Disabled Veteran Looking for advice/ guidence

Your "lack of drive" is the most important concern I have when it comes to you making it in this business. Having the right mindset and motivations, as well as the resultant drive and focus is of extreme importance. Maybe you need to find your "why's" and reboot your mind in the process.

As for the websites, I think DailySwingTrades.com do have some good potential as a membership site where you guide traders on what to buy and what to sell. But, this will depend on your own trading success etc.

Driving traffic is as simple as going where the traffic is and capturing that traffic as best as you can. But, even more importantly, there are many resources out there for traffic generation as it should not be that hard.

Thanks - My lack of drive is really a symptom of my PTSD. It is hard to get focused and stay focused. Not sure how I can work on this. I wish there was a way to just shut this off but I cannot. I have accomplished a lot but find it hard to keep it going without much in the way of results.

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moneycoin...THANK YOU for your service!

It sounds like you are taking on one too many projects. This scatters your mental focus and eats up your time. I suggest choosing ONE item of business to focus 80% of your time on. That means most of your time, energy and mental focus is on building your success in this single niche. Use the remaining 20% of your time and energy on the other stuff.

Since you love technical analysis and trading, I say this is your main breadwinner. Instead of rushing into a WSO, take time to study the niche market. Figure out who your ideal customer is and what they really want. You can join investment forums and answer questions. Being successful at selling anything involves knowing what people want to spend money on and giving it to them. It's not about what you think they want. I hope this makes sense.

Plan your work around your disability. There are probably times of the day when you are filled with lots of energy and drive. Some people work better in the morning while others enjoy working at night. Maybe you can only focus for a couple of hours before getting distracted. Fine. Work for two hours and take a break...another two hours...break...etc.

You can do whatever you put your mind to do. Just narrow your focus and energies into one area. You'll find that you will make faster progress this way.

Thanks for your service to our country.

That's an admirable aim, but I think you should put that on the back burner, and make it a priority once you are established with a strong steady cash flow.
As far as the internet as a revenue source, you can lurk and participate on the various forums here, especially the WarRoom, and not so much the WSO section at first because it's difficult to avoid the shiny new object syndrome and separate the real gems from the junk.
You may find some good tips and advice here on that as well, managing your Google expense and maximizing the return on your ad spending. But see my later comment.
This is something you might take a close look at, what is the cost in your time, verses the return.
Hmmm
This seems to be THE thing that gets your juices flowing and pumps you up, I would suggest working to build your nest egg. If you can make this grow, and the satisfaction it would give you to have success there AND generate cash on a regular basis. Spend most of your time there.

As far as eventually promoting a WSO, there are several reasonably priced WSO's and or Classified ads here on how to do it. Again spend some time

1. Making a list of what's availible
2. Asking questions on the sales thread
3. Picking the best one or two to obtain.

I want to thank Everyone for the great Advice – Steps I have taken since my last post.
I set myself up with a weekly scedual hopefully I can complete it.
I am creating Facebook Pages for my Websites
I am going to start a indiegogo fund raiser to help me sponsor my sites and allow me to focus on them better – This fund raiser will be a fair valued one where they will get access to my products. I like this idea so what the hell
This whole venture is scary as hell for me. I could end up losing some of my disability and not be able to pay my bills. I still owe it to those that did not make it home. Bottom line failure is not a option….

My wife and I recently had a discussion about motivation. The result of that conversation was quite interesting....

A few years ago, I was at the top of my game and doing rather well for myself. For the first time in my life, I actually had time to reflect on the drive behind my motivation.

A few years later, I lost it all (and this is where my real training began).

Sometimes, we reach certain peaks or high points in life, and tend to think "ahh,... I have finally arrived!" These "high points" can happen to anyone by chance. But, can that person do it again, and again, and again, over and over consistently after failing repeatedly?

When we focus on what we've done in the past, or what we've achieved, or how "important" or successful we were as a CEO, a soldier, executive, business owner, etc, we actually hinder our ability to fail. We somehow think we're beyond failure and that we "shouldn't have to climb again. And failure my friend,... is the key to success.

At the age of 21, our mistakes and the results of our failures haven't beat us down enough. But by the time we're 40+,... we start to ask ourselves "should I just stay down this time? I don't think I can take another failure."

You have to get really good at "getting back up". But how do you get back up after you've repeatedly has your ass kicked? The answer, I believe, lies in your purpose.

When you have a reason that you believe in with your whole heart, you'll find yourself in a state of hyperfocus and endurance that you never knew you had. That reason alone will drive you. You'll tap into mental reserves that will enable you to do massive amounts of work in very short periods of time. Your achievements have already happened in your mind, and therefore you're not fearful of failing.

The fear of failure (for me anyway) increases with age. We have less time to recover from mistakes. But this is the one that woke me up...

I've also noticed a fear of success! Yep. Fear of suceeding!

One day, I was working on a project and my wife could see I was struggling. She asked "what's wrong?" and as I began to talk, we uncovered that I was actually fearful of big success with that project. Because of my past experience as a business owner, I started reflecting on the long days of paperwork, the TAX MAN, employee headaches and bellyaching, and all of the troubles that come with being a business owner. It was that mindset that was crippling my drive to complete the project.

So, my advice? Be mindful of your fears but do not halt progress because of them. Work on what excites you and drives you. Picture who you want to become and step into that picture.

Hi moneycoin,

There's a lot of good advice here. One of the best came from Fun To Write.

Taking on too many different projects may doom all of them to fail.

Especially since you have concentration problems, try reducing the number of things you're trying to accomplish, and concentrate most on the thing you love to do.
"Find a job you love, and you'll never work a day in your life"

Thank you for your service.

Best of luck sorting these matters out.

Great advice everyone,

The OP and I have very similar issues regarding concentration and too many projects. At peak I had over 200 domains all just sitting there growing dust and collecting renewal fees (thats what happens when you watch TV at 2AM with your laptop open). Things changed when I asked myself "what are you really passionate about? "What can you talk about for hours and never get bored or distracted? - Yada Yada Yada, my 200 domains when down to 30 and 90% now have sites that are doing something. The take away - Its a lot easier to execute projects you passionate about. When the business is at a good point you can hire sales copy to help you with other niche areas.

Happy Marketing,
Carl

I did an interview with Antonio from Real Men Real Style a few months ago and he mentioned starting something with John Lee Dumas from Entrepreneur on Fire that is dedicated to helping train military guys at online business...or something like that. It was something said in passing, so I may not have all the details correct.

Regardless, he's somebody you may want to get in touch with.

More leads you guys are great - I started when I got up today and I still have a few more things to do before going to bed. It was a great day, I have a great feeling of accomplishment

The last few days I have had to weigh out whether or not it is worth fighting to reach my goals at the cost of possible losing my home and stability. Being on disability there is a chance that in time I will lose this and if I fail after that I have nothing.
I am going to take this risk and take it in a big way.
Bottom line is I took a risk fighting for this country, it is time to take a risk and overcome my limitations and benefit from the capitalism this country provides.
Wish me luck,
Will