Are You Focused Enough To Become A Success On The Internet? Part 2
OK. Before I kick off Part 2, if you haven’t read Part 1, you can do so here: Internet Success
Alright, once you’re done with that, let me go on with my tiny tirade.
Now I know this topic on FOCUS is going to hellava important to any beginner starting off on the internet because I learnt this lesson too when I was starting out. You need to be focused. Why?
Because you’re gonna be bombarded with offers left, right and center every single day from all the IM gurus out there and if you get lost in this informational barrage, you’re gonna be paralyzed! I not just talking about offers to buy stuff, you’re also get offers to download free reports or free videos telling you the latest and sexiest system out there to make money on the world wide web.
And you’re gonna receive ALL this stuff ALL the time and if you don’t know exactly what you need to do onine, you’re gonna be lost! Now how many here understand what I’m saying here or you’re going through that right now?
You’ve just got so much information, you just don’t know where to start. I know because I’ve been through it and I’d reckon that everyone will go through this when they first start out.
You need to FOCUS.
You see all this great offers that come your way, they’re gonna confuse you unless you know what you’re doing. Now I’m not knocking these offers that come your way because most times if it’s from a reputable marketer, what s/he’s offering you is going to be quality. Be it an adsense product, or a blogging ebook, or a ebay system, whatever. ALL of them will help you to make money online.
Adsense is a great income stream. So is affiliate marketing. So is selling your own product. So is selling on ebay. etc, etc, etc. These systems all make money, there are people out there who have proven that these systems work. The only question is which one do you want to focus on?
Because if you’re not focused on what you want and what you need to get done, you’re gonna be attracted and dragged all over the place whenever someone tells how they made so much money using this new so-and-so system. And you’re gonna be distracted. You have to be more like a laser beam than a torchlight. When you’re a laser, you can cut through any obstacles that come your way.
So pick something! If you decide to become an adsense publisher, invest in a solid adsense program and stick with it until you make it. If you decide to create your own ebook, invest in a program that teaches you how and then stick with it. Stay with the program. Learn and apply everything you have in that program and make it happen.
I’m telling you that if you just take what you have learnt in a solid program and you apply the strategies consistently again and again and again, you are going to see results. I mean it. All the small steps and actions you take will all snowball into a gigantic success story for you on the internet.
There is no magic bullet. There is no ’secret’ to success. The real ’secret’ is taking small consistent right action every single day and you’re gonna see miracles happen. And you have to remember that things do not have to be perfect before you start the ball rolling.
Your ebook doesn’t have to be perfect. Your copywriting doesn’t have to be perfect. Your traffic generation strategies do not have to be perfect. Nothing has to be perfect. You just have to get the basics right and that’s all you need as a launch pad to take off.
Because along the way, you’re gonna tweak your ebook anyway. You’re gonna tweak your copy here and there anyway. You’re gonna learn and apply more traffic strategies anyway. So you’re always improving and there’s really no perfect ebook, copy, blog, article, traffic system. So don’t let the idea that you have got to know everything out there before you start. Just start and the rest will take care of itself.
You see when you start something and get the ball rolling, you’re gonna learn even faster because now you’re DOING how you can make money onine as compared to just reading about how you can do it. And when you’ve got something up and running, it’s alot easier for you to learn new things because now you have something to relate all this new information to.
For example, you learn a new strategy about how you can double your clickthrough rates for your adsense ads. Because you are already running an adsense website, you know exactly how to use this new information to help you immediately and directly. You have something to relate it to.
As compared to you just reading about all these great ways to start a adsense business (but not taking the action to start) and when this double-your-clickthrough strategy comes along, you are going to become even more confused because now you know this new info is going to help you, but you have NO idea what to do with it (because you have nowhere to apply it!).
That’s where information overload occurs! You get all this great ideas and strategies, you know it’s important but you just don’t know what to do with all of it. So you get more confused which leads you to think that you don’t know enough. Which leads you to then be afraid to start at all. And so you do nothing (but still wish to start someting) but then more information comes your way and you get more confused again and so the whole cycle starts again.
Don’t fall into that trap! Just start somewhere! And you’ll know what to do with all the stuff that comes your way.
So if I can leave a tip for you in this post, it is to start something! If you’ve always wanted to start your online business (whatever model it may be), do it! Start now and take what you’ve learnt so far and apply it. Apply, apply apply. And focus and what you need to get done instead of thing how things should be done.
Because if you’re always thinking that everything should be done in some perfect way, you’re gonna be stuck. Don’t do that. Just start somewhere, even if you cocked up somewhere, you can always change it later. Websites evolve all the time. They never stay the same because you’re always learning new things and you’re always applying those new things to your website.
