Stop Chasing the Money
Copyright © 2005 Sharifah Hardie
Marketing Online Crash Course
http://MarketingOnlineCrashCourse.com/






Would you like a little free advice? You've probably heard it
many times before, but it's the same advice I give all of my
clients, friends and family members when they ask me how I've
made so much money online. I tell them, stop chasing the money.
Once you decide to stop chasing the money and actually do what
you love, the money will follow!


I know you've heard all of the talk about turning your hobby into
a business or how easy it is these days to quit your day job and
work from home, but I'm talking about more than just that. I'm
talking about simply allowing the enjoyment of doing what you
love to be the reason you get up in the morning and not the
paycheck at the end of the day.


For years I spent hundreds of dollars trying to figure out the
latest and greatest online get rich quick schemes. Yes, I said
it..schemes..get rich schemes. I have tried them all. I tried to
figure out all of the ways to quickly make money online, how to
become an overnight success, how to make my websites sale without
spending a dime, how to get the biggest bang for my buck and so
on and so forth. Believe me, if it was out there I've tried it.


Do you know what finally happened? I gave up because it wasn't
fun any more. I gave up because I wasn't making any money online.
I gave up because it was too time consuming to manage all of the
different accounts here and there. Of course, I had made sales.
At the point where I closed my doors I was still ahead of the
game in online sales standards. Many online business owners make
only occasional sales, while I had a constant revenue stream. I
was earning hundreds of dollars from my online sales, but the
money I was making was a far cry from the amount of money I was
shelling out. I wasn't even breaking even. So I just closed the
doors to all of my websites and gave up.


The funny thing is as soon as I decided to give up and close the
doors; the money began rolling in. One of the things I hadn't
expected to happen is that I had unknowingly built a considerable
sized network around me. My network continued coming to me for
assistance and guidance with their online marketing efforts.


It was the people in my network, people who later became my
clients that emailed me, seeking my advice, asking search engine
optimization questions, online marketing questions, website
content questions, niche creation questions and pay per click
advertising questions.


Soon I realized that I was giving away free advice. I also
realized that for once in a very long time I was having fun
again. I was having the time of my life. I was reviewing
websites. I was coming up with exciting new ideas. I was
thinking. I was brainstorming. I had absolutely no overhead and
I was having a darn good time, so what did the money matter?


Eventually, I created another website to offer my services, but
most of my new clients are still referred to me through my vast
network of clients and friends. I also feel better about myself
and my services now as I offer a free website review service on
my website. The free service allows potential customers to
discuss their business, receive vital feedback about their
website, obtain and find out exactly what I can do for them
before they even spend a dime.


If you are an online business owner I challenge you to take a
very close look at your current business practices and to ask
yourself this question, "Am I chasing the money?" Sometimes in
the design of our websites we don't even realize that we create
websites to "get the money" but our customers are turned off by
the appearance and are not fooled by all of the advertising links
and banner ads displayed all over the website.


Take a look at your website and determine if you were a customer
if would you purchase or actually spend any time on your website.
Most people will spend money where they are comfortable, can have
fun and will return often. Most of them will even tell a friend.
Keep your customers in mind and not the money.


Personally I've given up chasing the money. I've concentrated
more on paying forward the assistance so many in my network have
given me and not how I'm going to pay my light bill. Because of
my vast expertise and the valid consultant services I provide the
money has followed. So again, I will offer you my free advice.
Stop chasing the money and do what you love.






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Sharifah Hardie is the owner of Marketing Online Crash
Course. She has written several marketing articles now
conveniently compiled in a free downloadable ebook on her
website at http://www.marketingonlinecrashcourse.com.


Sharifah provides marketing solutions and advertising
management for businesses of all sizes. You may email
Sharifah at mailto:shardie@marketingonlinecrashcourse.com
 

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