How To Tell When You're Serious About Marketing

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It's great to writing for this blog again, after so many months. I'm glad I didn't totally put it to death, that would have made bringing it back to life that much harder. I honestly believe the foundation I laid for this blog and what I hoped to accomplish with it truly helped me months ago. I was just to impatient and frustrated to realize it. It took a series of things to happen in my writing and marketing career along the way, in order for me to finally get things in perspective. (My earnings that I'm finally beginning to get paid may have a little bit to do with it!)

I won't make a long drawn out post today, although one is certainly overdue, and will be forthcoming. I will, however, provide the answer to the question in the title of the hub. How can you tell when you're really serious about your marketing career (or endeavors)?

When the only option you believe you have is anything but quit!

Each time I got to discouraged to the point of deciding to find something conventional, I'd think of a new, sure fire strategy that I'd just have to try out before I quit. Then I'd try it not succeed (or so I thought), and get discourage to that same point. Then I'd just repeat the cycle all over again. I finally realized two things.

1. I was hanging in there! Even when I was complaining and talking about quitting, I was hanging in there. My constantly allowing myself "just one more try, just one more chance, just one more strategy, was my way of saying: "I want this! I don't want to do anything else! I've found what I'm supposed to be doing and all I want is a way to make it work!"

2. While I was busy stressing (and writing), and worrying (and writing), and pulling my hair out (and writing), something else was happening. My income was slowly but surely starting to trickle, then drip in. I'm still looking for that awesome downpour of earnings to start raining on me, but until then, I won't give up! I'm a serious marketer!
I'm jus

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Are You Keeping A Steady Pace?

Not once have I went on my daily walk, and not come back with a great ideal to help my online marketing business. I cannot stress enough the importance of always following through on your healthy routines, no matter how anxious you are to get to the computer! (Read: Always Perform Your Healthy Routines.

Most of the thoughts of the day that I post were inspired on my morning walks, usually because of something I see or hear while I am out strolling. For example, this morning's Thought For The Day: Start Out Nice and Easy But Keep A Steady Pace, So What If You’re The Tortoise, You’re the One Who Wins the Race! I had this thought as I passed the Middle School that I normally walk past on my regular route. I noticed something very amusing. A class of students were dressed for gym and out running across a grassy field (Yuk! I HATED having a first period P.E. class!). From the appearance of things, the assignment was to run across the field, starting from the pavement, go all the way to the chain fence, then turn around and run back.

THE RACE IS ON

As I stopped my walk, to watch the entertaining site, it took me back to my own school days, and I easily identified with the students who had taken off right away and were well ahead of the rest of the kids. And just like I used to do, that bunch of students soon grew weary from having started out so fast. They lost their steam, and before you knew it, they had slowed to a walk, but continued on, now in the rear!

SETTING YOUR PACE

Then there was the group that never even bothered to run, but instead, were cluttered together, goofing off, turning flips, and basically clowning around as they made their way down the field, walking. They never even bothered to try and fulfill the assignment. There were several other groups or pairs of students, all kind of doing their own thing, and creating their own pace. The kid that stood out most, however, was the student that was running alone, and keeping a steady pace. I noticed that she had started off kind of slow out of the gate, but she made her way down the field with ease. Just as she approached the fence, from where I stood watching, she appeared to lose her footing, and fell. She picked herself up off the ground, then bent down to tie her shoe, just as the group of goof offs passed her by. The girl immediately got up, but rather than feeling the need to catch up, to my surprise, she continued on to the fence at the same pace!

REACHING YOUR GOAL

Having reached this milestone on her journey, she turned, and continued steadily back down the field to complete her mission. This young lady was one of the few students who actually completed the task. There were others at the finish line, but how they got there is suspect, because some of them I didn’t even see on the field at all!

This student’s morning assignment reminded me how life is, and (because my life is now marketing) how marketing is. There are many who will start out, but not everyone will succeed. There will even be those marketers who succeed through unscrupulous means, but the real winners are the ones who complete the task and make it to the end, with their integrity in tact.

As you embark on your marketing career, do not try to gauge yourself by what others are doing. Everyone has different situations, and variables that may affect their ability to achieve their goals as quickly as someone else. Do what is within your power to do, and do it at a steady and sure pace. If obstacles get in the way, or challenges arise (like your shoes coming untied, and you falling down), pick your self up and get right back on track! Remember, slow and steady wins the race.
TTFN – ta ta for now

Always Perform Your Healthy Routines

Even if they only make you feel better!