Start now, so that now you can decide what type of information and strategies you want to focus on. So if you’re into creating your own product and selling it, you will only take note of all the great strategies that come your way on how you can create a great product, write a killer salesletter and how you can drive traffic. That’s it!
You wouldn’t care (or give too much attention) about the new fangled system to make money with adsense, you wouldn’t be distracted about the strategy that teaches you how to up your ebay status, yadda, yadda, yadda…
You wouldn’t be distracted because you know exactly what you NEED to get your project up and running and making money for you. And you only focus on offers, reports and strategis that serve you in that area. The rest of the information that comes your way, it’s great but you can leave it aside for now. You can always come back to it later when you want to.
You’ll be able to get rid or all the ‘noise’ when you’re focused on your goal. So foucs on what you want and everything will fall into place. Remember, be like the laser that cuts through everything to hit your target.
Now I sincerely hope that this helps you in someway because I’m sharing from personal experience as a beginner who started out 6 months ago. I got so lost in all the huge amount of information that hit my inbox. Until I started the ball rolling.
Once I started taking action, I knew what I needed to get done, so I knew what I needed to learn to get those things done and didn’t care if it wasn’t ‘perfect’ because I knew that I could always come back and tweak things later if I needed to.
So don’t get lost in this IM maze, because it really isn’t. It all falls away when you know with clear intent what you want and pretty soon you’ll be making your money on the internet. There’s nothing stopping you from doing that. So go out there and make it happen!
Watch out for Part 3… I’m not done with this topic yet!
Read Part 3 here ==> Internet Marketing Focus






Hi adam,
Thanks for sharing your experiences with us yesterday night. Indeed staying focus have been the most difficult task online. I was a student once which happen to be the same institution as yourself. Being online for about 3 years, I find the information I know is just a tip of the ice-berg.
Hope to hear more from you and hope you enjoy your journey for the quest to financial freedom.
Regards
Adwin Ang
Hey Adam,
Nice touch on explaining “analysis paralysis”.
Were you inspired to write about it after that email I’ve sent you?
I agree with you, from getting confuse down to the intent part.
Quite a good read. And like one of your mentor said :”Internet Marketing is the simplest thing that is hardest to do.”
Best Wishes,
Ty Teh.
Hihi Adam!
Yes!! I can absolutely relate to this!
Sometimes we get bombarded by so much information esp free stuff throwing at us all at once even when we did not even open our mouths or go out and ask for them!
Then, as if we thought it was meant for us to know all these, we started venturing into them and getting lost in more and more similiar offers & choices here and there we no longer can be too SURE which are the real Stuffs! So came the trials & errors (for some, too many errors!)
So true, FOcus on what we really WANT out of coming into this in the first place and focus on what we really LOVE to do!
If not, we get caught into this WORLD WIDE spider WEB and begin walking in endless circles! Isnt very a nice outcome, is it? Getting confused and veered away from our original intent!
Focus is the key to eliminate info overload, whether it is in studies, business, career or personal life.
Only then we will grow towards our dreams.
- Felicia K.
Hi Adam!
I truly love your series of “Are you focused enough to be a success on the internet”!!
You see, I am trying to start in this internet venture and i can relate to everything you mention here! There are so many things to learn and so many options. Paralysis by Analysis!
Okie I will just decide who model best suits me and give it my best shot!
It can be really scary to venture into this for the first time. I mean, i am someone who had never bought anything online before!
Well I guess i will have to learn from the experts and learn to have fun at the same time!
Keep this going!!
Cheers, Stella
Hey there Adam,
My name is Dustin, and I’ve just recently come across your website. I’m a university student based in the Philippines, and it inspires me to see another young individual like me making it through success. I myself had my shares of ups and downs while trying to make extra income online to help finance my miscellaneous expenses. HAVING FOCUS really is the key no matter what type of venture you go into. Touch it up with perseverance, ambition, motivation, and courage to overcome obstacles. Luck and prayers is always on the side of course = )
Do you have yahoo messenger? Please get in touch with me Adam, it would be an honor to have you as one of my online mentors. Thanks very much in advance, and I look forward to chatting with you soon
Hi Adam!
My sentiments exactly! I have just started into the online business arena just 1 month back and now I have trouble FOCUSING on the areas that i want to specialize/improve!
All of us newbies who come across this posting of yours should probably owe you a Big Thanks for pointing us in the right direction!
Always looking forward to new insights from your blog!
Great work Adam!