Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Make Sure You Put In Your Efforts Correctly Online

You hear the stories all the time. A new millionaire who made all of their money from the internet. The truth is there are plenty of them out there but for every successful story, there are hundreds of people that do not make any money at all online. The problem is not the effort they put in to make money with the Internet, but rather it comes from not putting in the correct effort.

That might seem a little picky but think about it: If you devote your time and money into a process to make you money and do not make any, it is not the effort that keeps money from your wallet because getting money from the Internet is very real, it has to be how you put forth your effort when trying to make money.

What you need to keep in mind when looking to apply your effort correctly is a simple concept which needs to be clear, give people what they want. Whether it is a product or service that is desired or vital for people or information that is entertaining, thought provoking, interesting, helpful, important, a change of pace (which can be provided all together, in combinations or separately), when you provide something online that has this basic principle in mind you will make money online. From here it's just a matter of finding the specific things or ideas that are in demand and putting your effort into them.

Now where to start from this point? I remember scratching my head in bewilderment too because the internet is such an incredible technology as it can facilitate practically everything people from everywhere want. You actually can not "rely" on an area to determine what people want like a brick and mortar store; you need to think two ways:

1) Provide something online which can be targeted for specific areas and which caters to the wants or needs of that area (area can also mean people in groups with similar interests but not necessarily from similar living areas).

2) Take what I like to call "the general specific approach" which is to figure out what people in general want specifically. In other words, think of one a person and what he/she wants or needs in their life at the moment, then think if lots of people are like that person and wants or needs the same thing(s). The people do not have to be similar because the thing(s) that a person may want or need can be wanted or needed universally, or as close to universal as you can get.

Now you are ready to put forth effort correctly and get lots of money from it also. Remember that people will only buy what they want or need so you need to provide those things in order to make money. Everything else, like appeal and availability online comes directly from your effort so slide into your desk, pull your mouse and keyboard closer to you and apply your effort to the things that you know are in demand and earn your money from the correct effort you apply.

Eric Smith is a blogger, marketer, merchant and web site owner. He has a blog created to help a person make money on the web at http://typeathomeopportunity.blogspot.com

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