Search  Engine Traffic Free?

One of the first pieces of advice I was given when I started out online was to set up a blog. Why? Because it would allow me to build an online presence while I learned. I could improve my blog as my knowledge improved.

Besides, search engine traffic is free, right? I mean, you don’t have to pay Google, Yahoo, MSN or any other pay per click marketing firm to get traffic to your site.

That last paragraph may be the reason so many online marketers fail. They don’t look close enough at the real cost of search engine traffic. They try to do everything themselves and end up investing untold hours of their time that they are led to believe has no value.

I’m here to tell you if you don’t put a dollar value on your time, you will never succeed online.
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You can’t afford to outsource?

One of the things I hear aspiring internet marketers saying all the time is they can’t afford to outsource. They feel like they haven’t made enough money online to justify paying somebody to do one of the many tasks necessary to run a successful business. They claim that when they’re making (insert figure here) per (insert time frame here) they won’t be able to NOT afford to outsource.

The good news is it’s just a mindset shift that can be easily remedied. The bad news is you’re killing yourself and your business until you make that shift.

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