Looking,Ahead,Towards,Profit,2 DIY Looking Ahead Towards Profit in 2002

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Each year at this time, a lot of ink is spread talking about New Year's Resolutions. In most cases, this ink goes wasted as resolutions are soon forgotten or dismissed.The reasons for this yearly collapse of personal discipline are many-fold. One, people draw up their resolutions based on old habits they wish to break. Old habits are hard to break simply because they require a constant daily effort to overcome what is ingrained into the lifestyle of the person. It is easy to say to yourself, "Well, I can skip a day." Once a single day has been skipped, it becomes much easier to skip another. Before long, the days have been skipped so many times that there seems no point in trying to pretend anymore.Two, people may know the reasons why to change the habit, but they don't have one reason that is powerful enough to drive them to change. Three, people make resolutions to change what they do not possess a true desire to change. Sure, you tell yourself that it is important, but do you feel it important with every fiber of your being?Now, I will bet you are asking yourself what this has to do with the profitability of your ezine and website.Well, let us take a look at the passing year. How much did your ezine and website earn in sales this past year? How muchin profits? If the answer to either of these questions is zero, then I implore you to make only one resolution this year --- to start earning money and profits from your online endeavor. Without reading your ezine or visiting your website, I know that you are offering real value to the world. I also know that in order to maintain this level of value, there must be some sort of incentive to drive you forward. Without the incentive of sales and profits, there are few things that can qualify as an incentive that you can feel important with every fiber of your being! This is the most important ingredient to your success online or offline.You must possess a reason strong enough to propel you forward. You must feel its importance with every fiber of your being. And you must reaffirm your dedication to your goal each and every day without miss. Thousands of people online already possess these three distinct traits which will work towards their success. Yet, many of them may be trying to reach through their monitor right now in a frivolous effort to slap me in my head. I can hear them now, "I know this. I need to find out how to make money!"Folks, there are thousands of affiliate programs available on the web that you can participate in. The unfortunate truth is that most of these affiliate programs will never earn you more than a few dollars!Unless the affiliate program restricts who can distribute their wares, affiliate programs only serve their masters! Amazon.com is often thought to be the largest affiliate program online with "over 500,000 Associates of all sizes and virtually every area of interest." With an estimated 141 million users online around the world and 120 million in the United States alone (Jupiter Media Matrix - http://www.jmm.com), you are looking at an availability of only 282 customers per Amazon.com affiliate! As you can see, Amazon is deeply concerned about your personal success. Tsk, tsk. Your odds of earning a decent income from being an Associate in the Amazon program is nearly zilch. Most affiliate programs on the web have nearly the same concern for your well-being as does Amazon.The secret to making money online is simple. You must have your own products or service, or the program you choose to affiliate with should not have thousands of other affiliates that you must compete with also. For the products and services that you distribute, there must be an opportunity to develop high demand with very limited competition. You could create your own ebook to sell, but the truth is that you would just be another of tens of thousands of ebooks competing for the same dollars. Besides that, an ebook is a one-shot deal in most cases. As Amazon is struggling with, the online success stories always offer something that people will come back and buy more of, again and again. Subscriptions and contractual services continue to deliver payday to many thousands of successful online entrepreneurs. So the question you need to be asking yourself right now is this. What product or service can I develop that can be marketed as a subscription or contractual service? And how can I do so at a profit?Let me give you a couple of tips. Make certain that there are not others offering this product or service right now for free. And more importantly, start small and grow as your business grows. At all times, you should stay focused on the bottom line. What good is a million dollar business that does not earn profits? About as good as a DrKoop.com, Themestream.com or other Internet domain that currently resides in the waste bin of what could have been.This New Year, do not simply make a New Year's Resolution. Find a reason strong enough to propel you forward. Believe and feel the importance of your purpose with every fiber of your being. Reaffirm your dedication daily. And make this years resolution more a matter of resolve. Resolve to make your web property profitable in 2002. Article Tags: Every Fiber, Affiliate Programs