‘Whatever You Do Don’t Open A Shop’ by Paul Teague

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Why is it that Internet Marketers are so unwilling to invest in themselves?

I’m exactly the same, I once expected to be able to make millions of dollars yet I wasnât willing to spend any money doing it!

I have a friend whoâs opening a small shop next week.

It’s going to cost him $3000 for stock, $4600 for 6 months rent, $1500 in service charges and $10.5k in wages.

For 6 months!

He needs to take $3000 per week over the next 6 months to make it work.

Now compare that to starting a business on the web.

Many people I talk to are relectant to pay for the most basic of tools, an auto responder.

That would cost you $120 for 6 months.

And with that $120, you could start to make money straight away.

Youâd need to make $5 per week to cover your costs, not $3000!

So why are so many internet marketers reluctant to spend even a small amount of money on themselves and their business?

Compare what we do with what people do in more âconventionalâ businesses.

We take nothing near the risk, we carry no stock, we have no wage bills ⦠and if it all goes wrong, we just close down our websites and go back to what we were doing beforehand.

Iâm not suggesting for one minute that you go out and spend a crazy amount of money just for the sake of it.

But I am suggesting that you start to treat your business seriously ⦠by making sure that you have the tools that you need.

My friend is going to venture thousands of dollars in his âbricks and mortarâ business over the next 6 months.

I havenât spent that amount of money in 6 years on the internet, even with the more expensive coaching programs that Iâve signed up to more recently.

So view your Internet marketing as a business, not a hobby, and where you need to invest in equipment or training, do what you would do in any other business.

Take advice, assess the value and donât be afraid to spend money â so long as you have it of course â if it will move you and your business forwards.

If ever youâre reluctant to invest in your own future, compare the risk that youâre taking with my friend and his small, 6 month venture with a small town shop.

He has a fast food outlet in the same town and he told me that heâs ventured 15-20 times that much money for that business.

We venture much less on the internet than other business owners, and yet the rewards can be so much greater.

There’s nothing quite like it as a business opportunity.

*This news post was submitted by Paul Teague.