Ok this should maybe come with a rant warning but it is needed and it applies as much to me as to anyone else so maybe I am just talking to myself here (not the first time).

Stop Thinking

If you are reading this blog then you may well know me from the Wp Goldmine forum or from being on my list, the chances are you have bought a ebook or 3, maybe a couple of site building courses and you are right now spending a hour or two reading forums and blog posts.

You are THINKING about what to do next..

Well stop, ok just stop thinking and go and do it.

I will give you a personal example..

Thursday- mail man delivers a magazine I took it to my reading room and while I sat on the throne I read it…ooh that looks like a good niche idea I must check that out

Friday – Open up micro niche finder and see what I can find. It is still very early in the product cycle so there arent that many searches, but enough to be interesting. Didn’t buy a domain

Saturday -Read my note about how I must buy a domain for this niche, then go and do other stuff

Sunday – I am sitting here writing this and I still haven’t bought a domain for the niche that on Thursday I was convinced would be a killer.

It is so easy to get distracted and remember

Busy and Productive Are NOT THE SAME

If you want to build 10 adsense sites – DO IT

If you want to dive into Amazon sites – DO IT

If you want to make your 1st Info product – DO IT

Stop reading about it
Stop thinking about it
Stop reading forum posts
Stop reading blogs (ok well maybe just finish this post)

DO IT!

Immediately

When my mum always told me that patience was a virtue I would get incredibly annoyed. I don’t want to wait for the cake to bake, I don’t want to wait till I am old enough to drive.

That is exactly how people are online, no one wants to wait to make money online. These are exactly the people who either disappear or 2 years later are still saying “I am unlucky” or the classic “What is your secret?”

If you buy the right domain name, in a niche that gets traffic,build a site with original and keyword orientated content you are half way there. The next bit is the grind.

The grind is where you do everything you can to promote the site. I am not talking about in the first hour after you build it (although I will be sharing a plan for the first hour soon) I am talking about the days and weeks afterwards.

You need to find a happy balance between building sites and promoting them. This is almost always where new people fail, because building sites is sexy and you can see exactly what you have achieved. “I built a site today” sounds more solid than “I posted 50 blog comments, hope they all get approved”

You want to make money online – I know that, I get it and trust me it is lovely to be sitting here at home typing this in my shorts and t shirt. But it didn’t happen overnight.

You will make money, if you are willing to do the grind. Use the 80/20 rule, spent 20% of your time building and 80% marketing,building links and doing stuff to improve your sites ranking and you will do ok.

Oh and if you are asking yourself “What is the right domain name” you will have to wait a while for my thoughts on that as I am off out to the garden for a while.