{"id":2468,"date":"2009-01-04T12:59:43","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T22:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/?p=2468"},"modified":"2019-02-25T10:30:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T18:30:20","slug":"dont-fall-into-the-newbie-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/dont-fall-into-the-newbie-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Fall into the Newbie Trap"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/trap.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"trap\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"  style=\"float: right; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px\"  border=\"0\">In their rush to make &#8216;millions' online, WAY too many folks fall into a completely avoidable trap &#8212; and end up making no money at all.<\/h3>\n<p>What do they do wrong?<\/p>\n<p>They try to do <em>everything<\/em> all at once, and start multiple sites in different channels &#8212; an affiliate marketing blog, selling their own product, auction selling, etc.<\/p>\n<p>By result, they <strong>don't learn how to do anything <em>well<\/em><\/strong> and don't manage to make even one site profitable.<\/p>\n<p>You can imagine where that willy-nilly path leads &#8212; to feelings of frustration and eventually, defeat.<\/p>\n<p>If you're on that path or feel <strong>confused<\/strong> by all the different ways you can earn online&#8230; <strong>SLOW DOWN<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>I've had an online presence since 1996, and <em>nothing<\/em> happened over night. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<p><li>In 1996 I built a 3-page <strong>flower seed exchange<\/strong> website from which I traded seeds with gardeners from around the world Experience with that site made me realize the web's potential as a marketplace &#8211; so I started looking for online bizops at that point.\n<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>In late 1997, I discovered <strong>affiliate marketing<\/strong> and started a site to review <a href=\"https:\/\/101date.com\"  target=\"_blank\">online dating services<\/a> &#8211; a topic to which I could relate <em>and<\/em> had the strong desire to share with others. By the end of 1999, the site was generating $10,000 per month in pure profit &#8211; and I kept putting in the hours to make it even more profitable!\n<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>While working on my affiliate site, I also dabbled in <strong>online auction selling<\/strong> and soon discovered that online auctions were not my &#8216;thing'. I was too lazy for the hassle of packing and shipping. Furthermore, high postal rates from Canada made the opportunity less than lucrative.\n<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>During that time, I also picked up a <strong>drop-shipping arrangement<\/strong> with watchmaker, Eduardo Milieris, a scenario which suited me much better than auction selling as all I had to do was sell the watches and his company shipped them out. I've sold his beautiful watches at <a href=\"http:\/\/windingway.com\"  target=\"_blank\">WindingWay.com<\/a> for years now.\n<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>By 2002, my affiliate dating site had become so successful (generating $650K Canadian\/437K U.S.) that I wrote the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/sah\"><strong>Super Affiliate Handbook<\/strong><\/a> to share what I had learned about the business with aspiring affiliate marketers. That then qualifed me as an <strong>infoproduct merchant<\/strong>.\n<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>The Super Affiliate Handbook's popularity amongst readers and industry leaders led to <strong>speaking engagements<\/strong> around the world (something I NEVER thought I could do), my own <strong>&#8216;Affiliate's Corner' column<\/strong> in Revenue Magazine and a <strong>book contract with McGraw Hill<\/strong> to write  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0071478132\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=rosgardner-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399369&#038;creativeASIN=0071478132\">Make a Fortune Promoting Other People's Stuff Online: How Affiliate Marketing Can Make You Rich<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li>Each of those opportunities opened doors to joint venture with other experts and participate in the creation of more infoproducts and teleseminars. <\/li>\n<li>In 2010, I opened Affiliate Blogger PRO (now known as <a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/abp\">Affiliate Blogger PRO<\/a>) &#8211; a membership site built on a WordPress blog platform with Wishlist member software. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My story is similar to so many others who have become successful online entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, you pick a channel and work at it until it becomes profitable OR you decide that you don't enjoy what you are doing and then choose a new channel. <\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, as each venture becomes profitable, new opportunities present themselves. (<em>Amazing<\/em> how that works&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p><strong>You too can build a diversified and successful online business<\/strong> &#8212; but you have to CHOOSE just ONE channel and concentrate on that one first.<\/p>\n<p>So, CHOOSE whether you want to start with affiliate marketing or creating your own infoproduct, learn what you need to do and then WORK your venture to success. <\/p>\n<p>Once your first site is successful, <em>then<\/em> go find a new project.<\/p>\n<p>With one successful site under your belt, you'll have the knowledge and experience to get your second and subsequent sites launched and profitable much faster than you did the first.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you find this post about how to avoid falling into the newbie trap informative and useful? If so, please share it with others! If you have a comment, question or suggestion, please leave a comment below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14702\" src=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sig-ros.jpg\" alt=\"sig-ros\" width=\"824\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sig-ros.jpg 824w, https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sig-ros-300x34.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In their rush to make &#8216;millions&#8217; online, WAY too many folks fall into a completely avoidable trap &#8212; and end up making no money at all. What do they do wrong? 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