I posted a blog today on Digital Bloggers (SFM members blogging platform) About learning from past mistakes.
You Can read the full post here
In short though it covers the now infamous Banners Broker Experience - you may have been a member yourself or know others that were. A lot of the people I've met in SFM were Banners Broker affiliates.
Like me they have used the experience to try and help other people make the right choices when looking to start an online business. Nothing beats the voice of experience after all.
As I say in the blog, Banners Broker (or some other "new, revolutionary" idea) was their first taste of making money
online. We all thought we had it made…..
I'm still not prepared to say that BB was a scam - that's for the courts to decide - but like Zeek rewards and many others before them, it worked well for a while then dried up.
Along the way though I learned a lot - mainly that I had a lot to learn.
I met some fantastic through BB people that have steered me in the right direction since then but I also met some seriously unscrupulous
rougues.
If you take nothing else from the blog post though please take this:
There are really 2 sides to making money online:
Option 1
One is the Banners Broker, Zeek rewards, Profitable Sunrise, Bit coins, HourlyRev Share … (the list goes on) side. That's a constant treadmill of jumping from one bandwagon to the next, from the next "BIG THING" to the next. From what I've seen they ALL fall flat sooner rather than later. No way to build a real, sustainable business. These are seen as the fast track to riches - usually the
opposite is true.
Option 2
The other is to learn the profession of digital marketing - selling goods, services, education and information by means of the internet. It takes longer, requires some work, self development and commitment but is going to be around forever.
It's the only real way to build a predictable, stable and sustainable online income. Its what SFM teach.
If you intend to be in this truly wonderful industry the way you choose is up to you. I guarantee if you choose option 1 you will end up doing one of two things:
You will give up and go back to the day job OR you will realise that you should have chosen option 2
Choose wisely.
Cheers!
