Spring is here, and the weather in New York is gorgeous. After a long, and freezing winter, this weather is exactly what we have been waiting for.

All the streets are packed with people, walking around, shopping, trying to get the best out of this wonderful weather.

And I’m at my wonderful midtown office, writing this blog post on a lovely Sunday afternoon. What is wrong with me?

Entrepreneur BS

Ok, here’s the deal, I won’t bore you with a long blog post, instead I’ll simply cut to the chase.

Most of the entrepreneurs I meet are great at talk, motivation, and all the blah blah. They talk about how luck is so important, how they have tried that, thought about this and that, etc.

I can comfortably say that 9 out of 10 entrepreneurs or self-employed people I’ve met till day have all one missing ingredient in common, and it is hard work.

Feel free to lie to everybody about how hard you work, how dedicated you are, etc.

When you go to bed, and put your head on your pillow, ask this question to yourself, and be honest;

Do I work hard enough?

You can lie to anybody else, but not to yourself.

Please, ask this to yourself tonight and be honest.

I have met a number of people who are new to making money online since I’ve been in this business.

Most of the people who are new to internet marketing world are good at tons of skills such as being smart, doing extensive research, following trend setters, learning new things daily, etc. But, most of them have one thing in common: Being afraid of taking action.

Being afraid of taking action is like cancer. If you can diagnose the problem, understand the reasons for it, and start treating it, you might be successful. But if you spend months, even years with being afraid, it might be too late to take action on.

Why am I Afraid to Take Action?

Ask this question to yourself, be honest, and come up with your reason(s).

Do you spend countless of hours reading about a topic (e.g. google adwords), feel like you know everything about the topic, but don’t know how to launch your first campaign?

Do you lack of knowhow due to insufficient research & study?

Are you scared to take action because you don’t have the luxury of spending any money online?

Take a piece of paper, and write down: “Reason(s) Stopping me to Take Action:”

Ask every possible question you can think of to find out the reason(s) of being scared to take action, and write it/them down on the paper.

Solve the Problem

In the first step, if you were honest to yourself, you should have a piece of paper with the reason(s) that stop you from taking action with a title of “Reason(s) Stopping me to Take Action:“, correct?

Now, cross out the word Reason(s) and write down Excuse(s) instead.

There is absolutely NO reason to stop you from at least trying. All the reasons you’ve come up are your own excuses.

Take Action Today

Whatever the excuse you have, there’s a solution out there. Most of the solutions are in your mind. You should start with changing your mindset, and get ready to make money online.

Don’t ever be scared of failing in internet marketing, but always remember to take bearable risks for your situation, such as not risking your retirement fund.

Your success in internet marketing depends on your actions, so don’t wait another day, and take action today!

Also, check out this post I’ve written about 5 Reasons You Fail To Make Money Online to get you started with some ideas.

You’ve probably heard the term; “Think outside the box!” many times in your life. You’ll probably ignore it next time you hear it, again. Maybe it will remind you a brand, or a cliche quote.

For a few minutes, forget about “Think outside the box” cliche, and let’s talk about some history.

The history of humanity is the witness to great inventors, warriors, empires, kings, scientists, and smartest people who have done something remarkable during their life time. These people left a remark to the humanity, not just lived an average life.

Yes, some of them are geniuses, and some just were luckier than their peers.

But, have you ever thought about the common characteristics of the greatest people in the world history?

Is it being the smartest? or being workaholics? or being great leaders?

The answer is; none of the above.

The correct answer is;

All the greatest people in human history were lateral thinkers.

Lateral Thinking is the Key Ingredient of Creativity

When I was at high school, I had an AP Calculus teacher who wasn’t very popular along the students. Instead of showing us how to solve a tough calculus problem, her main focus was to show as many possible different ways to solve the same problem.

At the calculus exams, whoever solved the problem with the most common way used along the others would fail even if the answer was correct, and you would only get a high score if you had the most unique way of solving the problem.

We were too young and inexperienced to understand the value of this approach, but did our best to come up with alternative methods to solve the exact same problem.

Can You Become a Great Lateral Thinker?

Lateral thinking is not like leadership. You don’t need to have the skills in your genes. You can keep practicing, and improve your lateral thinking skills.

The easiest way to start is with brainstorming. Try to come up with alternative ideas to the regular, daily and usual things you observe in your personal and business life.

You don’t need to start implementing these right away, but when you start to train your brain’s right side for alternative approaches in daily life, it will be easier to adopt lateral thinking culture in the long run.

