What's the #1 Thing People Do Wrong?
I admit it. I'm frustrated. I'm tired of
getting emails from people who write, "I
can't do what you did because ---."
Just fill in the blank with whatever excuse
you can think of.
People say they can't write as many books
as I have because they don't have the time,
or they're too old, or too young, or too married,
or too single.
People say they can't make their book a best-seller
like I did because their book is different,
or they're different, or the timing is different.
People say they can't ask celebrities for
endorsements because they feel insignificant,
or insulting, or imposing.
The list of excuses is endless. Here are
some more actual ones I've received:
"You're more famous than me. I
could never write people and ask for their
help, as they wouldn't give me the time
of day."
I started asking people for help, advice,
input, suggestions and direction when I was
a teenager. I have letters from FBI king J.
Edgar Hoover, boxing legend Jack Dempsey,
and master magician John Mulholland. I was
certainly unknown then. Yet people always
helped me. I've managed to connect with Evel
Kneivel, Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter, best-selling
authors and more--- and I did it before anyone
knew my name. I simply
ASKED for their help. They were kind
and replied. Today I'm doing the same for
anyone who writes me who sounds sincere and
respectful.
"You have a large network of people
to ask for things."
Yes, I do. NOW. But I didn't when I first
started. I developed my network by building
relationships. I reached out to people, helped
them, they helped me, and trust was formed.
Because I've nurtured my relationships online
for almost ten years now, a bond is set. When
I announce that I want contributions for a
new book, my network responds. When they want
something, I respond. I was able to compile
all the information for my most recent book,
"The E- Code: 47 Surprising Secrets for
Making Money Online Almost Instantly,"
in less than 7 days --- all because I asked
my network for help.
"You have a big mailing list so
you can sell things faster."
I went online with no mailing list. NONE.
I didn't even recognize the importance of
having my own list until one day I offered
my first e-class to my then tiny list and
made $22,500 in one week. Then I woke up.
I've been working on building my email list
ever since. Anyone can do it. And while you're
waiting to do it, you can always joint-venture
with people who already have mailing lists.
How? Just ASK. One day some person in Norway
wrote me. He wanted to know if I would help
him sell his new software. I liked his program
and agreed. He didn't have a list. I did.
He had software. I liked it. I did a mailing
and split the profits with him. It was a win-win.
"You are more talented as a copywriter
so you can sell better than me."
I learned to be a copywriter by investing
time, money and effort into studying the greats
and getting out there and doing it. My first
sales letters were garbage. I still write
and rewrite to make my letters as hypnotic
as I can. I wasn't born writing, reading,
or even walking. I learned it all. Can't you?
"I don't have anything to offer
free to get people to buy what I am selling."
There are a million things for free online.
You can find thousands--- thousands!---of
free e-books online. Just grab a few and offer
them as your incentives to get people to buy
your product or service. Anyone can do this.
Just look around online. The fruit is there
for the picking. I've seen people take classics
of literature---now in the public domain and
available as e-books---and offer them as incentives
for prospects to buy their product. It works.
How do you find them? SEARCH.
"I can't teach an e-class like
you because I have no credentials."
Your credentials are you. They are your life
experiences more than anything else. Few today
care about whether you have a degree or any
other credential. They care if you can deliver
on whatever you promise. My lifemate, Nerissa,
is about to teach an online video editing
class. Anything you can teach off-line can
be taught on-line. With video, audio, graphics,
text, and chat rooms, you can have a virtual
classroom on ANYTHING you can imagine. Why
not?
"I can't make money selling my
stuff on the Internet."
Look around. The Internet is so big and vast
and even incomprehensible that truly anything
can be sold online. I've seen people sell
tumble weeds and buggy whips, greeting cards
and computer generated art. Anything sold
off-line can be sold on-line. Go look at Ebay.
People sell cars, used clothes, dirt and even
snow there. I once sold an "Elvis Mermaid"
at Ebay. (You can see a picture of it at www.mrfire.com)
Are there really any limits to what can be
sold online?
"I missed the right time to sell
my idea."
Really? Just look at the title of one of
my books: "There's A Customer Born Every
Minute." A new
crowd of prospects appears every single day.
You can sell virtually anything at virtually
any time if you think of what people want
and cater to them. Sometimes you have to think
of other uses for the same product, or other
audiences than what you originally had in
mind. But the best time to sell what you have
is now. What are you waiting for?
"You live in America and I live
in Mexico and selling doesn't work here."
Give me a break. Friends of mine always go
to Mexico (and other countries said to be
behind us) and they come home with truck loads
of things they bought. Besides that, with
the Internet, where you live is almost meaningless.
Take your product and go online. Then you're
not selling to your poor neighbors, but to
the entire planet. Think BIG.
The list goes on and on.
To me, excuses are
the #1 thing people do wrong -- online
and off. While all of these excuses seem legit
to the person saying them, they are virtually
all hogwash.
Excuses are beliefs. If you buy into them,
you're stuck. If you believe instead that
there's always a way around whatever the excuse
is, then you'll move forward. My philosophy
is, "There is ALWAYS a way."
So let me try to help you here.
First, what are your excuses?
When I began this article by asking the question,
"I can't do what you did because ---",
what did you say? How did you complete the
sentence? Those are some of your excuses.
Second, ask yourself if there's any way on
earth to get around your excuses. In other
words, are the excuses you stated real or
imagined? Have you tried to get past any of
them? Has anyone else, ever, gotten past the
same excuses?
Finally, what would you do if you had no
excuses?
Whatever your answer, get out there and JUST
DO IT.
Leave your excuses
behind and your prosperity will begin to come
to you.
 Leave
your excuses behind and you can achieve success,
too.
Leave your excuses behind and your life will
begin to soar.
If you don't act now, why not?
Whatever your answer, THAT'S an excuse.
Are you going to let it stop you?
By Joe Vitale www.mrfire.com
--- Dr. Joe Vitale's recent book, co-authored
with Jo Han Mok and a cast of Internet celebrities
and super stars, is "The E-Code: 47
Surprising Secrets for Making Money Online
Almost Instantly." Joe is also the
author of the #1 Amazon best-seller, "Spiritual
Marketing," the author of the #1 best-selling
e-book "Hypnotic Writing," and
the author of the #1 best-selling Nightingale-Conant
audioprogram, "The Power of Outrageous
Marketing." His newest book is "Adventures
Within: Confessions of an Inner World Journalist,"
available now at www.amazon.com Sign-up
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