Thanks for the comment on my blog!

We definitely do need more michigan entrepreneurs!

Great post here…

I used to chase shiny product launches around for quite a while…

I have spent 5-figures on every product I could get my hands on…

I have found that there is no product that will change your business, It’s just you.

The products have given me a great education but action is where the money is at

Keep it up!

I look forward to getting to know you better!

Tweet me @Davidbeking I would love to get to know you better!

David

I discovered that I must avoid the shiny objects. I even discovered that in some cases they came from you. This may sound strange, but as you rolled out new affiliates I have to remember to concentrate on the old ones and not jump into each new one that comes along. After the first few months of your program I scaled back to just skincare and dropped the water purification. You might consider talking about that with your new students. You will see faster results if you can concentrate on one affiliate program. It is better to write one article a day on skincare than one on skincare and the water filters the second day. You and I both know that you will still get there, but I would rather pump out three articles a day than one article in three programs. At least for the first six months.

Olivia, I can DEFINITELY seeing a sales call like that being annoying.

Mobile marketing, as an aside, is starting to bug me. For example, I’ve gone to some real estate investment clubs and they ask you to fill our your info to get in. I never gave them permission to call my cell phone.

Yet they call and leave these long recorded messages. And unfortunately, I must wait for the message to play out before I can delete it.

That to me is very annoying. Sure, I gave my information because they ASKED for it. But they were not upfront that they would be sending me mobile messages.

I only believe in permission based marketing and I never gave my consent.

If they mailed me offers, I wouldn’t mind. I can either just throw it in the garbage or not. But a mobile message that sucks up 3 minutes of my time to wait for it to play out before deleting it drives me nuts.

Thanks for all of your opinions.

Regards,
Dan

I know exactly what you are talking about. In the beginning I used to get caught up by these “bright shiny objects”, as a newbie you might be, however as time progresses and you gain knowledge, they no longer seem so bright and shiny. Since I joined this service they all look dull, however every now and then there is one that catches my attention. However right now I just focus on writing articles and selling the products I have come to learn so much about love dearly. As you say, lifetime income is what it should be all about.

For me, the shiny has worn off. I’ve learned that there are no short cuts to online success and I’m better off keeping my head down and writing articles.

I have to wonder if these products are so wonderful, why don’t these gurus spend their time putting them to work rather than trying to convince everyone else to use them.

You very much covered it in a nutshell. It all comes down to focusing on your business and not get hung up with all the other stuff The saying “the grass is not always greener on the other side” is fitting because I myself have chased plenty of those bright shiny objects and by doing that wasted a lot of effort, money and time because of it.

I also agree about negative reactions towards the people promoting the next big thing. We are all in this business to make money so I can’t get mad at people having the fortitude to go out there and bust their butts to do just that. We have control over what emails we want to receive and who to receive it from. It’s hypocritical to bitch about Internet Marketers when we are all in it to earn a buck. We can learn a lot from these gals and guys…Separating Internet Marketers and Spammers is easy to do.

Your position was very descriptive and I enjoyed your post very much!

Jimmy Adames