How to Implement Lateral Thinking to Your Daily Life?

Most of your business & personal life relies on Problem Solving. Your goal should be to try to look at the daily problems from a different perspective. Just like my high school calculus teacher, try very hard to come up with alternative ways to solve the daily problems.

Since I’m in marketing, my lateral thinking examples are usually about marketing topics. Here are just a few ideas to get you started. Real life examples are always better than textbooks. So, here we go;

• How we’ve sold 13 times more coffee within 2 months

A few years ago when we were trying to sell more Turkish Coffee, we’ve faced a bottleneck in the marketing plan. There were only a limited number of people in the US who even heard about Turkish Coffee. The niche market was limited, and already dominated by us (and another competitor).

With a simple lateral thinking session, I’ve come up with a new marketing plan to target only “Espresso Drinkers”. Espresso market was much much larger than our market, and we were so sure that if an espresso lover tried Turkish Coffee, they’d love it and become a returning customer.

After running our marketing campaign for over 2 months, our Turkish Coffee sales have increased over 1200%. Yes, you’ve heard it right. We’ve sold 13 times more Turkish Coffee than we used to sell before wearing our lateral thinking cap.

This is just a simple lateral thinking example while you are approaching niche markets.

• Debt Consolidation Services Marketing Success

When I was new to affiliate marketing, one of the niches I’ve researched was “debt consolidation services”. There was so much competition in the niche, it was close to impossible to turn a profit with PPC traffic (for a beginner).

But, I knew so much about debt. While I was a student, I was in both credit card and school loan debt. I knew how to help people in debt with my real life experience.

Instead of trying to sell a debt consolidation service site, I’ve created a simple blog sharing my story. I’ve posted step by step how I’ve gotten out of debt with recommendations to services/products I’ve used. Such as books to change my financial mindset, a few digital products to get my finances organized, etc.

People loved my blog, and my organic traffic kept increasing every single day. With some simple lateral thinking, instead of diving into an uber competitive niche, I’ve come up with an alternative solution which mad me money while helped people to really get out of debt.

• Craigslist Marketing Example

I’ve written a pretty long post about my craigslist marketing example, so I won’t be rewriting about it here.

Feel free to read it to get another example of successful marketing idea due to lateral thinking.

Above are just 3 simple real life examples of lateral thinking from my personal experiences. I hope they will get you started with your own brainstorming.

Keep Following the Trends or Start Setting the Trends

Whether you have a local business, a 9 to 5 job, or simply trying to make money online, today is the day to make a decision:

Will you settle with the word; average in your business and personal life, keep following trends set by others, or will you start working on lateral thinking to make a change and start setting trends in whatever you do?

Further Reading Recommendations about Lateral Thinking

I’d love to hear your real life successful lateral thinking marketing examples. Please share at the comments section below. If you got stuck and need lateral thinking ideas, why don’t you also share them, and we can start some brainstorming and try to help.

Photo Credit: Holger Eileby

I am an entrepreneur, and I have many entrepreneur friends.

In general, one of the common characteristics of entrepreneurs is not being a team player.

We like to do things our own way instead of relying on other people. This is great to some extent.

But trying to be a “one man show” can be a bottleneck in our business life when building a team, or asking for help.

How I Saved $100 in 30 seconds by Simply Asking

I was on Dell’s website shopping for 2 sets of new computers for the new office.

When I’m buying a computer, I am a kid in a candy store. I want to get everything.

After configuring both systems, I was confused about an option on one of the monitors, and I have decided to do a chat with a Dell rep.

I know from experience, and I wasn’t expecting to get a clear answer from Dell’s customer service, but I was surprised.

The customer rep on the chat was very helpful, and answered my question quickly. He’s also recommended a few cool stuff on sale.

Since, I was already over my planned budget for these 2 computers, I told the rep; “I’m already over the budget, but I don’t mind adding your recommendation if you can offer me an extra discount”.

I was expecting an answer like; “you can search for coupons online, or unfortunately we cannot do that, etc.” btw, I’ve already searched for coupons, and best possible deals online. So, I was getting a good deal.

Anyways, the rep said; “Sure, let me take a look at it”.

Within 10 seconds, he’s sent me a link, and when I’ve clicked the link, I have received an additional $100 in my shopping cart. I didn’t have to reconfigure anything (you know it takes time), or play with the shopping cart, etc.

