Everybody knows the world economy has taken a big dip. People are being laid off and institutions that were once thought to be untouchable are falling like flies. What most people do not understand is that the internet is still growing. There are, in fact, over 1.4 billion people who are currently on the net. Traffic to websites grew by 50%-100% in 2008. This happened during the worst economic year that anyone can remember.
Statistics show that over $200 billion was spent online in the U.S. last year.
So what does that mean to you? Simple. You need to learn internet marketing.
Think about it from this perspective: If you want to be wealthy (or even just secure) you have to be self-employed. Now your choices are
1) Start a brick and morter business.
2) Start an internet business.
Have a look at any street USA. Seriously, go count how many people are walking around spending money. The streets are near dead. Now imagine opening a store that sells TVs or groceries or art supplies. Where are the customers? Now compare that to something like Google where you can access 1000 people per day in your niche almost overnight. It doesn’t even really seem fair. I personally only have one brick and morter business and it is because 2000 people per day are brought straight there from a cruise ship. All my other businesses are online because, frankly, that is where the money is.
So the question then becomes where do you start?
Well it depends on what you like.
If you want to create your own product I suggest Frank Kern.
If you want to market someone else’s product I would suggest www.mlmleadsystempro.com or www.therichjerk.com, maybe even Arbitrage Conspracy
If you are looking for a full service education system with pre-built websites and a professional call center to help close your sales then I would suggest www.carboncopypro.com
At the end of the day I don’t care what you choose. Just choose something. My experience over the last five years have been nothing short of amazing. The people I have met, the places I have been, and obviously the money are out of this world.
To your success,
Aaron Parkinson
May 13th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Aaron - I couldn’t agree more. Thanks for adding value in this community and to the lives of the people you touch.
“Part of Success is Preparation on Purpose”.
Live your best life.
Pj
May 14th, 2009 at 8:00 am
Aaron,
You hit it straight on the nail. Brick and Morter Business is on a downhill trend and has been for years. Who needs the hassle of a light bill, Inventory, payroll and “Employees”.
I think it took our economy taking a dip to awaken the people who thought they had it all figured out in their 9-5 cozy highrise window office with the fake fern in the corner they got for their 1 year anniversary to wake up and smell the coffee.
The Internet is here to stay and as far as I am concerned, CCPro is the classiest, cutting edge Internet Marketing education company on the planet today.
There will be those that wave as the passing parade of humanity walks by with millions and then there are going to be the ones that win. Wave or Win-Your choice.
Thank you Aaron for all you do for this industry. Love the Blog dude.
May 14th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Hey Aaron, nice post. Couldn’t agree more. I’ve been running my ecommerce for 1.5 yrs now, and every month it gets better and better. Just a couple of days ago we had our first $2,000 day.
Of course net profits come out to less than half of that, but still. Not a bad day at all when you consider how small our niche is: wedding shoes. hah!
May 14th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
As per usual Aaron your are Dead on. I am proud to be in this great industry and part of the system You put together. Awsome!
John H.
May 16th, 2009 at 2:16 am
Parky,
You don’t post to often but when you do it’s a great read and I hate reading.
Kirk
June 12th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
The article is usefull for me. I’ll be coming back to your blog.
June 13th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
The best information i have found exactly here. Keep going Thank you
June 19th, 2009 at 10:30 am
This is the firs time I read your comments and they are great! I will come back to your blog.
Ligia/09
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:21 am
Hi Aaron … as I walk down Main Street of my cozy little town, it is littered with Going Out Of Business signs, Everything Must Go signs, and worst, empty storefronts. I am so glad that we trusted you and got educated on how to market on the Internet.
It’s been a wild ride, and it’s great to know that even us “old folk” can learn new tricks now and again.
Thanks for your leadership.
July 6th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
It’s a pity that people don’t realize the importance of this information. Thanks for posing it.
July 29th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Hi Aaron,
Good stuff. You mentioned you have one brick & mortar store and cruise ships bring customers to it every day. So which store in Georgetown is yours? And are you going to Pirates Week this year in November?
Luke
July 31st, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Turtle Farm! Yeah, I will be there!