Sticking To Routines Not Always Easy

I was so keyed up today that I was ready to start working right away. No coffee, no tea, nothing, just write (not even any oatmeal)! My body didn’t demand that I go for a walk like it had on the previous Sunday morning, which happened to be Easter Sunday ( READ: Easter Sunday Walk Inspires Marketing Ideal )

My mind was ready for me to sit down and take a load off of it, but while I had so many things I wanted to get done, something in my spirit just kept saying You better go on and stick to your routine. Take your morning walk!

I realized I might not even get away from the office (our dining room table) until much later in the evening, if at all, depending on how absorbed I got, when I began working online. That ended up being the determining factor that made me stick to my routine and go on my morning walk.

Discipline Is Rewarding

It was a beautiful crisp spring morning. I could tell as soon as I stepped out the house and passed the window in the hallway, long before I got outside of the enclosed two-story apartment building. I knew I had made the right decision to go ahead with my walk. I was excited to get outdoors.

The blue sky and bright sun was perfect once again (just like on Easter Sunday) but even more so. My pace was as brisk as the air, but I felt wonderful. The big puffy clouds all stood out prominently, each one standing apart, alone and distinct. I could swear that the birds were chirping much louder than usual, I was just that in tuned to the surroundings. I felt like the universe was telling me something, and I was finally getting it. I know how much I love my walks and I love being out enjoying nature. I like the feeling of watching everyday people and seeing how they exist in their environment. It gets me thinking, and those thoughts always end up growing into good ideals.

Just like in the previous mentioned post, I was able to return home, on fire with a new article ideal. Taking opportunities to regularly spend quality time alone with your thoughts is always a healthy thing to do. When you perform routines that are good to you and good for you, it will ultimately end up helping your marketing efforts. Something as simple as going for a walk like I did this past Easter Sunday, or whatever your healthy routine happens to be, stick to it! Sticking to your routine offline, in the real world, will help you stick to routines when working online, in the virtual world.

You Owe It To Yourself

Today, I left the building knowing that my morning walk would remove the restlessness that I was experiencing, and make me feel better in my spirit. I returned, however, after having gained more than just a relief from the restlessness. I was mentally, emotionally and physically rejuvenated. It just goes to show, that it is okay to take time out for yourself, even when your sole objective is to feel better, no more, no less. That means you are not trying to manipulate a situation to extract something out of it. No marketing tactics or strategies involved. This is a bit different from what I talked about in Easter Sunday Walk Inspires Marketing Ideal

In that particular article, I suggested purposely doing things because you may get a good ideal out of it, in other words, for a two fold purpose. Now I am speaking about doing something like: going for a walk, taking a bubble bath, going dancing, or whatever it is that YOU like to do for pleasure, with no other motive other than it makes you FEEL BETTER. It is okay to just do it for that reason alone. You deserve it!

Easter Sunday Walk Inspires Marketing Ideal

"Good Lessons Can Be Learned In A Multitude Of Ways, As Long As You Keep Your Mind Open To Receive Them"

As today’s Thought of the Day says, Good Lessons Can Be Learned In A Multitude Of Ways, As Long As You Keep Your Mind Open To Receive Them. I experienced this, earlier this morning when I went for a Sunday morning walk.

A Walk Turns Into A Journey

I started out just needing to get out and walk, after being up for about 35 hours straight. As I say this, I realize it’s in contradiction to everything that I discussed in an earlier post A CB Affiliate Weathering A Midlife Crisis . Not eating properly and not getting adequate rest are unhealthy habits and unhealthy behavior for marketers. I should feel hypocritical about it, but I don’t, since I’m actually sharing the truth with you. It just goes to show how much I need motivation just as much as the next online marketer. I tell everyone over and over again, I don’t have all the answers, I’m the EXPERT NEWBIE! Hell, I don’t even have all the right questions yet, so, yes, I went against my own better judgment, and stayed up working hard on some stuff that I felt very excited about, at least while I was absorbed in it.

The problem with that kind of activity, other than the obvious: I’m ruining my body’s normal rhythm and cycle, especially when it comes to sleep, eating, digestion, energy level, thought process, circulation, you name it. Also, it creates a certain kind of anti-social (don’t want to be bothered with the real world) behavior. My level of tolerance and patience for anything more animated than a keyboard is getting to be ridiculous. All this is discussed in the above post, and touched on in: Confessions Of A Clickbank Affiliate and also CB Affiliates: Be Accountable to Yourself . As I said, I know I’m not perfect, so I had a relapse in behavior, but I won’t repeat it this week, so time to move on.

