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Nate Schmidt @schm7dt
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I want 5,000 followers.

So here's a thread with a bunch of value and shit.

~ 7 sales-strangling myths of online business ~
1. There's plenty of ways to make $$ online

While true, people think that this means starting a blog, social media accounts, etc. No. There's only one way to make $$ online. And that's by selling things. Products or services. That's it.

To make $$, sell something.
2. A good product will sell itself

NOTHING sells itself. No matter how "great" it is. You know what does sell it? Marketing. Without marketing, you have nothing. You could sell a shit product with great marketing.

This doesn't work the other way around.
3. You have to "invent" something to make $$

I thought this at first too. It's 112% false. This comes back to marketing. If you can find something that's already working and market it better, you can make a lot of $$.

Marketing is the lifeblood of any business.
4. Online business is complex

Yes, it can be. But it doesn't have to be. My personal brand is an online business. It's very simple. I tweet. I push people to my email list. I write daily emails. And I sell things in those emails.

Don't overcomplicate things.
5. Online biz is different from other biz's

No. It's not. It's the exact same. Just online. You have an offer. And you send traffic (people) to it. It's the same online as it is for a grocery store.

Good traffic + good offer = $$

Again, don't overcomplicate things.
6. "I don't have time to start an online biz"

No. You just haven't made time. An hour of focused work per day is plenty. I spend less than that on my Shopify store. Do the right things consistently and they quickly add up.

Use your time effectively.
7. You need a website to make $$

Go to my website. Look at it. It's a single page. I've put almost ZERO work into it. Because I don't need to. The only thing you need is an offer and people to sell it to (traffic to an offer).

This does NOT require a website.
I'm having fun with this so I think I'll send out an email with more of these "myths of online business."

Get on my list here if you want it --> nateschmidt.io
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