Getting Past the Fear of Internet Marketing

When starting a new business, whether virtual or offline, you have a tendency to get very excited about your business or products and how much money you can make by selling to many targeted customers.

Then comes the cruncher. Promoting your products or business seems simple at first. Just do a search and pick out a few search engines or advertising websites and submit your URL or ads to them for free. That's when you find out it just isn't enough to get the kind of real targeted leads you need from various traffic.

You may start having a few panic moments when you realize it's a little more complicated getting traffic to your website or business than you thought.

Next you start a search for more practical places to advertise. Then you learn that there are millions of places on the internet to advertise, both free and paid. And you have to decide which ones would be best for your product or business.

Along about now you become fearful that maybe this type of home based business may not be for you. You start thinking about all of the money you have already spent setting up your online business, and all of the money you will have to spend to make it work.

You have to make a decision whether to make a commitment to your business or product or cut your losses and run. The easy way out is to run. But where does that leave you?

A few dollars deeper in debt and right back where you were before you started your online business.

So, how do you get past that fear of internet marketing and get on with promoting your business?

1. Think of the reason(s) why you wanted to start a legitimate online home based business. Do you want to spend more time at home? Do you want to make extra money? There are many reasons why a person would want to work online rather than go to a job in the real world.

2. Think of your investment in your internet business. Do you have a lot of time and money invested in it? Do you think you have a product that will sell like crazy if it gets to the right hungry people?

3. Think of others who invested a lot of time and money into their businesses and finally made it online. Are you giving up too quickly? Could success in online marketing be right around the corner?

Of course, only you can make the decision whether to cut and run or stick it out with a vengence. But when you look at your business long term, you will see success.

Sometimes you have to stick it out with that real world job just a little longer to survive until your online business takes off. Sometimes you find the perfect place to advertise your product and you get to quit that real world job quicker than you thought possible.

But the main point I am making is that stick-to-it-tiveness is usually the best course when it comes to online marketing. It takes time to get recognized as an honest online business person. As consumers start recognizing your work, your ads, your URLs and your name they will become more comfortable with you and start trusting you.

Best of Life to All of You,
Nancy Clinton
http://ClintonProfits.com/secret