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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲.

This thread will expose you to the common mistakes that I and several other people more have made in the past...
and will inform you on the right steps you should take to actually make a TONNE of money!

Pick the lessons out and make necessary adjustments.

Let’s get into it…

The first mistake you will probably make is

𝗦𝗞𝗘𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗠.
You will allow yourself to be convinced that it is impossible to make money online...

You will assume that every story or every result being said by individuals who in your own words

‘Claim to be making money online’

are bogus lies. You will tell yourself that...
everyone online is probably doing YAHOO-YAHOO or BINOMO…

And even when someone goes the extra mile to prove that making money online…

( via google, instagram, facebook, yoTube, twitter, shopify and so on ) … is everything but fake…

Your mind will still not accept it…
You will rather convince yourself of the impossibility and set boundaries or walls to deflect whatever possibly convincing information that finds its way to you.

Worse still, even if you eventually agree that it is ACTUALLY possible to make money online right from your home…
You will then try to convince yourself that it is not for you… and decide to remain in the comfort of whatever you currently earn.

And because of this indecision or rather,

The decision to ‘NOT TO PURSUE’...

You will never MAKE MONEY ONLINE.
The second mistake…

𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

Sadly, almost every individual falls victim to this...

So did I.

Here is what happens in two parts…

The first part;

𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Because of some eagerness...
and extreme desperation to quickly make money and make it big…

You will find yourself in a position where due diligence seems like a BIG FRUSTRATING WASTE OF TIME…

And therefore look for one of the many means to make money and start making mediocre or half baked...
efforts that will yield results not so far from zero.

You will abandon research,

You will abandon skill acquisition…

You will abandon information…

Disregard Consultation…

and then jump into THE GAME…
expecting the internet to manufacture and deliver $10,000 to you… as a reward for your trial and error.

And when this does not happen… and it won’t,

You will get upset with the entire online market and decide to give up, convincing yourself that it wasn't your LAZINESS...
and IMPATIENCE that caused your FAILURE.

The second;

𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.

Here is the thing… and yes, it’s a real truth,

To make money online, you may have to spend some time and a lot of money without receiving any rewards immediately...
It's called DELAYED GRATUITY.

Some have to spend days, weeks, or even months before they finally catch a break and make a decent $10K - $30K online.

But no…. that's freaking long... too long…

You want to start today and make this same amount yesterday…
And so, if after a few weeks or even days... you haven’t made those huge amounts….

Then online marketing must be fake or just too damn DIFFICULT… and at this point, you either GIVE UP or make the next mistake.

The third mistake…
‘𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲’

Simply put… your constant decision to move from the thing you currently do … to another thing that seems to be more attractive and in quote… ‘HIGHLY PROFITABLE’.

You hear stories that spike the FOOLISHNESS in us...
to assume that where you currently are has no green pastures…

And then you will switch so very quickly from what you had started doing to something you know nothing about simply because you heard...

There is a lot of money there... and it is the surest thing...
You enter into the new business… you begin to struggle and build slowly again… suddenly you hear of another shining business, then you get interested in that too…

Some of us will even do the two together… creating such CALAMITY…

And then you will just keep jumping...
never dedicating the much needed focus the online world requires.

Again… you will eventually fail in all and then give up.

The fourth mistake…

𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀/ 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

You start a business online, remain faithful and...
extremely consistent…

And then you finally make some profit… maybe about $3000 dollars… yes, you have ARRIVED.

So the next step for you to do is to JAIYE- JAIYE.

You will carry your ATM card...

rush to the nearest Apple store and then buy yourself that new phone or...
Mac book…

Or Nooo…

maybe you are not like me;

Maybe you will just begin to eat lunch at restaurants, shop at big supermarkets…

In fact, you finally have the chance to….

take that dream girl out for dinner,

Or go see a movie…
or something...

I mean why not?

Since you probably will assume that you can make this same money back, sharp sharp…

You did it before… so you can definitely do it again.

This is a foolish mistake!

Here is what will happen… 70 percent of the time!

....
You will end up blowing everything away… and then you will have to start from zero...

But unluckily for you….this time…

Your standard of living and expectations have increased…

you have tasted money and so the hunger for its pleasures will forever be on your tongue...
And as such… this time around, you may not be able to have the same patience you had before…

and this may lead you to even more costly mistakes.

Worst of all, you have lost your CAPITAL…

money you should have reinvested into your business, be it a service or sales of...
consumer goods… and then scale up to make nearly 10 times your current worth.

Alas, this move will trigger desperation, and emotion that you should never have online.

