Many people consider internet marketing as one of the best ways to strike gold. And you know what? They are right.
Where else can you set up a business within a couple of hours at virtually no cost and start making money 24 hours a day from customers all over the world?
A valuable lesson from history
The California Gold Rush started in 1848 when James Marshall spotted something shiny in a river. It turned out to be gold, and, despite trying to keep the find a secret, it triggered a massive gold rush.
What a great way to get rich quick! Gold nuggets lying around for the taking. Must have seem like a dream come true for most gold diggers.
The reality was slightly different…
Traveling to California was not easy in those days. There were basically three options, namely by boat via South America (six months of misery), by boat via Panama (if you were not too concerned about malaria and Cholera) or overland (a 2000 mile journey). Once you got there, working conditions were terrible. Lack of supplies meant that prices for basic foodstuffs soared. Many miners died hungry and poor...
What has the 1848 gold rush got to do with internet marketing? As in the case of the gold rush, many new marketers think that internet marketing means easy money. Similar to the gold rush, most new internet marketers do not actually end up making any money.
What can we learn from this?
The better prepared you are the bigger your chances will be to strike gold in internet marketing. The more you know about internet marketing the less likely you will be to make stupid mistakes and fall for “get rich quick” schemes.
Knowledge is power
I think most gold rush miners would have done things a lot differently if they had a better understanding of what they were getting themselves into. Having a great idea or noticing an opportunity is one thing. Turning the idea or opportunity into a profitable business is a different story.
Francois du Toit is a full-time internet marketer and the author of “Digging For Gold Nuggets -– Lessons Learned In Internet Marketing” (This article is a small extract from this brand new book).
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