Are You Making Any Money From Your Internet Marketing Programs?

As I've said previously I've been on the net for 10 years and I'm yet to become a millionaire or guru. I have joined numerous Internet Programs and spent so much time and money doing this. The thing is most of these programs are free, and even when they are not they usually cost the earth. So many ways of making money, various promises of "laughing to the bank" with this new revealed "secret or system". Yet my bank account is not showing the results. Why is this? Maybe I just can't get the knack of what it will take to conquer this part of the Internet! Or is there another reason for this lack of success. (Now don't get me wrong money has been made on some of the projects I've undertaken on the internet eg. The safe-list ventures, eBay and Google ad sense but when it comes to joining internet business opportunity programs or internet systems I've not done so well.)

I had actually taken a break from my efforts for a while and concentrated on blogging, eBay and AdSense in order to see if this would yield fruit and it has. The thing is I've always wanted to write so even if my blogging didn't yield much income, I would still be fulfilling a life long ambition which therefore made the whole process worthwhile.

When I decided to give it another try I promised myself to document and watch the way I went about things so that I could learn from my mistakes and successes.

Lessons I've learnt so far:
1. Don't hop from one program to the other. Research well before you sign-up. Most of this programs try and get you to sign up based on your emotions. They promise to show you a secret or a system that will solve your financial problems. They mostly don't.

2. Nothing comes for Free, even the freest of programs expects you to put your hand into your pocket at one stage or the other. And you should as no business off-line can be run free of expenses so is the one on-line. It will be cheaper for most but it is still going to cost you some money!

3.If you can't help yourself and you are one of those ones who keep joining most of the programs you come across, then to help yourself get a note book and make sure you record name of program, user id, password, and any other specific information that will come in handy in the future, eg. the sign-up email address.

4. You do not need to buy the cheap back-end product, which is usually the Special Offer made that you are told will never see again if you do not buy it now. If you don't need it don't get it. I have several 47, 58, 101 such products bought, gathering dust on my bookmark pages not downloaded or used in anyway. I have plans for them though, hope I get down to sorting them out eventually.

5. You will need to spend some money on advertising, think through and plan for this don't just jump in head first before taking into account what you need to do to get the best return for each dollar spent.

6. Joining a program will not bring the money in, you will have to market the program or its services in order to make the money. It is important that you follow the instructions given, especially if the program owners know what they are doing and have been able to achieve great success.

There are 3 programs I know of that can help you learn the ropes. Once you've done this then you can use the knowledge gathered to run any business successfully.

Internet Marketing Program 1. This one takes you Step by Step. A good foundation.
Internet Marketing Program 2. Social Networking for Internet Marketers with Training.
Internet Marketing Program 3. A Massive Marketing System with Great Training.

You don't need to join all three, you don't even need to join any of them. Just look for programs that will give you similar results and stick with it. If you find that they are not working though come back here and give these a try.

One very important thing I've learnt about making money on the internet is that if you are determined, hardworking, willing to learn, able to help others and persistent in your efforts you will eventually get it right. The solutions to marketing effectively on-line do not need to cost the earth, but they will cost you. Take a good look at your on-line businesses today and work to put these programs in their proper place, to help you build income.