Anyway, having did a total injustice to my body and my psyche, I got up this Easter morning and went for a walk, since I failed to make it to Church. The walk was to rejuvenate my body, and I was literally compelled to take it. I had already spent a half an hour stretching and meditating, and trying to be okay with the whole eight hours of sleep I had just managed to knock out. After pulling the above-mentioned 35 hour stint, it’s a wonder I was able to wake on Sunday at all, let alone Sunday morning.

Deciding that my typical self taught yoga and meditation moves wouldn’t be enough to get my body in gear for the day, I threw on my tennis shoes and started trekking down the street, only planning on walking a couple of blocks just to get my circulation going.

Walking through the neighborhood that I’ve only lived in for a few months, wasn’t new to me. I normally have a route that I take to the public library, usually when I just want to get out of the house away from my computer (I go there and get on their computer). Today, I took another route, and turned down an unfamiliar side street. I was surprised and pleased to see one long stretch of sidewalk before me, and it was all downward. Without realizing it, the street that I’d been walking on was actually on an incline.

I felt like taking off running down the hill, but even though I was dressed in sweats and a tee shirt, and would have looked perfectly normal if I had, I refrained from running. Instead, I took my time and walked the whole strip, then got to the bottom and turned right. I proceeded to keep walking, and I walked and walked until my body was satisfied and totally stretched out. Before I knew it, I was standing back in front of the apartment complex I reside in. I had walked in a big giant square and covered, maybe two miles!

Clearing My Mind

It was really a beautiful day and a great morning for a walk. Everything you would expect from a warm Spring morning in sunny California. During most of my morning’s journey, I traveled through residential neighborhoods, and enjoyed various, homey sights. I smiled at the little toddler I passed as she actually posed for pictures in a brand new white lace Easter dress, complete with white accessories from head to toe. I wondered if either the handsome young man holding her in his arms, or the slender young lady taking the pictures were crazy for dressing a child that young in all that damn white (these young parents today, sheeesh!).

My guilt over having missed church was short-lived, when I noticed that I apparently wasn’t alone in my fall from grace. People were out biking, skating, washing cars, you name it. I only saw one other family in their Sunday best, although I actually passed five churches on my walk (I guess most services were extending a bit longer for the holiday, so people were still inside).

My walk was extremely enjoyable. It allowed me to clear my mind, and debrief myself of all the information I’d been consuming the last few days, as well as from the rest of the thoughts bumping around in my head. I thought about some of the last information that I’d taken in before I crashed this morning around 4:00 am. It had to do with defining my self and my market niche.

During the walk, I thought about the marketing points that had stood out most in my mind before turning in. I’d been reading about marketers who were using sites like Ad Sense and Ad Brite to generate income with their writing. I was particularly interested, because I’d been waiting to hear back from Google about implementing my own Ad Sense Account. Both these programs are ways for marketers, bloggers and various writers, to place other people’s advertisements alongside their writing. This will not only generate more traffic to the posted writing, but also a source of income, as a result of the writing.

My research on the topic made me aware of the fact that I probably won’t be approved for Ad Sense, and if I do get approved for Ad Brite, it may not be worth it. I read many comments that complained about the fact that Ad Sense is picking about who they approve, and they aren’t particularly interested in those who only use a blog site to promote their ads (I market through blogs, and article writing, and my only website is a free site hosted by Yahoo). As for AdBrite, on the other hand, while it may be easier to get approved by them, a lot of users complained of the quality of ads that they generate and publish on your site. Needless to say, I felt a bit discouraged when I read all this, especially since what I had been working on for the past two days was specifically centered around working with these two programs.

After having the wind let out of my sails about Ad Sense and Ad Brite, I had turned in for the night. I guess that’s why when I went on my walk this morning, those nagging thoughts of defeat tried to creep back into my head. I told myself that I wouldn’t let it get me down, and I’d find a way to implement my new strategy without those programs.

