Passion - The Key to a Successful Internet Business
Business is hard and online businesses are just as hard as the offline ones.
When you get started on your online business, you will be immediately avalanched by thousands of offers, advertisements, articles, and systems that promise to make you thousands of dollars a month quickly.
Most successful internet business owners that are interviewed say 'it's so easy to make money online!' In truth, it's just as hard as lifting any business up off the ground and the one thing that will get you through the rough patches is not some get rich quick system, but passion.
Having passion for your online business is the real key to being successful but in all the how-to guides, articles, and systems it is overlooked, largely because the writers and creators of these systems assume that you already have a desire to make money online.
This is only one part of two needed for the business to work: you also have to have a love for what you're selling or doing.
Consider the difference between two sales clerks.
One is passionate about clothing; she enjoys wearing it, selling it, and helping other people find the perfect outfit.
The other one is just doing it for a paycheck and is just trying to make a sale to get a commission.
Which one are you going to be more likely to buy from? The girl who is genuinely excited about her job.
Now consider the two clerks-which one enjoys her job the most and thus will be more willing to stick it out and be successful? The one who loves doing what she does.
You know this in the 'real' world, so apply it to your online business.
Choose a niche or a set of products that you genuinely enjoy: art, beadwork, clothing, ornaments, lamps, furniture, whatever, and you'll be more likely to enjoy doing all of the nuts and bolts work such as the pictures, the articles, the advertising, the site maintenance, the promotions and all of the other things that help to drive traffic to your site.
Even in the world of text and pictures, when you are enthusiastic and driven, it shows through and people are happier with your store, happier with you and more likely to refer you to others.
When you don't like what you're selling or doing (you may have only chosen it because it looked profitable-a common enough mistake), then it shows through by your lackluster attempts at writing advertisements, a dull site, and slow customer service and that will drive your traffic down.
It all comes back to how much you love your products and services.
Remember that in order to be successful in the online business world, you not only need a good product, but you need to have passion for what you do.
When you love what you do, the money will follow and you'll not only be a success in your eyes, but in the eyes of everyone else too.
You'll be shocked to find when it's not just about the money, you'll have a lot more money coming in then you did when it was just about the bottom line.
When you get started on your online business, you will be immediately avalanched by thousands of offers, advertisements, articles, and systems that promise to make you thousands of dollars a month quickly.
Most successful internet business owners that are interviewed say 'it's so easy to make money online!' In truth, it's just as hard as lifting any business up off the ground and the one thing that will get you through the rough patches is not some get rich quick system, but passion.
Having passion for your online business is the real key to being successful but in all the how-to guides, articles, and systems it is overlooked, largely because the writers and creators of these systems assume that you already have a desire to make money online.
This is only one part of two needed for the business to work: you also have to have a love for what you're selling or doing.
Consider the difference between two sales clerks.
One is passionate about clothing; she enjoys wearing it, selling it, and helping other people find the perfect outfit.
The other one is just doing it for a paycheck and is just trying to make a sale to get a commission.
Which one are you going to be more likely to buy from? The girl who is genuinely excited about her job.
Now consider the two clerks-which one enjoys her job the most and thus will be more willing to stick it out and be successful? The one who loves doing what she does.
You know this in the 'real' world, so apply it to your online business.
Choose a niche or a set of products that you genuinely enjoy: art, beadwork, clothing, ornaments, lamps, furniture, whatever, and you'll be more likely to enjoy doing all of the nuts and bolts work such as the pictures, the articles, the advertising, the site maintenance, the promotions and all of the other things that help to drive traffic to your site.
Even in the world of text and pictures, when you are enthusiastic and driven, it shows through and people are happier with your store, happier with you and more likely to refer you to others.
When you don't like what you're selling or doing (you may have only chosen it because it looked profitable-a common enough mistake), then it shows through by your lackluster attempts at writing advertisements, a dull site, and slow customer service and that will drive your traffic down.
It all comes back to how much you love your products and services.
Remember that in order to be successful in the online business world, you not only need a good product, but you need to have passion for what you do.
When you love what you do, the money will follow and you'll not only be a success in your eyes, but in the eyes of everyone else too.
You'll be shocked to find when it's not just about the money, you'll have a lot more money coming in then you did when it was just about the bottom line.