The final mistake…

𝗠𝗬𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗖 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦

You will find and quickly realise that a...
few of us Internet marketers and sales men never look at our businesses from the normal business standpoint…

Here is what we actually do…

We try out a new business and once we make money, we get excited… then make even more money

We will milk it until it is seemingly dry…
and then migrate…

never thinking twice of how we can expand on the model…

And actually create a strong, standing brand or business.

We are quick to disregard and abandon the potential of creating a proper business around what we have made a huge success of…
And unless you have plans of using one thing to build another…

Essentially, using that business as a mere cash cow…

Then this will be a costly mistake you may never realise.

𝗦𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲...

Avoiding these mistakes...
STEP 1: DECISION

The first and most critical step you must take is to actually decide to start making money online.

You must convince yourself and totally believe that it is not only possible, but that you have the capacity and capabilities to achieve online success.
Once your mind has accepted the phenomenon of making LOTS OF MONEY online… then half of the work is done.

The next decision you must consciously make is one to exercise complete and utter patience.

You must prepare yourself to never give up, to persist and continue to push…
without the view of any initial reward.

stealing the words of Kanu…

You must be determined to never give up!



Watch that video and smile.. Remember those days!

STEP 2: RESEARCH

After you have made the decision to make money online, after you have...
accepted the possibilities with a determination to never give up on whatever progress you make…

The next step is to search… to decide what business or what sector of the online space you would like to focus on…

It’s time to google and not just google for 10 seconds...
but spend hours surfing the net… watching Youtube videos, seeking out useful FREE webinars…

It is time to go to popular GENIUS profiles like @ronaldnzimora @akinalabi to seek relevant knowledge about the opportunities out there in the online space.
It’s time to google and not just google for 10 seconds but spend hours surfing the net… watching Youtube videos, seeking out useful FREE webinars…

It is time to make a list, identify and write down all the opportunities possible… and then finally…
Do a SWOT analysis…

You don’t know what that is?… google it… or go here…



Find out what will best suit you, find out which of the opportunities out there will you benefit best from depending on your current interests and abilities…
All that said and done… then CHOOSE ONE… ONLY ONE…

At least for a start.

After the choice is made, then you need to do even more research on the subject matter…

You need to go and look for all the FREE content you can find out there…
Check out Ebooks, Blogs, Articles, Youtube Videos, Tweets and so on and so forth…

Gather every information you can find out about the field you have chosen there and be well equipped with knowledge…
But no, that is still not enough, you will then need to skill up or at the very least polish the information you already have with EXPERIENCE.

STEP 3: SEEK OUT AN EXPERIENCE

Now it’s time to find someone who has sufficient experience in the field you have chosen…
it is time to find a mentor or a teacher or a coach… someone who can guide you through a process where you can avoid initial mistakes.

If he or she has a training

pay for it…

if he or she has a course,

pay for it…

but whatever you do…
make sure the person actually has knowledge and has achieved most of what he says…

Otherwise, you may discover that all you know will be equivalent to what you will learn.

But as many lessons as you can learn… learn… but stop learning at some point… MAKE A MOVE...
STEP 4: MAKE THE FIRST MOVE

Make a move! Make a move! Make a move!

Just do it… you have to…

you will never get to the mall if you do not leave your house!

This is where most people get stuck, the point where fear, procrastination and being laid back sets in…
You have gathered all that you need, and now you are finally fully ready… all that is left is to take the first step… to leap....

But you keep promoting, lying in the comfort of self deceit… that may lead to self DEFEAT.

This is where most people get stuck, the point where..
fear, procrastination and being laid back sets in…

No, never let this be you… there best part of online marketing and business is that when you fail… you obtain the massive opportunity to LEARN.

It is easy to figure out exactly what went wrong and then make sufficient...
reasonable adjustments…

Even if it may seem like you may have lost a lot of money… that is a farce, you have not… in fact you are perfectly fine…

WHy?

Because when you eventually get a break, when you eventually start making money…
you will hardly be able to regress or be stopped.

You would have understood the mechanisms and developed the strong ability and intelect to improve on whatever system you have in place and make bigger breakthroughs…

Essentially…
the amount of profits you will make will greatly outweigh the amount of losses in the end.

Trust me, I know… So… MAKE A MOVE. DO IT.

STEP 5: BE PERSISTENT
Here is where a tonne of people fail…

BEING PERSISTENT.

That is…
your ability to continue to put in the same or more effort however difficult or impossible things get…

Your ads may not work…Your content marketing or value demonstration may greatly fail…. But all in all…

No matter what…

You must try again!

....

and again…
Putting in the same effort,

with a high level of CONSISTENCY!

STEP 6: FAIL

I have added this step simply because it is critical.