As I turned onto the main boulevard about a block away from where I lived, I passed a bus stop with an advertisement for a Disney movie on the display board. The movie release date was more than a whole month away. I pondered for a moment how some movies can afford a marketing campaign that gives them exposure this far in advance, while other movies you never even hear about until the week that they are actually released. The advantage of early marketing and promotion can mean the difference between success and failure. The billboard gave me a great ideal! Instead of just implementing the ideal that I’d been working on, for the past two days, I’d start spreading the word, and putting out buzz about it first, then once I actually launch the ideal, I should already have some potential interest.

Using What You Learn

I got back to the house, and after spending an adequate amount of time visiting with my family, tending to my hygiene, and pigging out on Easter dinner, I returned to the computer. I found another income generating program that is a lot less complicated, and only requires placing a link on a page and referring people to a great site. It’s called PerformancingAds and it works in a similar way as Ad Sense and AdBrite. The difference is, with PerformancingAds you don’t have to wait to join, and the requirements are not as rigid. What I chose to do, just to see how PerformancingAds is going to work, is to simply sign up for their Affiliate Referral program (Those of you looking for passive money making opportunities should check it out). I can suggest it based on what I’ve read, and hopefully in a week or so, I can provide a full review on how PerformancingAds treats their affiliates.

So a nice leisure walk helped inspire me to come up with an ideal that I believe will work out better for me in the long run. I’ve already begun to put ads out about my next venture, A Tit4Tat (More about this in the coming posts). Whether my strategy turns out to be advantageous or not, remains to be seen, but the fact still remains, “Good Lessons Can Be Learned In A Multitude Of Ways, As Long As You Keep Your Mind Open To Receive Them.”

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“Why New Internet Marketers Need Daily Motivating

(Conclusion) Cultivating A Positive ETGD Attitude

Two previous posts talked about some of the reasons “Why New Internet Marketers Need Daily Motivating (READ: Why New Internet Marketers Need Daily Motivating (Part One) Economy & High Expectations and “Why New Internet Marketers Need Daily Motivating, (Part Two) Negative “ETGD” Attitudes

After considering some of the reasons why motivation is needed, there was a brief discussion of a really good way to ward off negative feelings. My suggestion was to regularly read the personal experiences of other marketers, both from experts and fellow newbies. Doing so will help keep those Negative ETGD (Easy To Get Discouraged, Easy To Get Disgusted, and Easy To Get Distracted) feelings away. Since motivation has a way counteracting negative feelings, it is safe to say that staying motivated, and recognizing you’re not alone in your struggles is an effective remedy.

One necessary activity for marketers is to always cruise the different marketing resource sites and consume all the juicy morsels of information that they provide. A failure to do so would surely mean all out disaster. The technical information related to good marketing techniques and strategies, involve making it a point to regularly look for new places to post classified ads, blogs, press releases, and submit url addresses. These are the things that should become like second nature to us, because this is how we get the word out about whatever it is we’re marketing. But when visiting the various resource sites, I manage to filter out all the hype, and all of the counter marketing (the unnecessary tools that others insist you need to succeed), and I take in only what I believe will be truly useful.

When all the necessary stuff is done for the day, my favorite thing to do, is to start reading about other marketer’s experiences. No matter what kind of day I’ve had, I’m immediately uplifted and full of new ideals. When I first got started in marketing (just a few short months ago), I would only do this, leisure reading, off and on. It made me feel good to read about others who were going through what I was going through, AT THE SAME TIME I WAS GOING THROUGH IT. I found that while we really need the advice and input of the experts, it’s still important to have others that you can totally relate to. It’s only human nature. Once I truly realized how much good it was doing me, I began to factor this activity into my daily routine. Now, I wake up excited again, just like I did when I first started in marketing, and I felt that any morning I would wake up to a few thousand dollars in my email account. Although I’m still waiting to wake up to those thousands, now I’m waiting with a Positive ETGD Attitude. What is a Positive ETGD Attitude?

A Positive ETGD Defined


* Easy To Get Encouraged
* Easy To Get Excited
* Easy To Get Expressive

Motivating Marketing Newbies is a blog devoted primarily, to the motivation and uplifting of online marketers. The inspirational material that can be found posted here can also be beneficial to freelancers, entrepreneurs, home-based and small businesses, as well as to affiliate and internet marketers. When the daily topics of discussion and thoughts for the day are considered, it is my hope that these refreshing morsels help to replenish your strength and motivate you to continue the journey to success. BOOKMARK the page so you can return and be further motivated, thus cultivating a Positive ETGD Attitude. You’ll be encouraged and excited, and before long, expressing yourself about the experience. Maybe you’ll get a chance to motivate someone else.