$100 is better than $0. When you adopt this mindset, you can negotiate more in business deals. And, that’s what I’m doing.

At the end, I was a happy customer of Dell, who happened to save extra $100 by simply asking for it.

Dell also won from this transaction. Because I’ve decided to add a Quickbooks Pro 2010 to the transaction, which I was planning to purchase at Amazon. And I’ve left as a happier customer.

Internet Marketers Hesitate to Ask

I have met and know many brilliant internet marketers around the world. One of the main problems with internet marketers is; they are usually a “one man show”, and they are not great with communication.

If you work out of your house, and like to do things your own way, don’t worry, you can still ask for things and it really doesn’t hurt.

If you are in affiliate marketing, are you asking anything else other than a payout increase to your affiliate manager?

Here are just a few ideas you can ask to your affiliate manager;

• Custom creatives for a specific offer
• Custom landing pages specifically for you
• Keyword lists
• White label deals
• Specific toll free number only for your LP (if the offer has a toll free # on it).
• Customer demographics data
• 200 creatives (110x80pixels) to test on Facebook Ads
• And the list goes on….

Your affiliate managers are always ready to help.

They might be nice to you when you keep asking “How Can I Make Money? Could you help me?”, you won’t only be labeled as a newbie, but you will also be made fun of. And asking questions like “how can I make money with affiliate marketing” really won’t help. Or hearing which offer converts the most at the network won’t make you a millionaire.

Instead, prepare smart questions, and ask for help without hesitation.

Remember, whether it’s an affiliate company, or a direct offer you are promoting, they are the ones who need to help you.

At the end, you are sending them more customers, and helping them to make more money every single day.

It doesn’t hurt to ask, prepare your list, and pick up the phone to call your affiliate manager today, and ask for help.

When Timothy Ferriss wrote The 4-Hour Workweek, it wasn’t a big surprise to me that the book had become the #1 New York Times Bestseller, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller, and #1 BusinessWeek Bestseller.

In my opinion, the huge success behind this book was the title. Title promised a result most readers were looking for and it was the smart marketing move by Timothy Ferriss.

Every single day, hundreds of new internet marketing courses, ebooks, and trainings are becoming available to people who want to start living the dream life of an internet marketer. They all sell on the promise of the 4-hour workweek.

Whether you want to learn affiliate marketing, achieve passive income by SEO, or excel in any type of internet marketing, get ready to hear the hurtful truth;

The 4 Hour Workweek Promise is a Huge Lie

Most people think internet marketing is the dream job where we work whenever we want, wherever we want. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

I agree, making money online has some invaluable advantages over a regular 9 to 5 job. It is very flexible compared to a regular job and it is rewarding as hell when you succeed.

But, being successful in internet marketing needs a certain type of mindset, and it’s definitely not the 4 hour workweek mindset when you are just starting.

Are You Ready for the 80 Hour Workweek?

Probably, you have recognized the picture of a very happy guy on the hammock by the beach. This is a classic picture used on many make money online websites.

Let’s start with erasing this picture in your mind, and using a more realistic one:

Instead of having fun on a tropical island beach, this is where you will be spending your days and nights for a long time. So, get ready to a 80 hour workweek.

I have met so many people who were so eager to start making money online, but failed working enough to achieve their dreams. You know yourself better than anybody around you, if you are lazy and you are not ready to make some serious changes in your lifestyle, online marketing is not for you.

Especially if you are new to the game, you have to forget about the 4 hour workweek, and get ready to the idea that you will work more than anybody around you.

But, when you start understanding the internet marketing, getting more experienced by the day, it doesn’t hurt to start adapting the 4 Hour Workweek Mindset.

How to Achieve the True 4 Hour Workweek Mindset

1. Adopt the Correct Business Mindset

Whether it’s internet marketing or any business you are getting into, you have to have the correct mindset to be able to succeed. Don’t let excuses to be the barrier to your success. Keep your focus on creating a business, and dream about your long term goals, but always setup short term goals.

2. Focus on Increasing Your Productivity

Sometimes the bottlenecks to keep you from achieving ultimate productivity are easily fixable. Find the bottlenecks, and constraints that keep you from being productive and fix them no matter what. Here’s an example of how I have increased my productivity by fixing 2 bottlenecks in my workflow.

3. Always Use the Pareto Principle

The Pareto Principle (80-20 Rule) is the key to working less for the same amount of tangible & intangible success. Never waste your time on small, unnecessary details and never miss the big picture.