It is a common occurrence in the journey of every single online business enthusiast…

Your content may fail…
Your advert conversions may be terrible..

Your strategy may disappoint you…

Your funnel may crumble…

Your clients may cheat you…

All in all…

you will or may fail…

but that’s ok,

Because you will definitely rise! ...
Here is what you need to do…

Check all the elements of your move,

Check your systems,

Check your adverts, your contents…

And then determine what exactly went wrong or caused the FAILURE...
If you are still lost,
then ask questions… ask the right questions!

Look for someone who has relevant expertise in the part of the system that failed… and then consult with him or her…

And if it's the entire system that failed,

Change it!
Create a new one and use the errors in the previous one to make this new one STRONGER and BETTER.

After all this… MAKE ANOTHER MOVE.

And even if you fail again,

Repeat the steps until you finally SUCCEED and make

...a lot of profit!
But that is highly unlikely...

You should not have to fail more than once...

especially if you have followed my previous 5 steps…

If you had ‘Modeled What Worked’ for someone else using the knowledge you gained from their own experiences…
Then you shouldn’t fail twice… and even if you do…

TRY AGAIN!

STEP 7: KEEP THE BOOKS

You would soon realise that many of us internet marketers and sales persons… including yourself find it extremely difficult to carry out this step...
I made this critical mistake in my first business.

I didn’t keep records… I was simply buying and selling and making a lot of money daily.

But here was what I didn’t realise….

Because my business finances were the same as my personal finances…
(a mistake you must never ever make… )

… I would spend money out of it on unnecessary pleasures without remorse, and then still make money back.

So it was cool.

But then here was the down side,
I requested a statement from my bank account and that was when I actually discovered my FOOLISHNESS…

It was a huge gap in inflows and outflows with no balance in the quantity of stock… essentially, I had blown away a whole lot of money without realising it…
And I couldn't just place or identify where all that money had gone too… it was a lot of money, a whole lot… so much that…

I began to wonder how much growth I would have made… if I had kept my books and reinvested those large sums.

Dear friend…
When you start making money, never assume that the money belongs to you…

No! It is not yours!

… it belongs to your business.

So you have no right to spend ‘its’ money for your personal gains.

The data you keep will be extremely useful for optimisation and scaling up…
believe me…

The difference between those that make money and those that actually have money is FINANCIAL WISDOM…

So… fam…

Keep Freaking Books, And Don’t Steal From Your
Business! ...
STEP 8: FIND A SUPPORT COMMUNITY

No man is ever an Island…

no one can stand on his or her own!

This is super true for the online business world.

You will need to find a community of friends who are doing relatively the same thing you are doing…
You need to find people who will motivate you… advise you explain to you… rejoice with you…

people who can escort you all the way in your progress…

And not just that, a community you can actually depend on.
This will help put you back on track whenever you fail and feel like giving up… their experiences and progress will challenge you to always do more and persist in moving forward.

Get yourself a colleague… partners in progress.

STEP 9: SCALE UP

After making significant...
constant and growing profits… then…

It may be time to scale up… to put in more money…

It may be time to increase your advertising expenses…

To employ a few people…

To expand on your reach…

Increase your stock…

But...
You must do all these… one step at a time…periodically.

You must not rush to jump before you leap!

Do your calculations and test all the way…

make sure your business can actually afford the scale…

Otherwise… DON’T DO IT!
My advice… increase your advertising budget first…

If the number of orders increases… that is the number of people who need what you are offering increases…

then and only then should you increase your stock.

You don’t need to have that fear that says…
“Oh but I will not be able to meet up with orders that way… “

Forget about that…

You need to see first… that more people want to pay for whatever you are offering…before you increase the quantity of your stock.
You have to be able to afford and actually need a staff before you employ the staff…

Don’t tie your funds down in unnecessary overheads…

Make calculated and well thought through moves!

Most importantly…

Don’t become comfortable with your current position…
you have to scale up at some poinT…

Otherwise, someone else will come from behind and beat you at your current game.

STEP 10: CREATE A BRANDED BUSINESS.

The entire world is gradually shifting to personalised brands and personalised experiences.
Consumer behaviour online is gradually beginning to shift to purchasing from strong and accountable brands…

So it is important… that as you build your business… as you grow… that you keep branding strongly in your mind and task yourself with evolving into a strong one...
This will help scale your business and increase the possibilities of referrals… which can definitely not only make you money… but save you time and advert expense.

And that’s all…

But here is a final tip…
Repeat This Entire Process For Another Business…

DEVELOP A SECOND INCOME STREAM!

Make money… and be happy.

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