50+ a day, so I ironically wasted time fantacising about it. The next few days, it ended up being not even close to what I’d thought it’d be.

Lesson: Keep working until you see REAL (consistent) results from a method. Once you find it, keep working harder. Anything that is stagnant is dead or going to die.

Anyway, I thought I’d get that off my chest. As you can tell, this is a lesson for myself because I did waste time myself, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Carl Zetterlund