4. Create a Team & Learn to Trust Them

Many people who make money online are smart and perfectionist. Creating team is not that hard. Whether you outsource or hire full time employees, you can find the right people to work for you. But, trusting your team, giving them some serious responsibilities, and rewarding them for the achievements is the hardest part for an entrepreneur. If your team of employees feel that you trust them, they will take more responsibilities, and help you achieve your goals faster.

5. Automation is the Key to Passive & Long Term Income

When you start excelling the ins and outs of internet marketing, your goal should be focusing on creating automation. For every new project opportunity, find ways to automate the business processes to achieve the long term success. Find and use the right tools and software to implement automation in your business, such as the best project management software. When you start analyzing the possible projects from the automation perspective, you will get close to reaching the 4-Hour Workweek mindset.

Today is the day to make a decision. Whether keep dreaming about the 4-hour workweek on a tropical island beach, or keep it real and start working the 80 hour workweek, and learn how to adopt the 4 hour workweek mindset to take your internet business to the next level.

au·thor·i·ty noun: the power to influence or command thought, opinion, or behavior.

Authority is powerful stuff.

Authority can be abused and it can definitely corrupt…

But it can also build trust, admiration, and respect.

And when it comes to online marketing…

Authority is what works.

This is written on the first page of a free eBook called Authority Rules. It’s written by Copyblogger founder Brian Clark. It is a short and right to the point report, and you should definitely check it out (pdf link).

True Power of Authority

Can you pre-sell 3000 copies of a, yet not printed, book and generate over $100.000 within 48 hours?

No, you cannot, unless you are the authority in your niche.

This is exactly what Seth Godin did on December 2nd. He’s sold 3000 books which will be published in 2010, and generated over $100.000 revenue (going to charity in this case) within 48 hours.

Seth Godin is an authority in marketing. When he writes, when he talks, when he teaches, people listen to him, and people follow what he says.

How Can You Be the Authority in Your Niche?

1. Be Different

What makes you different from the others in your niche? If you can’t be different and unique, you won’t succeed. You are different when you start setting trends instead of following them.

2. Don’t be the Salesman

There are enough salesmen in every niche already. Don’t try to sell anything. If you want to create the trust relationship with your audience, you don’t have a luxury of offering sales pitches. Your audience is smarter than you think. People love to buy stuff, but they hate to feel sold!

3. Inspire & Lead

Your followers need inspiration, everybody needs inspiration. As the authority figure, you have to inspire your followers constantly. You have to be a great leader at the same time.

When you are the authority in your niche, people will follow what you do, buy what you recommend, and take what you offer. This is a power you can’t buy with money, and you have to use it fairly.

Whether it’s a website, an affiliate marketing project, a community platform or your personal brand, spend the time to put some hard work in becoming the authority to dominate your niche.

Whether you have a college degree or not, if you want to succeed in business life, you need to constantly improve yourself. Personal growth is the main key to become better in business and life.

If you work for a large business, you might be getting free trainings, seminars, tools and resources, that is great. If you are a small business owner, you might be trying your best to improve yourself by reading books related to your field, following industry blogs, and even entering executive education programs. These are all good.

In addition to all of these, what if you had the chance to attend a “Introduction to Statistics” class at one of the top universities in the world such as MIT or Stanford, would you take it? How about the accounting class that you’ve never taken seriously at school, but now, you know how important it is to know the fundamentals of accounting. Would you like to attend an accounting class and learn the basics from one of the top accounting professors in the world?

There is absolutely no excuse not to improve yourself with all the opportunities internet brings us.

Here are my top 5 favorite online learning resources:

• Academic Earth: One of my favorites. Academic Earth brings us absolutely free video courses from some of the top universities in the nation. Academic Earth currently offers course videos from Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, UCLA and Yale.
• Open Course Ware by MIT: Maybe the tuition was too expensive or you simply weren’t accepted. You don’t have to worry that you couldn’t get an MIT degree anymore. MIT opens up its classes by Open Course Ware. Go catch a class now and get the great education you’ve always wanted.
• Yauba: Yauba is actually a search engine, but it does a great job bringing you the great learning resources.
• Itunes University: Apple’s Itunes University is currently offering over 200.000 education videos and audio and growing.
• TED: TED is my all time favorite. Nothing to add to TED, simply; “Ideas worth spreading”

Do you use any other great online learning resources other than the ones in this list? I’ll be happy to add your favorites to this list if you share them in the comments.

