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Originally Posted by dmauder  Thanks for the great responses so far!
I guess I should clarify what I meant by "real people"...
Basically, the "not-so-real" people are the big-name gurus who are selling all the courses, ebooks and private website memberships that teach HOW to make money from AdWords and/or AdSense.
Sure, these people all have stories of how they started from nothing and supposedly became rich through the methods they teach. But, I only know them as famous online marketing gurus that have HUGE mailing lists and HUGE followings already.
OK, so the "real" people then would be all the ones (like me) who work regular jobs and buy all the courses to learn how to make money online so we can get out of the rat race. We've tried a bazillion things and nothing seems to work. Yet, we keep reading sales pitch after sales pitch from the slick marketers that claim we can make a killing by simply running a few Google ads and promoting some affiliate products. No website required. No inventory required. No list building required. No meetings. No phone calls. No this, no that... blah blah blah...
It seems that when I lurk around the internet and read chatter from the "real" people, they are all talking about how they lose money on one thing after another. It certainly sounds like they've tried, but failed - over and over again. One starts to believe that the successful marketers are holding something back and not really sharing the truth about how to (and how they) make money online.
I have to wonder how many folks actually follow through and DO what they are taught in the information they buy. I'm guilty of it myself. I might buy one ebook and read half of it. Then I get sucked in by another slick sales letter, so I buy another ebook and read part of that. Then I find a website that is giving away "free" info on the same thing, so I shift direction again to see what they have to offer. And so it goes...
This is turning into a great thread. I'd love to hear from some of those "real" people I mentioned who are really making money with AdWords. 
Thanks!
Dave |
A lot of people will tell you that the secret is action, and it is, but they leave out part of it. It is consistent action every single day. It doesn't even need to be a big action, small consistent ones will add up over time. However, if you aren't doing anything every day, or only working on your project once a week, you may not see the results. If you are working on it every day, and don't see results, then change your actions.
Regardless, opportunity does not negate the fact you have to put effort in.
Remember too, no one knew who Steve Pavlina was in the beginning of 2005, but he built up his income and position with consistent action every day.