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According to a StomperNet poll, 75% of internet marketers who consider themselves “advanced” and with 2 or more years of experience make under $1000 per month online.  Considering that not just anyone is going to be paying monthly StomperNet fees, I think I can safely assume that this ratio is even more skewed when considering your average individual working online.

You may not care to make $1000/month – but this still applies to you.  If people who call themselves advanced and are likely spending 100s of dollars on products and 100s of hours in front of their computer screens aren’t getting returns, what chance does a 23-year-old kid with tendinitis stand?

A pretty good one apparently, and I have my injury to thank.  You see, my great advantage over your average marketer is simple: I can’t afford to waste any time, energy, or effort!  I can’t participate in the great fake productivity game: read 100 blog posts about making money online, buy this or that product, find cool stuff to tweet to followers…

I have maybe an hour each day of “active” computer use, and that’s if I want to be sore the next day (that is: I can watch as many Simpsons episodes as I want, but if I have to use my body – different story).  If I don’t use it for an activity that will actively help me make money, not “educating myself” (really: “distracting myself from doing real work”), then I will never make money.

The second benefit is I have to come up with very detailed strategies before I pursue any course of action, because again, I can’t afford to stop when I hit a snag, or give up, or find out a niche isn’t as valuable as I thought, or discover ranking something in Google will actually require 10x the effort I expected.

As for products: Every $37 ebook you buy is 12-18 outsourced articles you could use on your blog, as backlinks, or on article directories as backlinks and an income stream in their own right.  I will sum up every cookie-cutter $37 MMO ebook right here:

How to Make Money Online – Summary ($97 Fake Value)

1. Choose a niche (low competition, high commercial value)
2. Choose a primary keyword, a couple secondary keywords, and some “niche” keywords for anchor text (ex// Primary: acne cure. Secondary: best acne cream, cure acne fast. Niche: acne, cure)
3. Choose a domain name or free platform. Your primary keyword should be in the URL.
4. Design your site. Do basic SEO like putting your primary & secondary keywords in the title & tagline
5. Write a couple articles for your site and a sales page if necessary. Add content every week
6. Promote with: .edu/.gov links, blog comments, article directories, [free] press releases, forum posts, profile links, Yahoo Answers, link wheels, Social Bookmarks.  Do a ton of this stuff.  Use paid traffic if you’re feeling bold.

You know all this stuff. You probably know it all really, really well!  If you’re just starting out and you don’t – you’ll pick it up quickly.  You don’t need to keep reading about traffic tactics, list building, secret SEO tricks, or any other stuff that makes you feel like you’re making progress while your AdSense account flatlines.  The big problem with Internet Marketing is the promise of easy riches with no work involved.  Unfortunately when put into practice this philosophy produces no results.

Trust yourself – and let’s get to work.

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