The 3 Steps To Online Success

What I teach my students and members of my team is that there are 3 main phases or steps that they will need to go through and experience whilst they progress through the steep learning curve and finally get to the stage where they are self sufficient and can build and grow their own online business into a profitable and successful entity. I call these phases DISCOVER, LEARN and APPLY and I like to think of them as being like a set of traffic lights on your road to online success.

DISCOVER…

Discover is about understanding and coming to the realisation that you have been sitting at the ‘red traffic light‘ on your path to achieving online success. You may have not been aware up until now that there are limitless opportunities right now waiting for you on the Internet. You may also use the Internet in your everyday life but you probably haven’t realised the potentially life-changing business possibilities that are out there waiting for you to grab a hold of.

The Discover phase is what I also sometimes call the ‘awakening’. It can be a profound realisation for some people. In my own case, I thought that being an IT consultant for all those years I was an ‘expert’ about the Internet, but it wasn’t until I actually met people who were earning more in a month than I was earning in year, whilst working from home AND spending time with their families, did I realise what an amateur I really was.

“…you have been sitting at the ‘red traffic light’ on your path to achieving online success.”

The Discover phase is basically about having the ‘awareness’ that the Internet exists and that there is such a thing as an online business. What surprises a lot of my team members when I first mention this is that they suddenly realise that they are already there…that they have already completed the first stage of their path to success.

Because, let’s be honest…it takes a fair bit of skill to get to the stage where someone can get online, understand the concept of the Internet, do some research via a search engine like Google or Yahoo, and then discover that there  are unlimited opportunities out there on the Internet to actually generate themselves an income. And if they are committed, and willing to learn, a very substantial income!

I don’t think people realise that simply by contacting me via email, subscribing to my list, phoning me or connecting with me via Twitter, Facebook, etc, that they have already taken significant steps to achieving their goals of financial independence.

So by the simple fact that you have found this website and are reading this, you have already proven that you have the brains and the willingness to learn and you most probably have a very good chance of succeeding online with the right guidance and knowledge.

LEARN…

Learn is the ‘amber light‘ phase, when you’re gearing up and getting ready and preparing for your online business. This is the stage when you commit yourself to begin to research and learn as much as you can about what starting and running an online business is all about. This is the hardest part of the entire process of becoming an online success. This is where a lot of people simply give up.

It is a daunting task to face up to the avalanche of information you will undoubtedly encounter on the road to online success, but it isn’t impossible. There are many who have gone before you and have proven that achieving great success online is not only possible, it can be a damn lot of fun as well!

One the most important things you will require during this phase, and this is something that practically all Internet entrepreneurs attest to being key to their success, is access to a mentor. I attribute much of my success to people I have met online and at social networking events and seminars, and being able to tap into their wealth of experience and knowledge when I needed to get a problem solved was fundamental to me not becoming an online failure.

Having a mentor you can bounce ideas off makes life so much easier. You don’t have to run around buying excessively expensive software or training material only to discover it wasn’t what you have hoped for. You don’t have to spend hour after hour online researching something only to find out that the technology is either obsolete or not viable.

“…key to their success, is access to a mentor.”

I have been able to act as a mentor to many newcomers to the online business industry and get an enormous amount of satisfaction when I’m able to help someone with a particular problem or give them some advice or guidance. Obviously it benefits me when my team members are doing well, but money aside, I can think of no other business I would rather be doing when I’m able to see the changes that I have been able to bring to people’s lives by teaching them how they can generate an income from home with an online business.

APPLY…

Apply is the final step to online success. This is the green ‘GO!’ light signal for you to apply what you have learnt about running an online business and start an online business of your own. This is an exciting time for a lot of people as this is when they start seeing the practical benefits to what they have learnt.

Again, this a crucial time in which a lot of people fall by the wayside. Sometimes they misjudge how effective their marketing strategies are, or they run out of funds by advertising ineffectively, or they simply find that they don’t have the commitment to push on and continue with their efforts.

So, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise…you CAN be successful. The only thing stopping you is yourself. No-one else can do this for you, but there are plenty of people out there who can help you. All you need to do is ask!