The start of week seven of the Shoemoney system. I have placed another Ad with Ebay, as my last item didn’t sell. I am a bit disappointed with that, but at the same time, I’m playing around with the Ads to try and attract more attention. If my first item had sold, I probably wouldn’t have gone through that experience, so that failure has helped me to learn.
If the Arbitrage on Ebay was so easy, everyone would be doing it! (Mind you I think they are in the UK cause I can’t get a look in!) But I will sell something. I do realise that the course isn’t just about arbitrage, but I do want to make my first, risk free money online, and so far, this s the only opportunity I have seen to do this.
I’ll keep you updated, and believe me, you will know when I’ve sold my first item!
I’m still waiting for my prize from the week 5 webinar, but I’m pretty sure, from recent communications that it’s on it’s way. I’m really looking forward to that!.
On that point of communication, my one criticism of the course thus far has been the amount of time to respond to emails.
I follow Jeremy’s own blog and have noted that a few Shoemoney users have complained about the amount of time taken to respond to requests. He did state, (Jeremy) that they were making that point their priority. Well I sent an email that day after he said that, which was answered in 20 minutes!. He means what he says.
This week is all about Facebook, starting with the history and moving onto creating a Fan page, and then finally creating an Ad. Now THAT is exciting, having never placed an Ad online, and it will hopefully teach us some of the rudiments of market research and keywords.
The content of the videos is still great, and appear to be in a logical order. I know Jeremy is working hard to make sure we get all the information we need, and that is quite apparent. The pace is still good and I’m managing to retain and actually remember the information going in! Impressive for me.
When I first started the course, I had a nagging doubt that I was doing the wrong thing, that I was wasting my money. I have come to this conclusion so far:
I have been contacted by lots of affiliates, trying to sell me wonder products that will make you rich in no time, based on years of research, that they have painstakingly carried out. Well that is pure BullS*@t!. Everything I have received is a reworded, rewritten idea, made to look very attractive, promising the earth for a few minutes a day. As an example I was emailed with an offer of joining this amazing Ebay Arbitrage program. It promised to show me all the inside secrets of the top traders. Out of interest, I bought it, read it, then cancelled my order. Why? Because I wanted to see with my own eyes what crap some people are trying to sell, and it really was all that Jeremy has just taught me regarding Ebay, Arbitrage and nothing else. That made me realise that I am doing the right thing, and my money is well invested for MY future.
I’m actually getting tired of all this rubbish, but it has taught me a valuable lesson. (One of my philosophies is taking the positive out of anything, including bad experiences, because there always IS something good to learn) Stick to what you have signed up to do, focus on it, and only it. Don’t become distracted with this offer or that, because you will get hundreds of them. As long as you are taking positive action now, and I assume you are either on the course, or thinking of it, then that is the ONLY thing you need to worry about. Perhaps if you are very experienced, you can dive about between courses and programs, but I have found that as a beginner, my time is totally taken up studying this course. And it’s enough. I am learning, but not yet earning. If I jumped all over the internet, joining this and that, I would still be learning and not earning for years!
I’m on this course to learn, then earn and continue that cycle!
I will get there.
Til next week, have fun whatever you are doing……..
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Nah, it’ll happen for you. Don’t worry about that. I think though that you’re going to be a little hamstrung with the “ads on Facebook” thing because, at the moment, you don’t have anything to promote (website, product etc) that will give you a good return. I wouldn’t worry about that just yet though because you soon will have.
It’s all about learning the “core stuff” before applying it.. As you’re starting off there’s plenty for you to learn.
And don’t worry about paying out the money with little or no return just yet. You’re going to get $2500 worth of advertising coupons so you’re not going to be out of pocket at the end of the day.
On the subject of websites, have you thought about the niches that you might build sites around (no need to say them here. I’m just talking about in your own mind. Brainstorming etc.) It’s probably good to write a few ideas down on a notepad or something, then later on you can do your keyword analysis (when we get around to that) to determine which ideas would work better over others. For now though just a list of “possibles” would be good.
It’s always easier to write about stuff you know about, or things that you’re interested in.
As for affiliate offers and eBooks etc. — there’s tons of cr*p out there as you’ve noted! Probably best to save your money at this stage!
Thank you again Carefactor0!. It is difficult at the start because you want to make money straight away, but I think I’m getting into the slowly, slowly catchee monkey frame of mind. I have been, and continue to work on Niche ideas, and in the process learning about market research, ~THE most important element to any successful campaign!.