DAY 8

The BIG Secrets
To Succeed Online

What does it really take to find success online?

I hope I don't disappoint you, again, but...

Honestly, there isn't really a secret to succeed online. 

I'll tell you why later on. But if there's no secret, what's the point of having today's lesson?

Actually, I have things to share with you to accelerate your success online. I'm also going to tell you the Top 2 reasons why people fail online.

Just like what Pat Flynn, a very successful and inspiring affiliate marketer, has said,

Pat Flynn Entrepreneur, Blogger, Podcaster

People who struggle to make money online think that there are some secret formula that successful people are not revealing. But the truth is there's no secret to success. It's all about learning the right knowledge and applying the right skills consistently.

Many people didn't realize that people who succeed are actually doing the same things other people are doing. Just that they do it differently, in the way that they repeat those actions until they master it.


2 Tips I Want to Share with You

​#1 Be Willing to HELP Others

I know...making money is the core reason why we are all here. But this online business opportunity is a real business and a real business is based on the thing called "Relationship"!

Successful businesses, regardless which type, succeed because they succeed at building relationships with their "friends" (customers). You need to treat your "customers" like your friends and focus on building relationships.

And the best way to build great relationship is to CONNECT and HELP your audience to your best ability. That's why you need to focus on HELPING people if you want to make real money. 

Just like what Zig Ziglar said,​

You can have everything in life you want, if you will just HELP enough other people get what they want.

Zig Ziglar Author, Salesman, Motivational Speaker

So...What happens if you want to make A LOT OF MONEY?

Then, help A LOT OF PEOPLE to meet A LOT OF THEIR NEEDS & WANTS as much as you can!​

In affiliate marketing, it's actually quite easy to help your audience. Your main job is to find a group of people that has a specific need or want, then offer them quality information and solution to HELP them.

All these mainly takes ​place on your website which will be working for you once you've set it up.

Isn't that familiar? That's what we learnt in Day 2 and Day 3 on niche selection! Remember?

The advantage of affiliate marketing is that you just need to focus on delivering VALUES to your audience. All other steps such as product creation and customer service are none of your concern.

Remember, every successful Internet Marketer understands that success & money comes from delivering REAL VALUES to their audience!​

#2 Be a Constant Learner

​No one is ever perfect at anything. No matter in what field & business, there's always a lot more to learn.

​If you want to earn more money, you need to deliver more value to your audience. The only way to do that is by constantly improving yourself and learning more.

I'm sure you've heard the saying that says, "Knowledge is Power". This can be the reason for you to keep learning and gaining more knowledge in this industry.

But, this quote isn't accurate if you want to make real money.

Instead, yesterday's quote from Napoleon Hill should be the answer...

Napoleon Hill Author

Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if,  it is organized into DEFINITE PLANS OF ACTION, and directed to a DEFINITE END.

​This doesn't just apply to affiliate marketing. Regardless of which business and industry, you need to keep learning, upgrading yourself and apply what you learnt in a series of definite plans of actions.

This is the way to turn your knowledge into power as well as real money!​ Knowledge itself won't give you money.


2 Reasons Why Most People Fail​

#1 Unrealistic Expectations

​The NUMBER ONE reason people fail online is because of their unrealistic expectations.

​Some people didn't put in enough time and effort but they are expecting to get a return fast, just because they've spent some money into certain courses or platforms.

Since they are not putting enough time and effort, they'll definitely be upset at the result.

Eventually, they'll quit and probably think they just got scammed. Afterwards, they may continue to search for another opportunity and the vicious cycle just goes on.

Take a look at the following post by Kyle, the co-founder of Wealthy Affiliate, on what kind of expectations to have:

Expectations of Online Revenue. Why Most People Fail?

#2 Spreading Yourself Too Thin

Another most common reason people fail is because they are spreading themselves too thin.

What this means is that they lost focus because they are doing too many things at the same time.

