GIVING UP - Such a bad feeling

This sound exactly like me..... Lots of ideas but lack of following through or giving it enough time to see if it will succeed....

Have you thought about why they would give you that impression? Could it be to sell you their rehashed "Give Google the Wedgie" product?

Keep your site. It is quite likely that you can use it to springboard any new sites you start.

I work on the producer/publisher model myself. I don't think of it in terms of what I have a passion for or what I like. Instead, I consider what other people like and are willing spend money on as part of their passion.

You spent $5000 on one site and you've been at this two years? :confused:

You are not alone. Focus for me is indeed hard. I think John Reese has the same problem, but somehow he put it all together and forced himself to focus.

Here's what I would think would work.

1. Pick something, doesn't matter. It won't be your entire focus for your whole life. Consider it a learning experience or project.

2. Concentrate on it. Make mistakes, make things happen. As Keith above stated, work out the formula. It can be transported to other niches.

3. Write down your goals. Write down your list of tasks that must be done. Scratch them off as they are completed.

IE:
Install WordPress
Create reviews
Get backlinks
Create Videos
Create a product... etc.

4. Get a mentor. Get someone you must report to. It really makes you get it done. I hate this part, but it works. Tell them what you will be doing and what the deadline is. You won't be so willing to put it off when you realize you must crawl to them and say you didn't do it.

You need to start thinking outside the box.

You love cars... and you can't figure out a way to make money with cars online??? Seriously????

Dude, I just keyword googled "muscle cars" and pulled up 2,367 searches A DAY.

"Classic cars" = 3,423 searches. A DAY.

And that's without even drilling down into the niche keywords.

That's 5,790 web surfers with a passion. Because, even though I'm not a car gal, I know this: people who are into cars are REALLY into cars. And the niches like, Mustang classic car enthusiasts or whatever, buy doodads for their cars all the time.

I mean, seriously, if it came to a choice between the baby's diaper money, or getting a new pair of rims, these guys would have to take a moment to think about it.

You've already gotten specific advice in this thread. So the only thing I have to add is this:

Quit feeling sorry for yourself. There is no Magic Bullet. There is no "Make Money in Your Sleep" Magic Pill.

Find a car niche you know something about, and are passionate about. Start blogging, writing (not-crap) articles, affiliate linking to relevant products.

If you're putting in focused 10-hour days on THAT, I fail to see how you can not make money.

You've made mistakes, but the good thing is that you can turn it all around. But you have to make the decision to do so. Maybe internet marketing isn't for you. It isn't for everyone and you shouldn't feel bad if you decide to walk away from it.

But if you do choose to pursue, give it the focus that it needs. There are so many niches available. I know nothing about cars and no idea if these are good niches, but just looking at Amazon automotive section (easy to be approved for their network), there is:

• Interior Accessories (303,353)

Exterior Accessories (168,414)
Car Care (2,868)
Mobile Electronics & Accessories (25,585)
Tools & Equipment (4,151)
Paint, Body & Trim (33,790)
Replacement Parts (223,123)
Wheels & Tires (9,483)
Performance Parts & Accessories (2,737)
Motorcycle & ATV (1,188)
Oils & Fluids (1,392)
Automotive Enthusiast Merchandise (46)

Perhaps you can review a few of these products, or answer questions that people have about them and include affiliate links or adsense on the page. If you do go the infoproduct route, I'm sure there is a demand as well. Perhaps advice on restoring cars? How to sell your car for the most money? Tricks on getting good deals on new or used vehicles? Like I said I don't know cars and I haven't done any keyword research, but I bet you can find a profitable subniche or two.

And then decide what one or two things you must do every day to grow your business. Focus on the tasks that will give you results, rather than spending all day. You'll still make mistakes and you'll still have a lot to learn, but you would be heading in the right direction.

Just send it to me.

And you paid someone else to do what YOU should have been learning to do - build your own site.

You can learn from your mistakes or give up - your choice.

Sitting at a computer for 10 hrs a day is nothing unless you are accomplishing something during that time. "reading", "learning", and "looking for" don't count as time worked. Building a site or blog, adding content, writing articles or creating a product, building backlinks, etc - THAT's work.

