The Whole Bitter Truth
by Stuart Reid
How the "Big Names" make their money. By Stuart Reid
Right. There is no secret. No matter what various courses or books tell you there is no magic formula.
I'm shooting myself in the foot here! I hope you all appreciate this.
You'll only ever get rich working for yourself. If you are part of an MLM or selling someone elses product then you're *NOT* working for yourself. Sure, you can make a comfortable income selling or in an MLM, but you'll never get RICH and there's always someone above you making more.
You're in this business to make money. To do that, you must get other people to give you money.
All straight forward so far?
Take the information that the experts give you with a pinch of salt. Some of these experts are to be trusted, of course - they' ve been around longer than you and already made your mistakes. Beware the ones who keep trying to sell you things all the time because they are only recommending their items because of the money they make. It's what you need to DO - but NOT what you need to accept! Buying a book, a course, a tape series or attending a seminar will NOT make you a millionaire!
These `experts` are good at what they do. They are good at convincing you, dear reader, to part with your hard earned cash. They'll convince you that they are your personal friends and they will make you believe that they will make you millions.
You are after a short cut. You are after a quick buck. So... YOU are susceptible to these promises!
They have thousands of affiliates selling their products, signing people up and promoting. Each affiliate is hoping to get rich by earning 50% on whatever they are selling. Some make it, most don't, but the winners are ALWAYS the people at the top!
It didn't always be like this. A few years back spam worked. E-Books were new. MLMs and Affiliate Programs were new. A LOT of people made a LOT of money. It's harder to do that today. There' s too much competition. People are jaded.
Time to stop. So how do you get rich?
Copy these experts! Use your OWN product! Get other people selling for YOU! Everything I tell you not to accept for yourself, do to others! This is difficult for some people to do, including me, but I am telling you the truth.
It's your task to get others to believe in you. It's your task to take their money. Build your own service, write your own e-book, develop your own product. Then sell it.
That's the only way.
If you listen to the experts you'll get caught in the trap of spending, spending, spending. You'll be buying e-books, buying tapes, attending seminars, buying expensive domains, websites and mailing servers. A lot of these people ask how much of a budget you have. I wonder why?
You don't need any of this. If I wasn't honest (and it's up to you to believe that) I'd be recommending $25 domain registrations (so I get $10) rather than $9.95 or less. I'd be trying to sell you $30 hosting packages rather than $3 ones! Sometimes, the cheaper option comes with an affiliate program anyway. There's no need to recommend things just to get the cash! Even E-Books, often given away for free, are still sold elsewhere. I've done it myself.
The next time you're rushing out to buy something after reading a motivational article or newsletter then pause, and use the search engines to find better value. My point is that newsletter publishers are biased and any product is nearly always recommended for the cash first and the features second. I'm showing you what to avoid - you should actually DO the opposite. Don't practice what you preach in this game at all!
The plain fact of the matter is that to make money yourself you will have to promote these high-paying items. You'll have to be a little two-faced yourself.
There are not many exceptions to this rule. `Forced Matrix` affiliate programs are one. You MUST help those under you to build their downlines because you are locked into certain rules. You cannot have unlimited sign-ups in these programs.
I hope you think about what you're doing.
Good luck!
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Stuart Reid is the publisher of Netpreneur News and webmaster of Netpreneur Now! Visit us for weekly tips, reviews, recommendations and more. Free ad and 30 Top E-Books to new subscribers! mailto:signup@netpreneurnow.com http://www.netpreneurnow.com/ --------------------
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