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“Why New Internet Marketers Need Daily Motivating, (Part Two) Negative “ETGD” Attitudes

For individuals who are returning to this internet marketing blog, I welcome you back to part two of this post. For those who are reading this blog for the first time, you may want to consider reading part one of this article, entitled: Why New Internet Marketers Need Daily Motivating - Economy & High Expectations.

In summary, a brief discussion conveyed the fact that in spite of the world’s failing economy, internet marketing is not only holding its own, but it still has a bright future ahead (A November 20, 2008 article by the Interactive Advertising Bureau was cited). Further consideration of the subject determined that the need for new online marketers to stay motivated was not necessarily connected to the economy. This brought into question what effects all the hype, and exaggeration, typically associated with online marketing, tends to have on new marketers. Misconceptions concerning the quickness and ease of generating internet profits was said to be a cause of concern and complaint.

Negative “ETGD” Defined

For the thousands of newbies that join affiliate programs, and embark on an internet marketing career, a thousand more walk away within a matter of a few short months, feeling whipped and defeated. The experts coolly tell you to get over it and move on. They counsel: New affiliates have to be patient and realize one, two, even three failed attempts don’t mean you’ll never be a successful affiliate marketer. Although this statement may be true and the advice right on target, somehow it falls on deaf ears when conveyed in such a crisp matter of fact way. Apparently the experts don’t remember what it felt like to spend 12 to 15 hours straight, on the computer, determined to tie up all the loose ends of your current marketing efforts (how quickly they forget!). To those of you haven’t experienced this yet, this might sound a little extreme. To those of you HAVE experienced it, you understand what I mean. And to those of you who are STILL doing this – STOP IT! Not only is it not good for your physical health, but trust me, you will also eventually suffer from serious mental and emotional burnout, not to mention information overload!

Failing to take heed to the warnings your body and psyche begin to give off under these type of conditions is dangerous. It puts you at risk of developing what I call the The Negative ETGD syndrome. Once you have it, and you start displaying the ETGD attitude, it becomes entrenched and hard to get rid of. What exactly is a Negative ETGD attitude

A Negative “ETGD” Attitude is:

* Easy To Get Discouraged
* Easy To Get Disgusted
* East To Get Distracted

When online marketing challenges are revealed, it’s easy to see how newbies who are just starting out, could slip into this negative line of thinking. It’s easy to see how discouragement over missed meals and sleepless nights, are the only result for all your hard concentrated efforts. When experiencing this syndrome, there’s no consolation in the fact that your efforts are actually NOT in vain. Rather, they are like little seeds that you have been planting all over the internet, and they are growing as we speak. If allowed to subtly slip into your spirit, discouragement at some point, will lead to disgust. Soon after, it won’t be hard for something to come along and distract your attention for good. That is when you can kiss your newfound marketing career goodbye!

So what then, is needed to counteract Negative ETGD, and how do new online marketers nip it in the bud, before it throws them completely off course? I have found something to be MORE effective in helping me stay focused and on target. I try to read less marketing strategies and testimonials, and instead, more marketing confessions, and anecdotes. These are from a more humanistic point of view, and the writers don’t feel the need to hide the real mistakes that they made when first starting out. Personally, that is exactly the kind of stuff that I need to hear. It reinforces in my mind that, YES, there is more to marketing that meets the eye, and NO, everyone CANNOT do it! The bottom line is, the ONLY ones who succeed are the ones
who hang in there.

Simply put, my take on the situation is this: as long as you keep doing the business, and watching the industry, you’re going to eventually learn the business and get better and better at it. With such an immense amount of information available on the topic of internet marketing, your being able to learn the business slips down the totem pole to last place in your list of worries. Not giving up, and being around when the knowledge and the revenue finally begin to kick in, that’s the challenge. (Read the Final Entry to This Post: Why New Internet Marketers Need Daily Motivating, Cultivating A Positive ETGD Attitude

NOTE: A lack of motivation, and physical discipline can be a detrimental thing for new marketers. Unhealthy feelings as well as unhealthy habits and unhealthy behavior can ultimately lead to unnecessary stress. To help you stay motivated, be sure to Bookmark this page and return often. There are also lots of places online where you can get a variety of Natural Stress Relief products. Below are a couple of banners you can click on to help improve or enhance your health.

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