Brand Yourself NOT the Opportunity

I’ve been online now for over 15 years. I have seen many good and bad things online. I bought many “Guru” Products that never really panned out for me. Funny I was looking through my browser favourites the other day. I tend to keep a few hundred and i found an old file so I imported it.

MANY of them so called “Experts” were bloody jokes, sites now gone, not active in the niche anymore, still pushing the same 2001 bullshit.

What I also found was that many of the companies that were around have been shut down, classified scams, or just disappeared.

So when I talk to people about adding to their income streams and they are Not Interested because they are “All IN” on this ONE System, i do worry for them. Then I ask them for their Website URL so I can see what they are doing, and guess what they share with me?

productname/username

They are NOT Even Branding themselves. When I ask them for their own websites not their program they are pushing, they say that is their website.

Let me share some wisdom with you.

productname/username is NOT YOUR WEBSITE. You have no control over it, It is an Affiliate Link.

You can call yourself what ever you want, but at the end of the day, it is an Affiliate Link for a product you do not own, on a website you do not own.

So when I show them my site, http://ift.tt/1a0OmZJ they tell me they don’t have time to do all that. I didn’t do that in a day. I bought my domain back in 2007 and it’s an ever growing change over the years.

How many opportunities have failed since 2007? How many times have you been told, you’re not all in since 2007, or your a wussy and things like that.

Imagine if you had your own website, and you wrote about your opportunity on your own website that you control. Imagine the Traffic and the List you COULD have built up as people were interested in what you had to say and offer.

No Matter what you do, you MUST Brand YOU. People don’t buy the product they buy the person. They want to enjoy the success of the person, they want to do what that person is doing. Posting links and blasting people all over social media is NOT a long term business.

Let me share a starting point for you.

Invest in yourself. Your own Domain Name, Your own Self Hosted WordPress on there, Your Own Autoresponder. YES these cost money but starting out RIGHT and building your business right from the start means the money you invest in yourself will be paid back time and time again with the Branding and Opportunities that will come your way.

So you spend a year building Business 1. The FTC get involved and without notice they get shut down. ALL that money you sent, all the signups you got, they were all in the back office, and now they are GONE, you have NOTHING. Do you think you will recover as fast? Probably NOT.

Your Own Investment in yourself. The Business gets shut down by the FTC, now what happens? Well you still have your Website, you still have your Autoresponder. Now do you think you will recover fast? Probably Yes.

However with just ONE Business your income needs to be rebuilt back up again. BUT with your own Website, Your Own Autoresponder, you can easily pitch your new venture, your multiple ventures to your list, who have come to know you and will respond better to you. Having your own website is not just about you selling to people. It’s about you sharing your journey, helping people, guiding them and connecting with them.

Your Success online is about you being open to always improving, always learning, always taking chances, always having a belief in yourself.

It starts with YOU, it starts with Personal Branding.

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