If you had the opportunity to start over...what would you do differently? No matter what experience you have or background...it doesn't matter. Have you learned from your mistakes and successes with your business?

I think I'd be more cautious in making decisions. I didn't do my homework with a lot of projects.

Of course, everything we do we must really think carefully. Otherwise we always ended up regret and sorry.
But once you make up your mind, you have to put in 100% effort to do it, if it still fail then you can say i have try my best and move on.
As for me, i am an internet marketing trainer, doing Internet Marketing with MLM strategy will work for you
I do this with SHMC which set up by my friend, the website provide a lot of internet training material on self-taught video, once you sign up as a member, you not only learn all the great staff but also able to earn large commission from it, there is great potential. i put in 100% of my effort and determined to make it successful.

If I were to start over, I probably wouldn't start at all.

Actually, I'm just kidding, but the truth is I spent 9 years basically chasing rainbows. I didn't lose money, but didn't make much either. What a colossal waste of time!!

I believe I was simply looking in the wrong place. Surfing the net looking for opportunities leaves you prey to marketing hype that as a beginner, you're way too naive to fend off.

There are certain things to look for in a company - so you need to ignore the hype and slick advertising and dig below the veneer and see if the company really measures up.

1. Does it have a stable and proven history? No startups.

2. Does it have a business plan that plans for long term growth?

3. Does it have a lucrative compensation plan, but one that makes sound business sense?

4. Does it have solid financial backing?

5. Does it have unique, consumable products that are in wide demand by a large market?

6. Does it make money from the sale of its products, or from the sale of marketing materials to its affiliates?

7. Does it provide affiliates with a simple marketing plan that's easy to implement and easy to duplicate?

There's probably other points I'm overlooking, but basically, you can't just take all these to be so just because the company says so. If you find a company that's not a start up, then take a more serious look at the other points. If you cannot verify them, probably best to move on.

The hardest thing is to find a company that plans for YOUR success.

Tula

Thanks for some of the tips tula.

Good stuff Tula.

I agree with you. However, you seem to be against getting involved with startups. I have made a lot of money by getting involved with companies early on.

It is very easy to test whether or not something is going to be successful. All you really have to do is run some test campaigns. We do this for products that don't even exist.

We will take a concept and build a simple test website. We will then run PPC to several landing pages and analyze the results. Depending on the results, we may then have the product manufactured. It is a very effective way to test a potential product.

You can do the same thing with any new products. Build some simple landing pages and run a few test campaigns. You will find out very quickly whether or not something will be successful.

Of course, you want to be sure that you are dealing with quality products. I never sell anything I don't believe in.

Jamison

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Hi Jamison, thanks.

We're probably referring to 2 different things here. I do have something against startups to a degree. But I'm referring to start up companies with untried administrators. The truth is not many startups ever get past the startup phase.

Then those that do get off the ground, only last a year or two and then crash and burn leaving you with all your hard work down the tube and often with little financial reward to show for it.

When I look at an opportunity, I'm thinking forever... or as close to it as I can get. I know a lot of money can be had on startups, and in fact, everything out there was a startup at some point. Including Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Amazon. With my outlook, I would have missed them all! lol

Talking about products, though, is another thing. As you mention, they can be tested. The demand can be tested. Even the price can be tested. And when you have a proven company, with skillful administration behind the product, well now you're talkin'!

For example, the most recent company that I am involved with has been around for over a decade and it's administration for nearly 40 years, but they came out with a new product. So what I'm looking at is a ground floor opportunity, but without the inherent risk of a start up. This makes sense to me!

I do totally agree with you in that doing market tests on new products will establish whether you can make any money on them... especially if they are your own product and you have the marketing skills to get them out there.

Perhaps I'll come to appreciate a different point of view once I get to know you all here, but at the moment I'm rather burnt out from looking at products and companies that really aren't here for the long term, but rather quick, albeit good money... and then on to the next product.

It looks like you're into developing products, and that is something I have no experience with, so hope to learn a lot from you and others more experienced than I. In the meantime, I continue to pull in an income that doesn't require me to develop, produce or even market the product.

So I feel like I've got the best of both worlds right now having found this forum.

Tula

I understand you more clearly now. We are talking about different things. That is one of the challenges with communicating through email and posts.

I don't develop products for all markets for all markets with which I am involved. Sometimes it just doesn't make sense. In some cases, it makes more sense to act as an affiliate and leave the customer service and the rest up to another company. In other words, sometimes I would rather just be an affiliate and focus on marketing. Are you into affiliate marketing?

Glad you like the forum so far. It is nice to have you here.

Jamison

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I can see what you mean about developing products - for some things it wouldn't be even feasible. Yes, I've been affiliate marketing, but right now I'm only with a single company. Haven't seen anything else that interests me, although I did quite a bit of reading on Dubli last night.

How does one get more info from you directly on Dubli, Jamison?

I am not quite ready on that yet. I am almost there. I am putting together a package. I am going to reveal a way we can build the DubLi business and at the same time earn money on the people that don't join. I am excited about this. More info shortly.

Jamison

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