The first
internet marketing I did was selling an internet browsing tweak way back in
2006 just before I got my marketing job in the bank, thereafter, I venture into
VOIPS, selling e-books and other information materials that I created myself or
got through a reseller or resale rights. In addition to the above mentioned, I started
writing and publishing on forums such as Nairaland, blogs and other self development
online platforms. Nairaland really helped shape my internet marketing direction
as it became the turning point for the things I thought were mere passion but
turns out to become a source of sustenance till date.
I have few
of my articles and publications on nairaland that are still bestsellers till
date, when it comes to business and school registration, my article has
garnered more income and revenue than my total wages when I was working in the
bank. And my article on nylon production business, recycling plastic and nylon
waste is today still the most visited in that niche and I still earn from it
till tomorrow.
If, unlike
me, your career in life has not involved any form of marketing or selling, then
to get involved in internet marketing is one hell of a giant leap.
I was first
introduced into internet marketing in 2006 through Success Digest publications
owned by Dr Sunny Obazu-Ojeagbase, a business coach and mentor. I was a lover
of complete sport magazine and every last page of the sport magazine carries
some information about online and internet marketing business. I kept seeing an
advert for something called Google Ads, click-banks, PayPal, e-books, info
products and a lot of other relevant reports. At this point, I was still in the
banking system chasing deposits day-in day-out and i all I used the internet
for was either networking with colleagues or just browsing in general for any
information that I needed on any subject matter under the sun.
Even inside
success digest papers and complete sports magazines, there are columns where
you can place advert for your internet marketing skills, info product, software
services and people would buy your products and you would receive a generous
income. Simple, I thought, that is until you try it as an uneducated marketer. I
lost more money than I invested, however, this can be quite normal for the
beginner. I accepted the fact that I had lost money but vowed to continue
looking for something that I could do.
So, being
curious about money making on the internet I decided to investigate further. I
came across many money making opportunities that promise this that and the
other, which I am sure a lot of you have seen yourselves. Successful internet
marketers such as Akin Alabi, Nzimora, Seun Osewa, Patrick Ogidi, John Obidi
and a host of others had encounter with success digest one way or the other. Anyway,
after a while I found an offer that I thought I could try out and see what happens
without losing an absolute fortune. After starting a venture into internet
marketing for the first time you will find yourself seemingly lost in a world
of information. There is so much to learn and so many ways to learn it.
It takes
time to learn what you need to know about internet marketing And I don’t think
that there are any real secrets, just techniques.
On the
internet there are thousands of people trying to make money and they are all
either making new products or looking for products to help themselves
financially. There are endless programs and E-Books and ideas available that
tries to help you succeed in whatever money making business you are involved in.
I am not
trying to promote anything here, I am just trying to say that when you go into
internet marketing, take your time, learn, read, re-read, and learn again.
Nothing is
right if it is not right for you.
If you don’t
fully understand something, keep asking questions until you do understand it or
don’t do it.
There is no
easy answer for the beginner, it is just a matter of that person finding out
what is right for them. I just hope that anybody who tries internet marketing
for the first time takes my advice on board and succeeds. There is no single
best way to succeed on the internet, every successful story has a its peculiar
strategy and style of reaching out to the larger audience, some internet
marketers make use of video skits, youtube, twitter, instagram, facebook,
vox-pops, etc, to attract their audiences. Whatever skill you possess and have
deep passion for, now is the time to turn that dream into reality.
To your success
Olanite
Olalekan.
