Posted on: 05 December, 2001
Author: Nach Maravilla
Success stories and success books are all over. If you read business ... through some ... ads or read emails from internet ... there is adeluge of stories of people getting Success stories and success books are all over. If you read business magazines,browse through some classified ads or read emails from internet marketers, there is adeluge of stories of people getting rich on the Internet. Some of these "fortunate" oneseven start counseling millions of individuals, guiding them to attain success -- mostly fora fee, of course.Surely, most people want to succeed. Who does not like to be comfortable? If given achance, who would not prefer to live in an attractive home, eat appetizing meals, buy acar, take a trip around the world, own a home-theater stereo set, and have whatever yourheart desires? Okay, then, if everybody wants to succeed, why is it that not everybodycan make it? Here are some principles to attain success, both on and off the Internet: 1. Have the desire to win! If you dont have the desire to win, you will leave a lot ofthings to chance. In sports, the gold medals goes to the competitors whose only motivein competing is to win. They give it everything theyve got. They compete to the last dropof their blood. If you don't want to win, if you are not willing to try, then just forget thewhole thing. Same with the Internet business. To be a winner, you have to have the willto win. But in order to win, you first have to enter the competition. 2. Think success. Always think of yourself achieving what you want. Your traffic at themoment may be slow, but persevere and believe that the day will come when you needto increase your bandwidth due to the overwhelming traffic of your web site. Never startby giving up. Remember Bugsy?3. Know what people want. Ask yourself what you can provide that someone wants, thatmillions of people want. Ask yourself what is the current need or objective or personalambition of the person who logs on to your website. Engage your customers to yourwebsite, by giving them what they need.4. Develop an idea that fits. Shape your offering to what people want. It doesn't have tobe a new thing. It may be something that someone else has already developed into asuccess -- but which you are able to take to the higher level. 5. Plan thoroughly. Study every detail of the market you're entering. Study yourprospects. Study your competitors. If you're starting a business, get a snobaddress--even if the office itself is a hole-in-the-wall. If you do not have a lot of money,create a strong bank reference; borrow from your aunt if you have to. You needn't spendher money. Just have it under your name so you'll look good when your first prospectasks your bank about you. Have a prestigious law firm lined up to serve you. You won'thave to pay them till you're doing business and actually using their services. Prepare acomplete, clear, attractive, dramatic presentation of your idea to show your prospects. 6. Apply the law of averages. Believe in the law of probability. It isn't a myth or asuperstition. It is a mathematical phenomenon. If you have a good idea and you presentit to enough of the right people, sooner or later someone will buy. So knock on doors.Market your products relentlessly. Link with similar websites. Continue submitting yoursite to search engines and engage in promotional activities. Brush off the rejections andkeep knocking on more doors. On the Internet, your prospects or partners are just anemail away. 7. Be a winner in advance. Talk success. Look successful; dress the part. Make yourwebsite look as professional as possible, as if you spent $100,000 creating it. Tell yourprospect how your idea will bring him success; make sure that your copy jumps rightout of the pages. Let your words show that you sincerely expect that success will cometo him to; or that he or she utterly needs your product or service. Suddenly he--orsomebody like him--will say yes. And you will be a winner. Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com