With online marketing, your success is only a matter of time

One thing I’ve learned since studying and researching different ways to get traffic to my sites is that most successful online marketers that are making at least six figures a year online have been in the Internet marketing business for a number of years. How many years? It’s different for everyone, it depends really on how hard you work at getting your website out there.

I’ve found some Internet marketers on the web that have achieved success in only a few years time. Most Internet marketers take around 5 to 10 years. Of course I have no historical data on the subject, I’m just going based off Internet marketers I know of online. I don’t think I have achieved success online yet, in my mind, a six figure income online is success. Why do I say this? Well, you have to think that after taxes and expenses that $100,000 is going to be closer to $50.000.  I know that’s a huge cut of the gross, and it sucks, but that’s also reality. I also put a 6 figure income as my goal because in order to live beyond your means, you’ll need this much money. What do you think?

So what do I mean by your online marketing success is only a matter of time? Well, what I mean is you just have to stick with it. I’ve seen blogs for sale that have only been up for a year. The owner is giving up because they are only making $20.00 a month off of ad revenue. Unless your website or blog is a super huge idea or break through, it’s not likely that you will have success so quickly. Trust me, I know because this is the case with this blog. My traffic has been increasing steadily over time. I used to pay for advertising, but now I do all my advertising the free way. Using my e-mail lists, social networks, safelists, traffic exchanges, etc…

You have to think of it as the longer your site is online, the more chances other sites will connect with your site. Also the more you’ll be able to connect with other sites by linking to them. Plus the more content you add to your blog or website, the more likely you will be found in a search engine. Of course the content has to be 100% unique. I never understood people that buy used content for their sites. What’s the point of owning a blog if you aren’t writing your own unique content? Plus you have to realize that a number of other people have that same content on their sites as well.

My final comment on the online marketing subject is that you should never give up. Keep putting out quality content, link to other similar websites as much as you can. Keep growing your social networks. Never stop expanding your online empire. Don’t think that one website will get you there. Most online marketers have a multitude of websites. Each website being very niche specific. Think about it, instead of having one website bring you in $100.00 a month, why not have 50 websites bring you in $100.00 a month each. Some websites will do better than others, but I know you see the point. What do you think?