If you choose not to give up, you have to change what you do. Find ONE niche - a topic you have some interest in that REAL people are looking for - and focus only on what you need to know to promote that one niche.

IM make money niche is the biggest mistake a new marketer can make - you can't complete with those who really do make money in this niche.

Don't know what niche to start in - look up posts and blogs on "how to choose a niche"

Then learn how to effectively judge the value of a niche and how to identify the best keyword phrases.

Don't pay any attention to products and WSO's about "make fast money" or "try this method" unless you want to waste two more years of your life. Focus on doing one thing well and stick with it.

No - you have to do it for yourself. Lots of good advice in this thread - but totally useless if you don't do something with it.

kay

Google your niche, man. Look at waht all people are selling. It's not just the actual car itself.

I know that there are people who make some good money buying classic cars or whatever, and re-selling them on e-bay or classic car classified sites.

But this is not quick, or easy money. And, by your own admission, you don't have the ready cash to do that right now.

But what about a site that incorporates classifieds for people who want to sell their cars? What about review site for products to restore classic cars? What about a site that contains information on each and every "classic car" - complete with links to affiliate listings for products or sales sites or whatever.

*Substitute "car stuff of your choice" for "classic cars"

Disclaimer: I haven't researched ANY of this. These are just ideas that I came up with off the top of my head. And I'm not even a car enthusiast. You're still going to need to do your research, find affiliate programs with supply compaines or dealers, or whatever (hint: CB is probably NOT your best bet!), conttact them, get set up... and so on.

Yes, there's WORK to be done. But at least, you'll be doing work that you love, are interested in, and are passionate about.

Instead of trying to do some pale me-too imitation of IM that you really don't give a flying frog fart about.

Napoleon Hill talks about how he convinced his son (who was born without ears) that he would hear one day and was convinced himself that he would.

Did he finally hear? Yes. Enough to carry on a phone conversation.

And the answer is YES, you can sell "info" products. I think your downfall was in trying to sell in the make money online niche - am I completely wrong?

I agree Mary - with the exception to a membership into the War Room. There is not only advice in there and proven plans, but many of the tools you can use no matter what niche you wish to follow.

You don't need to spend another dime at this time. Do you have hosting and at least one domain? If not, I can suggest some other things here.

All I can say is..... Yep

It is very time consuming to learn some of this stuff, but it goes quicker and quicker the more you do it. Fast money tactics are really just a temporary bandaid - not something to build a long term business. There are VERY FEW exceptions to this. For example someone who specializes in adwords to get the sale. Of course, they will typically need to still do other things to maintain an income, such as run campaigns on many sites - and if they are smart they will set up a landing page with optin so they can sell to that traffic over and over. But adwords can be tricky if you don't watch what you are doing, and personally it would scare me to death to rely on this technique as an only source of income.

I need plr right now on classic cars and some articles and website filler for a local business. Just one idea for you.

There are so many ways to monetize on cars.

Did you know you can do a site about cars that links to ebay auctions of car parts and make money off of other peoples sales and purchases?

Did you know you can get into dropshipping of some things that you can offer to sell in your own auctions?

Did you know that currently I have a client in the offline world who is counting on me to gather some content and promote his sites - and he is in the auto repair and car biz?

Did you know you can run adsense on a site about cars?

Did you know you could start a forum for car collectors? You can add a classified section in the forum for others to list their cars or look for parts and you could charge for the listings?

Did you know there are ebooks you can promote that are specific to cars?

Did you know you could write your own ebook about car maintence and sell it?

Did you know you could create a local directory that displays all the local car dealerships and autobody shops with your reviews on them - and you could sell banner/ad space on your site to these places?


Need more ideas on how to monetize on your knowledge of cars?

Pick a niche, decide how you are going to monetize on it, and keep trying methods until one clicks.

You want to sell in the IM niche? Fine. Learn how to make some money in a non im related field first (this will force you to really learn IM) and then use that knowledge to sell stuff that helped you.

I am not sure what you are going to do with your current sites or if you have totally given up on them, but if they are making you no money and you have nothing to protect, maybe you should tell us the sites and see if we can help.