Why do people not “get” how to make money online?
Nowadays, it’s simple.
Back in 1998, when I sold a text file (yeah, this was before ebooks!) called “How To Make Money Online”, it was also simple.
You create a product, you sell it.
People who desire your product, buy it.
Bingo. You’ve made money.
I’ve just read a blog comment from a guy who has spent $20,000 on Internet marketing products and has nothing to show for it but a big hole in his bank account.
That’s mind-boggling to me.
Look. The Internet has been around a long time. You don’t need to “invent” everything, like was happening back in the 1990′s. Just look at who’s making money and mimic them. Note, I didn’t say steal their web-pages or products. Just legally and ethically model your business on theirs.
Heck, model mine. I’ve probably sold over a million dollars worth of digital products online. I would say “definitely”, but I can’t be bothered to add it up. 
I’m one of the laziest Internet marketers. I release a product every other year… and still work for myself full time… and have almost paid off my second mortgage in 6 years.
How hard can it be to make money?
Just be a bit less lazy than me and you’ll do fine.
Are you sure the content of the story is true? What does the person spent a whooping 20 grand on that left him with nothing?
I won’t say it cannot happen, but it sound a bit ‘somehow’ to me. Nowadays, there are plenty of guides online that will show any person willing to make money the way to the money vault.
Well maybe the fellow was hoodwinked into one of those ‘investment schemes’ whereby you spend large money, don’t anything else and the money will resolve and turn large profits for you.
Or… Neil do you know the story beyond what you’d posted?
Results require work.
I know people who’ve spent thousands on exercise equipment but are still fat and flabby.
Even the worst products I’ve paid for had *something* useful and actionable in them. If you put things into practice, you’ll get results (and get smarter about what to do next).
It’s all about the follow through.
Hi Dave… I think you’ve nailed it.