This generally happens in 3 ways:

  1. ​Number of Niches/websites
  2. Number of ways to grow traffic
  3. Number of ways to make money

Firstly, many people have the tendency to create multiple websites in different niches because they want to "try" things out and see which one works. 

Check out this post for more elaboration on this point:

99% of All Business Failure Stem from This ONE Thing. How to be the 1%?

Secondly, there are many different ways to increase traffic or visitors to your website. For example, this include Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media Marketing, Email Marketing, Guest Posting, Paid Ads, etc.

It's impossible to master all these at the same time. However, many beginners want to have more traffic fast so they dabble with all these different ways expecting to grow faster.

Instead, this slows them down because in order for each method to work well, it requires you to really learn the ins and outs thoroughly.​

So, start learning and applying one by one. What I recommend is to start from SEO. You'll learn that in Wealthy Affiliate's lessons.​

Lastly, we've discussed about the 6 main ways to make money in Day 5 Lesson.

Some people are too eager to make money fast so they try to use as many methods as they can​.

Also, some people participate in too many affiliate programs, selling too many affiliate products at the same time which actually have the adverse effect, instead of making more money fast as they wanted.

All in all, find your FOCUS in everything you do. DON'T try to manage to many things at the same time. It'll only drag you down!​

There are many people who quit because they are spreading themselves too thin and thus not getting the results they want.


Invest in Yourself

The Starter Membership of Wealthy Affiliate is both a blessing and a curse.

It's a blessing because you get access to one of the top Internet Marketing programs online absolutely free of charge.

I'm sure over the week, you've already experienced how useful and powerful Wealthy Affiliate is.​

It's a curse ​also because it's free of charge.

Let me explain...

​There are many people who joined Wealthy Affiliate because it's free so they decide to give it a try. They take a look inside Wealthy Affiliate and see that there's work involved and then...

They QUIT.

​They see a challenge in front of them, realize it's going to take some work (after all, you're building a brand new business from scratch!) and then never login to Wealthy Affiliate again.

​Yes, creating content and affiliate marketing as a whole can be challenging, but the end result is entirely worth it.

With Wealthy Affiliate, you absolutely know what you are getting when you sign up. There are tons of good information, tools and resources to really help you make real money online.

Let me quote Napoleon Hill again,​

Napoleon Hill Author

One of the strange things about human beings is that they value only that which has a PRICE.

Just because Wealthy Affiliate is free to join, many people took it lightly and weren't serious about it. That's why those people didn't make it.

What Kyle and Carson really want is to allow every one from all walks of life to have access to this great opportunity of making real passive income online at the start.

So, if you're serious about your own business and are willing to invest time, money and effort into building your own passive income stream online, I invite you to join me as a Premium member to have full unlimited access to all the tools and resources in Wealthy Affiliate. (If you've not done so yet.)​

Day 8 Tasks

1. Give a Pat on Your Back

Congratulate yourself for completing the 8-Day Course!

There are a lot of information to absorb and I'm pretty sure​ you are quite overwhelmed. But anyway, you've learnt a lot about making money online.

Still remember the lesson on niche selection which I talked about expert being relative? You now have a lot more knowledge than many of your friends and colleagues about online marketing business. You are a relative expert to them but not yet to teach other people. You'll be there soon if you persist!

I want you to be persistent and continue to learn from Wealthy Affiliate and work on your business. Don't waste the 8 Days of information you just learnt.

2. Dive Yourself Fully into Wealthy Affiliate

Continue to educate yourself utilizing the training and resources in Wealthy Affiliate.

If you've already become a Premium member, you can have access to all 120 lesson in WA. You can also watch the weekly Live Webinar to learn and hone your skills more.​

Once again, Congratulations!

I'll send you a list of Frequently Asked Questions about affiliate marketing and Wealthy Affiliate tomorrow.

Also, look out for my future Emails :)​

- Jerry