Productivity is the #1 problem of many people nowadays. Especially, if you are working mostly online, you have to come up with smart solutions to increase your productivity.

There are so many books, articles, blog posts, tools and software out there to help you increase your productivity. You have to do your research and find the tools you really need to increase your productivity.

I won’t try to teach you anything, instead I will share How I Quadrupled My Productivity in 30 Days, briefly.

Finding the Bottlenecks In Your Workflow

For each individual, the bottlenecks will be different. You have to start finding the constraints and the bottlenecks in your workflow one step at a time. Get a pen and a paper, and start making a list of all the bottlenecks that slows you down.

There is no out of the box solution for increasing productivity. Everybody needs to do their own homework. You cannot solve a problem unless you know exactly what the problem is.

This is exactly what I did. I have found the main constraints during my daily workflow, then went out looking for the right solutions.

Main Constraints I had that Kept me From Increasing My Productivity

After making a huge list, I picked the top 2 constraints I had. These are the bottlenecks that kept me from increasing my productivity.

1. Starting to work on a project without properly and visually planning it.
2. Losing so much time with forgotten passwords, and bookmarks

I Knew My Constraints, It was Time to Find the Right Solutions

I started with my #1 constraint:

Starting to work on a project without properly and visually planning it.

My #1 constraint was thinking about a great/cool idea and jumping on the development part without visually and properly planning it.

I was doing my research, taking my notes usually in Google Docs, and delegating the project to my staff right away.

Something was missing…

And it was; Mindmapping. Without proper, and visual mindmapping, it was hard to see the big picture for most of the projects. A good friend of mine has recommended several solutions for mindmapping.

I have started using Flowchart.com which is a free online flow chart and mindmapping tool. There are some better, paid solutions out there which might help you create better mindmapping diagrams. I have been testing some of them and will update this post if I find a better solution.

But for now, Flowchart.com has solved my problem and it is 100% free. What can beat that?

I’m so glad I have started doing mindmapping before starting a new project, even tiny side projects.

It was time to find a solution for my #2 constraint.

Losing so much time with forgotten passwords, and bookmarks

I have tried so many tools, firefox addons, software and websites for organizing my bookmarks. Always, there was something missing. I didn’t know what it was. Also with increasing number of membership sites, emails, websites, hosting control panels, etc. I was having some serious problems with managing my passwords.

I’m always the skeptical guy when it comes to my passwords. I didn’t want to upload all of my passwords into a 3rd party software.

Until it became impossible to manage all of my passwords.

Then I have found the dream solution (after several recommendations from friends) called Roboform.

I have no idea how I’ve managed so many passwords, bookmarks and forms without Roboform for so many years. I have gained so much time otherwise I’d be losing with this piece of software. I’m using the firefox plugin and the USB version of the Roboform now and I’m absolutely loving it.

Even though I’m using the paid version of Roboform and it’s well worth it, you can simply keep using the free version for good (with some limitations I believe).

It is Your Choice to Quadruple Your Productivity or Not

Whether your constraints are similar to mines or not, take some time out of your busy schedule, identify the constraints that keep you from increasing your productivity, and start finding the right tools and approaches to overcome your productivity problems.

When everything is stable, you don’t think about the change much. But with today’s economic environment, maybe it’s the best time for change or to start something new.

Seth Godin has a great post about Pivots for Change.

He also says:

The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something. (*source)

I don’t have much to add to Seth’s words. Short, and right to the point !

If you are struggling with the economic crisis, today is the best time for change or to start something new.

Yet, another year has passed by. You have set so many goals for 2008. How many of them did you really achieve?

Before continuing to read this post, please take a couple of minutes and write down the goals you’ve set for the last year, and check each goal you’ve succeeded in.

If you have achieved all of your goals for 2008, then you don’t have to read the rest of this post. But if you haven’t achieved all of the goals you have set for 2008 and if you’ve started to come up with excuses in your mind, then keep reading.

EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES

People always have and will always have excuses for their failures. Didn’t we start making up excuses for our failures since we were kids?

Didn’t we have so many excuses for bad grades at school? Didn’t we always complain about the corporate system while working corporate? Didn’t we blame the others and said “nobody supports entrepreneurs” while trying to build a business?

Didn’t we come up with every possible excuse during our lives for our own failures?

STOP and THINK for a second!

