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It's Not Easy by Jude Wright

I bet you've seen all the ads saying, "Earn $1,000,000 while you sleep" or other words to that effect. Don't you believe it!

I was a Newbie on the Net. What do you think *I* did when I started seeing these ads? You guessed it! I tried every one that caught my eye. In other words *all* of them! Talk about frustration! Just about the time I'd start drooling over one of these "get rich quick" programs, another that I'd tried the week (or month) before, came back to bite me on my assets.

Yes, I lost money. I believed every ad that promised, "Pay me $25 and I'll show you how to market." "Pay me $20 for submission software." "Pay me..." Well, I could go on, but I don't feel like crying in my beer right now. Good thing I *don't* drink or my poor family would've never seen me again!

So how *do* you get all that money out there? You WORK! And work HARD!

You advertise. And you advertise. And you advertise. Did I say, "You advertise?" Enough already...you get the picture.

But *where* do you advertise? I tried FFAs with nary a bite! And Free Classifieds? Another big zero. Then there were the free ezine ads. Well, I did get a couple "bites" but no sales.

What was I doing wrong? I followed the advice for classified ad headlines, and how to "step into your readers' shoes." Those shoes don't fit! Think I should try a bigger pair?

So now I'm paying for classified ads, ezine ads and e-books to give me that "magic" formula. Guess what? There is no "magic!"

What does work? Perseverance. After a year I'm finally making a few bucks. The longer I work, and the harder I work, the more bucks I get. I'm finally making progress! Hurrah!

Instead of trying to promote every one of the affiliate programs that catches my eye, I do a bit of research. I choose those that have the best fit - for me. Then, I advertise those select few!

No more running in twenty different directions trying to advertise fifteen or twenty programs! You can email me for a *very* short list of the ones I think are worth the work!

The moral of this story? There are no "get rich quick" programs. There is no "easy" way to wealth. There's only good, old-fashioned, get down to the nitty gritty WORK!

At this point I'm still working hard, and smarter... but I'm not crying anymore!