Calm down, take a deep breath, and think. You have come up with so many excuses for your failures, right? I was gonna do that in 2008, and this happened, I was gonna do this in 2008, but then that happened. Economy went down, gas prices kept climbing, etc. etc. Now, leave all the excuses aside, and think again.

Why couldn’t you achieve your goals in 2008? Why did you fail?

I’m not asking for an explanation. Answer these questions to yourself. Don’t lie to yourself, and try to find the honest answers. If you can’t figure out the reasons for your failure, and accept them, there’s no way you will learn a lesson from them, and move on. That’s why, take your time, and think about these.

My job is internet, in fact my life is internet. I see so many people trying to make money online every single day, and they fail. If your goal is also to make money online, and if you couldn’t achieve your goal during 2008, here are some tips that might help for 2009.

5 Reasons You Fail To Make Money Online

1. You know everything: This is extremely dangerous. Self confidence, personal branding is different, lying to yourself is different. At some conferences, meetings, introductions, and at different occasions, people have called me “the internet marketing guru”, or “the internet marketing expert”. When this happens, I kindly let them know that I’m not the internet marketing guru nor the expert. I am still learning tons of new things every single day. And I’ve never caught the “I know everything” illness. I’m open minded and dying to learn more unique and creative online marketing methods.

   Let the 2009 be a fresh start. You can keep lying to people, but sit down, be honest with yourself, and make your self improvement plan for 2009. All you need is “internet”. If you really want it, you can become an expert in online marketing, or in a programming language, or webdesign, or anything you can imagine of. You don’t need expensive ebooks or courses. Everything is available free online. No reason for another excuse, right?

2. You are not the DOER: (Just do it !) If you don’t do it, and if you don’t test it, you will not be successful online. Do you have any idea how many online marketing methods I’ve tested and failed before making my first dollar online? I’ve never said “This is not for me”, and I’ve kept testing it. I have had so many sleepless nights testing new ideas online. So many people fail because they only read great ideas at blogs and forums, and they actually never put the time in to fully embrace the idea by testing it. Be a doer in 2009, not the talker.
3. I need help syndrome:I have helped so many people to make money online. I receive tens of questions every single day through my several blogs about making money online. 99% of these questions are about me helping them to eat my fish, not to help them to learn “how to catch a fish”. I believe in KARMA, helping each other, supporting people in need, I believe in luck, but remember this is online marketing. You don’t have 911 to call anytime you are in need. You have to start to figuring out some stuff by yourself. If you send me an email or any other blogger saying “I’d like to make money online, please help me”, you will not succeed in this business, trust me. Come up to me with projects, smart questions, ideas, then I will help. In fact, you will find many smart people to help you. So don’t ask me to catch the fish, clean it, cook it and serve it to you, ask me how I catch the fish. Kapish?
4. You don’t change your mindset: Making money online is different than a 9 to 5 job. After a great education, you can get a good job working at corporate. You don’t have to improve yourself a lot. Obey the rules, play the corporate game, do whatever is asked from you, and you can climb the corporate ladder, and become successful in your career. I am very sorry, but unfortunately, the game is different online. You have to improve yourself every single day. You have to follow the trends, blogs, read more, learn new techniques and be on top of everything all the time. Many people think internet marketers make so much money without doing anything (4 hour work week anybody?). But the truth is the opposite. Even if you have a website making money well, it will fail sometimes in the future, if you don’t implement the new techniques, and update constantly. Changing your mindset about making money online might be a good move for 2009, if you haven’t already done so.
5. You are a mediocre thinker: Mediocre thinking might be another reason for your failure in making money online. Estimates show that 90 out of 100 people who try to make money online fail. Only 10 left making money online. But 9 out of these 10 people are also little above average. They are mediocre thinkers. They follow the masses, they do whatever the other online marketers do. They might still make a comfortable living with the money they make online. But only 1 person out of 100 is what I call the magician. Creativity, and thinking outside the box will make you that person. You don’t have a choice. Either be a mediocre thinker, or start being creative and start setting trends instead of following them.

These are the 5 important reasons you fail to make money online. There are many other reasons also. Start adding your reasons to the list, and make a fresh start for 2009. Make it happen this year, and don’t wait for the next one.

Or after reading this, get all pumped up, but then forget about it, don’t implement any of these tips into your business life. Don’t worry, I will write another similar post next year with a title of “X Reasons You Failed in 2009 to Make Money Online” anyways. So, wait for that post. It’s your choice.